Uniko December 2023 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Good morning!

It's release day over at Uniko and I'm here to reveal the whole release and share another card.

Here's the final card I made and I decided to use the new Background Blocks Perspective stamp to make a festive design...

I stamped the image, first in a pale blue ink on blue cardstock.  I then coloured with Copics before restamping in VersaMark and heat embossing in white.  I then stamped and heat embossed two of the small snowflakes from the Snowflake Serenade stamp set into some of the squares.  The panel was then die cut with a stitched rectangle die.  I adhered the panel to a card base and then carried on filling in the remaining squares with some snowflake, star and dot embellishments, and I added some details with a white gel pen.  I stamped the sentiment, from the Pattern Building Christmas Tree set, in blue ink, trimmed it down and adhered it to the centre on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Perspective, Snowflake Serenade, Pattern Building Christmas Tree
• Ink: VersaMark; Versa Color - Sky Blue; coloured with Copics
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accents: various from stash

So, now to reveal the new products in full.

Two new Background Blocks stamps, first up is Background Blocks Layered Stripes...

and Background Blocks Perspective...

and last but not least, Bev's super creative Ink & Flip Snowflake stencil...

So, just a mini release but I'm sure you'll agree these are great little additions to the Uniko library.

Be sure to leave some comment love either on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.  

You have until midnight Friday 15 December 2023 to comment for a chance to win a £20 eGift Certificate.  Good luck!

Thanks for visiting today.

Uniko December 2023 Release - Introducing...Ink & Flip Snowflake

Good morning

It's the final day of new product introductions at Uniko and Bev has worked her magic with this one.

It's another stencil in the Ink & Flip series and this time it's a Snowflake.  It's designed to be inked on one side, then flipped top to bottom and re-inked to create the rest of the design...genius!

Here's my first card...

The stencil is square so I chose to use a square card base for this one and I grabbed two delicate shades of Distress Oxide to create the design.  I then used sentiments and a co-ordinating die from the Big & Bold Snow set, and embossed the sentiment in silver sparkle.  This was then die cut and popped up on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Snowflake
• Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold Snow (and co-ordinating die)
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Lost Shadow, Milled Lavender; Versafine Clair - Morning Mist; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver Sparkle

And for my second card I combined the stencil with the Big & Bold Merry set...

I used the stencil on an angle this time on my usual A6 card base, I just masked off the outside edges.  I picked two shades of Distress Oxides and I love how these remind me of Fruit Salad sweets!  I then stamped and heat embossed the "merry" in gold sparkle on vellum and fussy cut it out.  I adhered this on slim bits of 3D foam and stamped the sentiment to finish.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Snowflake
• Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold Merry
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Scattered Straw, Saltwater Taffy; VersaMark; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Sparkle

To see more projects and this stencil in action my fellow Brand Ambassadors are sharing more makes over at the main Uniko blog, here.

The new products will be available to purchase from the Uniko website from tomorrow, Friday 8 December.

I'll be back tomorrow with the full release reveal and details of the giveaway.

Uniko December 2023 Release - Introducing...Background Blocks Perspective

Good morning

Its day two of the new release introductions at Uniko and today it's all about another background stamp...Background Blocks Perspective.

I think this can be used for lots of occasions and may be a great solution for those oh so difficult cards for the guys.

Here's the card I made, and I paired it with sentiments from the Explosion! Additions stamp set...

On a die cut panel I stamped the perspective image and coloured it in with Copics.  I adhered this flat to the card base.  I then heat embossed the sentiments in white on black cardstock before adhering the strips on 3D foam

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Perspective, Explosion Additions
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Wonky Stitched Rectangles

The team have some great projects for you today over at the main Uniko blog, here.  Pleaese do take a look.

The new products will be available to purchase from the Uniko website from Friday 8 December and there will also be a blog hop and giveaway so be sure to check back and comment along the way.

I'll be back with more inspiration using the last of the new products tomorrow.

Uniko December 2023 Release - Introducing...Background Blocks Layered Stripes

Good morning

I'm here today to introduce the first product from the latest release coming up from Uniko.

It's a new addition to the Background Blocks series and a lovely bold and versatile design, Background Blocks Layered Stripes.

Here's my first card...

On a panel of white cardstock I stamped and heat embossed the stripes in clear.  I then used the emboss resist technique to ink blend the background before trimming down the panel.  I chose to pair this with a flower created using elements from the Mid Century Modern Florals set stamped in just black and grey to contrast with the background.  I fussy cut the flower and adhered on 3D foam.  I then used a sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks set, which I stamped on a scrap of cardstock that was trimmed from the background piece.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Layered Stripes, Mid Century Modern Florals, Simply Said Blocks
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, Squeezed Lemonade; Versafine Clair - Nocturne, Morning Mist
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Clear Gloss

And for my second card I combined the background stamp with elements from the Mid Century Modern Baubles set...

I used a circle die to cut a mask and put this in position before stamping the layered stripes background in red.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Mid Century Modern Baubles, as well as the bow which was stamped separately and fussy cut.  I used an embossing pen to create the string and also heat embossed this in gold.  The bow was popped up on 3D foam and I finished the card by adding some dotted shading to the bauble using a gold gel pen. 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Layered Stripes, Mid Century Modern Baubles
• Ink: Versa Color - Cardinal; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Accents: Uniball - Signo gold pen

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 stamp in action.

The new products will be available to purchase from the Uniko website from Friday 8 December.

I'll be back with more inspiration using another of the new products tomorrow.

Uniko December 2023 Release Sneak Peeks

Good morning 

Bev has been busy organising anther product release for you over at Uniko!

Here are the sneak peeks of the first two new stamps, two further additions to the Background Blocks series...

And Bev has used her creative genius to create another "Ink & Flip" stencil...

So, be sure to check out the Uniko blog, here, over the next few days to see the introductions by the Brand Ambassadors and to see the new products in action.  I'll be back tomorrow with the first of product intro.