For the next two weeks at
the challenge is "Add Sparkle" which means we want to see all that glitters and shines.....gems, bling, Stickers, glitter etc. etc. etc.
This is what I did.....
I've got me some gems, Stickles and some sparkly sequins and micobeads inside that shaker star. I've also got me a wonderful image from the
Happy Birthday bundle. Lots of awesome stamps for all your birthday projects!
Now, I've got a tip I want to share with you. (In the interest of full disclosure I did not come up with this myself. I got it from
The Spotted Chick.) And, if you are a shaker card maker and if you've never heard of this tip before.....well......you might want to remove your socks. 'Coz this is gonna blow 'em off.
Ready? Instead of using foam tape, which as you know is a ROYAL PAIN to use on any shape that isn't completely straight lines and will lift at the bend marks and no matter how much you try to press it down at those points it'll still lift to let out a shower of shaker innards OR if you try to cut at curves instead of bending you won't get stuff lined up perfectly and you'll be sending in gluedots and little trimmed bits of pop dots to try to plug the leak and you end up yelling "I hate foam tape!" out of sheer frustration. And it's also horrible if you have a frame that's thinner than your tape and you have to cut the foam tape in half and once you've got that done.....well, just start reading at "to use on any shape that isn't completely straight lines" and go from there.
If you haven't guessed, I'm not a fan of foam tape. I'm also not very good at using my grammar today as the above paragraph is totally an incomplete sentence. So, let me try again. Instead of using foam tape to make a shaker card......use fun foam.
Yep, fun foam. Those thin sheets of foam that come from the Dollar Store in big stacks with all different colours. All you gotta do is cut a piece of fun foam with the exact same die you used for your frame. I know, I know, if you're like me at all your probably making a wrinkly-nosed grimace (the facial expression, not the purple McDonald's character that used to slightly freak me out as a child) face 'coz if the fun foam is the same size as the frame, well, then the fun foam will be very visible, like glaringly noticeable and that would totally fall into the category of Not Good.
But wait. Remember this.....fun foam comes in all different colours. Like red and blue and green and lime green and forest green and yellow and purple and mauve and white and that exact same shade of pink that I used for my card base and twine and Stickles and patterned paper.
If you look close enough, you can see the fun foam peeking out in a couple of spots. And, it totally doesn't matter 'coz it totally matches with everything else. And that'll wipe that skrinked up look up your face it short order.
It might even have you yelling, "I love fun foam!" just like I did when I made this.
You know you've got lots of sparkly bits in your crafty stash so why not enter the
challenge? And be sure to check out what the rest of the DT has made.
Also for:
One Stitch at a Time: anything goes with girls
613 Avenue Create: anything goes
Corrosive: hip to be square
Pile It On: same pattern, different ways - chevrons on panel and shaker frame; dots on background and present
Crafts 4 Eternity: anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: use a die cut
Alphabet Challenge: E is for eye-catching edges - stitching and gems
Penny's: used spooled items
Fresh Brewed: so cute
Crafty Gals Corner: girls, girls, girls
Crafty Creations: seeing spots
In the Pink: make it sparkle + pink
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: make your own embellishment - shaker
Simply Papercraft: lots of layers
Allsorts: bring on the bling
CCC Digi Creations: add some sparkle
City Crafter: CASE card - I cased the shaker element.
Digi Sketch: buttons & bows
Craft Your Passion: anything goes
Fan-Tastic: stitching
Papertake Weekly: cute as a button
{PIN}spirational: anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday: fun foam tip
The Crazy Challenge: cute as a button
