Celebrating Uniko's 14th Birthday

 Today is officially Uniko's 14th Birthday. 

Here's my card to celebrate.

This day 14 years ago Bev opened the website with the launch of two clear stamp sets. And the rest they say, is history. 

Today we celebrate with a birthday linky party!

Simply create a birthday card using any Uniko products (current, retired or digital) and link up in the linky HERE, Uniko VIP FB page or on the Uniko blog. More details are at the end of the post including the prize.

Here's one I made earlier, as they say!

I seem to be on an 5 x 7 roll at the moment, perhaps the larger card base allows the design to breathe.

I started by creating the coloured panel using the silhouette stamp from Happy Days, stamped in a range of pastel shades of Altenew inks, I filled in the open spaces with black dots after seeing a card on Pinterest. Using a couple of stacked circle dies, I cut out the center of the panel and mounted it onto a slightly larger black piece of card, The large central die cut was added back in and the sentiment panel mounted on black added on top. The completed panel was popped up on the 5 x7" card base on foam pads. A few Copic coloured die cut dots complete. 

OK, that's my card so why not have a look at the inspiration from Bev and the other BAs?

  Anita

Bev

Izzy

                    Julie -you're here

Natalie

Steph

Vinita

There is plenty of time to join in on the fun.

The deadline for submission is 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday 8th March 2026.

 Prize - £25 eGift Certificate 

Open Worldwide

Party Rules

Use Uniko Products Only*.

No back linking. Linked cards/projects must be new.

Maximum Entries 3 Per Person.

*If you don't own any physical Uniko products you are welcome to use THESE FREE Uniko Digital images to create your card. 

Don't use social media or have a blog to upload your card & link from? 

No worries. Just drop Bev an email bev@uniko.co.uk titled Uniko 14th Birthday with a photo and she will upload for you.

Winners will be chosen by Brand Ambassador votes and will be announced on Wednesday 11th March 2026, along with all the winners. 

Happy crafting!

Uniko BA Inspiration Post Featuring Spring Botanicals - Tulip

Good morning, how was your weekend? Mine was not what I had anticipated as a workshop I was helping at got cancelled at the last minute, so I had some time to play in my own craftroom! 

I still have onion sets and shallots to get in the veg beds but it has been SO wet these last weeks, that they are best left until it dries up or if not I will have to put them into individual cells until this deluge is over! 

Anyway, I hunkered down in my craft room for some watercolour painting to make a card for an old friend, here is the end result.

I was inspired by a card that popped up on my Pinterest feed and one that Bev made before Christmas and decided to mix my Uniko stash with Waffle Flower's Postage stamp die set.

On a panel of Mixed Media paper, I used the stencil from the die set to plan my placement of the tulips, sketching in the open areas lightly with a pencil. Next, I stamped using some masking, a bunch of Uniko's Spring Botanicals- Tulips with Memento Toffee Crunch.

I used some watercolours to paint the blooms and was about to cut the Postage Stamp panel when I realised I'd had the stencil the wrong way around and my planned design wouldn't work!

So with a little bit of thought, I decided to cut the panel anyway and see what I got. Instead of placing my panel face down, I placed the wrong side face down into the die panel. I had initially intended to cut out each of the panels along the stitched lines and place them on a new die cut panel, but now couldn't do that but with the help of an old fashioned embossing tool and a foam mat, I sort of rescued it with some manual embossing!

To cover where the masking hadn't worked I inked through the stencil with some Mustard Deed DI, then stamped a few bits in Toffee Crunch at strategic places.

I'd purposefully left the small rectangle in the bottom right clear so that I could stamp my sentiment, Doodle Flowers in more Toffee Crunch.

The die cut panel was mounted on some black card and then onto a trimmed down 5 x 7inch white card base. The black seves to hi-light the die cut as well as masking the different white of the MM paper.

Well the rain has stopped for the moment but for how long is anyone's guess. So that's all for the moment, see you soon.

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Color Hues #126

Afternoon all.

It's the first day of a new month so it's time for a brand new colour challenge from Color Hues. This time it was my choice of colours and as we enter the month of Valentine's Day, I decided to go with an appropriate colour duo! 

Here's what I made using the new colours.

My colours may not match the prompt but that doesn't matter, its only there to give you a visual clue! You're allowed metallics and neutrals too, of course.

After Uniko's release yesterday, I still had a bit of a stencilled panel of Bauhaus Blocks Spring, which was crying out to be made into a card, so I trimmed what was left of the A5 panel down to be 4 x 4 squares. I've used some Altenew reds and pinks from their Tea Party set for the stencilling, always a good choice for co-ordinating colours, I only used 3, leaving Coral Blush out.

