Uniko Christmas in July 2025 - Introducing...Stencil Layering Christmas Bauhaus Blocks

Hi there

So, did you see the sneak peeks yesterday?

It's day one of the new Uniko introductions and it's all about festive goodies in this upcoming release.

We're kicking off with a brand new introduction to the Bauhaus series...Layering Christmas Bauhaus Blocks, which is a set of three stencils.  If you love the previous products in the Bauhaus series this one should be right up your street.

Here's my first card using the set, with a sentiment from the Festive Sentiments set...

Here I inked up the design using the three stencils, without building any further.  I used three shades of Distress Oxide ink here, I think Oxides and stencils work brilliantly together.  I kept this as a simple one layer card and nestled in the greeting from the Festive Sentiments set.

Materials used:

• Stencils: Uniko - Layering Christmas Bauhaus Blocks
• Stamps: Uniko - Festive Sentiments
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Iced Spruce, Lumberjack Plaid, Uncharted Mariner; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

For my second card I built the design to fill the entire card...

I chose a peach shade of cardstock for my card base and used three shades of ink, one of which was white.  I didn't want the background parts of the images to be white this time.  So I used two shades of Distress Oxide and a white pigment ink.  I inked up the initial eight blocks and then moved the stencil around to add the additional blocks.  I finished with a die cut sentiment strip, heat embossing the greeting which is from a new set we'll be introducing in a few days.

Materials used:

• Stentils: Uniko - Layering Christmas Bauhaus Blocks
• Stamp: Uniko - Flower Power #12
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Peacock Feathers, Saltwater Taffy; Hero Arts - Unicorn; VersaMark
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Stitched Rectangle Stax
• Embossing Powder: Wow - Opaque Bright White
• Cardstock from stash

For lots more inspiration from the rest of the team using this stencil set, take a look at the Uniko blog, here.  I'll be back tomorrow to introduce another of the new products.

All the new products will be available from next Thursday 31 July 2025 at 9am BST.

I hope you'll pop back over the next few days to check out the other new products.

Uniko Flippin' Fabulous Ink & Flip Masculine Inspiration Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hi there

Yes, I'm still here!  So sorry for the silence, it's been a busy couple of months so I've not managed to find time for any crafting but I'm back today to join in the finale of the masculine themed month with Uniko.

Today the team are showcasing the Ink & Flip stencils and giving them a masculine touch.

And, by visiting each of the Brand Ambassadors along the hop, starting at the Uniko blog, here, as well as commenting on our socials, you're in with a chance of winning an Ink & Flip stencil of your choice.  

I have two stencilled cards to share today, one using an Ink & Flip stencil and another using another stencil from Uniko.

Ok, here's my first where I've chosen the Ink & Flip Christmas Star as it offers a fantastic central focal point for any card...

I inked up both sides of the stencil, first in Pumpkin Pie ink and then with Dusk ink, which created the star and a darker green shade where the the colours overlap.  Next I stamped the sentiment from the Mid Century Modern Birthday stamp set in a darker blue, and then finished with the Background Blocks Linear image stamped in each corner in black.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Christmas Star
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Birthday; Background Blocks Linear
• Ink: Altenew - Pumpkin Pie, Dusk, Desert Night; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

And for my second masculine make I've used the Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars stencil...

This love using the shifted stencil technique with this stencil, it creates the illusion of so much dimension on a flat panel.  So I began with a dark orange panel of cardstock and inked through the stencil in a dark blue ink.  I then shifted the stencil slightly downwards and to the right and then inked through again with a white pigment ink.  This created the lighter blue and makes the original inking look like shadows.  I die cut the panel and adhered it flat to my card base then found an unused die cut circle in my stash so stamped the sentiment from the Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments set in black. The card was finished with some co-ordinating enamel dots.

