Good morning!
Uniko have another blog hop and giveaway for you this month. Bev gets so busy as she runs Uniko single-handedly so on the months where there isn't a new product release, she likes to mix things up a bit.
So this month she has challenged myself and my fellow Brand Ambassadors to choose a favourite or favourites from any of the 2025 releases to date and to share our projects in this blog hop.
By commenting along the way, you could be the lucky person that wins a £25 eGift card!
I found it difficult to pick just one product as my favourite, so I chose two, both of which happen to be layering stencil sets.
First up, I just had to ink up the Layering Picked Posies again...
I wanted to use the stencils to create a border so I found a scalloped stencil mask in my stash and used that to mask the centre of my card base. I ink blended around the border so it had a definite edge but didn't want it to interfere too much with the pattern so used a very light hand. I then inked through the various elements of the stencils to create the floral border. I chose to fill the central area with a larger sentiment from the Birthday Wishes stamp set and then finished by adding a few co-ordinating jewels.
Materials used:
- Stencils: Uniko - Layering Picked Posies; Clearly Besotted - Small Scallops
- Stamp: Uniko - Birthday Wishes
- Ink: Distress Oxide - Salvaged Patina, Lost Shadow, Peacock Feathers, Scattered Straw, Tumbled Glass; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
- Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Jewels: Shimmer Pool and Lemon mixes
And as I loved the Layering Bright Butterflies, I inked them up again to create this one...
I inked up all three butterflies using the layering stencils and then fussy cut them out. I used the Cloud 9 stencil to add clouds with white ink to the blue cardstock background. I adhered all the butterflies to the card base, overlapping them and using some 3D foam for some dimension. I finished by heat embossing the sentiment in white on a black strip, which is from the Originally Organic Flower Garden stamp set.
Materials used:
- Stencils: Uniko - Layering Bright Butterflies, Cloud 9
- Stamp: Uniko - Originally Organic Flower Garden
- Ink: Distress Oxide - Saltwater Taffy, Festive Berries, Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; VersaMark; Hero Arts - Unicorn
- Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
Be sure to leave some comments on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media. You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here. By leaving comments along the way you will be in with a chance of winning the eGift card. Bev will randomly choose a winner on 26 May 2025.
Thanks for visiting today and please do visit my fellow Brand Ambassadors, not only to comment, but I'm sure you can find some crafty inspiration from them.