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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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 Ink and Flip Heart Pattern Stencil

Good morning and welcome to day 2 of the introductions for Uniko's January release. 

Today we are focusing on another Ink n Flip stencil design, Heart Pattern.

I had quite the play with this stencil creating lots of panels with my Geli plate. These two cards came from just one of them!

I have to admit that I got a bit carried away playing with my Gelli plate, even if I haven't worked out why it's marked! To start, I chose a selection of Distress Oxides to blend onto my plate, Candied Apple, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, and Picked Raspberry. I think my first pull was a mix of Abandoned Coral and Picked Raspberry, followed by my stencil and a panel of copy paper, I wasn't going to use this pull. Once the stencil was removed, I added a panel of white card and took a print. The resulting print had a ghostly outline of half the pattern and a lovely textured background. I then went back in with my now clean stencil and added some Worn Lipstick to the ghost pattern then flipped and added what I thought was Candied Apple, to complete the heart pattern. However it wasn't, it was Vintage Photo on my brush so I had to carry on and complete the panel, I quite liked the end result, not brown but a bit rusty red!! 

 

To make these two cards, I die cut a 4 x 4 panel from the stencilling, then with an assortment of different sized heart dies. At first I thought about popping up the hearts but liked the look of the appertures when overlaid on another Geli plate pull, definitely Candied Apple with a touch of Worn Lipstick. A larger panel this time of Abandoned Coral and Worn Lipstick was the added to a 5 x 5 white card, followed by my heart panel on the red. A simple gold embossed sentiment, Everyday Spring Sentiments and some gold mirror dots complete.

 

The die cut hearts from the first panel were mounted onto some matching red fun foam ones and added to a Geli plate panel which I'd made with the Scattered Polka Hearts stencil and mounted on some gold mirror card. A fussy cut gold embossed sentiment from Wonderful Day and more of the gold mirror dots completes.

Two different looks from the one panel!!

Anyway that's a couple of ideas, but what have the rest of the ambassadors been up to? Check out their blogs for for ideas, links below.

  Anita

Bev

Izzy

                    Julie- You're here

Natalie

Steph

Vinita

See you back here tomorrow for more stencil inspiration.

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Uniko July Mini Release and Blog Hop

Good morning!

It's release day at Uniko so as usual we are having a BA blog hop and giveaway. All the details can be found on the Uniko blog where you can also find links to the BA's own blogs for you to comment for the chance to win a £20 e-gift card!

So to start here is a card using the BB Rays.

 

Instead of a sunny vibe I've gone cool and Christmassy. The BB Ray was stamped around a central spot in Salty Ocean DI, wiping off the edges to create the fade away effect. The snowflake was cut from the same card as my base and added to the vellum die cut circle and white circle die before adding to the stamping. My sentiment from Stunning Snowflakes was stamped in Versamark and embossed with WOW Sparkling Platinum EP. A few pieces of snowflake confetti add to the wintery feel.

My second card uses the Scattered Polka hearts Stencil and Pawprints Hearts with the addition of the paw print from the Wild stamp set.

I first cut a heart from a panel of white card before dry embossing with the stencil. On a separate smaller panel I traced the heart shape onto it with a pencil before stamping the heart and rainbow of pawprints. When dry, I added it behind the opening and then the sentiment on a matching white strip of card. The finished panel was then popped up on pads over an A6 white base card.

This next card uses the Scattered Polka Hearts stencil, incorporating a couple of the heart stamps from Background Builders Hearts. 

Before embossing the panel with the stencil, this time I brayered on some Salty Ocean DI. A scrap of DP and a thin inked scrap card border separate the top panel with two fussy cut hearts and a simple sentiment. A perfect masculine card for an engagement or anniversary or even a wedding.

My final card uses the new Tropical Leaf 2 stencil and some stamped elements from Paradise and Paradise Leaves together with a sentiment from Wild.

I first stenciled the large leaf with Twisted Citron DOx, then using the mask, added the stamped leaves with Altenew's Tropical Forest ink set. The gaps were in filled freehand with dots of matching ink. My sentiment from Wild was stamped in black and the Wild element was fussy cut from white card and added. Almost a OLC!

So that's all from me but don't forget to leave a comment before you leave for a chance to win that £20 e-gift card! Here are the links for the rest of the team to help you navigate the bog hop.

Anita 

 Bev 

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie -that's me

Steph

Wiebke

Before you leave don't forget to leave a comment here and happy hopping!

Introducing - Paw Print Hearts and Stencil Scattered Polka Hearts

Good morning, I'm back with the final introduction post for the Uniko mini release. Today we are showcasing Pawprints Hearts stamp set and another stencil, Scattered Polka Hearts. 

Here's my first card using one of the stamps from Pawprints Hearts.

The large pawprint was stamped onto a die cut panel of white card with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP. I then moved the panel and stamped again with Altenew's Obsidian to create a dark shadow, or that was the intension. Obsidian is a lovely bold black but it just sits on the surface and takes an age to dry and although I removed the excess ink from the embossing it smudged into the embossing. At first I was disappointed but when I looked at it again I rather liked the effect I had created. A simple sentiment from the same set completes the panel which was then added to an A6 base card with pads.

My second card uses a combination of the Scattered Polka Hearts stencil and the Pawprints Hearts stamp set.

On a panel of white card, I blended a rainbow with a selection of DIs keeping it quite light then added the stencil over it and repeated the inking but using a firmer hand. I cut it in half, added it to an A6 note card then added the white textured panel over the top. A thin sliver of black card just sharpens up the design without adding bulk. My pawprint was stamped with Altenew's Silver Stone and the large sentiment added with black ink.

So that's all from me for today, pop back tomorrow for the full July reveal and a chance to win in our blog hop.