Materials used:

• Stencil - Uniko - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments
• Ink: Altenew - Dusk; Hero Arts - Unicorn; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; circle from stash
• Accents: Doodlebug Sprinkles - Tangerine and Blue Jeans Assortments

Thanks for visiting today and good luck if you comment along the hop.  

I appreciate you looking and plan to be back again very soon :)

Uniko May 2025 Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Good morning!

Uniko have another blog hop and giveaway for you this month.  Bev gets so busy as she runs Uniko single-handedly so on the months where there isn't a new product release, she likes to mix things up a bit.

So this month she has challenged myself and my fellow Brand Ambassadors to choose a favourite or favourites from any of the 2025 releases to date and to share our projects in this blog hop.

By commenting along the way, you could be the lucky person that wins a £25 eGift card!

I found it difficult to pick just one product as my favourite, so I chose two, both of which happen to be layering stencil sets.

First up, I just had to ink up the Layering Picked Posies again...

I wanted to use the stencils to create a border so I found a scalloped stencil mask in my stash and used that to mask the centre of my card base.  I ink blended around the border so it had a definite edge but didn't want it to interfere too much with the pattern so used a very light hand.  I then inked through the various elements of the stencils to create the floral border.  I chose to fill the central area with a larger sentiment from the Birthday Wishes stamp set and then finished by adding a few co-ordinating jewels.

Materials used:

• Stencils: Uniko - Layering Picked Posies; Clearly Besotted - Small Scallops
• Stamp: Uniko - Birthday Wishes
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Salvaged Patina, Lost Shadow, Peacock Feathers, Scattered Straw, Tumbled Glass; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Jewels: Shimmer Pool and Lemon mixes

And as I loved the Layering Bright Butterflies, I inked them up again to create this one...

I inked up all three butterflies using the layering stencils and then fussy cut them out.  I used the Cloud 9 stencil to add clouds with white ink to the blue cardstock background.  I adhered all the butterflies to the card base, overlapping them and using some 3D foam for some dimension.  I finished by heat embossing the sentiment in white on a black strip, which is from the Originally Organic Flower Garden stamp set.

Materials used:

• Stencils: Uniko - Layering Bright Butterflies, Cloud 9
• Stamp: Uniko - Originally Organic Flower Garden
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Saltwater Taffy, Festive Berries, Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; VersaMark; Hero Arts - Unicorn
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White

Be sure to leave some comments on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.  By leaving comments along the way you will be in with a chance of winning the eGift card.  Bev will randomly choose a winner on 26 May 2025.

Thanks for visiting today and please do visit my fellow Brand Ambassadors, not only to comment, but I'm sure you can find some crafty inspiration from them.

Uniko Celebrating 13 Years - New 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.

I just had to create another using the gorgeous Bright Butterflies Layering Stencils...

I inked up the butterfly using the stencils and then die cut around it with a circle die.  I adhered this on 3D foam to a slightly larger circle cut from blue cardstock and then adhered it flat to the card base.  I stamped the sentiment in blue ink to co-ordinate with the butterfly then added three smooth silver gems to finish.

Materials used:

• Stencils: Uniko - Layering Bright Butterflies
• Stamps: Uniko - Organic Blooms
• Ink: Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Dies: Hero Arts - Nested Infinity Circles

So, now to reveal the new products in full

First up is the large stamp set...Alphabet Solid

The new Background Blocks stamp - Waves

Reintroducing Bright Butterflies...

Say hello to Layering Stencils Bright Butterflies...

and another set of layering stencils...Organic Blooms...

which looks like this when all used together...

The co-ordinating stamp set, Organic Blooms...

and a lovely floral addition...Spring Botanicals Primrose...

And finally, the new sentiment stencil...Geometric Happy Birthday...

What a great month it's been celebrating Uniko's 13th birthday.  Don't forget to leave some comments on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.  By leaving comments along the way you will be in with a chance of winning an eGift Certificate.  All the details are on the Uniko blog post.

The products are available from the Uniko store now, here. 

