January 2025 Release - Introducing... Layering Picked Posies Stencil

Hello & Happy New Years Eve 

I know it's a super busy time of year with all the celebrations, family & friend time. But I couldn't resist ending the year and starting the New Year with some new products. Hopefully you saw the sneak peeks I shared HERE yesterday, but if not be sure to go check them out.

Today myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors are kicking off the first of the introductions with a lovely, lovely floral layering stencil, Layering Picked Posies Stencil.

You might recognise this floral from the Exclusive CraftStash Picked Posies Collection I did for them back in late 2023. The flowers are unfortunately no longer available and because I know quite a few of you purchased the collection I didn't just want to re-release them here at Uniko. So I got to thinking how I could bring them to you all here, but differently.

Therefore, I bring you a 4 layered stencil that will work perfectly on its own, but will also pair beautifully with the Exclusive CraftStash Picked Posies Collection. Let's have a look at it in action...

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

I hope you love this stencil as much as I do AND as it is New Years Eve, I'll be giving one set of the stencils away to one lucky comment left on any of the blog posts & or across Uniko's social media posts to win this stencil set. 

Happy hopping & see you in 2025! 

Crafty Hugs

January 2025 Release Sneak Peeks

Hello & Happy Monday! 

I'm starting the week and ending 2024 with Sneak Peeks of the January 2025 Release. Yes, that's right I have a bunch of newness releasing on Sunday 5th January. I don't normally do a new release in January, but a change is as good as a rest, right? 

Anyway, enough chat. Let's have a look at the peeks...

First up is a peek at a new fabulous layering stencil. Those who are eagle eyed might recognise what inspired this stencil. AND I know those who came to the Uniko Autumn Stamping Retreat will know what this is, as it was the freebie gift for attending! 

Next up is a new Ink & Flip layering stencil. Again, some of you might be eagle eyed and recognise the design. This is a fabulous stencil on its own, but pair it with previously released Uniko products for even more creative options.

This third peek is of another new Ink & Flip layering stencil and one that is going to make your creativity sparkle! 

Next is a bonus stencil, I was originally going to save this one for February, but I couldn't resist adding it to this release! A fun new addition to the Mid Century Modern Collection...

Next how about a new addition to the Flower Power series. This floral is perfect for spring. The mix and match possibilities like all across the Flower Power series is endless and the sentiments are sure to be ones reached for time and again.

This sentiment set was born because the second Ink & Flip peek I shared *needed* to shine some more and they just go together like cookies and milk! 

This next peek is of a re-introduction of a clear stamp set that was originally released back in August 2013 and I can't even remember when I retired it. However, I have had a few requests to bring it back and I think it has a lot of creative potential. Even more so with how Uniko has grown over almost 13 years.

This final peek is of another addition to a highly popular sentiment series and it fills in some gaps that adds even more options and occasions to use them.

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.

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration: The Magic of Christmas

  Hello everyone!

Happy Wednesday!

Vinita here again! Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you all are having a great time 🎄🎅

                             On this festive day, I made a special festive card today!

I stamped the flower image on an acetate sheet and heat embossed it with Wow opaque bright white EP.

Die cut in a circle shape. Flip over the acetate sheet to the non-embossed side.

I filled some craft glue over a couple of petals. Then I sprinkled a heavy amount of fine glitter powder over the top and shook off the extra. I repeated the process for the rest of the petals and leaves with different glitter colors. I used various shades of red, orange, green and brown. The sentiment is from the same set.

Getting the correct photo with glitter is also a bigger challenge!

One more look at the card:

In person, it is more beautiful!!!

Give this beautiful technique a try, and you will enjoy it!

Happy crafting!

 Hello everyone!

Happy Tuesday and Merry Christmas Eve!

Vinita here! Did you see Uniko's Christmas release last month? I loved everything in it. I spent a whole day creating Christmas cards! I picked a few items from this release and mixed and matched them with old ones!

 

I started by stamping the mehendi mandala design in Jet black archival ink at the top corner representing the Sun in festive colors. I watercolored it with my brush pens. At the bottom corner, I stamped the solid Christmas tree in ombre green DI with its outline image using Jet Black ink.

