Uniko Celebrating 13 Years - Introducing Alphabet Solid and Background Blocks Waves

 

Morning all, 

As we continue the Uniko 13th Birthday celebrations we have another two stamp sets to introduce today. 

Firstly we have Uniko Alphabet Solid stamp set.

I have used the large letters to create four small 'love letters' to peek out of the four die cut envelopes. Since this is a love card, I thought it would be appropriate to use the language of love i.e. Uniko Large Background French Script stamp for the background. 

For this card I lined up the letters to create 'BIRTHDAY' and stamped it in black. I slightly shifted the card and stamped again in purple ink to create a shadow. I then took the 'Happy' from several Uniko stamp sets (some now retired) and stamped around the edges. Finally I added a couple of strips of cardstock in black and purple before adhering everything to a slimline card blank. 

Secondly today we are introducing Uniko Background Blocks Waves. 

Another great background block stamp with very funky wavy lines which I thought would match well with the Uniko Mid Century Modern Frames stamp set. 

This card idea was formed after I went to the cinema with the children. Can you guess what film we watched?! (Follow the yellow brick road...). So we have the poppy field from the Uniko Remembrance stamp set and the emeralds made using the Uniko Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem stencil and the Uniko Sparkle Sentiments stamp set. Finally the sentiment and hot air balloon from the Uniko Up & Away stamp set were perfect to finish off my card.

Don't forget to check out the Uniko blog for lots more beautiful creations from the Uniko Brand Ambassadors and come back tomorrow for more introductions.

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #188 - Animals

Hi everyone, 

We have what promises to be a popular theme for this month's The Male Room challenge, Animals. 

These cute little chameleons are from a stamp set by Clearly Besotted. 

Lots of choices with such a great theme so what animal will you choose? Join in with The Male Room challenge #188 here. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Masculine Monday

Morning all, 

Welcome to my Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration this month where I am focussing on those oh so difficult masculine cards, using Uniko Bauhaus Blocks stamp set.

For this card I started off with Uniko Background Blocks Linear stamp and used green ink on cream card. On another piece of cream card I stamped one of the stamps from the Uniko Bauhaus Blocks stamp set, also in green ink, and after colouring with alcohol markers adhered this with foam pads. The sentiment is also from the Bauhaus Blocks set and stamped in black ink. Finally the whole panel was adhered to a black card base. 

For my next card I chose a different one of the Bauhaus Blocks and stamped it in black, blue and green ink, following which I coloured each with alcohol markers in coordinating colours. On a separate piece of card I stamped a red block and coloured with red alcohol markers. This I adhered to the panel using foam blocks. I then stamped the 'Happy Father's Day' sentiment in red using a mixture of Uniko Everyday sentiment sets. I then stamped the letters DAD from the Uniko Alphabet Outlined stamp set, coloured and adhered these to the panel using foam pads. 

For my final card today I started off with the Uniko Mid Century Modern Shapes stencil and three distress oxide inks. After randomly stencilling the background I stamped the Bauhaus Block in black and coloured random areas with a black alcohol marker. 

I hope this has given you some inspiration for masculine cards, and more ways to use your Uniko stash.

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #186 - Trains, Planes & Automobiles

Good morning, 

Welcome to this month's challenge at The Male Room. Challenge #186 has the theme of Trains, Planes & Automobiles. 

I decided to use a skyline stamp from Clearly Besotted and add my a plane and helicopter, also from a Clearly Besotted set.

So will you use a train, plane, automobile or all of them?! Come join in at The Male Room craft challenge.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Slimline Christmas

Morning all, 

Since my waist is not looking very slimline this Christmas, I thought I’d better make my cards slimline instead! 

This card started out with the lovely bold sentiment from the Uniko Mid Century Modern Christmas stamp set. My next plan was to use the Christmas tree from this set but I managed to temporarily lose it (later found to have dropped into a desk drawer!). So, change of plan and to keep with the trees, I chose the Uniko In The Forest stencil and two shades of distress oxide ink. Finally a cute die cut bow to finish off the card.

Sticking with trees I selected the Uniko Pop Trees stamp set (sadly now discontinued) and teamed it with a sentiment from the Uniko Festive Sentiments stamp set. 

For my last card I used Uniko Background Blocks Scandinavian Christmas stamp to create a beautiful panel to the side of the card. I then added the doves and sentiment from the Uniko Peace on Earth stamp set keeping the rest of the card CAS. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko July/August 23 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Happy release day! 

