CHALLENGE REMINDER: A GOLD GOLD SHAKER CARD! by Patty Tanúz

Hola amigas!

You are invited to participate in our latest challenge: Midas Touch! 

This month we want you to add your own little touch of gold to your design! 

For this challenge, I decided to make a Shaker Card!!!! So gold, so festive!

I love gold! I feel like this is going to be a spectacular challenge!

Your project can be for any occasion and it doesn't have to be a card.  Tags, page llayouts and home decor projects are also welcome  Just be sure to add a little gold and at least one Poppystamps image (stamp or die) on your project! 

You must use a Poppystamps product to be the winner of the gift certificate. 

The winner (chosen at random) of this challenge will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to spend on their favorites from the store!

You have until 12 am US EST on January 29  to link up your design

Hope you like my Shaker Card!

Kisses!!!!

SUPPLIES:

2661 Mini Forest Plants

861 Blooming Poinsettia

pp1034 Nutmeg Forest 6x6 pack

st015 Merry Christmas Foil Banners Black Tabs

gp1006 Festive Glitter Pad

CHALLENGE REMINDER: A GOLD GOLD SHAKER CARD! by Patty Tanúz

Hola amigas!

You are invited to participate in our latest challenge: Midas Touch! 

This month we want you to add your own little touch of gold to your design! 

For this challenge, I decided to make a Shaker Card!!!! So gold, so festive!

I love gold! I feel like this is going to be a spectacular challenge!

Your project can be for any occasion and it doesn't have to be a card.  Tags, page llayouts and home decor projects are also welcome  Just be sure to add a little gold and at least one Poppystamps image (stamp or die) on your project! 

You must use a Poppystamps product to be the winner of the gift certificate. 

The winner (chosen at random) of this challenge will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to spend on their favorites from the store!

You have until 12 am US EST on January 29  to link up your design

Hope you like my Shaker Card!

Kisses!!!!

SUPPLIES:

2661 Mini Forest Plants

861 Blooming Poinsettia

pp1034 Nutmeg Forest 6x6 pack

st015 Merry Christmas Foil Banners Black Tabs

gp1006 Festive Glitter Pad

Cathedral Christmas Shaker by Michele K. Henderson

Hello Friends,

Today I am sharing a popular card technique I never get tired of seeing, Shaker Cards! I used the beautiful new Arched Gothic Cathedral Window to create a very intricate looking window with dazzling sequins inside. Take a look!

I started with a crisp white hard card stock base, as I usually do with most of the cards I create. They survive very well in the mail with only a thin protector piece on top if I'm using a lot of intricate embellishments. Then I cut a background panel out of a memory Box Paper Pack, PP 1024, Pointsettia Garland. I love the delicate pink and gold embossing on this paper. Poinsettias always remind me of services during the holiday season.

I cut the Arched Gothic Cathedral Window in a shiny blue foil for the background die. The Arched Gothic Cathedral Window has two dies, which creates a pretty dimension to the window. I cut the first top piece in a hard card stock white, then cut the window piece again in craft foam, and stacked it all together. Now it's ready to start loading the sequins in the window sections.

 

I cut the top piece in a pretty paper of white and gold foil marble. In the photo, the gold looks a little dark, but in person, it's pretty and shiny, and very elegant. I added the clear acetate panel for the window, and then finished it with the top marble paper. My little sequins, on shades of blue, pink, turquoise, and a few stars, have a lot of room to move around and make that wonderful shaker sound.

I cut the Flock of Birds in white and the shiny blue foil paper, although in this photo they seem to have more of a purple tint, which looks nice with the Poinsettia Garland paper. These tiny birds are so unique they look great in every color! 

Thank you so much for joining today!

Happy Holidays!

 

 

 

 

2589 Arched Gothic Cathedral Window

2568 Flock of Birds

 

PP1024 Poinsettia Garland 6x6 pack

Cathedral Christmas Shaker by Michele K. Henderson

Hello Friends,

Today I am sharing a popular card technique I never get tired of seeing, Shaker Cards! I used the beautiful new Arched Gothic Cathedral Window to create a very intricate looking window with dazzling sequins inside. Take a look!

