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Kit of the Month - November 2014

 

 

It's here  ..Our November Kit of the Month !  Jam Packed with yummy goodies our kit will let you explore your passion and create those perfect memories. So without further adieu Flying Unicorn proudly presents Your Passion, Your Art - November  2014 Kit of the Month 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our main kit is never complete without an off the page project to get you creatively thinking outside the page!  This antique white chicken wire heart hangs beautifully in any location, and is easy to decorate. Each heart measures 15.75 x 13.625 inches. 

 

 

 

From the beginner to the avid mixed media artist our Mixed Art add on kit will surely please you. Our Mixed Art kit will always come with a canvas and this month we have included 3 -3x3 canvas to create a story or little awesome stocking sufferers. An easel is also included so that your art can be predominately displayed!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flowers, chipboard,  and embellishments oh my! Our Mixed Passion is a collection of everything pretty to add to the Main kit or the add on kits. The colors and embellishments will enhance  your Kit of the Month creations or it can stand alone and  you can  create  something magical!  So turn the music up  order that pizza for the family and  lock your self away while you create some art!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Small Art Big Passion is all about the love of making cards, tags atc's and  anything in between.From Stamps, flowers, paper and embellishments in between the  yummy goodies included will  enhance any of the  kits or stand alone . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are thrilled to present great tutorials, techniques, videos and Build a Page using our  Kit of the Month to help you grow in the passion of your art. So stay tuned  there is so much  more to come in the  next  week!  

 

 

 

 

Kits and Add On Kits are limited so do not delay in getting yours! 

Got 5 Minutes? Then come play with us today!

“They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a 

 

misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes, 

 

within a dream.” 

― Ernest Dowson, The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson

 

5 minutes is all you need  to create these darling rosebuds or half open roses. Think how many you can create in an hour and ohh.. used on a  project of beauty they  will be admired, like a rose should. Knowing these were made by you, yes that makes these roses so much sweeter.

 

I hope you enjoy the video I have created for you using the Tattered Floret die by Heartfelt Creations. 

 

 

 

With the above and last weeks tutorial you are so ready to create your own rose garden! Now that we  have making some flowers under our  wings  ...  the next video you will be using these to create a card  - stay tuned .... 

 

 

Tonight at 9:00pm est

 

Every Wednesday at 9:00pm est 

 

 

 

Are you excited to see the next  great Ustream Show?  Flying Unicorn is  pleased to inform you all that Song  is  our next Ustream Educator this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm est. She is going to dazzle  us with this most amazing Mixed Media Artistic Canvas Creation.  So set your  reminder  this is a show you will not want to miss! 

 

 

 

Supplies : 

- Prima Something Blue - Clear Stamps - 2

- Creative Embellishments Bird Cages 

- Kaiser craft Stamps -Decorative Tape Pieces

- Prima 6" x 6" Stencil - Basket Weave

- Creative Embellishments Flourish - Set 15

- Prima Manhattan - Broadway

- Prima 6x6 Paper Pack Sea Shore

- Prima Melbourne - Rainforest

- Le Mia-Chantilly- Prima Flowers

- Inklingz: Giddy about green, I’m not limn, Blue my mind

- Coloringz: Well Blue Me down

 

Dress Me Up! with Bex

Hi Everyone,

Bex here today to share with you my decorated paper mache mannequin (from Sep KOM and also available in store). 

I started my project by giving my mannequin a coat of Kroma Crackler in color silver. When this had dried and became all crackly I lightly sponged Vintage Photo Distress Ink and also added a small amount of Gold Leaf Rub'n Buff. To create my dress skirt I used folded sheet music and lace, layered over the top with sewn material strips.

To me what really makes this dress pop is the Flying Unicorn Adornments used for the belt and the necklace. I so LOVE Flying Unicorn Adornments.

Products Used

Kroma Crackle - Silver

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Flying Unicorn Adornments

Flying Unicorn Lace

Glossy Accents 

Rub'n Buff - Gold Leaf

Paper Mache Mannequin

Scrap Material

Sheet Music

Old Buttons

Many thanks for looking, I wish you all a happy and creative day.

~ Bex ~

Mojo Monday

Its a double the pleasure double the fun kind of  Mojo Monday day!  Not  only do I , Alda, bring you the sketch, I bring you my inspirational project using the sketch as well... and its a card - Mojo Monday is not for layouts alone ! 

Using a sketch one has to get a little creative, but, the creative plans are there. I used the  oval inspiration as my base, and  the mixed art layers from the sketch, well  those turned to papers for me.  To scale the sketch down to card size,  the embellishments adorn the upper left hand side as oppose to a large butterfly or dragonfly, because of the flower cluster below ( its more pleasing to the eye) . I took the tags from the  sketch and used them as my sentiment/card title and with a little cheese cloth tucked in here and there I was able to create a little airy  feel. 

