HANDMADE WEDDING SHAKER CARD - IINSTRUCTIONS on how to make your own Acetate and shaker Cards.

Just playing around with my supplies and thought Ive never seen a  wedding shaker card before so, thought i would give one a go and this is what i ended with.

The card has been embossed using the Big Shot, and a 5" x 7" embossing folder.

The Centre of the embossed card has been removed to make way for the shaker viewing part of the card.  A craft stanley knife was used.

DO YOU MAKE YOUR OWN ACETATE ?

Acetate can be hard to come by at times and not many places stock it.  I now make my own

Simply using a Laminating Machine and A4 laminating pouches.  I run

the pouch through the heated laminater twice and there you have it your own Acetate.

If you are wanting a thicker Acetate that will stand up for pop ups etc, its simple.

Just put a laminating pouch inside of another pouch and put through the heated laminater twice.

To make your shaker:

Simply fold your ready made Acetate in half, cut the folded acetate  to fit inside the card front, I recommend cutting it 1/4" shorter on 3 of the sides.  Place your shaker items inside of the cut down acetate and seal it on the side and bottom.  To secure the shaker card, i use red sticky, its double sided and the strongest of tapes and not likely to come unstuck.  If using glitter in your shaker card, now is the time to put it inside the acetate shaker before sealing it.

To complete the card:

Once the shaker is made, its now time to place it inside the card.  I have place red sticky on the front of the shaker on all four sides, peeled off the backing tape and placed it inside the card.

To finish off the card i have lined the inside of the card to cover the mechanics of the shaker card and to give a backing to make the shaker more prominent.

Enjoy I hope these instructions have inspired you to create your own.

Please feel free to email me if you need any help or advice at

traceyray@live.com.au

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Its easy to enter, GO TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE In the comments section, simply write your favourite. Write either ‪#‎scrapbooking‬ or ‪#‎cardmaking‬. Those on the side that has the most votes will go into the draw to win a Close To My Heart My Acrylix Stamp set valued @ $27.00 aud. Entries close midnight July 31st. Simply like this page to enter and be sure and put your preference with a hashtag first in the comments space in this post.

SCRAPBOOKING, CARDMAKING AND MIXED MEDIA WEEKEND RETREAT 2015

Then you won’t want to miss the Inaugural Aussie.Ink Paper Craft Retreat September 11^th – 13^th 2015 at Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation, on the beautiful shores of Lake Macquarie NSW. 

Three glorious days and 2 awesome nights of sheer creating heaven.

The Retreat Includes:

-          2 nights’ Accommodation – (min twin share)

-          Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner each day

-          Morning Tea, Afternoon Tea, Supper and Nibbles each day

-          3 Experienced Creative Coaches

-          6 Structured Classes –

-          1 x Welcome Pack Class– ( 2 x Project kits included),

-          1 x Scrapbooking Project Kit,

-          1 Card making technique Project Kit,

-          1 Mixed Media Project Kit

-          1 Cricut 3D Project Kit

-          Cricut Expressions Die Cut Demonstration

-          Optional $20 Classes (Includes Kits) 3 each day.  Purchase 3 for $50.00 when if prebooking.

-          FREE time to work on your own projects or roam around the grounds i.e. go for a swim, tennis etc

-          Saturday night - Crop till ya Drop PJ Party

-          Secret Scrapper & Page Competition

-          Games – start saving your $2 coins to bring along

-          Prizes – Best Layout, Best Card, Best Pjs, Lucky Chair x3 each day

-          Lucky Door entry Ticket x 1

-          Raffles 

o   Major Raffle 3 Prizes 1^st prize Ctmh Rolling Tote -  $199.00, 2^nd Storage $95 3^rd Storage $45

o   Daily Raffle x3 -  3 Prizes

-          Displays and Limited saleable supplies

COST: $300.00

Booking Form and $100 deposit are essential by June 30^th. Payments can either be made in full or in 3 easy installments. Please see payment installment details below. Deposits are non-refundable.  If paying full amount $100 is considered as deposit.

PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE VIA PAYPAL OR DIRECT DEPOSIT

AUSSIE.INK RETREAT PAYPAL PAYMENT

AUSSIE.INK RETREAT INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS

Installment Payments

Installment 1 $99.99 AUD Installment 2 $99.99 AUD Installment 3 $99.99 AUD

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MIXED MEDIA CARDMAKING WITH CLOSE TO MY HEART - CTMH PRODUCTS - HAPPY MOTHERS DAY CARDS - CRICUT CUT STENCILS

Happy Mother's Day everyone.  Here's the card i made to give my mum today.

