Hugs Shaker Card

Hi folks,

Wow...two posts in one day! That's a first for me. :) The thing is, I've got quite a few cards I want to share but I've been holding off on posting them until the recipients receive them first.

The recipient of this birthday card is a very dear friend of mine who I've been friends with for 42 years. She is one of the most beautiful people I know, both inside and out. I decided on a shaker card because the sequins and the glitter reminded me of how glamorous she is.

I started out by die cutting the Hugs Shaker die from some glitter cardstock. I then adhered a piece of acetate to the back of the die cut, just slightly smaller than the die cut. I adhered thin strips of foam tape all around the back of the die cut to form a "well". Next I added a generous amount of sequins inside the shaker die cut, then locked them in by adhering a white cardstock backing.* I then set that piece aside to start working on the panel.

For the panel, I used an Altenew stencil and a mini ink blending tool to blend three Distress Oxide inks: Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet. I went over it several times until I was happy with the blending and intensity of the colour. I then spritzed on some water droplets and blotted it with a paper towel. Next,  I flicked on some Perfect Pearls to give the panel a little shimmer. Then I die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die by Lawn Fawn.

I adhered the panel to an A2 sized card base which I cut out from some Lawn Fawn Sugarplum cardstock. Then I adhered the hugs shaker onto the panel. *In hindsight, I should've adhered the shaker window directly to the inked/stenciled panel instead of backing it with white cardstock first. That way you could see the stenciling behind the shaker die. But sometimes I don't think things through to the end. By the time I realized my error in judgement, it was too late to go back and fix it. Oh well. Stuff happens. And it turned out just fine the way it is.

I white heat embossed a sentiment onto black cardstock and trimmed a notch on the end to make it look like a banner. I then adhered it to the bottom left side of the card. Lastly, I added some 4mm clear droplets to the front of the card to finish it off.

Supplies Used:

Hugs Shaker Die by Pretty Pink Posh
Elegant Swirls Stencil by Altenew
Distress Oxide Inks - Wilted Violet - By Tim Holtz
Distress Oxide Inks - Picked Raspberry - By Tim Holtz
Distress Oxide Inks - Fossilized Amber - By Tim Holtz
Glitter Cardstock by Simon Says Stamp
Sugarplum Cardstock by Lawn Fawn
Crystal Rainbow Fusion Sequin by Studio Katia
Sentiment Stamp by Mama Elephant
4mm Clear Droplets by Pretty Pink Posh
Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables by Lawn Fawn
White Embossing Powder by Ranger
Versamark Ink by Tsukineko
Perfect Pearls by Ranger
Mini Ink Blending Tool by Ranger

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you were able to get some crafty time in today. :)