Thursday, September 21, 2023

Magical Birthday

 I saw this pretty unicorn over at the Julia Spiri shop and simply HAD to have her!  I imagine the flowers are carnations, which is one of my favorite flowers.  The sentiment and the stamps I used in the background I created is from this month's Stamp of the Month over at Close To My Heart.  I started with nothing but white paper (well, except for the gold corner flourish and leaves).  I did an awful lot of inking on the layers to get to where I liked it, then I stenciled over that.  I had to mask the image after I print her out, because I did not like the white around her I used a gold ink pen and traced around her to add some depth and bring in more gold.  I used some shimmer over her mane and her eye, then used some Glossy Accents over her eye and horn.  The butterflies were actually punch straps from an edge punch.  The top of the card has an edge punch that was punched from another piece I inked and stenciled.




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9 comments:

MortiCraft said...

Beautiful unicorn, love the stencilled background and the ribbon flowers are perfect as I’m imagining them flowing through the unicorns mane! Thanks for playing along with Papercraft Challenges. X

Jane said...

Beautiful details and card design. Love the unicorn. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Well this is a fun uni - looks great with the flowers. Thanks for joining in at AAA Birthday

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Such a pretty unicorn and a beautiful card Karen.
Faith x

Renske said...

Great card, love all the details you added. Thank you for joining the Polkadoodles Polkadoodles challenge this week! Good Luck with your entry.

Crafty Hugs, Renske Polkadoodles DT

Chana Malkah said...

Very pretty! Love the wonderful textures! Thanks for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner

Mrs A. said...

Your unicorn really stands out on this card. Love the flowers and colours. Thankyou for coming and playing in the butterfly garden with me. Hugs Mrs A.

Billie A said...

Very pretty love the unicorn and design. thanks for sharing over at Cardz 4 Galz.

Dawn Phillips said...

This is so pretty. Thanks for joining us at Cardz4galz. Love Dawn x