I started with a crisp white hard card stock base, as I usually do with most of the cards I create. They survive very well in the mail with only a thin protector piece on top if I'm using a lot of intricate embellishments. Then I cut a background panel out of a memory Box Paper Pack, PP 1024, Pointsettia Garland. I love the delicate pink and gold embossing on this paper. Poinsettias always remind me of services during the holiday season.

I cut the Arched Gothic Cathedral Window in a shiny blue foil for the background die. The Arched Gothic Cathedral Window has two dies, which creates a pretty dimension to the window. I cut the first top piece in a hard card stock white, then cut the window piece again in craft foam, and stacked it all together. Now it's ready to start loading the sequins in the window sections.

 

I cut the top piece in a pretty paper of white and gold foil marble. In the photo, the gold looks a little dark, but in person, it's pretty and shiny, and very elegant. I added the clear acetate panel for the window, and then finished it with the top marble paper. My little sequins, on shades of blue, pink, turquoise, and a few stars, have a lot of room to move around and make that wonderful shaker sound.

I cut the Flock of Birds in white and the shiny blue foil paper, although in this photo they seem to have more of a purple tint, which looks nice with the Poinsettia Garland paper. These tiny birds are so unique they look great in every color! 

Thank you so much for joining today!

Happy Holidays!

 

 

 

 

2589 Arched Gothic Cathedral Window

2568 Flock of Birds

 

PP1024 Poinsettia Garland 6x6 pack

Reach for the Stars by Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I have a fun unicorn shaker card for you today featuring the Poppy Stamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit. This is to remind you to join the Poppy Stamps April Challenge: Cute Critters.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What would you name this nighttime unicorn?
A: Me? Starlight

I started my card by die cutting the unicorn out of white cardstock and glitter cardstock for her hair and tail. Then I used the same glitter cardstock to cut out a bunch of stars.

I splattered my background blue cardstock with Copic White Opaque Paint and Metallic Gold Paint. Then I used the Marzipan Alphabet Die set to cut out the word STARS and the moon die in the kit for the sky. I added foam tape to the back of my cardstock and mounted it on the base after filling it with star and moon sequin confetti.

I finished my card with the Reach for sentiment banner and arranging the stars all around the sky.

 

Supplies

 

2464 Marzipan Alphabet

KT004 Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack

Reach for the Stars by Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I have a fun unicorn shaker card for you today featuring the Poppy Stamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit. This is to remind you to join the Poppy Stamps April Challenge: Cute Critters.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What would you name this nighttime unicorn?
A: Me? Starlight

I started my card by die cutting the unicorn out of white cardstock and glitter cardstock for her hair and tail. Then I used the same glitter cardstock to cut out a bunch of stars.

I splattered my background blue cardstock with Copic White Opaque Paint and Metallic Gold Paint. Then I used the Marzipan Alphabet Die set to cut out the word STARS and the moon die in the kit for the sky. I added foam tape to the back of my cardstock and mounted it on the base after filling it with star and moon sequin confetti.

I finished my card with the Reach for sentiment banner and arranging the stars all around the sky.

 

Supplies

 

2464 Marzipan Alphabet

KT004 Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack

See-through Infinity Shaker Card by Sphoorti

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

It's Sphoorti, and I only have one card for you today, but what a card it is! I would definitely not recommend mass producing this one, but it was definitely worth the effort! I learned a lot of things along the way and hope you do too!

 

I started off by die cutting some silver and gold colored mirror card stock, and some from the gold and silver glitter card stock with the 2531 Adelaide Snowflakes craft die. They're absolutely gorgeous and one of my favorite products from the Poppystamps 2022 Christmas Release. While I had my Big-Shot out, I also die cut the silver card stock with the 2540 Joy Freestyle Script craft die. I used vellum for the shadow layer, and also cut out some of the same sentiment from white card stock so that I could layer them below the silver card stock for extra dimension.

 

I took a thick piece of acetate and adhered the snowflakes on it. Then, I took a card sleeve (these are the transparent covers that we use to package cards in - especially those who sell them along with envelopes). The size of these sleeves is just larger than an A2 sized card, so I took some thick black card stock and cut it down to the same width as the sleeves. I believe the width ended up being just a little below 4.75". I slid the acetate into the card sleeve. This is what gives the card sleeve support (because otherwise, the sleeve would be limp and not stay stiff the way the front of a card base should.

