I have 4 daughters so it was inevitable that unicorns would feature in my life from time to time (in the case of one of them, lets say there was a time she was OBSESSED!).  Even though she’s older now and not QUITE so unicorn mad I still can’t pass up a unicorn stamp set and this one from Neat and Tangled is a MUST HAVE!  There’s something about the way the main flows that I just love.

I created the background using distress oxide inks and added little die cut stars cut from glitter cardstock.  The circular mat in the centre is from Simon Says Stamp.  The unicorn is coloured with Copics with some extra glitter added to the tail and horn – obvs!

Thanks for stopping by xxx

Yes it’s the third Thursday of the month again (wait, what??  REALLY?)  and that means time for another festive little number to help you along with getting a headstart on your Christmas craft projects.  Dreamed up by Jenn Shurkus, Cheiron Brandon and Chari Moss the idea is to create at least one Christmas card a month so that there is slightly less of a panic come Christmas time!!  I’m joining in again this month along with the awesome Libby Hickson

For today’s card I pulled out some older supplies and went for a rustic look with lots of kraft and copper glitter card.  I used the Splendid Stags dies from Newton’s Nook and added some glitter foliage using the Tim Holtz Mini Greens dies.  The background was done using the Simon Says Stamp Gingham Cling background stamp with Kraft pigment ink from Avery Elle.  The Joy was die cut using a die set from Avery Elle (Peace Love Joy) which is now retired.

Supplies:

Gingham Background Cling Stamp – Simon Says Stamp

Taylored Expressions – Banner Stacklets 1

Tim Holtz Mini Greens Thinlets

Newtons Nook Splendid Stags Dies

Kraft Pigment Ink Avery Elle

I used an orange card base and cut a mat using the Pierced Mats Elle-ments.  I layered my images using foam adhesive and finished by adding a good coating of Diamond Glaze (my favourite new/old thing to do!)

The second card uses a technique to get even more from your dies – by creating a stencil!  I made a stencil (using the Chevron Mat die) from card but you could easily use acetate so you can re-use it again and again.  I taped the stencil down over a piece of green card (die cut using the Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments) and then used a spatula to spread the texture paste onto the card.

Once this had dried I added my coloured images and finished it off with a sentiment from the Banner Bits stamp set and die collection.

Supplies Used:

Toucan Party Clear Stamps

Toucan Party Elle-ments

Chevron Mat Elle-ments

Pierced Mat Elle-ments

Banner Bits Clear Stamps

Banner Bits Elle-ments

Double Pierced Rectangles

New Moon Dye Ink