SPRING SHAKER CARD

After dealing with 20" of snow over the weekend, I'm happy that I can bring a little spring into my life with this card!  It's going to take awhile for those piles of snow to disappear, even here in Northern Arizona!  So it will be fun when I get together with my classes later this week that we get to focus on Spring and Easter.  I used the I Heart Us Cardmaking stamp set (C1760 from Close to My Heart) for the flowers and sentiment on this card.  This shaker card, and the one for Easter shown below, were inspired by the sketch for Mojo Monday.  You can see the sketch above, and notice that instead of the little strips used as accents, I switched it to leaves and flowers.  Still in the same place, just a different element.  I love the fact that sketches give me a starting point, but I can interpret them the way that works for what I what to showcase.  In addition to the Mojo Monday challenge, I am also entering this card in the Allsorts SPRING challenge.  You can pop over to both of those challenge blogs by clicking on the links above and check out what other creations people have designed.

What I love about the shaker card is how easy it is to put together.  Close to My Heart came out with a set of dies for the base circle and the stitched overlay - along with a foam circle and acetate circle for the whole shaker element.  Add some sequins and you are set to go!  Here's a link to a video I did last fall for a Christmas shaker card I did that shows how quickly these go together!

So here's the Easter card I mentioned before - the same basic design, but it doesn't have all of the elements in the sketch.  It was so fun to make with the Egg-stra Special stamp/die set from Close to My Heart (Z4262).  

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my creations!  Hope your week is off to a great start.