Moody Unicorns Meet the Reveal Wheel

Hello again everyone! I’ve got another fun, interactive card today featuring the Moody Unicorns from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I’ve paired them up with the Reveal Wheel from Lawn Fawn to create rainbow coloured unicorns.

I’ve got a YouTube video of how I made this card if you CLICK HERE.  The video is probably the easiest way to figure out how to make this card, because it’s really not that hard but writing out an explanation makes it seem so much harder!

I started by watercolouring a circle of watercolour paper in a rainbow pattern. I made sure the paper I used was slightly bigger than the reveal wheel circle die, and had lightly pencilled the center and six segments. You could also colour this with markers or pencil crayons of course.  I think it might be fun to even emboss some stars or hearts on this to show through. Once the paint was dry, I die cut the larger reveal wheel circle from this paper.

I had also die cut the small inner circle and the add on square pocket pieces out of white cardstock. You won’t need to use the “jigsaw” piece that goes with the reveal wheel, as the horns and manes will become the “reveal” part of this pocket. I used a small brad to attach the small inner circle to my rainbow circle.

Position the stamps with the reveal wheel in place on the front pocket piece.
(Remove the wheel before stamping)

On one of the square pocket fronts, I stamped two of the unicorns in copic friendly ink. You need to be sure that these unicorns fit onto the rainbow circle, so I find it easiest to place them on the circle in my stamp positioner and then align them on the pocket front with the wheel showing just above the notch on the pocket. Then I remove the rainbow wheel and stamp them onto my pocket front. I left the unicorns where they were in my stamp positioner, and placed some scrap acetate over the pocket front. Then I stamped the unicorns again, but this time with Stazon black ink. I had to stamp them 2 - 3 times to get a good impression. I trimmed the acetate around the images next.

Carefully cut out the horns and manes. 

After colouring in the unicorns on the pocket front ( don’t colour the horns or manes), I used a sharp craft knife to carefully cut away the horns and manes on both unicorns. Try to turn the cardstock as you cut, to get a cleaner line. Then I placed glue around the cut edges and adhered the pocket front to the acetate piece, carefully aligning the images.

Next I applied foam tape to the back of the small inner wheel and removed the backing. Then I lined up the rainbow wheel behind the unicorns on the pocket front, making sure that it covered the manes and horns and was still slightly above the notch. Holding the wheel in place, I lined up the notches on the front pocket piece to the back pocket square and adhered them down.

 I like to place foam tape under the notched wheel to keep it flat - I just don’t remove the backing from these tape pieces. The next step is to place foam tape around the edges of the back pocket and I like to add some glue to the tape to make it easier to align. Then carefully adhere the front square pocket to the back, making sure the notches and edges are lined up. Now you have the fun part of the card assembled!  Make sure you spin the wheel to make sure it moves freely, and well, just for the fun factor!

For the card front, I die cut some cloud borders and a few clouds. I did some rainbow ink blending and glued down the cloud borders. I actually cut the borders in half and used them just at the edges of the card where they would show around the reveal wheel pocket. I added foam tape to the back of the reveal wheel pocket and adhered it to the card front. I then stamped my sentiments onto a couple of die cut clouds and added this to the pocket front, along with a few other clouds. And that’s it! A fun card that was actually not that hard to make. I think it would be fun to make it so the bodies of the unicorns changed colour instead of the manes.

I hope you’re having a great day, and that you’ll give this card a try. I think there are just so many possibilities for this card with so many stamp sets!

Little Panda Agenda Pop Up Card

Little Panda Agenda Pop Up Box Card

Hello again and welcome! I want to share this pop up box card with you. It’s made with Mama Elephant’s “Little Panda Agenda” stamps. These little guys are adorable and really, they’re already halfway coloured! If you’re unsure about your colouring, these are great stamps for you. 

If you would like to see a video of how I made this card in HD,  Click HERE. 

I started with the front of my card by creating a frame from the Wonky Rectangles dies from MFT out of green cardstock  I also cut the clouds from Hello Bluebirds Sunshine Scene die from white cardstock.  I ink blended these with Altenew Bamboo and Olive inks to make my "hills".  Finally, I die cut bamboo canes from white cardstock with a die from Memory Box called Bamboo Poles.  I coloured in the canes with Copic markers in YG03, YG17, and E53.  

Next, I used Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink and MFT's cloud stencil to make my background for the front of the card.  I used the largest wonky rectangle die to cut this out so it was the same size as my green frame.

I stamped my sentiment onto white cardstock using the Altenew Bamboo ink.  I added foam tape to the first row of hills and along the sides and top of my green frame.  Then I positioned all my elements where I wanted them to go on the front and adhered them with glue. I couldn't find a good spot for my sentiment as the front was quite busy, so I fussy cut it out and glued it to the bottom centre of the frame.

On the inside of my card, I die cut a pop up box from Lawn Fawn's Mini Pop Up Box die set out of green cardstock.  Lawn Fawn has a great video on how to assemble this box if you wish to see it HERE .  Instead of colouring on the outside of the box, I chose to emboss it with a bamboo embossing folder from Craft Concepts.  On the back of each of the pandas I had chosen to go on the inside of the box, I placed double sided tape.  Then I adhered scrap strips of acetate (saved from packaging) to the backs of all the pandas.   Next, I positioned all my pandas in the box, attaching them to either the back of the box or to the cross strips.  You need to be careful that you don't place the double sided tape below the cross strips or your box will stick together when the card is closed.  I like to position my element where I want it to go, and then feel with my left hand from the bottom up to where the cross strip ends.  I hold onto this point on the acetate and then pull the element down out the bottom of the box.  This is where I trim off the acetate and then I just put a little piece of double sided tape here.

