Candy Machine Shaker Favor Cards

Good afternoon! I've got a set of Candy Machine Shaker Favor Cards to share with you today that I created as my design team project for White Rose Crafts.

I started with a pack of Jillibean Soup Small Circle Shaker Cards and matching Shaker Pouches, the Jillibean Soup Sweet Treat stamp set & a selection of Distress Oxide Inks in Candied Apple, Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry & Mowed Lawn. I stamped the candy machine base and top around the shaker card openings in each of the Oxide colors. You'll notice how I never show the card I created in Candied Apple again...well, that's because I smudged it beyond recognition right after I took the next photo. Oops. We won't dwell on that now. Sigh.

Next I colored in parts of the candy machine base images using my Kelly Creates Metallic Jewel Brush Pens, to give them a little shine. I stamped the "Sweet Treat For You!" sentiment using Versafine Clair Medieval Blue ink. Clair inks have been my favorite for sentiments lately because, being a pigment ink, they produce beautiful, crisp impressions every time, even with acrylic stamps (like those from  Jillibean Soup), and they dry much faster than other pigment inks. 

Next, I selected some geometric and plaid patterned papers that I thought coordinated well with the images & cut out 2 panels of each, measuring 4x5.25 inches, plus a strip measuring .5-.75x3.75 inches. I adhered the skinny strips beneath the candy machines, to ground them. Then I adhered one the 4x5.25 inch panels, centered inside each of the cards, and layered them with a panel of white cardstock, measuring 3.5x4.75 inches. I took the second panel of coordinating patterned paper and temporarily adhered it to the back of the cover of my card using washi tape. I lightly traced my shaker opening with a pencil & removed the paper from my card. Next I used a Tear Strip die from my stash and some partial die cutting to cut a short tear strip on each of the panels inside the pencil circle. 

I added double sided tape to the patterned side of the paper, being careful to avoid my pencil circle. Once my tape was applied I erased my pencil circles. Then, I took the Jillibean Soup Small Circle PVC Shakers and popped them through the shaker card openings & filled them with chocolate candies, before adhering my patterned panels of paper to the back, securing the shaker pouch and candy in place, and making sure the tear strip was behind the pouch so my recipient has easy access to their sweet treat!

I hope you enjoyed these cards. You'll notice I promptly forgot to take any more process photos after the first one (that I smudged the card), because I got frustrated--but I'll try to do better next time.

Additional Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid: Chill paper

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid: Winter paper

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid: Rainbow paper

Your Next Stamp Happy Spring paper

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8 Kaisercraft Fairy Cards

Hello there Rosies! Amber here to round out our Putting the Paper Back in Papercrafting week, with a collection of eight cards I created with the stunning Fairy Dust paper collection from Kaisercraft and a few of my Doodles Paper Playground: Sparkle Blends. I created 4 shaker cards and 3 simpler designs to share with you today.

This Paper collection is absolutely beautiful in a feminine color palette of teal & purple that worked perfectly with the Fairy Dust, Lilac Luster, & Peacock Pizzazz Sparkle Blends. I love that it includes sheets of tags and sentiment panels, as well as 12x12 sheets of gorgeous paper, all at an affordable price!

Although I didn't order them for this set of projects, the Kaisercraft Fairy Dust collection also includes a pack of coordinating die cuts, a lovely Stamp Set, a Die Cut 12x12 glimmer cardstock sheet & a 12x12 sheet of sticker borders and sentiments.

For my first card I channeled my inner Jennifer McGuire and cut a 4 x 5 1/4 inch panel of this beautiful Enchanted paper and used a kraft knife to cut out the white space, creating a faux laser cut look. I used my score board to score a hinge and mounted the panel on an A2 seafoam panel of cardstock. I cut two smaller panels, one white and one seafoam to mount inside the card so I would have a hidden place to write my message. I cut a sentiment from the text print Flutterby paper & mounted it on purple cardstock before popping it up with 1mm Woodware mounting tape.

