First Ever Shaker Card

     Lately I've  been trying as many new techniques as possible, this one gave me the most trouble when I thought it would be simple. Shaker boxes, Ugh!

     I started out with a plan and picked out all my stamps, inks and stencils, then straight to work. The end result is better than I thought but getting there was a nightmare, LOL! I had to replace the Acetate 3 times because of problems I was having with the sequins getting stuck in the background images. Finally I got  some micro beads and that did the trick.

 

    This is the end result. I just fell in love with these cute little guys and had to find a way to use them all.

Products Used:

Imaginisce Snag'em Stamps Blowfish, Crab, Dolphin and Octopus

Simon Says Wave Stencil #SSST121357

Deep Red (Water droplets background stamp)

Ranger/Dylusions # DYR37798 Ocean Backgrounds

Ranger/Dylusions Spray Inks (London Blue and Calypso Teal)

Ranger #12 DYR47308 mixed media tags

Ranger distress ink

ColorBox  Frost White pigment ink

Gelly Roll  glitter pens

Hero Arts gems

Beader's Paradise Micro Beads

Penny Black #30-358 Happy Snippets

Grumbacher Miskit

Martha Stewart punch

     First I started with the mixed media tag. I sprayed it with water, then  two different colors of ink, sopping up the excess ink with a roll of paper towels. I cut it down to 5x7 because I knew I would need a larger area for the stamped images and the background pieces.  I placed the wave stencil over the background and sprayed with water, let it sit for a few seconds then rolled the paper towels over it to pull some of the ink out. I did this twice to cover the entire background. With my water droplets stamp and the frost white ink pad I stamped bubbles onto the background, and a few fish from my ocean backgrounds. I set that aside.

     Using the Oceans backgrounds set I stamped coral and seaweed on another tag and colored them with my Dylusions inks. I have water brushes filled with every color ink. Then I fussy cut them out and added them to my background.

    I then stamped the Blowfish and others on 110lb card stock and used a paint brush to apply Miskit to the eyes, flowers, fins and spots on each of the images, and let it dry for 5 min; when the Miskit was dry I used Ranger distress inks and blender tool to color the images. I rubbed the Miskit off and used the Gelly Roll pens to color in the flowers, Fins and spots. I fussy cut them out and edged each with a black marker to make them pop.

    Two layers of dimensional adhesive, the acetate and some 110lb card stock around the edges, I used a Martha Stewart punch for the top and used Vintage Photo distress ink over the edges. I stamped the sentiment and added the gems. My fish tank shaker box card is finally done. It was a lot of work but well worth it. Not bad for a first try, I think.

I will be entering this card in these challenges:

    

Addicted to Stamps Challenge "Not a Square"

Simon Says Monday Challenge "Stamp It"

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Stamp It"

Virginia's View "Spray, Mist, Splatter"

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a Wonderfully Crafty Day!!

Karen

Hello Friend Mermaid card

I've had this beautiful Stampendous Mermaid stamp for a while and I couldn't  resist using her for Simon Says challenge Go Fish.

 

 

Products used:

Spellbinders Majestic Labels Twenty Five

Spellbinders S4-237 Floral Flourishes

Stampendous Mermaid

Penny Black 30-172 April Showers

Imaginisce Sea Shells

Yasutomo shimmer paints

Ranger Distress ink, watercolor paper, Archival ink

Deep Red bubbles background M1N4B5

Colorbox pigment White

Spectrum Noir clear Glitter pen

Misti

I started with my Spellbinders die and cut the outside frame from some beautiful aqua blue card from my stash. Then I cut the center panel from watercolor paper. I placed it in my Misti making sure to mark where it edges were for later. I stamped the Mermaid and painted her with the shimmer paints then stamped again on the Misti.

Then using masking paper I covered her and Inked my background with my distress inks and randomly stamped the bubbles all around her. Using dimensional tape I popped up the outside frame and then adhered the Mermaid flat onto the center of the white card. I took another piece of watercolor paper and using my distress inks I painted it green with two shades of green and a large paint brush, then I cut the floral flourishes for sea weed. I stamped the sea shells, painted them and fussy cut them out, then arranged them using dimensional tape and glue. I used my Glitter pen on the sea weed and stamped my sentiment using archival ink.

Here's a close up of the shimmer of her tail and the glitter on the sea weed.

I will be entering this card in these challenges:

                                                                          Simon Says Monday Challenge "Go Fish"

                                                                          All Sorts"Use at least 2 Dies"

                                                                           Love to Scrap " Anything Goes"

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Karen