Uniko July/August 2023 Release - Introducing...Ink & Flip Stencil - Christmas Star

Good morning

Back today with more from the upcoming release at Uniko.

And today the team are showcasing a new stencil....a new Ink and Flip design which creates a fabulous Christmas star.  I've seen stencils that turn to create designs but never one specifically designed to ink up one side, and then flip it over to ink the other.  Bravo, Bev, I can't wait to see more of these in future releases (no pressure!)

Here is what can be created with this stencil...

I don't often make square cards but I opted for one here to showcase the whole stencil.  I inked up one side of the stencil, the aqua you can see here, and then cleaned it off and flipped it, to then ink up the lilac shade.  You could try all sorts of colour combos and mediums here to create great effects where the design overlaps.  Here I chose to add the snowflakes using the Let It Snow stencil and finished with an embossed sentiment from the Most Wonderful stamp set mounted on a circle die cut.

Materials used:

• Stencils: Uniko - Ink & Flip Christmas Star, Let It Snow
• Stamps: Uniko - Most Wonderful
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver
• Dies: Hero Arts - Circle Infinity Dies

And for my second card I combined the stencil with a new stamp set which we will be introducing in a few days...

Here I ink blended with a heavier hand so the overlaps aren't so obvious.  Distress Oxides are great for this as they are opaque.  I heat embossed the bauble and sentiment from the new stamp set and coloured the bauble using Copics.  So even though this is a square stencil, it can still be used for smaller cards (this is a UK A6 size)

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Christmas Star
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Baubles
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Prize Ribbon, Rustic Wilderness; VeraMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Platinum
• Coloured with Copics
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

For more projects by the talented Bev and my fellow Brand Ambassadors, please do pop over to the main Uniko blog, here, to see this new stencil in action

The new products will be available to purchase from the Uniko website from 6 August at 9.00am BST.

I hope you'll pop back again over between now and Sunday to see the rest of the new products.