Winter Shaker Card - a repost

Today I thought I would repost a shaker card I made last year when Mica flakes were popular - but are now retired as a SU product.  I did not use the shaker frames but make my own.
Here is the card. Brrr!!  I feel cold looking at it.
I used the tutorial from Splitcoast stamper here

Stamps:   Lovely as a tree, Occasions Alphabet
Inks:   Island Indigo, Marina Mist, Baja breeze,  Black Stazon
Papers: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer paper, Island Indigo designer paper
Accessories: Frame Oval Scallop die and the Big shot, Snowburst embossing folder, Champagne shimmer paint, Mica Flakes, Medium Window Sheet, Double sided picture framing tape (non SU), 3/8" Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon, Pearls. dimensionals

Here's a close up of the Shaker element.  The Mica flakes makes it look like the tree is in the middle of a blizzard.  Another option would be to use silver glass glitter or tiny white beads.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Christmas Stone Tile

This is one of the items for my craft table next weekend.  It's a stone tile (6 by 6") which I purchased at Home Depot.

After cleaning the tile, I used mod podge to adhere the various elements to the tile.
First I adhered a Whisper White layer, the edges of which were sponged with Pacific Point ink, and the corners rounded with the corner rounder punch.
The next layer is Blueberry Crisp designer paper (retired) - the edges of which I embossed with the new pewter embossing powder.  The corners of this layer were also rounded with the corner rounder punch
The focal image I had actually done last year, and found it when I was cleaning out a box.  Rather than making it into a card I decided to make this trivet or wall hanging tile.
The image is from Scenic Season - the sentiment from Grateful Greetings.  It is framed by the Top Note Die cut.
Underneath this image I embossed a strip of Pacific Point card stock with the Snowburst embossing folder, and punched one edge with the scallop edge punch.
I glued some Mica flakes in the corners to give it that little bit of wow.

All layers were individually podged onto the tile.  Two coats were applied.
After it was dry, I applied felt feet to the bottom.

Lovely as a Tree Shaker Card - Saturday Sketch Challenge #217 -Stamping 411

When I saw the Saturday sketch challenge with Stamping 411 here a shaker card immediately came to mind.  No, Stampin Up does not have rectangular Shaker frames, but I was able to improvise using 3/4" mounting tape.  I also turned the sketch on its side.

First I worked on the image. Using Island Indigo ink, the outsides of a 4 by 3" piece of Whisper White cardstock were sponged generously.  Then with Baja Breeze ink, I started sponging where the Island Indigo stopped - blending the 2 colours together.  The closer I got to the center, the lighter the sponging became.

The tree was stamped with Early Espresso ink.

Snowflakes were added to the sky using White Acrylic paint and the end of a paint brush.

The completed image piece was mounted on a 4 by 5" piece of Whisper White Cardstock.

Strips of 3/4" mounting tape were applied first on the long sides of the image (covering about 1/4" of the image piece) and then on the short sides - being careful to make sure there were no spaces at the seams.  To create more room for the Mica flakes, a second layer of mounting tape was applied - this time the short ends first.

Mica flakes were added , and a medium window sheet cut to cover the image & the mounting tape was attached.

A frame with matting was attached over the mounting tape and window sheet.

Materials Used:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Petite Pairs
Inks: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Baja Breeze
Papers: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Letters to Santa designer paper, Holly Berry Bouquet designer paper, Early Espresso
Accessories: Medium window sheet, Mica flakes, Curly label punch 3/8" ruffled Lucky Limeade rubbon, 3/4" circle punch, Crystal effects, rhinestones, Mounting tape (non SU)

This is a side view, showing the hand made buttons in the upper left.  They were made by first punching out images from the Holly Berry Bouquet designer paper using the 3/4" circle punch.  With the same punch, punch 2 in Early Espresso.  All layers were adhered together with Crystal Effects - the latter also applied to the button top.

The Mica Flakes can be seen better here.  A word of caution - don't use too much of these flakes - I think I used a bit too much.