Sending Shaker Smiles

Good morning!  I have a cute, quick, and easy shaker card to share with you today.  Isn't that cute?  I made an end-to-end shaker card with some plastic packaging that used to hold some stamps.  The packaging got torn, so instead of throwing it away, I used it to make this shaker card.

I started by stenciling some blue ink over this awesome Sea Scales 6x6 stencil from Picket Fence Studios onto some pale blue cardstock.  Then I wrapped the plastic packaging around this stenciled panel, taping three sides onto the back of the panel.  With one end open, I poured in some of the gorgeous new Sea of Dolphins sequin mix in between the plastic packaging and the front of the stenciled panel.  Then I taped the fourth end shut and adhered the whole panel to a white card base.

Next, I used some gray dye ink and stamped the adorable little dolphins from Even More of a Fishy Lot set.  After I colored them with Copic markers, I cut them out with the matching dies.  I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with a black ink and cut that out with the matching die as well.  Then I adhered all three of these to the front of my shaker card.  

I love making shaker cards like this.  They are really fun and much easier than the shaker cards with the acetate and the foam tape and frames.  This Sea of Dolphins sequin mix actually has tiny little iridescent dolphins in there - I hope you can see them in my picture.  

I wanted to thank Nicole and Sara for asking me to be a guest designer for Picket Fence Studios this month.  It's been a blast, and I loved playing with all these new products.  I can't wait to see what they have up their sleeves for the next release!

 

Glazed Roses

Good morning!  Everyone knows that I love all the paper glazes from Picket Fence Studios, and I do have all the colors and varieties of glazes here in my studio.  I was so excited to see the new colors of glazes when Nicole asked me to be a guest designer for this month.  When I saw this gorgeous English Roses die, I wanted to see if I could color the die cut with some of the new glazes.

I cut this English Roses die and the matching shadow die from white cardstock.  I set the shadow die cut aside and placed the English Roses die on my glass mat.  Then I used a small paint brush and dipped it into the gorgeous Duckling Fuzz Velvet Glaze(a soft pale yellow color) and "painted" the roses.  Then I used another small paint brush and painted all the leaves with both the Raw Kale Paper Glaze and the Spanish Olive Paper Glaze.  These two colors are perfect for leaves and foliage!  

The leaves are fabulously shiny and the roses have that matte soft velvety feel to them.  It's so easy to paint with the paper glazes, and I love the results.  You can see the shiny leaves in this photo below.

After the painted die cut was dry, I adhered it to the white shadow and then glued that to a pale yellow card panel.  After I glued this panel down to a brown card base, I decided to cut some butterflies from the same brown cardstock.  The butterflies are from the Flaunt Butterfly Die set, the Flit Butterfly Die set, and the Wander Butterfly die set.  I also cut out the "dream" from the Wander Butterfly Die set.  To finish off the card, I added some clear and yellow sequins from the new Fish Food Sequin Mix.

I hope this card inspires you to pull out your paper glazes and play with them.  You don't always have to spread them through a stencil.  You can paint with them, you can mix colors together, you can cover some scrap papers with it and use it for die cut sentiments, and you can thin the glazes down with water and use them to splatter drops on your cards.  Enjoy your day!

 

Shine Bright Goldfish

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing another card that I created for Picket Fence Studios as their guest designer this month.  This card is really bright and shiny from the background to the sweet goldfish.  I used several different paper glazes from Picket Fence Studios to achieve all this shimmer.

To start with, I placed the new Sea Scales 6x6 stencil over some pale blue cardstock and taped it down.  Then I pulled out some Turquoise Jewelry Luxe glaze and spread a little bit here and there.  I just randomly applied it in thick clumps without spreading it flat.  Then I added some little clumps of the new Raw Kale Paper Glaze to some of the other areas.  Then I used a Mixed Media Spatula to spread both of the glazes over the stencil and fill in any empty spots.  It's really cool to see how the blue and the green glazes mixed together for a unique background.  Look at that glittery goodness!

After I peeled the stencil off, I immediately washed it in the sink along with the mixed media spatula.  I set the background panel aside to dry completely while I worked with the goldfish.  I stamped the two goldfish from the new O-fish-ally stamp set and cut them out with the matching dies.  I also stamped the sentiment from the same O-fish-ally set and cut that out with the matching die.

