After I shared my first beach pail shaped shaker card (HERE<\/a><\/span>), I had lots of requests for a tutorial on how to construct\u00a0it. \u00a0Plus a super sweet\u00a0little girl told her mommy (who told me) that she thought that first card was “sooo beautiful” when she saw my YT video. I knew I had to make one especially for her. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

<\/a>I used the following dies from Diemond Dies for the construction:
\nThe shaped base and all the layering base pieces: Bucket Mini Album Die<\/span>
\n<\/a>The dimensional bow at the top of the card: Bow Dies Set<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/a>The shovel shaker pieces and inside shovel accent: Sand Pail and Shover Die Set<\/a><\/span>
\nThe inside message area: Labels 2 Die<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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I used Whimsy Stamps’ “skippy and bobbin,” which was the first girl image stamp I ever bought (that was 2 years ago when I first started crafting on YouTube–WOW\u00a02 years goes by fast when you’re having so much fun!). When I saw this stamp, I fell in love with this little girl and her best friend\/golden retriever puppy (I can’t help but make up stories in my head about certain stamped images–LOL).<\/p>\n

The following are the Copic colors I used to color up the image:
\nSkin: E50, 51, 53, 13 and R20 blush
\nHair: E55, 57, 59 and 79
\nPink parts of outfit: RV000, 02 and 04
\nBlue parts of outfit: B00, 01 and 04
\nWhite parts of outfit and puppy’s sailor’s cap: C1 and C3
\nGolden retriever puppy: E50, 53 and 55
\nI also added some sparkle on flowers of girl’s outfit and puppy’s dog tag with a Silver Metallic Sakura Gelly Roll Pen.<\/p>\n

I wanted to make this card fun and feminine, as according to her mom, the recipient is definitely a “girly girl.” \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0However, I wanted it to be clean and simple too so that Skippy and Bobbin would be the center attraction. I kept it relatively clean\u00a0by using only\u00a03\u00a0metallic papers–a gorgeous damask in blue for the background sky, a shiny darker blue for the background ocean, and a soft shimmery cream for the bucket handle, dimensional bow, and beach sand.<\/p>\n

The following is a process video sharing how I made this card:<\/p>\n