Thank You Friend Shaker Card

 Thank You Friend

Shaker Card

Hello again, welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the 'Blooming Friendship' Collection.  This time I created a shaker card. 

I started with the stamping and heat-embossing. I had to first stamp the flower, 2 mugs and the cookie onto white card and heat-emboss with silver glitter embossing powder.  The word 'friend' was created by embossing the stamp 'friendship' onto heat-resistant acetate (the heat from the heating tool will warp normal acetate)and embossed it with white embossing powder, then trimmed it down to just have 'friend'.

Once that was done I started making the shaker frame.  I aligned the 2 larger flower dies over the stamp and cut them out together.  While they were still taped together I then cut the same frame out of foam. I then slid the postcard under the newly created frame to make sure the wording was positioned where I wanted it.  Using the frame as the guide, I then placed the 2nd largest die over the postcard and die-cut it. I used the large die to cut the acetate.  I glued the frame to the acetate then the acetate to the foam.   To make the silver accent frame, I laid the 2nd largest die over the silver cardstock and using a pencil, I just traced around the inside and outside and cut it out using a craft knife.

I glued a couple of sequences directly onto the postcard cutout, added the rest into the well of the frame. I aligned the postcard cutout into the frame and held it there with a couple of strips of tape so I could flip it over and glue it to the card front.

Next I glued a background mat from the silver card to the cardbase then topped it with the designer paper that was distressed around the edges.

I glued the shaker frame to the card front. I fussy cut the 2 mugs and cookie. I added a foam square behind the bottom of the cookie cutout and one behind the centre of one mug.  I arranged them as per the photo and glued them in place.  I finished by adding a few blue branches from the ephemera pack.  I thought it needed something, so I got my water-brush out and grey dye ink and randomly painted around the flower near the silver frame.

A sideways view.

A closer look at the layering.

The finished project.

Couture Creations Products used:-

CO728099             Blooming Friendship - Paper Collection, Page 1B & Postcard

CO728107     Blooming Friendship - Ephemera Set

CO728110     Blooming Friendship - Stamp/Die - Blooming Flower

CO728123     Blooming Friendship - Stamp - Tall Hot Chocolate

CO728125     Blooming Friendship - Stamp - Cookies

CO728130     Blooming Friendship - Stamp - Cherished Friends

CO724990     Embossing Powder - Sparkles - Silver/Silver

CDEIPU035          Dye Ink - Grey

CO727166     A4 Glitter Card - Silver

CO723978     Heat Tool

CO727381     Stamp Press

CO726809     Craft Knife

Other Products:-

    Card base and white cardstock, distressing tool, sequences, heat-resistant acetate, white foam, double-sided foam tape, cardboard, glue and water-brush.

To find a store near you that stock these Couture Creations products, click on the following link:- 

https://couturecreations.com.au/pages/store locator

My Blog link is:-

cardcraftkaylee.blogspot.com

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