My father celebrated his milestone birthday - 70 years - last week. I put together this shaker card using my Cricut and a Papertrey Ink balloon die. I ink blended four card fronts using my Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink. I used some Perfect Pearls to splatter on the card fronts so there is a subtle sparkle, but not too much since this is a masculine card. I left the die cut opening as a single, square opening for the sequins and seed beads because I knew I could just add quite a bit of sparkle inside. I think it works well here.
On the inside, I used an oops from the die cutting process. I attempted to cut the "70" out and didn't have the settings on the blade deep enough (pressure setting) which resulted in a cut that didn't go all the way through the paper. I decided to repurpose that boo-boo by silver heat embossing the inside sentiment and using it to be the inside. A black pen was more than enough to add my own personal sentiment underneath. I'm pleased with how the card turned out - he was too as he made a point to show my mom when I gave it to him. He's an understated man, so that was an indication how much he thought.
I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:
City Crafter Challenge Blog - Week 430 - Birthday Shaker as my card is definitely both!
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What a great looking card. I woould never have thought to make a shaker card using number dies. I am sure your father will love it! Thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteHow fabulous this is! Love all the blues. Thanks for joining in at City Crafter.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting on my card! I love this card, such a great design. Way to go using your initial die cut on the inside, brilliant!
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