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For my second project, I chose a 4x6 panel from the Stardust cut apart sheet. I used my kraft knife to cut out the center of the oval design, mounting it in the center of a landscape, white A2 card. I cut a piece of acetate transparency and mounted it on the back of the frame panel. I selected the Lilac Luster Sparkle Blends and placed a generous amount to the center of the decorative oval & used 3mm Woodware Mounting Tape to pop up the panel & attach it to my card base. For a final touch, I cut out one of the sentiment banners and fussy cut a butterfly from the foiled Flutter cardstock and adhered them in opposite corners, before adding some Dovecraft Crystal Glitter Glue. On the inside, I trimmed down one of the cut apart sentiments from the Fairy Wishes cut apart sheet.

On the inside, I trimmed down one of the cut apart sentiments from the Fairy Wishes cut apart sheet.

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For my third card, I selected another of the sentiment panels from the Stardust cut apart sheet & cut it to 5x5 inches. I mounted it on a 5.25x5.25 panel of teal cardstock using 1mm Woodware Mounting Tape and mounted the whole panel to a 5.5x5.5 white, top fold card base. I fussy cut one of the fairies and a butterfly from the foiled Flutter cardstock and mounted them with 1mm foam tape. I added a touch of Dovecraft Crystal Glitter Glue on the wings of the fairy & the butterfly. I cut out the bracket tag sentiment panel from the Stardust cut apart sheet, mounting it in the center of a panel of lavender cardstock, before adding it to the inside of my card.

I cut out the bracket tag sentiment panel from the Stardust cut apart sheet, mounting it in the center of a panel of lavender cardstock, before adding it to the inside of my card.

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For my fourth card, I selected another of the sentiment panels from the Fairy Wishes cut apart sheet, and used my craft knife to cut out the bracket panel in the center, carefully cutting around the fairy image. I mounted a 4 7/8x4 7/8 panel of the reverse side of the Sparkly paper, and placed a generous amount of Fairy Dust sparkle blends in the center. I added acetate to the back of my front panel and popped it up using 3mm foam tape. I cut out and mounted a sentiment banner, and one of the flowers from the Enchanted paper and mounted them using 1mm foam tape. 

On the inside, I added a panel of white cardstock, and cut apart the sentiment I'd cut out of the center of the panel on the front. Finally, I added a fairy I fussy cut from the foiled Flutter cardstock and mounted it on the left of the sentiment to cover up the notches where the fairy had been cut out.

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For my fifth card, I chose another of the panels from the Fairy Wishes cut apart sheet & fussy cut the bracket portion. I used my kraft knife to cut out the center rectangle with the fairy image, and mounted it on the center of a top folding, landscape A2 card base. I placed a generous amount of Peacock Pizzazz Sparkle Blends in the center of the panel. Then I adhered a panel of acetate to the back of the frame and mounted it over the sequins with 3mm foam tape. I cut one of the banner strips from the edge of the paper, mounted it on purple cardstock and adhered it to the bottom of the shaker, using 1mm foam tape. I fussy cut 4 butterflies and adhered them in the corners, with their wings popped up. Finally, I added glitter glue for sparkle.

On the inside, I cut apart another of the sentiment banners from the barcode edge of a sheet of paper, trimming it into three lines, short enough to fit inside the card, and mounted them on a scrap of the patterned paper and then a piece of teal cardstock. I mounted that whole thing on a panel of lavender cardstock, edged at the top and bottom with thin scraps of another pattern. I added the whole panel to the inside of my card and embellished it with more fussy cut butterflies.

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For my sixth card, I cut a 5.25x5.25 panel of the Pixie paper and mounted it on a 5.5 inch square card base. I adhered one of the fussy cut fairies from the foiled Flutter paper and several of the butterflies, alternating gluing them flat or using 1mm foam tape. I cut down one of the sentiments from the bar code edge strips, and cut fish tails at one end, adhering it with 3mm foam tape. For added sparkle, I embellished the fairy & butterfly wings with Glitter Glue.

For the inside, I cut a panel of teal cardstock, and topped it with the back side of the Dew Drops paper, leaving just a thin border of teal. I cut down the other half of the sentiment from the front of the card, adhered it with double sided tape, and added two of the fussy cut butterflies as a finishing touch.

