A Cute Little Unicorn For A Special Two Year Old

Hey peeps.  I'm really enjoying my time off from blogging and Youtube. I've been catching up on my watercoloring which was a must for me to stay creative.  I also am enjoying time with my friends.  One of my bestie's Pocono Pam had a party for her grand daughter a week or so ago and it was a unicorn themed birthday party.  I mean right up my alley.  I just adore Ariah so much and she was the cutest unicorn on her birthday.  So Titi Dana had to make a unicorn card for the birthday girl.

I first pulled out my paper which is from Doodlebug Designs and matched my Copic markers to the colors.  I stamped out this adorable unicorn from the Darcie's Heart and Home Drama Llama  stamp set.  After I had it all colored I pulled out my Phat Alphanumeric stamp set from InkOn3 and stamped out the letters of her name and colored them in ombre colors.  

When everything was all colored and complete, I build up my card with a birthday stripe of paper that comes in the paper pad and layered everything onto a card panel.  I also grabbed out some baker's twine and made a triple bow for the top of the card.  There is lots and lots of shimmer on the unicorn and letters unfortunately the camera can never catch all the sparkle. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'm still creating cards while I'm in "relax" mode so I'll be back with more inspiration soon.

Alcohol Ink Bakgrounds - Darcie's Sea Buddies

Hey peeps.  Happy Monday.  I love making great backgrounds for cards.  I usually make a few and set them aside to use on cards later.  Using alcohol inks on yupo paper or photo paper you can achieve some very cool backgrounds. 

For this background believe it or not I used my Copic refills.  Yes, they are alcohol based inks so why not right?  I used several colors of green and spritzed on some 90% alcohol to get this cool effect.

After the background was dried I paired it with this adorable flamingo from the Sea Buddies stamp set from Darcie's Heart and Home.  Of course living in Florida I have to have a flamingo stamp right?

This adorable image was colored up with Copic markers.  Keeping the card simple, I stamped a sentiment with jet black archival ink and matted the panel on black card stock.  I love working with alcohol inks.  You never really know what you will achieve when making a background but it's always something beautiful and different. 

That's it for today everyone.  I'll see you back here soon!!