Flower Power Shaker Card

July 7, 2025Leave a comment

How to make a Flower Power Shaker Card.

One of my favorite cards to make is a shaker card.

I love using dimension and movement.

Did you know that vinyl is perfect for cardmaking?

For my card, I used StyleTechCraft Green Opal Adhesive Craft Vinyl*.

The Opal Vinyl is a color-shifting vinyl that takes on a different look

depending on how you hold it.

Materials Used to make the Flower Power Shaker Card: (*affiliate link)

StyleTechCraft Opal Adhesive Craft Vinyl*
StyleTechCraft Transfer Tape*
StyleTechCraft Scraper Tool* and Weeding Pen*
Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die-Cutting Machine*
“Daisy Background” SVG Cut File from the Silhouette Store
Clear Acetate Sheet*
Scor-tape*
Double Sided Foam Strips*
Shaker Sprinkles*
Cardstock

StyletechCraft products brought to you by ATSM Craft*

*Disclosure: This blog uses ads and affiliate links. If you choose to make a purchase using one of the links, I receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you) that helps offset the costs of maintaining this blog. Thanks for your support!

Directions:

Cut the “Daisy Background” using Opal Vinyl and the Silhouette Die Cutting Machine. (I sized the image to a 3 ¼” x 3 ¼” design.)
Remove the excess vinyl around the design using a Vinyl Weeding Pen*.
Cut a piece of transfer tape and place it over the vinyl design.
Gently rub over the design with the Scraper Tool*.

I cut a simple cardstock frame using my Silhouette Die-Cutting Machine. My frame measures 4 ½” x 4 ½”. The inside cutout measures 3 ½” x 3 ½”, which leaves a ½” border around the frame.
Cut a 4 ¼” x 4 ¼” piece of clear acetate. (My acetate has a blue protective coating on both sides.) Place Scor-tape* around the border of the frame.
Remove the protective coating from both sides of the acetate. (If yours has them.)
Place acetate over the sticky Scor-tape*.

Remove the design from the vinyl backing sheet using the transfer paper.
Place the design onto the acetate on the front of the frame.

Cut a piece of cardstock 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”.
Cut thin strips from the adhesive foam sheet.
Adhere the strips to the back of the frame.
Add iridescent shaker sprinkles inside the frame. (Do not overfill with shaker sprinkles.)
Adhere the 4 ¼” piece of cardstock to the back of the frame to create your shaker element.

Adhere the shaker to a 5″ x 5″ card.

Stamp a small greeting onto cardstock. Notch one end to create a banner.
Adhere the greeting to the front of the card.

I hope you enjoyed the Iridescent Opal Shaker card.

It’s a nod to those vintage Flower Power Shirts of the 70s.

“This is a sponsored post. As a member of the StyleTechCraft Design Team I have been provided product and compensation in exchange for my creative ideas. The views and opinions are my own.

Hello Summer Days Mini Album

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025Leave a comment

Hello Summer Days

I wanted to share a fun little album that I put together using

the New Sizzix Hardbound Journal by Eileen Hull* and the

“My Favorite Summer” Scrapbook Collection* by Echo Park.

It’s a simple little album that went together quickly.

Materials Used: (affiliate links)

I used the Xyron Creative Station* to add adhesive to the back of my scrapbook paper before adhering it to both sides of the Matboard*.
I die-cut the pieces of the album using the Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die – Hardbound Journal by Eileen Hull* and the Sizzix Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine*.
I used Scor-tape* to adhere the sides to the spine.

I used twine and looped it through the top and bottom holes.

I made three little “signature books” to add to the inside of the album.
The book measured 4 1/4″ x 5″.
I decorated the books with the Echo Park “My Favorite Summer” Scrapbook Collection*.

Slide the little books onto the twine.

This was one of the quickest albums I’ve made in a long time.

It’s a great little album for adding Summer memories.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. As a member of the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team, I have been provided product in exchange for my creative ideas. The view and opinions are my own.

Tickled Pink Color Wheel Card

May 27, 2025Leave a comment

Celebrate what makes you Tickled Pink.

I wanted to share a card I made with the new

Sizzix Rainbow Wheels Die Set by Eileen Hull*.

This fun card would be great for celebrating those

special moments that make you happy.

The card was made using the Rainbow Wheels Die Set* and the

Sizzix A5 Clear Stamps Set 24PK – Swatch Cards by Eileen Hull*.

My secret weapon for easy assembly is the Xyron Sticker Maker*.

Before I die-cut the shapes, I ran the cardstock through the Sticker Maker.

That adds a complete layer of adhesive onto the back of the cardstock.

It’s a simple card but it does require a little patience.

Once all the pieces were cut, I added the small pieces inside the color wheel.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. As a member of the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team, I have been provided product in exchange for my creative ideas. The view and opinions are my own.

A Sparkly Birthday Card for a Sparkly Girl

May 6, 2025Leave a comment

Sweet Little Mae, my granddaughter, is turning three this week.

An occasion as special as that needed a Sparkly Birthday Card as sparkly as she is.

Did you know that the same vinyl you use to embellish everyday items

around your home can be used to create beautiful cards?

