Happy Birthday Balloons Vellum Shaker Card | Studio Katia

Hello, again my friends! 

I am back again today with another birthday balloon shaker card done with vellum featuring the cute Mini Balloon Dog Stamps. Make sure you are following me on Instagram as I will share a Reel on how this fun card came together.

CARD RECIPE

• To begin, I ink-blended the balloon for the background using the Birthday Balloons Duo Stencils in rainbow colors.
• Then I created the shaker pocket using vellum. The vellum was cut half inch larger than the panel. I then trimmed the corners, and creased the edges along the perimeter of the panels to create the flaps for the pocket. To the flaps/tabs I added a strip of Crafty Adhesive Tape and secured 3 of the 4 tabs to the panel, leaving the top open. 
• Pour the Dots Glitter into the vellum pocket and then secure the last tab down to seal the shaker closed.

• At this point, I had forgotten to stamp the sentiment first on the front of the vellum. Luckily the filler for the shaker was pretty flat so I was able to stamp the sentiment onto the pocket without any issues. Normally I would have done this step first before creating the pocket. The sentiment I used comes from the Mini Balloon Dog Stamps and then I heat set the black ink so it wouldn't smudge.
• Glue the shaker panel to a card base.
• Next, I stamped out the Mini Balloon Dog Stamps onto Bristol paper, colored them using Karin Brush Pro markers, and then die-cut them with their coordinating Mini Balloon Dog Dies.
• Glue the balloon dogs to the front of the shaker and then draw some balloon strings. To add highlights I used a white gel pen and added a black dot to give them eyes.
• To finish this card I used black twine to create small bows and glued them to each of the dog's necks. 

I hope this cute Happy Birthday Balloons Vellum Shaker Card inspired you today. I think I may be a little obsessed with these Mini Balloon Dog Stamps and they are just the perfect price point too if you are looking for a lot of bang for your buck!

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🎈

SUPPLIES

Mini Balloon Dog Stamp Shop at: SK	Mini Balloon Dog Dies Shop at: SK	BIRTHDAY BALLOONS DUO STENCIL Shop at: SSS | SK	Ink Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | SK
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Atelier Ink Bee Sting Yellow Shop at: SSS | IO3	Atelier Ink Sweet Petunia Shop at: SSS | IO3	Atelier Ink Peacock Blue Shop at: SSS | IO3	ATELIER MY PURPLE JAM Shop at: SSS | IO3
Vellum Value Pack Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Blackout Ink Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Bristol Paper Shop at: SSS | AMZ
New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	KARIN BRUSHMARKER PRO Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	SMALL TIP WATER BRUSH PEN Shop at: SSS | IO3
Micron Pens Shop at: SSS	Uni-Ball Impact Gel Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB

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Birthday Slider Surprise Card | Studio Katia

Hello Friends and Happy Friday!

I have been busy so making Birthday Cards lately. This week started the chain of birthdays happening now until the end of August. Today's card was made for my little niece who celebrated her birthday this past week. I love making interactive cards, especially for children and this one was fun to make.

CARD DETAILS

To begin, I started off by stamping the MINI BIRTHDAY CAKE image and then coloring it with Copic Markers. I then used the MINI BIRTHDAY CAKE DIE to die cut the image.

Next, I die cut the pieces for the SLIDER TAG DIES. I then used the BIRTHDAY BALLOONS DUO STENCIL to blend out the balloons to the top and inside pieces using Distress Oxide Inks and the INK BLENDER BRUSHES. I did do my best to line up each layer of the slider tag to make the balloon images appear seamless. Before assembling the slider tag, I added the Happy Birthday sentiment from the HAPPY CELEBRATIONS to the inside of the tag so that when the slider piece is pulled it reveals the birthday sentiment.

I then glued the slider tag onto a card panel and stenciled on the other balloons. To the bottom half of the slider panel, I glued the Birthday Cake that I had previously colored.

To finish decorating the cake I used a glue pen to add liquid adhesive to the candles and then sprinkled them with SPARKLE GLITTER to make them sparkly. And then added glossy accents to the flames and the icing on the cake.

To embellish the rest of the card I added some 3M CRYSTAL RAINBOW SEQUINS and that pretty much finished off this card.

I hope this Birthday Slider Surprise Card inspired you today and maybe you'll consider trying it out yourself the next time you want to add a little surprise element onto your card.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

SUPPLIES

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BIRTHDAY BALLOONS DUO STENCIL Shop at: SSS | SK	SPARKLE GLITTER Shop at: SSS | SK	3M CRYSTAL RAINBOW SEQUINS Shop at: SSS | SK	TRIANGLE TRAY Shop at: SSS | SK
EMBELLISHMENT WAND Shop at: SSS | SK	WHITE - EMBELLISHMENT WAND TIP Shop at: SSS | SK	INK BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | SK	STUDIO KATIA GLUE Shop at: SSS | SK
NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	ORIGINAL MISTI Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SBC | HBS	BLACKOUT INK Shop at: SSS | HBS	COPIC SKETCH Shop at: AMZ
Tim Holtz Sidekick Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SBC	PICKED RASPBERRY DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	CARVED PUMPKIN Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	SQUEEZED LEMONADE DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS
Oxide Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	MERMAID LAGOON DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SBC | HBS	PEACOCK FEATHERS DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SBC | HBS
WILTED VIOLET DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SK	Scor-Tape 0.25 Inch Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	GLOSSY ACCENTS Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SBC | HBS

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them above. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. Please help support my blog by using these links while shopping at no additional cost to you. For more information about the affiliates I use, please visit my disclaimer here. Thanks so much for all your support!