Uniko January 2024 Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Hi there

Bev at Uniko is kicking off 2024 by bringing back the Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hops and Giveaways, where the team revisit the oldie but goodie products and give them some well-deserved love.  Today we are revisiting the Beautiful Blooms I stamp set and Designer Dies Beautiful Blooms I.

I have four cards for you today, all a little different to hopefully give you some crafty inspiration.  Unfortunately, I don't have the die set in my stash so where the flowers have dimension I have fussy cut them.

First up, I've used vellum for the bloom and paired the stamp set with the Birthday Wishes stamp set...

I die cut a piece of pale green textured cardstock with a scalloped die to use as my card front panel.  I stamped and heat embossed the smaller of the flowers in the set in white on vellum and then fussy cut it out.  I then placed this in position in order to work out where I wanted the leaves to be stamped.  These were then stamped in a soft green and the flower was adhered on 3D foam.  I finished by stamping the sentiment from the Birthday Wishes set in grey ink.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Beautiful Blooms I, Birthday Wishes
• Ink: VersaMark; Altenew - Mountain Mist, Grey Denim
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles
• Cardstock and vellum from stash

My second project involved a little masking of the images and I combined it with the Quilted stencil and the Simply Said stamp set...

I think this is my favourite of the four cards today, and other than the sentiment strip, it's a one layer design.  I began by stamping the first flower in two shades of yellow/orange ink.  I then masked it to stamp the second flower and lower leaves, which were also stamped in two shades of ink.  I finally masked the second flower, stamped the upper leaf and then masked all the leaves.  I then inked through the Quilted stencil in grey ink, masking off a few sections to create the stepped design.  To finish I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in white on grey cardstock.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Beautiful Blooms I, Simply Said
• Stencil: Uniko - Quilted
• Ink: Altenew - Warm Sunshine, Orange Cream, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Silver Lake

Card three uses coloured cardstock for a tone on tone effect...

I stamped the flowers in blue ink on paler blue cardstock and the leaves in green on paler green cardstock.  These were then fussy cut.  I added some score lines to create some interest on the card base without adding any layers and then positioned and adhered the flowers and leaves, which are all adhered flat apart from the large flower which is adhered on 3D foam.  I finished with a stamped sentiment from the Simply Said set.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Beautiful Blooms I, Simply Said
• Ink: Altenew - Caribbean Sky, Moss; Versfine Clair - Nocturne
• Accents: Little Things From Lucy's Cards - Sprinkles: Little Dots

And for my final card I combined Beautiful Blooms I with Background Blocks Pinstripe and a sentiment from Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum...

I began by stamping the large flower from the set in shades of pink, adding the darker inks to the stamp with a blender brush.  I then masked the flower and stamped the Background Block Pinstripe image in a darkish grey.  I cut the mask right to the flower edge and some of the ink migrated under the mask but hey, this is handmade not Hallmark, right?!  I finished with a sentiment stamped in one of the same pink shades, adhered on a sentiment strip.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Beautiful Blooms I, Background Blocks Pinstripe, Pure Florals Chrysanthemum (sentiment)
• Ink: Altenew - Pinkalicious, Purple Wine, Cosmic Berry, Industrial Diamond

And this is what you get in the stamp and die sets, which can also be purchased as a bundle...

Don't forget to take a look at the main Uniko post, here, where the rest of the team are sharing their projects and if you follow the hop and comment along the way you could be the lucky winner of a £15 eGift Code!

Thanks for visiting today.

 

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.

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Rustic Christmas

Good morning!

I'm sharing two cards over at the Uniko blog today, here, and I decided to dig out an "oldie but goodie" stamp set for these, Rustic Christmas.  I just love the perfect little tree in this set so have kept these cards clean and simple so it takes centre stage.

You can find all the information regarding the steps taken to make these cards over on my Uniko post.

First up, I've tried to create a northern lights sky as my backdrop...

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Rustic Christmas
• Ink: Distress Ink - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Accents: Sakura - White Gelly Roll 10

My second project is another one layer card, again, super simple...

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Rustic Christmas
• Ink: Versa Color - Magenta, Violet, Turquoise, Evergreen; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Clear Gloss
• Accent: Doodlebug - Sprinkles: Graduation Assortment

I hope this gives you some inspiration and encourages you to have a rummage through your stash to see what older stamp sets you have that could be inked up.  Thanks for taking the time to visit and I wish you a lovely Wednesday.