Shaker Card Tutorial with Stampin Up Layered with Kindness

Wow what a month we've had so far!! I hope everyone is safe and keeping well.  We're keeping busy at Totally Techniques and have lots of ideas for making shaker cards for this month's hop.

I've used Stampin' Up! set Layered with Kindness and one of the punches that coordinates with the set, the Label Me Fancy punch.

I started with a base card of Soft Sea Foam card and stamped the large leaf image all around the edge of the card using second generation stamping in Pretty Peacock ink.  I cut a square of window sheet slightly narrower than a matting layer also in Soft Sea Foam.  I used an embossing buddy to remove static from the window sheet then  roughly the  centre of it I stamped with white craft ink the large sentiment stamp.  I added white embossing powder and then used my heat tool to carefully melt it.
Be sure to make sure your heat tool is hot before you start to melt the powder to avoid melting the window sheet or causing it to curl.  Don't let the heat stay in one place too long.

I used the Label Me Fancy punch to create an aperture in my matting layer.  I sponged some Rococo Rose and Soft Sea Foam ink gently onto this layer and then stamped images from the Layered with Kindness set.  I also stamped some of the flowers on white card and fussy cut them out.  I used a sponge to add a little more ink to the flowers and edges.   Having inked some white crinkle seam binding with Rococo Rose ink I used the aperture to wrap it around the side border and tie a bow.

I added double sided tape to the edges on the sentiment side of the window sheet then having removed the backing paper carefully lined it up and stuck it to the back of the matt layer so that I could see the sentiment through the aperture.  If you end up with an overhang of window sheet you can cut this now.

Using foam adhesive strips on the reverse of the matting layer I created a square that went around the aperture and also added them around the whole matt layer just in from the edges.  I took away static again on the reverse of the window sheet and the card base before adding some Woven Threads Sequins to the card base where the window would cover them.  Carefully removing the backing paper from all the foam strips I then positioned the matt layer onto the card base.

Finally I added the fussy cut flowers and each had a pearl added that I had coloured with the Rococo Rose alcohol blends which are a free gift with purchase until the end of the month as part of Saleabration.

Ordering the stamp set, punch, window sheet and foam adhesive strips to an order will earn you the alcohol blends free or another lovely gift from the Saleabration collection.

You can shop online for a gift with purchase until the end of March in my Stampin' Up! shop.

Or shop in the new Stampin' Up! beta store and have 20% discount on your shop until 31 March, but no gifts.  Shop HERE and it would be lovely if you nominated me as your demonstrator if you don't have one already.

Thanks for visiting and please enjoy the rest of the blog hop by clicking through the images.

Happy weekend
Zoe x

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