Sunday, May 17, 2009

Pledge of Allegiance Shaker Card


Boy oh boy, was this a hard one to photograph!!!! After MANY tries inside and outside, this is the best I could do!!! It was much easier and much more fun to make!!!

Today's featured stamper on Splitcoast is JOAN ERVIN!!! She is so awesome, as a person AND a stamper!! Joan is so talented that she was a part of the Dirty Dozen team last year! After studying her incredible gallery for about an HOUR, I chose this card because I absolutely LOVE light blue with red, loved the cuttlebug swirls for the water, loved the layout, and loved the glittery stars! All of these things added up turned into a patriotic shaker card! I started with Spellbinders Labels Four to make the shaker frames and acetate window. I Pledge Allegiance, from Our Daily Bread Designs, was stamped on the acetate with Stazon Jet Black. Two layers of foam tape were used to raise the shaker frame so that the beads inside could shake, shake, shake!! The flag inside the shaker is from God Bless America, also from ODBD. The Bashful Blue layers were ran through the CB with Swirls EF; instead of striped background paper, I used three strips of ribbon instead; and I couldn't find my star punch (another casualty of war from all-night crops!) so I made glittery butterflies instead with a Martha Stuart punch and stickles. Also, each of the layers was spritzed with Pearl Glimmer Mist....once again, hard to photograph! The star eyelets are retired from Stampin' Up.
Thanks again for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

8 comments:

Tosha Leyendekker said...

What a fabulous shaker card Angella!! LOVE the star eyelets and sparkly butterflies too! Gorgeous card!!

Stacy Morgan said...

This is so cool! Great shaker and I Like how you used the label nesstie.

Dawn B. said...

This is so cool. I have not made a shaker card in so long. LOVE the beads you chose. GREAT job Angella...

Kathy Jones said...

OMGosh Angella!!!! This is simply OUTSTANDING!!!! I could sit here and stare at all your details for ages!! You are truly inspirational!! :)

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

This is gorgeous! I love the shaker!! Your colors are brilliant! you are such an inspiration!
Hugs and blessings!
Chris

Sassy's Ramblin's said...

This is just gorgeous Angella! I love those shaker cards, really need to make one...and the stamp is awesome!

Angie Z ~ Duckwaddlequack said...

So very wonderful! I haven't made a shaker card in years!!! Love the glittery butterflies!

Kelley said...

Utterly specatublous!