Shaker mermaid treasure mix

If you have not seen yet Sweet November Stamps have come out with some new shaker/ sequin mixes! This is one of them called Mermaid treasure mix. and as you can see, as well as the gorgeous sequins there are also loads of adorable little tiny mermaids in it!

To make this card I used the brilliant Sweet November Stamps digi stamp called Mutiny highseas. For the background I used a clear stamp from the Guppies stamp set.

I used the following copics to colour her and the background:

Skin: E33, E11,E00

Hair: Y28, Y26, Y13

Tail and red feather: R89,R37, R35

Top and hat: W9, W7, W5, Y08

Bottle: G28, G14, E39 (cork E84)

Water: BG01,BG000,B02,B00

Sand: E43, E42

Seaweed:G28,G09,YG03

Urchin: R24,R22,R21

Fish and starfish: YR16, Y18

Coral:E71, E70

For the actual shaker frame I used Heffy Doodle stitched square dies and extra thick acetate. Then foam tape to give the gap between the coloured in back ground and the acetate window. 

The sentiment is from another of the Sweet November Stamps clear stamp sets called Lynn.

I am entering this card for the following challenges: 

A place to start - Anything Goes

Crafting happiness - Anything Goes

Jan's digi stamps - Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Summer

Lil' patch of crafty friends - Anything Goes

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I'd love to sea you again

I can not see a lobster without thinking of the Friends TV show..."You're her lobster" anyone else do the same?

I just love this super cute little stamp set from Create a smile called Sending Sunshine. I just couldn't resist pairing him with the stitched circle dies from Heffy Doodle and making the card into a shaker card using the Heffy Doodle foam sheets along with the thick acetate. I could die cut the same circle out of the foam and the acetate so that there are no little gaps in the foam making my shaker super secure.

For my shaker elements I used the new sparkle mix from Heffy Doodle called Covesea. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 Beyond the Blue - Glitter and sequins

Colour crazy challenge - Anything coloured goes

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Amy xx

Shake it up

 

For the first time in ages I have had a go at a shaker card. The shakers bits are all from random things I have picked up off of e-bay over the years and decided to put together for this. I ink blended a background with Blueprint sketch, broken china and tumbled glass distress oxide ink. Next I used the Kraftin' Kimmie snowflake kisses stamp set as well as some clear sparkly embossing powder to add a bit of sparkle and texture to it. To finish it off I used some gold embossing powder and a sentiment from the Holiday wishes stamp set to make the sentiment stand out from the background. 

I used some acetate that I cut to the same size as my inked panel and added foam tape all around the edges of it. Before sticking it to the inked panel I used an anti static bag on the inside of the acetate and then put my chosen shaker bits in it. To hide the tape I die cut a the scalloped slimline frame from the Falalala die set and stuck it on the front of the window.

The adorable mouse is from the Cool critters stamp set and coloured him up with copics before attaching him to the front. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Create your own background

Gem of a challenge - Anything goes

Dare2BArtzy - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July

The Holly and Ivy - Anything Christmas goes

Ike's World - Christmas in July

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Amy xx

Scene building

This is my next creation for the Altenew Educator Certification Program. This time I have taken inspiration from the Seasonal Scene Building class. This is card I was inspired by the lesson on shaker cards and how they can enhance a scene. I started by masking around the edges of a card blank and then doing some ink blending with 3 shades of blue Altenew crisp dye ink (Dew drops, Aqualicious and Teal cave). 

I don't know about you but shaker cards always make me smile so I wanted a happy sentiment I used a sentiment from the Build - a - flower: Poppy stamp set. I used the fact it is a clear stamp and so flexible to curve the sentiment so it echo's the shape of the flower. I then stamped it straight onto the ink blending I had done.

Next I made a frame using some stitched rectangle dies and stuck it to a piece of acetate. I trimmed the acetate to fit the frame before using two layers of foam tape  to pop the frame up away from the card and give space for the glass seed beads and Wow! Embossing earth sparkles glitter that I wanted to use.

To finish it off and make my scene I wanted to have a flower coming up at the front as if it was growing onto the card. I did something a bit different with this one and mixed up my sets so that the flower had a long stem and I felt a nice shape in the corner. So the stem and leaves are from the Build-a-Flower: Poppy set while the flower itself is from the Build-a-Flower: Hawaiian Coral set. The stem and leaves I left just stamped in the Altenew crisp black ink while for the flower I used just two more colours so that it pops from the blue and they are Pinkalicious and Fresh Lemon.

I hope you are all having a great week and staying safe.

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Mod squad - Flowers

Paper funday - Spring has sprung

Shopping our stash - Plant life

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Amy xx

Bubbly baby Mertot

I am still so happy to be showing this next cutie as GDT for this weeks Sweet November release. This adorable bubble mertot is called May Mertot and is available in the Sweet November store now as a digi stamp so you can get her straight away. For me this bubble was crying out to be made into a shaker card.

I have coloured this cutie with the following copics:

Skin: E33, E21, E00

Hair: C9, C7, C5, C3

Tail: YR27, YR68, YR15

Toy: BG49, BG23, G00

Bubble background: BG15, G00

As normal for me I had to cover her tail in spectrum noir crystal clear sparkle pen and glossy accents.

I cut her out using Heffy Doodles stitched circles and did a couple of smaller stitched circles as extra bubbles that I then added some whatcha saying? sentiments to. For the shaker itself I cut another same sized circle from acetate and to finish it cut a thin circle frame in foam and in black card to just cover up the foam and just edge all the stitched circles/ bubbles.

For the background I used the Create a smile geometrics stamp set with the Altenew sweet dreams ink cubes to just give a bubbly background.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Make my Monday - For a baby

Ike's World - R is for round or dots

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

The sisterhood of crafters - Favorite technique (I love stamping/ making back grounds)

Little Red Wagon - Use backing paper or make your own. (I have made my own)

Cute card thursday - Anything goes

Southern Girls - Anything goes

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Amy xx