HO HO HO Shaker Tag

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this HO HO HO Shaker Tag. :o)

To make this tag I was inspired with couple of my own projects from the past (here, here, here and here). :o)

To make this type of shaker I learned from Jennifer's McGuire video: Shaker Stamped Cards. Thank you Jennifer!!

I used various supplies from Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' kit and Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit and snowflake stamps from Jane's Doodles 'Driving Home for Christmas' stamp set.


How I made this tag...

First I worked on an image. From all Santa images I have in my stash, I like this tiny one the most. :o)

Image is paper pieced. I stamped Santa 4 times: 1 on a watercolor paper, 1 on a paper scrap, 1 on a designer paper and 1 on a white cardstock paper. I colored Santa's face and beard in watercolor technique using Distress Inks and fussy cut all pieces I needed. I traced edges with a black marker and softened watercolored piece with a stylus ball on a soft working mat.

I stamped another Santa on the white cardstock paper, colored him in black, fussy cut him, leaving thin white border around him and glued all pieces over him.

Then I glued a clear thread on the Santa's back and glued another image over it to secure the thread.

As a finishing touch, I drew highlights and details using a black fine liner and a white pigment ink pen.


Next up was a tag shape.

I die cut an ornament in a Kraft cardstock paper 11 times. I used only frames (rest I left for other projects).

I used negative part of a die-cut ornament as a stencil. I traced ornament shape twice on the Kraft cardstock paper and cut them out. I used them as a tag base. I traced ornament shape on an acetate sheer and cut it out. I used it as a window to close up my shaker.

I cut two tiny hills from the white cardstock paper and die cut ornament top in the patterned paper.

Then I heat embossed in white snowflakes on one ornament shaped base. I glued white hills on the base and drew white dots.

With all parts ready, I started assembling the tag. I didn't want to put any shaker elements beside Santa in my tag, as it seemed it would look way too busy with more elements when I was putting the tag together.

Here is how I stacked my tag:

• ornament shaped tag base with snowflakes and hills
• 4 frames glued together
• paper pieced snowman with a clear thread
• 5 frames glued together
• acetate sheet ornament shape
• 2 frames glued together

I hope this makes sense. :o)

I pierced the stacked tag with large needle and pierced the second ornament tag shape, and connected them together with a long fastener. I added a brown string and glue the ornament top on it's place.

Lastly I worked on a sentiment.

I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper, cut out the sentiment into 3 pieces, glued a foam square on each sentiment piece and glued everything on the tag.

As a finishing touch, I embellished the tag with a stacked die cut snowflake (3 pieces glued together). :o)

List of supplies: 

• Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit (Santa stamp, sentiment stamp, designer paper, snowflake die)
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' kit (ornament die)
• Jane's Doodles 'Driving Home For Christmas' stamp set  (background snowflakes)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fastener
• Docrafts 'Home for Christmas' Brown String
• clear thread
• acetate sheet
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye 
• Iced Spruce
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• Mitshubishi Fine Liner 0.2
• Unibal Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU glue roller
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares (5 x 5 x 2 mm)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• tweezers
• crafting needle
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• paper towels
• water
• pencil
• eraser

 

Here is a short video. :o)

With this tag I played in a super fun Create a Smile's Instagram Event: Create a Smile Winter Bash. (shared on Instagram yesterday, Wednesday, November 21st, 2018: photos, video)

I'm also linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Crafting By Designs, Anything Goes November Edition
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, November 2018
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Ornament Shaped Winter Shaker Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #185)

Hello everyone! :o)

It's time for a new challenge over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

Our theme for this fortnight is #185, Photo Inspiration. Create anything inspired by a photo below.

I was inspired by a beautiful winter frozen scene and created this Ornament Shaped Winter Shaker Card.

To make this card I used gorgeous dies from Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' kit.

I die cut an ornament in a white cardstock paper. I blended sky with Distress Inks and after drying coated it with Clear Wink of Stella. I did same with a hanger.