Then, I added some gifts with a Merry Christmas sentiment. I colored the gifts using acrylic markers. I quickly applied some Bronze Perfect Pearls to the Christmas tree, gifts, and sentiment; it was all magic. The black ink turned into bronze, and I added some bronze splatters.

Here is a close-up image:

I hope I have helped with ideas. This is such a fun way to gift someone. 

Will come back again tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting!

Brand Ambassador Inspiration: Christmas Pop!

Hello everyone!

Happy Saturday!

I hope you all are having fun and having the most wonderful time of the year!

Vinita here with a Christmas card in soft colors.

I started by white heat embossing one of the sentiments from the Season of Beauty stamp set. I added a few elements, like stars and tiny trees from the Christmas Pop stamp set. Then, I blended shaded lilac, cracked pistachio, and saltwater taffy DI over the heat-embossed images. 

I added two stamped trees from the Most Wonderful stamp set using Villainous Potion and Evergreen bough DI using double-adhesive foam tape. Some jewels were added for more fun as an ornament on the trees.

Hope I inspired you to create yours!

Happy crafting! 

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - WINNERS and a Card!

 

Happy Festive FriYAY!

Before I get to the winners, thank you to everyone who took the time to leave comments and join in on the fun here at Uniko.

And as promised I have another card to share with you, so let's have a look at what I decided to use today. I love this combo of products and I already had the Ink & Flip Christmas Tree inked in Oceanside and Peacock, so all I needed was a background for it to go on.

I had a recipient in mind and thought of the colours they liked, so opted for shades of purple and thought I would use the Stencil - Layering Bauhaus Blocks to get as much purple in as possible! 

I actually messed up the right hand edge as I was inking, so I added the slight variation by adding a border of the base card.  I finished with a Simply said Blocks Christmas sentiment and some snowflake gems.

Now onto the winners, the part you all want to know! Day 1 apart from the comment winner were determined by myself and the Brand Ambassador vote. All other winners were randomly selected using the wheel of names. 

Day 1 - Uniko's Christmas Linky Party

No.5 Louise Cooper - £25 eGift Certificate

No.3 Kath B - £15 eGift Certificate

No.4 Denise Bryant - £10 eGift Certificate

Lucky Comment Winner is Jean A Marmo who left this lovely comment £10 eGift Certificate

Jean A Marmo2 December 2024 at 15:11

Such beautiful inspiration!!

Thank you to all that took the time to share and link their creations and for all the wonderful comments left on the Brand Ambassador blogs. 

Day 2  - Big & Bold Joy and Big & Bold Thank/s/ful

Lesley G

Day 3 - Background Blocks Snow Flurry & Snow Bundle

Deborah Brewis

Day 4 - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree 

@justjingle 

Day 5 - Rustic Wreath Clear Stamps

@valreejean

Day 6 - Christmas Pop Clear Stamp Set & Stencil - Layering Bauhaus Blocks

@Leana6517

Day 7 - 3 Background Blocks Of Winners ChoosingDebbie Bennett

Day - 8 Stencils In The Forest & Christmas Folk Snowflake

@sentsue

Day 9 - Season Of Beauty

Nuala Christina Rees

Day 10 - Framed Fairy Lights & Festive Sentiments Outlined

@jackieelliott2913

Day 11 - Pure Florals Poinsettia

Carol Mayne

Day 12 - Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs and Arts Decoratifs Christmas

@cretancrafter2677 Marianne

Congratulations to all the winners! 

Please email me at bev@uniko.co.uk to claim your prize and include your postal address if it 

is a physical product. If you could email me before 31st December 2024 that would 

be appreciated.

Thank you again for joining me for this festive series across Uniko's social media. Be sure 

to stick around as I have more fun coming soon with new product introductions and new 

release in the New Year.

Crafty Hugs

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 12 Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs

 

 

 

Hello & Happy Thursday. 

Welcome to the final day of Uniko's 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration and Giveaways Day 12. These 12 days have flown by and I hope you have enjoyed the festive fun as much as I have 😃

The hardest part for me has been choosing the products to showcase! It surprises me how many festive products I have designed and released. Though, I have also used non festive products to help you stretch your supplies. 

Today I went for a non festive product, along with its festive counterpart. Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs and Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs Christmas. 

