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 - Re-introducing...Background Builders Flower Power

Good morning

As part of the new release coming from Uniko tomorrow, Bev is re-releasing a stamp set which was originally released back in 2013!

It was retired some time ago but now that the Flower Power series has grown somewhat since then, Bev thought it was time to bring it back as it co-ordinates with the other sets so well.

So, here's my card for today, and I've used three of the stamps with a sentiment from the Birthday Wishes stamp set...

I began by die-cutting a white cardstock panel and trimming it at an offset angle with the edge of the card.  This then gave me the angle to position my first of the background stamps and I then stamped the three different designs in three different colours alternately to fill the background.  The sentiment was then stamped on the white panel and this was adhered flat to the card.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Builders Flower Power; Birthday Wishes
• Ink: Altenew - Icy Water, Dew Drops, Pink Pearl; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle Stax

So, that's all the introductions for this release which will be revealed in its entirety tomorrow morning and will be available to purchase from 9am GMT.  As with all the introductions, there is more to see over at the Uniko blog, here.

So, please do pop back to see the full reveal tomorrow if you can, and as always, there will be a chance to get your hands on some free goodies!

Uniko January 2025 Release - Introducing...Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil and Simply Said Blocks Occasions

Good morning

More Uniko introductions for you today.  First is another Ink & Flip stencil, Layering Flower Stencil, which is a smaller version of Flower Power #8 and another set to join the sentiment sets already available, Simply Said Blocks Occasions.

My first card is very clean and simple, just using the central part of the Ink & Flip Layering Flower stencil, and a sentiment from the new Flower Power #11 set which was introduced yesterday...

I inked through both sides of the stencil, blending from pink, to purple and blue in both directions.  I then simply stamped the sentiment in black and added a few silver gloss gems.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil
• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #9
• Ink: Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Accents: Gems from stash

Onto my second card, and here I used just the stencil which inks up the outer background effect and creates a great shape in the centre, and I also used a sentiment from the new Simply Said Blocks Occasions set and also the existing Simply Said Blocks set, and the flower is from Flower Power #11...

I inked up a panel through both sides of the stencil using a blush shade and lemon shade of ink and the overlaps produced the orange shade.  I then simply stamped the flower head and stem in black and the sentiment in the same ink colours.  The small dot is also from the Flower Power #11 set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Flower
• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #11, Simply Said Blocks, Simply Said Blocks Occasions
• Ink: Altenew - Buttercream, Pink Pearl; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

For my last card I used both ink and paste through the stencil...

On a die cut panel I inked up through the first side of the stencil in Milled Lavender Distress Oxide ink.  I then cleaned the stencil, flipped it, and then spread the paste through the second side which had been mixed with some of the Distress Ink for a similar tone.  The "happy" is from the Simply Said Blocks set and the "Mother's Day" stamps are from the new Simply Said Blocks Occasions set.  I stamped these in a co-ordinating grey shade of ink and fussy cut them out and adhered them on 3D foam.  A small enamel dot in the centre finished off the card.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil
• Stamps: Uniko - Simply Said Blocks, Simply Said Blocks Occasions
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Milled Lavendar; Altenew - Silver Stone
• Stencil Paste: Sweet Poppy - Stencil Dimensions Pearl White
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accent: Doodlebug Sprinkles - Lilac assortment

Thanks so much for taking a look today.  You can find more projects from the team using these two new products over at the Uniko blog, here.  There are some great creations, I've seen them already.

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

I hope you'll pop back tomorrow when I will be introducing the final product of this release which is a re-introduction.

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 January 2025 Release - Introducing...Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem and Sparkle Sentiments

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a great time seeing in 2025.

It's also day two of the latest introductions at Uniko. 

The first of today's introductions is a new addition to the Ink & Flip collection - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem - Bev just can't stop knocking out these great designs!  And the second is a fab new stamp set that works so well with the stencil set - Sparkle Sentiments.

