Elle's Studio: Hip, Hip, Hooray Shaker Cards!

 

Hi Friends! 

Hip, Hip, Hooray, it's Elle's Studio 14th birthday!

 To celebrate this momentus occasion, I have created a twin set of super fun, shaker cards!

Woohoo! Let's get this party started! 

Oh my goodness! How cute 'n' fun is this card duo?! 

Elle's Studio Supplies: Happy Birthday Journaling Tags, Happy Birthday Chipboard Stickers, Happy Birthday Wood Veneers, Acrylic Balloons & Presents, Celebrate 6 x 8.5 inch Paper Stack, Make A Wish Stamp, Layered Card Metal Die & Acrylic Stamp Block 3 x 4 inches. 

Other Supplies: Smooth Bazzill Cardstock - Coconut Swirl, Black Stamping Ink & Sequins. 

Did you spy my Elle's Studio pen?!

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Let's take a better look at each individual card...

What a fabulous birthday card for someone special! The blue card definitely has my heart, but the purple and red version is pretty awesome too...

So gorgeous! 

I know, you're probably thinking shaker cards are tricky to make, but honestly these cards were really easy to assemble! Elle's Studio products are cleverly designed to coordinate together - they make creating a dream!

Here are my top tips for making these fun cards...

1. Take advantage of the Happy Birthday Journaling Tags! These tags are the perfect base to any layered birthday card design, and are super easy to customize too! I chose the balloons design for my both my cards, personalized them with some repeat stamping from the Make A Wish Stamp, and used their colors to dictate my overall color schemes.

2. Select papers that coordinate with the color palette and theme. I used the new Celebrate 6 x 8.5inch Paper Stack papers to enhance both my birthday cards. These papers are super cute, and the colors just pop! I even fussy cut some bows out of my papers to add that extra somethin'!

3. Use the Elle's Studio Layered Card Metal Die! Possibly the most genius metal die ever invented! It ensures that all layered cuts are accurate, plus saves me so much time ( and frustration) on measuring and cutting! This die set is so good, it even makes my Elle's Studio:  'Hall Of Fame' must-have product list!

4. Use your old Elle's Studio packaging to form the clear acetate pockets! Such a simple idea, but it really takes the 'tricky' out of pocket shakers. I mounted these clear packaging bags onto the back of the layered die cut frames before filling them with a Happy Birthday Journaling Tag and all the sprinkles!

5. Maximize embellishments to create shaker 'stoppers'. I adhered the Happy Birthday Chipboard Stickers and the Acrylic Balloons to the Happy Birthday Journaling Tags to prevent the sequins & sprinkles from falling straight to the bottom of the card. Super pretty, and purposeful!

and lastly, 

6. Add a sentiment that is easy to read, despite all the 'shaking sequins'. The Happy Birthday Wood Veneers were ideal for this - the warmth of the wood cut through all the bright colors, created balance and were easy to see when positioned over the layered frame and shaker pocket. 

Simple, easy tips for beautiful birthday cards! 

I hope my cards have inspired you to give shaker cards a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by, 

til next time,

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Technique Tuesday: November Memory Keepers Studio

Hi Friends! 

Welcome back for more inspiration with the fabulous November edition of

Memory Keepers Stamps & Fresh Cut Studio Dies 

from 

The month of November is all about documenting those joyful birthday memories and milestones. Here's a look at this month's amazing bundle...

Scrapbook Birthday Stamp Set & Large Happy Birthday Crafting Dies

What an amazing stamp & die set! 

Here's what Technique Tuesday has to say about them...

"The cake, the presents, the party...birthdays are such fun! 

This Scrapbook Birthday stamp set with Large Happy Birthday crafting dies bundle has everything you need to create scrapbook pages for those piles of photos you have from these special events. These happy birthday stamps and dies for titles and captions can be put together to say just the right thing for your page layout. Color the open lettering in the stamps to match your project and add sparkle to die cut words with glitter paper. These big birthday stamps and dies will do dual duty when you use them on birthday cards and party favors!"

Here's what I created with this amazing set, 

"Happy Birthday"

Party time, indeed! So.much.fun!!!

Such a terrific stamp and die set for documenting those happy birthday moments! 

I couldn't resist using a lil sparkly silver glitter cardstock for the Large Happy Birthday Crafting Dies - ideal for this sweet page of my darling girl's 13th birthday! 

The Crate Paper Hooray collection and the Shimmerz Paints: Happy Birthday Dotz were a perfect match with the Scrapbook Birthday stamp set with Large Happy Birthday crafting dies too!

Let's take a closer look at my layout....

