"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese

Friday, December 12, 2014

winter wishes...

Hello friends!!  Wow.. we had a crazy windstorm last night!  Once, again, I had to deflate our Santa to make sure he didn't blow away.  My little guy was rather worried that he still would even after I took him down!   Today it is partly sunny with very little wind... hoping it stays that way!  This morning I took some time to make a little shaker card for a couple of challenges:  CASology (silver) and Colour Me! (silver and navy).


A few weeks ago I purchased the Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts set "Let It Snow" at my local craft store.  When I saw the set I thought it would be perfect for making a shaker card.   This is a pretty simple card, but given that it was a shaker it still took me way too long to make!  Sigh... I'm shaker challenged, lol!   After I cut the top piece to the size I wanted I die cut the opening using the die that came in the set.  I then positioned the panel on my card base and stamped the snowflake in the opening using Night of Navy ink.  I trimmed off a bit more of bottom, added some silver glitter paper and then stamped the sentiment in navy ink. To finish the shaker element I surrounded the snowflake with foam tape and placed silver and clear sequins inside.  A piece of clear cardstock (acetate) was adhered over the opening, more foam tape added to the piece and then it was adhered to the card base.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Die Cuts with a View silver glitter; Stamps and dies:  Hero Arts; Ink:  Stampin Up! Night of Navy

19 comments:

Ardyth said...

Love the touches of silver on this! Very festive and sparkly! Great to see you at CASology, Rosemary!

Nancy said...

So elegant, Rosemary! Love this design!

Lisa Lara said...

I love your shaker Rosi. That bit of silver at the bottom is sparkly and beautiful.

Lisa Elton said...

I've been thinking about all of my west coast friends with the crazy weather, hope your Santa makes it through!! Cute CAS shaker card, love the sparkle!!

Brenda said...

Beautifully CAS Rosemary and I love the silver!

Barb Ghig said...

Silver and navy is such a pretty color combo and I love that you created a shaker card, Rosemary! Love all the sparkle, too! I hope your weather stays nice for you :)

wienerhoneymooners said...

Ohh My Rosemary, this is JUST AMAZING!!!! Love it!!!
Thanks for joining us at CASology this week, so glad that you did!!

Deepti said...

Ah ! This is fabulous :) what an amazing shaker !

craftieodmae said...

Absolutely gorgeous!!

Greta said...

Love your shaker card, Rosemary! Glad someone else can't do them quickly--LOL!

Jen W. said...

This is the most adorable little shaker card, Rosemary! I am always skeptical of shaker cards that profess to be CAS but this one is perfect! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

Lee-Anne said...

Hope your weather improves, Rosemary! I love this wonderful shaker card...especially the shape of the aperture. The strip of silver at the bottoms grounds it beautifully!

Jan Clothier said...

Simply stunning. Love this card!

Claire Broadwater said...

Rosemary, this is just gorgeous! I love the shaker card and the sentiment! Thank you for joining us at Colour Me...! this week! XX

Melissa said...

This is so pretty, Rosemary! Love the snowflake image you used as the main image! The silver edge is a gorgeous touch!
It's so great to see you playing along over at CASology! ;)

Unknown said...

So great to see you back Rosemary! It is the week of the shaker card and I am LOVING IT :) Thanks so much for taking the time to share with us at Colour Me...! this week. Sure hope you will be back again soon!!!

Greta said...

Congrats on the CM win, Rosemary!

Nat said...

stunning design!!! :) you've inspired me to try making a shaker card. love the colours!!!!! :)

Anita in France said...

So crisp, Rosemary ... and so frosty looking, with the glittery silver strip and those shaker sequins! Anita :)