Hello to all the crafty people stopping by today! It has been a few weeks, well a bit more than a few weeks since I posted a coffee themed card. Shocking, I know, so many cards so little time. Today I am sharing a Mini Slimline sized Caffeinated Gnomie shaker card.
I started by die cutting my sharker window out of a piece of the Birthday Brights 6 X 6 paper pack and cut an inside panel of Bristol Smooth paper. I like to use Bristol Smooth paper when I am using Distress Oxide Inks. I used the Coffee Splatter stencil to create a multi color background piece with plenty of splatters to sit behind the shaker window. Sadly, the Gnomes cover most of that detail up, but that is okay as I know it is there. I did add a bit of shading in Picked Raspberry around white edge to soften the background. I used the following colors for the background in Distress Oxide Inks: Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Salvaged Petina, and Squeezed Lemonade.
I stamped out my Gnomes and coffee cup in alcohol safe ink and colored the images with Copic Markers. I stayed inspired by the pattern paper and focused on pink and orange shades. Here is a list of my Copic colors. Pink Shades: RV25, RV06, RV23, Orange Shades: YR04, YR07, YR16, Skin tones: E43, E31, E30, Coffee Beans and Beards: E25, E27, E29, E35, E57, E59. Once the coloring was complete, I fussy cut the images.
I used Versafine Clair Nocturne ink to stamp the witty sentiment on to a piece of colored cardstock, then cut a border piece of the pattern paper to go behind it.
To assemble the shaker, I used double sided tape to attach a thick piece of acetate to the pattern paper shaker window I die cut. I then added foam tape to create the shaker pocket. I attached the stencil background to the card base with liquid glue. I used the shaker window as my alignment guide to place the background in the correct spot. Before attaching the shaker window to the card base, I added a bit of antistatic powder to the inside of the foam tape to help keep the shaky bits from sticking. I filled up the middle of the card with sequence, then removed the backing off the shaker window foam tape and attached it to the card base.
Are you a shaker maker or do you leave shakers for others? Creating this fun shaker should put a smile on anyone's face. I hope this card inspires you to use up those shaker bits hanging around your craft room. There are so many stamp sets at Crafty Stamp Co that are perfect for shaker cards.
