Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Love Is In The Air

Good morning, 

Steph here with you today. Since we are on the cusp of the month of love (!) I have used this as my theme for my January Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration.

For this card I have used Uniko Big & Bold Love stamp set which includes the two large heart stamps. It’s quite hard to see but I embossed the middle white section using one of the Uniko Bokeh Layering Hearts stencil and stamped the purple hearts over the larger raised hearts before adding the fussy cut LOVE sentiment.

Continuing with the Uniko Bokeh Layering Hearts stencil I used the second stencil to create an offset design using Distress Oxides in Antique Linen and Speckled Egg.

My final card uses Uniko Scattered Polka Hearts stencil and a heat embossed sentiment from the Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set.

Not all my cards are for Valentine’s but hopefully they have given you some inspiration for Valentine’s or just for some birthday or even thank you cards full of love.

Much love

Steph x

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Watercolour Emboss Resist

Morning all, 

Steph here today with some watercolour emboss resist which I was inspired to do following this lovely example by Anita. I started off with the Uniko Background Builders Arts Decoratifs stamp set and repeatedly heat emboss one line of the set in white. I then used metallic watercolours to create a wash across the card in various colours.

For my next card I heat embossed the Uniko Large Background: Scattered Polka Hearts stamp in white and did an ombre wash using four different blue inks. I white heat embossed one of the hearts from Uniko Always & Forever set, ink washed and fussy cut before adhering to the background with foam pads.

Finally, I remembered this fantastic card from Jules and was inspired to try the resist embossing with the Uniko Remembrance stamp set. 

I definitely need to work on my watercolour skills so that's on the list for this year! 

Much love

Steph x

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Luck of the Irish!

Good morning! 

Steph here today with my Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration and since we are close to March 17th, St Patrick’s Day, I thought I would do some ‘luck of the Irish’ Good Luck cards. 

For my first card I used the ‘lucky black cat' from the Uniko Purrfect Day stamp set. For added luck the cat has a four leaf clover stamped using small hearts from the Uniko Flower Power #3 stamp set. 

My second card uses the luck at the end of the rainbow. For this I used Uniko Rainbows & Clouds stencil inking the different colours with a very small blending brush. I inked up an extra cloud, fussy cut it and added it to the end of the rainbow with another four leaf clover.

Finally I used Uniko Background Builders Hearts stamp set to make a clover and stem. For the background I used Uniko Scattered Polka Hearts stencil and die cut into a hexagon, just because! For all the sentiments I used the newly released Uniko Everyday Spring Sentiments set. I was very pleased to see the Good Luck sentiment included in this font!  

Hopefully I've given you some inspiration for some Good Luck cards or even some St Patrick's Day celebration cards. Let me know what you think by leaving a lovely comment.

Much love

Steph x

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - One Layer Love

Good morning

Anita here and today I have a trio of clean and simple, one layer cards, all with a love theme and using a selection of products.  Valentine's Day is just around the corner so I hope I can inspire you with these.

Ok, here's my first card...

I began by stamping the heart from the Always and Forever clear stamp set and then I stamped the same heart on a mask and covered up the image.  I then blended two shades of pink ink through the Scattered Polka Hearts stencil, fading it out.  To finished I stamped the sentiment in black, also from the Always and Forever stamp set, manipulating the stamp slightly to follow the curve of the heart.

My second card...

I chose a hammered card base for this one and began by stamping a selection of hearts from the Always and Forever and Big & Bold - Love stamp sets in Versamark before heat embossing in white.  I then used a technique I've not used in years, I blended the pink background against a piece of torn paper.  I then stamped more hearts in red, pink and grey and the sentiment in black, which is from the Always and Forever set.

And my final make...

I stamped the floral heart from the Always and Forever stamp set in black and then masked it off with the same mask I used for the first card.  Next I positioned the Background Blocks Scattered Hearts stamp to the top right but masked off a few of the hearts before inking and stamping.  I then repeated this in the bottom left so the hearts flowed down across the card diagonally.  The card was finished with a sentiment from the Always and Forever set.

So the above are all completely flat with just a little masking involved to create them.  Thanks for taking a look, Happy Monday and I hope you have a wonderful week! 

 

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

July 2022 Reveal, Release & Brand Ambassador Blog Hop!

 Hello, Happy Friday and Happy Release Day! 

I do hope you have enjoyed the fun this week as myself and the Brand Ambassadors have shared inspiration using the new products in this mini release. The day is here and we can now officially introduce you to the 4 new products lining the shelves here at Uniko HQ and they are all available to purchase HERE.

Before we get to more wonderful inspiration from the Brand Ambassadors, let me introduce you to the newness. 

First up the next addition to the Background Blocks series. I have no doubt that this is going to be a fun addition to your stamping stash! 

Background Blocks Rays £6

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Then we have Paw Print Hearts, a beautiful, yet modern pet sympathy clear stamp set. Though the images can be used for more than just sympathy cards when it comes to loving our furry friends.

Paw Print Hearts £6

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Next we have the newest Uniko Stencils. Scattered Polka Hearts a fun staple for so many occasions we love to make cards for.

Stencil - Scattered Polka Hearts £4

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And lastly, but by no means least another big statement tropical leaf, the monstera leaf. This leaf creates a bold impact statement on its own, but also breathes new life into so many previously released Uniko products. I can't wait to see the combinations you come up with.

Stencil - Tropical Leaf #2 £4

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Now I am done with the formal introductions, we can get to the fun part and more stunning inspiration from the Brand Ambassadors. 

 Anita

Bev

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie

Steph

Wiebke

WOW! I am blown away by all the creativity and wonderful pairings of Uniko products new & old. I'm sure you have enjoyed seeing it all as much as I have.

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. I will announce the winner here on the blog Friday 5th August.

Thank you for all the support and for joining in on the fun this week.

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

DT Inspiration - Mad about Happy!

Hello there friends it's Sarah P here with a little DT Inspiration post.

Since the last release from Uniko I've been 'slightly' obsessed with the Happy die that coordinates with the BIG & BOLD 'Happy' stamp set. Here's a few of my examples using it and hope you like my creations

As ever I can't resist a blended rainbow, using Distress Oxides ...

... and from bold and vibrant to cool and subtle also adding some additional sets here; Passiflora (stamps and dies) and Large Background Block: Scattered Polka Hearts

... last up I actually made a set of 6 of these in various colours. Here's 2 of my favourites and I've teamed the 'happy' die with Background Block Doodle Flower which is heat embossed in white on coloured cardstock.

I hope you like my creations and thanks for calling by the blog today!