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Hi my dear crafty friends. It has been a long time that I shared a greeting card. Today I have a fishy shaker card tutorial for you... :-) My main images are from the " Something Fishy " stamp set. Here are the step by step instructions: Start by cutting your card base with a circle frame die: Cut your window: Make thin marks where your window will be, so you can put the colour in the right areas:  Colour your card base with Distress Inks. I used Mermaid Lagoon and Wild Honey: Add some waterdroplets onto the Distress background. The ink reacts with water, this creates some nice texture. Stamp some fishes from the Something Fishy set and the sentiment ( Retro Beach ) I used Archival Ink Mangnese Blue and Jet Black. In addition to some sequins, I want to fill the window with some fishes from gelli printed paper: Add a transparency sheet to your window and fill in the shaker elements. Adhere the window with foam tape:  That...

Hi my dear Rubber Dance Friends! I have some instructions for you today how you can make a lovely Christmas shaker card. I used the brand new Frosty Friends stamp set from Rubber Dance and also the Music Notes background stamp. By the way, a lot of stamps are now available in the Rubber Dance Store as single stamps, too! You can choose, if you want them mounted or not. You will save 15% on your next order if you use " susanne2015 " during the checkout process! Shipping is free on all orders over 35€. I started by creating the front layer. I took some turquoise blue cardstock and masked a circle which was slightly bigger than the window I wanted to cut out later. I used some washi tape to mask the edges. The Music Notes were stamped with jet black archival ink. I drew some light marks on my card base to know where my main image has to be and stamped the lovely Winter Bird with jet black Archival Ink (I used heavy weight watercolor paper for the card). I colored th...