Birthday Shaker Card | Little Birdie Crafts

Hi Everyone, Kerrie here with another project for Little Birdie Crafts

Many years ago I was queen of shaker cards and I am so happy to see that they are once again popular as I do love a shaker card.

For my card today I have used Little Birdie's Boho Dreams collection as those who follow me know i love this colour combo and this collection 

first up I cut two pieces of patterned paper to use as my base layers, I then applied mixed media paste using stencil to add some texture 

while the paste was still wet i sprinkled on Silver Stars Twinkle Melange and set aside to dry

 I then watercoloured the circle frame and the flowers, once dry i pulled the frame part and created a window by adding some acetate to the back of the watercoloured frame. I also adhered a doily to the base I popped the base onto a paper doily to give another layer to my shaker 

I then double layered foam tape around the circle opening to give my shaker mix room to shake 

for my shaker mix I used a combination of Little Birdie blings 

next up I rubbed Silver Metallic Wax over the texture paste to add dimension and to take the whiteness from the paste

Once I had layered on my fussy cut pieces , flowers and sentiment I then applied some Gel Medium randomly to my cluster and sprinkled on some Micro Beads and Rainbow Sparkle and then finished off with some spatteres of watered down gesso 

a closer look at all the layers and texture

Little Birdie Crafts Products Used

Boho Dreams 6x6 and 12x12 Papers

Handmade Embellishments, Birthday

Watercolor Paper Embellishments, Round Frame

Handmade Flowers, Kimberly Boho Vibes

Mixed Media Paste
Gesso, White
Gel Medium

Stencil

Micro Beads, Silver

Assorted Blings

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial,

please if you don't already follow Little Birdie Crafts on Facebook, Instagram and of course their Blog 

along with the Little Birdie Crafts Cafe Facebook Group 

 for fabulous tutorials from all the Design Team

You can purchase all Little Birdie Crafts products from your local crafting store or online HERE

 Happy Creating 

#kerriegurney #littlebirdiecrafts 

Share:facebook - twitter - pinterest

Birthday Shaker Card | Little Birdie Crafts

Enjoy Beautiful Moments Layout | Little Birdie Crafts

Hi Everyone Kerrie here back with another layout I created for Little Birdie Crafts using their Songs of the Sea 6x6 Paper Pad along with some of their mixed media products and of course their gorgeous handmade flowers.

I was going back through mt stash of photos and came across this photo of my baby girl and our fur babies that I hadn't gotten around to scrapbooking. I love this photo and even more so now as our beautiful cat Toby has passed away. I love the memories that this photo brings me as our dog Cadbury was petrified of Toby and the fact that they were sitting on the chair with T is so so special. This is what I love so much about our craft it is not just giving you a creative outlet it is documenting those cherished memories so that you can look back and remember all the emotions from when the picture was taken.
This is why we must print our our photos, don't just leave them on your camera,phone or in the cloud. Print them so that you al can look back on them and remember to cherished moments.

Ok enough waffling onto my tutorial 

for my background I wanted to create a watercoloured background using a stencil. For this technique you colour the stencil, spritz with water.
I used a combination of Sailing Sky Chalk Paint and Ocean Mist Color Splash Spray, first up I painted the stencil with the chalk paint, then spritzed with water and then spritz on the color spray

I then tapped the stencil to my white cardstock base, you can add more colour and repeat if you want to but try and tap randomly so the pattern isn't perfect. Set aside to dry or dry off with heat tool.