Im just loving incorporating mixed media with my Close To My Heart Products.  Above I started with our basic white card from our White Value Pack of cards and envelopes.  So that the card held the weight of the mixed media, I layered it with 2 layers of alternative colours in this instance i used Kraft and Glacier so the colours would co ordinate with the papers.  The final layer of paper is our new limited release Blossoms Paper Packet 

(Comes with Card stock which you can use as your base layering).

Next - I needed to cut out my stencil. Using my Cricut Expressions 2 and Close To My Heart - CTMH Artbooking Cricut collections cardtridge  I chose the arrow stencil to place over my Blossoms paper and covered it in home made texture paint and then set it aside to dry.

Next came time to cut out my Cricut Die Cut roses.  Using Close To My Heart Artiste and Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridges I cut out an assortment of cricut  cut roses in different shapes. Rolled them and adhered them with ctmh liquid glass.  I also cut out the stamp shape with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  Close to My Heart have a huge range of charms from our Base N Bling range and i have chosen a few to accent the card.  I filled some of CTMH Spray pens with water and Reinkers in selected colours to match the Blossoms paper, colours used are Pear, Sorbet and Glacier.

Before placing the flowers and charms  I stamped the Die Cut chip board shape with the Co Ordinating Mum stamp from the gorgeous Flowers for Mum stamp set, still available while stocks last.  All flowers and charms were coloured before attaching them to the shape.  The texture paste should be dried by now and you can paint on your choice of colours from the reinkers without diluting them.

MIXED MEDIA WITH CLOSE TO MY HEART - CTMH PRODUCTS AND CRICUT ART PHILOSOPHY AND ARTBOOKING - FREE RECIPES

Did you know that Mixed Media Projects goes hand in hand with Close To My Heart ?

If you love Scrapbooking, Cardmaking 

and 3D projects, then why not incorporate mixed media into them.

Below are some simple recipes to help get you started and to save you plenty 

of money along the way.

CTMH - Close To My heart have 40 different coloured ink refillers.

(CLICK HERE TO CHECKOUT OUR FULL RANGE)

Using a spritzer bottle or our fabulous SPRAY PENS  and Re Inkers

mix the colour of choice and water together in the spray pens to create

a Ink spritzer.  When using our spray pens put 3 drops of ink in the spray pen, fill

with water and mix well.  If using larger bottles, 100ml spray bottles, I add

20 drops of ink refiller in each bottle.  I like a rich colour, if you prefer 

a more water colour look use less drops of your Re Inker.

TIP:  Label your Spray Pen with the name of the colour because once they mixed in the water

its quite difficult to identify the colour.

Do you make your own Stencils ?

Using your very Own Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridges and Cricut Machine

you can make your own Mixed Media stencils.

Here's how !!!!!!!!!!!!

Using 2 laminating pouches, put one inside the other and put through a laminating machine.

This will create a very thick plastic.  Adhere the double laminated pouches to a new or near

new 12 x 12 Cricut Mat.  I used my Artbooking Cricut collection cartridge to cut out these stencils.

In my creation below, i have used our rolled paper roses which i used the Close To My Heart

Cricut Collection Art Philosophy to cut out the roses and letters.  I encorporated CTMH Base N Bling Charms, Embellishments and assortments, Heart strings paper packet. Ivy Lane assortments and much more.  Mixed media is a great way of using up all your odd bits and bobs, scraps of paper, especially when you hate to throw any out.

MOTHER'S DAY EASEL CARD WITH CLOSE TO MY HEART MAY STAMP OF THE MONTH JUST SAYIN & CRICUT ART PHILOSOPHY

THIS STAMP SET IS CALLED JUST SAYIN

Its available for purchase  from your CTMH Consultant

from May 1st - 31st you can purchase it for only $5.00 with EVERY $75.00 you spend or after that date till august 31st 2015 for $27.00.

PURCHASE JUST SAYIN S1505 $27.00

DID YOU KNOW THAT MAY IS NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING MONTH ?

This month Close To My Heart are celebrating   with a limited release

Paper pack and Stamp set.

Purchase this fantastic TASTE OF SUMMER Paper Pack for only $12.95 during this month

TASTE OF SUMMER STAMP SET CC1039 $27.00

and a very fruity bright month

with the limited release Taste of Summer Stamp set.

  Remember to leave a comment to let me know you stop by and now

The Card filigree back ground, leaves and flowers were all cut using the Cricut Art Philosophy

and Artbooking close to my heart Cricut collection cartridges.