Hi everyone, Rina here!

Here is a fun summer shaker card for you using my favorite summer themed goodies. I used the Summer Friends, Sea Friends and Birthday Friends stamp sets and the Window Frames die set.

For a light and airy look I used Zig Real Clean Color Brush Markers to color in the images.  I stamped the images using Versafine Onyx Black Ink on Bristol Smooth paper.  Here are the colors I used:

• Flesh Color
• Beige
• Lilac
• Orange
• Cornflower Blue
• Light Green
• Blush
• Light Carmine
• Lemon Yellow

To create the shaker mechanism I used the smallest of the Window Frames dies.  I marked my 4 ¼ x 5 ½ colored cardstock with a pencil to find the center and die cut twice to create a beach scene on top and an ocean scene at the bottom.  This will create the card front.

I then created the backer by inking the top half with Distress Oxides in Faded Jeans and Peacock Feathers.  Spray with water to create a distressed look.

Line the card front with acetate and then put one layer of double foam tape around to create the shaker well.  I used the Silver Mini Star Confetti, Sparkling Clear Stars and Metallic Silver Confetti Mix and placed the backer on top of the double foam tape to seal the shaker mechanism.

Take the images and place the beach scene images on top and the ocean themed images on the bottom.  Use foam tape to pop some images up and adhere some images directly to create dimension on your card.

For the sentiment cut out a banner and stamp the Birthday Wishes sentiment from the Birthday Friends stamp set (or any sentiment you would like). Adhere this to the card, I adhered mine on top.

This step is optional but since I used a colored cardbase I made a liner for the card, stamping out small images from the stamp sets.  Adhere this liner to the inside of the card base. Also, adhere the shaker mechanism to the front.

Finally add extra bling by adding these sequins all around the front of the card, I used glossy accents to adhere the 4mm Clear Droplets, Silver Mini Star Confetti and the 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins.

AND….If you want more sparkle, color parts of the images with your Wink of Stella Clear glitter pen!

Rina

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a card to share with you using the Geraniums stamp set. To colour these flowers, I also decided to pull in the Pearl Colors Watercolor Set from Gansai Tambi for my colouring today, since I haven’t used them much and thought it would be super pretty for my bouquet of Geraniums today.

To begin my card today, I started off with stamping out my Geraniums, I used Versafine Onyx Black Ink and clear heat embossed over them so it would contain my watercolour easier. I then used the Pearl Colors Watercolor Set, to colour them in. I used the same technique I do for colouring, start off with the darkest areas first and then blend them out to create a gradient. Watercolours are super easy like this, since generally you only need to use water to create several shades. I used the pink, red and then made my own purple to colour the flowers in. I then used the green for the leaves, and then I’ll use the blue on its own for a simple background. I dried all my pieces with a heat tool and cut out the Geraniums with their coordinating dies.

Now all my pieces were cut I used the rectangle from the Stitched Notes Die Set and cut it from some watercolour cardstock. I then used the blue from the Pearl Watercolor Set and did a simple wash over the background. I dried that off with a heat tool as well and moved onto assembling. I grouped together my flowers and added foam tape onto the backs. I adhered them down over lapping each other to create sort of like a bouquet.

For my sentiment, I wanted to use the ‘Love You’ dies, but it didn’t really fit well and I couldn’t find a colour that matched well enough but also stood out. So I used the Bear Hugs stamp set and white heat embossed the ‘Hello Friend’ sentiment onto a thin strip of black cardstock, like I always do and adhered it onto the card with more foam tape. For a last finishing touch I pulled a piece of patterned paper from my stash, this one is from an old Dear Lizzy pack and I mounted my panel over top and then onto a card base.

Eloise

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a friendship card to share with you all. I’ll be creating an alcohol inked background and using the Flourishing Fuchsias stamp set as my main focus. I’ll also be pulling in the Encouraging Greetings stamp set and Scallop Ovals Dies to help complete my card.

To begin my card today, I started off with my background. I pulled a few colours of Alcohol Inks out and some Yupo paper. I sprayed the background with alcohol solution that I popped into a small spray bottle. Once the background was coated, I took the alcohol inks and drew lines onto the background. Then taking a paint brush and more alcohol solution, I added it around the edges of the lines to soften them. I repeated the same process for all four colours I used. Once I was happy, I dried it off a little with my heat tool, but also dabbing up any excess with a paper towel so the paper didn’t warp too much. I set that off to the side and worked on my images.

For my images, I stamped all the flowers and leaves I thought I would use from Flourishing Fuchsias onto some watercolour paper with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. Then, I clear heat embossed over the top so it would contain my watercolour easier. I used my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers to colour today. These markers are super handy for when you want a quick colouring job and don’t feel like using a ton of shades of different colours. I used three colours for all my flowers today and they came out looking so gorgeous and with lots of shading, too. I also used a water brush to help spread the colour. I dried off my flowers and leaves with my heat tool and cut them out with the Flourishing Fuchsias coordinating dies.

Zigs Used: No. 25 – Pink, No. 81 – Light Violet, No. 47 – May Green

Now, it was time to finish up my card. I cut down my alcohol inked panel down to the size of my card base, then I used the Scallop Ovals dies and cut out the largest one from white cardstock. I added foam tape at the back and adhered it off to the right hand side of my panel and cut off the excess. I then added foam tape onto the back of my flowers and leaves and adhered them into place as well. I didn’t end up using all I coloured, but I can save those for another card later on. Once my card was looking pretty complete, I white heat embossed the ‘Life Is Better With You’ sentiment from Encouraging Greetings onto a strip of black cardstock. I adhered that down with foam tape as well underneath the frame a little. To finish off my card completely, I adhered my panel onto a white card base and scattered some of the Sparkling Clear Jewels around as well.

Eloise