Hello DeNami Friends! 

Today I wanted to show you these tiny shaker cards that you could give to loved ones on Valentine's Day. I think the little owl holding a flower is just perfect for a Valentine's themed card.
First of all I die cut a little piece of mix media paper. I then applied a coralline ink with a blending tool trying to let it fade at the top of the panel. To give it a little bit more interest, I splashed some water droplets on the ink and dabbed it away shortly after. Then I die cut a circle that was large enough for the little owl. To create a shaker card, I adhered some acetate behind the circle window as well as enough foam tape to create the needed space for the shaker material.  


Then I stamped the owl on white card stock with black ink and colored it in with alcohol markers. To finish off the card I used super tiny coralline star sequins and filled up the shaker card. 

Francine

Dye Ink, Copic Sketch Markers, Glitter Pen, White Cardstock, White Butcher Paper, Heart Dies, Baker’s Twine

Hi Friends,

I am delighted to share with you what I have been working on. I started out just playing with the stamps and then the vision came together and I ended up with this wonderful collection of projects.

I stayed with the Black, Red and White color theme, but gave it lots of dimension, shapes, sizes and texture.

They are all very simple to make. I mainly just used the Versafine Onyx Black ink pad and Tombow markers for all the coloring.

Here's what you will need:

J155 Sweetie Owl Scene (available January 5, 2015)
CR02 Monster Love Clear Stamp Set (I used the tiny heart) (available January 5, 2015)
E162 Love you Forever stamp
B122 Owl with Garland (available January 5, 2015)
C106 Owl Special Delivery (available January 5, 2015)
Versafine Onyx Black ink pad
PC21 White Cardstock
Red Cardstock
PC23 Black cardstock
N109 Polka Dot Border
Ribbon
Med Scallop Oval Punch
Large Scallop Oval Punch
1.5 inch Scallop circle punch
1 1/8 plain circle punch
CB600 Boutique boxes
Tombow markers
Scissors
ATG adhesive
Twine






I started with Black, Red and White Cardstock and stamped it with the new J155 Sweetie Owl Scene.


I stamped several more of the Sweetie Owl Scene to cut them out and add as dimension to the stamping.

I colored with Tombow markers to create the desired look. I always use a lighter marker and then add touches of the darker colors to add dimension and depth.

I made the smaller card and used an oval scallop punch in 2 sizes to create the dimensional frame.




These are perfect for any occasion. You can just use one and give a cupcake to a teacher, friend, neighbor... Or you can do many for parties.
They are very inexpensive to make, but look adorable.







Using an Exacto knife, cut into quarters, then continue cutting, as shown. You will also want to score right along the circle so the cutouts fold nicely.


This shows why you score it and why it is stamped on the back. It has a more finished look.

 You can add colored borders to finish the look. Here I stamped the Polka Dot border in black.


 I the put the cupcake and cupcake holder into the Large Boutique box. You can use this box for cupcakes, but also for ornaments, baseballs, a small pot, a candle...

If you like dogs better, you can easily adapt this to dogs, cats, birds, etc.
Enjoy making your version. Thanks for joining in on the Sneak Peek fun!

Please comment what inspired you about this blogpost.

Hello DeNami Friends!

It's Tammy here to share a sweet little card where I used the chalkboard technique.


I matted a red die-cut circle onto a doily and placed in the center of the card front.  On black cardstock, I stamped the Heart Flower Trio and applied the Chalkboard Technique. A Spellbinders Label die was used to cut the image out. At the upper right of the card front, a sentiment banner was created using the same techinique. The sentiment is from the Love Sentiment Stamp set.

I am so glad you stopped by today! I hope this provides a little Valentine inspiration for you this week!

This truly is a 10-minute card, folks! It's all made possible by the elegant Oblong Doily Embossing Folder available in the DeNami store. I simply embossed the front face of my card base, and in an instant I had the perfect frame for a sweet Valentine message, stamped with DeNami's Small Valentines Script stamp in Satin Red Versafine ink. I rescued a honeycomb heart from a cupcake topper to use as an accent inside my pretty lace frame, and then added red pearls drawn on with a Crystal Lacquer Pearl Pen as my final touch. The hardest part of making this card was just waiting for the lacquer pearls to dry!

Thanks so much for stopping by today to take a peek at my little project! Have a happy Thursday,

You can add as many coupons to the book as you want. And I love that the coupons can be for inexpensive but thoughtful things like spending time together or doing something nice for each other.