Introducing... Background Blocks MOD Circle Builder

Happy Thursday.

Welcome to day 3 of the Uniko August 2025 Release product introductions. Today we have another product with a retro vibe. 

So today we get to introduce you to Background Blocks MOD Circle Builder. Perfect for an instant focal image, but this will work wonderfully with any of the Bauhaus inspired and Mid Century Modern products. As well as coordinating with the popular Stencil - MOD Background Builder Circles.

Plus it has the same wonderful offset size as Background Blocks MOD Builder has with the Stencil - MOD Background Builder. 

Let's see what the Brand Ambassadors have created. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

MOD fun, right? 

I'm certainly inspired by all the inspiration and like all the products so far this week, I'm super excited to use this more in the coming days and weeks.

See you tomorrow for day 4.

Crafty Hugs

Flippin' Fabulous Ink & Flip Masculine Inspiration Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway 🎉

Hello & Happy Weekend. 

I thought it would be nice to wrap up a month of masculine card inspiration with some FLIPPIN' fun 🤩  

Uniko's Ink & Flip Stencils launched in August 2023. A concept I discovered when designing a star. Originally I thought I needed one or more layers to achieve the look I wanted, but to my surprise I realised I only needed one. 

I'm proud of where this concept started and how it has expanded and evolved. From a single layer stencil, to two layered stencils for a more complex look and more recently all over patterns. 

Ink & Flip adds a new level to simple geometrics, which I often reach for when making a masculine card. So let's have a look at which stencils the Brand Ambassadors were inspired to use for the hop today.

Be sure to leave a comment along the hop and on any or all of the Uniko socials for your chance to win your choice of Uniko Ink & Flip Stencil. Comment by Sunday 6th July 2025 and a random winning comment will be selected and announced week of 7th July 2025.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

That was FLIPPIN' inspirational. 

Thank you for joining in with your hop and for all your comments of support on Friday on social media. If you feel you'd like to see more of these stencils in action, be sure to check out the videos on Uniko's YouTube channel. 

Crafty Hugs

Masculine Monday, Card Of The Week AND a Winner!

Hello & Happy Monday. 

How are we into the second half of June already? The days and weeks just seem to be going by so fast. But I'm back in the studio today after a jam packed weekend to kick this new week off with this week's Card Of The Week.

Continuing with masculine makes for June, I chose this card from way back from February 2014 when Explosion! was originally introduced. 

This small but mighty clear stamp set packs a punch and is perfect for masculine cards. As always this clear stamp set is 15% off this week in the Card Of The Week section on the website.

I'm going to have some fun inking this set up again this week and I'll be sharing inspiration across social media when I do.

Before I go today, I was reminded that I hadn't announced the winner of the May Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop. My apologies for my brain fog! 

The lucky winning comment is from Kailash.

Kailash

May 14, 2025

Your cards are gorgeous!

Congratulations Kailash! 

Please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk to claim your £25 eGift Code. 

Thank you to all that take the time to hop along with us and leave such lovely comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Monday Blues

Good Morning, 

Steph here today with 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 

A Couple Of Masculine Makes

Hello & Happy Thursday.

I'm just about sorted for my travels down south tomorrow for Crafterama Kent, so I thought I would pop by and share a couple of masculine cards I've made this week. 

This first card I shared the other day as a YouTube Short, HERE. I love Background Blocks Perspective for quick (ish) masculine makes. 

For this one I created a mask to add some shading using Dove ink. I then removed the mask and add some simple colouring using alcohol markers. 

To finish I added a mixed sentiment from Simply Said Blocks and Simply Said Blocks Occasions and adhered them using foam tape. 

Today, over on YouTube HERE I am sharing a video making this card using Balloon Bash and Birthday Sentiments. I also share my tip on using and adhering thin frames, like this one from Kristina Werner A2 Thin Frames Die. 

What do you think of this fun colour combo too? 

I saw it somewhere on Pinterest (I think) and I jotted down colours I thought matched and would work together. 

I hope you'll have a look at my video and I'd love to know if you think my tip about the frame is useful. 

Ok, back to making sure I've everything for tomorrow, it's going to be an early start and a long drive down. I'll be sure to check in and share what I can on social media while I'm there. 

Crafty Hugs

Hello May

Hello May & Happy Thursday. 

I'm finally caught up after the April Release and Crafterama Lincoln, and I found some time yesterday to finish one of the Ink & Flip Delightful Diamonds panels I inked and stamped during the countdown to release.

Don't worry if you missed out on the stencil, I have some more arriving soon. It's a holiday weekend, so it might take a couple of days extra, but more are coming! 

I inked this panel and started stamping the diamonds during my YouTube video HERE. And as it's my husband's birthday today, I finished the card off with the Happy Birthday from Mid Century Modern Birthday. 

I kept some spaces unstamped and minimal fuss. Just fussy cutting the sentiment and adhering using foam tape and a few Poppy enamel dots to finish.

I must have inked this stencil up 6-8 times on Sunday, so I have lots of panels in different colour ways to finish and share.

That's all from me here today, time to celebrate my husband, spend some time together while the boys are at school and then I think it is the traditoinal Birthday ten pin bowling! 

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration: Nautical cards

  Hello friends!

Happy Monday! 

Vinita here with a new month and new inspirations!  

I love this nautical stamp from Uniko, it is perfect for creating Masculine cards! 

Card 1

I inked the bottom edge of the card using Background Blocks splatter in various blue inks. Then, I created waves in circles using Background Builders" Round in circle stamp set and placed the Yacht in a wavy sea.

The compass stamp and a sentiment finished the card with simplicity!

Card 2

For this card, I came out of my comfort zone and created this simple card with a mix of patterns.

I created the bottom edge using Round in circle stamp set 2 times leaving some space to fill the red color in between. 

I stamped the Yacht and paper pieced it to create the pattern and placed a pattern paper strip on a red space too and was pleased with the result! The sentiment is from the same set.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy crafting!

Masculine Makes

Hello & Happy Thursday.

With Father's Day fast approaching I have two masculine cards to share with you. Although I have used a Father's Day sentiment on both my cards, the sentiments can be easily switched for a different occasion. 

First up is a card I started at Sincerely Yours Papercraft Show on Sunday. 

I am delighted to have the Stencil - MOD Background Builder back in stock and I wanted to show how it can be used for masculine cards, simply by switching up the colours and what you pair it with. 

Mid Century Modern Frames is the perfect masculine accent choice. These funky frames are non complicated, clean and simple. 

For this card I used Oceanside, Peacock and Midnight to ink the stencil design, which I opted to ink on an angle. 

For my next card, I used Mid Century Modern Frames again, but this time paired with another favourite recent restock, Background Blocks Linear.

How fun is this colour combo? 

Normally I pair pink with turquoise and yellow, but this time I decided to switch the pink with red and I just love it. The colours really pop against the black and white.

That's all I have for today, I hope this has given you some ideas for masculine makes.

Crafty Hugs