Shaker Crayons ~ NBUS #126

Greetings on this fresh new Monday! What will the week bring?! All good things, I hope.

I have been getting ready for more company, but I had to stop everything last night and start a shaker card for Pauline's Pretty Pink Posh Sequin Shaker Blog Hop. I've never made a shaker card before, but everyone was having so much fun in the pool, I decided to jump in and play, too.

So I made this:

I looked through my dies and decided that it would be fun to use my NBUS crayon die, so I lined up and cut it three across and, following Pauline's excellent video, I created my shaker pack, thus:

But it looked too bland, even with the pretty sequints. I wasn't sure you would know what the heck those openings were supposed to be. So I took the coordinating NBUS stamp and stamped the image on a sheet of acetate using Stazon ink. Then I went to bed.

This morning they were dry so I die cut them. My card front was still pretty bland in white against the crayon-hued card stock I wanted to use, and I was confuzzled about how I was going to attach my acetate crayon images. Glancing over at Hammy in his cage, I raised an eyebrow. Without missing a step on his wheel, he pointed at my Washi tapes and walla!

I also made a cute tag to attach, but it covered up too much of the crayons, so I didn't use it. I have to say what everyone else is saying, that was fun! I don't know why it took me so long to try one. Thank you for the push, Pauline!

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Okay, gotta go. I can't believe when I post again it will be next month, the month of MAY already! Eeek squeak!! Okay, never mind that now. Just enjoy today! No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS!* 

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Project Details
Paper	PTI white; K and Company DSP; acetate
Stamps	The Stamps of Life
Ink	Stazon jet black
Accessories	Crayon die: The Stamps of Life Darice sequints; Misc. Washi tape

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