My new  found  love -  oh my the die cut from memory box that we just got into the store Fresh Foliage 98502. You may have leaf die cuts  but not like this  one  ...  its  gorgeous and  I  only had to cut it twice and  look at all the  tucked in leaves ....a perfect  size die cut for card makers! 

 The flowers are an array of mixed hand made ones. flying unicorn and petaloo. I have a box where the  left over flowers go and I pull it out now and then and try to use up my stash ... Little Petaloo berries are tucked into between the flower clusters giving another element  which adds a unique dimension of  flower clusters ... so  next time  you create  use a berry, pearl, brad etc and tuck it in  to create additional capturing of the viewers eye. 

 I was hoarding, but  finally broke into my Maja Design 6x6  Summer Vintage papers. They are my colors, my designs, a  shabby vintage gorgeousness  each sheet. We have a few left  in the store ... This collection is really a must  must have for all the  shabby lovers out there .. 

Alpha's are from long long time ago Prima ... I  love  little alpha stickers,  those I  do not hoard but  collect that is a guarantee . Whether on layouts, cards, tags, adding a word, saying, they are always handy and perfect.  
In order to apply a word and  make sure it it straight I first apply it to a strip of paper and then glue it onto my creation - this little tip ensures the title and the word is straight .. 

Okay hope you all feel a little more creative and  do not forget to join us this  week on th e forums and/or on our  Facebook page and show off your creation using our sketch . 

Supplies Used :  

Petaloo Berries - Pink

Berry Clusters White

Fresh Foliage -Memory Box

Maja Design - Vintage Summer

Stylus Set - Mc Gill

Mixed Media Mini Canvas's

 

Hi friends :)

 

Do you ever have moments where you feel like being creative and want to create something but you are short on time or the inspiration isn't just there.  Here I have a couple of pretty mini canvas's to share with you that I created when time was a little short for me. These make really lovely gifts and its also a great way to experiment with colour combinations and different mediums at the same time.

 

"Believe"

 

 

 

Lots of pretties on these canvas's.  I will run you through a list of  gorgeous products I used which can be found in the Flying Unicorn Store as well as a short written step by step....sorry I didn't photograph the steps this time.  

 

Firstly each canvas was primed with Gesso.  I then used a Crafters Workshop stencil and some Gel Medium and started to build up my background.  Once this was dry I then randomly applied my different mists.  For the 1st one I used the following colours:

 

- Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst - Bougainvillea Fuchia

- Lindy's stamp Gang Starburst - Screamin' Banshee Black

 

 

To finish off the background of these canvas's I did some random stamping using a Prima Stamp - Vintage Vanity.  

 

Then my favourite part....adding some beautiful flowers, Prima and Petaloo and Flying Unicorn Adornments :)) 

 

Lastly, I highlighted the pinks and purples by using Silks Acrylic Glaze in Ginger Flower and adding a spray of water to blend.  I have also brushed over my flowers with some Gesso to finish it off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Dream"

 

 

 

This canvas was done using the same steps but I used the following different colours:

 

- Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst - Bougainvillea Fuchia

- Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst - Cocoa Bean Copper (which is currently not in the store at the moment)

- Silks Acrylic Glaze - Solar Gold

 

 

 

 

 

The Flying Unicorn Store stocks a huge range of mix media products so be sure to check them out.

 

Have a creative weekend :)

Melinda

We are getting ready to Give Back !

 

 

Every year for the month of November, Flying Unicorn sponsors "The Flying Unicorn Gives Back." It is about helping, supporting and paying it forward to those that need it the most. Our chosen charity this year is CURESEARCH.

 

CureSearch for Children's Cancer is a national non-profit foundation that accelerates the cure for children's cancer by driving innovation, eliminating research barriers and solving the field's most challenging problems. They fight every day to make treatment possible and a cure probable for the 42 children diagnosed with cancer daily. CureSearch is accredited by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, has 3 stars on Charity Navigator, and is a Gold participant on GuideStar.

 

 

There are so many different ways for you to help and support Cure Search during our Give Back Month :

 

• Join in on our 1000 Uploads! Flying Unicorn donates $1.00 to a maximum of $1000.00 for each completed project loaded in our gallery .
• Silent Auction - November 13th - November 16th - Get your retail therapy during our auction days! Lots of paper crafting supplies at major discounted prices along with one of a kind items for you to bid on !
• Participate in Special Challenges where the Creative Team will donate to the cause
• Raffle - a 5.00 ticket will give you a chance to win prizes worth 200+ - A raffle a week !
• Donate Directly - $5.00, $10.00 - whatever you can afford - each dollar helps !!

 

We have set up a Flying Unicorn page on their site where donations can be made

CURE SEARCH

 

Join us throughout the month of November 

and together we will make a difference !! 

 

Playdate Thursday with Alda - A Rose Tutorial

 

“I feel as if I had opened a book and found 

 

roses of yesterday 

 

sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.” 

