Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Alphabets and Animals!

Good morning, 

Did I mention how much I loved the Uniko Alphabet Solid stamp set during the February birthday release? So, I have used this stamp set as my focus for my Uniko Brand Ambassador inspiration post this month and teamed it with Uniko's animal themed stamps, creating some 'play on words' sentiments to add even more fun! 

First we have a 'Hoppy' birthday card using the bunny from the Uniko Hoppy Easter stamp set and the birthday from the Uniko WILD stamp set (currently unavailable).

I'm particularly pleased with this daft sentiment! The cat stamp is from the Uniko Mid Century Modern Purrfect Day stamp set. The rest of the sentiment is made from parts from the 'From our home to yours' in the Uniko Festive Sentiments stamp set. 

And finally, also a slightly daft sentiment teamed with the paw print from the Uniko Paw Print Heart stamp set and a heart from the Uniko Falling Hearts Serenade stamp set. 

For all these cards I used VersaMagic chalk inks which give a nice effect to the silhouette style of these cards.

Thanks for visiting today.

Much love

Steph x

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

Papercraft Challenges #115 - Love Is In The Air

Good morning, 

Welcome to this month's challenge from Papercraft Challenges where the theme is 'Love Is In The Air'. 

We are sponsored this month by Mirtillamente Digital Stamps and Papers and the winner of the challenge will be able to choose 2 digital images of their choice.

For my card I have used a Mirtillamente digi stamp and coloured using alcohol markers. 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you create and enter into our challenge over on the blog. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Love Is In The Air

Good morning, 

Since we are on the cusp of the month of love (!) I have used this as my theme for my January Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration.

For this card I have used Uniko Big & Bold Love stamp set which includes the two large heart stamps. It’s quite hard to see but I embossed the middle white section using one of the Uniko Bokeh Layering Hearts stencil and stamped the purple hearts over the larger raised hearts before adding the fussy cut LOVE sentiment.

Continuing with the Uniko Bokeh Layering Hearts stencil I used the second stencil to create an offset design using Distress Oxides in Antique Linen and Speckled Egg.

My final card uses Uniko Scattered Polka Hearts stencil and a heat embossed sentiment from the Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set.

Not all my cards are for Valentine’s but hopefully they have given you some inspiration for Valentine’s or just for some birthday or even thank you cards full of love.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko 12th Birthday Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

 

Hooray! 

We are finally here at the Uniko 12th Birthday release day! No hanging about, straight into the full product reveal we go:

Uniko Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Heart Stencil Set

The main feature of the card is of course the gorgeous red and pink heart created using the inner stencil only. The background has been created using the Uniko Large Background: Scattered Polka Hearts stamp set. And I have only just discovered glitter embossing powder...oh my heart, like the sentiment, I LOVE the stuff!! The sentiment is from Uniko Big & Bold Love stamp set.  

Uniko Mid Century Modern Birthday

Although we are celebrating Uniko's 12th Birthday, I have used the Mid Century Modern Birthday stamp set to show how it could be used for Christmas cards too. The presents and bows were stamped in festive colours and the outline versions of the stamp were heat embossed in gold. The sentiment is from the Uniko Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder stamp set. 

Uniko Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments and Uniko Background Blocks MOD Builder

I have mixed these two stamp sets to create my last card. The Background Blocks MOD Builder makes for a lovely background which can be coloured in any way. 

Now you have seen my creations please do follow the Brand Ambassador blog hop to see the wonderful creations by the rest of the team. Leave some lovely comments along the way and you could win a £30 eGift voucher for Uniko. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

Uniko 12th Birthday Release Introducing - Ink & Flip Geometric Heart Layering Stencil

Morning All, 

Today we are introducing Uniko Ink & Flip Geometric Heart Layering stencil. This is once again a very clever design by Bev, one where the stencil is inked, cleaned, flipped and inked again. 

The set consists of two stencils, the inner and the outer. Here I have inked the outer stencil in two shades of pink distress oxide (Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet) onto white watercolour. I have then used Kraft card and versamark ink with gold embossing powder through the inner stencil, flipped the stencil and used white texture paste for the rest of the inner heart. Once dry I fussy cut the inner heart and adhered over the pink background heart. I have gold heat embossed the sentiment from the Uniko Everyday Love Sentiments stamp set and adhered to a Kraft card base.

