Friday, 13 February 2026

CAS with a die for Seize the Birthday

 


Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda  wants us to try a CAS card with dies.

Or make any birthday card in any style you like!


Our party guest and my team mates have loads of inspiration for you, so I hope you can play along.

This is a new to me unicorn die and I couldn't wait to try it out.
I made a similar card many years ago but only had a stamp that I had to fussycut. This was so much easier!

I used cardstock painted with opal paints, there's a lovely shimmer in real life and a bit of a colour shift happens in the light, perfect for a unicorn, and the magical sentiment.

I'm linking up to these challenges:


Cut It Up, this makes me happy... shimmer and shine!
Supplies:
Dies: Craft Addiction UK unicorn; Stamplorations magical; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle.
Other: various Lawn Fawn reveal wheel sentiment stamps, versafine clair nocturne ink & clear ep; various Art Alchemy opal paints; hammered cardstock.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

20 comments:

Liz said...

Beautiful CAS card, Cathy. What a love unicorn!

Liz xx

Karen Mead said...

Love the beautiful unicorn Kathy and your card looks fabulous! Xx

Tee said...

Beautiful unicorn & sentiment in pastel colors! Thank you for joining our challenge @ Make My Monday.

Linda said...

Cathy, your Unicorn is painted so beautifully. Love how you also made your sentiment to match. Lovely card. Have a great weekend.

Julia Aston said...

A beautiful unicorn and so pretty with the opal paint!

Deborah Wheeler said...

That's a fabulous unicorn diecut, Cathy! Thanks for playing along with us at ATSM

JoAnn said...

Love your magical unicorn card Cathy. Very creative using those opal paints. I bet the shimmer is pretty in real life.

Nancy said...

Love how you painted the cardstock, Cathy! Such a great idea for a unicorn card!

Gerda said...

What a fabulous card!! Love the gorgeous unicorn and the sentiment in the soft pastel colors!!
Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!
Have a great day.
Gerda

Barbara said...

It's all magical! The unicorn, the colors and the desing. wonderful!

My Paper Epiphany said...

I love the subtle rainbow colour of the Unicorn! Beautiful CAS card!

JulieP said...

I couldn't scroll down fast enough to see what you used to color the unicorn! opal paints, hmmm? This is quite uniqe and very fun!

Nance said...

Super fun card, Cathy with your shimmery unicorn! Birthdays should be full of a magic!

Pat said...

The opal paint is perfect for this super unicorn Cathy and there is a pretty colour variation, and great to cut the 'Magical' from the opal painted piece too...a wonderful card. x

Helen said...

Wonderful card - what a pretty unicorn!
Helen x

Billie A said...

Wow great use of the pain to get a great effect for your die cuts. So glad you shared over at MMM.

Nora Noll said...

The painting on that unicorn is gorgeous!

shirley-bee said...

Fab unicorn card, Cathy! I love the subtle colouring - I bet it’s even better irl!

Ashwini Rao said...

Opal paints and unicorn - wow, that shimmer would be looking so amazing and perfect for the unicorn! Great card, Cathy!

Glenda J said...

What fabulous colours for the unicorn and the sentiment - so cool. Perfect sentiment /die combo. Great card.