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

Happy Playdate Thursday! This is the day of the  week where the creative team and I share a wonderful technique that  will help you grow in our passion of paper crafting. Today, I am  the host of our play date!  Sometimes it is  hard to come up with a technique or a tip that you can learn from. After reviewing  my emails, comments and so many open  promises  it was timeto show you all how I make my handmade roses that I use on my cards and tags. 

In this tutorial I have used the  vintage floret die from Heartfelt Creations, however the same technique and principals can be used with  hand drawn  5 petal point flowers or ones that you cut from your cricut, cameo or any  other diecut you may own. You will simply need three sizes, cut twice and  1/4" difference  from small to medium and 1/4" difference from medium to large. 

Sit back, grab  enjoy the  process  of  making  roses : 

 

 

 

 

Here are a few  once upon a time examples where I used the roses on my tags. 

 

Hope you enjoyed and lets get creative !! 

 

Tonight at 9:00pm

 

Every Wednesday at 9:00pm est 

 

 

 

Are you excited to see the next  great Ustream Show?  Flying Unicorn is  pleased to inform you all that Jax is debuting as our  Ustream Educator this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm est. She  is creating this wonderful layout with some cool techniques and using the  Santoro Gorjuss Collection. You will not want to miss this! 

 

 

 

 

- Santoro 12x12 paper pack GOR 160101

- Faber-Castell Stamper's Big Brush Pens: White, Cold Grey

- Santoro Gorgus Urban stamp: GOR 907107

- Faber-Castell Aquarelle pencils

- Watercolor paper: Canson XL Cold Press Double Surface

- Liquitex Clear Gesso

- Prima 6x6 Stencil: Stone Wall I

- Prima 12x12 Stencil: Bubbles

- Golden Coarse Pumice Gel

- Pearl Ex Antique Silver

- 13 Arts Gel Medium

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Weathered Wood, Black Soot

- Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool and Foam

- Be Creative (Sookwang) tape: 5mm

- Prima Vintage Vanity Stamp: Advert 1

- Shimmerz Dazzlerz: Gummy Berry Blue

- Silks: Blue Flame

- Prima 12x12 Resist Canvas: Checkers

- 13 Arts Chalk Mists: Yellow Lemon, Yellow Amber

- May Arts Paper Cord Ribbon: Turquoise

- Petaloo Botanicas: Red and Mini White

- Prima Vellum flowers: 577834

- Prima Shabby Chic Treasures: Tassels (892159)

- Prima flowers: 577766

- Prima Resin

A Burlap Canvas Video Tutorial with Delaina

Delaina here with you today... and I would like to remind everyone, if you haven't already thought about it, that Christmas is just around the corner. Well, that said brings me to the project I have created in this Video Tutorial. It's a pretty easy to do Burlap Canvas. I am getting a jump on my Christmas list and thought that this little beauty would make a perfect gift for a friend, in fact for just about anyone on your list. It's quick and easy and best of all "hand made". Head on over to the store and pick up everything you'll need to get mojo jumping and your Christmas check list started!

 

Products Used:8x8 Burlap Canvas, Prima Color Bloom Sprays (Gold Foil, Antique Gold), Prima Stencil, Prima Modeling Paste, Flying Unicorn's Adornments, Prima Vine

Pre-Orders November Kit of the Month

 

 

Preorders will be open for a 48 hour period, giving you time to relax and preorder the kit at your convenience.  There are no waiting lists, no rushing to the store, and certainly no obligations!  We will have a limited number of kits available on the last day of each month for full reveal in case someone has missed the preorder window of opportunity.

We are also giving our devoted customers a what  works best  for you, purchase options on the preorders.

Pre-order – Pay Now Option –You may purchase and pay for your kit and/or all the add ons from the 20th–22nd of the  month which  will guarantee your order being  mailed out to you 5 days before the full kit reveal. 

Pre-order – Pay Later Option–Simply reserve your kit and/or the add-ons and pay later.  We will send you an invoice the day of reveal giving you time to pay. We do not hold or auto bill your credit card.  Once payment is received, your order will be mailed out to you.  

Make sure to like us on Facebook, be a member of our forums and subscribe to our newsletter thru our store so that  you do not  miss out on the preorder reminders and other special offers. 

Let‘s Get Creative! 

Alda & the 
Flying Unicorn Creative Team

NOVEMBER KIT OF THE MONTH 

Your Passion. Your Art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mojo Monday on Sunday!

Welcome to another Mojo Monday on Sunday!  Our November Kit of the month pre-orders open tomorrow and its a wonderful kit that you will not want to miss out on! Today we bring you an autumn fills the  air kind of sketch designed by  me  (Alda) and  a wonderful grungy inspired layout created by Jax. We hope that you find inspiration to play along with the sketch, and make this week a truly inspired one!

Jax used Prima's Time Traveler's Memories papers for her base and layers, building on the worn appearance by layering black gesso with Distress Paints, and topping them off with rusting powder.

