Snow Scene Shaker Card
I have a little spiral bound notebook that I like to scribble sketches in for possible cards or tags, or whatever. I was flipping through it last night and came across the one that inspired this card. I've been wanting to make a shaker card for a while, so this was the perfect opportunity.
I could have quite easily designed the shaker portion of this card on Design Space and cut the scalloped frame with my Cricut Explore, but to be honest, I have just about every type of crafting supply in my "arsenal" that I feel bad if I don't use them once in a while. That being said, I pulled out my Spellbinders Dies and cut the frame.
I used Post It tape to hold the dies in position and ran it through my Evolution machine. I used the tiny polka dot print paper from the Snowhaven Paper pack.
Once the frame was cut, I pulled out some Black cardstock and cut 6 more "frames" so I could create a sturdy space between the frame and the card base for the glitter to have room to "shake", lol.
The next step is to glue them frames all together. For this, I used Bonding Memories glue pen, so I'd have a few seconds of "wiggle" time, just to be sure I could get everything lined up.
This is what it looks like when they are all glued together.
Before I glued the printed frame to the stack, I glued a piece of acetate that I had cut to fit behind the frame. I bought a box of transparencies at the thrift store, but you can easily find it for sale at your local office supply.
I glued the transparency to the back of the printed frame, then I added the stack of black cardstock. I set this aside for a bit and worked on coloring the snow scene image to go inside the frame. I used the Frosty Fun stamp set for this image and colored it with my Shin Han markers in:
The reason I use so many colors is because I actually use my colorless blender to pick up color from the other pens and apply it to the image to build up a light layers of color to keep it very subtle.
I sprinkled some home made glass glitter into the window area. You can see the tutorial for making this glitter here.
I used Tombow MonoMulti glue to hold the frame to the colored image. I just wanted to be sure there was plenty of "hold". I could have used liquid glass, but to be honest, my desk was a mess and I couldn't find it, LOL!!! I have trimmed the colored image down to fit behind the frame, and pressed it into place. I set it aside to dry and went onto work on the card base.
I cut the card base from black cardstock to end up as a 5 x 5 inch card. I then cut another piece from the Snowhaven paper pack that is a beautiful tonal look of snowflakes on a black background. I really like that print! It's very subtle. I also cut a strip of Gray glitter paper and cut it into a banner tail. I attached the framed piece over the banner. I decided I wanted my sentiment to be embossed in white, so it would "pop". I used "Winter Wishes from the You and Yours stamp set
I'm showing the picture of the set because I want you to see that the original sentiment is on a single line. I needed it to be stacked, so I cut the sentiment apart. I could have inked up the word separately, but to be completely honest, I didn't want to take any chances that some of the ink would get where I didn't want it, so cutting it was the best option for me. I can easily nest them back together the next time I want to stamp it in a straight line.
I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink, and used the White Super Fine embossing powder and melted it with the Craft Heater. The final touch was to add a few sequins from my stash. CTMH carries silver sequins as well as gold, but I wanted to add a touch of aqua to my card, and since I had my box of sequins out, I just used what I had on hand.
Here's one more close up of the shaker portion of the card.
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