Sewing Themed Birthday Card

Hi everyone,
I made this sewing themed birthday card for one of my friend's who recently turned 21, as you probably could've guessed she loves to sew and her favourite colours are blue and orange.

Thank you for visiting my blog and feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below.

~Products Used~

Accessories: • Sizzix Big Shot • Brother Scan N Cut • Memento Pen: Tuxedo Black • Tim Holtz Stamp Platform • Coloured cardstock from Kmart Australia • Tim Holtz Distress Stain: Spun Sugar and Vintage Photo • X-Press It Blending Card • Copic Ciao markers: Y35, YR07, B05, BG01, BV02 and E33  • Ranger Wonder Tape • ATG Gun • Liquid Pearls: Orchid • Chameleon markers: RD4 and YG3 • Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze: Clear and Black • Wink of Stella brush pen: Clear •

Ink: • Memento: Tuxedo Black • Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain •

Stamps: • Lawn Fawn: Sewn With Love and Woodgrain Backdrops •

Dies: • Lawn Fawn: Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables •

- Ri

Aquarium Shaker Card

Hi everyone,
I made this Aquarium shaker card for Nini's Things.

~My Process~

Firstly I cut my card base, coloured cardstock, watercolour piece and acetate with Nini's Things Designer Collection Dies (Rectangle Nesting Shapes and Stitched Borders) with my Sizzix Big Shot.

**The mustard yellow swirly line is the sized dies I used, so I hope it makes sense. Click on the images below to have a larger view.**

Once I cut out the sand and watercolour pieces, I used Tim Holtz Distress Stain in 'Broken China' for the water and 'Scattered Straw' for the sand. I spritzed water from my Distress Sprayer onto the watercolour piece for a under-watery kind of effect, heat set with my heat tool and then stamped Kaszazz's 'Bubbles Background' with Brilliance ink in 'Moonlight White' onto the water to add a bubble effect using the brand new Tim Holtz Stamp Platform.

I adhered the water piece to the card base and then stamped out "You're Fintastic!" from Lawn Fawn's 'Fintastic Friends' stamp set with Brilliance ink 'Graphite Black'.

Then I used Memento ink pad in Tuxedo Black to stamp out all of the images from Lawn Fawn's 'Fintastic Friends' and 'Mermaid For You' stamp sets onto X-Press It Blending Card. I cut them all out with my Brother Scan N Cut and then coloured them all in with Copic Ciao markers. The seaweed is a die from 'Mermaid for You', that I cut using my Sizzix Big Shot and coloured in with a Copic Ciao marker.

After I coloured all the images I then adhered them to the water piece and onto the sand. I adhered the sand to the back of the border frame and then added the acetate to it. I doubled up Scotch Foam Tape so the shaker mix won't clump and get stuck, and added it to the card base/water piece and carefully on the back of the acetate where the sand is.

I used a tiny spoonful of Nini's Things shaker mix in 'Ocean Breeze' and carefully took out the flower sequins leaving the pretty shimmery blues. I then used the EK Success powder tool around the edges of the foam tape so the sequins wouldn't get stuck to it and then I adhered the acetate piece to the card base.

Thank you for visiting my blog and feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below.

~Products Used~

Accessories: • Sizzix Big Shot • Brother Scan N Cut • Memento Pen: Tuxedo Black • Tim Holtz Stamp Platform • Coloured cardstock from Target Australia • Tim Holtz Distress Stain: Broken China and Scattered Straw • Distress Sprayer • Ranger Heat It Tool • A4 Acetate Sheet • X-Press It Blending Card • Copic Ciao markers: R14, V04, V05, BG01, E33, E35, E37, B05, B24, G99, RV02, YG03, YG41, YG67, YR02, YR15, Y17 and Y35  • Nini's Things Shaker Mix: Ocean Breeze • EK Success Powder Tool • Scotch Foam Tape • ATG Gun • Daler Rowney Watercolour Paper •

Ink: • Memento: Tuxedo Black • Brilliance: Moonlight White and Graphite Black •

Stamps: • Kaszazz: Bubbles Background • Lawn Fawn: Fintastic Friends and Mermaid For You •

Dies: • Lawn Fawn: Mermaid For You and Stitched Hillside Borders • Nini's Things Designer Collection: Nesting Shapes - Rectangles and Stitched Borders - Rectangles •

- Ri

Magical Unicorn Shaker Card

Hi everyone,
I made this Magical Unicorn shaker card for Nini's Things.

~My Process~

Firstly I cut my card base and coloured cardstock at 3 1/2" by 3 1/2" then I cut out the centre of the coloured cardstock so it would be a border frame at 1/2" all around.

I then used Memento ink pad in Tuxedo Black to stamp out the unicorn and the stars from Kindred Stamps 'Magical Unicorns' stamp set onto X-Press It Blending Card and to stamp out "(I believe in you)" from Lawn Fawn's 'Believe in Yourself' stamp set onto the coloured cardstock border frame.

I coloured the unicorn and stars with Copic Ciao markers and then used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out all my coloured images. I used Memento's pen in Tuxedo Black to touch up the stars edges and added Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen in (Clear) to add some shine and also used Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen (Black) to add dimension to the unicorn's eyes as well as Wink of Stella brush pen (Clear) to add some sparkle.

I made my shaker pouch with a heavy weight A4 sheet protector and made it slightly larger than my border frame center, I used the WRMK Fuse Tool to seal in the shaker mixes from Nini's Things (Mermaid Scales and Springtime).

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Milled Lavender) with a blending foam onto the card base. I then adhered the shaker pouch to the back of the border frame with Ranger Wonder Tape and then adhered the shaker and frame to the card base with Scotch Foam Tape.
I adhered the stars with Ranger Glossy Accents and used Ranger Wonder Tape to adhere the unicorn to the centre of the card on top of the shaker pouch.

Thank you for visiting my blog and feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below.

~Products Used~

Card base and coloured cardstock are 3 1/2" by 3 1/2"
Coloured cardstock border frame is 1/2" all around

Accessories: • Wink of Stella brush pen: Clear • Memento Pen: Tuxedo Black • Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Clear and Black • Coloured cardstock from Target Australia • X-Press It Blending Card • Ranger Glossy Accents • Ranger Wonder Tape • WRMK Fuse Tool • Marbig Heavy Weight A4 Sheet Protector • Scotch Foam Tape • Nini's Things shaker mixes: Mermaid Scales and Springtime • Brother Scan N Cut • Copic Ciao markers: BG10, Y08, Y35, B05, BV02, RV04 and RV23 • Ranger Blending Foam: Mini •

Ink: • Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black • Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Milled Lavender •

Stamps: • Kindred Stamps: Magical Unicorns • Lawn Fawn: Believe in Yourself •

- Ri