Uniko 12th Birthday New Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop and Giveaway

Good morning!

It's release day over at Uniko and I'm here to reveal the whole release and share another card.

Here's the final card I made and I decided to use the new Background Blocks MOD Builder and sentiments from the new Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments set...

I began by stamping the MOD builder off the edge of the card in a pale ink and coloured it it with a Copic marker.  I kept my stamp in my MISTI so I could re-stamp in the teal colour afterwards, as the ink I used isn't Copic friendly.  Next I stamped a flower using elements from the Mid Century Modern Florals set in co-ordinating colours.  I stamped two of the greetings from the Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments set in bold black and then finished the card by adding some dot sprinkles to the corner image and the flower.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks MOD Builder, Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments, Mid Century Modern Florals
• Ink: Copic Marker - BG23; Versa Color - Lagoon Blue; Altenew - Volcano Lake; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sprinkles: Little Dots

So, now to reveal the new products in full.

An addition to the Ink & Flip stencil series...Ink & Flip Geometric Heart Layering set...

a new addition to the Mid Century Modern series...Mid Century Modern Birthday...

and more sentiments to co-ordinate...Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments...

and finally...Background Blocks MOD Builder

I think this is a great little release from Bev to celebrate Uniko's 12th Birthday!  Be sure to leave some comment love either on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.  There are a few giveaways this month and you can find out all the information over at the main Uniko blog.  The Giveaways are open until the end of February and the new products, above, are available to purchase now.

Thanks for visiting today.

Uniko December 2023 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Good morning!

It's release day over at Uniko and I'm here to reveal the whole release and share another card.

Here's the final card I made and I decided to use the new Background Blocks Perspective stamp to make a festive design...

I stamped the image, first in a pale blue ink on blue cardstock.  I then coloured with Copics before restamping in VersaMark and heat embossing in white.  I then stamped and heat embossed two of the small snowflakes from the Snowflake Serenade stamp set into some of the squares.  The panel was then die cut with a stitched rectangle die.  I adhered the panel to a card base and then carried on filling in the remaining squares with some snowflake, star and dot embellishments, and I added some details with a white gel pen.  I stamped the sentiment, from the Pattern Building Christmas Tree set, in blue ink, trimmed it down and adhered it to the centre on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Perspective, Snowflake Serenade, Pattern Building Christmas Tree
• Ink: VersaMark; Versa Color - Sky Blue; coloured with Copics
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accents: various from stash

So, now to reveal the new products in full.

Two new Background Blocks stamps, first up is Background Blocks Layered Stripes...

and Background Blocks Perspective...

and last but not least, Bev's super creative Ink & Flip Snowflake stencil...

So, just a mini release but I'm sure you'll agree these are great little additions to the Uniko library.

Be sure to leave some comment love either on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.  

You have until midnight Friday 15 December 2023 to comment for a chance to win a £20 eGift Certificate.  Good luck!

Thanks for visiting today.

Uniko December 2023 Release - Introducing...Background Blocks Layered Stripes

Good morning

I'm here today to introduce the first product from the latest release coming up from Uniko.

It's a new addition to the Background Blocks series and a lovely bold and versatile design, Background Blocks Layered Stripes.

Here's my first card...

On a panel of white cardstock I stamped and heat embossed the stripes in clear.  I then used the emboss resist technique to ink blend the background before trimming down the panel.  I chose to pair this with a flower created using elements from the Mid Century Modern Florals set stamped in just black and grey to contrast with the background.  I fussy cut the flower and adhered on 3D foam.  I then used a sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks set, which I stamped on a scrap of cardstock that was trimmed from the background piece.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Layered Stripes, Mid Century Modern Florals, Simply Said Blocks
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, Squeezed Lemonade; Versafine Clair - Nocturne, Morning Mist
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Clear Gloss

And for my second card I combined the background stamp with elements from the Mid Century Modern Baubles set...

I used a circle die to cut a mask and put this in position before stamping the layered stripes background in red.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Mid Century Modern Baubles, as well as the bow which was stamped separately and fussy cut.  I used an embossing pen to create the string and also heat embossed this in gold.  The bow was popped up on 3D foam and I finished the card by adding some dotted shading to the bauble using a gold gel pen. 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Layered Stripes, Mid Century Modern Baubles
• Ink: Versa Color - Cardinal; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Accents: Uniball - Signo gold pen

For more projects by the talented Bev and my fellow Brand Ambassadors, please do pop over to the main Uniko blog, here, to see this new stamp in action.

The new products will be available to purchase from the Uniko website from Friday 8 December.

I'll be back with more inspiration using another of the new products tomorrow.