Give Thank Wreath Shaker Card

Hello Crafty Friends - Annie here with a fun Fall shaker card featuring the Give Thanks Sparkle Blend.

This autumnal blend reminds me of fall foliage in warm, rich shades of gold, chocolate, orange, burgundy & champagne. Teaming with metallic, patterned and matte sequins in flat, 

cupped, square, spiral & floral shapes, the real star of this mix is the large turkey confetti shapes in metallic gold & bronze shades.

Here's the card I created.

Supplies Used:

Doodles Paper Playground: Give Thanks Sparkle Blend

Stamps by Chloe: Fancy Foliage

Memento Ink: Espresso Truffle

Memento Ink: Tanglo

Memento Ink: Pistachio

VersaMagic Ink: Pumpkin Spice

VersaMagic Ink: Gingerbread

Brilliance Ink: Coffee Bean

Versamark Ink

Copic Markers: YG25, YG63, YR02, E33, & E13

MFT Die: Fishtail Stitched Sentiment Banner

Ranger Detail Embossing Powder: Gold

Heidi Swapp Colorshine: Gold

Bazzil Cardstock: Yellow Ochre

Recollections Brand 110# Cardstock: White, Brown & Kraft

Recollections Brand 65# Cardstock: Cream

Art Glitter Glue

Maker's Movement Double-sided Adhesive Foam

Maker's Movement Clear Acetate

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen: Metallic Gold

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Annie

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Silver Bells in the City

 Hello! Alison here. Each month, my family and I sit down for a few hours in the dining room and make cards using Sparkle Blends from Doodles Paper Playground and other fun supplies. We were off to a late start this month, so we only had our Family Crafty Time on Monday, since there was no school. Today's project was made by my husband, and I LOVE what he made. He was planning on making a card, but it morphed into more of a home decor piece. It's now about 7" x 7."

When he was figuring out what to do and he saw the Silver Bells Sparkle Blend, he quickly thought of creating a city skyline. I have a really old stamp set from Stampendous that was designed by Nat Kalbach that was perfect for what he was envisioning because not only are there multiple stamps, but a cool stencil too. He made the back layer of the city first, by tracing one of the stamps in the set and cutting it out. Then he used Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide with the accompanying stencil to create windows. I love how it looks like some of the windows are lit.

His top layer was done with a lighter gray cardstock, and he stamped the sketchy city with VersaMark ink and embossed it with Detail Silver Embossing Powder. Then he applied Black Soot Distress Oxide just on the edges of the skyline to deepen the color a bit. He buffed off the excess where it was on the embossing powder. He decided he also wanted to add snow, so he used a VersaMarker and scribbled it across the bottom of the cityscape and across the "street." He applied Sparkle Puff embossing powder and voila! Snowy banks.

Gene really loved the big silver bells in this Sparkle Blend, and they are really what inspired his entire project. He cut some black cardstock for his background and flicked on some Sheer Shimmer Spritz in Frost. Then he adhered his city layers using different heights of foam. Last, he placed on all of the elements from the Silver Bells Sparkle Blend, including the snowflakes, the stars, and of course the bells. He used On Point Glue for this.

It took Gene a bit longer to create this than he anticipated, but I thought he got it done pretty quickly considering all of the steps that were involved. We all love how this turned out, and I am looking forward to hanging it up over the holiday season. Have you seen the entire new release of Sparkle Blends yet? Head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy to check them out. You can use my code, “ALISON10” for 10% off of your purchase, not including bundles. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Merry Christmas - Rustic Holiday - Doodles Paper Playground Mood Board Challenge

 Merry Christmas

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I made this card with the Doodles Paper Playground 

mood board challenge in mind - Rustic Holiday!

To me, nothing is more rustic than plaid and deer heads!

I started with stamping and coloring my images and 

cutting all my pieces for my bases.

I stamped the deer heads on craft paper and colored 

all the images with Prismacolor colored pencils.

I was going to use gamsol on the Santas but thought 

that the coloring added to the rustic look. . . 

*I made a total of 4 cards. . I will share them at the end of the post. . . 

I went with a circle shaker for this card, 

assembled my shaker added a double layer 

of foam tape to my frame then laid out my sequins.

Placed the shaker on the card base and added my image.

I white heat embossed the sentiment on black paper. . 

I attached to the bottom of that card, 

I trimmed the right edge to be even with the card.

I added a few sequins to the front as usual.

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Here are all the cards I made. . . 

I love how they turned out!

They all are definitely considered Rustic Holiday!

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For this card I used the Rustic Rudolf Sparkle Blend mix.

This is my favorite holiday color mix!

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