Today we are here to reveal to you the full Uniko July/August release and showcase more inspiration using the fantastic products. 

First up we have a large A5 clear stamp set called Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder.

Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder £16

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Here I have teamed the stamp set with the newly released Ink & Flip Stencil - Christmas Star. I thought the wreath looked like the large bows you get on the top of presents and the stencil is of course a parcel with a ribbon around! Hopefully you can see where I was going with this idea! The clever thing about this stencil is that you can ink it, flip it and ink it again and it creates a beautiful star in the centre. See my earlier introduction post for an example of this.

Ink & Flip Stencil - Christmas Star £4.25 

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The next stamp set to share is an A6 size set called Mid Century Modern Christmas.

I have focussed on the smaller elements of the set and used the parcel to create a wrapping paper pattern for another card featuring a present! 

Lastly in the Mid Century Modern line up is Mid Century Modern Baubles. This is another large A5 stamp set featuring three main baubles and lots of smaller elements to play around with. 

 Mid Century Modern Wreath Baubles £16

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My introduction post showcased a very mid century modern style in using this stamp set but here I have created a more clean and simple style.

Next up we have an Art Deco inspired Christmas set called Background Block - Arts Decoratifs Christmas.

Background Blocks - Arts Decoratifs Christmas £6

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There are so many possibilities with this stamp. In the introductions I turned it into a stain glass window and used paper piecing to create a beautiful card. Here I have turned it into a shaker card.

The final stamp set is a fantastic sentiment set which will tie in just perfectly with the previously released Uniko Christmas Sentiments, Everyday Sentiments, Everyday Love Sentiments and Everyday Spring Sentiments amongst others.

Everyday Family £11

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I hope you have had fun looking through all the new products and additional inspirations. There are lots more to see from all the Uniko Brand Ambassadors and if you join in with the blog hop, leaving lovely comments along the way, you will be in with a chance of winning the entire release! 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - that's me!

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

Uniko May / June Release - Introducing Bauhaus Blocks Stamp Set

Hello! 

Day two of the Uniko May / June release introductions and we have a very exciting stamp set for you today called Bauhaus Blocks. 

As you will see from my second card, this set features a collection of geometric designs perfect for colouring any way you choose. I however, saw a mountain (with trees and clouds) and a boat out at sea when I stamped the two images in my first card above! 

Definitely be sure to pop over to the Uniko blog to see the brilliant ways in which the Brand Ambassadors have used these unique and interesting stamps. I’ve really been enjoying playing about with this stamp set.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Welcome! 

After all the fantastic birthday celebrations for Uniko’s 10th birthday in February, I didn’t feel like stopping the celebrations just yet! 

As I had the Uniko Balloon Bash stencil out, I decided to use this for my Brand Ambassador inspiration post. It is such a delightful stencil to use and you can create quick but stylish cards with it easily. I also focused on slimline cards for this showcase.

For my first card I have simply used one balloon shape and blended red, orange and yellow balloons in clusters up the card. I used watercolour card as I find  it easier to blend on, and distress oxides which I prefer to the original distress inks. I have added a sentiment from Uniko Birthday Sentiments set and finished off with enamel dots. 

Changing up my colours, I blended different shaped balloons across the top of my card, overhanging the edge. This time I added strings to the balloons using a ruler and metallic gel pen. The sentiment is again from Uniko Birthday Sentiments set which I have stamped in dark grey before heat embossing with clear powder.

For my final card today, I’ve used the balloon stencil to create a hot air balloon. I did this by simply blending the balloon as usual but before I removed the stencil I outlined it with metallic gel pen. I drew further curved lines inside the balloon and joined them to a hand drawn ‘basket’. I masked off my balloon and used Uniko Rainbows and Clouds stencil to create my background. The sentiment, again from Uniko Birthday Sentiments set, is heat embossed in silver to finish. 

I hope this has reinvigorated the birthday spirit for you and that you can see just how simple and effective the Uniko Balloon Bash stencil is. I love it!

Much love

Steph x

Miss Moo is Two!

Hi everyone, 

Strange blog title?! So my great niece turned two las week. Her name is Amelia but her pet name is Miss Moo, so Miss Moo is two! 

