Shaker Cards

 When I have lots of scrap pieces one way of using them up is making cards, I'm a paper saver and I always end up with tons of scrap paper.

I had a workshop this weekend and I prepared a couple of shaker card models with some retired paper packs.

The first one is a very simple but eye-catching card. Choosing the right pattern and colour is key, but as you can see is very simple.

I used a card base and envelope that measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". Then a rectangle of Blossom cardstock that measures 5 1/4" x 4" mats the patterned paper that is 5 1/8" x 3 7/8". For the polaroid frame, I used Cricut but can be done by hand cutting a 4" x 3 1/4" rectangle and then removing a 2.6" x 2.6" square leaving a 3/8" frame from the sides and top.

Then I used a 3" x 3" white cardstock for stamping and backing the polaroid window. I stamped a birthday cake and coloured it with the Triblend markers in Coral and I added the sentiment on the frame with a watercolour effect background to match the paper.

For the second card, I used the new Scalloped Circle Frame Thin Cuts for the shaker frame and then Circles thin cuts for cutting the other circles. I also used the Small Circle Shaker Window Foam + Acetate which makes life easier when you need to contain all the sequins in a circular shape.

For this one, I stamped a flower on the backing of the window shaker and coloured it with the tri-blend markers in Burt Orange and Light Green. I always stamp with Intense Black when I want to colour in as it doesn't smudge.

Quick card!

 I love making cards, I can spend hours designing, cutting, and decorating... but sometimes you don't have that time and you need to put something together quickly.

Having a Cricut has made things easy for this, in a matter of minutes, you can have something beautiful in place and ready to go.

I was invited to a wedding anniversary celebration, I bought a present early and then it slipped from my mind... so the night before I put together this cute card, all made with basic shapes and free SVG from the Internet.

I used Close to my Heart cardstock in black, gold, and glitter gold and made both the card and the envelope. I also used the foil tool in gold from Cricut for the writing.

As a little advice, when you use medium to heavy cardstock, especially for the envelope, use high tack glue or tape as tends to unstick from the tension. And with glitter paper, I always use glue as tape doesn't do the work.

Scrapbooking month, lets celebrate!

Tiempo, tiempo, necesito tiempo! Tiempo para scrapear, tiempo para hacer fotos de lo que hago (lo poco) tiempo para publicar en el blog...

Time, time, I need time! Time for scrapbooking, time for taking pictures of what I Scrapbook (the few things I do) time for publish in the blog...

Aprovechando que Mayo es Scrapbooking month me he apuntado a algunas crops y así salgo de casa y hago algo, que con los mellis no tengo tiempo de nada, y es que en casa me da mucha pereza sacarlo todo para ponerme media horita de nada que es lo que me van a dejar...

As May is Scrapbooking month I'll be attending different crop sessions, this is the only way I have to do something, with the twins I don't have time to do anything. When I'm at home I barely have half an hour of freedom to scrap and it's not worth put everything out to such a short time...

Ayer fui a una crop de 6 horitas, a parte de unas cuantas paginas de mi olvidado álbum de los enanos me dio tiempo a hacer alguna tarjeta, y aproveché a hacer una para unirme al reto de 3 Flowers, "A embosarlo todo se ha dicho".

3flowers retos de tarjetas:"A embosarlo todo se ha dicho"

Yesterday I went to a 6 hour crop session, I scrapbooked some pages of my littlies never ending album and I could do some cards also (yay!).  With one of the cards I'm participating in the 3 Flowers, "A embosarlo todo se ha dicho" challenge.

Mi tarjeta solo tiene embossing frío y caliente, para el embossing en pasta no tenía material, así que como menos es nada allá va.

My card only has cold and hot embossing, I didn't have the materials for the embossing paste. 

La verdad es que últimamente uso mucho Close to My Heart, que es un tipo Mary Kay pero de Scrap, mi amiga y compi de trabajo Nina es consultora y me tiene enganchada, todo lo que venden está perfectamente coordinado, las tintas, con los papeles, los sellos... Creo que aun no están en España, una pena porque es todo super kuki, pero bueno, menos cháchara y al lío.

Lately I love to use Close to My Heart, it's a brand like Mary Kay but about Scrapbooking instead of cosmetics. My friend and colleague Nina is a consultant and I'm addicted. Everything they sell is perfectly coordinated, the inks, the papers, the stamps... I think they are not Spain yet, what a pity because everything is amazing.

Es una tarjeta sencilla, pero a mi parecer muy limpia y elegante. Tiene una base que enmarca la tarjeta en color "sorbet" que coordina con la tinta y algunas de las flores. La tarjeta base está "embosada" en frío con una máscara circular en el centro y alrededor flores y hojas estampadas y cortadas con Cuttlebug (troqueles a juego con los sellos). El sentimiento está estampado en un gris claro que se llama "whisper" y las ramas y hojas negras llevan embossing caliente en dorado. Las flores y hojas estan colocadas alrededor de la máscara circular, algunas levantadas con foam adhesivo otras planas para darle relieve. Y bueno, mis brillitos particulares.

It's a simple card, I think it's neat and elegant. It has a base in "sorbet" color cardstock that makes the card pop. This same color is also used in the ink and cardstock of some flowers. The base of the card is cold embossed with a central and circular mask, all around the circle there are flowers and leafs stamped and cut with the Cuttlebug (it's a pack with thin cuts and coordinated stamps). The sentiment is stamped in light grey ink called "Whisper" and the black leaves and branches are hot embossed in gold. The flowers and leafs are all around the sentiment, some of them raised with sticky foam. And I added some strass (which I always love).