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For my final card of the day, I selected one more of the panels from the  Fairy Wishes cut apart sheet and fussy cut the scalloped circle. I used a circle die from my stash to cut out the sentiment in the middle, and set it aside. I cut a 5.25 inch square panel of the Flutterby paper and adhered it to a pale aqua 5.5 inch card base. I added a circle of acetate to the back of the scalloped frame, and used a double layer of Fun Foam to create my shaker box, using two dies from my stash. I added a generous amount of the Fairy Dust Sparkle Blends to the center of the panel, and added my frame. I trimmed down one of the sentiments from the bar code edge of the paper and adhered it at the top of the shaker. Above that, I adhered a crown image, fussy cut from the foiled Flutter paper, as well as a few butterflies and one of the fairies. I added Glitter Glue to the fairy and butterfly wings, and used Sea Breeze Nuvo Jewel Drops on the crown as jewels.

To finish the inside of my card, I took the center I had cut out of the frame I used for the shaker and adhered one of the fussy cut crowns to the top, and a little butterfly as embellishments.

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I hope you enjoyed these projects as much as I loved making them. I don't often craft without stamping, but I found this collection to be versatile and inspiring to use. I still have lots of it left, so expect a follow up with more designs some time in the future!

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Custom Flamingo Shaker Card

Today I'm sharing a fun custom shaker card I created using my brand new Flamingo Tropic Sparkle Blends, a leaf from an old tropical stamp set from my stash and the fantastic Color Layering Flamingo stamp set by Hero Arts.

I began by stamping a bunch of leaves on post it notes and fussy cut them to use as masks. I selected a 4x5.25 panel of 65# white cardstock & began laying out my leaf background in the top right and bottom left corners. Next, I used my craft knife to cut out one leaf in each cluster to use as my shaker windows, which I then backed with acetate before I began coloring the leaves with my Spectrum Noir markers.

 

On a seperate scrap of cardstock, I used Distress Oxide inks in Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose & Black Soot to stamp out the layered flamingo, then I fussy cut it, leaving a small white border. Next, I adhered 2 panels of fun foam together before using an oval die from my stash to cut the shaker boxes & adhered it to the back of the panel. I added a generous amount of Flamingo Tropic Sparkle Blends to each of the shaker boxes before closing them up with a piece of bright green cardstock and adhering the whole panel to a top folding A2 card base.

I used 1mm Woodware foam tape to pop up the flamingo and nestled it into the cluster of leaves in the lower left corner. I used Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide in to stamp a sentiment from the Color Layering Flamingo stamp set directly on the white space of the panel. Finally, I chose some of the cupped flower sequins from the Flamingo Tropic Sparkle Blend and scattered them throughout the leaf clusters for some subtle embellishment.

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Reach For The Sky & Custom Cocoa Mug Shaker

Today I'm sharing two cards I created with my brand new Fairy Dust and Breakfast at Tiffy's Sparkle Blends and included some other fantastic supplies available at White Rose Crafts. 

For my first card, I chose a 4x5.25 panel of white 80# cardstock and a home made Cloud Border Stencil. I used Broken China Distress Oxide ink and a Ranger Mini Blending Tool with the stencil to create my puffy cloud background.

Next I used a retired Ellentina Cloud Die from my stash and cut my window into the top half of the panel, adhering acetate to the back. I cut two more clouds from 80# white cardstock and traced about 1/8" inside the border with my Sakura Clear Stardust pen before adhering them to my card base with 1mm Woodware Foam Tape. 

On a scrap of 110# white cardstock, I stamped the Bunny & Kite image from the Stampendous House Mouse Hoppy Moments stamp set in Onyx Black Versafine ink and heat embossed with Ranger Fine Detail Clear Embossing Powder before coloring with my Spectrum Noir Next Generation pens. I used warm greys for the bunny and tried to match the browns and blues in the Breakfast at Tiffy's Sparkle Blend for the kite.

Before assembling my shaker, I stamped my sentiment from the Papertrey Ink Up, Up & Away Sentiments using Versafine ink.