 

The rusting powder was a bit dark once it had finished reacting. To give it a more textured, rusty appearance, Jax sanded over the raised areas, and you can see the gorgeous roughened texture in the photo above. It was almost a pity to cover it up!

 

The Prima vine from the October kit was perfect for a grungy layout; Jax partnered it with Flying Unicorn Adornment flowers.

 

For a final touch, Jax splattered Izink on the background. Because she had pretreated the background with clear gesso, the ink sits on top of the paper rather than sinking in.

 

We look forward to seeing what creative direction this week's Mojo Monday sketch takes you. Remember, there is a $10 gift certificate up for grabs for one randomly selected winner!

 

 

 

The Rules:

01. You have one week to create your project using the sketch as an inspiration (it does not have to be a layout, it can be a card, tag etc).

02. You must post your creation into the Mojo Monday thread in order to be eligible for the $10.00 GC.

03. You may use your project for any other monthly forum challenges except for the 'Anything Goes Challenge'

04. Your project must be posted no later than 8:00pm on 10/19/2014


Supplies used:

Prima Time Traveler's Memories: Falling Roses, Love Affair, 3x4 ATCs
Prima Heavy Gesso: Black
Liquitex Gesso: Clear
Tim Holtz Distress Paints: Antique Bronze, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Broken China
Rusting Powder
Prima Providence Vine: Bay (578251)
Flying Unicorn Adornments: Fairy Garden, Buzzing Around
Prima Resins
Izink: Ambre
Prima Vellum Flowers: 577865

2 cards by Nadia using Pion Design

 Hello there everyone!

 

I am popping in today to show you 2 cards I created with the BEAUTIFUL Pion Design collection "My Precious Daughter" which I designed for The Flying Unicorn and can be found at the store HERE.

 

I have also provided links to a number of other items that are available at The Flying Unicorn which I used on these cards . Please click on the links below. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials List for both cards

Paper: Pion Design "My Precious Daughter" collection

Chipboard: 13arts Ornament Mat Big 

Colour: 13arts Chalk Mist - Lilac 

Stencil: Prima Elementals 6"x10" stencil - Netting

Texture: Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste

Texture: Wendy Vecchi Crackled Texture Paste

Gesso: 13arts White Gesso 

Clock: Prima Resin White Icon - White Clocks

Flowers: Prima - London Majesty

Chioboard Heart: Kaisercraft

Stamp: Sentiments stamps from Dovercraft 

 

 

That is all for today! Hope you are having a great one!

 

Bye for now :) 

 

 

 

 

Playdate Thursday with Lainie Michel

Hi, It's Lainie here and if you have been around lately, you have probably seen that I love Halloween and all the fun, silly, spooky decorating that goes along with it. Well, I am running a challenge (here) for a really cool altered Potions Bottle, and of course you can't have a Potions Bottle without a Book of Spells prop, too. Therefore, I wanted to use very similar techniques with a few changes to alter a faux book (really a storage box) my mom gave me a long time ago - but you can use any real book, too. Flying Unicorn Store also sells a smaller book that can be altered with a cute mini inside (here.)

 I started off using the Golden Medium Regular Gel that was offered in a sample pack in this months Kit of the Month - this stuff is great and it dries clear. I applied it with my little palette knife. While it was still wet, I added some web chipboard pieces. When that dried, I found some old thick cardboard letters that were in a suitable style (the color doesn't matter, only that they are raised) and arranged and glued them down.

 Next, I mixed some Ayeeda Vivid Blue paint with some Mink Pearl Ex pigment powder to get a peacock blue color for my base.

 When the base was dry, you could see the form taking shape. I then sprayed a little Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Screamin' Banshee Black all over for added depth.

 Next I added touches of Silks Acrylic Paint in Rich Cobalt and Spiced Pumpkin for some color variation and a rusted, aged look. Then I inked the top of the letters in Prima Ingvild Bolme Black Chalk Ink.

 After everything was dry, I added the last touch of Viva Décor Inka Gold (man, I love this stuff!) And the last, piece de resistance is, of course, Flying Unicorn Adornments and some chain.

 A couple of brown flat back pearls to mimic nail heads and voila...a spooky Book of Spells.

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful day!

Product List:

Staples Tag Album Book Box

Golden Gel Medium Regular Gel

Web Chipboard

Ayeeda Vivid Blue Paint

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Screamin' Banshee Black

Silks Acrylics Paint in Rich Cobalt and Spiced Pumpkin

Prima Black Chalk Ink

Viva Décor Inka Gold

Flying Unicorn Adornments

Tonight at 9:00pm

 

Every Wednesday at 9:00pm est 

 

 

 

 

Are you excited to see the next  great Ustream Show?  Flying Unicorn is  pleased to inform you all that Robbie is our  Ustream Educator this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm est.  Look at this exquisite detailed mannequin that she is creating and giving  step by step instructions for. You do not want to miss out so join us and Robbie  as she creates this before our  eyes and chatting of course ! 

