Welcome back my friends and Happy Friday to you!! I’m happy that it’s Friday as well as happy that it is raining! We need it! I’ll just give myself extra time and an extra helping of patience to help me deal with the traffic, lol! We Southern Californian’s aren’t used to the wet and it sure causes havoc with the commute!
I was supposed to be working on a design team card but…this paper got in the way! I saw it and my mind instantly connected with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge:
So I just went with it and love how the card turned out!
Aren’t the colors delightful?? I had fun playing with a fun tag die from Pretty Pink Posh, it was fairly simple to turn it into a shaker card…loaded with a bit of this and a bit of that…definitely some Pretty Pink Posh sequins in there!
I wanted to show a close up of the sentiment. It’s die cut using the Wplus9 Hand Lettered Thanks die cut, out of patterned paper. I layered it on top of an additional two layers of plain white cardstock for depth. I felt it needed a bit more pizzazz so I inked the sentiment up with clear embossing powder, twice. I love the sheen it has. I think you could probably get the same effect with Crystal Effects (or Glossy Accents) but I’m too impatient to wait for it to dry!
I often dress up the inside of the card but forget to take pictures of it to show you. I thought this combination was pretty but left the sentiment off for now until I know for sure who the recipient is.
Thank you so much for stopping by, I greatly appreciate your visits and your comments, each and every one!!
Wishing you joy and blessings!
Products Used:
Cardstock: Rustic White by Papertrey Ink
Pattern Paper: Now & Then: Milo by My Mind’s Eye
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: None
Dies: Hand Lettered Thanks by Wplus9; Stitched Duo 1 by Pretty Pink Posh; Ride the Wave by MFT Stamps; Femme Frames by Mama Elephant and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!
Tools: Heat Gun
Embellishments: Various sequins; Cream Thread by Papertrey Ink
This is a fantastic take on that sketch. I love how you made the tag into a window pane shaker card. Just beautiful.
Thank you Karen! It’s such a fun die!
Your card is very dangerous to my bank account! ! LOL… so many pretties that just scream I need you in my craft room. Glad your muse took a detour. TFS.
Ah, Rosemarie, that card was hard on my bank account too, lol. But fun! And if I’m using them, that justifies the purchase, right??? 🙂
Ooooooooh! So pretty! The embossing on the sentiment is so smooth…..I thought it was Glossy Accents. Perfect detail.
Thanks Kimberly! I had just watched a JM video that same day, so it gave me the idea to do it! So easy, I will have to remember to do it more often!
This is gorgeous, Shannon! The shaker is such a cool way to use the sketch and the colors work so well together. Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
I love how you have used the sketch! The window/shaker tag is fabulous and the big “thank you” is a great touch! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.