SHAKER CARDS -- LAST OF SUMMER

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have two different shaker cards with a summer beach theme.  Hope you enjoy them:

I loved making these fun cards with the beach theme.  I used some resin flatback charms, some dew drops, and some smaller star charms inside the shaker.  I also used glitter, sequins and beads for the shaker innards.  The stamp and stitched rectangle die is from SSS.

This one is with coastal cabana behind the shaker windows.  I used a beach ball puffy sticker and some resin charms as embellishments.  I used more glitter in these shaker windows than the previous one because after all - we are "digging in the sand" with the shovels and bucket, right?

Another photo of the same card.

Thanks for stopping by.  I am so glad I learned how to make shaker cards and am having so much fun creating them.

Next I am going to create some fall shakers, so stop by again, won't you?

SHAKER CARD WITH SPRINKLES OF LIFE

HEY BLOGGIES,

Believe it or not I have NEVER made a shaker card!!  But today I have one to share with you and it was fun and easy to create.

 I used Watermelon Wonder, the new In Color.  The oval behind the shaker is Mint Macaron, also a new In Color.

 The stamp set Sprinkles of Life stamp set is a Charity Set that Stampin' Up! donates $3.00 to the Ronald MacDonald House Project for each set that is sold.  It also has a matching Tree Punch that punches out the icing, cherry, a tree, leaves and a few other things all on one punch.

I used my Oval Framelits to cut out the border around the window, as well as the window and the sticky fun foam I used as my frame on the back of the front panel to put the sequins inside.  Sticky fun foam can be obtained at most of your craft stores.  I used two layers stuck together.

I am entering this (a bit late) at the SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY challenge.  Pop over there to see what the other design team members have created, won't you?

I also am entering this is the ALOHA FRIDAY CHALLENGE:  BIRTHDAY.

Thanks for stopping by!!

A LITTLE MONDAY MOJO HERE

HEY BLOGGIES,

I have a little Mojo Monday card for you here.  It got my mojo humming this morning.

I used crisp camtaloupe and crumb cake with whisper white.

the little adornment is a button with the back snipped off.  I created the cuteBOW in DSP with the oval punch and also a 3/4" wide piece of paper.   I have beads as sprinkles on the shiny gelato scoop. Embossing on cone and background.

The sentiment is from Six Sided Sampler stamp set, punched with oval punch and layered Scallop Oval punch.Embossed background is baked brown sugar.

YOU ARE THE BEES KNEES

HEY BLOGGIES,

Did the title get your attention?  I don't even know where that expression came from in the 40s, but there it is.  My post today is all about BEES.

Springtime makes me think of BEES waking up and finding the wildflowers blooming.  I saw two big carpenter bees (I used to call them bumble bees because I didnt know what a carpenter bee was) when I stopped at a red light and looked at the wildflowers blooming next to the road.  There were the two big bees working hard at collecting honey.  Spring time!!

I have to warn you, this is NOT a Stampin' Up! set.  I wanted a fun fantasy bee and SU does not have one this size.

 I am loving the thinlits flipits card makers.   It is so fun to use them to create fun creative fold cards.  This one has pretty scallop edges. I used several things besides the designer paper to create the fun design.  I used a small honeycomb stamp with gray ink, and I punched out some hexi shapes to adhere on the top left side of the card.  Also the cute black beads and the "happy" thinlit die.

Here it is open so you can see how it works.  I was so pleased that the word BE just happened to be on the designer paper.  But I put a small BEE above the happy so it all made sense.

Here is Denice's card she made. It is so stinkin' cute!!  Same stamp set, same thinlits flip card, yet so completely different.

Hope you enjoyed my card.  Please stop back in to visit again.

I have entered this card at Techno stamper: Monday Lunchtime Sketch