beautiful butterflies shaker card

beautiful butterflies shaker card

Today’s blog post is a shaker card with the Beautiful Butterflies bundle: for butterfly lovers like me this is an awesome bundle with a hybrid embossing folder and gorgeous coordinating stamp and die sets.

I had some watercolor paper left over from my March 22nd OnStage swap cards and I used the last of those papers for this special card that I mailed to a friend of mine for her birthday!

Measurements:
BASE: Lemon Lime Twist CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Basic Black CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″ embossed and cut
Window Sheet 3 1/2″ x 5″
Fluid 100 paper

Emboss the Basic Black layer with the Beautiful Butterflies folder and cut a 1″ border frame with the Stampin’ Trimmer.
Save the inside rectangle for the inside of the card.
Place Tear-n-Tape around the backside perimeter of the frame cut out.
Adhere the window sheet to the inside of the Basic Black layer.
Place foam adhesive strips around the backside opening of the rectangular opening.
Place a pile of Itty Bitty Bokeh Mix in the center of the Lemon Lime card base.
Remove the release paper off the foam strips and adhere the Basic Black frame to the card front so there is an even border the whole way around the card.
Adhere the large butterfly that we die cut out of the watercolored Fluid 100 paper to the lower right hand side of the frame.
Stamp the sentiment onto remaining Fluid 100 paper and die cut with the sentiment strip die and adhere above the rectangular opening .
Place glue dots on the card front to adhere additional Itty Bitty Bokeh sequins to the card front to decorate!
Adhere a Basic White 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer to the inside of the card.
Stamp a smaller butterfly in Tuxedo Black Memento ink at the top and adhere the rectangular frame cut to the lower right hand side of that layer and the inside has some fun interest!
Shake to your hearts content what a fun interactive card!
Try making a shaker card as your next project – now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

happy little things shaker card

happy little things shaker card

Aren’t shaker card so much fun?
I love the simplicity of this new online exclusives set Happy Little Things with it’s open font that you can color and lots of different sayings! Such a versatile set!
So I decided to do a stepped up shaker card!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
layer 4″ x 5 1/4″ embossed
scrap for the sentiment
2022-2024 In – Colors scraps for dies
Starry Sky 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Window Sheet 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″

Stamp in Tuxedo Black Memento ink the open font Celebrate and “the little things” onto a strip of paper approximately 1″ x 5 1/2″
Color the open font with the 2022-2024 In-Colors Stampin’ Blends markers alternating all five colors.
Run the Basic White later through the polka dot Basics 3D embossing folder and adhere tothe card base.
Die cut one of each of the 2022-2024 In Color scraps with the larger banner die from the Happy Little Things die set. Adhere onto the embossed layer in the center.
Die cut the largest Perennial Postage die out of the Starry Sky layer to create a frame for the windowsheet and to hide the Foam Adhesive strips.
Adhere the window sheet to the back of Starry Sky frame.
Adhere Foam Adhesive strips around the entire edge of the Starry Sky frame make sure there are no holes for the shaker materials to leak out.
Adhere three sides of the foam strips to the card front and pour in the shaker material. Secure the last side of the shaker card and press down firmly to secure all sides.
The shaker material I used is retired now it was called Effervescent Elements but you could use the current loose silver sequins to achieve the same effect!
Adhere the sentiment piece over the center of the shaker cover and add Starry Sky Pearls to the card front to complete!

I love the way this card turned out – to see the shaker in action check out the 3-13-2024 Facebook video post!

Hope this inspired you to make a fun shaker card for a friend – now go create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

watercolor snowflakes 3 ways – shaker card

watercolor snowflakes 3 ways – shaker card

If you have already gone to Monday’s blog post then the first two photos will be redundant!

I am using a watercolor wash technique on Simmery White cardstock and die cutting the two detailed snowflake images from the Chic Die set (#158815)

This week’s blog posts are all going to start with the same technique but I am going to show the finished product on three types of cards. I love to watercolor – it’s fluid and fun and looks great every time – even if you think it looks messy sometimes those make the best pieces of cardstock to use! I started with Shimmery White cardstock (#101910) not only does this cardstock have a glorious shimmer to it but it is thick enough to stand up to watercoloring on it! (and the finished product sparkles!!!) I smoosh the top of our Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads down onto the ink pad inside tranferring some ink to the case top making a palette inside the cover like a paint tray! I watercolored in two ink colors Pacific Point (#147098) and Starry Sky (#159212) adding extra water to the ink in the lid with a waterpainter brush (#151298) and applying it to pre-wettened Shimmery White cardstock – apply color until happy with the coverage and depth of color – add more color to make the hue darker and richer in tone.

Using the snowflake dies from the Chic Die Set (#158815) I cut multiple snowflakes from one 4″ x 5 1/2″ sheet of watercolored Shimmer White cardstock. This will be the same starting process for all the cards this week.
now this is where the process becomes different for each card this week uses some of those snowflakes but this one also uses the nagative space from the original watercolored cardstock used to cut the snowflakes – I just hate to waste a beautiful piece of watercolored cardstock! AND THIS IS THE PERFECT APPLICATION for this negative space.
Measurements:

Card Base: Orchid Oasis 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Layers: Shimmery White CS 4″ x 5 1/4″
(I did a watercolor wash on two of these for sentiment pieces and the snowflakes)
Window Sheet 4″ x 5 1/4″
Snowflake Specialty Vellum 4″ x 5 1/4″
Scraps: 1″ x 4 1/4″ Orchid Oasis and backing for
the snowflake
3/4″ x 4″ Watercolored Shimmery White

Adhere the Window Sheet (#142314) to the back of the watercolored Shimmery White (#101910) cardstock layer.
Adhere the Snowflake vellum to the cardbase. Although the vellum will be mostly hidden by the sequins and the forward layer I did take the extra time to adhere this layer with mini Glue Dots (#103683) to the backside of the larger silver dots on the patterned vellum that way the adhesive is totally invisible!
Turn the watercolored layer over and adhere Foam Adhesive Strips the entire way around the periphery of the card, making sure not to leave any holes as the shaker card will “leak” sequin!
Add a small pile of Sparkle and Shine Sequins Assortment to the center of the vellum layer.
Remove the paper backing from the Foam adhesive Strips and match up the sides to the edges of the Vellum and rub gently to make sure all the strips adhere and seal the shaker card closed.
Stamped a sentiment onto extra watercolored Shimmery White cardstock and adhered to an Orchid Oasis matte and added to the cardfront.
Also added a die cut snowflake with a scrap piece of Orchid Oasis CS behind. Added a sequins in the middle of that snowflake embellishment
Last but not least I added a knotted Metallic Mesh ribbon to the spine of the card!

Shaker cards are such a fun interactive card – try your hand at it! Go out and create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie