Heart Shaker Card Tutorial

I'm so excited to move on from holiday cards. Even if its just to another holiday!

This card was a lot of fun to make, just like most interactive cards.

I started with plain white paper and used 2 different sized hearts from Lawn Fawn's Stackable Heart Dies to die cut my windows. I like to use Heidi Swapp Minc Acetate because it is good quality and reasonably priced. 

After attaching the acetate to my panel, I made my wells to keep the shaker bits from all falling to the bottom. For this I layed down double sided tape and cut strips of fun foam making sure they but up to each other. You could use 3M Foam Tape to make that step faster and easier but I was out at the time. 

I've added a picture just to give you an idea of what mine looks like.

 I stamped out some small hearts in rainbow colours from my Archival inks and fussy cut them out. Then I put the hearst, white and clear sequins, along with white/silver and clear seed beads. Don't be stingy with your shaker bits!

For the front of the card I have this 'Lovely' I cut 3 times out of a Lawn Fawn paper pack and added glossy accents on top to make it stand out. 

Lastly the banner was also cut from the same pack of paper and stamped with a pretty sentiment.

What really makes this card pop is the seed bead border I added by hand using Tombow Mono Multi glue. This took some patience but is really pretty!

This is a super simple, glitzy card for Valentines Day.

Thanks for stopping by and please share!


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Hello 2017 Card

Tomorrow is New Years Eve! Did you have a great year? I hope so!

This is my last card for 2016!!! 

This one doesn't have any fancy tricks, just mostly die-cutting.

I love the Avery Elle Sweet Scallops die. I used the frames and the stars for an embellishment.

I also used a Hello die and cut it with fun foam and from glitter paper to make it dimensional. (I wish I could tell you the die manufacturer but I never had a reason to keep track of that stuff until now!!)

The last die I used was Memory Box Penne Frame. It really is gorgeous with the impression it leaves behind. The numbers were stamped using Hero Arts Stamp n cut Number It set and heat embossed with Ranger Black Sparkle. 

I'm all about the simple techniques and having things come together quickly!

Happy New Years!

How to Emboss Resist with Distress Inks

Back with another New Years card! I wish I could get away from the black, red and white... just my jam lately I suppose.

I really wanted to use the Concord&9th Sophisticated Script and just chose the Banner Alpha Bits to go with it. 

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Not surprisingly it was near impossible to see where I was stamping using versamark on white cardstock. I would pour my white embossing powder after each letter in hopes to see it better, but really it was difficult to line the letters up. 

So no this isn't perfect, but I think it adds to the messy look anyhow.

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After heat embossing, I took my Festive Berries and Black Soot Distress Inks on a sheet on plastic and sprayed it with water. Then you smoosh it (technical term there) onto you paper. 

It never looks good at this point, but just roll with it. Trust the process. 

I use my heat gun to dry it so I can add a second layer of Festive Berries. This will deepen up the red and make the sentiment stand out most.

It definitely needed some shine so I dusted Rangers Perfect Pearls across the card front. You know you can never capture these things on camera. 

Trimming it down and adding the borders really make it pop.

My favourite part are the gorgeous gems and in person they look like little disco balls!

This card came together really quick and I loved getting to do something messy. Thanks for stopping by and please share!


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