Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 12

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 12 of the #runuptochristmashop2023.  This week's inspiration challenge is shaker cards.  Normally, shaker cards and I don't get along much, and I rarely make them, however I wanted to use this cute Bless Your Hearth digital stamp from The Cat's Pajamas I picked up on Black Friday along with some shaker garnish I received for free from Picket Fence Studios in my last order.

I started out by combining the saying and hearth image in a watermark program before printing it out on some Neenah white cardstock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I added a soft layer of tumbled glass distress ink using my paper pouncers before adding fired brick around the edges using my blending brushes.  After layering my colored image, I added it inside a clear glassine envelope I've had for years in my stash and haven't used them all yet.  Once I "wrapped" the envelope around my layered image, I added a bit of the shaker garnish before sealing it using some Scor-Tape.  It was then added to my card using pop up glue dots.  The final embellishments were some green organdy ribbon and dew drops along the bottom.

Never Before Used Schtuff #57 - Use Your NBUS (image, shaker garnish)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon, dew drops, glassine envelope)

Aloha Friday #5 - Christmas/Winter Animals (penguins)

CD Sunday Plus #125 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

Word Art Wednesday 625 to 626 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and have a very Merry Christmas and blessed, safe New Year as well.