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 🎈

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Happy Birthday Shaker Card for Mom | Surprise Blog Hop | Studio Katia

Hello everyone and welcome to our surprise blog hop to celebrate Studio Katia and the amazing Katia herself. 

The month of May marks the anniversary of Studio Katia's 7th Birthday and we couldn’t let it pass without thanking all of you and also Katia for her amazing products. 

Like many around the world, the last few years haven't been the greatest for Katia and the design team wanted to let her know how much she is loved and appreciated. 

Since Katia is like the Momma figure of this team I thought this Birthday Shaker would make a great card to share on this hop.

CARD RECIPE

For this frameless/infinity shaker:

•  I began by die-cutting the Half Striped Cover Plate and gluing it on a card panel. Cutting the frame at a diagonal so that it only covered the bottom right corner of the shaker. 
• I then stamped the happy birthday stamp from the Cone Bouquet set and then the Mom from the Spring Roses set onto the card panel.
• For the Foiled Roses, I used the ROSE GOLD Glimmer Foil, in the hot foil system with the Roses Hot Foil Plate.
• I then used the coordinating Spring Roses Die to cut out the foiled roses.
• For the frameless/infinity shaker, you can use pre-made shaker pockets, acetate, or packaging material. For a how-to video click HERE. I created an acetate pocket.
• Fill the shaker with Pastel Rainbow Confetti and Pastel Rainbow Sequins. 
• Glue shaker pocket onto a card base.

Here is a closer look at these beautiful foiled roses. As you can see I only glued the edge of the frame down. This allows for the shaker pieces to move in between the striped frame.

GIVEAWAY

We are offering three $25 CAD gift cards as prizes for the hop and to be in with a chance of winning we just need you to comment on all the stops on the hop and share a little bit of love for Katia along the way. 

BLOG HOP - Let’s get hopping 

Studio Katia Blog

Ilda 

Galina 

Erica 

Monica 

Noga 

The blog hop will run until 7th June with winners being announced soon after here on the Studio Katia Blog. 

I hope you were inspired by this birthday shaker card for mom. Love these new Studio Katia sets for Mom as they can be used for all occasions celebrating mom, including this Surprise Blog Hop 😉

Thank you so much for hopping with us today and helping us celebrate all things, Katia. Until next time... Happy Hopping!

Ilda 💖

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Mini Slimline Balloon Birthday Shaker and Floral Cards | Crafty Meraki

Hello again! I am back once again today to share with you a few cards I made to help celebrate Crafty Meraki's Second Anniversary! 

Join me over on Instagram as I am super excited to participate in the Crafty Meraki IG Anniversary Hop. ONE lucky winner will win the FULL RELEASE BUNDLE 💃🏻🎉 and ONE additional winner will win 💵 $100 gift card to redeem towards Crafty Meraki Products!! 

Since it is their birthday I thought a birthday shaker would be fun to make. This mini slimline frameless shaker features the new Party Balloons Mini Slimline Meraki Para-dies that I paired with the sentiments from the Birthday Slimline Tag.

If you are curious about how this shaker was assembled, click HERE for a video I made a while ago. To create the background there was a lot of paper piecing happening here. I die cut the Party Balloons Mini Slimline Meraki Para-dies 3 times, one white layer and two black layers. For the white layer, I ink blended all the balloon colors using distress oxide inks. I then sandwiched the white layer between the two black ones. For the top black layer, I snipped the inside out just using the black frame. 

For the next two cards, I kept them super simple and just focused on the flowers. I sometimes like to keep the sentiments off the card until I am ready to send it to someone. This way they are more versatile. Both finished cards are 5X7s.  

To create this first one I used masking tape to block off a frame, and then added the ink blended grass and sky. Next, I die cut and pieced together the June Meraki Fora Para-Dies.

I then added the Meraki Sparkle Prismatic Green Crystals. To the centers, I also added some tiny beads.

This next card features the Madison Meraki Flora Para-Dies. The fun part about these dies is the cut lines in the flowers. They allow you to easily do some masking for ink blending, which is awesome if you want to use more than one color. I just slipped post-it paper in the cut lines and then blended.

You can see on the left flower my masking wasn't perfect, but I learned from my mistakes when I blended the one on the right. 

To finish up this card I added some Meraki Sparkle Prismatic Blue Crystals, even though they are blue they reflect a lot of purples.

I hope these Merakiversary Cards inspire you today. Happy 2nd Birthday Crafty Meraki, and thank you for inviting me to join you on your special day. To join the Hop click HERE.

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

Ilda 🥳🎉

Watch how this last card came together. Lots of little tips and tricks 😉

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3D Christmas Tree Flat Shaker Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends!

Today's 3D Christmas Christmas Tree Shaker card is part of the Honey Bee Stamps Vintage Holiday Release Instagram Hop. I hope you can join us →there and leave a comment to qualify for two $25 Gift Cards to their shop.

This card is a bit of an oxymoron. It has 3D elements along with a flat shaker window, but the trees do fold flat to fit in an envelope. I will also share a Reel on Instagram where I show you what that looks like later today.

CARD RECIPE

• Dry emboss the snowflake design using the Pierced Fancy Flakes Cover Plate onto a card panel using white cardstock.
• Trim off the edges of the panel. (This isn't necessary but I wanted to create a smaller frame to glue to the card front).
• Build your shaker pocket. 
• Cut plastic/acetate slightly larger than the panel. 
• Cut off corners.
• Fold sides flaps down and adhere in behind with double-sided tape, leaving one side open.  
• Pour in shaker bits I used Blizzard Confetti Mix (Glitter, flat sequins, or confetti work best to keep down the bulk and they slide around better with limited space).
• Adhere the remaining flap down to close the shaker pocket.
• Add the shaker pocket to the front panel of the card base. I used foam tape, but not necessary if you want to make it flat.
• Use either scrap plastic from packaging, acetate, or a premade shaker pocket. I used packaging plastic this time. If you want to see how I created the first-ever frameless/edge to edge/infinity/flat shaker card watch this video I made a few years ago→ HERE.

• Cut four layers for each tree using the Pine Tree Dies (Largest and smallest were used here).
• Used a scoring board and score each tree down the middle. 
• Fold each tree.
• Add a line of liquid adhesive down the middle score line of each layer. Glue scored edge of the next tree down. Repeat until the last tree is glued to the top. Allow them to dry completely before fluffing.
• Add gems or embellish as desired.

• Die-cut the Merry Christmas greeting from Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies I glued four layers together to give it that chipboard thickness and look.
• Finish off by gluing the elements to the card front.

I hope you were inspired by this 3D Christmas Tree Flat Shaker Card. I had so much fun making it. This technique will work with many other die cuts to create the 3D effect. I hope you give it a try!

Here's a quick video to show you how this came together.

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

Ilda😊

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