Graduation Shaker Card | Studio Katia

Hello friends!

Graduation season is upon us and I am so very thankful that my son gets to have a normal High School Graduation this year. After the last two years of a very restricted High School experience, he finally gets to enjoy a little normalcy at the end. Today I am sharing the Graduation shaker card I made for him, luckily he pays no attention to my social media, so this will be a surprise for when he graduates at the end of the month. Blue and yellow are his school colors, so I thought this would be perfect for him. 

CARD RECIPE

• Stamp the Happy Graduation cap onto Bristol Paper using Fadeout Ink for a no-line watercolor look.  Here I used Zig Clean Color Markers.
• Once colored and dry, die cut the Graduation cap using the Happy Graduation Dies.
• For the background, use the Chucky Sprinkles Stencil. I blended out blue ink and then used a gold paste.
• For the front of the shaker, use the largest of Nested Ovals to cut the window. 
• I used Blue ink to blend out the edges of the card panel.
• Line the back of the oval window using Acetate.
• Use the new Foam Strips 1/8th to create the space for the shaker pieces to move.
• Fill the shaker area. I used Radiant Pineapple Fusion and blue stars (sorry no longer sold).
• Remove the protective tape and seal with the sprinkled background.

• Glue shaker to an A2 size card base.
• Stamp out the sentiment from the Happy Graduation onto a banner from the Simple Trimmings Dies. I used the Misti to make the sentiment curve like the banner. 
• Die-cut a shadow layer using gold foil paper and glue the banner to the card front. 
• Pop the Graduation cap onto the front of the shaker window using foam tape.
• Finish the front by adding some Blue satin pearls, these I picked out from the Satin Pearls Mix.
• It's hard to see from the photos, but I added a little extra sparkle to the bottom of the flowers using some Sparkle Glitter.

I hope this graduation shaker inspired you today, especially if you were wanting to create a masculine graduation card with this stamp.

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

Ilda 🎓

SUPPLIES

Happy Graduation Shop at: SSS | SK	Happy Graduation Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Nested Ovals Shop at: SK	Simple Trimmings Shop at: SSS | SK
Chucky Sprinkles Stencil Shop at: SK	Clear Acetate Sheets Shop at: SSS | SK	Foam Strips 1/8th Shop at: SSS | SK	Satin Pearls Mix Shop at: SSS | SK
Satin Lemon Pearls Shop at: SSS | SK	Radiant Pineapple Fusion Shop at: SK	Lt. Blue Stars Shop at: SSS | SK	Sparkle Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK
Triangle Tray Shop at: SSS | SK	Embellishment Wand Shop at: SSS | SK	SK Glue Shop at: SSS | SK	Ink Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | SK
Atelier Peacock Blue Shop at: SSS | IO3	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Fadeout Ink Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	Blackout Ink Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3
Bristol Paper Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Zig Clean Color Set Shop at: AMZ	Golden Era Glacier Paste Shop at: SSS | SB | TS US	Media Spatulas Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | TS US
Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Gold Hearted Paper Pad Shop at: TS US | TS UK	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB

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Rainbow Inspired Birthday Cards | Crafty Meraki

Hello friends and Happy Thursday!

Today I have a couple of colorful rainbow inspired cards to share with you as I recently took part in Crafty Meraki's 2nd Birthday Hop, and what better way to celebrate than with a couple of birthday cards🎉🥳 If you want to join in on the fun and participate in the IG Hop for a chance at winning $100 GC to their shop, click 👉 HERE. Winners will be announced on June 10th.

CARD RECIPE

For this frameless/infinity/edge to edge card, lol... whatever you want to call it 😂 I began with ink blending the CRAFTY MERAKI BIRTHDAY BALLOONS STENCIL using Atelier Inks. Once I had blended the first layer I repositioned the stencil and then blended the balloons out again to create the overlapping effect.

I then used a shaker pocket to create the frameless shaker. I used Assorted Moonshine Sequins to fill the shaker. Then once sealed I glued it onto an A2 card base.

I then stamped out the cute images from the CRAFTY MERAKI MAGICAL DAY STAMP SET out and colored them in with Copics and then added white gel pen details and sparkle glitter to some areas. 

For the sentiments, I just stamped them out in white ink and heat embossed them using white emb. pwd.

For my second card, I used the CRAFTY MERAKI LOVE POTION STAMP SET. I stamped it out onto watercolor paper using Fadeout Ink and then colored the beautiful image using Zig Real Color Brush Markers.

Once the coloring had dried, I added white gel pen highlights and prepped the paper for heat embossing using an anti-static tool.

I then stamped the sentiment using watermark ink and heat set it using gold emb. pwd. I used the same products to add a gold edging around the panel.

To finish this beauty, I added a few Gold Pearls.

Here is another close-up of this beauty!

I hope both of these birthday cards inspired you. Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💗💛💚💙💜

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

Roses Hot Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SK	Spring Roses Dies Shop at: SSS | SK	Half Striped Cover Shop at: SSS | SK	Spring Roses Shop at: SSS | SK
Cone Bouquet Shop at: SSS | SK	Clear Acetate Sheets Shop at: SSS | SK	Bone Folder Shop at: SSS | SK	Pastel Rainbow Confetti Shop at: SSS | SK
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
Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Scor-Pal Tape Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS

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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

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!

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