I used negative part of a die-cut ornament as a stencil. I traced ornament shape twice on the white cardstock paper and cut them out. I used them as a card base.

I glued all parts of the ornament die-cut on the ornament shaped base.

I didn't want to use foam for my shaker card, so I die cut 10 more ornaments in the white cardstock paper and used only frames (rest I left for other projects). I glued 9 frames together and glued them on the ornament. I glued acrylic sheet on a last frame to get a window, filled the card with shaker elements and glued the window on the ornament.

As shaker elements I used snowflake die-cuts and tinny die cut leftovers from my previous projects. :o)

Lastly, I connected the ornament shaker and the ornament shape together with a long fastener and glued the hanger on the top of the ornament. Clear Wink of Stella over the hanger and my shaker card was finished.

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile die from 'Frosty Fun' kit
• white cardstock paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Blueprint Sketch
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fastener
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• UHU universal glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• scissors 
• crafting needle
• pencil
• eraser

I hope you'll like my card for today and get inspired. For more inspiration, challenge and prize details stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. Do join us, we can't wait to see your projects. :o)

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge,January: Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge, January

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Noor! Design U.K., January Challenge: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Froggy Circle Shaker Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you Froggy Circle Shaker Card I made for my niece's Tea 6th birthday. ♥

I wanted to make something colorful and fun for Tea. I decided to make circle shaped shaker card. This is my first circle shaped shaker card and I was very satisfied with it. :o)

How I made this card...

First I cut all circles I needed. Here are the measurements:

• card base: 3 3/4" x 2
• border: outside 3 3/4", inside 3 1/4"
• acetate: 3 10/16"

To make a card base, I glued two circles together on top.

Then I glued acetate circle on a borer, which I cut out from designer paper from lovely Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit.

For shaker elements I used Pretty Pink Posh sequins from the kit. Lovely colors, but there was green color missing in my shaker mix. I used designer paper from the kit and cut and punched out circles from it. I mixed all elements together (paper circles and sequins) and assembled the card.

Next up was an image. I used an adorable froggy from Paper Smooches 'A Little Lovin' stamp set.

"Frogs are symbols of prosperity, wealth, friendship, and abundance in many cultures. In other cultures they symbolize fertility. In the Native American culture of the Southwestern United States, the frog carries a piece of wood in its mouth because the Mojave people believe frogs brought fire to humans. For the ancient Romans, the frog was believed to bring good luck to one's home. Native Aborigines of Australia believe that frogs brought the thunder and rain. Frogs are said to be effective in speeding up recovery from disease. Among the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, frogs symbolized inspiration and fertility. In ancient Egypt, Hekt, the frog goddess, protected newborn babies, hence frogs were symbols of fertility and birth. The frog is also said to attract true friends and to help find long-lasting love."

Source: 50 Good Luck Symbols From Around The World 

I stamped the froggy on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut it and colored edges with black marker.

Watercolor paper I use is not so thick and it doesn't work good with 3-D foams. I stamped one more froggy on a scrap of white cardstock paper and fussy cut it out, leaving white border around it. I glued colored froggy over uncolored one and my image was thick enough to work well with 3-D foams. :o)

I glued the froggy on the card and the card was almost finished. 

Inside the card, I glued alphabet stickers and the card was ready to be sent to my sweetie. :o)

Short video....

Card dimensions: d = 95 mm (3 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'A Little Lovin' stamp set
• Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit 
• designer paper
• Pretty Pink Posh sequins
• Lemon Juice Alphabet stickers
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Crafter's Companion Acetate Sheet
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks

• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Stabilo Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• 3-D foam pads
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• crafting needle
• water
• paper towels
• powder bag

I am entering my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #145 - Anything Goes

2) djkardkreations, NBUS Challenge #7
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.
NBUS item: frog stamp from Paper Smooches 'A Little Lovin' stamp set.

3) Paper Smooches, September Challenge: Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Simon Says Stamp, Work It Wednesday August 2016, Use STAMPS

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka