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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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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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 💖

SUPPLIES

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Pastel Rainbow Sequins Shop at: SK	Triangle Tray Shop at: SSS | SK	Embellishment Wand Shop at: SSS | SK	SK Glue Shop at: SSS | SK
New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	ROSE GOLD Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | SB | SB
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Happy Birthday Rainbow Streamer Cards | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello and Happy Monday! 

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Yesterday we celebrated my God Daughter's Aleinas15th Birthday and above is the card I made for her. 

If you remember from the cards I shared last week (see card below) I made this fun background using the Good Vibes Stencil. When you blend out backgrounds using the stencil there is always ink left on top of the stencil and rather than wiping them clean, I like to save the ink and use it to create more backgrounds as I did for both the cards I made today.  To do that, place the stencil on a paper towel (this will absorb the runoff of water) and then spray water over the stencil until it is saturated. Remove the paper towel and press your paper into the stencil. Lift up the paper and allow the inks to dry, this will leave your paper with a watercolored transfer look.

CARD RECIPE

I have already explained how these backgrounds were made, so I won't get into that. If you want to skip that step you could use the pattern paper from the Look For The Rainbow Paper Pad.  Next, I stamped the outline Happy from the Happy Happy Happy stamp set onto the panel using 3 ink colors to blend out the rainbow in the same order as the panel. 

I then used the Happy Happy Happy A2 Cover Plate, and cut out the Happy die cuts. I then stacked and glued the letters together and finished the top with silver glitter paper. Next, I glued the letters in place where I had stamped the outlines.

The sub sentiments also come from the Happy Happy Happy stamp set that I stamped using the Intense Black Ink.

For the foil balloons, I used Holographic paper from Erin Lee Creative with the Balloon Number Dies. To add the "th" for the 15th you can use any stamp that contains a "th". I used "the" and masked off the "e" from the Birthday set.

This next was made the exact same way only no die cuts were used. I instead used the solid stamps from the Happy Happy Happy stamp set and first stamped it in rainbow colors then slightly offset the same stamp and stamped it out using black ink creating a shadow layer. 

For bling and more sparkle, I added some of the Aurora Borealis Gem Stickers. 

Hopefully next time your stencils are inky, you will give this background idea a try and create some awesome backgrounds for your cards.

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

Ilda 🌈🎉

SUPPLIES

Happy Happy Happy A2 Cover Plate Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Balloon Number Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Happy Happy Happy Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Birthday Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Good Vibes Layering Stencils Shop at: HBS	Aurora Borealis Gem Stickers Shop at: HBS	Background Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
ATELIER BEE STING YELLOW Shop at: IO3	ATELIER SWEET PETUNIA Shop at: IO3	ATELIER PEACOCK BLUE Shop at: IO3	Distress Sprayer Ranger Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Silver Service Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | TS US	Holographic Cardstock Shop at: ELC
Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB

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