Another Father's Day Card

I'm lovin' the whole shaker card movement (pun intended)!  I put this together for my grandfather and sent it off.  The frame was cut with my Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles dies.  The sequins were picked up from Michaels' Recollections products.  The tie was fussy cut after I printed a tie clip art onto the back of the patterned paper.  

Get on up and make your own shaker cards.  They are super fun and easy.

Another Father's Day Card

I whipped this card up to give to my husband on Father's Day.   With the loss of his dad, this year was a mix of celebration and solemn recollection.

I used a scrap patterned paper.  The sentiment was Stamped with blue ink onto a piece of the reverse side of the patterned paper.   The stars were cut and embossed from a blue cardstock.  Three small stars were layered to give the embellishment some dimension.

I hope the fathers in your life were properly celebrated.  I've one more photo to edit and post of  my cards.  See you again soon.

I decided to join the  Raisin Boat Challenge: Challenge #35 USA.

Raisin Boat Challenge - I'm a winner!

Oh my, I'm so excited.  I was browsing though the challenge blogs I post to and saw that I was announced a winner on Raisin Boat's Challenge #34: Graduation.  I'm seriously jazzed because I was able to pick out a free stamp set.  Wow!  It was a difficult choice, but I did pick one and they shipped it out right away.

They have a wide selection and a subscription program that would be a great way to sample stamps.  Check them out!  Also, if you're making cards or projects for the 4th of July, consider entering their Challenge #35 : USA.

Just a note:  this is not a sponsored post as I have no affiliation with Raisin Boat.  I'm used a pleased user passing on a Contagiously Crafty thing,

Happy Father's Day

It is that wonderful day each year when we celebrate our dads.  This card was inspired by Jennifer Mcguire's No-Bulk Shaker Card video, a technique video I watched while on vacation.  I made this card for my dad.  Blue and crystal sequins are from Michael's Recollections brand.  The frame was cut using my Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles dies.

Enjoy your own celebrations and/or remembrances today.


I'm linking this card up on the following challenges :

Word Art Wednesday's Challenge#188 : Anything Goes Family

Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge:  Use Your Favorite Technique and V's Seet Ideas: Technique Challenge #35 because the shaker card has become one of my new favorite techniques.  More to come!

And a new challenge blog Card for Guy: Challenge#75 Father'sDay

Look What I Found!

I found these two photos when I was editing.  They come from an Easter tag project Brandy whipped up.  She used Cricut's Winter Wonderland Rabbit die cut.  She cut the image out of patterned paper and the layers out of the same patterned paper, just from the flip side which alternated the colors.  A grey cardstock shadow image sets the bunny tag off nicely and gives a flat, clean space to write on the back.  A grommet was punched  and set into the ears to hold the grey twine for attaching to her Easter treat.  She used a black marker to hand draw in the resting eye and nose rather than cutting the layers for the smaller bunny and die cut the same out of black cardstock for the bigger bunny..  The bigger bunny was cut at approximately 5 inches and the little bunny at 3 inches.

Adorable, don't you think?  and well worth sharing even at this late date.  I hope your weekend begins with a bunch of fun!