The look I was aiming for was a stained glass window. I originally planned to add lots of clear gloss Nuvo Drops to the stamped and coloured Art Decoratifs background, but I chickened out in case it went wrong! 

I created a die cut window using a rounded tag die and adhered the panel using foam tape. I then accented with the Christmas tree from Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs Christmas. I finished with sparkly rhinestones and a sentiment from Christmas Sentiments. 

As usual I have a video over on Uniko's YouTube Channel using the products and another fun version of this card layout. I'd love you to watch HERE.

Today's prize is the two background blocks featured and as always if the winner already owns these, an alternative will be offered. Winners will be announced tomorrow, here on the blog. 

Thank you for joining me for this fun series, for all the comments love and support across Uniko's social media. AND of course your continued custom at Uniko. I truly appreciate you all. 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 11 Pure Florals Poinsettia

 

 

Hello & Happy Wednesday. 

I'm here to get you over the mid week hump with some more festive floral inspiration. It was only right that another of the Uniko November Release, Pure Florals Poinsettia got some inky attention during this series and I was inspired to get out my comfort zone a little with a watercolour technique.

As you know I don't always have the patience to colour and I wouldn't say it's my strength either when it comes to paper crafting and card making. So I am always keen on 'quicker' options to add colour! This one is a fun one using ink pads or ink refills and an acrylic stamp block.

I used some watercolour card for this and a red trio of colours, Honeysuckle, Poppy and Cranberry. I think this technique is better watched than explained, so be sure to watch the video over on Uniko's YouTube Channel today HERE.

And how fun does this flower look paired with the Background Block Pinstripe. A little busier than my normal CAS style too, but I really enjoyed making this card. 

Todays giveaway is the Pure Florals Poinsettia clear stamp set and my question today is have you used this technique and what colours would you use? 

Be sure to get your comments in quick as I will be drawing and announcing winners on Friday 13th December. 

Thanks for all the love and support for this fun series so far. I will be back tomorrow with the final day of inspiration.

Crafty Hugs

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 10 Framed Fairy Lights

 

 Hello & Happy Tuesday.

Today I am bringing the light and the colours to hopefully brighten your day. I thought it was only right that I used another clear stamp set from the Uniko November Release, Framed - Fairy Lights. It deserves to shine and be in the limelight!

For my card today I wanted to show the lights used without the frame. I simply stamped the framed lights onto a smaller panel, heat embossed with my favourite sparkly EP Stardust and mat layered the panel onto black card. 

I coloured the lights with a rainbow of alcohol markers and added a sentiment from Festive Sentiments Outlined. I coloured the sentiment with a black fine liner and adhered to the card using foam tape for impact and dimension.

Question for you here on the blog, can you spot how many lights I missed adding colour to? You'll have to look carefully as with the loops of wire they are hard to spot! 

Today's prize is Framed - Fairy Lights and Festive Sentiments Outlined. 

I am still having technical issues and need my husband's help again with my video for today, so it'll be uploaded this evening when he gets home from work! 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 9 Season Of Beauty

 

 

 Hello & Happy Monday.

Today I thought I would start the week with some festive florals and a stamp set which is often overlooked, Season Of Beauty. I definitely think it is a clear stamp set that needs to be seen in action to see its creative potential.

I thought a lovely frame idea would create a fun focal point, so I used a rectangle die to create a frame from a piece of white card measuring 10.5 x 14cm. I then mirror stamped the foliage on my frame by using my stamping platform.

I adhered the frame to my card bas using foam adhesive and then added a couple of the layered Poinsettia flowers, one tucked in the frame and then one outside. I stamped the flowers in Ballet Slipper, Poppy and Cranberry. The foliage and leaves are stamped in Evergreen, Avocado and Parsley. 

As usual I will have a video over on Uniko's YouTube Channel with another card using this set later today. I am having a couple of technical issues and waiting for some IT assistance from my husband!

The giveaway today is the Season Of Beauty Clear Stamp Set. My question to you today is, are you green fingered and do you have festive indoor plants like the poinsettia?

Crafty Hugs

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 8 Stencil

 

 Hello & Happy Sunday.

Today I have a couple of fun stencilling ideas to hopefully get a bit more creativity from the stencils you have in your stash.

