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!

Supplies:

Be A Unicorn Stamp Set (Avery Elle)	Be A Unicorn Die Set (Avery Elle)	Rainbow Die (Lawn Fawn)	My Favorite Things Die-namic Set – Stitched Cloud Edges	Copic Sketch Marker N0-S Neutral Gray No. 0
Copic Sketch Marker N1-S Neutral Gray No. 1	Copic Sketch Marker BG10-S Cool Shadow	Copic Sketch Marker BG11-S Moon White	Copic Sketch Marker BG32-S Aqua Mint	Copic Sketch Marker BG15-S Aqua
Copic Sketch Marker BG49-S Duck Blue	Copic Sketch Marker R21-S Sardonyx	Copic Sketch Marker R32-S Peach	Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pen Set Of 3 – Clear Overlay	Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 8.5
Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Candy Hearts 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Citrus Slice 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Sour Lemon 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – French Mints 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Gumball 8.5
Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Sour Grape 8.5	Lawn Fawn Cardstock 8.5	Pretty Pink Posh Mixed Cupped Sequins – Sparkling Clear Mix	Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins 3mm – Sparkling Clear	Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins 4mm – Sparkling Clear
Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins – 6mm Sparkling Clear	Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins – 10mm Sparkling Clear	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents 2oz	Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape .5″ (Scotch)	Advanced Tape Glider and Tape – Pink (Scotch)
Embossing Magic Pad (Inkadinkado)	VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black (Tsukineko)	Embossing Powder – Clear (Ranger)	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

Happy Monday everyone.. It’s Holly here today and I have a new Video and fun card using the New Winter Unicorn set from Lawn Fawn. I’m also using the new Perfectly Plaid Petite 6×6 Pad and the new Storm Cloud Ink from Lawn Fawn’s latest release.

I started out by die cutting three panels from some White Card stock using the STAX Cross Stitched Rectangle Dies from Lawn Fawn and I also cut a piece of the Plaid paper with the Cross Stitched Rectangles as well. I created a White card base and added the Pattern paper. Then from two of the panels, I die cut the Stitched Mountain Border from Lawn Fawn and then Stitched Hillside Borders. From the third panel I die cut the Avery Elle Falling Snow die after I applied some Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. I added some additional Peacock Feathers ink to the hillside pieces and the mountain caps.

I stamped the Winter Unicorn image onto some Neenah Solar White card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then I colored it in with Copic Markers. Hair: BG10, BG11 & BG13 Body: C00, C01, C02 & C05 Cheeks: R20 Horn: Y00 & Y02 Scarf: R02 & R05. Then I die cut the unicorn using the coordinating Die and I added some Clear Sparkle Pen from Spectrum Noir.

I stamped the sentiment using the Mini Misti onto the lower corner of the Hillside piece with some Storm Cloud ink from Lawn Fawn. And then I assembled the scene and adhered it to the front of the card. I added the Unicorn image with some foam tape. On the inside of the card I stamped the other sentiments from the set to say  ” you! and a unicorn”. I also added a few little hearts from some other Lawn Fawn sets in Guava Ink.

Check out the video below for more details. Thank for stopping by today!

Winter Unicorn Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn)	Winter Unicorn Die Set (Lawn Fawn)	Neenah Solar White 80lb Cardstock	Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad – Tuxedo Black	Copic Sketch Markers
Peacock Feathers Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Ink Blending Tool 1″ Round (Ranger)	Round Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam (Ranger)	Falling Snow Die Set (Avery Elle)	STAX Large Cross-Stitched Rectangle (Lawn Fawn)
Perfectly Plaid Petite Christmas 6 x 6 Paper (Lawn Fawn)	Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pen Set Of 3 – Clear Overlay	Stitched Hillside Borders Die Set (Lawn Fawn)	Stitched Mountain Borders Die Set (Lawn Fawn)	Advanced Tape Glider Acid-Free Refills (Package of 2) (Scotch)
Advanced Tape Glider and Tape – Pink (Scotch)	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape .5″	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Storm Cloud (Lawn Fawn)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Guava (Lawn Fawn)

Good morning!  Jess here with another Christmas card…can you tell I’m starting to stock up for the holidays? 😉 One of my favorite things to do when I’m designing for a store rather than a stamp company is to combine companies!  Often I see new releases and I immediately think of how wonderfully they’d work with another existing stamp from another company.  Most recently I saw the fabulous sentiment set from Avery Elle, Comfort and Joy, and couldn’t wait to pair it with a beautiful floral set from Poppy Stamps, Poinsettia Peace.  And here’s what I came up with!

I started by prepping a piece of Canson Montval watercolor paper with the Inkadinkado powder bag and then stamped the sentiment and florals onto the paper with versamark.  Next I heat-embossed them with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Seriously, I could have stopped right there…those images and the sentiment seem like they were meant to go together!

But I decided to go ahead and add a little color! Using a slightly damp paintbrush and my trusty zig markers I added Geranium Red and Wine Red to the flowers and Marine Green to the pine sprigs.  Again I could have stopped at this point but I decided that I wasn’t a fan of the slightly yellowish tint of the watercolor paper…

So I got brave and with some guidance and encouragement from my friend, Emily, I added a light wash of Emerald Green.  Working in small sections I outlined the flowers and words with the zig marker and then immediately used a wet paintbrush to move the watercolor around.  I’m not quite comfortable with the technique yet but I really like how it turned out!

I feel like the green shadow really makes the red pop!  To finish the card I added a few metallic gold sequins and trimmed the watercolor paper down before adhering it to a red cardstock frame.  To be very honest the most time consuming part of this card was the background watercolor wash.  This would be a very easy card to mass-produce for a holiday card if you just wanted to watercolor the floral images and I hope it inspires you to get started on your holiday cards!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Memory Box Poppystamps Clear Stamp Set – Poinsettia Peace	Avery Elle Clear Stamp Set – Comfort & Joy	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker – 029 Geranium Red	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker – 024 Wine Red	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker – 048 Emerald Green
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker – 400 Marine Green	Kuretake Gansai Tambi Set of 6 – Starry Colors	Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins – Metallic Gold	Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Peppermint 8.5
Inkadinkado Embossing Magic	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

The animals are stamped onto white cardstock and cut out using the coordinating dies. The animals are colored in with markers. Before the animals are attached to the panel, I used the Pink & Main’s Scalloped Waves dies to create the green grass background and attached it at the bottom of the panel. The animals are attached using tape adhesive and a foam dot. The panel is attached to a Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangles diecut and is mounted onto the card front.

Markers Used on today’s project:

Chameleon – Vine (Spring Meadow-YG3 & Grass Green – GR3), Banner (Sky Blue-BL3 & Royal Blue -BL6), Hippo (Cool Gray -CG8 & Deep Black-BK4), and Lion (Seville Orange-OR4, Warm Sunset-YO3 & Summer Sun YL2)

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!