 

 

Supply List:

Darice Dress Form

Prima Art Ingredients Glass Beads_Zinc

Prima Art Ingredients Glass glitter-Sterling

Flying Unicorn Black Beauty Adornments

Golden Regular Gel Semi Gloss

Prima Color Bloom Gold Foil

Prima Color Bloom Precious Stone

Manor House Believe-Make Believe 12x12 paper

Prima Flourish Damask 6x6 Stencil  

Viva Special Effect Paste Amber Gold

 

Other:

Black and Cream Tulle

Black and Cream Tissue Paper

Foil Baking Cups

Small black trim or lace

Black Velvet 1/4 inch ribbon.

Hot Glue Gun

Mod Podge

 

Beacon Fabri-tac

 

Hello everyone,

 

 

Melinda back with you today to share with you one of my recent projects...something a little more neutral/boyish and vintage.  I have started off with some Authentique Papers from the Accomplished Collection for my base and background and have teamed them up with the gorgeous Riddersholm Papers from the Tailgate Marked Collection as my layers behind the photo. The kraft papers in the Authentique range are great to add whatever colours you want. 

 

"Heart of Gold"

 

 

 

I love the Creative Embellishments chipboard.  I have used the Heart of Gold title as well as the Antique Bike.

 

 

I adore the Flying Unicorn Adornments.  I simply brushed them over with some Gesso and then added some colour using Acrylic Paint. In fact everything has had a brush over with Gesso...gives it that shabby look.

 

 

And lots of beautiful flowers...sigh...just love adding them to all my projects.  I have used some Prima flowers from my own stash but you will note there are some gorgeous black Petaloo flowers from the store as well as some new Prima.

 

 

That's it from me today...hope you feel inspired to get crafty!

 

Melinda 

 

 

Products from the Flying Unicorn Store:

Authentique Papers

Riddersholm Papers

Creative Embellishments Chipboard

Prima flowers

Prima Embellishments

Prima Colour Bloom Spray - Gold

Petaloo flowers

Flying Unicorn Metal Adornments

Shimmerz

Silks Acrylic Glaze

7Dots Chipboard

 

Other:

Thread

Button

Prima Vine and Flowers

Paper Doily

Mojo Monday

Its  divine beauty as we reveal  our Mojo Monday sketch and inspirational layout created by Shona. 

 

Every Monday we help jump start your week into a creative one. Use the sketch  for your inspiration fo r layouts, cards, tags etc.  If you are a little lost with it, well a creative team member every weeks play with the sketch and shows us all their interpretation of it.There is no wrong or right there is simply passion.  

 

 

Please come and play along for your chance to win!!

 

The Rules:

01. You have one week to create your project using the sketch as an inspiration (it does not have to be a layout, it can be a card, tag etc).

02. You must post your creation into the Mojo Monday thread in order to be eligible for the $10.00 GC.

03. You may use your project for any other monthly forum challenges except for the 'Anything Goes Challenge'

04. Your project must be posted no later than 8:00pm on 10/19/2014

 

 

 

Prima Epiphany collection papers and embellishments

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/1409.htm

 

Prima Junkyard Findings

 http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/product_p/prima-jf-891855.htm

 

Creative Embellishments Chippys

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/1262.htm

 

May Arts trims

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/672.htm?searching=Y&sort=3&cat=672&show=10&page=1

 

Flying Unicorn lace

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/1204.htm

 

Petaloo Flowers

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/109.htm

 

Shimmerz Inklings

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/1365.htm

 

13 Arts Mixed Media Mediums

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/1241.htm

Mixed Media Flower Garden

Hi Everyone,

Bex here today to share with you my mixed media flower garden. The inspiration for this canvas has come from three of my favourite artists, Finnabair, Tim Holtz & Dyan Reaveley. I truly love all of their works and ALL of their products. To me this is what happens when you combine a little bit of each of their products, a very colourful and harmonious garden.  It is a semi recycled garden too, the flowers are created with my Mum's scrap quilting material and their stems are old rusty nails, cool huh?

Products Used Dylusions Ink Sprays - Calypso Teal Dylusions Ink Sprays - London Blue Dylusions Ink Sprays - Fresh Lime Dylusions Ink Sprays - Dirty Martini Distress Ink - Salty Ocean Distress Ink - Peeled Paint Distress Ink - Shabby Shutters Distress Ink - Peacock Feathers Distress Ink - Broken China Art Basics Soft Gloss Gel Art Ingredients Glass Beads - Plum Art Ingredients Glass Beads - Zinc Art Ingredients Mica Flakes - Mulberry Mechanicals - Bottle Caps  Faber Castell Big Brush Pen - Black  Ranger Crackle Accents Tim Holtz - Tissue Tape Yes that is one huge list of product, you will note half that list is made up of colour being sprays and inks. I wanted my background to be varying shades of blue and green, looking army canvas now you would not think all those colors are included, trust me, they are there.

