Showing posts with label wood veneer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wood veneer. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Create Fun Easter Shaker Cards with Chipboard


Happy Easter everyone.  Jennifer Snyder here sharing my Easter shaker cards made with the new shaker chipboard sets from Creative Embellishments.  

Do you love shaker cards? I must say I am absolutely obsessed with making them.    They are always fun to make, fun to receive and create smile.  Nothing like knowing you are making a card that will bring joy to someone.  

Creative Embellishments also has a fabulous variety of new shaker card designs.  The sets come with a pre-cut and perfectly sized acrylic piece to cover the shaker.  That's really important because the acrylic piece is the most critical and difficult part to create when making a shaker at home.   

I used the Bunny and the Egg shapes for my cards today. 

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Creative Embellishments - Shaker Set
Creative Embellishments - Egg Shaker Set


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This is a close up of the bunny shaker card.  I painted all chipboard pieces with ivory acrylic paint, and added some pink cardstock for bunny ears and nose. 

Wondering what to use for shaker filler? 
OK so now you have your shaker card made and you are ready to fill it.  Don't sit at your crafty desk and look around for little bits.  You have easy options!  

I filled with sequins and crystals from Buttons Galore - Sparkletz.  They have an assortment of colors and bits for the perfect filler.  A second option is using wood veneer pieces from Creative Embellishments (I used these in the egg shaker card - keep scrolling down).  

TIP:  Add your filler then use a good adhesive to seal the shaker with the pre-cut acrylic piece that comes in the kit.  I used Beacons 3-in-1glue because it dries clear and works well with a  variety of surfaces ( acrylics, plastics, wood, metal, fabric, canvas).

The paper used on these cards is Doodlebug Design - Bunnyville 6x6 collection. 
Totally adorable patterns for Easter. 

Doodlebug Design - Bunnyville Collection - 6 x 6 Paper Pad
Doodlebug Design - Bunnyville Collection - 6 x 6 Paper Pad
from: Scrapbook.com

Here is the second card created.  This is the traditional egg form painted with acrylic paints, then trimmed on the inside with lace and patterned paper for some egg-stra fancy embellishing.  

I filled the egg card with adorable wood veneer pieces from Creative Embellishments.  They are perfectly sized to use as shaker card filler.  

I simply painted with acrylic paints to look like traditional Easter candy - marshmallow peeps and jelly beans.  
Creative Embellishments -Easter Candy - Wood Veneer



Thanks for stopping here today.  Happy Easter!


Where to Shop?
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Creative Embellishments - Shaker Set
Creative Embellishments - Egg Shaker Set



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Buttons Galore - Sparkletz - Sailor Sky (Shaker Card Fillers)
Creative Embellishments -Easter Candy - Wood Veneer

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Doodlebug Design - Bunnyville Collection - 6 x 6 Paper Pad

from: Scrapbook.com

Sunday, November 4, 2018

DIY Thanksgiving Cards Made Easy with Chipboard


I'm here to present some Thanksgiving Cards perfect for the season.  We all have friends or family that cannot be with us at the dinner table.  Sending a card is the perfect way to let them know you are thinking of them.  

Creative Embellishments has some amazing chipboard and wood veneer pieces to help your creative process easy and quick.

Creative Embellishments also has a monthly challenge on the blog.  The rules are easy - you simply need to use a piece of CE chipboard, be inspired to create, post on the CE blog right here.  

These are the products I used on the cards:

My paper is choice is from Reminisce - Best of Autumn Collection kit

The scallop edge was created using Spellbinders Card Creator A2 Scalloped Borders One.



The  Pumpkins  were painted with various acrylic paints: 



Here is the second card I made for the challenge.  
This card features the  Creative Embellishments Acorn Veneers which I adore.   I've inked them slightly for some accent.



Where to shop? 

Shop for chipboard, wood and flair buttons from Creative Embellishments here.
You can shop for all your Spellbinders dies right here .


Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink -Walnut Stain

Friday, March 30, 2018

Egg-Stra Special Easter Cards


Spring/ Easter Cards
  I'm ready to celebrate a bit of spring and Easter with an EGGstravaganza  of adorable   embellishments for Easter and Spring. 
  I have some darling Spring/Easter paper  that I thought I'd use up.  Gasp...I know!  Actually use some papers from my stash?  What a crazy idea. 

So to balance out my crazy side,  I thought I'd be sensible and shop for chipboard accents for the cards.  BAM!  I found the cutest Easter chipboard  and veneer selection at 
Creative Embellishments.  I just couldn't resist making a few Easter cards to send to my family.  

These are the pieces I used:
My first card features my favorite bunnies.  These mini Veneer wood Bunnies are way too cute.  They just melt my heart and make me smile.

First of all, I adore bunnies -and mini bunnies are cuteness overload.
The papers I am using are from Doodlebug Design - 6x6 Easter Express.
  
My first pet as an adult was a white house bunny.  He was a master snuggler.  
I think he was the reason I dabbed the tiny wood veneer bunnies with a bit of white acrylic paint.  The little guy with his cotton tail facing us has an adhesive pearl gem for his cotton tail.  
  Easy. 
This is my second card made for an egg-stra special relative. 
The chipboard eggs - Fun Eggs - were painted white and gussied up with ribbon.  Festive and yet pretty clean. 


My last card is a combo of the Veneer wood Bunnies , the Fun Eggs, and my sentiment word from the Small Family Border Word Set.  

I kept the treatments of the chipboard and wood veneer easy by using acrylic paints.   They don't need a lot of fuss to be spEGGtacular.
The beautiful heart die cut is from Spellbinders - Lace Hearts .  



Thanks for stopping by to visit.  

Where to shop? 
Shop for your Creative Embellishments chippies right here




Creative Embellishments - Wood Veneer Bunnies
Creative Embellishments - Mini Frames
Creative Embellishments  - Fun Eggs
Creative Embellishments - Small Family Border Word Set
Doodlebug Design - Easter Express 6x6 paper pad db-5532
Pearl Adhesive gems