January 2025 Release - Introducing... Flower Power #11 and Stencil - Mid Century Modern Circle & Stars

Welcome to Day 3 of the Uniko January Release product introductions. 

I hope you are enjoying the release so far. Today we are introducing two more products, Flower Power #11 and Stencil - Mid Century Modern Stars & Circles. 

The Uniko Flower Power series is one I added to last year and it sparked my love for the collection again and also sparked inspiration to finish the collection. This is the penultimate one and one that has a spring feel to it, but also has an Art Deco feel to it. Also, like the other Flower Power clear stamp sets, this has a sentiment theme, for this one I chose a friendship. 

The Mid Century Modern Stars & Circles was a last minute addition to the release and one I couldn't keep to myself.

Let's have a look at these in action...

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Such a fun hop with so much inspiration for all year round, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. That's all from us today, but we will be back tomorrow with even more to share.

Crafty Hugs

January 2025 Release - Introducing... Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem AND Sparkle Sentiments Clear Stamp Set

Happy New Year!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Uniko January 2025 Release product introductions. Today we are ringing in the New Year with bling! 

I am so excited to be starting the New Year with new products and I chose these two products, Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem AND Sparkle Sentiments today as I think they can be used for New Year cards and of course, so many more occasions. 

A while ago I was asked by the editor of Simply Cards & Papercrafts magazine if I had any new Ink & Flip Stencil designs in the works. And this was one of them and while I was planning my cards for the feature in the magazine (available later this week in the shops), I felt it needed some accompanying sentiments. This inspired the Sparkle Sentiments clear stamp set. 

Enough talk, let's have a look at these in action...

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

I hope you love this stencil as much as I do AND as it is New Year's Day, 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 - 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

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

Simple Festive Stencil Sunday

Hello & Happy Sunday.

Today has been a tidy up and a little reorganise in the studio. Mainly because I could hardly see my desk or the floor! But I did manage to squeeze in this card as inspiration came to me.

I've been loving vellum again recently. I love how it softens the background a little, but still makes the pattern behind visible. 

I dusted off the Stencil - Christmas Folk Snowflake and I love the design in this striking Cranberry colour. Not wanting to take too much focus from the pattern I added a simple sentiment trio from Christmas Sentiments (back in stock next week). I adhered the sentiments with foam adhesive onto the vellum. Then attached the vellum to my card using double sided tape and hidden behind the sentiments.

I finished the card with a simple holly cluster from Winter Foliage, which has yet to leave my desk. It is definitely one of my favourites for the season. 

That's all from me today, I've a bit more tidying and the roast to sort!

Crafty Hugs

A Spooktacular Mid Century Modern Monday!

Hello & Happy Monday.

Today I am sharing a spooktacular Mid Century Modern duo. I had this idea while dropping off to sleep over the weekend to combine the recent Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb Stencil with Mid Century Modern Florals.

So that's what I did, lets have a look at the first card.

I think the web is such a fun design and by using colours to fit a theme or style it works well. For this first card I chose Oceanside and Dove to ink through the stencil. I often go for this off centre layout as I think it's fun and eye catching. 

As you can see I went for one of my favourite Mid Century Modern Florals flower combinations and colours and added a thank you sentiment from Simply Said Blocks as I needed to add some to my stash.

I couldn't stop at just one card, so went on to make another, this time I fancied another favourite colour combo and challenged myself to an all over patterned background. 

This one is a little less CAS than the first, especially with the Midnight and Marmalade background! I started with the centre cobweb and then went horizontal and vertical before filling in the corners.

This time I went with another flower combination and added in the Oceanside colour to draw your eye to the flower. Again my sentiment is from Simply Said Blocks and I added some Marmalade enamel dots to finish. 

AND before I go, how about the winner of the Let's Have Some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun - Release Day, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY. Thank you to everyone who hopped along and left comments. I used random.org to select the winner...

Kath

6 OCTOBRE 2024 À 16 H 18 MIN

Fabulous cards and I love the vibrant colours you’ve used too.
Kath x

Congratulations Kath!

Please email me via the website with your choice of 3 Ink & Flip Stencils and your mailing address. 

That's all from me today, I will be back later in the week with more to share.

 

Crafty Hugs

Stencil Sunday - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree

Hello & Happy Sunday 

Today I thought I would share this idea I had using the newest Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree Stencil.

So my idea was to section the Christmas tree focal layer down the middle, having one half on a trimmed piece of card adhered using foam tape and the other right half inked onto my card base. I also wanted to add some sparkle using glitter paste, for this I used Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone over the inking. The colours I used for the Christmas Tree are Parsley and Evergreen. 

The result worked out well, but with the application of glitter paste, the depth of the foam adhesive raised section isn't as prominent. In hindsight I should have used thicker foam tape. 

To finish I added the 'Tis The Season sentiment from Simply Said Blocks Christmas and also a sprinkling of Poppy enamel dots. This wasn't the quickest card to make with the addition of the glitter paste, but the result was worth it.

That's all from me today, time for me to head into the kitchen and get some Sunday baking done and the roast dinner! 

Have a lovely day.

Crafty Hugs

Retro Hex Glitter Baubles

Happy Festive Friday 

Today I have a fun retro Christmas card to share with you. I had this idea last weekend at the Crafterama show in Lincoln. More so when I got my hands on these fabulous and super sparkly Funky Fossil Stellar Pastes.

I knew that I wanted to turn the Ink & Flip Geometric Hexagon Layering Stencil focal point into a bauble. Originally I wanted to create a fully pasted bauble, but due to the depth of the paste, on the flip pasting the line definition inside the design was lost.

So I went with the second option of glittering just one side of each bauble. The colours of pastes I chose are Party Dress and Icicle Dreams, which I thought would pair lovely with Honeysuckle and Oceanside.

Once the baubles were inked, pasted and dried I fussy cut them out. I decided upon the bow from Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder, along with one of the sentiments from the stamp set. I drew the bauble strings with a dark grey fine liner. 

It's not often I go for a DL site card, but I thought the size of the baubles worked better on this. What do you think? 

That's all I have for today, but I will be sharing more over the weekend.

Crafty Hugs

Let's Have Some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun - Introducing... Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree

Hello & Happy FriYAY!

I'm so glad you've stopped by today as this week we are having some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun, AKA Ink & Flip Week Part Two.

So far this week myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors have revisited Ink & Flip Christmas Star, Ink & Flip Snowflake, shared a couple of sneak peeks and introduced the first NEW stencil, Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb yesterday. 

Today we are introducing Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree. So let's have a look at the festive beauties the Brand Ambassadors have made. 

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

I'm feeling super festive after that. You'll be Inking & Flipping your way through your Christmas cards with this stencil! That's all for today, but be sure to stop by tomorrow for our usual Release Day Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY! 

Crafty Hugs