Uniko's Top 25 Products of 2025 - Number 2

Happy New Years Eve, Eve! 

Today I am sharing the second popular product of 2025, determined by sales and I am absolutely delighted that you all love the Stencil Layering Picked Posies as much as I do.

This 4 layer stencil really is fun to use and again has lots of creative possibilities. I also made a new card to share with you today and I have shared the process over on YouTube HERE.

I tried to pick some colours I don't use as often as others. For the leaves I used Eucalyptus and Rainforest. For the flowers Wilberry and Plumberry and Buttercup and Clementine for the centres. 

My sentiment choice is from Christmas Sentiments and added a few Plumberry enamel dots to finish the card.

And as I love this stencil so much, I couldn't resist sharing a few of my other favourite makes.

I love how you can mask off parts of the stencil to ink just a single flower, like I have done in this first card.

Even trimming down the stencilled panel creates a wonderful focal point. One thing I have yet to try is to create a larger than 6" panel with the design repeated. I think I need to try this for a scrapbook page....?

I loved creating this soft layered floral look by inking just the flowers. And they even look pretty inked over a background stamped with the Background Blocks Swiss Dots. 

And lastly for today I had to share this card where I framed the stencilled panel with the A2 Thin Frames from Kristina Werner.

There are so many more cards I could share as I have used this stencil a lot! You can find them by using the tagged words at the bottom of the post or in the sidebar.

This stencil is amazingly still in stock!  

And in case you missed it, I need your help in making some room on the shelves in the studio for restocks and newness coming in 2026. 

If you're not signed up to the Uniko Newsletter you might not have seen this BLOWOUT SALE! It's not one to be missed.

I'll be back tomorrow with number 1 of the top 25 of 2025. 

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Technique Tuesday

Good morning, 

Steph here today. I recently saw a great technique on @ardythpr1 Instagram page and decided to recreate it using Uniko products. 

First I selected three background or larger stamps and smaller stamp sets with matching details to the larger sets. I then inked three separate panels by directly rubbing the ink from Distress Oxide pads onto white card. The idea is to then ink the background (or larger) stamp onto the card with a muted ink, followed by white heat embossing the stamp from the smaller matching set over the top. Finishing off with a white die cut shape and a white and black die cut sentiment. 

Here I have used Uniko Large Background Tropical Paradise stamp for the background, inked up with Memento Espresso Truffle. The smaller stamp which has been white heat embossed is the Uniko Paradise Leaves stamp set. For the inked panel I have used Pine Needles and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide inks.

Thinking I needed a lighter background panel, I used Shabby Shutters and Speckled Egg Distress Oxide inks for this panel. I then used the Craftstash exclusive Uniko Picked Posies Fresh Cut Foliage stamp for the background, again using Memento Espresso Truffle ink. The white heat embossed stamp is from the Uniko Season of Beauty stamp set.

My final card is slightly different mainly because I had a 'moment' when inking up the larger Uniko Hello Lovely stamp set and inked it with embossing ink in error. Once I realised my error I decided to go with it and heat emboss in copper. I continued to heat emboss in white using the Uniko Pure Florals: Peony stamp set. The background for this inked panel uses three distress oxides which are Antique Linen, Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet.

I've not had much time in the craft room lately and I'm finding a little frazzled for craft inspiration at present so seeing this video of Ardyth's was a great way to kick start me back into crafting. I hope you like my creations and also encourage you to head over to Ardyth's Instagram page to see the original inspiration.

Much love

Steph x