This along with her love of Koala's were the driving factors behind the very special birthday card I made for her.

I die cut three circles from a piece of white card the size of a slimline base. Behind these apertures I stamped Clearly Besotted Birch Background II, and also onto the middle size circle cut out which was then adhered to the end of the row. The letters are cut using Altenew Tall Alpha dies and I have stacked two on top of each other for dimension. The koalas and the leaves are from the Clearly Besotted Cute Koala set and I have fussy cut them out before adhering in place. Finally I found a heart stamp that was just the right size and stamped twice, fussy cut and added to the top right hand corner.

Since Time Out Challenges is celebrating their 8th birthday I will link up this card there and wish them many happy returns! 

Much love

Steph x

 

Uniko Introducing and Re-introducing - Fun Flowers Stencil & Mask, Fun Flowers Spray Mask AND Fun Flowers Clear Stamps!

Good morning, 

It's a Fun Flowers kind of day today for the Uniko Introductions, and Re-Introduction.

Firstly we have the Fun Flowers stencil and mask set and the Fun Flowers stamp set which I have used together on my cards today.

Here I have used one of the masks to keep the floral white and ink blended the Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide around it before trimming the card and adhering down the centre of a card blank. I did lightly blend some of the ink onto the flowers too just to remove the starkness of the white. I used the same ink to stamp one flower from the Fun Flowers stamp set and the sentiment from the Uniko Everyday Sentiments stamp set also on this release (see introduction here).

For this card I used the stencil (rather than the masks) and more of the Fun Flowers stamps to create my 70's inspired background. I die cut the 'happy' from the background using Uniko BIG & BOLD Happy die set and the 'BIRTHDAY' sentiment is from the Uniko Everyday Sentiments set. 

Finally for today we have another addition to the Fun Flowers series again in the form of a stencil and mask set.

Using the mask part of this set I applied various colours of ink to the flowers and leaves and gently blended outwards. I added the sentiment from the Uniko BIG & BOLD You stamp set (also introduced on this release here).

Hoping you love these introductions, I already know you will love the products! Don't miss out on seeing what the other Brand Ambassadors have created because they have done an amazing job.

Final introduction up on the blog tomorrow and then the big reveal on Sunday.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Background Blocks Mid Century Modern

Good morning all, 

I hope this blog post finds you well? Welcome to my first Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post of 2022! 

I am starting the year off with Uniko Background Blocks Mid Century Modern stamp. I love the Mid Century Modern sets and this one is particularly good for masculine cards, however I have applied a mix of styles here.

My first card teams the background block with a mix of sentiments from Uniko Simply Said Blocks and Simply Said Blocks II stamp sets. The sentiments are heat embossed onto black card using blue embossing powder while the background block was stamped and heat embossed in yellow powder. I used the stamp twice, slightly overlapping, to give a longer edge to the card and I trimmed it before adhering to the card base.

For my second card I wanted a softer and more feminine feel so I teamed the background block with florals from the Uniko Originally Organic Additions stamp set. The elements of this card are all stamped in dye ink which gives a softer look than the heat embossing above. 

Possibly my favourite of the three cards, here I have heat embossed the background block in black onto yellow card. I have used the block twice to show how nicely the background blocks fit into a slimline card. I have added some enamel dots over some of the 'terminals' (I often think of this stamp as an underground map!!). The sentiment is from the Uniko Doodle Flowers stamp set and is white heat embossed onto a black card strip before being adhered with foam pads. 

Hopefully there's something here to kickstart your New Year crafting. I know I found it hard getting back into it after a very lazy break between Christmas and New Year! 

Take care and keep crafting!

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Challenge #66 Reminder

Morning all

We are back with reminders of the current Uniko challenge #66. 

Following on from the wonderful inspiration provided by the Brand Ambassadors at the start of the challenge, we now have even more fantastic projects to get your creative mind flowing!

Another slimline card from me and it’s so satisfying how the Uniko Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs stamp fits perfectly one on top of the other. I wanted a muted colour tone for this card and I matched this in my flowers from the Uniko You Are, Yes You stamp set but used the lighter blends also. The sentiment is from the Uniko Simply Said Blocks set and is simply stamped onto a piece of card that I coloured with one of the markers. 

Be sure to visit the Uniko blog where you can check out the fantastic inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and our wonderful guest designer, as well as join in the challenge. 

Thanks for visiting,

Steph x