Good morning
Anita here and today I'm sharing the style of cards I love to make the most...clean and simple. I thought I'd add some metallic elements and for both cards I've focused on Uniko dies.
I'll get straight to it and first up is a shaker card. Often shakers can be thought of as quite fussy cards but they really don't have to be. For this one I've used a die from the Designer Dies Passiflora Collection as my starting point...
I started with a die cut panel and used the leaf die from the collection to create an aperture for my shaker. Before creating the shaker I stamped a sentiment from the Birthday Wishes Clear Stamp Set and heat embossed in gold. On the card base I masked off a section where the aperture would be positioned and ink blended with three shades of Distress Oxide ink. I then created the shaker by adhering acetate to the reverse, surrounding the area with foam tape and then trapping a mix of sequins in autumnal shades. The panel was then adhered to the card base on more 3D foam tape.
On a white die cut panel I die cut the flower head to create an aperture and then stamped the stem/leaves and the sentiment. I adhered some textured gold cardstock to the reverse of the aperture. Then using the die cut, I stamped onto it using VersaMark ink and heat embossed in copper. This was then adhered, offset, over the aperture. The panel was then adhered to the card base on 3D foam and I added a single black gem to the centre of the flower.
I really wanted to go back to a true clean and simple style with these and I hope you've got some inspiration from them. Now I need to shift my focus from autumn to Christmas as time isn't slowing down and I've not even started...yikes!
Enjoy the rest of your week and sending crafty hugs,
