Hello everyone! Sorry for the MIA status here on my blog! I neglect it - and I need to pay more attention! HA! If you are reading this, I appreciate you stopping in to see my latest card I've made. Usually I have a video tutorial on this one, but for today, I do not. Maybe I will later on, but I knew this card would take me a while to make. I had a vision in my head, but didn't know for sure how it would turn out. I think for the most part, it turned out like I intended!!
I used the new set from Lawn Fawn called Flamingo Together! Such a fun set to play with. Once I go going, I couldn't stop creating this summer filled card with all of the summery colors, and images.
I also wanted to create a shaker card. The shaker portion is only at the bottom of the card - the sequins also represent the sand the flamingos are standing on :) I used the Vertical Stitched Cover Up die from My Favorite Things as my frame, and the design also was perfect for how I wanted this shaker to look like :)
I used Distress Inks to create the background on my frame and the cut out pieces. For my images, I colored them in with Copics, or I used Lawn Fawn Ink to stamp them out!
All the supplies used are listed below!!
School is out, and summer is upon us. Hope you have fun plans in store!! See you soon!
Good Afternoon!! Today, I am bringing you a shaker card tutorial. I love shakers - they are so much fun, and the possibilities are endless when it comes to making them, and what you can put in them. No wonder they are so popular. For my card today I am using Mama Elephant's Sunny Skies stamp set as well as sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. I recently picked up some of the new iridescent colors that Paulina has in her shop!
I started out by die cutting a piece of my favorite white card stock and a piece of the Sea Glass Card Stock from Simon Says Stamp using one of the frames from the Small Stitched Square die set from Lawn Fawn, and then I used the coordinating balloon die from the Sunny Skies set, and die cut two balloons from my white panel to create my window panel for my shaker. I, then stamped onto my Sea Glass card stock the balloons from the stamp set using Lemon Yellow ink, and Raspberry Jam ink, both from Hero Arts. I stamped the basket from the stamp set and the sentiment 'Sunny Skies Ahead' onto my white window panel. I then adhered a die cut piece of acetate to the back of my white panel to complete the window panel. Then, I covered the back of the panel with foam adhesive before adding some fun sequins.
I added the Sunshine Glow and Strawberry Burst Iridescent sequins to my windows, and then I removed my foam adhesive backing papers to expose the stick side, and then I adhered my stamped panel. Success! Time to give it a few shakes! To finish the card, I die cut another piece of Sea Glass card stock with another square frame and adhered that to a 5x5 white card base.
If you are interested in seeing how this one came together - I have the how to video below.
Well, hello hello friends! Welcome to another edition of the Lawnscaping FIT Team Blog Hop! As we did last year, we will be inspired by different colors, or color combos, and want to inspire you with those colors :) We have a new sponsor of our monthly blog hops this year, but before I get into that, I just want to make sure you are on the right track on the hop! You should have found your way to me by the fantastic Isha! I will have the blog hop order listed below just so you can be sure to hop to each blog and see what each of us has in store :)
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The winner of the FIT Team hop will receive a gift certificate to her adorable store!
So - now onto my card :)
For my card, I created a shaker! I first started out stamping out my background with Argyle Backdrops from Lawn Fawn onto a piece of white card stock. I love this background builder stamp, and who doesn't like Argyle. It is a great pattern to use for masculine cards. I love the contrast between these two blue ink colors. Once I was done inking up my background, I die cut my panel out using the largest die from the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables Die set, and also created a window using the next to last size in the Small Stitched Rectangle Stackable set. Then, I worked on the inside panel of the shaker. I stamped onto a piece of blue card stock using the So Much To Say stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I stamped it in white pigment ink, and then applied white embossing powder and used my heat gun to set the powder. Then, I added a piece of acetate to my window and then some foam adhesive around the window. I did double up on my foam adhesive to ensure that my seed beads would shake freely :) Once I added my beads, I adhered my shaker panel to my white card base.
I felt I needed just a little something extra as it felt too plain, so I die cut out two stars from the Star Stackables from Lawn Fawn. I inked up a polka dot background stamp and stamped the pattern down onto my white start, and then added my smaller star on top and finished it off by adding a bit of shimmer with my Wink of Stella Pen ( even though its hard to capture here. Well - that's it from me - now its time to send you off to the one and only Lenny!! Be sure to leave comments for your chance to win a gift certificate from our new and awesome sponsor!!
