Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're having a great week. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 1; as always the theme is 'birthday' and Leanne is our hostess. This is such an easy challenge as we always need birthday cards so we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.
It was my friend's birthday a few days ago and this is the card I made for her. I've had this stamp for a little while and never used it and saw it when I was searching for something else so I thought I would finally show it some love. I ended up making a shaker card, which I haven't done for a while, and I think it turned super pretty. I hope you like it too.
Here is my card:
A closer look at the details:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and embossed it using a pretty swirly embossing folder. I stamped the wreath image, coloured it with Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I also cut another 3 from white card so that I could stack it up using liquid glue. It was a this point that I decided the wreath would be perfect for a shaker window so cut a piece of acetate and added that behind the stamped wreath using liquid glue. I then adhered this to the other 3 plain white wreaths using liquid glue. I used some clear sequins for inside my shaker but felt I still needed a little more dimension for them to shake freely so added some foam tape shaker strips around the wreath and adhered it over the sequins onto the background. I didn't use the sentiment from the wreath set for the front as I wanted something a little bigger so found this sentiment already stamped and die cut so I only had to cut another 3 plain white ones to stack up, again for extra dimension. The sentiment was adhered onto the background using liquid glue. I added some scrap white card behind my panel and added it to my card base with double sided tape. For the inside I cut another white panel and partially embossed the swirly pattern along the bottom. I stamped, coloured and die cut another wreath and cut it apart so that I could place it over the embossed portion, using liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Allsorts challenge - bees, blooms and/or birds
Alphabet challenge - E is for embossing (wet or dry)
Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board
Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an embossing folder with an optional twist of purple
The Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional blooms
Fab 'n' Funky challenge - something beginning with B (blooms)
Little Red Wagon challenge - I see (I used acetate for my shaker window)
Moving Along With The Times challenge - use a colouring medium (I used alcohol markers)
Tic Tac Toe challenge - floral, dry embossing, summer (my colours are summery)
Try It On Tuesday challenge - in the garden
TGIF challenge - popping it up (I used foam squares for my shaker window)
Thank you so much for stopping by; I want to say how much I appreciate your lovely comments, your support really does mean the world to me.
Love and hugs,
card supplies:
*Gina K Designs - let's celebrate stamp & die
Gina K Designs - elegant thoughts stamp & die (for outside sentiment)
Gian K Designs - petite flourish embossing folder
Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins
Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)
Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad
Promarkers
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Thank you x
3 comments:
This is FABULOUS . . . and, a shaker! WOW! (I struggle with shaker cards) Love all the white embossing and that wreath is just perfect! Nicely done my friend! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Can You Handle the Pressure Co-Owner
beautiful wreath and wonderful coloring job! thank you for sharing this card with us at Moving Along with Time
That's such a good idea using the floral wreath to create the shaker element, real thinking outside the box. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.
B x
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