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It's Time For Fun - Easter Shaker Card

by Brenda Noelke on Mar 08 2023

Hello, fellow crafters!! Brenda here with a fun Easter shaker card to share with you today!! I'm sooo ready for Spring and this card just screams "Spring!!" with its soft pastel colors!! I began by stamping the Peter Bunny & Friends Stamp Set onto white cardstock with PFS Black Hybrid Ink. I colored the image with Copic markers and fussy cut it out. (There is a Coordinating Die Set available, but it is out of stock right now.) Next, I white heat embossed the Easter Egg Time Stamp Set onto a panel of white cardstock and blended pastel colors of Distress Oxide Inks onto the panel with Life Changing Blender Brushes. I die-cut a circle into the panel with the 3.0 Connected Circles Shaker Creator Dies. I also die-cut a larger circle from a shaker sheet using the same die set and adhered it to the back of the ink-blended panel. I applied foam adhesive to the back of the panel, added Hop and Bunny Honey embellishments, then lined up the circle die-cut and adhered it so the eggs matched seamlessly with the background. The panel was then adhered to a white A2 card base. The Peter Bunny & Friends image was adhered to the front of the card with liquid adhesive. The sentiment, also from the Peter Bunny & Friends Stamp Set, was white heat embossed onto black cardstock, trimmed into a narrow strip and popped up with foam adhesive. I just love this bunny in the mug and those Hop and Bunny Honey embellishments are absolutly perfect for Easter cards!! Thanks so much for spending a bit of time with me today!! Have a good one!! Brenda

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Dandelion Delight and Shimmer Powder

by Sandi MacIver on May 28 2021

Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back, it's Sandi MacIver here. Today I have a Picket Fence Studios Dandelion Delight and Shimmer Powder card to share with you and the Embossed Resist Technique which is a fast and fun way to create fabulous backgrounds on your cards. Shimmer Powders are from Tonic Studios and come in a dozen beautiful colors. For today's card I used the Falling Leaves and Blue Blitz. Dig around in your stash, you may have some Brusho that was hugely popular a few years back. If you do, the Turquoise, Russian Blue and Leaf Green will give you the same effect as the card I'm sharing today. Tips to create the Picket Fence Studios Dandelion Delight and Shimmer Powder Card: Cut a piece of watercolor paper larger than 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 finished piece needed. Place the watercolor paper into the Misti and stamp the two Dandelion Delight stamps with the VersaMark Ink Pad. Cover the stamped image with White Embossing Powder, shake off the excess and heat set. Tape the art piece down to a core board (stiff board used for watercoloring to keep wet paper flat). Lay the art piece onto the Waffle Flowers Water Media Mat to help protect your work surface. Spritz the surface of the art piece and lightly sprinkle the Falling Leaves and Blue Blitz Shimmer Powders. Use a wet paint brush to move the color around, and/or pick up the hard board and tilt it to move the color around. Add more water and shimmer powder as required. Finishing the card: Cut the art piece down to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2Mount it to a 4-5/8 x 6-5/8 mat BlueAttach to a top folding white card base finished size 5 x 7Stamp the sentiment front the stamp set in black onto a scrap of white and cut it out.Attach it to the card front in the bottom right corner with foam squares Embellishing the card: Picket Fence studios Oceans of Green Gem Mix is the perfect color embellishment.Add a sprinkle of them across the top of the piece in between the seed pods. For a printable PDF for this card, please visit my blog here: used for the Picket Fence Studios Dandelion Delight and Shimmer Powder Card: Want to find the products I used? I have them listed below. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. Thank you for your support, it helps to cover my blogging and video expenses.