Thanks for looking and please if you have any questions always feel free to ask me.

Wishing you a happy and creative day!

~ Bex ~

Ustream and the Unicorn

 

Every Wednesday at 9:00pm est 

 

 

 

 

Are you excited to see the next  great Ustream Show?  Flying Unicorn is  pleased to inform you all that Robbie is our  Ustream Educator this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm est.  Look at this exquisite detailed mannequin that she is creating and giving  step by step instructions for. You do not want to miss out so join us and Robbie  as she creates this before our  eyes and chatting of course ! 

 

 

Supply List:

Darice Dress Form

Prima Art Ingredients Glass Beads_Zinc

Prima Art Ingredients Glass glitter-Sterling

Flying Unicorn Black Beauty Adornments

Golden Regular Gel Semi Gloss

Prima Color Bloom Gold Foil

Prima Color Bloom Precious Stone

Manor House Believe-Make Believe 12x12 paper

Prima Flourish Damask 6x6 Stencil  

Viva Special Effect Paste Amber Gold

 

Other:

Black and Cream Tulle

Black and Cream Tissue Paper

Foil Baking Cups

Small black trim or lace

Black Velvet 1/4 inch ribbon.

Hot Glue Gun

Mod Podge

 

Beacon Fabri-tac

Once Upon a Sketch and the Flying Unicorn part two

 

Hi everyone and  Happy Friday to you all. The Flying Unicorn CT are guests this month at Once Upon a Sketch Challenge site. They are an amazing site with so much inspiration to help you with your creating! Here is the 2nd half of the gorgeous creations from the Flying Unicorn creative team.

 

Journalling Theme: "The women/girls etc in our lives..."

 

 

You are free to interpret our theme ANY WAY you like. It is for your inspiration and this theme word DOES NOT need to be part of your title or journalling. But please make sure your layout is based on the sketch below and includes journalling (hidden journalling is fine). Acceptable journalling is MORE than just a sentence, or generic writing such as date/place etc. It needs to be present and at least 3 lines long. Remember, hidden journalling (under a photo/tag or behind your page) is perfectly fine but please DO let us know in your post where your journalling is!

Delaina

 

Melinda

 

 

Jennifer (Kitty)

 

 

 

 Michelle

 

 

Rebecca (Bex)

 

 

Robbie

 

 

Shona

 

 

There are so many amazing prizes from OUAS!!! If you play along please share with us!

Altered Coffin Flying Unicorn October OTP

Hi Friends :)

 

Halloween is coming!! Lets do more halloween project. In Flying Unicorn's October main kit, there are two off the page projects. One if the mask I did and the other one is the coffin I am going to show you in this post.
The gorgeous paper I used in this project is Authentique's Accomplished collection. This paper is so thick, the quality is just over the top good. I love the neutral tons of this paper collection too.

Click Here for tutorial:

 

Thank you for looking <3
Song

Play Date Thursday~ Tammy

Play Date THURSDAY

Flying Unicorn

 

Ghoulish Flower Tute

By: Tammy Henderson

 

Welcome to my play date Thursday! With all Hallows Eve quickly approaching I thought that it would be cool to do a tute on something creepy.. LOL So I am gonna show you at trick to treat your flowers with. Or this can be done on any project that you desire! 

 

Supply list:

Water mister

Colors- IZink, Silks, 13arts paint, Distress stain

Liquid Frisket and Liquid frisket eraser- (Most important to get the effect below)

Flower punch or Die- I used Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret

 

Now lets begin shall we?! 

 

1. You can choose to shape a little before, however it will loose it by the time we are done. But it does help with the final shaping bending and such, Not so stiff. I used 2 large, 2 medium and 1 small flower.

 

 

 

2. Now get some IZink in your fave color and splash some on here and there. I chose to used a reddish hue so it will look a little creepy with another brighter color.

 

3. Ok now give a good misting with some water.

 

 

4. Absorb some of the excess water buy rubbing color side down on your mat. This helps move the color around a bit more. 

 

5. Give a little distress ink touch around the edges in a coordinating color. 

 

Before starting this next part be sure your flowers are COMPLETELY DRY!! 

 

6. Now take some of the Liquid Frisket and dab some on each petal with a sponge brush. Not the center just the petals.

 

7. Take your Frisket eraser and dab with the corner of it the areas where the frisket is. this will pop apart the frisket and create a skin like effect. Be Careful not to over due as you don't want to remove the frisket. Just break it up some. 

 

8. Take some paint I used 13arts in white and brush on lightly. Don't completely coat. Just cover the frisket areas.

 

9. Add some Silks in a bright color. Here I used Key Lime. Go over the white areas. This is a glaze so the white below helps it pop the color.

 

10. Layer large to small shaping each layer as you go glue. A shaping tool or paint brush will help this process. Add a center of choice and wala a ghoulish flower is born! 

