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

The Male Room Challenge #200 - Dogs and/or Cats

Welcome! 

The Male Room has a new challenge for you today and the theme is Dogs and/or Cats.

I do love both dogs and cats but chose to focus on dogs for my card as we have a beautiful dog called Elsie as part of our family.

The chair and the dog are both from a stamp set I received with a craft magazine a long time ago. I was looking through my patterned papers for a wallpaper type background but came across the brick wall and thought it worked rather well. 

So, dogs or cats, or both for you? Show us by joining in the fun over at The Male Room blog.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Ink & Flip Stencil Masculine Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Good morning, 

Welcome to the Uniko Brand Ambassadors joint post today where we are using Uniko and Ink & Flip stencils to create masculine projects.

I have used two different shades of blue ink to create my star using the Uniko Ink & Flip Christmas Star stencil and added sentiments to the centre from Uniko Sparkle Sentiments and Uniko Reach For The Stars stamp sets. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold onto vellum before adhering to the aperture which I cut out using a craft knife.

Just before the Uniko Brand Ambassadors celebration of Bev's innovative Ink & Flip stencils, we found out that a well known US brand has taken some of Bev's Ink & Flip designs without asking permission. They recently showed some sneak peeks of their August release which featured designs which are an exact copy of Uniko's Ink & Flip Christmas Star and Uniko's Ink & Flip Geometric Christmas Tree. Hopefully when Bev reaches out they will see their error and rectify it. But in the meantime, a friendly reminder to support small independent businesses. 😊

Lots more lovely masculine inspiration from the Brand Ambassadors if you follow this blog hop and if you leave lovely comments along the way you will be entered into a draw to win your choice of Uniko Ink & Flip stencil.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

AAA Colourful Colourboard #17

Good morning, 

Welcome to this month's challenge from AAA Colourful where we have the following colourboard:

This colourboard made me think of a hot country and I had been sorting through my stamp sets when I noticed one consisting of animals and leaves which I thought might work well.

Happily I found the patterned paper in my stash and it was a perfect match for this challenge.

An interesting collection of colours, what will it inspire you to create? Join us over at the AAA Colourful blog and see what wonders the other Design Team members have created.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Monday Blues

Good Morning, 

Welcome to my Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post for June. As we are focussing on masculine makes this month, I have dug out some older Uniko stamp sets and focused on blue hues. 

My first card uses the Uniko Block Party Coffee Love stamp set. I started by sweeping my white card with a light grey cube ink pad and then stamped and coloured the image. I added faux 'planks' using an embossing board before attaching to a card blank using foam pads. 

Sticking with the grey ink and blue alcohol markers, I changed my stamp to Uniko Background Blocks Equaliser stamp set. I used the sentiment and the extra musical notes stamps from the set to finish off the card.

And finally for today, I created a birthday card with the Uniko Up & Away stamp set. I stamped the hot air balloon and basket before colouring in and fussy cutting out. I attached this to piece of card on which I had stamped clouds, the flag tail and the sentiment. 

That's all my cards for today which hopefully has given you some masculine inspiration for Father's Day this coming weekend (in the UK).

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #199 - Fun Folds

Good morning, 

Welcome to this month's challenge from The Male Room which is all about 'Fun Folds'.

This is always the type of challenge that gets my little grey matter working. I don't often do different fold styles so I have a little browse on Pinterest and see what I think I can achieve! 

I don't even know what this fold style is called so pop me a comment down below if you do. I started with a piece of card A6 in size and scored it into four equal parts along the long side. I adhered this into a square tube using an extra piece of card to attach to the two ends, on the inside. I then cut four further A6 panels, two black and two teal. I decorated each panel with patterned paper, die cuts and sentiments before adhering to the inner square tube. I made my card into a Father's Day card as it's that little bit more special.

Very much looking forward to seeing what you create and to add to my list for the next time we have this type of theme. Lots of wonderful inspiration on over on The Male Room blog so pop over and check it out.

Much love

Steph x

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Uniko

Good morning, 

The Uniko Brand Ambassadors are taking part in the Coffee Lovers blog hop today. My card uses Uniko I LOVE Coffee stamp set.

I stamped the coffee cups onto card I had previously stencilled using Uniko Layering Spring Blossom stencil set. I fussy cut them out and adhered them to a panel onto which I stamped the sentiment and the coffee beans. 

If you join in the Uniko Brand Ambassadors blog hop, you will be in with a chance of winning a £25 eGift card. Leave a lovely comment along the hop before 30th May to be in with a chance of winning. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you are here!

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

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

AAA Colourful Colourboard #16

Morning all, 

AAA Colouful have an interesting colourboard challenge for you today which includes black and white with limited other colours.

I thought this colourboard was well suited to a sympathy card which I created using Uniko's Hello Lovely stamp set.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you create with this colourboard and urge you to head over the the AAA Colourful blog to join the challenge and check out the amazing creations by the rest of the Design Team.

Much love

Steph x