Release Day @ Uniko

Morning all, it's release day at Uniko!!

Here are just a few more ideas using the new June release.

Have you ever thought about the off cuts that are leftover when you trim a stencilled panel down to the size you want for a project? Well I thought exactly that when I had lots of little strips left over from this month's projects. This first card uses the BB Scramble ThankYou and some inky strips from The Chevron Duo stencil.

Background Blocks Thank You Scramble £7.00

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Stencil - Ink & Flip Chevron Duo £5

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In my earlier post I used DI in Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers to create some stencilled panels but I needed some contrast for some of the letters so on some plain scrap card, I used some Picked Raspberry DI to create a mini panel which I over stamped the Thank You image. For the turquoisey stencilling, I used a different method and cut up the thin strips and stamped them by inking the stamp and pressing the card over the letter I wanted. All the letters were then fussy cut. On another scrap of white, I stamped the Scramble Thank You in black, coloured the flower with Copics and placed the fussy cut letters on top. Still not quite happy, I added Peacock Feathers to a couple of the blue letters and more Picked Raspberry to the two pink letters before glueing them down.

My panel was trimmed and added to a leftover piece of the holographic card from earlier and mounted the whole lot onto an A6 white note card.

This second card uses the scraps from Ink n Flip Triangulate woven to give an abstract pattern.

Stencil - Ink & Flip Triangulate £5

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I did cut some of the leftovers into smaller strips to ensure I had enough to fill the apperture, finally weaving them together to get this effect. The woven panel was laid over the opening and glued into place before flipping it over and adding the Bauhaus Blocks sentiment and a few die cut black dots. The finished panel was then added to the base card on foam pads.

Finally I have this card which uses the left over panel from the Modern Floral layered stencil.

Stencil - Layering Modern Blooms £13.75

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I followed an old Jennifer McGuire tutorial over on You Tube for the layout.

Sentiment is from Pure Florals Peony, embossed and fussy cut and the text strip is Everyday Sentiments stamped in Picked Raspberry.

So what do you think of the release. I'm sure you will love the versatility, really important when our purses are stretched and purchases are considered!

For more inspiration why not check out the rest of the BAs below leaving some love as you go for a chance to win a £20 eGift Certificate to spend in store. Bev will draw a lucky winner from all comments left on BA blogs and/or socials and announce the winner on July 6th.

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Denise

Izzy

Julie -that's me

Natalie

Vinita

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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BA Inspiration - Happy Birthday

Good morning. 

The birthday celebrations are continuing over at Uniko . Today I'm sharing this card using the Remembrance stamp set.

All the details for this make and all the other birthday inspiration can be found over on the Uniko blog.

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Digi or Rubber stamps

I have a collection of both but for artsy techniques like this I prefer a solid stamp that I can stamp in a pale ink, mask and manipulate. Water colouring a digi is definitely a no no, the paper won't go through my printer either!

Release Day and Blog Hop @ Uniko

It's release day at Uniko and as per tradition we are having a blog hop and giveaway!

So for your chance to win, don't forget to leave a comment as you hop along to see what the BAs have come up with for this release.

Here's my first card using the Bauhaus Blocks stamp set.

I used 3 of the 5 grid stamps to create a Piet Mondrian style card, perfect for the males in your life. This is a square card but I could have used all 5 stamps and created a rectangular panel. The 3 panels were stamped in black then coloured with Copic markers before being trimmed and added to a panel of black card leaving a small amount of the backing showing. The sentiment is from my favourite Doodle Flowers, I tend to create a batch of them on neutral panels once I've got the stamps set out, use one and save the others for later! This time white EP on black, then mounted on white to match the coloured sections.

I said earlier in the week that I love the new layering stencil and this card is another example, using DOx in Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade and Wilted Violet. This is cut from a larger panel and attached to a die cut white panel and onto a 41/4"square base card.

The sentiment this time is from Yes You, the wonderful stamped and heat embossed with white EP on black and fussy cut, the you are, yes you added on strips.

OK, I know this is overload but here is another of the stencil panels, this time in a palette of blues, Altenew's Lapis Lazuli set, and another of my Doodle Flower sentiment panels.

This is a great masculine colourway, use as a whole or as a part of the panel.

