Sunday, February 1, 2015

House of Cards: LOVE!


Hello, all!  It's the first of the month--a busy time here on my blog--and I'm sharing my card for this month's challenge over at House of Cards!  We're starting to add "cue words" to our challenge repertoire and this month our first cue is...


You can be inspired by the word however you like!  I took the word literally and used it as my sentiment!  I also decided to go for a shaker card, since they are so fun!  Take a peek at my creation...


I started by creating the shaker portion of the card.  If you've never made one, they are actually quite simple.  Just punch or die cut your shape out of the top portion of the shaker panel (the silver glitter paper on my card), glue acetate to the back of it, add a solid line of dimensional foam around the window shape, add your filling (I used sequins), then add the back portion of the panel (the patterned paper portion with the sentiment on it on my card).  Then you jazz it up!  I used some punched leaves, a small paper flower, and some hot pink pearls.



Before you add your shaker to the card base, jazz that up, too.  I used a punched border, some ribbon, some patterned paper, and some more hot pink pearls to cute-ify (yes, it's now a word) my card base...


I have to say, I LOVE my completed card!  I think it's really pretty and I like how it turned out!  It's destined for a very special someone this Valentine's Day season. :)  What do you think?  I'd love to hear your opinion, so please leave me a comment below!

That's all for now!  I'll be back another time for some more fun and crafty things to share with you all.  Thanks for stopping by--I hope you come and play along with us at House of Cards, too!  HUGS and happy stamping, all!

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19 comments:

KarinsArtScrap said...

gorgeous Mynn
Gr Karin

Monika Reeck said...

Dear Mynn I love the idea of the shaker card with the heart shape and lovely sentiment inside the shaker card and I adore that paper flower too..nice add of the purple pearls..lovely layout and so many details on it...Great LOVE card Mynn...have a gret sunday for you..hugs, Monika

Judy V said...

Beautiful shaker card Mynn! Love all the sparkle!

Pia S said...

What a great idea and layout for a shaker card! It looks very beautiful and I really like the glitter too.

Donna Nuce said...

Hi Mynn! Gorgeous sparkly card! Love your color combo! Have a great day!
Donna

sue t. said...

This is so pretty. I am just getting into the shaker card trend and yours is so inspiring!

Lisa Elton said...

What a pretty shaker, this is wonderful Mynn!

Anonymous said...

a beautiful and fun card mynn! i love the shaker design and the bright pink pearls placed inside the circles.

Unknown said...

Lovely card Mynn, I love your layering, I will have to give a shaker card a go one day as I have never made one!
Lorry :o) xx

Donna said...

Mynn, this is gorgeous! Like the glittery silver as the started for that adorable shaker, and those hot pink pearls definitely cutify the card! Donna (HOC's)

Tammy said...

Gorgeous Shaker card Mynn! I love all of the bling and the fabulous design!!
Big hugs, Tammy

Chris said...

Fabulous card! Loads of lovely sparkle! Thanks for joining the Southern Girls this challenge!
Chris
x

Judy McKay said...

Pretty detail on your card. I love shaker cards. Thank you for joining us at Come and Get It this week. Judy DT

* Shell B.* said...

Super cute card, great design!

Glad that you could join us for the challenge at Come And Get It…..hope to see you back soon!

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Shell in Alaska ~ CAGI DT ~
http://akstamping.blogspot.com

Katy said...

This is just an awesome card! I love the design-silvery border, and the shaker heart. The colors! Love IT! :) :) Hugs--Katy HOC DT

Lilian said...

Mynn, as always...gorgeous! =)

Lilian said...

Gorgeous shaker card, Mynn! Love it!

Virginia L. said...

Beautiful details! Love the heart shaker element! So glad that you join the fun over Virginia’s View “Shaker Cards” Challenge!

Merethe A said...

Your card is always so Grand. Lots of glittery work. Sendt some question at the DT blog :)
And thanks for your support.

HOC teamie Merethe :)