This shaker card is filled with possessed microbeads, and I thought glitter was difficult to deal with. HA! It's nothing compared to these crazy things. I think I got too many in this card, but there was no way I was going to try taking some out! I think they have some sort of static charge that makes them chase each other. The darn things are crazy!
The background is embossed with a Provo craft snowflake folder. The trees are Impression Obsession's Evergreen Trees ( DIE217-E). The deer are IO's Small Deer (DIE117-C) and I used IO's Holiday Top Word Edgers (DIE232-M) as a matt to my shaker frame.
I had been looking forward to making this shaker card as I had it all planned out from when I first saw the Holiday Word edgers.I made up this card as soon as my new dies arrived. Imagine my dismay when I saw Kittie Caracciolo( IO's DT) posted a card (not shaker) with a very similar look. I wasn't going to post this card because of that. I actually have had a discussion with a friend about this very thing a few months ago. She said "How do you use IO dies without it somehow looking like you are CASEing Kittie?" I have no idea what the answer is. So feel free to attribute the idea to Kittie because she used trees and deer and a Holiday Top Edgers in red. I hadn't seen it before I made my card. So any ideas? Comments?
I am entering this here:
Impression Obsession Christmas Greetings Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes
Hiding in My Craft Room Freestyle Challenge
Well, I don't have an answer for you about your dies and cards, except this card is truly amazingly beautiful. Thanks for the laugh about the microbeads. They were one of my very first purchases years ago,(Mine were from Provocraft) and as a complete newbie, was totally blown by the magnitude of trouble those things gave me!!lol...never used them since. Still have them....just in case!
ReplyDeleteShona, I really believe that you made your card before seeing Kittie's card! You could accept it as a compliment that you have similar creative talent as Kittie's. :-)
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried the microbeads yet. Maybe I won't!
Gorgeous card Shona :-) I LOVE shakers and this is fabulous ! I have micro beads too, and they do have a life of their own, I now use Diamond Dust, much easier to deal with :-)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't worry about your card being similar, apart from the fact that you hadn't seen Kittie's card that's what DT's are there for, to give us all ideas, so just be proud of the fact that you created this fabulous card :-)
thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
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This is so pretty! I love the little scene! Thanks so much for playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shaker card love the scene you have created with your new IO dies.
ReplyDeleteHi Shona, beautiful design the combination of die cuts and the embossing make a beautiful scene. I popped over to Kitty's blog and don't see any card that is like yours? Take good care, Shirleyxx
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