Uniko April 2025 Release - Introducing...Originally Organic Flower Garden

Hi there

Continuing with the new introductions from Uniko.

Today we are introducing a new addition to the Originally Organic series...Originally Organic Flower Garden.  It works brilliantly with the existing products in the range too.

Here's my first card using one of the main images from the set...

I chose to stamp and heat emboss the image in white on some watercolour cardstock and then watercoloured the image using my Derwent Inktense pencils.  I die cut a stitched panel, stamped a sentiment, which is also from the set, and adhered onto a pink card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Originally Organic Flower Garden
• Ink: VersaMark; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster White
• Watercoloured with Derwent Inktense pencils
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

And my second card I used other images from the set...

I stamped the flowers first, then masked them before in turn stamping and masking the leaves.  I then coloured the images with Copics.  A greeting from the set was stamped in black and I finished with some pale yellow sprinkles.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Originally Organic Flower Garden
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Coloured with Copics
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sprinkles: Cornfield Circles

As always, the team have lots more for you to see over at the Uniko blog, here.  I'll be back tomorrow morning to introduce another fantastic new stencil set.

And don't forget, all the new products from this release will be available to purchase from Uniko from Sunday 27 April 2025.

Uniko 11th Birthday Release In Review Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Hi there, Happy Friday!

Do you remember the wonderful Uniko release from right back at the beginning of March?  Well, today the team are revisiting it with a Release in Review Blog Hop and Giveaway!  Some of the team didn't receive their goodies in time to be able to join in with showcasing the new products so we're sharing lots of inspiration again here on this blog hop.

So, take a look at the Uniko blog post, here, for links to visit the whole team and for details of the fabulous giveaway.  Just comment along the way for a chance to win.

The first of my cards is showcasing the new Falling Hearts Serenade stamp set, which I hadn't received in time for the release...

On a grey die cut panel I stamped the image in a pale ink and coloured in the roses, leaves and hearts with Copics.  Then, with the stamp still in my MISTI, I restamped the image in VersaMark and heat embossed in white.  The sentiment, also from the set was stamped in black.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Falling Hearts Serenade
• Ink: Distress Ink - Antique Linen; VersaMark; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Coloured with Copics
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

Next up is the stencil set I also didn't get a chance to play with for the release, Bokeh Layering Hearts, which I've paired with a sentiment from the new Everyday Love Sentiments stamp set...

I roughly blended a background with Distress Ink, fading it out and then randomly blended through one stencil to create the pink/red hearts.  Once dried a little I then blended over the top through the second stencil, using white pigment ink.  I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die and then stamped the sentiment in black before adhering the panel flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stencils: Uniko - Bokeh Layering Hearts
• Stamps: Uniko - Everyday Love Sentiments
• Ink: Distress Ink - Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries; Hero Arts - Unicorn; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

Next is my favourite stamp set from the release, Spring Botanicals Crocus...

I chose to use a panel of watercolour card for this one.  I stamped the crocus and heat embossed in white before then watercolouring with my Inktense pencils.  Finished with a sentiment from the set stamped in black.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Spring Botanicals Crocus
• Ink: VersaMark; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; Derwent - Inktense
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opague Bright White

The next card uses the Up & Away stamp set combined with the Cloud 9 stencil...

Here I stamped the balloon and masked the negative space to then be able to blend the ink within the balloon.  I stamped the basket, coloured with Copics, and then masked the positive sections to be able to ink blend the clouds using the stencil.  The sentiment from the stamp set finishes the card, a one layer with dimension due to the masked image.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Up and Away
• Stencil: Uniko - Cloud 9
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Distress Oxide - Saltwater Taffy, Abandoned Coral; Tumbled Glass

And last up is the cute Hoppy Easter set...

Here I used the bunny image and paper pieced them using various co-ordinating papers.  I stamped a border in black along the top edge of the striped paper, this from the Background Builders: Classics stamp set.  The sentiment was stamped on black cardstock and heat embossed in white.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Hoppy Easter, Background Builders Classics
• Ink: Versafine Clair - Nocturne; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Patterned Paper: Dovecraft - Back to Basics IV

I hope you've enjoyed seeing a review of this release.  Please do pop over to the main Uniko post to join the blog hop and see lots of other products by my fellow Brand Ambassadors.  Good luck with the giveaway!

Uniko June 2022 Release - Introducing...Organically Zesty

Hi there

Between now and Friday I will be sharing some cards using products from the new June Release at Uniko, along with my fellow Brand Ambassadors.  You can find links to their blogs over at the main Uniko blog, here.

The whole release will be available to purchase from the Uniko shop this coming Friday from 9pm, BST.

Today, we are introducing the brand new Organically Zesty stamp set, it's a large set with two main images and lots of sentiments.   

I used the fabulous orange image for my first card...

On some smooth white card I stamped the image and then masked a section at a time and used ink blending to colour the fruit and leaves, then used Copic markers to add some subtle colour to the flowers.  This was then fussy cut out.  I then ink blended some blue and black ink around the edges of a panel of navy cardstock and die cut it out, then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in white.  The fussy cut image was adhered to the panel before adhering the panel to the card base on fun foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps - Uniko - Organically Zesty
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Distress Ink - Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon, Barn Door, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness, Blueprint Sketch, Black Soot; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

I then used the lemon image for my second card and gave it a softer feel with some watercolouring...

On some watercolour paper I stamped the image and heat embossed it in white.  I then watercoloured using Inktense pencils, by adding water to the paper then picking up colour from the pencil tips onto my brush.  Once dry I then added a few extra details using the same pencils but dry, just to add some definition.  I die cut the panel using a scalloped rectangle and then stamped the sentiment before adhering flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Organically Zesty
• Ink: VersaMark; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; Derwent - Inktense pencils
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles