Purple Onion Designs, Lottie’s Gang - Birthday Squad: Creating a Mini Shaker

I made this card well over a month ago, I just haven’t had a chance to type up a blog entry for it yet. Such a cute stamp set called Lottie’s Gang - Birthday Squad from Julian Charlton over at Purple Onion Designs. As soon as I saw stamp I knew I wanted to take the balloon portion of the stamp and convert it into a mini shaker. And so I did : )

Get the Look:

Die cut a 3 3/4” x 5” piece of card stock using a stitched die or cutter. Die cut grass in 2 different colours.
Position and stamp Lottie’s Birthday Squad onto card stock. At same time create a mask for Lottie’s gang.
Using a balloon die that is similar in size as the stamped balloon, position over stamped image and die cut out balloon.
Place mask over Lottie’s Birthday Squad and using a cloud stencil, lightly blend salty ocean distress ink to make clouds.
Colour your image with your favourite medium.
Stamp sentiment on grass. Layer and glue grass onto card panel.
Time to build shaker. Add acetate and double layer of foam tape behind the die cut balloon. Fill the well with sequins and shaker bits.
For fun and bling, close up the shaker window with a small piece of glitter card stock.
Add double layer of foam tape to the rest of the card panel back.
Attach to an A2 cardbase.