The kids have had a couple of birthday parties this summer so I have gotten to play with some cute stamp sets from Not 2 Shabby. This card was made with the Unicorn Dreamland and Unicorn Magic stamp sets.
Whenever I am going to start a card I always begin with a good card base and envelope. I prefer to use the Close to My Heart card bases which come with envelopes. I love the quality, the fact that they are not to thick, and are an A2 size. I then opened the card and taped it with washi tape on my mat so I wouldn't have it moving around while I was working.
I decided to stencil right on top with distress oxide ink from Tim Holtz. If you are going to put unicorns on a card there has to be a rainbow of colors. So I used Salty Ocean, Cracked Pistachio, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade,and Picked Raspberry to make that rainbow. To put the colors on the card I used the makeup brushes from Amazon which are amazing. Yes those are rose gold handles. I love rose gold. The stencil I used is the splatter stencil from Altenew. There stencils are superior quality and are not flimsy at all. Totally worth the money. Also I used washi tape to hold my stencil down.
My tip for the post is when you clean the stencil afterwards you can just use baby wipes or some soapy water. The Costco brand wipes seem to be the best to clean stamps or stencils with in my opinion.
I then stamped the images with Archival black ink from CTMH which is good for coloring with alcohol markers because it does not bleed. I have the Spectrum noir alcohol markers so that is what I used to color in the images.
I brushed them with the Clear Shimmer Brush pens from CTMH for a little sparkle. One thing I do if I know I will be using the stamp often is to take a 12 x 12 white cardstock and stamp the images multiple times. I can then color them in as needed or when I am in a coloring mood. I arranged the images on the card and used foam adhesive to pop them up.
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