Next, I adhered two layers of fun foam together and cut my shaker opening before adhering it to the back of my panel. I added a generous amount of Breakfast at Tiffy's Blend and used a piece of baby blue cardstock to close up the shaker box. Using the same Woodware 1mm foam tape, I cut little pieces and popped up my bunny image before adhering the panel to a top folding, A2 card base. As a final touch, I added 3, light blue, holographic sequins from the blend as embellishment and a touch of Clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to the kite. 

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For my second card, I decided to cut my own Shaker Shape to use with my new Fairy Dust Sparkle Blends. I started with a 4.25x5.5 panel of 80# white cardstock and stamped this adorable Your Next Stamp Hot Cocoa Hugs stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

Next, I used a kraft knife to cut out the mug part of the image, before coloring with my Spectrum Noir Next Generation markers, sticking to brown, cream and grey. Then I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

I adhered a piece of acetate to the window opening before adhering together two pieces of fun foam and cutting my shaker opening with a rectangle die from my stash. I added a generous amount of Fairy Dust Sparkle Blend and closed the window with a piece of white cardstock. 

I adhered the panel to a top folding A2 card base and then adered a sprinkling of clear cup sequins from the Fairy Dust Blend and a brush of Clear Wink of Stella on the Marshmallows and Whipped Cream as embellishments.

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2 Smile Cards

Today I'm sharing 2 cards created using my Flaming Sunset Sparkle Blends! I started with a 4x5.25 panel of orange and pink tie-dye paper from my stash and then cut out  my shaker window using a Papertrey Ink Scene Its: Skyscapes sun rays die, setting aside the cut out to use on my second card. Next, I cut a circle frame out of gold DCWV glitter paper with the stitched circle frame from the Papertrey Ink Shaker Shapes: Circle die set. 

Next I adhered two layers of fun foam together and then selected a stitched circle die from my stash, slightly larger than my shaker window opening, and cut the opening for my Sparkle Blends and then used the same die cut my acetate window before adhering it to the back of my die cut panel.

For my sentiment, I cut out two of the Smile Die Cuts from the Hero Arts Smile Stamp & Cut set, one from gold glitter paper and 4 from 110lb white cardstock. I adhered the 4 white die cuts together and then one of the black cuts on top. I also adhered the second black die cut, off set on the gold glitter cut. Next, I stamped the "Brightens up my day" sentiment on 2 strips of black cardstock using Versamark ink, and then heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

I assembled my shaker, box and then placed some of the Flaming Sunset Sparkle Blends inside before backing with a panel of golden yellow cardstock, and adhered the whole panel to an A2 card base. Next, I added the gold glitter frame around my shaker before adding the dimensional Smile die cut Sentiment with the sentiment banner adhered below it. Finally I stamped "Your" using Onyx Black Versafine ink & added a few sequins from the Sparkle Blend as embellishments.

For my second card, I layered together the cut out from my shaker card panel, a circle of yellow cardstock and a larger stitched circle of gold glitter cardstock & adhered them in the top center of the card. Next I adhered my sentiments int he same location as my shaker card and added a generous sprinkling of sequins from the Flaming Sunset blend as embellishments

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Intergalactic Panel Shaker Card

Today I created a simple frame shaker card with my new Intergalactic Sparkle Blend.

I also used an old star banner cover plate die from my stash (I don't know the brand) and a sheet of space themed DCWV 4x6 cardstock, also from my stash, as the background.

I cut the cover plate from light gold Neenah shimmer cardstock and cut strips of black DCWV glitter paper to box in the frame. I also used a yellow Sakura glaze pen to add a little color and dimension to the stars before backing the panel with clear acetate.

I doubled up 3M foam tape to create my shaker box and adhered a 4x5.25 panel of the patterned paper to an A2 white note card. I placed a generous amount of Intergalactic Sparkle Blends in the center of the panel, before adhering my shaker panel, centered on the card base. I stamped a sentiment from the MFT Stamps Space Explorer stamp set onto a white banner and adhered it with glue dots to the bottom right of the panel. As a final touch, I added some Dovecraft glitter enamel dots from the Berry  Blush collection to two of the corners.

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