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Friday, 1 September 2017

First Birthday Unicorn

Hi there

Today I'm sharing a card I recently made for an order.  The brief was to make a personalised first birthday card featuring a unicorn and it had to be pink and sparkly.  The request was for the card to be fairly large which was a challenge in itself as, being a CAS card maker, I'm used to making standard A6 cards and often struggle to fill larger designs.  This one was A5.

Here it is, a lot busier than my regular designs but I was pleased with the result and I think I fulfilled the brief...


I started on the card base and used a stencil to create the pink and lilac clouds for the background.  Two panels were cut with stitched cloud border dies and set aside until I was ready to adhere them.  Next I stamped the unicorn, coloured with ProMarkers and fussy cut it out.  I die cut the stitched rainbow from a selection of cardstock scraps (and now have lots of bits remaining to make another five rainbows!)  Lots of die cutting was involved for this card!  Next I die cut the balloon from some textured lilac cardstock, then cut the lettering and number 1 from glitter cardstock, some in white for the balloon, and some in pink for the name.  It was then just a case of putting it all together and adhering in place.  I stamped the sentiment onto the front cloud panel before popping that one up on fun foam for some dimension, as well as popping up the unicorn.  And of course, no unicorn is complete without some sparkle so I added some clear Wink of Stella to finish the card.  The photo below picks up the sparkle a little better.


Materials used:

  • Stencil: MFT - Mini Cloud Edges
  • Ink: Distress Ink - Spun Sugar, Milled Lavender, Shaded Lilac; Versa Color - Heliotrope
  • Stamps: Woodware - Unicorn
  • Dies: Lawn Fawn - Puffy Cloud Borders; MFT Die-namics - Bottlecap Letters, Blueprints 26 (balloon), Stitched Rainbow; Papertrey Ink - Modern Numbers
  • Coloured with ProMarkers
  • Accents: Wink of Stella - clear

Challenge entries:

Alphabet Challenge - M for Make Your Mark
Moving Along with the Times - Challenge #53 - Add a Number
Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #257 - Make Your Mark




Thanks so much for popping by.  I'll be back in the morning with details of the next challenge over at Less is More.

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1 comment:

  1. Ruth3 September 2017 at 07:14

    This is so brilliant! I too never make any bigger cards - always wonder how to fill them. I have got to get the mini cloud stencil too. I have the bigger one, but you always need a smaller one too, right? Love that shimmer! xx

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