My next card uses only the inner heart. 

I have stencilled two shades of blue ink using the inner heart stencil and fussy cut before layering onto gold glitter card. Again I fussy cut leaving a narrow border. The sentiment is from the Uniko Falling Hearts Serenade stamp set and is heat embossed in gold.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I created with this gorgeous new stencil. Please head over to the Uniko blog where you can see more fabulous designs from the Brand Ambassadors and leave them some love in the comments. Come back tomorrow to see the introduction to first stamp set of the Birthday release. 

I am entering my first card into the February Stencil Fun Challenge which has an optional theme of Love / Hearts.

I would like to enter my second card into the Addicted to CAS card challenge #251 with the current theme of ‘heart’.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Bokeh Layering Hearts

Good morning, 

Today I am showcasing the Uniko Bokeh Layering Hearts stencil set which were released earlier this year. Unfortunately I didn't have time to use them during the Release in Review so I have made three cards today to show the different ways in which they can be used. 

There are two stencils within the Bokeh Layering Hearts set. Here I have used one single stencil featuring just hearts:

I have kept this card very simple and added detail with a shaped die cut. The heart containing the sentiment and the small one to the right of it are fussy cut and applied with foam pads for added interest. 

My next card uses the other stencil from the set featuring the word 'love' in the shape of a heart.

Again the background was simple to create and I chose to use blue to imitate the sky and clouds. I then added the hot air balloon and sentiment from the Uniko Up & Away stamp set. 

My final card uses the two stencils together:

I wanted to make an impact so I chose to layer black and white onto the green hearts. I felt the colours were striking and needed a statement piece as a topper which I found from the Uniko Mid Century Modern Frames stamp set. 

Hopefully that has given you some ideas for using the stencils separately or together. 

Since AAA birthday card challenges has a ‘balloon’ theme for the month of May I will be entering my second card with the hot air balloon (although I’m not sure that’s the sort of balloon they are looking for!!).

I will also be entering my third card into Happy Little Stampers May Stencil Challenge which has an ‘Anything Goes’ theme. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko's 11th Birthday Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone, 

Welcome to Uniko's 11th birthday reveal, release, Brand Ambassador blog hop and GIVEAWAY!

Spring Botanicals Crocus

These beauties took a little while to colour and fussy cut but I think the final result is worth it. It’s hard to see from the photo but this is a floating frame which really does look quite impressive with the beautiful large crocus heads. 

Hoppy Easter

When I saw these cute bunnies I immediately wanted to make them into bunny shaped cards! They are quite small as the whole stamp set is A6 in size but honestly it just makes them cuter! 

Up & Away and Everyday Spring Sentiments

Quite often when I look at the component parts of a stamp set I see how it can be used in different ways and for me the hot air balloons in this set made me want to create a fantastic large floral bloom! The sentiments from the new Everyday Spring Sentiments set matched perfectly too.

Cloud 9 Stencil

Earlier in the week I mentioned how well the Up & Away stamp set would work with the Cloud 9 stencil so I created this card to prove it! 

Falling Hearts Serenade

For this card I had the great idea that I would attempt to mirror stamp the image and create a full heart…many attempts later and I gave up with the mirror stamping…clearly not a technique I’m cut out for! In the end I lined up each individual element on the left hand side and stamp and heat embossed them one by one. Yes, I’m that insane! Looks good though I think. 

Everyday Love Sentiments & Bokeh Layering Hearts Stencil

I love the font style of this set and teamed up with Uniko Everyday Sentiments, Everyday Spring Sentiments and Christmas Sentiments you really do get a very useful group of mix and match sentiments for many occasions.

Unfortunately I don’t have any inspiration images to show using the Bokeh Layering Hearts but I do know they are going to be just fab! The hearts have been sized to fit within each other and also to work with other heart stamps in the Uniko range such as Big & Bold Love.

So that’s the lot! It’s always great to find out which release items have captured your heart so do let us know. Be a bunny and hop over to all the Uniko Brand Ambassador’s blogs to leave some love and be in with a chance of winning a £30 eGift Certificate to spend in the Uniko store. 

Anita

Bev

Julie

Steph - that’s me

Much love

Steph x