Thanks for visiting today and for being so supportive over on my socials.  I hope you love the release...happy shopping!

Uniko - Celebrating 13 Years!

Good morning!

Today marks the start of Uniko's 13th Birthday celebrations.  There will be lots of inspiration throughout the whole of February so we would love for you to join us throughout the month.

We are starting today with a Birthday Card Linky Party.  All you need to do to join in is create a birthday card using any Uniko products (current, retired or digital) and link up in the linky over on the Uniko blog post.  See below for more info.

For my birthday card I've used stamps from two Uniko stamp sets - Up & Away and Sunshine & Rainbows...

On a die cut panel I began by stamping the balloon and basket from the Up & Away set and then masking then off so I could then ink blend the background.  I blended from the top, gradually fading out the blue sky.  With the masks still in place I then stamped the clouds from the Sunshine & Rainbows set using white pigment ink.  I removed the masks and coloured the balloon with Copics before stamping the sentiments in black ink.  The panel was then adhered flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Up & Away, Sunshine & Rainbows
• Ink: Altenew - Caribbean Sky; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Hero Arts - Unicorn; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Coloured with Copics
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

Take a look at the Uniko blog post, here, to see some more birthday inspiration from Bev and the other Brand Ambassadors.

You can find all the rules of the Linky Party over at the Uniko blog too.  The linky will be open until the end of the month and one lucky winner will receive a £25 eGift Certificate.

And check this out...Bev is offering 15% off all existing products until 9 February if you've had your eye on anything on the webside:

Don't forget to check out the Uniko blog throughout the whole of February, they'll be lots going on.

Uniko January 2025 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & 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...

I grabbed the new Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars stencil and inked it up using the shifted stencil technique.  So, on any cardstock other than white (I chose a neutral beige), ink up in a colour first, here I used Distress Oxide Dried Marigold.  Then once dry, shift the stencil slightly, and ink through it with white pigment ink.  I shifted it slightly downward and to the right.  I love the dimensional effect you get with this technique, some colours work better than others.  I die cut the panel and adhered it flat to the card base.  I then stamped a sentiment from the new Flower Power #11 on a die cut strip and popped it up on 3D foam.  A few orange enamel dots and the card was finished.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #11
• Stencils: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Circles and Stars
• Ink: Distress Oxide: Dried Marigold; Hero Arts - Unicorn; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accents: Doodlebug Sprinkles
• Cardstock from stash

So, now to reveal the new and reintroduced products in full.

Reintroducing... Background Builders: Flower Power

Now the new stamp sets....Sparkle Sentiments...

And the new addition to the Flower Power series...Flower Power #11

and Simply Said Blocks Occasions...

Two new Ink & Flip stencil sets...Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem...

and Ink & Flip Layering Flower...

a new layering stencil set...Layering Picked Posies...

and finally, another stencil to join the Mid Century Modern collection...Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars...

No doubt there is something amongst the above that grabs your creative attention.  Be sure to leave some comments on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.  By leaving comments along the way you will be in with a chance of winning some goodies.  All the details are on the Uniko blog post.

The products are available from the Uniko store now, here. 

Thanks for visiting today and for your lovely comments here and on my socials this week :)

Uniko January 2025 Release - Introducing...Flower Power #11 and Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars Stencil

Hi there

Ok, so we're now onto day three of the new Uniko introductions.

And yes, Bev has done it - she's designed another stamp set to join the Flower Power collection - Flower Power #11!  And there is also a new stencil to join the Mid Century Modern series - Mid Century Modern Circles and Stars.

I'll start with the stamp set as I love this new flower design.  Here I've paired the set with a backdrop using the Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes stamp...

