Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Christmas Card | Winter Scene Shaker Card


Hello!

I'm sharing a CAS shaker card with you today as the weather turns colder here in North Carolina! This design features a simple diecut image, an ink-blended background and lots of shimmer with the shaker bling!

I designed the house scene in PowerPoint, uploaded it into the Cricut Design Space and die cut it from heavy 100# white card stock. I glued/stacked two of the pieces together to ensure stability and then cut this panel again with my Big Shot using a dotted rectangle die (3.75" x 5"). I stamped the sentiment on the front using my MISTI and adhered a piece of acetate to the back of this panel. I blended an aurora borealis night sky with Distress Oxide Inks, sprayed it generously with shimmer  mist and placed it under a heavy book to dry.

I adhered the sky panel onto the center of a horizontal top-folding A-2 card base, backed the acetate panel with foam tape, and added a scoop of shaker fill into the center of the card. I carefully pressed the acetate shaker window into place to finish. One quick tip (and this is just personal preference) - I did glue several stars onto the sky panel before assembly so that when the card stood upright there would still be some scattered in the scene - if you don't do this, most of the filler will generally fall to the bottom of the shaker area and I like a bit to stay suspended.

Thanks so much for stopping by today - I really appreciate your comments : )

I would like to submit this card in the following challenges:














Rachelle

28 comments:

  1. Fantastic card. I love that aurora borealis night sky. It's magical looking.

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    1. Thanks Anne! These are my favorite colors and they seem to always work together! : )

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  2. A nice, simple aperture design and a beautiful sky. Beautiful winter scene.
    Thank you for playing in Try it on Tuesday's Cold, Cold, Cold challenge.
    Cath x

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  3. Oh how beautiful! Love those blues and purples. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.

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  4. Beautiful shaker card and fabulous sky.Thank you for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams
    Carol DT x

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  5. Fabulous hun. I love the shaker part with this little bits for snow. Love Dawn x

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    1. Thanks Toots! This one was fun and simple - I was able to make multiples pretty quickly on this one once the die cutting was done! ; )

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  6. What a great shaker card! Great job creating this on PowerPoint! The aurora borealis night sky is wonderful! Thank you for playing with us at the Cardz 4 Galz challenge and hope you will join us again.

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    1. Thanks Debbie! I appreciate you stopping by! : )

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  7. Beautiful card Rachelle. A great idea to do a shaker card for Christmas. Thanks for taking the time to enter our challenge at Creative Inspirations and good luck Jayne DT

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    1. Thank you so much - I appreciate the comments! : )

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  8. Hello… Thanks for sharing your lovely card with ‘Moving Along with the Times Challenge Blog’; it fits perfectly with our ‘Snowflakes’ challenge theme. Hope you can join us for our next challenge. Diane Louise (Team Leader) xx

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  9. Hi Rachelle
    What a super card. Love it.
    Also love how bright your photos are.
    Thanks for joining in at MAWTT.
    Best wishes.
    Ang.

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  10. Thank you for the kind comments! They are appreciated - it's tricky to photograph those white-on-white cards! : )

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  11. A lovely aperture design that's just perfect for a shaker card. I do like this.
    Thanks for sharing with us at Try it on Tuesday,
    Avril xx

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  12. This is a stunner.. can't take my eyes off!! Love it totally. Thank you for playing with us at AAA Cards ~ Hugs Ishani.

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  13. stunning ink-blended background ... so glad you *bundled up* with us at Jingle Belles.

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  14. Stunning!
    Thanks for joining us at Craftyhazelnuts Christmas challenge blog.
    Happy crafting!
    Catherine x DT

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  15. It´s so Beautiful! All the Little stars! Thanks for joining us at SFC.

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  16. A stunning design, Rachelle! Gorgeous colors!
    Thank you so much for joining in at my Crafty Wednesday challenge, hope to see you again joining in the December challenge which starts this Wednesday!
    Ellibelle's Corner

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