Love What You Do - Another Catalogue Sneak Peak

Friends are so important in life so I just love the sentiment that is part of the "Love What You Do" stamp set- which goes  like this:

I'm lucky

to have a 

friend

like you

The sentiment was a perfect focal point in a shaker element for this card - a shaker made using glitter tulle rather than window sheet.

The base card of Mint Macaron card stock, is layered with Love What you Do DSP with an oval aperture die cut in it. This was covered on both sides with Glitter Tulle using tear and tape adhesive with Fancy Frost Sequins shaker elements in between the tulle.

The sentiment, black embossed on a separate piece of Whisper White on a stamped off Mint Macaron background, was positioned under the die cut aperture.

To provide a more distinctive delineation between the shaker and the DSP, I added a Basic Black border around the shaker element.

Before adhering the 2 layers together, some 3/8" metallic edge Berry Burst ribbon was added to the left side of the shaker element.  An embellishment was added over the ribbon.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped and colored a flower and 3 flower elements - then fussy cut them and adhered them to a small oval die cut.  This was added to the edge of the shaker element using dimensionals.  The ribbon bow was added to the base of the flowers.  Clear Wink of Stella was added to each of the blooms.

One advantage of using tulle instead of the traditional window sheet is that the resultant card is much thinner and lighter.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Love What You Do

Inks:  Mint Macaron, Versa Mark, Black Memento, Dimensionals.

Papers:  Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Love What You Do DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: Layering Oval Framelits, Glitter Tulle (non SU), Fancy Frost Sequins (retired) shaker elements, 3/8" metallic edged Berry Burst ribbon. Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella

Carols of Christmas Tulle Shaker Card

I always love making Shaker cards, and this Christmas card (using the Carols of Christmas) is no different,  But instead of using  a window sheet to construct the shaker unit I used a glitter tulle.

It was difficult to take a photograph of this card because of all the glitter on the card.

The base card is Garden Green, layered first with Gold Foil paper followed by Be Merry DSP.  Before adding the Be Merry DSP it was die cut with the Card Front Builder Framelit allowing the trim detail at the top to show through to the gold foil.

One of the circle dies from the layering circles framelits was die cut through both the foil and DSP layers.  Before making the shaker element, The sentiment was stamped onto the card base. The tulle was folded in half, shaker elements placed inside, and tape and tear tape used to adhered the tulle to the back of the front piece.  The card front was then adhered to the card base.

The trees were die cut in both Gold Foil and Dazzling Details glimmer paper and placed around the bottom of the shaker unit. I little deer was also die cut and placed by one of the trees.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Carols of Christmas

Inks:  Garden Green, Gold Marker

Papers:  Whisper White, Gold Foil, Dazzling Details Glimmer Paper, Be Merry DSP

Accessories:  Card Front Builder Framelits, Fancy Frost Sequins, smaller glitter beads (non SU), glitter Tulle

A Shaker Colorful Seasons cottage scene

I never did use up all the elements of the Oct. 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit, so I had a brilliant idea to use some of them in this autumn card.

This week's class is on the Colorful Seasons - 3 cards, 3 seasons.  This will be an extra card on display for this class.

The base card is Early Espresso card stock, layered with Crumb Cake the edges of which were sponged with Early Espresso ink.

At the bottom I placed a piece of Wood Texture DSP which looks like logs stacked.  I only cut a few of the layers of wood to mimic wood stacked at a cottage. Again I sponged the edges with Early Espresso ink.

Beside the row of logs, I adhered a Muskoka chair die cut in copper foil.  Using the adhesive sheets to die cut makes the application of this die cut so easy.  No messy glue!! Have I told you how much I love, love those adhesive sheets??!!

The art piece is a window die cut using the Hearth & Home Framelit which I placed on a horizontal plane. I used the Wood Texture DSP to die cut the window and used tulle to turn it into a shaker.  The shaker elements are from the Oct. 2016 Paper Pumpkin, a perfect color for this autumn card.

Using chocolate chip card stock, I die cut a branch, and adhered 3 copper foil leaves.

The sentiment is also from the same Paper Pumpkin stamp set.

Supplies  Used:
Stamps:  Paper Pumpkin Oct. 2016
Inks:  Early Espresso
Papers:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Wood Texture DSP stack, Copper Foil
Accessories:  Hearth & Home window framelit, Layering Seasons Framelit, Shaker elements from Oct. 2016 Paper Pumpkin, Tulle (non SU)