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Monday, March 2, 2020

St Patricks Day Shaker Card - Using Spellbinders APG for March




St. Patricks's Day Shamrocks- Spellbinders APG for March  
Today I am sharing a St. Patrick's Day card made using Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace (APG) Die of the Month  for March created using a few simple adaptations of the die set.  

Scroll down and I'll share how I made some sweet and simple shamrocks using this wonderful set created by Becca Feeken. 

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month Membership

Tips and Techniques for DIY Shamrock

The DIY Shamrock is rather simple and adorable when clustered together on a card. Add foam dots behind for volume, ink the edges, finish with a pretty accent crystal and you've got a gem of a card.   




The Shaker Elements
The chipboard shaker elements are from Creative Embellishments.
While CE has absolutely amazing shaker sets, I am using their Artist Trading Coin collection, with adaptive rings to create the shaker.  

The Rings, shown below, come with the pre-cut matching acrylic window necessary to create a shaker.  

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Creative Embellishments Artist Trading Coins ATC's
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The shaker mix is also an important part of the magical fun. I used  Lucky Charmz Sparkletz from Buttons Galore, a beautiful festive blend of sequins, beads, crystals and shapes. 

I finished off the card using 3D glitter Shamrocks mixed into the clusters for a bit of luck (and glitz).

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And as always, the dies for Spellbinders monthly clubs are exclusive to Spellbinders and you won't find them anywhere else. 

Thank you for stopping here today.  Happy crafting.

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Spellbinders Clubs - Small Die of the Month

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Sunday, March 1, 2020

St. Patrick's Day Shaker Cards - Shamrock and Mug -Cheers

St. Patrick's Day - Shaker Cards with Cheer

Happy start to a new month.  Jennifer O'Sndyer here celebrating a month of cheer and festivities that include St Patrick's Day on the path to Easter and Spring.  I'll be featuring those themes all month, but today is a focus on St. Patrick's Day.   

 While not of Irish descent myself, my husband plays in an Irish band so it's always a wee bit Irish in the O'Snyder household. 

I've created some cards I wanted to share before sending to friends.  They were inspired by the March Challenge at Creative Embellishments.  

This month Creative Embellishments is also collaborating with Rinea Foiled papers.  Look for a variety of ways to use the fabulous Rinea products on projects.    
Scroll down to see some fun tips and techniques to create your own DIY shaker mug and pot of gold. 


 The collage above is the image from the Creative Embellishments March Challenge.   My inspiration was the magnificent purple and green colors and the magical aura in the images.  Green...purple...magic...in March???  That says St. Patrick's Day to me and shakers are the toast of the month. 

My Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces featured today include: Root Beer Glass Shaker and the Shamrock Shaker enhanced by the Shamrock Border and Celtic Border. 

Have you checked out Creative Embellishments ever growing selection of shakers?
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Creative Embellishments  - Root Beer Shaker
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DIY Shaker Mug 'o Suds  -  Tips and Techniques 


Step 1.  
You can see the rich brown foil paper in the mug from Rinea Autumn Foiled Paper pack.    I used the textured foil for the liquid in the mug and shiny foil for the base and handle of the mug.  

Step 2.
Shaker cards come "to life" when filled with fabulous shaker mix from Buttons Galore.  The mix I selected for this mug is really cool because it looks like more bubbles inside the mug.  It's  Buttons Galore - Shimmerz Shaker Mix -Desert Sky.

Desert Sky Shimmerz Shaker Mix

Step 3. 

 To add dimension and create suds and frothy foam on my mug, I filled the shaker and added the acrylic window to layer as if the shaker were completed.  Normally the shaker is done at this point. 

 In my opinion, the foam is most effective when added to the top layer of the mug - because foam typically froths over the glass.  

  I slathered a generous amount of transparent Heavy Body Gel  (any brand works) to the shaker.  This product acts like glue (concrete) and dries absolutely clear with a matte finish.  The beads, from Buttons Galore /28 Lilac Lane - Embellishment Bottles - So Shiny, settle nicely into the gel medium and hold perfectly.  

The dried results are perfect; sudsy, frothy, foamy and delicious. 

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Here is the second card in honor of St. Patrick's Day.  


The Shamrock is backed with the silver foiled paper from Rinea Metallics Foiled paper set and filled with Buttons Galore - Sparkletz - Lucky Charmz  shaker mix.  
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                                   Rinea Metallics Foiled paper 		                      Patriotic Slider Pop-up Card


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The Creative Embellishments chipboard Shamrock Shaker has been adorned with fun St. Patricks's Day icons...which are 3D buttons from Buttons Galore modified to fit the celebration.  

I used the  Glitter Shamrock 3D buttons, the caldron from Buttons Galore - 3D Buttons - Bewitching set, and finished off with the rainbow from the Biblical Symbols 3D button set.

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