Cousin Elmer Shaker Card

When I spotted this file it made me giggle so I decided to play with it.

 

You can find this cute little guy here: Ewe-N-Me Printables. You get 1 Seed Packet Envelope per page and you can print up as many as you want to.

 

I used my We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool to create a shaker card. After cutting my card base I cut out Cousin Elmer's picture and sized my shaker sleeve to fit the image. I didn't take any pictures of my work with the Fuse but all I used it for was to seal up the edges of the sleeve.

 

Elmer's image is inside the sleeve along with some seed beads for shake. I also added a ladybug brad to Elmer's hat.

 

The entire sealed shaker sleeve is glued to the front of the card base. I added some jewels and my note card was complete. 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

Sue
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Fabulous Fall Shaker Card & Thanksgiving Gift Boxes

I have two projects this week, Ewe-N-Me Printables has so many wonderful fall printables that I have a hard time deciding on which ones to work with and this week I came up with 2 different files and projects.

First up is a Fall shaker card that I made using this darling Fall Pockets file. There are 5 different bottle cap images, you get 6 of each image. These cut out very easily with a 1" circle punch.

After printing and cutting out my bottle caps I inked the edges.

I used a sheet of Kraft paper for the card base. I put two leaf stamps on the same stamping block and used red and green inks on them. I stamped the background, including the piece that I used for the shaker element. I laid that piece directly onto the Kraft paper and stamped them both at the same time.

The, "Fabulous Fall" sentiment is a Cricut cut and I used Cricut's Fancy Frames cartridge to cut the shaker layers. I cut 6 layers using empty cereal boxes and glued them together to form the frame for the card. I also cut a piece of clear acetate for the window and another piece of cereal box for the base of the shaker element.

After assembling the shaker element and letting the layers dry thoroughly (overnight) I added the bottle cap images and some sequins before adhering the clear acetate and top frame.

For a finishing touch I added a piece of green twine to the fold.

Then I got to work using the Small Farmhouse Labels - Turkey Labels.

 

 

I am a firm believer that the bigger the mess I make, the more fun I am having. These Thanksgiving Gift Boxes definitely lived up to that. You get 3 each of 3 different sizes and labels for a total of 9 labels, 3 large, 3 medium and 3 small.

 



 

 

I have had these paper Mache boxes for quite a while, looking for the right project to use them.

 

The first step was to give all of the boxes a couple of coats of Gesso, the Gesso seals the paper Mache making it easier for the paint to cover more evenly. 

After giving all of the boxes a couple coats of Gesso and paint I cut doilies to fit the tops using water color paper then I painted the doilies to mix and match the boxes. After the paint dried I added some twine and glued them to the tops of the boxes. I used the large label on the large box, medium on the medium box and small on the small box. I inked the edges of the labels then layered them onto pieces of black card stock and adhered them to the tops of the boxes with foam tape.

I also painted some wooden buttons, added twine and adhered them below the labels.

 

 

I also added a piece of ribbon around the bottom of the boxes.



 

These would make great Hostess Gift Boxes for Thanksgiving or to put Thanksgiving type munchies into before gifting them to a friend.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

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Mother's Day Cards

This file is so cute, that I just had to play with it and for a change, I didn't do an invitation to tea.
You can find this file here.  You get 2 tea bag envelopes per page and you can print as many as you need.



 

I made 2 different but kind of the same cards.

 

 

The papers are all from DCWV. I cut the card, clipped the corners and added a piece of yellow ribbon to the fold side. The scalloped circle is a Spellbinder's die, I put the envelope on top of the circle. The envelope if perfect for slipping in a sample of your favorite tea to share with the recipient.

 

 

I decided to make this one a shaker card so I cut out the front part of the envelope and put the rest aside to use another day.

 

I put a couple of layers (scraps) under the shaker element and added a hat from plumpurdy.com which I stamped onto watercolor paper using StazOn ink. I colored it with watercolor pencils and did a fussy cut, adding it to the corner of the shaker element. To be honest, the hat was an after thought, I had been doing some experimenting and it was one of my useable experiments and still sitting in my work area.

 

I managed to use all scraps for both cards, but my scrap pile doesn't seem to have gone down very much. All of the papers are from DCWV's, "Flower Shower Spring Stack".

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

Sue

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Gift box with matching card

I love chickens so when I saw this printable I just had to have it, one of these days I would like to have a few chickens of my own. Link to printable

 

You get 7 images on the sheet, 3 of the larger image and 4 of the smaller one. I used two of the bigger images on the box and 1 of the smaller images on the card.

 

 

I made this cute gift box and matching card. The box is cut using my Cricut and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 cartridge. The papers were printed with my Imagine. I used my Cuttlebug Alphabet Dies to cut the, "Hello Spring".

 

 

After cutting the box out I added the checkerboard paper then wrapped a black and white stripped ribbon then topped that ribbon with red ribbon. I added red and black twine at the top and tied it into a bow. I adhered the images using foam pads.

 





 

I used the same papers on the card but added a piece of read to break up the checkerboard paper. Wrapped the same ribbons around the checkerboard and lower part of the red layer, I used foam tape to adhere the layers to the card face with some extra foam tape under the shaker portion. I used clear beads and red sequins to the shaker element. And added a piece of red twine to the folded edge.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

Sue
www.suek86401.blogspot.com


 

St. Patrick's Day Shaker Cards

I was in the mood to make some shaker cards and this file was perfect, click here to go to file:

You get 3 of each saying, 9 total on the page.

I did each one a bit different, if you have never made a shaker card before, click here for a you tube video.

For the first card I cut my card base to measure: 4 1/4" wide x 5 1/2" tall. I cut the green layer a 1/2" smaller all the way around and added a piece of washi tape.

My shaker element measures 2 3/4" wide x 3 1/4" high, this is the size the hang tags are when you cut them out. I used some shamrock confetti that I have had for several years inside the shaker. I added a piece of green and white twine to the fold.

My second card measures 5 1/2" wide x 6" tall, I cut 3 chevrons using 3 different green scraps and embossed them using a shamrock embossing folder I made myself, I also wrapped a piece of green ribbon around the chevrons. I added a piece of green and white twine to the fold.

Card 3 measures 5" wide x 6" tall, the lighter green layer measures 3 3/4" wide x 5" tall, I also embossed this with my shamrock embossing folder, added a piece of green ribbon and a few sequins.





I think that my pen pals will enjoy these cards.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

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