I just got my Stampin' Up "Magical Day" stamps and matching dies, so couldn't wait to create a card with the cute mermaid. The card base is SU Bermuda Bay cardstock. The front panel is a 4"x 5-1/4 piece of SU Island Indigo cardstock which I covered with Bermuda Bay scallops cut with SU Striped Scallop Thinlits dies. I had to cut two sets of dies in order to cover the entire panel. These scallops were glued down with small dots of Tombow glue. The second section of scallops were very carefully lined up with the first section to create a seamless pattern.
After the scallops had dried, I used a 2-3/4" Nestabilities circle die to cut a whole through the panel, being careful to locate it in the upper part of the panel so there would be room at the bottom for a sentiment. I then used a Nestabiities Scallop Circle die just slightly larger than the circle die to cut a scalloped circle out of Bermuda Bay cardstock. Then taking the circle die, I positioned it EXACTLY in the middle of the scalloped circle and die cut a hole in the middle. This scalloped ring was then glued down on top of the main panel hole using Tombow glue.
I then flipped the main panel over, and glued a piece of acetate larger than the hole (it can be square since it won't show, you don't have to be fussy) on the back of the panel. Once the glue dried, I took strips of adhesive foam and surrounded the acetate window so that when I added my shaker material, it couldn't leak out of the "well" I had created. I also added adhesive foam strips all around the perimeter of the panel's back to hold it up off the card base.
TIP: To keep the shaker material from sticking to the sides of the foam strips once your card is assembled, I recommend using a static powder bag typically used to keep heat embossing powder from adhering to places you don't want it. BUT, you will then need to carefully clean off your acetate to get rid of the fine dust film left behind before filling your shaker "well".
After removing the backing of the adhesive foam strips, pile up the shaker glitter/beads on the card base at approximately the center of where your window will be located on the finished card. CAREFULLY lower your window panel onto the card front. Press all the adhesive foam strips down to make sure they stick - ESPECIALLY those around the window so your shaker material won't leak out.
The next step was to create my mermaid and two seahorses. The mermaid was stamped with Versafine Black Onyx ink onto SU Whisper White cardstock. Then it was hand colored using Copic markers:
Face: Skin White (E00), Blush (R20)
Hair: Pale Yellow (Y11), Buttercup Yellow (Y22)
Body: Dim Green (G40), Pistachio (G43), Yellowish Green (YG06)
I die cut her out using the matching die from SU Magical Mates. I also stamped two little seahorses in colors to match the mermaid using Tranquil Tide ink on Hello Honey and Wild Wasabi cardstock scraps. I chose these colors to match the mermaid colors. Each seahorse was attached to the card front using a Mini Glue Dot.
I finished the card by stamping the "Magical" sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock with SU Tranquil Tide ink. I chose this color to sort of marry the green of the mermaid to the aqua's of the card front. Unfortunately, this sentiment is too large for the matching dies in the "Magical Mates" framelits dies, so I used the banner die from that set, and placing it over the sentiment, outlined the OUTSIDE of the die around the sentiment with a pencil. Then I hand cut the sentiment out INSIDE the lines I had drawn. To create the matting for the banner, I again lightly traced the outside of the die on Island Indigo cardstock, but this time cut a little OUTSIDE the pencil line, then erased the pencil lines. I also used a craft sponge to sponge the edges of the Whisper White sentiment banner with Island Indigo ink. These two were glued together, then mounted on the bottom section of the card front with adhesive foam strips to match the height of the mermaid.
The card was a little more challenging than usual because of all the steps. So, I am rating the difficulty level as "4" out of "5". It was fun to make! I'm sure one of my grand-daughters will love it!!!
Date: Monday, May 21, 2018 GMT Views: 901
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Mon, May 21, 2018 @ 4:14 PM
What a fun shaker card - love the shaker material you used! I use the anti static powder before closing a shaker element, too. It does help the bits not to stick to acetate or each other. Very sweet design!