 

Happy Haunting all!

Flying Unicorn Ustream Tonight at 9:00pm

 

Every Wednesday at 9:00pm est 

 

 

 

 

How exciting that we  have Jen as our Ustream Educator this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm est-  Join us as Jen creates this  warm and  welcome  wreath  for  your  front  door or abouve your fireplace mantle  so  divine ... and maybe just maybe she will  give  Escape Kitty a cameo performance  on her  show too  ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

578275 Prima Providence Paprika Vine

576172 Prima  Epiphany collection - Cork Stickers

892456 Prima Ingvild Bolme Shabby Chic Treasures - Garden (metal )

576066 Prima Cigar Box Secrets - wood Icons

555542 Prima Flowers Song Bird

564483 Prima Vines

961701 Prima Art Ingredients - Glass Beads - Butter

961756 Prima Art Ingredients Mica Flakes Gold Leaf or Henna 961732

578549 Prima Bethany Burlap and Canvas

573805 Prima Color Bloom Mists  -Gold Foil

573843 Prima Color Bloom Mists - Antique Gold

573874 Prima Color Bloom Mists - Sorbet

573850 Prima Color Bloom Mists - Lime Wedge

573836 Prima Color Bloom Mists -Tea Stain Prima Metal Dies ( 572792 and 572785)

572839 Prima Metal Dies Leaves

961435 Prima Gloss Gel Medium

846893 Prima Cigar Box Secrets - Presidente paper

846916 Prima Cigar Box Secrets - Panatela paper Flying Unicorn Metal Adornments

Once Upon a Sketch and the Flying Unicorn

 

Hi everyone. The Flying Unicorn CT are guests this month at Once Upon a Sketch Challenge site. They are an amazing site with so much inspiration to help you with your creating! So here is this months challenge and half our the yummy layouts created by the Flying Unicorn.

 

Journalling Theme: "The women/girls etc in our lives..."

 

 

You are free to interpret our theme ANY WAY you like. It is for your inspiration and this theme word DOES NOT need to be part of your title or journalling. But please make sure your layout is based on the sketch below and includes journalling (hidden journalling is fine). Acceptable journalling is MORE than just a sentence, or generic writing such as date/place etc. It needs to be present and at least 3 lines long. Remember, hidden journalling (under a photo/tag or behind your page) is perfectly fine but please DO let us know in your post where your journalling is!

Ayeeda

 

Denise

 

 Jackie (Jax)

 

 Keren

Lainie

Lynne

 

 Song

 

I will be back on the 10th with the rest of the reveal from the team...There are so many amazing prizes from OUAS!!! If you play along please share with us!

Mojo Monday

Welcome to Mojo Monday one and all!!

This week we have for you an amazing sketch from Alda and an inspirational layout by Bex. Just take a look at this beautiful sketch, you could take your crafting imagination in so many different directions. Who is ready to come play along?

 

Products Used

Finnabair Art Ingredients Mica Flakes - Mulberry

Finnabair Art Ingredients Mica Flakes - Henna

Finnabair Art Ingredients Glass Beads - Plum

Finnabair Mechanicals - Star Brads 

7 Dots Studio - Cold Country Papers

Flying Unicorn Adornments

Idea-ology Found Relatives
Primary Elements - Luminarte

Mica Flakes create a beautiful soft and different look on your projects. 

Tattered Florals die cut flowers have been cut in sheet music paper and then colored with sprays created with primary elements. 

A perfect little embellishment to any layout, roll up strips of paper (book text and music sheets look great), secure with small pieces of string. 

Never dismiss even those tiny bits of burlap you have left over, they can always be used for layering under photos. 

Please come and play along for your chance to win!!

 

The Rules:

01. You have one week to create your project using the sketch as an inspiration (it does not have to be a layout, it can be a card, tag etc). 

02. You must post your creation into the Mojo Monday thread in order to be eligible for the $10.00 GC. 

03. You may use your project for any other monthly forum challenges except for the 'Anything Goes Challenge'

04. Your project must be posted no later than 8:00am on 10/13/2014

Build a Page with Shona and the October Kit of the Month

 

Hi everyone…I am up this month with the BAP from the gorgeous October Your Art Your Passion kits. This is my creative process for this layout of two of my cutie pie grandsons when they visited in September!

 

I started with 2 pieces of the Fabscraps papers in the main kit. Cut out the center of the bottom sheet because you do not see that anyways and I wanted to use it on top. Trim the other sheet down to 11 x 11 and save those strips.

 

I used a couple of punches around the edges on these pieces. I do not punch perfectly I like to overlap my punched areas to give it a distressed look.

 

Adhere the top sheet to the bottom now and add the other pieces along the top left and some smaller pieces on the bottom right. Add those 1 inch strips now too!

