Uniko February Release & Blog Hop

YAY! It's release day at Uniko and we're kicking it all off with a blog hop and the chance to win the entire release. How good is that!

Let's take a look at all the stamps and the designer die in this birthday release.

Alphabet Outlined £16

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Anniversaire Arts Décoratifs £5

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Background Blocks Arts Décoratifs £5

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Background Builders Arts Décoratifs £10

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Background Blocks Pinstripe II £5

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Happy Days £5

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Spring Botanicals Tulip £10

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*PLEASE NOTE:- To protect my designs and discourage the blatant theft of them, there is a watermark over the top of the product image. This makes the image appear that the lines are not solid. I apologise for the inconvenience and ensure you that this is not part of the design or physical stamps you will receive. To see what the stamp/s look like when stamped, please have a look at the samples in the product gallery. Thank you for your understanding*

The products will be available to purchase at 9pm GMT HERE on the Uniko Website. 

And how about a few more samples?

I went for a sumptuous and rich look with the chunky embossing powder and gold mirri card and used the three art deco inspired sets - Background Builders Arts Decoratif, Background Blocks Arts Decoratif, Anniversaire Arts Decoratif.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Arts Decoratif, Background Blocks Arts Decoratif,Anniversaire Arts Decoratif
Inks: Versamark clear + WOW! black magic embossing powder
Die: Lil'inker, stitched mats rectangles
Gold mirri card from my stash

And then there's that fantastic Background Blocks Horizontal Pinstripe stamp! It's one I know will be popping up all over social media on cards soon, so very striking and useful.

I paired it up with the stamps and designer dies from Kindness Blooms and some of my favourite colours.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Blocks Pinstripe II, Kindness Blooms
Ink: Kaleidacolor, berry blaze
Die: Uniko, Kindness Blooms

I'm rounding off this showcase with a card I made ready for one of my daughters in law who reaches one of those zero birthdays and party plans are in the making.

Her favourite colour is purple like mine and I paired that up with some sparkling holographic card to make it really zing.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Alphabet Outlined, Anniversaire Arts Decoratif
Inks: Kaleidacolor berry burst
Die: MFT, stitched fishtail flags
Card: PMD Holograhic stars

OK, now I'm wondering which product is your favourite? Or maybe you just love them all! Well here's your chance to win the lot - just follow round the blog hop leaving comments as you go and you could be the lucky one.

Bev

Carol 

Hannelie

Izzy 

Jane - that's me

Julie

Linda

Rahmat

Sarah

Wiebke 

Thanks so much for dropping by today and good luck with the blog hop prize. I hope it's you!

And keep crafting!

Uniko February Release - Introducing Happy Days & Background Blocks Pinstripe II

Final day of the introductions to Uniko's February Release. And a really gorgeous go to pair of stamp sets.

   

Here's some cards to show you a bit more of each stamp set.

I used a Kaleidacolor ink pad and stamped the silhouette bloom off to one side three times. I then added a die cut border ans stamped the greeting so that it sort of points to the images.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Happy Days
Inks: Kaleidacolor, riviera; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Die: MFT, stitched basic edges

Next I created a tag using a left over piece of background inking and a stitched die.

I matted it onto black card to match the stamping and added a greeting and some ribbons.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Happy Days
Inks: Verafine Cair, nocturne; Brusho, orange & yellow
Die: MFT, stitched traditional tags
Ribbon & twine from my stash

And my final card for today takes me back to my CAS roots.

I created the background first and then stamped straight on top.  I added a two sided mat to reflect the inky colours.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Happy Days
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress, picked raspberry, mustard seed

Well that's all the introductions complete. Once you've checked out the rest of the Uniko DT's fabulous makes it'll nearly be time to make your choices.

We'll be back tomorrow at 9.00am with the usual release blog hop and the chance to win the entire release. Then all the products will be available to purchase from the Uniko shop at 9.00pm.

Thanks for looking and keep crafting!

Uniko February Release - Introducing Spring Botanicals Tulip

I can't wait to see what you think about today's introduction to Uniko's February release. It's a bit of a stunner!

You will probably have guessed from the sneak peek that it involved a tulip and I have to say tulips are just about my most favourite flower of all! I love all the colours they come in nowadays and in my part of the UK they are grown in the fields and look totally amazing.

There are two tulips included in this stamp set but with a bit of careful masking I've managed to extend it to three. I've also used the Uniko stencil Quilted as a background. My colours are subtle and muted.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Spring Botanicals Tulip
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress, black soot
Stencil: Uniko, Quilted
Die: Lawn Fawn, large stitched square stackables
Colours: Copic, E50, RV00; Miya oil pencils, pink, green, black

Unlike the colours of the previous card this time I've gone for bold and vibrant. If I'm honest these are the sort of colours that immediately jump into my head when I think about tulips.

I placed the stamp slightly off the edge and used Copic pens and Miya oil pencils to colour. Since taking the recent Kathy Racoosin colouring class at Online Card Classes I've been combining both pens and pencils more often.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Spring Botanicals Tulip
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Colours: Copic, YR15, RV04, BV17, E50, BG32, G99; Miya oil pencils, purple & brown


For my final card today I've gone with a bright sunshiny yellow scheme and am hoping it may encourage the weather to warm up a bit!

