Christmas Tree Shaker Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends! 

At this moment, I am vacationing in Europe... but lucky for you I have pre-scheduled a few posts just in case you were missing me!

I couldn't let July go by without sharing a delightful Christmas in July card because it's never too early to start spreading holiday cheer! Today's creation showcases some fabulous new products from the Adventure Awaits Release, combined with timeless festive elements.

CARD RECIPE

Here's the step-by-step guide to re-create this beautiful card:

1. Begin by creating a shaker pocket using plastic from a cello bag or similar and a beautiful pattern paper from the brand-new Adventure Awaits Paper Pad. Fill the shaker with the enchanting Blizzard Confetti Mix.

2. Next I added some foam dots to the Oval die cut and attached it to the front of the card.

3. The layered tree comes from the Lovely Layers Trees set. To make it look more Christmasy, I added a top white layer, and then to it, I added some Liquid Applique and heat set it to make snow-like clumps. For a touch of sparkle, I then added glue and sprinkled on Prisma Glitter.

4. To finish the tree, I added the sentiment. The joy comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies and the rest of the sentiment comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays stamp set. The strip was then die-cut using one of the banners from the Mini Messages Dies.

5. For a pop of color I used the red gems from the Make it Merry Sticker set.

6. Finally, I finished the front panel with a few large snowflakes and also added Crystal Glimmer Enamel Stickers to their centers.

7. To the inside, I stamped out the sentiment also from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays stamp set using Intense Black Ink.

May this Christmas in July card inspire you to get an early start on your Christmas cardmaking or at least see how you can incorporate non-holiday products into your Holiday cards.

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

Ilda 🎄

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers Trees Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Sweet Stacks Ovals Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Mini Messages Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Layering Snowflake Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Adventure Awaits Paper Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Brilliant White Pigment Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Blizzard Confetti Mix Shop at: HBS	Make it Merry Gems Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Crystal Glimmer Enamel Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Black Foam Dots 1/2" Shop at: HBS	Sticky Red Tape 1/4" Shop at: HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	Bee Creative Bitty Buzz Cutter Shop at: HBS
Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS
Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3	LIQUID APPLIQUE Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ	PRISMA GLITTER Shop at: SSS

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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😊

SUPPLIES

Pine Trees Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Pierced Fancy Flakes Cover Plate Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Vintage Holiday Gem Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BLIZZARD CONFETTI MIX Shop at: HBS	Gingham Galore: Holiday Envelopes Shop at: HBS	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | SB	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Shop at: SSS | HBS	Gold Hearted Paper Pad Shop at: TS US | TS UK	FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS | SK

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DIY Christmas Greeting Card Keepsake Ornament

So what do you do with all the Christmas Greeting cards you received? 

I can't bring myself to throwing them out, after all I feel like they are little gifts when you open the mail. Especially those that are so personal and have pictures of friends and family on them. 

 So, for today's post I want to share with you how I re-purpose the cards and turn them into keepsake ornaments. Here is 2016's Christmas Keepsake Ornament.

Pictured below are a few other examples of the ornaments I have made from previous years using the same technique. You can make these any shape you want as long as you can fold them in half.

Watch how I create one of these yearly Greeting Card Keepsake Ornaments in my latest YouTube video. I will have a links to all the supplies I used below this blog post and in the video description. 

Click -> HERE to watch in HD

For another unique way of creating a keepsake ornament, click HERE to see how I made my 2012 ornament. I really love how this one turned out, but to be honest it was a little more work and it is why I have been doing them like I am showing you today ;)

Hope you have been inspired today and start creating some of your own Christmas Greeting Card Keepsake Ornaments. Remember you can use this idea and create ornaments to represent any occasion and then hang them as memories of the years on your Christmas tree!








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Scotch Precision Ultra Edge Titanium Scissors, 8 Inch, 3-Pack (1458-3AMZ) Shop at: AMZ	Adhesive Technologies 0449M Precision Pro Glue Gun Shop at: AMZ	Scotch Quick-Drying Tacky Glue 4Oz Shop at: SSS | AMZ	UCHIDA Mega Craft Punch, 2-1/2-Inch Circle Shop at: AMZ	Uchida Craft Punch, Scalloped Square, 2.5 Inch Shop at: AMZ
Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board 12x12 Shop at: AMZ	Red Satin Ribbon Shop at: AMZ