Feature Friday - Uniko On Trend with Ink & Flips and More!

Hello & Happy Friday. 

It's been a wonderful, although busy week packing all your lovely release orders, thank you! I am delighted to come by today and share the first Uniko Feature Friday of 2025. 

You might of heard me say or mention an upcoming feature in Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine during the release. Well, the issue has finally been published and I can share a little peek at the Uniko 'On Trend' feature. 

Issue 266 is now available in most UK supermarkets and online at CraftStash. And my newest innovative and unique Ink & Flip Stencils, Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem and Layering Flower are featured. 

It's always an honour to be asked to make cards for a feature and even more so when I am able to tie in two new products. Here's a little peek at the 4 page feature. I give you some more fun ideas and ways to use these stencils.

This inspired me to get inky and give some more love to the Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem Stencil and I have a new video over on the Uniko YouTube Channel, HERE.

As you know, when I design products, I am always thinking of how they can be paired with others that I have previously released. One idea I had was pairing the gem with the Stencil - Bokeh Layering Hearts to create a loved up card. 

I decided to create a Valentine's Day card, that I might actually for once give to my husband! But you could easily change out the sentiment for an engagement, anniversary or wedding card. 

Anyway, that's all from me today.

Crafty Hugs

Celebrating 12 Years - Another Grand Prize Giveaway 🎉

 

Hello & Happy Tuesday

I'm back today with Another Grand Prize Giveaway 🎉  

Last year I added this prize to the giveaway line up and although I don't release as many stencils as I do stamps, I still think it's a pretty grand prize to win. Especially if you enjoyed the unique and innovative stencils that were released last year.

So who wouldn't LOVE to win this?? 

This is a BIG deal for myself & Uniko to offer another prize package like this to another one lucky winner, the last few years haven't been easy, BUT without YOU I wouldn't be celebrating 12 years of being in business. 

So THANK YOU!

Thank you for supporting me, for supporting Uniko, for cheering me on, for purchasing the products I design, for sharing your purchases, wins & makes on social media and for simply being wonderful loyal customers.

Here's a little card I made in honour of todays giveaway using one of my favourite Uniko Stencil designs, MOD Background Builder.

I'm slowly getting better at this soft stencilling! I realised it's best to attempt it with blending brushes that have been heavily inked. That way I don't re-ink the brush and simply use what's left on it. This is what I did with a yellow brush and a pink brush, which created a lovely peachy colour in the middle.

I chose the sentiment from Big & Bold Love, one because it's almost Valentine's Day. But also because you can send a With Love card on someone's birthday. I would just stamp, on your birthday inside the card. 

I used a mix of Hearts from Big & Bold Love and Background Builders Hearts and the with sentiment is a partial stamp from Everyday Love Sentiments.

Anyway, to be in the chance of winning this prize, simply add your name to the linky below. The link up will close at 23:59 Thursday 29th February 2024.

The winner will be announced on Monday 4th March 2024, along with all the other 12th Birthday Celebration Winners 🎉

One last thing before I go, how about a  fabulous discount code too! The code birthday12 is valid for the whole month of February 2024 and can be used on any order placed, even if you place multiple orders during the month!

Crafty Hugs

Rules etc...

* One entry per person 

* You don't have to link just from a blog, you can use any of your social media http links. 

* If you don't have a social media or place to link, you are more than welcome to link to your favourite Uniko product on the website ;) Please make sure you use your name and email address so I can contact you if you win! 

* This giveaway/prize package is sponsored purely by myself/Uniko and it is open internationally.

* I'd LOVE you to share this amazing prize far & wide!

Good Luck!

PEACE, LOVE, JOY

Hello & Happy Monday!

I'm starting the week off with another festive card and one that uses and combines non-traditional Christmas products.

I love alphabet stamps and of course our Alphabet Outlined, but it is often a clear stamp set I easily forget about and neglect. But it's such a versatile stamp set and one maybe I should keep in mind more often. I was thinking about how I could incorporate the alphabet on my card and as I often do, I started browsing through Christmas cards I've made previously to spark inspiration. 

I came across this one using Festive Sentiments Outlined and Peace on Earth HERE and seen below. 

And this is how I took the inspiration and came up with something new...

A colourful and eclectic mix of Uniko products! With the alphabet stamps being a larger scale I first needed to change the orientation of my card from portrait to landscape. I then divided my card panel into 3, lightly drawing lines with a pencil to keep my stamping as straight as possible! 

