CASE-ing the Catty - Shake it Up!
August 11, 2024
Hi there
Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week.
If you've come from visiting Courtney, then welcome! If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.
This week we are taking inspiration from a Shaker Card from the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue. Shaker cards are fun to make and very interactive for the receiver. You can of course use the layout, colours or other attribute from the shaker card project to CASE as well.
I chose the project above for my inspiration. It is a simple shaker card using a cellophane bag to cover the entire front of the card and to hold your sprinkles. It is a little faster to create and you don't need to cut a shape from the card front to create your shaker component. I haven't made one in this style before, so decided to give it a try.
I have used the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper to create a scene for a sweet baby card. I have only used the designer paper for my card as I don't have the coordinating stamp and die bundle. However, there are lots of cute images that are easy to fussy cut. I chose the landscape background and popped up the fussy cut ducks. I made sure there were no gaps in the Dimensionals for the Loose Frosted Dots to get caught in. The greeting is from the retired Charming Sentiments stamp set, stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.
The background was added to a piece of Basic White with a tiny border and then to a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock. I added the little banners at the top with the white Baker's Twine bow, which with hindsight I probably wouldn't do again, as the dots move the tails around. I popped the panel into a Clear Medium Envelope and added the Loose Frosted Dots. I found it easiest to have the dots on a small piece of paper, which I could insert into the envelope so they could slide off and mostly stay the right side up. I closed the envelope and then adhered it to a Thick Basic White card base.
For the inside, I have a wide mat of Balmy Blue for the writing panel and I have added some Balmy Blue ink blending at the bottom and a border of lily pads for the fussy cut mama duck to rest in. The greeting from Charming Sentiments was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.
This was fun to make, but extremely difficult to photograph! I hope you will give this style of shaker card a try. You can use any clear cellophane bag and fold it over if it is a little large.
| Project Details | |
| Stamps | Charming Sentiments (retired) |
| Card stock & Papers | Basic White, Balmy Blue, Lily Pond Lane DSP, Clear Medium Envelope |
| Ink | Pretty Peacock |
| Accessories | Loose Frosted Dots, Baker's Twine Essentials Pack |
| Tools | Stylish Shapes Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals |
We would love to see your CASE of a Shaker Card from the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the 'Join Group' button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog.
You can head over to Rebecca to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.
Thanks for visiting today!
Totally gorgeous!! This paper works so well with the fun shaker card element!!
Posted by: Julia Quinn | August 15, 2024 at 01:10 PM