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DieCember: Simon Says Stamp

December 1, 2021

Hi Crafty friends! I am super excited to help celebrate an AMAZING new release from Simon Says Stamp! It truly is a magical time over at Simon Says Stamp this month! This release is truly AMAZING and I know you will love it too! You can click here – to see the new release! For today’s card I am sharing the new Bunch of Balloons die set! This die is awesome and I had so much fun creating a flat shaker card! Let’s get started!

When I first saw this new die – Bunch of Balloons I immediately wanted to create a flat shaker card! I have been inspired by a few crafty friends to give this a go! Let me say, it is so much fun and so easy! I started with my background for today’s card! I actually had this rainbow colored background in my stash! A little while back I spent an afternoon creating backgrounds with both my gelli plate and my Dina Wakley Gloss sprays! This background was created with gloss sprays! I started by trimming the panel down using a rectangle die. Next I took a piece of packing from my stash. I was excited to try a flat shaker with packaging! It is super easy!

I flipped over my background and then applied red tape around the 4 edges of the card panel. Next I trimmed down the packaging to be slightly bigger than my card panel. The packaging I chose worked out pretty well so I didn’t need to trim it to much. I wanted about 3/4 inch on each side. I then adhered 3 sides of the packaging, leaving one side open to add my sequins.

Once these were adhered I did trim with my scissors a little of the “extra” packaging to make it neater. I then looked in my stash and chose the sequins to add! I added some silver sequins, and 2 different mixes of stars! Super fun and easy! Next I adhered the last side of my card panel down.

Next I die cut the Bunch of Balloons die using Neenah 80 lb. card stock. I die cut this 3 times and then adhered these together using my glue stick. Next I die cut the sentiment using the Happy Birthday die. I did this 2x on Neenah card stock and then 1 time from the panel I used for the background of my shaker. I then adhered the sentiments together and added this to the base layer as well.

To complete the card I adhered the shaker panel to the front of an A2 base with red line tape, then adhered the balloons, as well as the sentiment.

I had so much fun putting this together! I know you will love this release! Come check it out!

Happy DieCember!

Thank you for stopping by today! I appreciate your support! Product links for today’s cards are listed in my post today and below. I appreciate your support, if you shop through these links I earn a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support!

Simon Says Stamp Supply List

  • DieCember release
  • Bunch of Balloons
  • Dina Wakley Gloss Spray
  • Red Line Tape – 1/4 in
  • Simon Says Stamp Ultra Smooth Glue Stick
  • Neenah 80lb card stock
  • Spellbinders Platinum
  • Happy Birthday CZ Design (currently out of stock) – you can click to be notified

Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

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Comments

  1. Henriëtte

    December 2, 2021 at 5:10 am

    Beautiful shaker card Natasha.
    Thank you so much for sharing,
    stay safe and have a wonderful day.

    • natashavacca

      December 4, 2021 at 11:46 am

      Thank you so much Henreitte!

  2. Sandi MacIver

    December 2, 2021 at 6:43 am

    awesome edge to edge shaker card and love your background girl.

    • natashavacca

      December 4, 2021 at 11:45 am

      Thank you so much Sandi!

  3. Von Marie

    December 2, 2021 at 9:38 am

    So Beautiful!!! Beautiful Release!! I have been wanting to make a flat shaker card too. Glad you said it was easy!!

    • natashavacca

      December 4, 2021 at 11:45 am

      Thank you my friend! It is super easy! I saved a bunch of stamp pages and now I am ready!

  4. Jessica Vasher

    December 9, 2021 at 10:44 am

    Natasha, I ABSOLUTELY love the coloring of this card. I need to get these sprays! You have sold me!

    • natashavacca

      December 19, 2021 at 6:14 pm

      Thank you so much! You will love them!

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