Wishing You a Magical Day!
Good morning! Jess here with a magical shaker card! When I was in elementary school I was OBSESSED with unicorns. I remember that there was always at least one unicorn poster for sale at every school bookfair and I bought every single one I could get my hands on. I had unicorn notebooks, figurines, stuffed animals…unicorns everywhere! 😉 So I am personally thrilled about the resurgence of unicorns in everyday life, particularly papercrafting! And I do not discriminate against unicorns…I’ll buy any unicorn stamp I can find. Though, after making today’s card, this adorable unicorn might just be my favorite!
Seriously, is that not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?!? I’m in love. And here’s what I created with my sparkly teal unicorn:
As is my preference, I combined a few different companies to make my shaker card! I started by stamping the unicorn from Avery Elle’s Be a Unicorn onto white cardstock with versafine before heat-embossing it with clear embossing powder. Then I colored him with copic markers. I used N0 and N1 for shadows; R21 and R32 for his ear; BG10, BG11, and BG32 for his horn; and BG32, BG15, and BG49 for his mane, hooves, and nose. Finally I added a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle to his mane, hooves, and nose before die-cutting him with the coordinating dies.
Next I die-cut the Lawn Fawn Rainbow using a variety of colored cardstock. I listed similar colors below because I wasn’t quite sure the name of some of the cardstocks I used. I aimed for a softer rainbow palette. I also die-cut one from a piece of white cardstock for my background panel. Then I stamped the sentiment from Be a Unicorn onto a second piece of white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder before die-cutting the cloud edge from the top of the cardstock. I adhered a piece of acetate to the back of the background panel and then added a double-layer of foam mounting tape all around the back before filling it with sparkling clear sequins and beads.
I applied adhesive to the back of my cardstock rainbow, carefully placed it over the back of the shaker making sure to line it up with the opening of the shaker, and pressed lightly to adhere it to the foam mounting tape. Then I added a piece of white cardstock cut down to 4″ by 5.25″ to fully seal the shaker and secure my rainbow. I turned it over, adhered my unicorn with a little foam mounting tape, and then added a few more sequins to finish the card!
So that’s my magical little unicorn shaker! I hope you like him as much as I do! Yesterday was my birthday and I think I might keep him as my birthday card to myself! 😉 Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!
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Tags: Avery Elle, Jessica Frost-Ballas, Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things, Shaker Card
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Lisaerica
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Hi Jess, really cute! I love the rainbow inside the cloud and of coarse that it’s a shaker. I was never into unicorns but my sister, omg she was like you. She had everything, posters, stuffed animals, shirts, you name it. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
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Lou Wittmer
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What an adorable card…..and a shaker in addition to cute. Great card!
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Dolly (scrapthat)
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Happy Birthday Jessica!!
I love your adorable card 😀
TFS
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Terrie
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This is such an adorable card! I love unicorns, too 🙂
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