 

I rummaged through my crafty supplies to find all the gold, silver, and clear sequins and confetti I could find and filled the sleeve with the beauties. (I went a little overboard too, and it resulted in a very hefty card front, but I'm not complaining!)

 

 

I adhered the card sleeve to the backside of the card base. I should have sealed it before I adhered it to the back so that the shaker bits didn't flow over to the back when the flap is lifted, but lesson learned!

 

I covered up the mess on the back of the card base with a piece of black card stock. I took the sentiment and adhered it to its vellum shadow and adhered the piece to the front of the shaker card front. And that was it!

 

My inspiration for this card was Sasha, @love.builds_up.crafts. Here's one of her cards that uses a similar technique.

 

I hope my verbal explanation of how to make this card made sense. Thank you for sticking with me through the end of this post! See you soon!

 

Love,

Sphoorti

 

 

Supplies

 

2540 Joy Freestyle Script

2531 Adelaide Snowflakes

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

See-through Infinity Shaker Card by Sphoorti

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

It's Sphoorti, and I only have one card for you today, but what a card it is! I would definitely not recommend mass producing this one, but it was definitely worth the effort! I learned a lot of things along the way and hope you do too!

 

I started off by die cutting some silver and gold colored mirror card stock, and some from the gold and silver glitter card stock with the 2531 Adelaide Snowflakes craft die. They're absolutely gorgeous and one of my favorite products from the Poppystamps 2022 Christmas Release. While I had my Big-Shot out, I also die cut the silver card stock with the 2540 Joy Freestyle Script craft die. I used vellum for the shadow layer, and also cut out some of the same sentiment from white card stock so that I could layer them below the silver card stock for extra dimension.

 

I took a thick piece of acetate and adhered the snowflakes on it. Then, I took a card sleeve (these are the transparent covers that we use to package cards in - especially those who sell them along with envelopes). The size of these sleeves is just larger than an A2 sized card, so I took some thick black card stock and cut it down to the same width as the sleeves. I believe the width ended up being just a little below 4.75". I slid the acetate into the card sleeve. This is what gives the card sleeve support (because otherwise, the sleeve would be limp and not stay stiff the way the front of a card base should.

 

I rummaged through my crafty supplies to find all the gold, silver, and clear sequins and confetti I could find and filled the sleeve with the beauties. (I went a little overboard too, and it resulted in a very hefty card front, but I'm not complaining!)

 

 

I adhered the card sleeve to the backside of the card base. I should have sealed it before I adhered it to the back so that the shaker bits didn't flow over to the back when the flap is lifted, but lesson learned!

 

I covered up the mess on the back of the card base with a piece of black card stock. I took the sentiment and adhered it to its vellum shadow and adhered the piece to the front of the shaker card front. And that was it!

 

My inspiration for this card was Sasha, @love.builds_up.crafts. Here's one of her cards that uses a similar technique.

 

I hope my verbal explanation of how to make this card made sense. Thank you for sticking with me through the end of this post! See you soon!

 

Love,

Sphoorti

 

 

Supplies

 

2540 Joy Freestyle Script

2531 Adelaide Snowflakes

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

Joy by Nancy Penir

Christmas Greetings to all!  Do you need a fun last minute holiday card? I have a shaker for you today.

The new Stacked Joy die cuts all 3 letters of the word Joy together. I die cut once in gold and 5 times in black. Be sure and keep the center of the letter 'O'. You won't need the black.

I used the top gold die cut and glued it to clear card stock before fussy cutting around each letter. 

The finished shaker is filled with tiny sequins, and the gold with the clear cardstock is glued over the frame.

I hope you enjoyed today's simpler card. I think any shaker is a joy for the recipient, don't you? Have a great holiday week!

 

Supplies

 

2548 Stacked Joy

2536 Layered Holly Leaf Trio

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

Joy by Nancy Penir

Christmas Greetings to all!  Do you need a fun last minute holiday card? I have a shaker for you today.

The new Stacked Joy die cuts all 3 letters of the word Joy together. I die cut once in gold and 5 times in black. Be sure and keep the center of the letter 'O'. You won't need the black.

I used the top gold die cut and glued it to clear card stock before fussy cutting around each letter. 

The finished shaker is filled with tiny sequins, and the gold with the clear cardstock is glued over the frame.

I hope you enjoyed today's simpler card. I think any shaker is a joy for the recipient, don't you? Have a great holiday week!

 

Supplies

 

2548 Stacked Joy

2536 Layered Holly Leaf Trio

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

Halloween Feline Shaker Card by Sphoorti

 

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Hello there, Poppy Peeps!

 

Sphoorti again with another card made with the Cat Collage die from the 2022 Fall release! This one is very similar to Rainbow Cat Collage card I posted about yesterday. The biggest difference is that I took it one step forward and made it a see through shaker card!

 

For this card, I took a card base sized approximately 4" x 4". I used the Cat Collage die on the top flap and cut right through it. So, this card actually "sees through" to the inside. This time, on the inside, I left it blank. On the outside, however, I ink-blended my head off. I cut another panel with the same die in the same spot, and I used distress inks to ink-blend on top of it (Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Uncharted Mariner, and Black Soot). I took some Perfect Pearls in gold and perfect pearl color and splattered them all over the panel.

 

Under this layer, I adhered an acetate sheet. I took a number of foam strips and adhered them to the panel. Then, I took some shaker bits (some silver rhinestones I had lying around) and filled the shaker well with them. Then, I took another piece of acetate and covered up the shaker well so that the shaker bits had a backing. I took this shaker panel and aligned it with the card base which already had the cat collage die cut from it and adhered it to it. I also scattered some rhinestones on the outside panel. The result is a see-through shaker card that's absolutely stunning, if I do say so myself!

 

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I hot foiled the "Miss You" sentiment from the PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die in silver foil and adhered it to the bottom right side of the card.

 

At first I used some silver foil from the FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack to cut the kitty out and adhere him on top of the card. I had another kitty that I cut out from black foiled card stock in the FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack. I couldn't make up my mind between the black foiled kitty and the silver foiled kitty, so my boyfriend and my crafty friend, Judy, helped break the tie for me. Here are some pictures of how the card looked with the silver kitty:

 

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Thoughts? Questions? Epiphanies? Which one did you like better - the silver kitty or the black? I must say I'm glad I went with the black kitty because October 27th was National Black Cat Awareness Day, and tomorrow's Halloween, and we also have the cutest black cat ever! It all came together, as it was meant to be.

Love,

Sphoorti

Supplies

 

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

2496 Cat Collage

Halloween Feline Shaker Card by Sphoorti

 

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Hello there, Poppy Peeps!

 

Sphoorti again with another card made with the Cat Collage die from the 2022 Fall release! This one is very similar to Rainbow Cat Collage card I posted about yesterday. The biggest difference is that I took it one step forward and made it a see through shaker card!

 

For this card, I took a card base sized approximately 4" x 4". I used the Cat Collage die on the top flap and cut right through it. So, this card actually "sees through" to the inside. This time, on the inside, I left it blank. On the outside, however, I ink-blended my head off. I cut another panel with the same die in the same spot, and I used distress inks to ink-blend on top of it (Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Uncharted Mariner, and Black Soot). I took some Perfect Pearls in gold and perfect pearl color and splattered them all over the panel.

 

Under this layer, I adhered an acetate sheet. I took a number of foam strips and adhered them to the panel. Then, I took some shaker bits (some silver rhinestones I had lying around) and filled the shaker well with them. Then, I took another piece of acetate and covered up the shaker well so that the shaker bits had a backing. I took this shaker panel and aligned it with the card base which already had the cat collage die cut from it and adhered it to it. I also scattered some rhinestones on the outside panel. The result is a see-through shaker card that's absolutely stunning, if I do say so myself!

 

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I hot foiled the "Miss You" sentiment from the PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die in silver foil and adhered it to the bottom right side of the card.

 

At first I used some silver foil from the FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack to cut the kitty out and adhere him on top of the card. I had another kitty that I cut out from black foiled card stock in the FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack. I couldn't make up my mind between the black foiled kitty and the silver foiled kitty, so my boyfriend and my crafty friend, Judy, helped break the tie for me. Here are some pictures of how the card looked with the silver kitty:

 

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Thoughts? Questions? Epiphanies? Which one did you like better - the silver kitty or the black? I must say I'm glad I went with the black kitty because October 27th was National Black Cat Awareness Day, and tomorrow's Halloween, and we also have the cutest black cat ever! It all came together, as it was meant to be.

Love,

Sphoorti

Supplies

 

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

2496 Cat Collage