I've been loving this Stencil - Christmas Folk Snowflake this year and I couldn't resist using it again. For this card I used a heart stencil (MFT I think) where you get both the stencil and the heart mask. 

I used the heart mask and temporarily adhered it to my card before laying the folk snowflake over the top. I used my current favourite Cranberry ink to stencil with.

My sentiment is a mix from Everyday Love Sentiments, Everyday Family and Christmas Sentiments. To finish I added a few little heart gems.

As usual I have a video over on Uniko's YouTube Channel with a slight variation on this technique and I have used another Uniko Stencil favourite! 

The giveaway today is the 2 Uniko Stencils I have used today and my question for you is, what is your favourite stencilling technique? 

And before I go, a reminder about our Fabulous Festive Offers as they end tomorrow. 

Firstly, FREE Worldwide Shipping minimum spend has reduced to just £30 to qualify for free shipping. This is normally £75 for those outside the UK and £60 in the UK.

This is perfect for my lovely customers in the EU and Northern Ireland.

PLEASE NOTE - Due to GPSR that come into effect on 13th December 2024, I will no longer be able to ship orders to these destinations. The last day to order is Midday GMT Monday 9th December 2024 to give time for your orders to be processed through the Royal Mail system. It's a busy time of year, so can take longer. 

I am looking into this to try and find an option that isn't too expensive and I am attending an online event that will hopefully answer questions and give me more insight. Please stay in touch via this newsletter and Uniko socials for updates 😊

Special Offers 🎉

THREE for £15 on the following £6.50 value collections, BIG & BOLD, Everyday Sentiments, Flower Power and Simply Said Blocks. You can mix from any of these collections to qualify for the discount. 

THREE for £12 on stencils valued at £4.50

Discounts will automatically be applied to qualifying orders, so no code necessary. Offers expire at Midday GMT Monday 9th December 2024.

Crafty Hugs

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 7 Background Blocks With Festive Twists

 Hello & Happy Weekend.

With the announcement of yesterday's Fabulous Festive Offers, it got me inspired and changed the whole plan for todays post! 

If you missed the offers, keep reading I will give a recap at the end of todays post. So, a while back I did a Background Blocks 3 Ways, I thought I would do that again, but add a festive twist to them. Let's have a look...

For my first card I chose Background Blocks Layered Stripes. I think this block pattern works wonderfully to look like wrapped gifts under the Christmas tree. That what the look I was going for with this card. 

I used my stamping platform to stamp the block on the angle in Poppy and Cranberry inks, I finished with a sentiment from Christmas Sentiments and added a festive bow from Mid Century Modern Baubles.

Next I decided to use a recent restock, Background Blocks Pinstripe. Again I was going for a fun festive look, but this time decided to overlap the pattern. I used cranberry and Evergreen to stamp the block. 

I chose a different sentiment from Christmas Sentiments to adorn this card and stamped the same bow in Poppy.

For my third card today be sure to watch todays video over on Uniko's YouTube Channel HERE. I've used a different Background Block and added a fun festive twist. 

The giveaway today is 3 Background Blocks (in stock) of the winners choosing. My question today is, which is your favourite Uniko Background Block. 

Now for some Fabulous Festive Offer Reminder...

Firstly, FREE Worldwide Shipping minimum spend has reduced to just £30 to qualify for free shipping. This is normally £75 for those outside the UK and £60 in the UK.

This is perfect for my lovely customers in the EU and Northern Ireland.

PLEASE NOTE - Due to GPSR that come into effect on 13th December 2024, I will no longer be able to ship orders to these destinations. The last day to order is Midday GMT Monday 9th December 2024 to give time for your orders to be processed through the Royal Mail system. It's a busy time of year, so can take longer. 

I am looking into this to try and find an option that isn't too expensive and I am attending an online event that will hopefully answer questions and give me more insight. Please stay in touch via this newsletter and Uniko socials for updates 😊

Special Offers 🎉

THREE for £15 on the following £6.50 value collections, BIG & BOLD, Everyday Sentiments, Flower Power and Simply Said Blocks. You can mix from any of these collections to qualify for the discount. 

THREE for £12 on stencils valued at £4.50

Discounts will automatically be applied to qualifying orders, so no code necessary. Offers expire at Midday GMT Monday 9th December 2024.

Crafty Hugs