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Hi friends! Have you finished hopping along with the Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice Blog Hop? (You can click HERE to start at Day 1 and HERE to start at Day 2 if you missed it!) These blog hops are filled with page after page of inspiration, plus prizes and freebies, so you don’t want to miss out! I am back today with another project, this time featuring the gorgeous new Ink Trio 36 that was released during the And Everything Nice release ((click HERE to see the entire release!). These inks are such a perfect gradient and look absolutely gorgeous blended as an ombré background that I couldn’t resist creating a pretty shaker card and allowing the blended background to be one of the main focal points. Let’s get started with the details!
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To begin my shaker card, I used blending brushes to blend the new Pawsitively Saturated Ink Trio 36 in shades of Shell, Salmon, and Coral in a gradient on a white A2 card front. I used Pinkfresh Studio 1″ Blending Brushes to get a super duper smooth, seamless transition from one color to the other and I am overjoyed at how beautifully it came out! Once I had finished blending, I splattered the background with some iridescent glitter watercolors, then used some leftover acetate packaging to create a flat shaker pocket around my blended, splattered background. I filled the pocket with Sunrise Embellishments and Starbright Embellishments, pulling in the peachy colors of the background as well as adding some snowy elements with the shimmering iridescent Starbright sequins and tiny snowflake sequins. These flat shakers are such fun to make and put good use to that leftover stamp packaging that we all have in abundance!
After I had completed my shaker background, I die cut the new Joy Cover from some iridescent white mirror cardstock. This cover die is slightly smaller than A2, so it leaves a bit of a frame around the edges. I nestled it up in the top left corner, offsetting it slightly so that I had plenty of room for my die cut snowflakes! I cut some individual snowflakes using the Sparkling Snowflake Frame & Trio and white glitter cardstock, which I adhered directly over the Joy Cover die cut in a cascade.
To enhance the greeting a bit, I used one of the sentiments from the new Holly Jolly stamp set, stamping it first with Coral ink, then again with embossing ink with the help of my trusty MISTI, adding White Satin Pearl embossing powder to create a pearlescent coral greeting! I die cut the scripty sentiments and used my trimmer to create a sentiment strip. I popped the sentiments up, nestling them amongst the snowflakes and placing them directly over the Joy Cover die cut. Finally, I added a smattering of Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to add even more shimmer and sparkle!
Well, that’s all for my project today! I enjoy making these flat shaker cards so much. The sequins swish around so beautifully, creating magical sparkle behind your main focal point! So festive and fun! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