Finally I have this card made using the Flower Power #4 stencil and the sentiment from Pure Florals -Peony.

To start, I took a panel of white card and attached the stencil whilst I inked through with Picked Raspberry DOx. I then removed the stencil and repositioned it so that the petals were in between the first set and inked again with the DOx. I used a firmer hand over the center and edge of the flower to create a sense of shape and dimension. The stencil was then removed and I inked lightly over the whole panel without the stencil to get rid of as much white as possible.

Using a couple of the stamps from Flower Power #4, I stamped in Seedless Preserve DOx to create a center, then added a sequin for a bit of bling! 

The sentiment, Sending, was stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut and the many thanks added on a white strip. A few sequins and gems complete.

So that's all from me for today. For the chance to win don't forget to leave a comment here before you hop along for the chance to win the whole release!.

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie -that's me

Steph

Vinita

Color Hues #65

Good afternoon. It's a new month so it's time for a new colour combo at Color Hues. 

Earlier today I helped launch a new layered stencil set by Uniko and 

as I still had it out when thinking of making a card for this challenge, I decided to use the new Color Hues colours to create a panel for this card.

I used the new stencil set Bauhaus Blocks from Uniko (available from tomorrow @9am BST) to create this panel using Altenew's Aqualicious for the Aqua and Heartbeat and Pink Pearl for the reds. The panel was trimmed and mounted onto white card then added to a matching A6 red card base. A sentiment from the same release from Uniko was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP.

Quite a simple layout, the time was spent inking the different layers of the stencil.

So where will these new colours take you? We'd love to see you in the Color Hues gallery. For more inspiration, check out the rest of the DT and our GD here.

Introducing Bauhaus Blocks Layering Stencil

Good morning. It's the final day of introductions at Uniko and today's is a doozy. I have to say this layered stencil set, Bauhaus Blocks is so much fun to play with. Here are just a couple of the ideas I came up with.

This first card uses the full stencil and then some! I used some DOx inks (Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron, and Salty Ocean) and covered the whole of an A6 panel of white card. I love this bright combination of colours, I love the contrast and they totally reflect how I was feeling when I was colouring the stencils! I'm not sure that pastel colours would have the same impact, perhaps I should go away and have another play!!

The finished panel was die cut ready to add to a base card when I realised that I hadn't squared it up so had to think how to use the panel after all the hard work. Simple answer, I die cut it again at a jaunty angle and the error disappeared! The sentiment, Bauhaus Blocks, was stamped on a tag and slipped under the bottom edge.

Still using the same colours with the addition of Squeezed Lemonade, this second one just uses one of the three stencils and only one element of that! 

I simply inked in the lines from one of the stencils and rotated it around the central point to create the pattern. The sentiment is from yesterday's intro, Bauhaus Blocks, heat embossed with white EP on black and the inked panel was die cut using an MFT square die. Simply mounted on a 41/4" square card, it makes a fun thank you card for my daughter's stash for the end of the year.

What do you think of this release? I've loved playing around with it, especially this stencil! Looks like the rest of the team have too, check them out here.

Tomorrow is release day so don't forget to join us for our release day blog hop.

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Brights or pastels

I chose Brights!

Introducing Bauhaus Blocks Stamp set

Morning, it's day 2 of the intros for the May release from Uniko. 

Today I've gone all Piet Mondrian using the new Bauhaus Blocks stamp set for my first card.

There are 5 blocks and 4 sentiments in the set but I only used one of the blocks for this as well as the square stamp from Background Builders Squared. I played around with the one stamp, rotating and stamping in black on white before adding the squares in primary colours. To get a rectangle or smaller square, I just masked off an area with tape before stamping. The sentiment was already in my sentiment jar and fit the space perfectly.

Each square was cut out and mounted onto a panel of black card to create a thin border, then the whole was added to a base card on pads.

This is a quick make using another of the square blocks.

This time, I stamped the block onto some card with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP, then

using 3 Zig watercolour markers, I filled in the shapes. When dry the finished panel was die cut, attached to an A6 textured off white base card and the sentiment from Simply Said stamped with Altenew's Ultra Violet, then heat embossed with clear EP.

Bev and the rest of the BAs have more fab ideas over on the blog here if you've missed them.

See you back here tomorrow for the final introduction.