I then painted my chipboard title using a wet paint brush with the chalk paint, then flick on some color splash spray and using the wet paint brush dab over the title, this give a mottled effect. Set aside to dry

I then created layers and a tag using papers from Songs of the Sea 6x6 paper pad and layered then using foam tape. When adhering the paper piece that I used as a photo mount i made sure to only adhere the top and bottom so that my tag could slide in and out as this is where I will write my journaling

I then layered everything on and embellished using some diecuts, chipboard leaves, handmade flowers and butterflies. I popped some sisal fibre under my clusters to add texture
I added some sparkle by adding some Gel Medium randomly into my clusters and swiping it along the Sisal Fibre , I use a tooth pick to do this as you don't want to be too heavy handed.
I then sprinkled on Blue Hawaii Dazzle Cocktail bling

see how the bling sticks to the sisal fibre

to finish off my layout i covered my photo and added some splatters, firstly I splattered with watered down Gesso and then I added some color splash spray to the gesso and added some blue splatters

Little Birdie Crafts Products Used
Songs of the Sea 6x6 Paper Pad
White Gesso
Gel Medium
Chipboard Leaves
Chipboard Titles
Floral Stencil
Blue Hawaii Dazzle Cocktail
Sailing Sky Chalk Paint
Ocean Mist Color Splash Spray
Handmade Flowers
Butterfly Embellishments

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial,

please if you don't already follow Little Birdie Crafts on Facebook, Instagram and of course their Blog 

along with the Little Birdie Crafts Cafe Facebook Group 

 for fabulous tutorials from all the Design Team

You can purchase all Little Birdie Crafts products from your local crafting store or online HERE

 Happy Creating 

#kerriegurney #littlebirdiecrafts

Share:facebook - twitter - pinterest

Enjoy Beautiful Moments Layout | Little Birdie Crafts

Family Fun Double Layout | Little Birdie Crafts

Hi Everyone Kerrie back with another tutorial for Little Birdie Crafts Blog using their gorgeous Watercolor Floral Ballet Paper Collection which is a gorgeous fresh floral collection on a linen type paper. I have also used a sheet of pink paper from their Pretty in Pink Collection which is also a linen paper. This layout is a great design for when you want to scrap an occasion and get more photos in your album. You can change up the first page and instead of one larger photo pop 2 or 3 smaller ones on to tell more of your story. These photos are from way back in 2004 and are ones that weren't great or in focus so i kept putting off scrapping them but I decided to just scrap them as I love these memories of our family holiday and cameras weren't what they are now and neither were my photgraphy skills which again is all part of  our story and that is what scrapbooking is all about documenting our family memories even if out of focus.

after cutting up my patterned papers and working out their placement I added some texture using mixed media paste and bricks stencil.
*Tip make sure if you are creating a double layout make sure you use base cardstock from the same pack, as you see my shades of white are different, which thankfully doesn't matter as I have covered most of it, same often gores for patterned paper packs as they can be from a different run. I actually didn't notice until I took the photo by then I thought too late  :)

You can see I have applied the mixed media paste nice and thick and random giving that natural brick look.
I sprinkled Cyrstal Glitter over the paste while still wet to add subtle sparkle

 Snip out Primed Chipboard title and paint with Pink Ballet Chalk Paint, while wet sprinkle on Crystal glitter again to give a subtle sparkle to your title

I then layered everything onto my base pages starting with the base patterned papers and then embellishing with a mix of  fussy cut flower clusters from the Watercolour Floral Ballet fussy cut sheet, handmade flowers, die cut leaves

I finished off with some splatters using watered down chalk paint

and dry brushing Gesso onto the Handmade Flowers

You can see the sparkle on the Chipbaord title

LIttle Birdie Crafts Products Used

Watercolor Floral Ballet 12x12 Paper Collection Pack
Pretty in Pink 12x12 Paper Collection Pack
12 x12 Gold Glitter Card
Bricks Stencil
Chipboard Titles
Mixed Media Paste
 Pink Ballet Chalk Paint
Gesso
Crystal Glitter
Serenade Blush Handmade Flowers

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial,

please if you don't already follow Little Birdie Crafts on Facebook, Instagram and of course their Blog 

along with the Little Birdie Crafts Cafe Facebook Group 

 for fabulous tutorials from all the Design Team

You can purchase all Little Birdie Crafts products from your local crafting store or online HERE

 Happy Creating 

#kerriegurney #littlebirciecrafts

Share:facebook - twitter - pinterest

Family Fun Double Layout | Little Birdie Crafts