Stylin' Snowfolk Shaker Card

Today I have the other shaker card we made from Stampin Up products at the Christmas Stamp A Stack last week. 

I love the cute little bird from the STYLIN' SNOWFOLK  stamp set, and found the images really easy to colour with my STAMPIN' WRITE MARKERS using the direct to rubber technique. This set is very versatile, comprising 22 different stamps to create a whole variety of cards.

I used MIDNIGHT MUSE, RASPBERRY RIPPLE and SUMMER STARFRUIT Stampin' Write Markers. I love these new IN COLORS  from Stampin' Up!® - they are so trendy at present with all the Autumn fashion using these exact colours. I placed both the clear mount stamps on the one block so I could determine the exact composition and not have to worry about getting the star in the correct position. This ensured that I stayed within the confines of the circular opening.

The large white circle is punched using the 6.4 cm CIRCLE PUNCH. The centre is punched out with the 3.5 cm CIRCLE PUNCH.  The scalloped RASPBERRY card is punched with the 6 cm SCALLOP CIRCLE PUNCH  and the 4.4 cm CIRCLE PUNCH. Note: it is always easier to centre these if you punch the smaller inner circle first, then punch your larger shape around the outside of the inner circle.

I always like to use heat embossing when trying for a white greeting on a dark coloured card. Don't forget to use you EMBOSSING BUDDY first tho or you will end up with lots of little white specks. 

The greeting is from the MORE MERRY MESSAGES  stamp set (p. 15 of the Annual Catalogue) and I've added a few rhinestones from the RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS pack. 

And here is the finished card.

I've added some WHITE BAKERS TWINE  and once again I've hand drawn a line around the edgeof the Raspberry Ripple card. WINDOW SHEET (p. 160 AC) and the white UNI BALL SIGNO GEL PEN (p.157) are also available in Stampin' Up!'s Annual Catalogue

If you would like help with purchasing these products (must be resident in Australia or it's territories) Please contact me and I will have your order shipped directly to you.

Thanks for looking,

Until Next Time

Stay Crafty!

Stampin' Up! Shaker Cards - Christmas

I know it is only February, but I still commenced my Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack classes this month. I have a lot of travel happening this year and am not sure how I'll fit everything in, so we have an early start. I'm also expecting a new grandchild mid year and that will be a distraction! A welcome one too.

This is my first try at Shaker Cards and I found them lots of fun. Stampin' Up! make things easier for us all by providing SHAKER FRAMES (p. 177 Annual Catalogue) so all  I had to do was think of some ideas!

The card I am showing today is a traditional card using the SNOWFLAKE SOIREE  stamp set from tha Holiday Catalogue. This has been such a useful set - I'm sorry if you missed out on getting it.

I stamped with Midnight Muse and Bashful Blue ink from Stampin Up and achieved different tones of each colour by using the Stamping Off technique. The greeting is one of many  from the MORE MERRY MESSAGES  stamp set (p. 15 of the Annual Catalogue) and the words were softened a little by stamping partial images over the top of them.

The ribbon is MIDNIGHT MUSE STITCHED SATIN RIBBON (p. 172 of the AC)

I punched the centre out of one of the snowflakes to make the window for the Shaker Frame, and filled the cavity with SILVER STAMPIN' GLASS GLITTER.  The cavity is covered with some WINDOW SHEET (p. 160 AC) and the circles of the window sheet are best cut with a Big Shot Circle die.

Here is the finished card. The edges of the white are distressed and I drew a  free-hand Midnight Muse border to bring the card together. The snowflakes are highlighted with RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS (p. 175 AC)

I'll create another post for the other design. Hope you will give the Shaker Frames a try sometime. They would be great for children's birthday cards too.

If you would like to order any of the products used you can contact me via my Demonstrator Business Website. Items can be delivered Australia wide, and you'll receive a free detailed tutorial on how to make these cards. If you make your order up to $100 befor March 22nd 2013, you can choose a free item from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue.

Until Next time

Stay Crafty!