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Unicorn Shadow Box

Welcome to this month's Stampers Showcase Blog hop featuring 3D themed projects, this is going to be such a fun hop!  I do love the challenge of creating a 3D project, and this one was.... my first 2 attempts I totally miscalculated the centre where the image would be stamped, it was a total fail, but try and try again, I got the measurements correct and my Shadow Box was created,  I'm so glad a persevered ! I'm really giving this new set a work out, and my rainbow coloured inks too; this is my 2nd project this week featuring the Leave a Little Sparkle stamp set, it's so hard not to use it as it is just gorgeous! I used a 12 x 12 (20 cm x 30cm) sheet of Whisper White card stock to create this Shadow Box, I changed up the dimensions from another project so that I could incorporate the beautiful swirl as a feature on the frame of the Shadow Box.  I sponge a rainbow of colour into the middle of the sheet, then flicked with a little water to crea...

Sparkle with a Rainbow Unicorn

The sun is out the birds are chirping, and for the first time in almost a month we have heating in our house, oh what a beautiful day!  Even with the sun out, there is still a chill in the air, so with the heating on I organised my craft area and got ink to paper.... well, lots of ink, a rainbow of colours in fact! I used a sponge dauber to apply the ink to the stamp, starting with Lovely Lipstick at the top working my way down to Gorgeous Grape at the bottom.  I used the Stamparatus to apply one colour at a time, and then where needed touched up the blending to have a nice transition of colours. I also stamped the edge of the card base using the "swirly stamp" before layering the unicorn image, and repeated the process on the inside of the card too. Thanks for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed viewing my project. Stay tuned for more inspiration and tips this month. If you live in Australia and don't already have a demonstrator I...