25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Day 14

Hello!

It's day 14 of this 25 days of Christmas challenge I've joined with Linda & Kathy.  For today I thought I'd start the week off with a fun shaker card I made with my current favorite color combo of green/red/black with some white.  Today's featured images are some sweet winter friends from 2 Cute Ink...

Hehehe,  I love this card!  It was so much fun to put together.  Inside the paper made snow globe are Playtime Winter Penguin & Little Reindeer in a snowy scene.  There are also some cute pinkish-white snowflakes from a RAK from my crafty friend Eva, (Hi Eva!)  Visit her Etsy store to find these and some other cute stuff.   I used a lot of my old paper stash for this one.  It seems I'm having a hard time cutting in to the new paper pads!  (hahaha! oh dear)  To create the globe was a little bit tricky, but in the end I got it to work. I might do a video on it if I attempt to do it again.  Below is a side view of it.

I used a few MFT dies to make the snow globe which I will list below.  Because the snowflakes were delicate I doubled them up to make them sturdier; adding some WOS and a sequin for some sparkle finished them off.  The AmyR sentiment was heat embossed with white and seemed like the perfect one to use here.  Below is a different view of the snow globe.

I think I will attempt to make this globe again so that you can actually see what it looks like.  It does look really cool IRL!  (hahaha!)  Anyhoos, you can see the fun layers of paper I used.  Love the combo!  I had some time to decorate the inside so I did something fun and simple with some extra bits and bobs...

Definitely loving the inside too.  The sentiment is from MFT and I loved using the bright colored inks from MFT to transfer this to the paper.  All-in-all one of my favorite cards, inside and out.

Snow globe: Stitched circle, radial stitched circle, Tabs (I guess the dies are discontinued, but I used the larger version of this one.)

Thank you for stopping by today!  Have a great Scorpion Monday!

xoxo,
Leanne

Didja Hear?

Hello!

Wow, has it really been that long since I last posted something?! Eek!! I have to get back on track.  I guess I'll start by sharing this card I made for our display at the Carson Rubber Stamp show.  (I'll share more on that on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog soon.)  Talk about quick and easy and I found a way to make a shaker card using a plastic bag instead of acetate.  Now I'm going to think twice about throwing those out!

Here's the card featuring Sister Stamps Turtle Set.  Love these little guys, they look like they are having a ton of fun and what ever they are talking about must be hilarious!  hahaha... 

Didja Hear? (Sister Stamps - Turtle set)

After coloring up the turtles I fussy cut them out with a small white border.  I had this turquoise blue and white chevron paper scrap left over and thought it looked like water, so then I thought... shaker card!!  I didn't have any acetate, but I did have a plastic bag hanging around.  Why not use that instead?  Boy was it much easier to use that then to use the acetate.  I adhered the turtles where I wanted them to be, added the handwritten sentiment to the bottom and then poured two different kinds of sequins in to the bag.  Taped the top shut and then using the washi tape technique to add that cute turquoise and white polka dot border.  I also added some white sheer sparkly ribbon and a green and white half "candy" to tie in with the green of the turtles.

Turtle set

Alrighty, that's all for tonight.  I have a few more projects to share, but I think I'll wait and space them out so it looks like I've been busy.  (lol)  BTW, if you're in the mood for a blog hop, the Y&FH teams are gearing up for one that you won't want to miss.  It all starts on Friday morning.  Hope to see you there!

Mahalo for stopping by!  Have a great evening!

Hugs,
Leanne

LFF #61 ~ Hugs, Shin-Shin

Hey everyone!

Happy Aloha Friday!!  Hope you are all excited for the weekend.  I know I am!  :)

This is going to be a short one today.  (yay)  For Lilo's Fun Friday #61, my card is a simple one featuring one of the new images from Sister Stamps again, Shin-Shin.  I had a small piece of kraft cardstock, left over from yesterday's project annd since the embossing project was still fresh in my mind I used the same bamboo folder & bamboo leaves ink to make a similar looking background.  I tried to case the adorable shaker card that Jenny, owner of Sister Stamps created for this release.

