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Holiday Craft Drop

November 19, 2015Diy, Christmas, Cards, Knitting, Crafts, Paper craftingGabriela SimsComment

I am starting this in the hopes that other people will do it too and we can all spread some joy. I handmake things all the time, from yarn to paper, I'm always creating. I decided this year I would make 1 dozen hand made cards and bag them up with other handmade items and "drop" them as gifts. My hope is that people will find them and be prompted to do the same thing. I did my first one today, so I'll keep everyone posted on how it goes, here's the first drop.

Happy Crafting!

Snowman Shaker Card with the We R Memory Keepers' Fuse Tool

November 19, 2015Cards, Christmas, Crafts, Florigami, Drawing, DiyGabriela SimsComment

Hi everyone!!! I wanted to post a quick tutorial for this snowman shaker card I finished.

I started by using some white card stock and a snowman stamp.

2 stamped snowmen in case I make a mistake.

Then I colored one in with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Then I fussy cut the head off, because I knew that was all I would be using.

Then I cut a 4.25" x 11" strip of heavyweight card stock for my base.

Then I cut a 3.74" x 5" piece of red card stock.

I decided to spray a sheet of paper I had with spray glitter to give it some shine. The paint takes 10-15 minutes to dry, so I was working on other things while it dried. Here is the result.

Next I started on my shaker pocket. I used a circle die one size bigger than the die I chose for my card and taped it to a plastic sheet.

Then I cut around about 3/4 of my circle, leaving an opening at the top.

Then I filled it with sequins and glitter, and then sealed the pocket shut.

To cut the window I used a die slightly smaller than the shaker pocket. I taped the glitter paper and the card base together and taped the die to the front.

Now came the assembly of the card. I started by adding a sweater to the snow man and attaching him to the back of the glitter paper so that his scarf was hanging out.