Once I'd stamped the words, I set the panel aside to dry while I stamped the dove from Peace on Earth and the heart from BIG & BOLD Love. I fussy cut them both out and added some glitter using a glue pen. 

I then went back to my words, used an eraser to remove the pencil lines and coloured the letters with Stampin' Up! Blend Markers. Before assembling my card I stamped the tiny string of lights from BIG & BOLD Merry on the ends of JOY.

I then adhered the panel to my base card using foam tape and added the dove and heart with foam tape as well. To finish I added some colourful Nuvo Drops to the Christmas lights. 

This was a fun to make and was a great way of stretching some non-Christmas products. Now I am thinking about other words and combinations! What words would you choose for a Christmas card using this layout/style? 

Hope your week has started well.

Crafty Hugs

Officially Introducing... Falling Hearts Serenade, Everyday Love Sentiments and Stencil - Bokeh Layering Hearts

 

Welcome to the final day of product introductions for our 11th Birthday Release. 

Today myself and Brand Ambassador Steph are 'officially' introducing three products that will now be available on the Uniko website after being launched on the How To Craft Network (HTCN) back at the end of January. 

If you missed watching me on the HTCN you can catch up HERE and see the inspiration I shared using the products. 

So let's have another look at these in action...

Bev

Steph

Are you totally loved up seeing these. Oh, the possibilities from Weddings, Anniversaries, Just Because and of course Valentine's Day. I am sure you would think of even more occasions.

So that's it, that wraps up all the introductions for this release. It might be small, but it packs a creative punch and we are excited to reveal them all tomorrow at 9am GMT with our usual Blog Hop and Giveaway. 

Hope to see you then.

Crafty Hugs

 

NEW Exclusive Launch - How To Craft Network

Hello & Happy Saturday! 

What a whirlwind of a week, thank you for the fabulous response to the New Release last Friday / weekend. I am so glad so many of you love the Mid Century Modern collection as much as I do. I am working hard to get the stamps back in stock as soon as possible. The Stencil - MOD Background Builders Circles flew off the shelves too, but that is now back in stock HERE.

I haven't forgotten the winner of the giveaway, I will announce the winner at the end of my post! Thank you for all the lovely comments, they are all much appreciated by myself and the team.

Now onto the other news, that I am a little late sharing, the other NEW and Exclusive Launch of 3 products over on the How To Craft Network (HTCN). 

Did you catch me live on YouTube yesterday? I saw a few names on the live comment feed, but I am still getting my head round focusing on demoing and then looking up at the cameras and feed! 

If you missed the show, you can catch up HERE. 

But I thought I would pop by and share a look at the NEW products here today too, so let's get to it! 

First up is Falling Hearts Serenade. 

I've had this series idea in my head since I released Snowflake Serenade! So it feels good to finally get going with it. 

Like the snowflake clear stamp set, it features a swirling cascade of hearts and roses. Along with a main sentiment and some mix and match sentiments. I also added in some individual accent hearts. 

A couple of fun coordinating features about this set to make it a little more versatile with Uniko products you may have in your stash. Firstly the rose. It's a lot smaller, has a curved stem and is a slightly less detailed. But it is a version of the closed rose from Pure Florals Rose. Second the sentiment font choices are carried through from Snowflake Serenade and the Spring Botanical series.

Next in the launch bundle on HTCN is a new sentiment set, Everyday Love Sentiments. You will recognise this font from our popular Everyday Sentiments and Christmas Sentiments. I think this is a great addition to the Uniko line up.

Lastly in the bundle is a stencil duo, Bokeh Layering Hearts. 

This stencil has a fun feature too, in that the hearts are the same shape as those from Background Builders Hearts, BIG & BOLD Love and Paw Print Hearts.

These are available to purchase HERE on the HTCN. They will come to the Uniko store, but not until late February. So if you want to be in the first to get them, don't miss the opportunity.

Now that I have formally introduced the newness and where you can purchase it, I thought I would share some of the cards I made for the show.

First up a clean & simple slimline card.

For this card I used the hearts & roses cascade to stamp down the length of the panel. I then simply heat embossed with star dust embossing powder for some beautiful sparkle. I then simply coloured with some Copic Markers. 

I kept the sentiment sparkle free and just popped it up with foam adhesive.

My second card is a little less clean and simple! 

For this card I used one of the stencils from Stencil - Bokeh Layering Hearts with the Falling Hearts Serenade.

I used Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper card as my base and inked blended around the edges a bit before inking the heart stencil. I then cleaned and flipped the hearts to ink again, creating this blur effect. 

I then stamped the cascading image and decided on the large love from Big & Bold Love which I also sparkly heat embossed.