I prefer to stamp my sentiment on the inside before I adhere the pop up box.  To do this, I place the pop up box with the long edge of the bottom triangular tabs running along the crease of my card and roughly centered.  Then I can see how far down to place my sentiment. All of my sentiments on this card are from MFT'S Birthday Bears stamp set.  

Once I had the inside of my box filled, I removed the double sided tape that was on the bottom triangular tabs and lined these tabs up along the fold of my card.  You want to be sure that you are also keeping the box along the vertical centre line.  I try to lightly position one tab at a time along the crease, and then bring the other tab up to its position along the fold line.  Then I press down on the tabs to be sure they are well adhered.  After this, I had to open and close the card several times, just coaxing and helping the box to fold along its crease lines.  It never feels like it will go down at first, but after several opening and closing movements, and creasing with a bone folder, it will go on its own. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope this helps you to be creative!

Christmas Penguins 3D card

Hello everyone! I'm doing Christmas in July for this third week of the Daily Marker Challenge so here is a fun 3D style penguin card.

To see an HD video of how I made this card, click HERE.

I used several sets of stamps for this card.  The front of the card is made with an adorable stamp set from Your Next Stamp called "Santa's Helpers".  The sentiment on the front is from Lawn Fawn's "Here we go a Waddling".  I stamped the extra two penguins next to the chimney and then used a copic multiliner pen to draw an extension of the snow behind them to make it look like they were on the roof.  After colouring the images with copic markers I stamped the sentiment onto the front.  Unfortunately, my card front moved in my stamp positioner, so it stamped a double image and I had to resort to stamping the sentiment on a scrap piece of paper and fussy cutting it out.  I masked off the images and then ink blended on some Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch. Then without removing the masks, I placed the Simon Says Stamp "Falling Snow" stencil over my card front and applied Nuvo Moonstone  glimmer paste over it.  I also added some Nuvo Shimmer pen to the snow on the roof to give it a nice shine. Lastly, I adhered my sentiment with foam tape.

The inside of the card uses stamps from Mama Elephant's "Cool Penguins" and "Little Agenda Trains", as well as a few from My Favourite Things "Santa's Elves". All of these were coloured with copic markers and cut out.

I had decided that I wanted the inside of the card to look like the inside of a house or possibly Santa's Workshop. I masked off the bottom third of the two sides and the central portion of my card base.  I ink blended these areas with a combination of Distress Oxide Dried Marigold and Tattered Rose. In the upper areas of the two sides, I stamped Simon Says Stamp's "Quilted Hearts" background stamp with Versafine ink, and then embossed with a pearl snow embossing powder.

I also cut 3 extra panels of cardstock to layer inside the card and give it a 3D effect. The first piece measured 6" x 4.25", the second was 5" x 3/4", and the third was 4" x 1.25".  Each of these pieces were scored at 1/4" from each end, and again in the middle of each piece. I ink blended each of these with the same Dried Marigold and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide inks.  I folded each crease so that the ink blended side faced outward.  On the largest piece (6" x 4.25"), I die cut the center out.  This die cut could be almost any symmetrical shape you like - a rectangle, circle oval etc..  I then adhered 1/8" double sided tape to each of the side tabs on all three pieces of cardstock.

I removed the backing paper from the left hand tab of the 6" x 4.25" piece of cardstock.  After making sure the center creases lined up, I adhered the left hand side down.  I then did the same with the 5" piece of cardstock and made sure that it was far enough down that the bottom edge was below my die cut opening of the larger piece. I also made sure that the centers were lined up.  Finally, I did the same with the 4" piece, again being sure the centers lined up.

Then I positioned my tree where I wanted it, which ended up being in the center of the card.  I had to make a crease along the center of my tree using my score board and bone folder.  I glued my tree in place, again making sure the centers lined up.  Then I removed the backing paper from the right hand side of each of my cardstock tabs and adhered them to the right side of my card base, again making sure the centers lined up.  I find I need to use my bone folder quite a bit to help "flatten" the layers, and that I need to open and close the card several times to get the tabs to move and crease in the correct way.

I then positioned all my images where I wanted them to be on my card and adhered them with glue to my card base.  Just be careful that when you adhere them, they are not too close to the edges of the tabs as sometimes they may catch when the card is closed.  Using temporary glue or tape may help with this.

Finally, I like to have a little more room to write a message, so I added an extra back to my card. I cut a piece of cardstock that measured 5.75" x 4.25" and made a crease at 1/4" from the 5.75" edge using my score board and bone folder.   I then stamped my sentiment (from the same YNS "Santa's Helpers" that I used on the front of my card) using Versafine ink onto this piece of cardstock.  I placed 1/8" double sided tape along the creased edge, removed the backing paper and lined it up with my card base so that the tab lined up with my card and adhered them together.  Then I adhered the front of my card to the card base with my ATG tape runner and my card was done!!

 Thank you so much for stopping by and please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments for me down below.