I designed the new\u00a0Diemond Dies Bold Love Word Die<\/a><\/span> with an eye toward being able to use it for a card or scrapbook layout sentiment, but also with the letters big and bold enough to use as a shaker window. Note: my readers can get 10% off and free worldwide shipping of Diemond Dies<\/a><\/span> by using the coupon code: thankskristina<\/strong> at check out, and remember, a portion of all sales of dies I’ve designed will be donated to a no-kill animal shelter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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So I was excited to try out this idea with this unicorn love card. I first Copic colored up the cute unicorn from the C.C. Designs “Unicorn Dreams” stamp set<\/a><\/span>:
\nUnicorn body and ears: W0, W1, W3 and R20
\nUnicorn hooves: C3, C5 and C7 with Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span> highlights
\nMain and tail: V01, V04, V06 and V09
\nRainbow horn: B24 and B28; YG07 and G09; Y13 and Y08; YR00 and YR04; and R14 and R37\u00a0with Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span> highlights
\nI fussy cut that out with my favorite Fiskars Spring Loaded Scissors<\/a><\/span> and inked the cut edges with a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker<\/a><\/span> to give a nice finished look.<\/p>\n

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I die cut the card front with the scalloped stitched rectangle die from the WPlus9 “Sunshine Layers” die set<\/a><\/span>. Then I die cut the love shaker window with the Diemond Dies Bold Love Word Die<\/a><\/span>. With a scrap of plastic from some sticker packaging, I then framed in the shaker window using Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive<\/a><\/span> (which works great on non-porous substances like plastic). Then I created a double thickness double sided foam adhesive well all around the love word window. I also added double sided foam dots around the rest of the card front so that the card front would be level and fully supported. I next used my EK Tools Powder Tool<\/a><\/span> to remove the stickiness around the edges of the double sided foam adhesive in the love word window area so that the Doodles Paper Playground Unicorn Sparkle Blend shaker pieces<\/a><\/span> wouldn’t stick to the edges when I poured them in the well. I next removed all the release paper from the foam dots and foam adhesive strips and carefully aligned the ready-made pink ombre card base over top.<\/p>\n

For the card front, I decided to blend on some\u00a0Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick<\/a><\/span> behind where I was going to position the unicorn as well as a couple of smaller dots on the upper right and lower left hoof area of the unicorn. I sprinkled a bit of water on the ink and used a paper towel to get a nice splotchy look. Then after adding some thin double sided foam adhesive behind the unicorn, I placed him into place as if he was doing the splits on the love shaker window. For finishing touches I added seven additional shaker pieces around the unicorn for some sparkle and coated the unicorn’s horn and hooves with a coating of Clear Wink of Stella<\/a><\/span> for some shine.<\/p>\n

The following is a process video of creating this fun shaker card:<\/p>\n