I wanted to make my dad a special birthday card for his 84th birthday this Saturday, and I know he enjoys interactive cards, so I made him a fun water shaker card with a bunch of crafty yumminess from the Scrapbooking for Less June Flavor of the Month Card Kit!
First I made the water shaker using a small zip-lock bag that I filled with hand sanitizer gel and light and medium blue sequins from the “You Are My Sunshine” collection sequins pack from the Kit. I made sure it was sealed up tight and then sandwiched it between two patterned papers. To support the edges of the card front, I surrounded the water shaker pocket with 11 mm foam dots after taping the shaker pocket to the card base. The background waves and the watery pool floor patterned papers are both from the Carta Bella “Summer Splash” paper collection from the Kit. For the card front, I die cut a window and framed it using the fourth and fifth largest dies from the Diemond Dies Labels 1 Nesting Die Set. I thought the curvy lines of this nesting die coordinated nicely with the watery theme of this card.
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The inspiration for this card came from the adorable puffer fish from the Avery Elle “Sea-Prise!” stamp set from the Kit. I Copic colored this cutie with the following colors and fussy cut him out: RV11, RV55, B21, B24, BG11, BG23, N0, N2, and N3. Then I glued him into the lower right corner of the die cut window.
To give him something to blow, I also stamped, Copic colored (with the same colors I used on the fish), and fussy cut out a cake from the Power Poppy “Party Time” stamp set. I eliminated the cake topping banner and replaced them with eight striped candles that I fussy cut from an old patterned paper from my scrap box (sorry this is so old I have no idea what paper collection these candles are from). To make these birthday candles pop a bit more and stand up to the color intensity of the rest of the card, I added Champagne Stickles to the base of each candle flame. This added sparkle was a great, festive finishing touch.
I also cut off the foot of the cake stand so that the whole assembly would fit better on the card front with the puffer fish. The sentiment, also from the Avery Elle “Sea-Prise!” stamp set, is heat embossed with VersaMark Ink and Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder and says, “A little extra PUFF for all those candles.”
For the inside of the card, I used the school of fish stamp from both the Avery Elle “Sea-Prise!” (for upper right) and the Echo Park “Vitamin Sea” (for lower left) stamp sets. I repeated the colors from the card front by using the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry. Because I wanted the inside card liner to have more visual weight at the bottom, I stamped out the school of fish repeatedly to make it a big mass (like the sort I’ve been seeing in the BBC Blue Planet video series). For the sentiment, I used the simple “Happy Birthday” stamp from the Power Poppy “Party Time” stamp set.
Click the following picture to watch the process video of crafting this card:
This water shaker card is being entered into the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday Anything Goes Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday Red, White and/or Blue Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Red, White and/or Blue Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Hero Challenge
CAS-ual Friday Heat Embossing Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday the Great Outdoors Challenge
Card Mania Anything Goes Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
MFT Card Sketch Challenge #96
Absolutely amazing card! Love the design!
Many thanks for joining us at Cute Card Thursday this week for our Anything Goes Challenge!
Debxx
Awww thanks so much Deb!
This is so cute! I love the puffer fish! I bet your dad loves this card.
Awww thanks Victoria! Yes, my dad liked this card a lot. 🙂
Love this shaker card! It is so cute! Love the design as well! Thanks for sharing it with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends!
Sandy DT
Thanks so very much Sandy!
Your shaker card is amazing, I love the sequins in the gel! Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays.
Love this entry, thank you for sharing with Creatalicious. Good luck and we all hope to see you and your creations again! Jackie DT member.
Wow, Such a cool card! Love how you made your squishy water, and the fish is adorable! your Dad will love this! Thanks for sharing your beautiful make with us for our RWB challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. hugs, Maura
Love your shaker sea card!!! I’m sure your dad will love it. Thanks for sharing with CAS-ual Friday Challenge!
I haven’t made one of these cards in the longest time. You’re came out so cute! I love that little puffer fish! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
♥ Mindy
Thanks so much Mindy! It was fun to bring out this old style to do this fun filled card for my dad. 🙂
I love the gel water you made for this card. Perfect for the fishy theme!
Thanks so much laura!
Love your card! So creative and love the idea of hand sanitizer for a liquid. Thanks for playing along with us at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge.
Thanks so much Marcia! This was really fun to craft.
Great water shaker card. Thanks for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, good luck and hope to see you again.
Denise (Owner of LPOCF)
You’re so sweet. Thanks Denise
This is so beautiful. So glad you joined our Challenge at Word Art Wednesday. I hope you’ll join us again soon. I want to leave you with the inspiration of God’s Word in 2 Peter 3:9 which says, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” Have a blessed week.
JO ANN
https://jatterburycreations.blogspot.com
Thanks so much Jo Ann!
super cute!! love the puffer fish. thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!!
lovies, =o) kel
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge DT
Awww you are so sweet. Thanks so much Kel!
Beautiful card! Thanks for playing with Card Mania Challenges!
Thanks so much for the sweet words!
A great card for your dad’s birthday!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional for a hero” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…
Thanks bunches Melanie!