Christmas shaker ornament/card

 How many homemade Christmas ornaments do you have on your tree?  Every year I make some so the numbers are increasings and the plain glass ones are gradually staying more and more in the box as I have less room.  Maybe I just need to add another tree.  :)

My latest ornament is inspired by a friend who called me and asked me to make something to put on her mom's Christmas tree as a surprise.  She just got diagnosed with breast cancer, her grandkids won't be able to come for Christmas and she's just not feeling festive this season.  So her wonderful daughter thought of bringing a fully decorated tree to her front door with ornaments made from her family/friends.  Isn't that a great idea?

I made this ornament all with dies from Quietfire Design and then taped it to a card - makes it easier for mailing and it just completes it, you know?  It took me a while to figure this out but any die with a nice simple shape can be made into a shaker card!  And you don't even need to have foam which I never seem to have on hand.

I die cut the Flourished ornament from the Love Joy and Peace Ornament set 7 times.  I found a circle die that was bigger than the opening and smaller than the outer edge and used that for the backing of the shaker element.  You can handcut one if you don't have the perfect size because the edges of the circle will be hidden later.  I also cut a circle from an acrylic sheet for my shaker component.  Glue all the 7 layers together and on the back, the circle from cardstock.

You can add more layers depending on how thick you need the spacing.  I'm using chunky glitter so I did not need it too thick. 

Add the glitter and seal it in with the acrylic layer.  I die cut another ornament out of gold foil and put that on the top.  I flipped over the foil and die cut another ornament the wrong side up so that I could put that on on the back of the ornament.  To get rid of the edges of the die cut that is going the "wrong way" I ran just the diecut through my Big Shot again to flatten it out.

I added a tiny poinsettia from the Christmas accents and the word Peace to the front.  I liked this so much I made a few more and am sending the set below to her.  You can write on the back a message - I added some Bible verses that I thought would be encouraging.

I hope you like it and will be inspired to see which dies you can turn into a shaker card/ornament!

Love Joy Peace Ornament Set

Christmas Accents

 

Looking back at ODBD November Release

Hello!  I'm back with a couple more Christmas cards using the November release from Our Daily Bread Designs.  

My first is a snow globe with the chickadee - I do love a shaker card and this snow globe die is perfect for it. I added some chunky glitter and a gold Merry Christmas Border to complete my card.

The lovely white papers are from the Wedding Wishes Paper Collection - I just think white with touches of silver is a perfectly elegant color combination for Christmas.

For more inspiration, check out the ODBD Design Team blogs:

Cathy * Dawn * Sandee * Kathy * Helen * Diana * Lori

Welcoming Door Dies	Wedding Wishes Paper Pad	ODBD Custom Alphabet Dies	Lovely Leaves Dies
Pinecones Dies	Merry Christmas Border Die	Winter Chickadee	Snow Globe Dies
Pierced Rectangles Dies	Christmas Coordinating 2015	ODBD Christmas 2015 6x6 Paper Collection	Christmas Paper 2017

Shaker card with glitter background for extra sprakles

I'm getting better at playing with glitter!  I wanted to just make a pretty shiny background and ended up with this shaker card.  Sometimes you just play and let it go where it goes.

I covered a sheet of white card stock with ECD double sided adhesive and then added glitter to the top side and let it fall down in a diagonal manner.

I then burnished in the glitter with my finger to complete the background.

I cut out the "Sending" and little flowers out of white cardstock.  A rhinestone in the middle made the flowers match my sentiment perfectly.  The shaped glitter inside the shaker element added an extra dimension of fun.

Hope you like it and have a wonderful day of sparkles and fun!

Sending Hugs and Kisses Die (Quietfire Design | ECD )

Wishing You Whimsy stamp set 

Shaker cards with ODBD October release

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs October release!  My cards today focus on the fabulous papers and dies.  My favorite this month are the Stitched Leaves - they are so versatile!  Though you might think their normal use is for the fall season, by die cutting them out of silver foil and pairing them with the rich burgundy paper from the new Christmas Coordinating 2015 (which coordinates with the Christmas Collection 2015 paper pad) I made a Christmas shaker card.

My second card uses the leaves in more traditionally.  I cut them out of watercolor paper and used reinkers to color them - I've found reinkers to be the quickest and most vibrant way to color the leaves since the inks are so saturated.   I also used the new Double Stitched Rectangle Dies for a fun window to my thank you card.

Here's a list of all the blogs - leave a comment for a chance to win a gift code!

Sandee * Cathy * Dawn * Lisa * Lori 

* Grace * Kathy * Chris * Angie * Diana

Prize Information: 

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 Gift Code to the ODBD Website  just for commenting on the Design Team cards!  You have until October 2, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win!  The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on October 3rd so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

Circles Dies	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies	Double Stitched Circles Dies	Card Greetings
Double Stitched Rounded Rectangles	Stitched Leaves Dies	Small Bow Dies	Thanks Die

Happy Birthday card - two cards with one die cut - with washi tape and silk microfine glitter

I'm on the Elizabeth Craft Design Blog today with these two cards.  Hop on over to get the full instructions on how I made it that background work for two cards.