January 2025 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway 🎉

Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday! I hope your day is going well!

Super excited today! Finally, it's  January 2025 Release Day!

 let me formally introduce these beauties...

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Background Builders: Flower Power Clear Stamp Set £11.50

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Flower Power #11 Clear Stamp Set £6.50

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Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set £6.50

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Sparkle Sentiments Clear Stamp Set £11.50

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Ink & Flip Layering Flower Power #8 Stencil £8.00

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Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem Stencil £8.00

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Layering Picked Posies Stencils £13.75

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Stencil - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars £4.50

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Let's see what I came up with.......

My first card

 I used these Distress inks for rainbow colored impacts: tumbled grass, weathered wood, shaded lilac, villainous potion, mustard seeds, picked raspberry, lumberjack plaid, victorian velvet, and saltwater taffy for my Layering Picked Posies florals. I started with the biggest floral first, then the other ones and then the tiniest ones. The sentiments from the Flower Power #11 stamp set.

Second card

Who doesn't love sparkle and shine!

 I created a shaker card. I die-cut the front and base panels using a pillow die. Then on a white die-cut pillow base panel, I placed the gem stencil as a guide to trace the gem with pencil marks. I stamped many small diamonds in rainbow colors using DI. Then I added tiny transparent tape around the big diamond shape and applied white crystal glitter powder. Voila, I love the result.

 I stamped the sentiment with Staz on Black ink on the acetate sheet, sprinkled Wow Midnight Dreams EP and heat embossed it. I filled some shaker elements with white crystals. Then, I covered it with the Pillow frame and adhered it to my card panel.

Third card

I created a stencilled background using Mid-century Modern Circles and Stars stencil. I mixed the dark pink lunar paste into the white texture paste to lighten it in light pink shades and applied it through the stencil.

Then, I stamped the outlined flowers with leaves in black from the Flower Power #11 stamp set. I stamped one flower in its original form and the other one I joined the last petals on both sides of the flower to show it bigger. I watercolored them using Pink DI and fussy cut both. The sentiments are from the same set. I added some sequins to bling my card.

Fourth card

For this card, I created my own patterned paper. I placed a quilted stencil on a textured white CS panel and applied crushed olive DO. After that, I stamped a floral background into the white space left using rustic wilderness DO and pine needle DI. I tried to create a monochrome look in green. I heat embossed the sentiment from the stamp set using opaque bright white EP. I placed my panel on the black CS. Then, I added some twine across the top and black rhinestones to the stencilled flowers.

Final card

I first time tried a scrambled Blocks technique card and loved the results!

It's the perfect way to spread love, and happiness and make someone's day extra special. Enjoy its simplicity and beauty!

I stamped the Background Blocks Scattered Hearts on the pink and red CS and heat embossed them using Wow white puff twinkle embossing glitter. It's hard to take a picture of this card but it has a lot of shine in real life.

Then, I cut them into rectangular blocks and lined them up on my basic white CS. I die-cut a heart and added Abandoned coral ink all around the edges of the heart. I die cut a happy word from a holographic sheet. I attached it to the heart and put my heart in the centre of the blocks. I stamped and added the Valentine's Day sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks Occasions sentiment set using lumberjack Plaid and picked raspberry DI. I embellished it with a few enamel hearts.

I hope you all enjoyed the new release. Hurry up and complete your stash with this new collection before it is out of stock. Check out the rest of the Uniko Brand Ambassador's projects today.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie 

Steph

Vinita( me)

Leave a comment on all the blogs or social media for your chance to win a £25 eGift Certificate to spend in-store. Winners of this giveaway and the stencils from the first couple of days' introductions will be announced here on the blog, Monday 13th January 2025. All the products that the Uniko Brand Ambassadors and I have been introducing this week are now available to purchase on the website here.

Happy crafting!

January 2025 Release - Reintroducing... Background Builders Flower Power

 Hello everyone!

Happy Saturday!

Welcome to the final re-introducing day:  Release of the Background Builders Flower Power stamp set!

I love them.............!. They are a unique floral set that will receive lots of love from me! This stamp set has several pieces with solid and outlined tiny flowers which you can use to create pretty patterns.

I created a one-layer card in rainbow colors. Before stamping the flowers I masked my card base using a masking tape strip and stamped the sentiment from the Flower Power #11 stamp set. I inked the flowers using stormy sky, villainous potion, candied apple, carved pumpkin, twisted citron, mermaid lagoon and evergreen bough DI. This stamp was a breeze to line up with each additional ink color! This is a perfect card for friendship!

You can find more inspirations here.

Thanks for visiting! Don't forget to return for the Final Blog hop, which includes a giveaway; it's release day!

Happy crafting!

January 2025 Release - Introducing Day 4... Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil AND Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set

 Hello everyone!

Happy Friday!

Welcome to Day 4! Today we are introducing the new Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil and Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set which can be used for many occasions.

I love this stencil and how easy it is to make a card with a big impact! It is an innovative and creative stencil that can be used to build a flower using a rotating technique!

I chose three distress inks for the stencilling. You can vary the amount of ink and the pressure you put on the brush to achieve the various inking effects you want from lighter to dark.

