Uniko October/November Stencil Release - Introducing...MOD Background Builder

Good morning

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

Bev has designed an absolute winner with this one.  It co-ordinates brilliantly with the Mid Century Modern range as well as lots of other products from Uniko, and there are so many options with this stencil; a focal point, an option for a repeated design, background builders and fillers too.

Here's my first card using the repeated pattern...

I blended through the stencil to create the repeated pattern using two shade of Distress Oxides.  I then used a few stamps from the Mid Century Modern Florals stamp set to create one flower picked out from the background design and finished with a sentiment from Simply Said.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - MOD Background Builder
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Florals, Simpy Said
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral; Versafine Clair - Noturne

And for my second card I went ultra CAS...

On a die cut panel I inked through the corner design of the stencil in two shades of Distress Ink.  Once dry I inked through the more detailed corner design with VersaMark and heat embossed in gold.  I finished with a simple sentiment in black from the Just Because set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko MOD Background Builder
• Stamp: Uniko - Just Because
• Ink: Distress Ink - Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves; VersaMark; Versafine Clair - Nocturn
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped 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 stencils will be available to purchase from the Uniko website from 3 November at 9.00am GMT.

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

Uniko October/November Stencil Release - Sneak Peeks

Good morning, folks!

Bev has been working hard behind the scenes over at Uniko and has a mini stencil release coming up.  As with most Uniko products, these will work brilliantly with other products you may already have from the range.

Here are some sneak peeks for you...

Please be sure to pop back here and to the Uniko blog, here, over the next few days for the introductions and samples by myself and my fellow Brand Ambassadors.

They will be available on the Uniko website, here, from Thursday 3rd November at 9am GMT.  Hope to see you soon.

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Clean and Simple with Metallic Accents

Good morning

I'm over on the Uniko blog today with some CAS cards incorporating some metallic elements and for both cards I've focused on Uniko dies.  

All the information about how these were made can be found over on the Uniko post, here.

 

First up is a clean and simple shaker card...

Materials used:

• Dies: Uniko - Designer Dies Passiflora Collection; Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Stamp: Uniko - Birthday Wishes
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Oxide - Rustic Wilderness, Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - shaker mixes

For my second card I used created an aperture to add some gold accents...

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #1
• Dies: Uniko - Designer Dies Flower Power #1-#6 Collection; Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles
• Ink: Versfine Clair - Nocturne; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Copper
• Accents: Gold cardstock and black gemstone from stash

I really wanted to go back to a true clean and simple style with these and I hope you've got some inspiration from them.  Now I need to shift my focus from autumn to Christmas as time isn't slowing down and I've not even started...yikes!

Enjoy the rest of your week and sending crafty hugs,