 

The Mixed Passion kit comes with this amazing box of samplers from Golden! LOVE! I added some of the Regular Gel medium over the two areas that I added paper too. Why? Because when I add some mists and paints later on they will not absorb into the papers and will create these nice splats instead. The gel dries clear.

 

I love the stamp in this months kit…I added some stamping to the background after the Golden Gel dried..you can  use a heat tool to quicken this process.

 

I also used other stamps from the Flying Unicorn store and other kits.

 

How gorgeous is that mask in this months kit! LOVE IT! I used some of the Golden Light Molding paste in the sampler box and did my masking. I also used a 13 ARTS mask from a previous kit.

 

Cut some cardboard from a box to add behind the photo. I like to distress my photos a bit with the Prima Multi Purpose tool first. If you are ever looking for an amazing glue that actually sticks and holds everything in place…….3 in 1 is perfect and you can get it at the Flying Unicorn store.

 

Add you photo to the layout now.

 

Pick out your goodies to use to embellish your creation…look at all these fun pieces from the kit!

 

After adding all the embellishments..cover up that photo and use some of the Shimmerz Mist and Paint in the kits to add little flicks and splats to finish off your creation!

 

Here are some close ups……thanks for looking and if you try my BAP please share.

 

 

 

Ustream this Coming Week with Jen

 

Every Wednesday at 9:00pm est 

 

 

 

 

How exciting that we  have Jen as our Ustream Educator this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm est-  Join us as Jen creates this  warm and  welcome  wreath  for  your  front  door or abouve your fireplace mantle  so  divine ... and maybe just maybe she will  give  Escape Kitty a cameo performance  on her  show too  ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

578275 Prima Providence Paprika Vine

576172 Prima  Epiphany collection - Cork Stickers

892456 Prima Ingvild Bolme Shabby Chic Treasures - Garden (metal )

576066 Prima Cigar Box Secrets - wood Icons

555542 Prima Flowers Song Bird

564483 Prima Vines

961701 Prima Art Ingredients - Glass Beads - Butter

961756 Prima Art Ingredients Mica Flakes Gold Leaf or Henna 961732

578549 Prima Bethany Burlap and Canvas

573805 Prima Color Bloom Mists  -Gold Foil

573843 Prima Color Bloom Mists - Antique Gold

573874 Prima Color Bloom Mists - Sorbet

573850 Prima Color Bloom Mists - Lime Wedge

573836 Prima Color Bloom Mists -Tea Stain Prima Metal Dies ( 572792 and 572785)

572839 Prima Metal Dies Leaves

961435 Prima Gloss Gel Medium

846893 Prima Cigar Box Secrets - Presidente paper

846916 Prima Cigar Box Secrets - Panatela paper Flying Unicorn Metal Adornments

Venture into the Savings

Play Day Thursday

Hello All!   We have a spooktacular creative treat  that will surely get you into the  holiday mood!  Grab  your choice of  beverage - sit back and  enjoy the  You Tube Video of Song creating this mask . There are so many amazing techniques and tips that   will leave you  memorized 

CLICK HERE TO BRING YOU TO OUR YOU TUBE CHANNEL 

Flying Unicorn Mixed Media Altered Paint Palette By Song

Hi friends :)

 

Today I am sharing this altered paint palette with you guys~!! I used all kinds of goodies from Flying Unicorn's September Kits and add ons. LOVE the romantic pink color!! I don't usually work with pink color that much, well this might be a lie, but at least I think I don't usually use pink as a main color that much, lol. 

 

The new studio 75 paper is sooo shabby so so vintage. I just LOVE them. The flowers are a Manor house creations spray, a Prima song bird vine, and a big Petaloo flower. The black resin key is also a Prima embellishment. The paint palette came with many brushes, and I just adhered the brushes to the background. I got this idea from watching an altered canvas video from Miranda Edney (Msliberty25 on Youtube).

 

(I shouldn't say this, because if I said it, you would only see the thing I say and not the lovely altered paint palette, but I am still gonna say it.. I seriously think it kinda looks like a girl pac man. hahaha)

 

Okay back being serious. CLICK HERE for the video tutorial on how I made it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for looking :)

Stay Creative <3

Song

 

Tonight's Ustream Show

 

Every Wednesday at 9:00pm est 

 

 

 

How exciting that we  have Robbie as our Ustream Educator this coming Wednesday at 9:00pm est-  Join us a Delaina before our very own eyes creates this magnificent altered Prima Bike  ...

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies : 

573720 - Altered Metal Bike Frame

578190 - Capri Riesling Flower

577636 - Manhattan Empire

578633 - Cigar Box Secrets Volado

578275 - Providence Paprika

577285 - Fairfield Sugar
Prima Bloom Sprays and Chalkedgers and Clear Crackle Paste
Love Trinkets - Flying Unicorn Adornments
Envy - Flying Unicorn Adornments
Fairy Garden - Flying Unicorn Adornments

Love - Flying Unicorn Adornments