'Tis The Season

In the weeks before Christmas I usually can never have enough time.  It works well for me to work on my Christmas cards throughout the year when I feel inspired.  The current theme at A Blog Named Hero is "Christmas in July".

This color layering stamp isn't currently available but the "Color Layering Cardinal" stamp set would also work well for this card.  I went with a softer color palette for this card.  I made the frame for this card using the "Wood Frame Infinity Dies".  I die cut several frames and adhered them together to create a thick frame.  A piece of acetate was adhered behind the final layer of the frame to create the window.

Inside the shaker I used some snowflakes that were from a die cut alcohol ink background.  I used the "Snowflake Confetti Infinity Die" to create a background for another background and the leftover snowflakes were too pretty to throw away.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are inspired to work on your holiday cards and play along with the current A Blog Named Hero challenge.

Christmas in July Tag

Always a good idea to add to the Christmas card and tag stash when inspiration is available.  Challenge # 92 at Tag You're It! is themed "Christmas In July"

For this challenge I used some pretty stamps and dies from W plus 9 to create a shaker card .  I realized after I assembled it the candle image didn't look quite right because I missed one of the layer stamps for the flame.  But I think this shaker tag turned out very pretty.

Thanks for stopping by, please share your Christmas themed tag at the current challenge.  

Slow Down Shaker

The New Challenge at Tag You're It! is a fun one.

I decided to make a shaker card. I decided to make the tag a focal point on a masculine card.  For the tag I used dies from My Favorite things because they make a cute circular tag that easily can be made into a shaker.  

I stamped the images from Flora and Fauna then heat embossed them.  Next I colored the images with pencil crayons.  Then for the background I smooshed the cardstock cut to A2 size in Distress ink spritzed with water on my craft mat.  

The water droplet embellishments from Studio Katia finished off the card.

I hope you are inspired to share an interactive tag for Challenge #90.

Giraffe Me Crazy

This was a fun card to make.  I cased the card from Therese Calvird's card she shared in her Altenew Academy course "With A Twist". 

Therese used a giraffe stamp too but from a different Altenew stamp set.  I embossed the giraffe image from "Geometric Menagerie" and added watercolors.  The shaker window goes through to the inside and shows the patterned paper and sentiment.

Making my way through the Altenew Academy courses required for my Level II Educator Certificate.  Will share more course work soon.

Stamping For Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Hello.  Today is World Autism Awareness day and I'm honored to be part of the "Stamping For Autism Awareness Blog Hop".  The Chibitronic team is lighting up our cards with blue in recognition of those living with Autism.  As well as Chibitronic products  I used My Favorite Things stamps, die and a stencil to create my card.

As you can see from the above photo of my circuit I used three blue Chibitronic LEDs to make the shaker star glow.  When the tab is pulled the circuit is completed and the Chibi lights turn on.

Please see the Chibitronics Blog for more details of the blog hop and to win a prize.  

Thank you for stopping by.

Two Valentines

Good evening I hope you had a happy Valentines day.  I made a nice dinner to enjoy with my kids and husband.  To treat myself I spent some time in my craft room this afternoon and made a shaker card.  I made my husbands valentine yesterday.

I used alcohol inks on glossy cardstock.  I love how alcohol inks work on yupo paper but yupo paper warps when heated.  I wanted to heat emboss the card so I used glossy cardstock.  Once the alchol ink was dry I used the Hero Arts stamp and white embossed the stamped image.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp and cut set.  

Then today I made a second card with the same Hero Arts Heart Pattern Bold Print.

I embossed the heart print with sparkly silver embossing powder on watercolor card-stock.  I then spritzed it with water and sprinkled on crimson and turquoise Brusho powders.  I used heart dies to create the shaker frame.  

I am entering these cards in the February Twofer Challenge.

And Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Add a Diecut".

Thank you for stopping by.

Thinking Of You

My final challenge for Level 1 of the Altenew Educator Program is to make a card or project using any 3 components from the required courses and use the theme get well or thinking of you. 
The three Altenew Academy Classes I drew ideas from when creating this card were:
Let It Shine- Lesson 2 Embossing Powder
Easy Ink Blending Techniques - Lesson 4 Emboss Resist
Seasonal Scene Building - Lesson 6 Shaker Scene

My colors were inspired by a bottle of lotion I have with the prettiest colors on the label of rose gold , mint green and white glitter. I embossed the bear in rose gold then blended pistachio Distress Ink over the image.  I splattered on some water and blotted with paper towel to add some texture to the background.  The sentiment is heat embossed on heat resistant acetate.  This was a bit tricky.  I found it easiest to get the sentiment straight by first adhering the acetate to the shaker frame then stamping and heat embossing using my Misti positioning tool.  I also had quite a bit of fluming (bits of embossing powder sticking to the acetate where I didn't want it) even though I used an anti static embossing buddy.  