First, I started using shaded lilac DI through the stencil and rotating the stencil to create various color effects using the same ink.

I overlapped my second flower stencilling using picked raspberry ink.

 Again I overlapped my second flower by using the villainous potion DI to create the third flower.

I liked the variation of colors and interest this stencil brought! Sometimes, you have to experiment and try things.

It was fun to play!

I hope you definitely love this stencil and create something soon! You can find more inspirations here.

Thank you for visiting and come back for the fourth reveal tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

January 2025 Release - Introducing Day 3... Flower Power #11 and Stencil - Mid Century Modern Stars & Circles

 Hello to all!

Happy Thursday!

I hope you all are enjoying your winters! 

Today is the introduction day of two new releases: the Flower Power #11 stamp set, an addition to the Flower Power series, and a new stencil called Mid-Century Modern Circles and Stars!

The set is charming, delightful, and perfect for so many occasions. It can be effortlessly paired with various Uniko products.

First, I dry embossed my pearlescent shimmery light blue CS using Mid Century Modern Circles and Stars stencil.

I stamped the solid and outlined flower with leaves in the rusty hinge, abandoned coral and mawed lawn DI on a white CS. The sentiment is from the same set. 

Then, I added the scalloped frames to both the flowers and sentiment. To enhance the overall beauty I added some sequins.

You can visit for more inspirations by Uniko Brand Ambassadors here.

Don't forget to come back again tomorrow.

Happy crafting!

January 2025 Release - Introducing Day 2... Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem Stencil AND Sparkle Sentiments Clear Stamp Set

Hello to all!

Happy Wednesday!

Goodbye 2024, Welcome 2025!!

Cheers to a fresh start, new adventures and a year of boundless happiness. May 2025 be your best year yet, filled with sunshine and smiles!

Today, we are introducing the Ink & Flip Layerining Geometric Gem Stencil with a matching Sparkle Sentiments stamp set. With so many elements in this set, this stencil can be used in many ways!

The background is created using Wilted violet, abandoned coral, and salvaged patina DO. 

The gem is created using salvaged patina, mermaid lagoon, picked raspberry and kitsch flamingo DO.

 Then, I outlined the gem using gold and black acrylic pen and highlighted the boundaries around using gold acrylic pen again.

 The sentiment and tiny elements are from the Sparkle sentiments set. Bev is offering one set of the stencils away to one lucky comment left on any of the blog posts or across Uniko's social media posts to win the stencil set. 

For more inspiration visit here.

I hope your day will sparkle and shine with this release!

Happy crafting!

January 2025 Release - Introducing Day 1.... Layering Picked poises Stencil

 Hello everyone!

Happy Tuesday & Happy New Year's Eve!!!

Today, the Uniko Brand Ambassadors and I begin the first introductions with a wonderful floral layering Picked Poises stencil.

It is a four-layered stencil that will work perfectly and pair beautifully with the Exclusive CraftStash Picked Posies Collection released earlier.

 Let's have a look at it in action...

I ink blended using picked raspberry, wilted violet and mermaid lagoon Distress oxides to create my background on a textured white CS. 

Then, I used Picked Poises layering stencils individually to ink the florals. For the big florals, I used picked fence DI.

The small florals are inked using the same background DO. 

After this, I applied shabby shutters and mowed lawn ink using the leaves stencil.

For the more intricate look of the leaves, I applied evergreen bough DI through the last leaves stencil. And for the center part of flowers versafine Oynx black ink.

Here is the look I achieved with all four layered stencils.

The sentiment is from the Mid Century Modern Everyday sentiments set.

This is absolutely one of the favourite stencils designed by Bev! She will be giving this set of stencils to one lucky comment left on any of the blog posts & or across Uniko's social media posts to celebrate New Year's Eve!

For more inspiration use this fabulous stencil by Uniko Brand Ambassadors here!

Don't forget to come back and meet you in 2025!

Happy crafting!

Crafty Hugs

January 2025 Release Sneak Peeks

 Hello to all!

Happy Monday!

I know you all are busy celebrating the winter holidays with your family and friends! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas celebration!

Are you ready for the ending 2024 Sneak Peeks of the January 2025 Release at Uniko? Yes, that's right!!! There is a bunch of new releasing on Sunday 5th January.

 Let's have a look at the peeks...

                                     First up is a peek at a new fabulous layering stencil.

Next up is a new Ink & Flip layering stencil and can pair it with previously released Uniko products for even more creative options.

This third peek is of another new Ink & Flip layering stencil, one that will make your creativity sparkle! 

                                     It's a fun new addition to the Mid-Century Modern Collection...

                                            Next is a new addition to the Flower Power series.

This is a must sentiment set which will be required for the second Ink & Flip peek and they just go together like cookies and milk! 

This next peek is a re-introduction of a clear stamp set that was originally released back in August 2013. On a few requests, it is back and has a lot of creative potential.

This final peek is another addition to a highly popular sentiment series and it fills in some gaps adding even more options and occasions to use them.

There will be something for everyone! Tomorrow onwards, I and all the Uniko Brand Ambassadors will start the introductions!

Happy crafting!