Snow Fox Shaker Card for Cherish the Memory

"Frozen Forest" Paper Kit Shaker Card

I am officially addicted to making shaker cards...and I am so grateful to be designing for Cherish the Memory because after having received these lovely card kits, making shaker cards has been a pure breeze! Honestly, I can't seem to get myself to make a non shaker card these days. I am ALMOST done with finishing my Christmas cards for friends and family, and they have been all...you guessed it...shaker cards!

You can purchase the card kit by clicking on the images to be directed to Cherish the Memory's Etsy 

As you can see from the picture above, the pages from the card kit come perforated already, so it's too tempting to make these into shaker cards, all you have to do is to grab a circular metal die closest to the size of the image and cut the background provided within the kit, add some foam mounting tape to the back, then add your sequins and done!

Tip: When making shaker cards, adding seed beads not only gives shaker windows a cool effect, but also enhances the sound when you shake it as well as improving the movement of the sequins inside. Seed beads of all colors can be found at your local craft store in the jewelry section. The smaller the smaller the better!

To tie the elements of the card to the silver foiled background, I used some metallic silver embroidery floss and tied an ornamental coordinating die cut leaf from the kit and also to make the letters of "snow" appear to be attached. I used Tonic Nuvo drops and Ranger Liquid pearls for the embellishments.

If you like foiled papers, like myself, you will be love these kits!

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Wintry Fox Card for Cherish the Memory

"All you need is LOVE" Wintry Fox Card

I just LOVE the cool minty and cool colors provided in the card kit pad that I used from Cherish the Memory. Below, I will list the product link if you are interested in these lovely papers.

If you like foxes and or other woodland creatures, as I do, you will be pleased to see that there are plenty of fauna such as this cute fox available in the kit to use to adorn your holiday cards. Foxes are my favorite, and I thought the minty greens and blue hues in the papers compliment the fiery oranges and reds of this lovely fox.

The leaves used here are all from the paper kit. These paper flowers that I used are a mix of craft store bought flowers and my favorite, Prima Marketing flowers. Adding the paper leaves from the kit gave this card so much more dimension, and were perfect in attaching the paper flowers to the background scenery of the card.

This cute journaling card gives the card it's sentiment, and is always a great feature to have in paper kits when you don't have a particular stamp to use or just want the convenience of having versatile uses. This journaling card would have looked adorable in my planner, or art journal!

To give the card a mixed media touch, I used embellishments such as jute string, metallic embroidery floss and rhinestones.

In the overall composition, I made sure to balance the browns against the cool hues of mint and blue by using brown flowers on the left and making sure to use mint die cuts from the pack against the wooden background on the right side.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my card, and thank you so much for stopping by!

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"Sweet Winter : Memories" Fox Shaker Tag for Cherish the Memory

A Foxy Double Shaker Window Tag 

Shake Shake Shake! Shakers are Everywhere!

I had previously made a shaker birthday card for a friend, but it was my first and although I was proud of the way it came out, I still hadn't gotten quite as comfortable as I'd like to be with the shaker technique...so I decided to challenge myself and make a tag presenting two styles of the shaker technique : a background shaker window and a dimensional window.

"Memories"

Sentiments are a great way to get the viewer to gaze at a "starting point." My starting point for this tag, as you can see is the top left corner. I chose this corner for this tag, because I wanted the main shaker window to come at the "end" of the viewing trail for most impact, since it is the second shaker window that is the main attraction.

"First Shaker Window"

Above is the first shaker window right below the sentiment. I took a journaling card from Cherish the Memory Etsy store and used a Spellbinders metal die to cut the window out and reveal the background paper which is from Cherish the Memory Sweet Winter Studio Light Paper Collection. The poinsettia flower is part of the Sweet Winter die cut embellishments that will be listed below.

"Second Shaker Window"

I used a Spellbinders die to create the frame of the second window, to compliment the fox and create a more subtle shaker window, since the fox is the main attraction and the sequins are just barely there in the background giving way to the more heavily embellished, detailed bottom of the tag.

Here are some more pictures of the detail. Enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed checking out my double shaker window tag! I really enjoyed making this tag because it features my favorite animal...a fox! Thank you for stopping by! I will link the products used below available at Cherish the Memory.

Cherish the Memory Etsy Store
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