Shy Bear in a Shaker

Of leaving Thailand, one of the things I miss a lot is the ocean. Living here in Kansas, the closest beach is probably at least a good 12 hours drive from home. So, I made this card to fill the void and the yearning for the ocean inside me, you might say.

This card features an easy shaker the kind I like to make. No messing around with foam-cored board or foam tape and frame. I just used one cello bag large enough for the image and filled it with the theme of the card. The Shy Bear image is from I Brake for Stamps. Stamped with Memento - Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah paper and coloured in with Copic pens.


A close-up for you to see I put in my shaker the sand and the sea :) I coloured my star fishies with sharpies to keep the bold and bright theme for the card. Told ya, I am so ready for the cold to be over!


Until next time, may mojo live happily in your heart, and may passion bloom in your soul. Be well!

Two More Birds - One Stone

My SBS9 sisters, Louise, has a colour challenge from mid May until mid June. Her colours are Blue & Green. Tracy, has a sketch challenge for the month of May. Here's is my take for both challenges. It's a shaker card with blue micro beads to represent sand on the beach. Stamp image is my super star Changito by Stampendous. Oval sentiment, courtesy of dear SBS9 sister, Natalie. Bless you, Sis! Image coloured in with markers and H2O brush during the Royals baseball game :) Hope you like!


Here's Tracy's sketch for May.
Until next time. Be well!

Fixer of Toys & Broken Hearts

I did this card as an acknowledgment of gratitude to the father of my son and my husband, Dan. A quick and easy shaker card. The gray background was done using duct tape. The sentiment by Ann-ticipations in Stockton, California,

~A Father~

Fixer of bikes & toys,

Builder of forts & doll houses,

Mender of broken hearts.

was stamped and embossed with copper EP. The clear window part was from the top portion of a 3 1/2 inch Make-Your-Own Button, filled with washers and mini tools bellies, then glued to a cut out picture of my son and his father with diamond glaze. Then I glued the whole window to the duct-taped background with E-6000 glue along the edge.

Thanks for looking!