Sorry folks I don't have a video for this one! I made it amidst some crazy chaos and as it was a custom order from someone I know I needed to get it done and in the person's hands. I kept off posting it as I'm not sure if the person it was made for reads my blog or not so I'd rather be safe than sorry. Now that I know her birthday has come and gone and she's received the card I'm in the clear! I hope she liked it :).
Anywho - I was given some rather crazy parameters for the card - and ended up picking and choosing what ones I wanted to work with LOL! I settled on 30th Birthday, and the fact that the giver of the card was taking the recipient on a fun vacation for said birthday (including a special concert which I referenced with the music notes). Since I had complete creative freedom with it all I went nuts with glitter and sequins and made a fun shaker card:
I used a LOT of MFT Die-namics to create this card - in fact that's all I used for the outside - no stamps!
I die cut the 30 from glitter card stock, and die cut it a second time from the Sno Cone card stock, then inlaid the glitter ones so that the shaker elements weren't going to catch on them.
I adhered clouds and music notes (the notes were cut from glitter card stock too), and added a bunch of balloons too. I hand drew in the balloon strings just to finish them off a little.
I die cut a frame from yet more glitter card stock, lined it with a piece of acetate, then added 2 layers of foam tape around the perimeter before adhering it over the card front. I added a bunch of sequins in a couple of sizes and these little iridescent confetti hearts to shake around. The hearts catch on the elements inside the card but I was OK with that - I thought it looked cute.
I added more balloons that I "attached" with thread - the threads were taped to the back of each balloon then wrapped around the card front and adhered to the back - that was before I adhered it to the card itself so it's all clean on the inside.
I added more die cut clouds (I am in LOVE with MFT's Puffy Cloud Die-namics) and a die cut airplane (that I coated with Silver Wink of Stella because reasons).
I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the sentiment with Versafine Black ink, and since that ink takes some time to dry I coated it with some iridescent embossing powder and heat set it so it's all black and shimmery and glittery (of course). I added some more die cut balloons, and "attached" them to the sentiment with more of my hand drawn strings (that's about the extent of my drawing skills at this point in my life LOL!).
