Unicorn Pumpkin Shaped Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am a guest designer at Send a Smile 4 Kids for the month of September. This month's challenge theme is Cute Fall/Halloween Cards 4 the Kids. I hope you join in this month's challenge.

Halloween is very memorable to me, crafting-wise. I remember creating classroom give-aways for my three grade school sons. It was busy since I create close to a total of 60 pieces classroom give-aways. That's why I am super excited to create a Halloween card for a kid.

I used products from different companies for this card. The pumpkin die is from Honey Bee. The eyes, ears and horn are from Pinkfresh Studio. And the flowers are from My Favorite Things. 

I did  a couple of free hand trimming on the pumpkin and ears to create the layers. 

Would you believe that the unicorn's eyes were also fussy cut? The unicorn eyes came as stamps only. Stamping on the pumpkin will not work because of the gaps on the pumpkin. To create this, I stamped the eyes on the back of a black mirror cardstock. I fussy cut the eyes using the stamped impression as a guide. The black mirror cardstock has a white core. I lined the edges with a black marker to hide the white core.

I die cut the horn on the same black mirror cardstock, then stamped the horn on this die cut using Versamark ink. I used a gold embossing powder so it will match the gold outline of the pumpkin. 

For the flowers, I die cut these on different colored cardstocks. I added stitching details to the flowers using DMC variegated floss. I added a circle die cut to the flower centers. I arranged these flowers on the pumpkin and adhered it using a liquid glue. I added a drop of Nuvo to the flower centers and set this aside to dry.

To make this into a shaped card, I trimmed a heavy weight cardstock at 8 1/2" x 2". I scored this panel at 4 1/4". I positioned the pumpkin die over this note card with a little bit of the die hanging over the folded edge. Cutting it this way will preserve the folded edge, thus, coming up with a shaped card.

I stamped a sentiment to the inside of the shaped card before adhering the card front to the back of the Unicorn Pumpkin.

There is an odd piece on the floral arrangement. Did you notice it? If you did not, watch the short video below to see the magic surprise.

I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.