Uniko Christmas In July 2025 - Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop AND Giveaway

 

Hooray!! 

Release day is here and we have the full product pics to share today along with some more creativity using our favourite pieces from the release. Oh and of course the Uniko Brand Ambassadors blog hop and GIVEAWAY where you could win a £25 eGift code if you leave a lovely comment along the hop.

Layering Christmas Bauhaus Blocks Stencil

Background Blocks Merry Christmas Scramble Stamp

Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern Stencil

Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern Stencil

Background Blocks My Favourite Colour Stamp

Flower Power #12 Stamp Set

So which of all those lovely products catches your attention? 

I really love the Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern stencil and the Background Blocks Merry Christmas Scramble stamp which I used to create this card:

The card front features a pocket for the tag, or decoration to sit in and it can then be used by the recipient in the future. 

So now for the blog hop and that super generous giveaway:

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you are here

Vinita

And if you lose your way you can start over on the Uniko blog.

We hope you have enjoyed this release, let us know your favourites and don't forget to join us again for another fantastic release in August! 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Christmas In July 2025 Release - Introducing Flower Power 12

Well hello!! 

We have finally arrived at our last introduction on this super Christmas in July release and it is a stamp set that is going to be the last addition to the Flower Power series. This is Flower Power #12.

It's funny how sometimes you see a stamp set and immediately know what your want to create with it, and for me this stamp set wanted to be made into a wreath! Now granted, my spacing could have been better but time has been a bit scarce lately otherwise I would have remade it with perfect spacing...because I have some sort of evenness OCD. But, lacking time since we are on school holidays and having been so busy on the run up to them breaking up, you will have to love it for it's flaws and all! 

I like to use the Flower Power stamp sets to create beautiful CAS cards so that is what I did here. Adding a little wink of stella to the flowers and a small dot of enamel drop to the centres. Do you remember the sentiment from earlier in the week?!

Now pop over to the Uniko blog and check out the wonderful designs from the rest of the team who have been super creative with this stamp set. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Don't forget that we have the reveal, blog hop and GIVEAWAY tomorrow! 

Much love

Steph x

Christmas In July 2025 Release - Introducing Background Blocks My Favourite Colour

 

Hi there, 

Welcome to our penultimate introduction on the Uniko Christmas in July release. Today we introduce a very cute background blocks stamp.

Being a little short on time, I simply stamped in black and coloured my Christmas lights in colours that I remember my parents having Christmas lights in back in the 80's! 

Then I thought to myself, why stamp in black when you can stamp in colour!! So that's what I did and selected the closest alcohol marker colour for the lights. 

So as you can see, this is another Uniko stamp that is going to be fun to play around with! And you can see some more creativity using it over on the Uniko blog and the Brand Ambassadors blogs too. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you are here

Vinita

So one more introduction from this release to do tomorrow and then we are into the reveal, blog hop and GIVEAWAY on Thursday.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Christmas In July 2025 Release - Introducing Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern & Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern

 

Hi all, 

We have two fabulous additions to the Ink & Flip stencil range to introduce to you today. First up is the amazing Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern stencil, which I am loving! 

Here again I have busted out the blues to create a frosty scene, my trees are a frozen forest! I inked the stencil in white, flipped and inked in blue before adding some stickles to the edge of a few trees for a frosty glimmer. 

To break up the pattern I die cut it into a large circle and lifted a couple of the trees onto foam pads (using trees from the offcut piece). I added a sentiment from a new set being introduced later this week. 

On my next card I have used green card and inked in two shades of green oxide ink before adding some cute gold gems to the top of the trees. The sentiment, which has unfortunately not photographed well, is from the Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas stamp set. 

Next up is the the equally fabulous Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern stencil.

Here again I have inked once using white ink, flipped and used glitter stencil paste for the other half. I did have to ink this side in white also to make the glitter paste stand out as it dries clear like glue! 

I noticed the snowflakes fit nicely into a hexagon shape so I die cut this and a small frame to offset. I added a sentiment from the Uniko Christmas Sentiments stamp set. 

For this card I really wanted to use a bright pink and black colour scheme, so I inked the stencil with black ink before flipping and using a bronze glitter paste. 

I then cut the piece into three strips before adhering to a black card blank. The sentiment is from the Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas stamp set. 