Carissa Wiley adds detail to her cards using thin strips of card-stock, glitter card-stock and patterned paper this inspired the strips of card-stock I adhered to the card. one strip is white glittered card-stock and the other two strips I made  to match. 

Stamps used:  Bear from Altenew and sentiment from Hero Arts

Shaker crystals and beads from Studio Katia.

Thank you for stopping by.  I enjoyed sharing my projects for the Altenew Educator Program.  Have a fantastic day.

Don't Give Up

Hello.  Today's card is made with inspiration and techniques shared by Nichol Magouirk in the Altenew Academy "Seasonal Scene Building" course.  I was inspired by Nichol to make a shaker framed by a window.  I stamped the water image using my Misti on white cardstock.  I then blended Distress Oxide Ink.  I used Post It Tape to mask off the sky while blending the ink for the water and vice versa.  I then placed my cardstock back in the misti, I left the water stamp in the misti so I could restamp it.  I found the Distress Oxide Ink muted the black ink.  I also used my Misti to stamp the rest of the images.

Stamps Used: Altenew "Be a Lighthouse" , "Wood Pallet Background Stamp"

I will be right back with another card to share for my Altenew Educator Certification.

Jump Start the Holidays with Hero Arts Blog Hop

I am very excited to be a part of the Jump Start the Holidays With Hero Arts Blog Hop.  This blog hop is to celebrate fall and winter and the return of the talented Lea Lawson to the online craft community.  You should have arrived here from the very creative Emily Midgett's blog.

For my card I used a fantastic card Hero Arts card kit from last year.  The kit came with stamps, dies and fillers to make shaker cards.

I punched a circle from masking paper and stuck it to a piece of bristol cardstock.  Then I applied blue Distress inks using a sponge applicator.  I removed the circle mask and used Hero Arts silver ink to sponge onto the moon.  I then stamped the images on the background.  I assembled the shaker using dies and acetate included in the kit.  The white Flower Soft and the sequin and bead mix was also included in the kit.  The sentiment is heat embossed with Hero Arts white embossing powder.

Hero Arts will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to a randomly chosen winner from all of the comments left at every stop along the blog hop.  To enter leave a comment on any of the blogs by Friday November 10, 11:59 pst, and the winner will be announced on Lea Lawsons blog Sunday, November 12.
Thank you for stopping by.  The next stop on the hop is my fantastic A Blog Named Hero team mate, Kimberley Rendino.

Hero Arts

Lea Lawson

Ilina Crouse

Jana Millen

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Lisa Stein

Coralynn Murray

Donna Idlet

Emily Midgett

Kelly Szafron

Kimberly Rendino

Melissa Chipperfield

Michelle Lupton

Swapna Patil

Tracy Freeman

Libby Hickson

You Lift Me Up

Hello!  Sharing my card for the My Favorite Things 2017 Card Design Superstar Challenge.

 

I created this card for the Innovation Master category.

 I made a light up shaker card using My Favorite Things stamps and Dies and Chibitronics lights.  When the recipient pulls out the tab the card lights up.

I made a background by applying Distress ink and Distress Oxide Ink on Bristol paper.  I blended the sky to look like a sunrise.  For the stamped images I colored them with Copic markers and fussy cut them out.  I stamped the balloon on the background so the strings would be there and adhered the fussy cut pieces on top of the stamped image.  I added some Wink of Stella to the balloon.  I diecut the frame six times and adhered the layers together to build a shaker window.

  I built my Chibitronic circuit on a piece of card stock placing the light where I wanted the sun to be.I diecut a circle out of fun foam and adhered it around the Chibi light so that the light would only shine within the area of the circle.

Very fun card to make.  Thank you for stopping by.

Stamps: BB Up in the Air

Dies: Die-namics Jumbo Cloud Stax, Cross-Stichch Rectangle Stax, Blueprint #20

Shaker Birthday Card

 Hello!  I made this shaker card for my youngest who is turning 3 soon.  I cut the die for the frame and traced it on the kraft cardstock as a guide for stamping the images.  I colored the images using pencil crayon.  The shaker window frame was made by adhering several layers of the diecut frame together.

I used a die, sequins and stamps from Studio Katia for this card.

Colors for my card were inspired by the Color Throwdown challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Good Apple

Hello.  Our school district had exams last week so Teacher Appreciation week is celebrated this week.  I have had a Fuse Tool for a while and finally got it out to cards for my sons teachers. I used a shaker card technique that  Jennifer McGuire shared a while a go using the Fuse Tool.   My kids school has smart boards so I coloured the chalk board from the Lawn Fawn stamp set to look more like a smart board. 

  I'm linking my card to the Lawnfawnatics challenge.  I was inspired by the cheerful colours of the mood board from the current Lawnfawnatics challenge.

I am also sharing my card at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, the theme is A Little Bit of Sparkle.

I used Lawn Fawn stamps dies and patterned paper for my card.  I colored the stamped images with Copic markers, added glossy accents to the apples and used Martha Stewart micro beads and glitter in the shaker.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you are having a good day.