Materials Used: (*affiliate links)

StyleTechCraft Ultra Metallic Glitter Vinyl*
StyleTechCraft Transfer Tape*
StyleTechCraft Scraper Tool* and Weeding Pen*
Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die-Cutting Machine*
“Birthday Cake” SVG File from The Silhouette Store
White Cardstock

StyletechCraft products brought to you by ATSM Craft*

Birthday Card Details:

I designed the card using the “Birthday Cake” SVG file and my Silhouette Cameo Electronic Die-Cutting Machine*.
I sized the digital file to fit onto the front of a 5″ x 7″ card before cutting.
I cut the pieces using StyleTechCraft Ultra Metallic Glitter Vinyl*.
I removed the excess vinyl around my images using a vinyl pick tool.

Use StyleTechCraft Vinyl Transfer Tape* to layer the pieces of the cake.

Use the Transfer Tape* to adhere the vinyl onto a 4″x 6″ piece of white cardstock.
Cut a 4¼” x 6¼” piece of “Melon” Ultra Metallic Glitter Vinyl* to use as a layer. I didn’t remove the white protective layer on the back of the vinyl. I used a double stick tape roller to add adhesive to the back of the vinyl.
Adhere all the pieces onto the front of the card.

StyleTechCraft adhesive vinyl makes it easy to create cards with intricate

and delicate designs. Use it with your Cricut or Cameo electronic cutters

and even with steel rule dies. The possibilities are endless!

“This is a sponsored post. As a member of the StyleTechCraft Design Team I have been provided product and compensation in exchange for my creative ideas. The views and opinions are my own.

The Blue Album-Projects Revisited

April 28, 2025Leave a comment

Do you have any UFOs lying around your crafting space?

This month the Eileen Hull Creative Team was challenged to

complete an unfinished project.

This one was not as much as a UFO as it was revisiting old stuff.

The Blue Album uses the Sizzix Mini Album by Eileen Hull*

and a very old scrapbook collection from K & Company.

Materials Used: (*affiliate links)

Does anyone remember K & Company?

I created project samples for them for 4 years.

That was 16 years ago.

So, this paper collection is at least 16 years old.

They were one of my favorite companies.

(And this collection was almost too pretty to use.)

To create the mini album…

Add adhesive to the back of the scrapbook paper. I like to use my Xyron Creative Station* to do that. It adds a complete layer of adhesive with no bubbles or puckers.
Adhere paper to both sides of a piece of matboard*.
Use the Mini Album Die* and the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine* to cut the album from the matboard*.
Decorate the front of the album with stickers and frames.
I also like to add a coordinating paper to the spine to give it visual interest.

I created three small “signature books” using cardstock for the inside of the album.
I cut them approx. 1/4″ smaller than the book.

I added them to the album by wrapping a heavy-duty upholstery thread several times around the spine.

On the ends of the thread, I added a large blue button.
The album measures 5″ x 5″ and is a great size for a small photo album or journal.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. As a member of the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team, I have been provided product in exchange for my creative ideas. The view and opinions are my own.

Spring Mini Album (Scrapping My Stash)

March 25, 2025Leave a comment

Scrapping My Stash

Do you have an enormous amount of saved paper scraps?

Do you have a problem throwing them away?

If you do, you may enjoy my Spring Mini Album.

It’s part junk journal and part bits and pieces.

During March Madness Basketball this past weekend,

I took the opportunity to play around in my studio.

The inspiration was a bag of paper scraps from the many

Spring Paper Collections I’ve saved.

With the excessive amount of paper I’ve collected and hoarded

over the years, I’m trying to use what I have.

The Spring Mini Album measures 5″ x 5″ and uses the

Sizzix Mini Album by Eileen Hull*.

Inside the album, I created a “signature book” that I stitched

together using thin pink twine. I added it to the album by

wrapping the twine several times around the spine.

On the other side of the album,

I made a small waterfall album tied with a cream ribbon.

I made a small embellishment using a metal ring tag* and circles

cut from the scrapbook paper and attached it to the spine.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. As a member of the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team, I have been provided product in exchange for my creative ideas. The view and opinions are my own.

Happy Spring Card

March 22, 2025March 22, 2025Leave a comment

Don’t you just love Spring?

It makes my heart so happy.

Here’s a quick Spring water colored card made using Sizzix’s Spring Essentials Stamp Set*

Happy Spring!

FYI…The Sizzix’s Spring Essentials Stamp Set* is On Sale right now at Scrapbook.com!

Celebrating You

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025Leave a comment

How to make a Celebrating You Gift Card.

I love it when I can use a tool or die set in several different ways.

I think the Sizzix Floral Pockets & Paperclips Die Set by Eileen Hull* is one of those.

And I haven’t even made everything you can make with this set.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. As a member of the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team, I have been provided product in exchange for my creative ideas. The view and opinions are my own.

Materials Used: (*affiliate links)

I used the Floral Square Die included in the set and die-cut it several times.

I die-cut it once using cream cardstock for the cream frame.
I adhered a small piece of blue parchment cardstock to the back of the cream floral base.
I die-cut it using green cardstock and cut off the outside edges that make the frame. I glued the green layer onto the cream layer.
For added dimension, I cut three flowers out of pink cardstock. I glued all three flowers together and then glued them onto the green flower.
I used maroon cardstock to die-cut three centers for the inside of the flower.

I adhered the floral die-cut onto a pink cardstock layer. I added foam mounting squares to the back of the pink layer to give the card added dimension.
I used a Silver Calligraphy Paint Pen* to draw a silver edge onto the maroon cardstock layer.
I stamped the words “celebrating you” (from the Fan Favorites Stamp Set*) onto a small piece of cream cardstock and gave it a simple layer. I added Foam Mounting Squares* to the back of the word layer and added to the front of the card.