Lastly, the card I demonstrated on the show...

I hope you like this new collection & the HTCN show! 

Ok, so how about the winner from the giveaway HERE. 

Without further ado, the winner is...

Sharon Gullikson 🎉

Congratulations Sharon! 

Please send me an email to bev@uniko.co.uk along with your mailing address to claim your prize.

Crafty Hugs

 

Stencil Sunday - BIG & BOLD and Soft & Pretty!

 Happy Sunday!

It's been a while since I did a Stencil Sunday feature, so I thought I'd share a couple more cards I made using the 2 new stencils released on Friday. If you missed the release day fun, you can catch up HERE.

For my first card today I have used Tropical Leaf #2 and Squared. I've been wanting to try this technique for a while using two stencils and took it a little further by creating kind of spotlight effect.

First I used Crushed Olive Distress Oxide ink through the monstera leaf. I then positioned the squared stencil and inked through with Forest Moss Distress Oxide ink. 

I love a bit of fussy cutting, so trimmed out my leaf. I then decided to use the squared stencil on my base card. So I positioned where I wanted the leaf to go and placed the squared stencil over the top to line up the squares. I taped down one edge and removed the leaf to stencil the background using the same Forest Moss ink.

It was then easy to line up and adhere the leaf using foam adhesive. I thought the Wish Big sentiment from Simply Said Blocks III was quite apt to pair with this grand monstera leaf! 

For my second card today I have gone soft and pretty pastels using Scattered Polka Hearts to create a congratulations card.

I love the small detail blending brushes you can get, they make for easy ink application when you want to create a rainbow effect with small stencils. I used a variety of Altenew light shades of ink to randomly colour the heart background.

I then stamped, fussy cut and adhered the floral heart from Always & Forever to the panel using foam adhesive. The sentiment is from Everyday Sentiments and I stamped it in a medium grey so it stood out, but wasn't quite as harsh as black.

That's all from me today. Though with all the rainy weather we have had this weekend, I have made quite a few cards I will be sharing over the coming days! 

Crafty Hugs

Introducing... Paw Print Hearts and Stencil - Scattered Polka Hearts

 Hello & Happy Thursday! 

Welcome to the final day of product introductions for our mini July 2022 Release. Today we have paired two products ton introduce together, Paw Print Hearts and Stencil - Scattered Polka Hearts.

Paw Print Hearts is a pet sympathy focused clear stamp set, but the images in the set are versatile to work for a variety of occasions and pair lovely with other previously released Uniko clear stamps too. 

Stencil - Scattered Polka Hearts is what it says, beautifully sized polka hearts in a random pattern. Perfect to pair with Paw Prints Hearts along with weddings, anniversaries, Valentine's Day and more occasions!

Now let's get to the fun part, the inspiration...

 Anita

Bev

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie

Steph

Wiebke

Beautiful inspiration for such a heart breaking occasion, I am sure you would agree. I hope you had chance to leave comments along the way, I will be randomly selecting one lucky from all that are left during the week to win a £20 eGift Certificate to use in the Uniko store. 

All of the products that have been introduced this week will be available at 9am BST tomorrow, Friday 29th July 2022 over HERE on the website.

That's all for today, be sure to stop by again tomorrow for our traditional Reveal, Release & Brand Ambassador Blog Hop. You will get another chance to comment along the hop to be entered in to win the £20 eGift Certificate.

Crafty Hugs

Blog Hop Winner, Restocks & a Card!

Happy Wednesday! 

Apologies for being late with announcing the winner of the June Release Blog Hop, but without further ado, the winner is...

Dee Earnshaw said...

OMG what amazing looking cards - the first one with the butterfly is stunning - thanks for sharing

Congratulations Dee, please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk no later than 30th June 2022 to claim your £20 eGift code. 

In other news...

A fabulous and highly requested bunch of restocks have arrived in the studio, these include Background Blocks Mid Century Modern, Background Builders Round In Circles, Mid Century Modern Florals and Sentiments Outlined. 

The Stencil, Layering Zesty will arrive by the end of the week too. All backorders awaiting this stencil will be posted this week too.

Lastly for today I have a card using the new Background Builders Hearts paired with a sentiment from Simply Said Blocks III.

I'm still on my rainbow colour kick. I've had these hearts stamped and cut for a while, it's just taken me longer to decide on an arrangement! Do you find that the layout is often the trickiest part of creating? 

 

That's all for today, now time to enjoy this sunshine as we never know how long its going to stay around for! 

Crafty Hugs