Good morning! I am so excited and honored to be a stop on the 1st Birthday Celebration Blog Hop for Studio Katia! Even though she’s relatively new Katia has made quite the impact on her first year in the crafting community! I had the opportunity to chat with Katia when we were arranging a collaboration for A Blog Named Hero and I love her cheerful, supportive, and generous spirit! And I am so excited to help her celebrate her first year! I hope Studio Katia celebrates many MANY more birthdays! 🙂 Here’s the shaker card I created for the hop!
This is definitely the opposite of a flat card but I love the dimension! I started by stamping the gorgeous peony from Thank You So Much onto watercolor paper three times and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder. Then I watercolored it with carmine red and light carmine zig clean color real brush markers and a damp paintbrush. After I laid down the initial wash of color I added additional shading with the same markers. I knew I was going to be layering the flower so I only colored the layer I needed on each flower. Then I fussy cut each flower: once around the whole flower, once around the second inner layer, and once around the center of the flower. Then I went over the edge of the flowers with my RV23 copic marker to make sure there were no white edges. I adhered the the middle of the second layer of the flower with regular adhesive and then popped up the petals with foam mounting tape. Then I adhered the center of the flower with foam mounting tape. I love the dimension you get from layering the flower!
To create my shaker card I stamped the peony from Thank You So Much twice onto a panel of white cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder. I also stamped the sentiment and heat-embossed it with the same embossing powder. Next I die-cut the inner rectangle from Dotted Shaker Tag 1 twice to create an accent around my sentiment. Before I created the shaker I lined up the panel on my cardbase and adhered the pieces I had die-cut onto the card base so they would show through the shaker windows once the card was finished. Then I adhered acetate to the back of the panel, built up a shaker frame with foam mounting tape, and filled it with the Majestic Fusion sequin mix! Finally I adhered the card base to the back of the shaker to finish the card!
Again, happy birthday to Studio Katia and many thanks to Katia for inviting me to be part of the hop! Best wishes for the years to come! 🙂
Katia is offering several prizes to celebrate her first birthday! First off, you can win a $20 gift card to Studio Katia at EVERY stop on the hop! Make sure to leave a comment by Sunday, May 7th for your chance to win! The more blogs you visit, the greater your chances of winning.
You can also win a Simon Says Stamp goody bag or a set of Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens (80 color set)!! The winners will be chosen randomly from all the comments along the hop! 😉 All comments must be left before 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, May 7th and winners will be announced on May 10th.
Studio Katia is also offering 15% off all purchases to their online shop using the code “SKTURNS1” through Sunday, May 7th at midnight EST.
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Such a stunning card. It is just beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.
What a gorgeous card! I really love the embossed flower inside of your shaker windows, it’s so awesome! Your peony is beautifully colored – wow! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Very pretty, the red makes the flower pop off the page
The multi-layered peony flower is gorgeous. The gold embossing adds just the right sparkle to this shaker card.
I love this card. How you layered the stamps (both upward and downward). The fun cutout windows. This is fantastic!
This card is stunning!
This card is so pretty. I love the gold and red combination.
Gorgeous card, love the colors and unique design of the shaker window
What dimension you’ve given it with your awe inspired fussy cutting skills, Jess!! Beyond gorgeous! [btw your real life peony inspired a little coloring recently… xx]
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WOW this is absolutely STUNNING!!!! That flower is gorgeous! Love the shaker windows! Great creation! Happy 1st Birthday!
Have a great weekend!
Hugs,
Jo
That card is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!
WOW! Jess, you’ve added a whole new level to the meaning of ‘chic and elegant’ with your gorgeous, dimensional flower, dressed in vibrant colours and ready to ‘shake up’ the celebration! You’ve created absolute magic with these products! So fitting she’s chosen shaker cards as her birthday theme, as she’s most definitely ‘shaken up’ our crafting community with her success! Thrilled that you’re part of it!
Hugs~carol
Wonderful card – love the dual shakers and how they frame that beautiful full, red bloom!
WOW!!! WHAT A STUNNING CARD!!!!!!!!!! The bright red & gold just make this SO ELEGANT!!! You REALLY did an OUTSTANDING JOB on this Jessica!!! WOW! WOW! WOW! 😉 “HAPPY BIRTHDAY STUDIO KATIA!!!!”
Oh my goodness!!! I’m in love for your stunning shaker card!!! Colors are amazing!!!
Such a beautiful and elegant card…it feels so royal. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Stunning project. Thanks for the inspiration
Incredible card!!
Your shaker card is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win.
Beautiful card Jessica, it so so elegant, I adore the pink and gold and the two shaker windows look amazing!!!
Gorgeous card!
that shaker card is gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration
Your card is beautiful!
GREAT Shaker card! That Peony is glorious and I adore the color and the gold embossing! WOW!
Your card is simply gorgeous! The colors, the design, everything is just right!