Here's the first of my cards which uses both of these new products...

I chose to use some pearlescent cardstock for this one.  I ink blended just the central part of the gem stencil set in two shades of pink ink and then cut it out.  I mounted it onto a die cut panel of the same cardstock and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, before adhering the panel flat to the card base.  The camera has washed out the inking a little here but I wanted to capture the pearlescent effect.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem
• Stamps: Uniko - Sparkle Sentiments
• Ink: Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Platinum
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Cardstock from stash

And for my second card I used both of the Ink & Flip stencils, together with the stamp set...

I began by inking through the background stencil with lemon and aqua inks which, when overlapped, created the green shade.  I then used lilac and blue inks to create the gem in the centre.  To finish I added sentiments from the stamp set, some embossed in silver sparkle.

Materials used:

• Stencils: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem
• Stamps: Uniko - Sparkle Sentiments
• Ink: Altenew - Citrus Burst, Mountain Mist, Icy Water, Soft Lilac; VersaMark; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver Sparkle

And my final card for today is super simple and I've used just the stamp set...

I placed all the stamps in my MISTI and then stamped multiple times using inks in rainbow order diagonally, overlapping to create blends from one colour to the next.  With my stamps still in place I finally stamped them again using VersaMark and then heat embossed in clear gloss.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Sparkle Sentiments
• Ink: Altenew - Crimson, Orange Cream, Warm Sunshine, Forest Glades, Caribbean Sky, Hydrangea, Pinkalicious; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Clear Gloss

Why not visit the main Uniko blog, here, for more inspiration.  Bev and the Brand Ambassadors are sharing lots of great makes showcasing these products today.

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

I hope you'll pop back tomorrow where myself and the team will be introducing another new stamp set and a new stencil.

Uniko January 2025 Release - Introducing...Layering Picked Posies Stencil

Hi there

Wow, it's New Year's Eve, where on earth did 2024 go?

Uniko are finishing the year with the first of the new introductions from the next release.  And I think you'll like this one.

If you're familiar with the Picked Posies collection that Bev designed exclusively for Craft Stash last year, then you'll recognise this floral.  And this time it's in the form of a new layering set of four stencils.

Here's my first card using the set...

Before I began building the stencilled images I added a strip of low tack tape across the upper section of the card.  This is a card layout I've used many times in the past and it's still one of my favourites.  I simply ink blended through the different layers before removing the tape and then stamping the sentiment which is from the Pure Florals Chrysanthemum stamp set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Layering Picked Posies
• Stamps: Uniko - Pure Florals Chrysanthemum
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Saltwater Taffy, Abandoned Coral, Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Scattered Straw, Hickory Smoke

And now my second card...

I used masking on this card too but this time I sectioned off a diagonal central section.  Before I began stencilling I added a light blend of light blue ink.  I then ink blended through the various stencils but didn't include the smaller flowers this time.  I finished by adding a sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks stamp set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Layering Picked Posies
• Stamp: Uniko - Simply Said Blocks
• Ink: Distress Ink - Speckled Egg, Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles, Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

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 two more products from this new release.

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

I wish you all a very Happy New Year and all the best for a happy, healthy and safe 2025.  See you on the other side!

Uniko January 2025 Release Sneak Peeks

Good morning!

I hope you've all had a wonderful festive season and have had some time to spend with your nearest and dearest and also some time to recharge.

Uniko is kicking off 2025 with a brand new release.  So between now and Sunday, when the products will be available, myself and the team will be sharing some projects using Bev's fab new goodies.

This release includes four new stencils/stencil sets, three new stamp sets and a re-introduction!

So, I'll get going with the sneak peeks.  First up there are two new additions to the Ink & Flip series of stencils...

A fab new layering stencil set...

and another great addition to the Mid Century Modern collection...

Then three new stamp sets...

And Uniko are welcoming back this stamp set...

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 the reintroductions.