As well as the Copic pen and Miya oil pencils I've also added in some white gel pen accents - another tip picked up from that colouring class.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Spring Botanicals Tulip
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress oxide, bundled sage; Ranger distress, mustard seed
Colours, Miya oil pencils, green, purple, brown, yellow, red, mustard, black; Sakura gelly roll white

So have you got a new favourite now? There's still one more day of introductions left so I hope you'll find time to visit again tomorrow.

Thanks so much for looking today. And keep crafting!

Uniko February Release - Introducing Designer Dies Kindness Blooms

Welcome back for another day of Uniko February release introductions. And today it's a designer die set that co-ordinates with a previously released stamp Kindness Blooms.

And here's my showcase:

I stamped and die cut a selection of the flower heads in shades of pink and paired them up with the Alphabet Outlined letters and circle stamps from Wonderful Day. These all went into a scrapbook page about my granddaughter playing with bubbles.

This is how the finished page looked once I'd added journalling, stickers and enamel dots.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Kindness Blooms, Wonderful Day, Alphabet Outlined
Inks: SU, rose red, bermuda bay, sweet sugarplum; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Pens: Copic, E50, RV00, BG10
Papers: Echo Park, Imagine That
Stickers: Vicki Boutin; Simple Stories, Bliss
Embellishments: Simple Storis Carpe Diem enamel dots, Echo park I'd rather be crafting enamel dots

My next share is a trio of atc coins. I started with a background paper that I'd created earlier using a gelly plate and brusho powders.

I then added a mix of the outline and detail dies and some stamped words, gems and a heart.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Kindness Blooms
Inls: Color Box, grape; Brusho, violet & purple; Ranger distress, black soot; Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, elegant eggplant
Dies: Uniko, Kindness Blooms
Embellishments: Ppaerchase, puffy heart; gems from my stash

My last share for today is a very simple and CAS card using a favourite layout design.

I created a stack of the die cut blooms and grounded it by placing it on a line stamp from Background Builders Arts Decoratif.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Kindness Blooms, Background Builders Arts Decoratif
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Dies: Uniko, Kindness Blooms
Colours: Copic, R29; Miya oil pencils, purple
Embellishments: enamel dot from my stash

Still two more days of introductions and then before you know it ta da it will be release day. Have you got a favourite yet? Tomorrow's is a bit of a stunner with Spring vibes, so be sure to check back in.

Thanks for looking today and keep crafting!

Uniko February Release - Introducing Anniversaire Arts Decoratif & Background Builders Arts Decoratif

Day 2 of the introductions to Uniko's February Release to share today.

   

I gave you a little glimpse of some of the stamps in today's sets yesterday and here are some more!

There is a fabulous new addition to the Background Builders range and some awesome new sentiments too. All in the Art Deco style and very striking.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Anniversaire Arts Decoratif, Background Builders Arts Decoaratif
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Color Box, blueberry; Brusho, turquoise; Versamark clear + Ranger superfine black embossing powder
Die: Lawn Fawn, stitched square stackables

Card two makes maximum use of those border strips and is jazzed up with some gold holo card and sequins.

I can see some enjoyable time doing a coloured version of this too.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Arts Decoratif, Anniversaire Arts Decoratif
Inks: Verafine Clair, nocturne
Sequins & holographic card from my stash

Every time I look at these stamps it brings the cinemas of my teenage years to mind, so many of them were decorated in this style.

I chose the Uniko brand colours for this card and added a repeated message with the sentiment stamps.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Anniversaire Arts Decoratif, Background Builders Arts Decoratif
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, lady bug; Color Box, ocean
Pen: Copic, R32

Do pop on over to the Uniko blog to find the links to the rest of the DT and go check out their wonderful inspiration with these new stamps - HERE.

Thanks for looking today and I hope you'll be back again tomorrow for the next introduction - a new die set that matches an existing stamp set.

And keep crafting!

Uniko February Release - Introducing Alphabet Outlined & Background Blocks Arts Decoratif

I'm so pleased you dropped by today as it's Day 1 of the Uniko February 2020 & 8th Birthday Release product introductions.

Today we are introducing two new clear stamp sets, Alphabet Outlined AND Background Blocks Arts Décoratifs. 

   

My first card uses the Background Blocks Arts Decoratif heat embossed onto acetate to make a shaker window. It also has a some sneak peeks of a set that's being introduced tomorrow.

Here's a closer look at that shaker window.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Blocks Arts Decoratif, Anniversaire Arts Decoratif
Inks: Versamark + Ranger superfine black embossing powder; Versafine Calir, nocturne
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh
Heat resistant acetate: Crafters Companion

My next card uses both the sets being introduced today and was created with my middle son in mind as he reaches that benchmark birthday later this year.

Lots of extra sparkle with the holo card and some blue tones for the colouring.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Alphabet Outlined, Background Blocks Arts Decoratif
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Dies: Spellbinders, standard circles small; Lawn Fawn, large stitched circle stacks
Pens: Copic, C3, B39, BG53, BG 11, BG15, BG34

My final share today makes maximum use of those outline letters combined with an older set - Background Builders Classics.

I used pinks for this baby card and stamped each letter onto a banner diecut.

Supplies:
Stamps Uniko, Alphabet Outlined, Background Builders Classics
Inks: Memento, angel pink, tuxedo black
Dies: MFT, stitched jumbo fishtail banners
Pens: Copic, R81, R83, C1

Well that's the first day of introductions all wrapped up. Be sure to drop by each day for the rest of this week and then on Sunday 23rd there will be the usual DT blog hop at 9.00am and the stamps will all be in the Uniko shop at 9.00pm.

Thanks for your time today. And keep crafting!