Don't forget to head over to the Uniko blog to check out the wonderful creations by the rest of the lovely Uniko Brand Ambassadors.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you are here

Vinita

Still more exciting introductions to come on this great Uniko Christmas in July release so make sure you come back tomorrow. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Christmas In July 2025 Release - Introducing Background Blocks Merry Christmas Scramble

 

Good morning, 

Here we are with day two of the Uniko Christmas in July 2025 release and an introduction to Background Blocks Merry Christmas Scramble.

This stamp looked like a perfect stamp to paper piece and I do like a bit of fussy cutting! First I stamped the Uniko Background Blocks Pinstripe stamp in red and over the top of this (at an angle) I stamped the Background Blocks Merry Christmas Scramble. I also stamped it onto green card before fussy cutting all the letters. I stamped the BB Merry Christmas Scramble once again onto white card and adhered the green letters directly to it. I adhered the red pinstripe letters using foam pads. 

My first card was super CAS so I mixed it up a bit for this card and added more layers of coloured card, and of course used the left over letters from the first card, butt his time adhered them all directly to the dark green card.

There are lots more ways to use this stamp over on the Uniko blog and on the Brand Ambassadors individual blogs.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you are here

Vinita

Pop back tomorrow for the next exciting introduction on this wonderful Christmas in July 2025 release.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Christmas In July 2025 Release - Introducing Layering Christmas Bauhaus Blocks Stencil

Morning all, 

Today we are introducing Uniko Layering Christmas Bauhaus Blocks stencil which is a three layer stencil that builds up to create the cutest Christmas montage. 

For my first card I focussed on shades of blue to give that icy winter feel. I simply used the three stencils with one shade of ink per stencil and cut out the image before adhering to the teal card. I added some white splatters to the background in an attempt to create 'snowfall'! 

For my next card I wanted to use different colours in different areas so I have inked each layer with multiple colours depending on what the item was (e.g. green for the holly leaves, red for Santa's hat etc). I added two extra hollies to the bottom to fill the space and to make the sentiment more relevant! I also added some flicks of my wink of stella pen to the black card blank for a little shimmer.

There's definitely a play factor to this stencil where you can create many different looks with different colours, mediums and tessellation which you can see this demonstrated by the Uniko Brand Ambassadors on the Uniko blog and along this hop:

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you are here

Vinita

Look forward to seeing you back tomorrow for more Christmas in July release introductions.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Christmas In July 2025 Release Sneak Peeks

 

 

Hi All, 

Uniko are continuing the Christmas in July festivities with a release of some new Christmas stamps and stencils, including some new Ink & Flip creations.

Sneak Peek 1 & 2 are of a couple of Background Blocks, which are sure to aid you in your quick, clean & simple Christmas card making. Plus they are fun to pair with Uniko products you might already own.

Sneak Peek 3 is of the final addition to the Flower Power series.

Now the peeks move onto stencils. This first peek is a wonderful addition to the builder style stencils.

You might just FLIP over these next two stencil peeks! 

These two are sure to make your Christmas card making a FLIPPIN' breeze! 

That wraps up the peeks and I am sure there will be something for everyone. I do hope you will find time to join myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors from tomorrow as we start the introductions.

All these products will be available at 9am BST Thursday 31st July 2025.

Much love

Steph x

AAA Colourful Colourboard #18

Welcome, 

A lovely summery colourboard in store for you in this month's challenge from AAA Colourful.

Do you ever get inspired with the colourboard image? I tend to focus on the colours more than the image but maybe I should take some inspiration from the image too...one to think about! 

I went for a tropical paradise with my card, albeit a CAS one! I can't remember where the dies are from but I do like the size of the leaves and blooms. 

So what are you going to use these great colours for? Looking forward to seeing your creations over on the AAA Colourful blog. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Christmas Tree Tuesday

Good morning, 

Welcome to my Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post. We are focusing on Christmas in July this month and I have specifically chosen Uniko stamps which include Christmas trees. 

To start off I heat embossed the Uniko Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs Christmas stamp. I then used a craft knife to cut some apertures behind which I laid different colours of tissue paper. The idea being that the light could shine through the tissue paper like a stained glass window. 

For my next card I used Uniko Rustic Christmas stamp set and created a 'forest' using different colour inks before decorating my main tree with fussy cut small elements from the stamp set.

And finally a super quick card made using the outline tree from the Uniko Christmas Pop stamp set and coloured using alcohol markers. I then teamed this with a sentiment from the Uniko Christmas Wishes set.

It's never too early to start your Christmas cards! And hopefully there is a style here to suit most tastes. 

Much love

Steph x