One card - so many techniques with Emmy

Hello everyone!

Emmy here today with my very first post as International Design Team Member. This month is all about Jewel the Magical Unicorn and of course he is at the center of my creation too. 

As the title of this blog post suggested, I used many different techniques creating this card.

For the first layer I used silver glittery cardstock. The second layer is made with a mixture of Super This Slap It On medium with Silver Luscious Pigment Powder and I used the IndigoBlu Stencil - Vintage Frame (6"x 6") to create the pattern.

Once the medium has dried, I smudged Pink Luscious Pigment Powder on top of it using my fingers. The colour of this pigment is so intense that you need just a little bit to give a colour to a white cardstock.

Then I stamped the unicorn with FlitterGlu on a white cradstock and used Megaflake Royal Peacock

To give extra sparkle to my unicorn I applied some of the Super This Slap It On medium on the image and covered it with Unicorn Sparkles - Magical glitter

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I hope you enjoyed today's post! Come back soon to see more inspirational projects from our design team!

Emmy

A Magical Altered Book

Hello Giovanna here, with my first post as International Design Team member :-)

I am well known as a crazy upcycler and this time is no exception: books are one of my favourite things to alter,  these are pretty easy to find, can become unusual ArtJournal or lovely artworks to display.

The main charactere of this story is Jewel, and such a mithological animal can walk only on golden roads, that lead to enchanted houses.

And the tiny bottle, encased in a golden niche, can only contains Unicorn Sparkle.

To alter a book, open it in the middle and gesso the pages. When dry add some texture spreading the gorgeous Super Thick Slap it On through a stencil. When dry spray with your favourite mists. 

Stamp on white cardstock the door and the unicorn, cut them out, colour them and glue to the pages.

Add all the golden details you like, stamping with the Flitter glue and brushing the Mega Flakes. To make the road pat the phat foam with Flitter Glue and cover with the Mega Flakes.

And then, Believe in Magic!

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Country House Retreat

Hi there Elizabeth here sharing a colourful project this morning. I love this Country House stamp and can see many different used for it.

I started off by adding Fine Texture Paste through the fab new Stars Stencil drying it and then painting over with a coat of White GeeSsoGood While this was drying I stamped out the Country House  doorway stamp twice onto Perfect White Stamping card using Black Versafine Ink and coloured in using Caran d'Ache pencils

I cut around a complete coloured image and adhered it to the canvas. Once that had dried I spread paste around the edges of the stamped image, and scored brick lines into it using the end of a paint brush.

Once this had completely dried off I began adding the Cottage Garden paints layer by layer, starting with Pink Iced Gems and building right up to Park Lane around the edges.

I love the way the paints blend together. Next I mixed a tiny amount of the gorgeous new Luscious Powder in Bronze and using a fine brush painted inbetween the brickwork, and slightly over the top of the bricks as well for a gorgeous sheen.

Then after cutting out the lanterns and topiary tree's I added them using black foam pads.

I also cut out the door, painted it with a mixture of Luscious Powders and made a cut down the centre and edges, so one door could be opened. (sorry about the blurred picture).

Next taking a piece of card I added several different colours of paint, blending them in at the edges where they met.

I stamped out a sentiment and Butterflies from the gorgeous Floral Fantasy Stamp Set on my Rainbow background, made myself a cuppa and set about cutting them out, which took no time at all.

Then all that was left to do, was to build up the picture, add the chopped up sentiment, position the Butterflies escaping from the doorway, and of course add a few paint splatters using the left-over Luscious and also diluted white GeeSsoGood.

I think you will agree, the combination of the Cottage Garden paints and the Luscious powders is just amazing, so vibrant.

I had such great fun creating this project and hope you've enjoyed it too.

Thanks for looking, Elizabeth x

Magical Unicorn Gift Box

Good Morning I hope everyone is having a very happy summertime. Jannet here today.

For my first project I thought I would create a magical land for Jewel the gorgeous Unicorn to live. I started by selecting a box from my " that will be useful one day" pile. I wanted the 3D scene to be on the lid, so I set the bottom part of the box aside.

The magical castle needed to be on a slight hill, so I glued an empty ribbon reel onto the top left corner. This was all covered in modelling paste. If you press the flat side of a spatula down into the paste and pull it up you are left with some cute little peaks.

I stamped and painted Jewel and the castles. Now you cannot have a Unicorn without Unicorn Sparkles! Yes.. Yes Unicorn Sparkles really do exist! I added some sparkle to Jewel's mane and tail. I fussy cut all the images, but left room for a tab at the bottom as this will be pushed through a slit in the top of the box and folded back underneath so the images will stand up.

A magical land is not complete without stars. So I reached for my star stencil, and after securing it with a low tac tape I started spreading Super Thick Slap It On into it.After carefully removing the stencil,I sprinkled on the Unicorn Sprinkles!

Ooh look at the result - Starry, Sparkly gorgeousness! It was so easy to do too!

I cut out the sparkly stars, and twisted some thin silver wire into a spiral and glued the stars onto the wire. A sewing needle made just the right size hole in the lid to slide the wire into, a dab of glue kept it in place.

When the modelling paste was nice and dry, I gave it two coats of Peppermint Tea paint, and added some other shades of green and pink. A lovely carpet of Unicorn Sprinkles and some glitter flakes and clear gems finished off the Magical Land.
Happy Magical crafting!
Jannet

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