Sparkly Koala Shakers

I used beautiful Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder and Bridal Sparkles Premium Glitter from WOW to add shimmer and shine to Pretty Pink Posh’s Hello Shaker Die for my cards. I used the same pink cardstock, but got a different effect on each one which was kind of fun!

I thought they paired PERFECTLY with all the darling koalas from Koala Friends Stamp Set – these soft colors and sparkle makes me SOOO happy!

So…first up, this is the card I created using Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder. For this card, I die cut the Hello Shaker Die from pink cardstock, then rubbed my embossing ink pad over the entire surface, holding the edges carefully with my fingers. I then sprinkled the Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder over the entire die cut, and set with my heat gun.

See that nice deep glossy shine? It also gives a layer of stability to this die cut, and makes it feel so dimensional and fun! I filled this one with Iridescent Mini Circle Confetti.

The second card is a super fun glittery effect, but a softer pink color was achieved with the Bridal Sparkles Premium Glitter. For this card, I used a super strong Scor Tape Adhesive Sheet to adhere the glitter. I adhered one side of the adhesive on my piece of pink cardstock, then die cut – placing the die cut on the side with the adhesive. Using a metal shim helped for this part, since it ends up being a fairly thick sandwich at this point. Once I had die cut it, I peeled the front of the adhesive sheet off to expose the tape, and sprinkled heavily with the glitter, shaking off the excess and rubbing any loose bits off. This does a fabulous job of adhering the glitter! You could also apply Glossy Accents or another liquid adhesive, but I liked that this was quick and didn’t need any additional drying time.

I filled this shaker with Mini Sparkling Clear Flower Sequins. Look at the softer pink you achieve with this method:

I stamped each and every koala from Koala Friends Stamp Set and colored up nice and soft with Copic markers, die cutting with the Coordinating Dies before adhering around my shaker. I also added some greenery from Bold Blooms Stamp Set, also die cut with their Coordinating Dies.

As a final embellishment, I added some sparkly Pretty Pink Posh Jewels in Spring Green and Pink Blush sprinkled around the cards!

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