On a die cut panel I began by stamping the flower head and stem/leaves in a light coloured ink and then coloured them with Copics.  I then made masks to enable me to stamp the background stripes over the top but to appear behind.  I left the flower and stem stamps in my MISTI so I could then re-stamp them, this time in VersaMark and then heat embossed in white.  As I used both stamps together at the same time, there was a small gap where the flower head met the stem so I used an embossing pen to extend the stem and also heat embossed that section.  I finished by stamping the sentiment, also from the new set, and adhered the panel flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #11, Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes
• Ink: Altenew - Dew Drops; VersaMark; Versfine Clair - Nocturne
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

And now my second card using the new stencil...

On some mustard cardstock I inked through the stencil, using brown ink for the circles and then masking them off to ink up the blue star sections.  I then used a circle die to cut a section and adhere off the edge of the card base.  For the sentiment, I didn't have any cardstock in the right blue shade so I die cut the strip, ink blended with the same blue ink, left it to thoroughly dry and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, which is from the Mid Century Modern Frames set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Frames
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Vintage Photo, Uncharted Mariner; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Dies: Hero Arts - Infinity Nested Circles; Altenew - Featured Sentiments

I had some of the stencilled design leftover so I made another card...

I cut a vertical strip of the already inked design and then lined up the stencil on my card base to continue the design, which I inked up in more muted shades to create the design across the whole of the card.  I adhered the vertical strip and then added a die cut panel with a stamped sentiment using stamps from the Mid Century Modern Birthday and Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments sets.  This was popped up on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Birthday, Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Vintage Photo, Uncharted Mariner, Speckled Egg, Scattered Straw; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Rounded Stitched Rectangle Stax

Take a look at the Uniko blog, here, for more inspiration from the rest of the team, the projects are all so different.

All the new products will be available from Sunday 5 January 2025.

Tomorrow I'll be introducing two more products from this new release, I hope you'll join me.

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.

Uniko May/June 2023 Release - Introducing....Stencil: Layering Bauhaus Blocks Builder

Good morning

It's the final introduction from the latest release coming up from Uniko, and this is a fabulous one!

The second product inspired by Bauhaus art is a new stencil set...Layering Baushaus Blocks Builder.  I had such fun creating designs with this and it's so easy to line up and has so many options, I think you'll love it!

Here's my first card, where I've used the stencils to create an entire background pattern...

This one took a fair bit of stencil shifting to fill the entire background but it was worth the effort, I love the result.  I used a neutral shade of cardstock from my stash, not quite kraft, more of a light khaki shade, and I knew I wanted to use white as one of the ink colours.  So I picked out two more shades and gradually built up the design, switching the layers and colours.  I finished the design by heat embossing the sentiment in white, from the Bauhaus Blocks stamp set which was introduced yesterday.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Layering Bauhaus Blocks Builder
• Stamp: Uniko - Bauhaus Blocks
• Ink: Hero Arts - Unicorn; Distress Oxide - Speckled Egg, Saltwater Taffy; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Altenew - Featured Sentiments Die Set

And for my second card I decided to go with a monochrome design using shades of green...

Here I used the stencils as they come, no masking or adding to the design.  On a green die cut panel I built up the design using three shades of Distress Oxide inks and stamped the sentiment in black, from the new Bauhaus Blocks clear stamp set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Layering Bauhaus Blocks Builder
• Stamp: Uniko - Bauhaus Blocks
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Iced Spruce, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn; Verafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

And for my final card I went a bit rogue using just two parts of the layering stencils in bright colours...

I chose the dots and stripes sections of the stencil and masked off these sections to create a border using three bright shades.  The sentiment was stamped in black, from the new Bauhaus Blocks set, and I matted and layered the panel, picking out the teal shade to create a slim border.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Layering Bauhaus Blocks Builder
• Stamp: Uniko Bauhaus Blocks
• Ink: Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

To see this layering set in action, my fellow Brand Ambassadors are sharing more projects over on the main Uniko blog, here.

The new products will be available to purchase from the Uniko website tomorrow, 2 June at 9.00am BST.

I'll be back tomorrow to reveal the release in full.  Thanks so much for stopping by.