Showing posts with label shaker card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shaker card. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2020

What is it with purple and butterflies?!

One color card making - Wilted Violet
 Todays post were two fairly quick cards from the other day, both made as a result of a Live Craft along with Sam Calcott from Mixed Up Craft. She was making one colored cards, and since I came a bit late into the live, I decided I wouldn't craft along with her. So I ended up pulling out a new frame die I had just received, and started making a shaker card with it, It has 5 compartments in it that just screams out shaker card to me😂! So, while others were making their versions of one colored cards, I stuck to making my shaker. I die cut my frame in foam and glued it on the background, before filling four compartments with different colored glass jewels and the largest compartment with tiny butterflies. I then closed it up with acetate and glued on the frame that I had die cut in purple. Was a bit irritated when I saw that the foam die cut I had used was a bit larger than the card stock die cut, as the foam had stretched a bit during the die cutting process. Oh well, I guess I will have to live with it. Lastly I stamped a sentiment on some purple card stock, die cut some butterflies in a lighter purple, stuck them on vellum and decorated with Nuvo Drops.
Shaker card using two different purple cards stocks.

Afterwards however, I decided to make my version of a one colored card.
I chose the distress oxide ink color wilted violet, and varied the pressure of my ink blending to create different shades of purple. I had a ribbon that was approximately the same purple which I added, along with two butterflies that I had die cut out of ink blended card stock. These were glued on top of vellum that had a nice shimmer. I stamped my sentiment on white, also using the same distress oxide Wilted Violet ink. Last but not least, I finished the card off with some Nuvo Drops, which did not work as they usually do, as they didn't collapse on themselves and dried in peaks instead😢.


All in all I am quite pleased with both my purple butterfly cards🦋💜!





Monday, April 27, 2020

Frozen

Happy Birthday!! A "Frozen" shaker card.
Today's post is a real short one. I just wanted to share a birthday card I made for an eleven year old American girl who is a big fan of Disney´s Frozen. I don't know the girl in question, but a woman in one of the card-making groups I belong to on FB asked if anyone would consider making a birthday card for her daughter, who will be 11 in the beginning of May. I think quite a few said they would make a card and send to her.
I actually spent an insane amount of time making this card. I don't own anything card making wise that has to do with Frozen, so I had to go online and find a coloring picture to download and print out. Then I had to color and fussy cut it, before coming up with a type of card to put the picture on. I had initially planned to make a rocker card and had made a rocker card base(Rocker Kite Card), however, the image didn't fit very well on it, therefore I changed my plan, and made it into a shaker card instead.
I hope she will like it!!😃


Easy Fold-Over Cards

Lately I have been hooked on making a simple fold-over card, that you can easily make into a gift card/tag-pocket card. Once again...