Ella turned five today, and the family celebrated with a dinner tonight. A week ago, she celebrated with a party for friends and the theme of the party was unicorns. It carried through to the family dinner. I love this balloon that a friend found for her at our local Wegmans grocery store.
Ella had told her mom that she wanted a surprise party, and we all hid in the TV room until she arrived. She was both surprised and very pleased.
When I asked Ella what she wanted for her birthday, she said "a big unicorn," and by luck I found a great one in a catalog---soft, cuddy, BIG, and best of all, quite reasonable. It was a big hit. Dazzle (she came with a name) has an adorable pink mane and long pink tail which don't show here.
Of course, her birthday card had to feature unicorns as well.
I started with a pink card base from The Stamp Market, and applied Nuvo Silver Glimmer Paste through Altenew's "Milky Way" stencil. Then I decided I'd like a few clouds, and was pleased to discover that I could add them with the My Favorite Things Cloud stencil with some white ink.
The adorable unicorns from My Favorite Things "Fairy Tale Friends" were stamped on Bristol, watercolored, and die cut. After figuring out where I wanted them, I embossed the sentiment in silver. Finally I added the unicorns, popping one of them up with some dimensional tape. It doesn't show up in either photo, but the wings of the unicorns glimmer with some metallic watercolors.
