'Yummy' shaker card

Moving on from Christmas cards it is nice to celebrate birthdays... and what better way of doing that than with a cupcake.  I love this paper, it goes so well with the house mouse picture provided on Joanna Sheen's project book CD volume one.

The card has been decorated very simply with wooden words from dovecraft "yummy", these have been covered in versamark and then dipped into embossing powder to give them that lovely turquoise colour.  I have used card candy, swirls cut with sizzix die and pearls.  The shakers are balloon table confetti.

To make the actual shaker card prepare the card with your pink card and stick your chosed picture to this.  then you need to cut out the cake paper frame with a spellbinders die then stuck acetate on the back using double sided tape covering the aperture. Then on top of the acetate use double sided foam tape all the way the frame on the inside without leaving any gaps, this will enclose the table confetti when stuck to the front of your picture and give it the depth to move.  Place the table confetti on the centre of the picture then hover over this with your frame and lower down and stick.

I hope that you have as much fun making your card as we did ours.

Till next time, thank you for popping by, X x

Christmas Eve Birthday

I have met soooo many of you who have been following my blog through the countdown to Christmas, thank you so much for popping by, it really is appreciated.  Here is possibly the last post of 2011, a special birthday card for a special person.
I have used Autumn Days, this is a lovely stamp set, the pheasant is so regal looking.  I have inked him up with pumkin pie (I love this colour!) and night of navy, a good combination.  Once I had cut him out and after sticking him to my card I covered him with glossy accents... so that he shines out.  The swirls are the little ones made for the big shot, corner flourish.
The larger background has been made by dampening a piece of card with a spritzer then screwing it up! I did this a few times in different directions to get many creases.  Then straightened it out and rubbed my ink pads straight onto the card.  I used distress inks which are really good for this technique, colours were tumbled glass, tea dye and forest moss.  The I spritzed the card again to make sure that the colours blended well.  Once I ws pleased with the look I ironed it dry through a paper towel and put my card togther.  I really hope you like this one as I have fallen in love with it. 
The sentiment is one from dreamy sentiments by creative expressions and is so apt to leave you with.... So have a brilliant New year's eve and I hope that 2012 turns out to be all you want it to be X x Elizabeth