I do love a shaker card, yet I hardly ever create them. Part of the reason is I think I am just too lazy. But when I do I quickly remember how fun they are! Today I started with the Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder with Watercolor Paper. I spritzed the entire piece with clean water and then with a Water Painter I added ink. I was going for a messy watercolor look.
After it dried I flicked ink over the entire thing with the colors that I had watercolored with. To create the shaker I die 2 Textured Notes Dies and attached a window sheet to the top one, added my sequins and then put Foam Adhesive Strips around the edges and attached the second frame. Then I attached the entire piece to the card front.
I did mean to adhere the greeting inside the shaker part but forgot and so I added that afterwards.
I hope this inspires you to create a shaker card today! They truly are so fun to make!
Could you please explain "added ink using a Water Painter". That has me a bit perplexed. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSure! I put drops of ink refill on to my largest clear block and then using the water painter dipped into each of the inks and applied to the embossed images. Make sure to clean the water painter before going into new colors so that the colors don't mix. That is unless you want that. I hope this makes sense. Also to clean the water painter I just wipe and squeeze it on to an old towel until the water coming out is clean. Let me know if you have any other questions
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