That glitter title is errrrything! And as usual the Technique Tuesday dies cut like butter! 

Super smooth and precise on every single cut! LOVE!!!

Speaking of precise, how crisp are those Scrapbook Birthday Clear Stamps?!! 

For this page, I repeat stamped quite a few of the words in a variety of inks that complimented the Hooray collection. I love how the colored inks created such fun and playful impression with the Birthday Stamps! 

The sprinkled glitter stars make a great alternative to sequins or enamel dots, and really add that finishing touch!

Awesome!!! 

I see a whole lot of birthday cards and invitations being made in my near future too! 

I hope I have inspired you to get creating with the 

Scrapbook Birthday Stamp Set & Large Happy Birthday Crafting Dies.

Great news!

This bundle is on sale this month AND you can save even more by becoming a

Memory Keepers & Fresh Cut Studio Member. 

Click HERE for more information. 

Thanks so much for visiting! 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Paper Issues: July Project Pocket

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back for more paper crafting awesomeness with a new round of
  Paper Issues Project Pocket challenge!

This month the challenge is to create pocket pages that document some kind of holiday or celebration;

 ideas include 4th July, Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, Easter etc.

I decided to document a recent birthday celebration, 

here's what I created....

How fun is this?!!

I've used the gorgeous Make A Wish collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio - LOVE!!!

This collection was definitely made for documenting birthdays and celebrations!

Gorgeous birthday girl!!!

Let's take a closer look at page 1....

I like to use a lot of embellishments on my pockets,

 so to avoid my pockets from getting too bulky I attach most of my embellishments on the exterior of the pocket. 

How fabulous are the veneer candles ?!!

And that flair!!!

Here's a closer look at them both....

SO awesome!!!

Here's a better look at page 2....

You'll spy more awesome embellishments here, 

 as well as super pretty pattern papers! 

The chipboard stickers are a firm favourite of mine too....

WOW!!!

Make A Wish is just perfection for birthday pocket pages!

I hope you feel inspired by my pockets to play along!

Need supplies? No problem, visit the Paper Issues store here

& REMEMBER: Use my code AMANDA & you'll save 20% off your total spend!

Looking for more inspirational pocket page ideas? 

See what our amazing team created for this challenge here

Thanks so much for stopping by today, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

Cocoa Vanilla Studio: Make A Wish: FOUR

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back for more birthday inspiration with the gorgeous new Cocoa Vanilla Studio collection;


MAKE A WISH

Today I am sharing a very sweet layout about my Mister A for Awesome's recent birthday - so cute!

Make A Wish is perfect for birthdays and celebrations! Here's my birthday boy layout,

"FOUR"

I know, isn't he just the cutest?! He was so pleased with himself, " I a big boy now" Naww! How could I not scrap this milestone moment! And what better collection to scrapbook it with!

I love the very cool blue tones in Make A Wish.  The pattern paper CV-MW004 LOOT BAG (with the cross pattern) is ideal for a masculine layout. I cut this paper into 2 inch squares and arranged the squares diagonally across my white cardstock base (in a checkerboard design), with my precious photograph in the center. As it's a boy layout, I then added lots of stunning blue embellishments, however, this made my layout a little too crisp. So, to create more warmth & balance, I teamed up the blues with the wood look pattern paper, CV-MW001 FRESH CUT and Wood Veneers. Perfect!

Let's take a closer look.....

Sooooooo many fabulous embellishments! Puffy Stickers, Chipboard Accent Stickers, Enamel Dots (sparkles), Vellum Accents & divine Die Cut Ephemera!

Let's not forget those Wood Veneers either! STUNNING! I mean, check out the stars and subtitles.....

The chipboard frame with the veneer look is perfect for layering my photo onto, and take a look at that gorgeous cluster of embellishments - THAT cake is just adorable!!!

I have also used those fabulous Alphabet Stickers to create my title with! Awesome! And despite my initial reservations about being able to use them on a boy page, I am totally LOVING the glitter Sparkles - Enamel Dots! So much fun!!!

You'll also note that I have used lots of directional arrows leading you into my sweet photo too. Gently encouraging the eye into what I value most about my layout ;)

Here's another glimpse at those fabulous Enamel Dots and Puffy Stickers.....

Yep. Loving it!!!

Let's not forget that mini cluster in the top of my page though - Hey, it's FUN!!!

Make A Wish is just making all of my scrapbook wishes come true! It's so awesome to create with!!

It's the Best Ever Birthday, indeed!

Hope you feel inspired to get creating with Make A Wish!

Thanks for stopping by & leaving a comment - I really appreciate your thoughtfulness!

til next time,

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo