Good morning 😊 I am here today to share another Christmas In July project. Today is a fun shaker card with some foiled elements. There are many ways we can create shaker cards. One of my favorites ways is making shaker cards with Silhouette Cameo.

This time, I am using one of the beautiful cutting files from The Cutting Cafe – Christmas Bulb Greetings set. In these  file sets, you will recieve cutting files you can use with any electronic cutting machine and also template you can use to cut out the shapes if you do not have cutting machine. Also, there are printable digital Christmas sentiments! It is all what you need to make shaker cards!

I imported all svg files to my Silhouette Studio library. Them I opened the Joy cutting file set, and send it them to cut. And my Silhouette Cameo machine cut them all at once in a jiffy!

I used Darice – White Cardstock 120 lbs for the pieces and card base. The background is one of mh favorite Chritmas stash, it is one of the patterned paper from CTMH – Snowhaven paper packet (retired).

Once I have them all cut, I used my Silhouette spatula to pick them up from the cutting mat. You can use any flat tool to pick the smaller pieces off the sticky mat.

I set asidr the panel. Then I added some glue on the snowflake and the word joy using Martha Stewart felt point glue pen. You can use any liquid glue for this step. I covered the whole surface and let it dried for couple minutes until they felt tacky to touch.

This is one of the tricks to add foil on projects without using laminator or Minc machine.

Then I added the Deco Foil on them. I used the gold foil for the snowflake and melon foil for the word joy. There were still some white spots on the pieces when I lifted up the foils. To fix that I added some glue on the white spots, let them dried and added more foil on it until all covered.

I used my bone folder to make sure the foils stick on the pieces. The woalah! They are shiny now!

Then I added the foiled pieces on the base panel with glue pen.

Next step is creating the shaker. This time I used Vellum paper instead of acetate for the shaker window. I think it gives softer look behind the shiny foiled elements.

I added 3D foam tape behind the base panel after I glued the vellum paper, and then added some assorment silver sequins I got from Hobby Lobby.

I finished the card with a bow I made from Stripes Red Ribbon from CTMH (retired). And a bitty sparkle gem on the snoflake.

And check it out how fun it is to shake this card 🙂

I hope you’re inspired today and like this card as much as I do. Thank You So Much for visiting! Have a fabulous and blessed day!

I play along at:

Camp Create 2016 – Fantastic Foiling

AAA Cards Game #69: One Stash Favourite

HLS – July Christmas Challenge: Gold

Merry Monday – Lori’s “Christmas in Summer” Link Up

Today’s card is created using one of the monoprints I created the other day with Hero Arts stencils, Gelli Print Plate and acrylic paints. Check the post here 🙂

I created the background with Bubble Dance – ARTplorations Stencil and paint spray that I mixed by myself. Then I cut the panel with Craftin Desert Divas – Fancy Frame Dies and Evolution Advanced diecutting machine. Then I stamped the images from Happy Art Stamp Set and Blossom Stamp Set from Precious Remembrance Shop with Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black Ink Pad.

Once the background dried well, I added it on the card base with Tombow adhesive runner and then I added the stamped panel with 3D foam tape for some dimension.

My mixed media card is done 🙂 I hope you like today’s project and have a fabulous blessed day!

I play along at:

SSS Work It Out Wednesday June 2016

CASology Week 206: ART

STAMPlorations July CAS Card Challenge

CASEplorations July Challenge

STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

Today, I am sharing another Christmas in July project and this time is a mixed media card.

I have been playing with my Gelli Plate to create monoprint backgrounds. The one I have is the 5×7 plate. And I used Plaid FolkArt acrylic paints and pulled the positive and negative prints for each stencils. I tell you, this monoprinting is fun and addictive😀

Stencils I used today Hero Arts Chevron Stencil Pair and Hero Arts Floral Filigree Stencil Pair. There are 2 stencils in a set. I used 4 of them and  ended up with 8 different prints.

Here’s a card I made with 2 of the monoprints, Hero Arts Peace Bold Wood Stamp, and Fancy Frame Dies set from Craftin Desert Divas. I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and fussy cut it with micro-tip scissors.

Check out the sparkle and shine from Metallic Gold paints I used on this card:

Please visit a2z Scrapbooking Blog for more details how I created this card and I also posted a slide show of the steps there 🙂 See you there! THANK YOU so much for visiting today and have a fabulous day!

I play along at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge week #238 – #239

Work It Out Wednesday – June 2016

Mixed Media Card Challenge #25: Sparkle

Happy Little Stampers – July Christmas Challenge: Gold

Lori’s “Christmas in Summer Link Up!”

It is time for Technique Blog Hop with my fellow CTMH consultants. This month is all about Picture My Life cards. These journaling cards are not only for journaling! You’ll find more creative ways of using them on your project.

You should arrive from Cathy’s blog, and if you get lost, you can start the blog hop from Melissa’s blog.

I created a card with one of the PML cards that come with the Florence Paper Packet. There are 12 – 12″ x 12″ B&T Duos™ papers, 2 each of double-sided patterned papers including Picture My Life journaling cards.

I saw that Flaxen patterned journaling card and I thought it would make pretty background paper with the new A Bunch Of Love stamp set. On a piece of Watercolor Paper, I stamped the flower image and sentiment with Black Archival Ink and cut it with the matching A Bunch Of Love Thin Cuts with my Evolution Advanced die-cutting machine.

Make sure the stamped images dry completely before you color them. I used my Craft Heater to dry them and then I colored the flowers with Watercolor Paints and waterbrush. Then I added some clear gems on them.

I added some Rose Gold Foil Tape on the card to create the stripes. I love this new foil tape 🙂 Then after that I added the Flaxen patterned journaling card on it and last is the Bunch of Love die-cut image with 3D foam tape for some dimension.

Your next hop will be my crafty friend, Danielle’s blog, to see what she has created this month with Picture My Life cards.

I hope you like the card I made and be inspired to create with Picture My Life cards today. THANK YOU for visiting and have a fabulous blessed day!

I am playing along at:

Addicted to CAS – Stripes

Happy Little Stampers – July Anything Goes with Dies

WAW Challenge Week #238 – #239

The Daily Marker 30 Days Coloring Challenge

Virginia’s View Challenge #22

I have another happy news to share with you all… This month, I am starting my designing journey with Addicted To Stamps and More challenge team! I am so excited and thankful to be part of the amazing creative team and creating with them for the weekly challenge.

And this week, we have a new challenge:

It is all about making your mark on your creations. Usually this would be pencils, markers, pens, paints, chalks etc. You can think outside the box!

And… this is my card for this challenge. I used CTMH Watercolor Pencils to make my mark on this card.

I stamped the sentiment and butterflies from Your Beautiful Self stamp set (CTMH, retired) on a piece of Canson Watercolor paper with Archival Black Ink Pad to create the background. Then I colored one of the big butterfly with watercolor pencils and waterbrush. I added some light blue to fill the space between butterflies. And then I finished my card with some clear gems and some yellow and orange twines.

Hope you play along with us this week and when you link up your project here, you can win a prize $12 Gift Certificate from our sponsor this week, Sami Stamps, a digital stamp company that provide bot JPEG and PNG formats.

Can’t wait to see your projects! Happy Crafting and have a fabulous day… Thank you for visiting!

I also play along at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Week #238 – #239

STAMPlorations July CAS Card Challenge

The Daily Marker 30 Days Coloring Challenge

Virginia’s View Challenge #22