Next, I pulled out some Golden Rose and Marigold Orange Paper Glazes.  I put a little bit of both glazes onto my glass mat and then added a little bit water, mixing them all together with a small paintbrush.  Then I "watercolored" the goldfish with this golden orange "paint", making sure to leave the eye white.  While the goldfish were drying, I die cut some circle frames from some pale blue cardstock in three graduating sizes.  

After the background panel and the goldfish were completely dry, I glued the circle frames to the panel and then added the goldfish and the sentiment to the inside of the circles.  I adhered this panel to a white card layer and then glued this to a pale blue card.  

I hope you've enjoyed today's project.  I'll share another Picket Fence Studios creation with y'all next week.  Have a beautiful day!

 

Guest Designer for Picket Fence Studios

Good morning!  I'm so excited to tell you that I'm a guest designer for Picket Fence Studios this month!  It's no secret that I looooove all of their paper glazes - I use them all the time.  There are four brand new glazes this month, and I'm so excited that I got to play with the new colors!!

Nicole also sent me some of the new stamps, dies, sequins, and embellishments from this new release, and boy did I have fun.  For the first card that I'm showing you today, I used a new yellow Velvet glaze, a new stencil, a bunch of new dies, and some gorgeous new sequins.  I started by placing the new Sun with Rays 6x6 stencil onto a white A2 panel.  After I carefully taped down the edges to my glass mat, I spread some of the sweet new Duckling Fuzz Velvet Glaze across the top of the stencil.  In the middle, I spread some Daffodil Yellow Paper Glaze, and down at the bottom, I spread some Aztec Sunflowers Luxe Glaze.  I used a plastic palette knife to spread and blend the three glazes together for a harmonious yellow ombre.  You can see the fabulous glitter from the Luxe glaze in the picture below.

After this stenciled panel dried, I trimmed it down and adhered it to a deep blue cardstock layer and then glued it to a white card.  This helps to keep the stenciled panel flat while I affix the die cuts and sequins.  Speaking of die cuts, there are some wonderful new dies in this release!

I pulled out the Flit Butterfly die set and cut three of the small butterflies along with the words from the same deep blue cardstock as the background layer.  After I glued those down, I pulled out some clear and pale yellow sequins from the new Fish Food sequins and glued those all over the card.  I didn't want to cover up all those gorgeous sun rays, so I stopped before I covered the whole thing with butterflies and sequins.  LOL!

For my second project, I decided to make a slimline shaker card with the new butterfly dies, the new sequins, and the gorgeous new Luxe glaze.

I started by opening the new Wandering Gypsy Luxe Glaze - a gorgeous, glittery, mauve-purple glaze.  I wanted to see how this would look with the new butterflies, so I picked out this new Flaunt Butterfly set.  There is a die and a matching stencil, and I started by cutting out the Flaunt Butterfly with the large die and some white cardstock.  Then I taped the Layered Flaunt Butterfly stencil over this die cut and spread the new Wandering Gypsy Luxe glaze over that.  I had some excess Luxe glaze on my palette knife,  so I spread it onto some scrap pieces of white cardstock and set them aside to dry. 

Meanwhile, I used the Slim Line Die Cutting System to cut a white panel, and then I used the circle with fence die to cut the two circles on each end.  I taped some clear acetate to the back of both circles and then added foam tape all around the back of the circles and the rest of the panel.  

I cut another piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than my shaker panel and I used some Life Changing Blender Brushes to brush some soft blue ink across the top and some green ink across the bottom.  This is the background that you see in the shaker windows.  With this panel ready to go, I carefully spread some of the gorgeous new Butterfly Bush sequins over the acetate windows and removed the liners from all the foam tape.  I carefully placed my inked panel over the sequin/acetate panel and made sure all the foam tape was securely adhered before I flipped the piece over.  

With the shaker panel ready and all the Luxe glazed pieces dried, I affixed the large stenciled butterfly to the center of the shaker.  It fits beautifully between the two circular openings!  I used two smaller butterfly dies from the Flaunt Butterfly die set to cut some additional butterflies from the panels that I spread the Wandering Gypsy Luxe glaze onto.  Then I cut out the words from the Wander Butterfly and the Flit Butterfly sets from some dark green cardstock and adhered those to the panel.  This panel was then affixed to a white slimline card base.

I hope you've enjoyed these two projects!  I have a few more to share with you so be sure to check back with me next week for another fun card with the new Picket Fence Studios release.