Wobbly Unicorn Pumpkin Shaker Card with Glow in the Dark

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. The title seems a lot to take but this card is loaded with interaction! It took me a while to create it since my creative juices seems to be in hiatus at the moment. Slowbut sure! I hope you like it.

I started off by die cutting a pumpkin on a cream cardstock. The pumpkin die is from the Honey Bee Patchwork Pumpkin Honey Cuts. I used the coordinating stencil to add some shadowing on the pumpkin. The ink I used is Tim Holtz Distress Antique Linen Oxide. 

For the unicorn, I am using the Pinkfresh Studio Magical Unicorn stamp set and coordinating die set which unfortunately, is retired. I stamped the horn on pink cardstock. I heat embossed this with pink embossing powder mixed with Wow! It Texture powder. With the powder just freshly melted, I poured Wow! Platinum Metallic Sparkle embossing powder to the area and heat set it again melting this powder into the pink powder. I repeated the process again one more time using the pink mix embossing powder.

I die cut the horn using the coordinating die. 

For the ears, I die cut this on cream and pink cardstocks. I inlaid the cream ear die cuts on the negative cuts on the pink cardstock, securing it with tape on the back. I trimmed this off with scissors using the ear die cuts as guide. 

For the flowers, I am using the Pretty Pink Posh Hugs stamp set and coordinating die set. I stamped the flowers on light pink, peach and orange cardstocks using matching embossing powders. I die cut the images using the coordinating dies. I colored the flowers using matching color pencils. 

I temporarily positioned the horn, ears and flowers to the pumpkin to figure out the placement of the eyes. I used the Misti Stamping Tool in stamping. I flipped the eyes upside down to give it a different look. After prepping the area, I stamped the eyes using Versafine Onyx black ink. I poured black embossing powder to this, then heat set it.

I started building the unicorn pumpkin by adhering the horn, the ears and the flowers. I added Pretty Pink Posh gems to the center of the flowers.

Working on the card front, I trimmed a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock. I created this into a stitching frame using the Altenew String Art Rectangles die set and the Hero Arts Nesting Rectangle Infinity die set. I used the largest string art rectangle die and a rectangle die which fits inside this die. I secured these two dies together with tape, then ran this over the white cardstock through the die cutting machine. I threaded the floss through the holes. I used the DMC Variations Floss. I only partially added thread to the frame.

I trimmed a peach patterned paper at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I temporarily positioned the frame and the unicorn to give me an idea of where to stamp the greeting on the patterned paper. I used a corner of the Misti Stamp Tool to align the frame to the patterned paper. Once I was happy with the sentiment placement. I picked the stamp with door of the Misti, removed the frame, prepped the area, and stamped the sentiment on the patterned paper using Versamark ink. I poured Altenew Golden Peach Crisp embossing powder to this, then heat set it. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Tiny Tag Sayings stamp set.

To turn the frame into a shaker, I adhered an acetate to the back using a thin double adhesive tape. I cut thin strips of adhesive foam and adhered this to the back of the frame. I prepped the sides of the foam with an anti-static powder tool to prevent the shakers from sticking to the side of the foam. I positioned this on one of the corners of the Misti Stamping Tool. I poured different kinds of shakers including the Trinity Glowing Sky Glow in the Dark embellishment mix. After I removed the release paper from the foam tape, I adhered the embossed patterned paper to seal the shaker card. I butted the patterned paper to the corner of the Misti where the shaker panel is also positioned.

I created another frame on pink cardstock using the Hero Arts Nesting Rectangle dies. I added details to this frame with Altenew Dotted Swirls Debossing die. I adhered this to the front. 

I adhered a wobbler to the back of the unicorn pumpkin, adding glue to the wobbler to make it more secure. I removed the release paper of the other end of the wobbler, added dots of glue to it, then adhered this to the acetate. 

The unicorn's horn and ear sometimes get caught in the embroidery floss when it is wobbled. But it is very easy to free the horn and/or the ear from the embroidery floss to wobble it again.

See the action of this card in the video below.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

I added below links to the products I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase these product/s. It is just a way to help a crafter out sustain her love for crafting. Thank you for your support!

Maria Giselle B.

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