The stencil is a set of three, each layer creating part of the whole and it co-ordinates perfectly with their other Bauhaus Block stencils. Here I've used the Spring and original sets to cover an A5 panel of white card.

To create the backing panels for the stencilling I created a couple of Gelli plate panels using the Altenew inks, a great way to co ordinate your colours without having to rifle through your stash to get the right colour! It also gives the panels a more interesting slightly shaded effect you don't get with cardstock. The gold letters were cut from a scrap of gold card with an MFT die set and glued to some more black letters to create a shadow, before adding to my panel. The completed panel was then added to a 5 x 5 inch white note card.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with using my colours. You don't need to make it a Valetines card, surprise me! For more pink and red inspiration please check out the rest of the team and our GD JoAnn here.

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Uniko January Release Day, Bloghop and Giveaway

Hooray, it's release day at Uniko!!

As of 9am GMT, you can now purchase all the wonderful stencils and the Block Party stamp set.

To celebrate we are, as usual,having a blog hop and a bit of a GIVEAWAY! But first here are a few more ideas using the new stash.

Here is a very simple card using Bauhaus Spring Blocks stencil combined with the original Bauhaus Blocks stencil.

Stencil - Layering Bauhaus Spring Blocks £10.75

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

Simply an A6 panel of white card covered with a mix of both stencils, cut at a jaunty angle and a simple sentiment from the Bauhaus Blocks stamp set. I only used 3 colours of Distress Oxides, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Salty Ocean but achieved a darker green where I used the blue over the green!

Next is a card made using the Ink n Flip Heart pattern stencil.

Stencil - Ink & Flip Hearts Pattern £4.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

Yet another of my Gelli plate pulls, cut with a square die and mounted on yet another Gelli plate pull, Abandoned Coral and Worn Lipstick DOx and mounted onto a 41/2" square, white, card base.

The heart in the center is from Block Party Love, stamped and embossed before being fussy cut out. Mounted on a fancy die cut white circle, The Greetery, this was attached to my panel with foam tape. A few leftover die cut red foil hearts complete.

Onto our new Ink n Flip Butterfly pattern stencil. 

I was having far too much fun playing with my Gelli plate and stencils and ended up with a pretty lilac background used in this card!

Stencil - Ink & Flip Butterfly Pattern £4.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

The background uses a mix of Wilted Violet and Chipped Sapphire Distressed Oxide, as do the butterflies. This time I've stamped the outline image from Butterfly Serenade, which the observant of you will have realised is a perfect match for the stencil butterfly! I used a sparkly silver EP and some sparkly silver card to frame my sentiment from my Doodle Flower stash! I still can't get over how pretty these Gelli print panels are, even if it wasn't intentional!!

Finally this card.

Block Party Love £11.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

Here is another simple make using one of my Gelli plate prints and the Block Party Love stamp. This time white heat embossing over a Scattered Polka Hearts stencil print background on white then a panel of matching Distress Oxide pulled from my Gelli plate a few times to get some depth of colour. A very quick and easy card.

So that's all from me for the moment but please don't forget to leave some love here and at the other stops on the hop for a chance to win some Uniko goodies, details on the Uniko blog.

Happy hopping.

  Anita

Bev

Izzy

                    Julie -you're here

Natalie

Steph

Vinita

Be sure to comment along the way for your chance to win a £20 eGift Certificate to spend in store. Winner will be announced Monday 9th of February 2026.

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Introducing Block Party Love

Good morning. It's the final day of introductions for Uniko's January release.

Today we are introducing a stamp in the Block Party range and as it's almost Valentine's Day what better theme than LOVE!

This is a very simple card, where I've stamped the image with black ink, then heat embossed with clear EP over another of my Gelli plate panels. It uses the previously released Scattered Polka Dot Hearts stencil and a couple of Distressed Oxides, Worn Lipstick and Abandoned Coral blended onto my Geli plate. I then added the stencil, took a print then removed the stencil and took another pull, which is what you see here. The first pull toook awat the ink from the open part of the stencil to reveal a white heart and a soft pink background.

Finally, I trimmed my panel, mounted it on a slightly larger piece of black card and then onto an A6 white note card.

That's my idea but why not check out the rest of the team, links below.

  Anita

Bev

Izzy

                     Julie - you're here

Natalie

Steph

Vinita

See you back here same time tomorrow for the full reveal!