Button Unicorn Picture

My Niece Alice is unicorn mad, so for her 3rd birthday i made this button unicorn picture.  Her favourite colour is purple so its mainly purple but with a mix of other colours as her bedroom is actually a mix of colours.

Sorry the photos are dark, they were taken back before our summer arrived!

I started with a 20x16" canvas, drew out a basic unicorn head shape, painted the face with white acrylic with touches of silver here and there.  A friend came up with the idea of false eyelashes for the eye - brilliant idea - thank you friend😀.  I also added glossy accents over the eye to give it a glazed look.  The horn is built up with blue glitter texture paste.  

I then built up the mane with lots and lots of buttons, this took rather a long time, adding a few at a time.  They are well glued on so that no matter how much poking little fingers do they wont come off - for safety! Ive added a few gems in the mix to sparkle when they catch the light.

I painted the chipboard alphas with purple starlights paint - i only have mixed fonts left in my stash so went with the different alphas to make up the words.  I hadn't actually planned on adding words but on having to tweak the mane to make it work i fell off the bottom of the canvas so adding the word at the top it helped to balance it better. 

This one shows the eye and horn better.  I dry brushed the background with white acrylic. 

Lots of buttons!

And this one shows Alice with it on her birthday.  Phew everyone loved it - just as well after months of working on it. 

Thank you for stopping by and all your recent visits and comments.  I hope you all enjoy the bank holiday weekend. Emmax

Alices 3th Birthday

Good Morning all, i hope you've had a good week. 

Today is my Niece Alice's 3rd Birthday,  She is Unicorn and Flamingo mad so i had to make cards with them on.  Purple is also her favourite colour. So we have purple flamingos which she always calls 'Mingo's' 

I first die cut a dark purple spellbinders labels 1 die cut, approx 6x6" in size and folded it in half.  I then die cut the next size down from white card and the next size down from this fabulous purple pattern paper.  I thought it had a bit of a tropical feel.  

I then die cut a smaller scalloped labels 1 and added it to the front with foam tape.  I die cut 3 'Mingo's' from card coloured with violet oxide ink and purple pixie powder.  I added these to the front.

Computer printed sentiments die cut into circles.  I added touches of glitter glue to the background flowers - what little girl doesn't love glitter.

Showing it stood up.  Only the bottom half of the white panel is glued to the purple base.

A close up of the purple Mingo's, i had also cut 2nd wings for them and shaped before adding to the body.

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and onto the second card i made - yep Unicorns.

The glitter unicorn is actually a sticker i found in a discount store, i used a purple pen on his mane, horn and tail. 

White die cut stepper card, i then die cut a cloudy sky paper and added to the front.  I turned the circle birthday sentiment into a shaker pouch.  I added orange card behind to act as the sun, i filled it with orange micro beads and silver glitter.  I added this to the cardfront and then added the unicorn.

I die cut  'Alice & 3' with alpha dies from silver glitter card and purple card and offset,   The number 3 i mounted onto a white circle and then silver circle.

Lots of tiny butterflies cut from orange card.

Just showing it stood up

Close up on the shaker part.  Hopefully Alice enjoys shaking it.  

Items Used:

Presscut stepper card die

MFT birthday circle die

Flamingo die (magazine freebie)

Spellbinders grand labels 1 & scalloped labels 1

Spellbinders circle dies

Memory box mini butterflies

Crafters Companion Alpha dies

Silver glitter Unicorn sticker

Thank you for stopping by and all your comments, I always appreciate them.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  Emma

Happy 2nd Birthday Alice

Good Morning all.

So today is my niece's 2nd birthday, where did that time go?  As for all family birthdays i make 2 cards, one from my parents as well, so im sharing both cards today. 

Unicorn Rocker card.  I die cut various circles using spellbinders grand circle dies.  I then cloud embossed 2 layers and inked them up so that the clouds show up.  I then die cut the sun and rainbow from white card and watercoloured them.  I added touches of pink to the unicorn and layered her up on the card with some clouds.  Computer printed 2 today.

Close up, i added glitter to the sun and unicorn.  I was sent the unicorn die cut by a friend. 

Just showing it stood up.  

and below showing the second card i made, I always try to make the 2 completely different, not always easy. 

6x6 cardblank.  I first die cut the fox from orange, white and brown cardstock and made him up.  Die cut trees from silver glitter card and added a shadow with brown cardstock, matted onto pale blue paper, orange and silver glitter card.  A scrap of brusho card die cut into a curve for him to sit on. Computer printed sentiment. 

Just a close up of the fox. 

Items used:

Sizzix fox die

Curved border die

MFT rainbow and sun die set

Cloud die set

Spellbinders grand & fancy circle die sets

Crafters companion cloud embossing folder

Brusho's

Thank you for popping by and all the comments you left recently.  I hope you are having drier weather than we are down here.  Hugs Emma