Monday 31 October 2016

Power Poppy - Make It Move Challenge

There is a challenge over at Power Poppy which has pushed me to finally make a shaker card!
The challenge is "Make it move", so I have sort of followed a tutorial by Kathy Racoosin on Power Poppy and made a wreath as my housing for my shaker card. But instead of using circular dies, I have used the greenery from Glittering Glass Santa. I created a wreath in Photoshop Elements and then had my Silhouette Cameo print and cut from X-Press It paper.

I have then coloured it with the following Copics pens:
  • berries - R27, R59, clear Wink of Stella
  • leaves - G05, YG17, YG67, light green Wink of Stella, green Wink of Stella
  • background - B000, B02
I have then stamped the tree and ornaments from Bottlebrush Holiday using Black Tuxedo Memento ink on to X-Press It paper and fussy cut it out.
I have coloured this with the following Copics pens:
  • tree - G05, YG17, YG67, R27, R59, clear Wink of Stella
  • base of tree - E55, Y28
  • blue bauble - B000, B00, B02, clear Wink of Stella
  • pink bauble - RV00, RV63, RV66, blue Wink of Stella
  • purple bauble - BV11, BV13, BV17, clear Wink of Stella
  • banner - C0, C1, C2
I stamped "Be Merry" using bamboo leaves Memento Ink and I used a Tuxedo Black Memento marker around the edges.

I have then used a white square card from Envelope Solutions. I made the shaker pocket by using a Waterfall Photo Sleeve from We R Memory Keepers and the FUSE tool. I added sequins and little beads from my stash.
I adhered the filled and fused shaker pocket to the back of the wreath and then used dimensional tape to give it a bit of height before adhering to the centre of the card. I then adhered the tree and ornaments at the bottom.
Here is the finished card:

Let me know what you think?
I am also entering this card into the Rudolph Days Challenge and the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge which is to pick a previous sketch. I picked the following sketch:

I am also entering this card into the Weekly Christmas Card Challenges, where the theme is "Anything Goes" and of course, the inspiration behind this card is the Power & Spark Make It Move challenge over at Power Poppy.

Thanks for looking!


13 comments:

  1. elle est fabuleuse cette carte Lou, j'aime le shaker encadré par cette couronne, merci de jouer avec nous chez 52CCT, biz

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  2. No-one would know you'd never made a shaker before, it's great.

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    1. Thanks Alison. It was definitely great to finally make one with all the tools and things I have been collecting! Definitely another one on the way! Or maybe a different type....who knows! :)

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  3. Coooool card Lou, love shaker cards

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  4. A great shaker card, love the wreath.

    Sue xx

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  5. What a fun shaker
    Thank you so much for joining us at the Rudolph day Challenge!
    Rudolph Days Challenge DT
    Dr Sonia

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  6. Beautiful shaker card! Love the wreath and all the detail you put intp this. Sorry I am so late for commenting but thanks for playing along with the Rudolph Days challenge.

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  7. Wow! This is a fabulous shaker card, and I would never have guessed it was your first. Really nice take on the sketch too! Thanks so much for playing along with 52CCT this week! Deborah, DT.

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  8. First shaker card? Never would've guessed. Thanks so much for joining us this week at Christmas Card Challenges.

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  9. Thanks for playing with us at Christmas Card Challenges!
    Monica - CCC DT

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  10. Brilliant!
    Thanks for sharing it over at Christmas Card Challenges!

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