I purchased a bunch of washi tape last week and now have quite a stash.  (woo hoo!)  One of the purchases was that woodgrain looking one.  Love it!!  I used two cuttlebug embossing folders, the woodgrain one and the bamboo one.  The technique for the embossing was fun to do.  To see the technique scroll down to my previous post.  This actually looks really cool IRL.  I thought it would be fun to keep in with the green theme so I inked up Shin-Shin in the same ink and colored using different shades of green. He's glowing!  (hahaha)  Fussy cut him out and then glued him down.  Stamped "hugs" on the top corner with a Paper Smooches sentiment.  Then I created the pocket for the shaker card.  After pouring in some beads and two punched green 5 petal flowers I closed it up, mounted it on to the woodgrain embossed cardstock with foam squares and then glued to the dark brown cardstock.

Okie dokie that's all I have for today.  Mahalo for stopping by!  I always appreciate your visits, makes my day even brighter. :)  Have a fabulous Friday!!

Hugs,
Lilo

Challenge: Oozak.com Earth Tones (2nd submission)

Glisten Bean Washi Tape Shaker Card

Hola!
This is my second post today.  Please scroll down to see my Y&FH "Shape for Mother's Day" post.

This morning I was in a rush to finish this card for the current FFF - Monochromatic over at The Greeting Farm.  I had my image stamped but needed to figure out what I wanted to do with it.  I thought creating another washi tape shaker card would go wonderfully with this image.  I think the washi tape might have tipped me over in to choosing the colors I wanted to use, then I checked the samples from the design team and I really got inspired by Rosie's card.  I hadn't done a black and white card in a long time so thought I would give it a go.

Here's my version of a black and white washi tape shaker card.  [HAHAHA!!  I just noticed that you can see some of my reflection in her hair!]  Anyhoos here is the card and the washi tape is the black and bigger white polka dots (K&Co).  For a fun and easy tutorial check out this post.  I think I might have put in a bit too much extras which include the fun little accents on the stamp.  I stamped, colored, and fussy cut them out. Added some clear beads and punched some small clouds.  After closing the top part I mounted it on to a white piece of cardstock, then on to the polka dot dp and then on to the black cardstock.  Added the black and white bakers twine to tie it all together.

Whew, I was able to upload this to the FFF over at The Greeting Farm early this morning before it closed.  Thirty minutes to spare!  Yay!  Well had I not gotten in, I still would have posted this here.  It's pretty darn cute.  Would also like to submit this to a new challenge I was recently introduced to, Card Makin' Mamas.  Their challenge is to use Washi tape, which was perfect for my card.   Definitely looking forward to makin' more of these easy/fun cards and getting my washi tape stash up!  Thanks for stopping by!!  Enjoy the rest of your day!!

xx
Leanne

Mother Day Card - Washi tape Shaker card

Hello!

I have been seeing a fair amount of these really cute washi tape shaker cards popping up on some of my favorite blogs.  The first time I saw it was on Debi's blog, then I saw it on the Sister Stamp's blog during their release showcase and let me tell you they were very cute and inspiring!  I especially loved how easy it looked to make and no use of dimensional tape was a plus!!  The only problem for me is that I have a limited amount of washi tape that would be fun to use.  So I guess I'll have to make a trip to Michael's to buy some.  Darn and they had them on sale about two weeks ago!  Figures! hahaha!   Thanks for inspiring Debi and Jenny!!   Here is the link to the tutorial and I have to say I really enjoyed listening to Julie share how she made her cards, she's got a really infectious laugh!

Because I really wanted to try this over the weekend, I think it turned out ok.  I now wish I would have embossed the background!  It's just too plain even with the bright green flower.  Oh well.  I do have to say it was really easy to do it this way than the old fashioned way.  Because you can reposition the washi tape to get it just right.  The only set back I see is you can't really put too many dimensional items in the pocket, they tend to get stuck.  Like the wooden butterfly in the pocket?  It gets stuck in the corners so you kinda have to whack the card to loosen it. hahaha!  All-in-all a fun idea!!  And I am happy to report that my beads that I bought years ago are finally getting used!  Woo Hoo! The sentiment stamp is by AmyR.  Love that script!  The flowers inside were all punched.  Sending this one to my grandmother for Mother's Day.  I'll probably do a few more of these for my co-workers and friends but probably at a much smaller scale.

Thanks for stopping by today.  So wish I wasn't at work today.  It's been a gloomy couple of days with rain and it would be much nicer to be at home working on some cards instead of at work. LOL!!  Where ever you are hope you're having a great day!

xx
Leanne