Uniko Birthday Inspiration Through The Years - Part 4

Happy Tuesday 

Welcome to day 11 of the Uniko 13th Birthday Celebrations and part 4 of my Inspiration Through The Years. If you missed part 1,  part 2 and part 3 you can catch up HERE,  HERE and HERE. 

Today I am sharing three cards using a product from 2021 and 2022. I've then made a new card inspired by the original. 

Let's have a look.

First up is this card using Background Blocks Wonky Stripes paired with Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes and Background Builders Delightful Diamonds, the later two were released in February 2021.

Here's my new version.

I opted for similar colours, but this time I decided to use some coloured card to stamp the Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes onto. Got to love a bit of tone on tone stamping. 

I stamped the diamonds in Peacock, Oceanside and Aqua Sky and fussy cut them out. I then arranged them onto the background and adhered using foam tape. My sentiment choice this time is from Simply Said Blocks III which released in July 2021.

Lastly for today is a card from February 2022 using Framed Balloons.

And here is my remake.

I kept things pretty similar, but changed up my colours and I also added dimension by colouring, fussy cutting and using foam tape to adhere a selection of the balloons. This was instead of raising up the whole frame like last time.

I also switched out my sentiment to one from Everyday Sentiments which was released at the same time as the Framed Balloons. 

Did you know that Uniko has a VIP Group on Facebook for Uniko customers and fans? 

The group is a private and safe space to share your Uniko creations. Today I have launched a monthly challenge over there to inspire your makes and there is a little incentive to join in too. A chance to win £10 to spend in store to one randomly selected entry.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2723159841326437/

Use the link above to find the group and answer the questions, an admin of the group will approve and then you'll able to join in on the fun. I hope to see you there. 

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Framed Balloons

Hi everyone, 

Steph here for today’s Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post. I mentioned last month that I wasn’t ready to let go of the birthday spirit and it appears I still have it this month too! I’ve focused my post on the wonderful Uniko Framed Balloons set that was part of the Uniko 10th birthday release.

My first two cards focus on using the full frame and both have been heat embossed. 

This card uses green pearlised card and white embossing powder. I have then added colours, shadows and highlights using colouring pencils. I have given the balloons an extra highlight with a white gel pen. This card has a lovely shimmery finish which does not quite translate on the photo.

Sticking with the green theme (it is my favourite colour after all!), this time I used gold embossing powder. I love how the gold pops on the dark green. On this card I used alcohol markers to add shadows and metallic gel pens to add colour and the balloon highlights. I teamed it with one of the wonderful sentiments from Uniko Anniversaire Arts Decoratifs set. 

Finally I decided to give more focus to the additions in the set as I had not used these in my introduction posts back in February. 

I repeat stamped the confetti and coloured it using alcohol markers. I then cut it into a square before cutting into three triangles. I created a green card blank and cut the front panel into a triangle, reserving the two cut of triangles for the cross over on the card front. I layered my confetti pieces onto the green pieces and adhered to the card front as shown. I added hearts cut from the remaining confetti card and presents stamped and fussy cut. Finally I added the sentiment which I coloured to match and die cut with a fancy die. 

I hope these give you some inspiration of how you can get more from your stamp sets and what different effects you can achieve simply by changing the colour of the card stock, ink or embossing powder.

Thanks for joining me today. 

Much love

Steph x

Introducing...Framed Balloons

 

  

Hello & Happy Weekend!

Welcome to the final day of the 10th Birthday February 2022 Release product introductions. Be sure to check out the other introductions, you can find the links in the right hand side bar.

Today myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors have more creative inspiration to share as we introduce the final new clear stamp set, Framed - Balloons. This series of stamp sets is growing, are so fun and popular amongst the Uniko fans and customers. 

The frames are great for making instant focal points and like you will see today there are SO many creative options.

All the products will be available for purchase tomorrow at 10am GMT, Sunday 28th February 2022.

Okay, lets get to the good stuff...

Anita

Bev

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie

Steph

Wiebke

 

What a celebration to end on, so many colourful cards and looks like the shaker style was popular among the Brand Ambassadors!

Tomorrow is Release Day 🎉

All of the products will be available to purchase HERE on the website and we will have our traditional release day blog hop. I will also be going LIVE over on the Uniko Ltd Facebook Group sharing some release cards & chatting about the New Release.

Crafty Hugs