We happen to be big Duck Dynasty fans around here. So it’s not uncommon to hear us quote the show from time-to-time or use some of the famous catch phrases, like “Hey, Jack” or something similar. Today, I’m pairing the Friends for Life bundle with the Saying Hey set, which always just makes me think of Si from DD. *grin*
In seriousness though, today we’re making a more masculine design using the Friends for Life set by pairing it with some other great Stampin’ Up! products. This shaker card birthday design is sure to make any recipient feel special!
We get started with a base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. This is a standard sized horizontal design. The mat for the focal panel is a sheet of Mossy Meadow cardstock. The shaker panel base layer is a sheet of the Meandering Meadow designer paper diecut with the largest Deckled Rectangles die. The cover layer is diecut with the leaf-patterned heart from Friends for Life and the largest die from the Deckled Rectangles set. A piece of acetate is affixed behind the heart, and then to create the area to house the shaker pieces, a box is fashioned around the backside of the heart using foam strips. TIP: I save the acetate sheets from new stamp sets once I’ve placed them in cases. It’s amazing how quickly you accumulate a stash! I used a combination of green and yellow frosted dots and shaker pieces inside the foam square. To affix the front shaker panel to the back, I added additional foam strips around the exterior of the front panel and then adhered the two layers together.
For the sentiment, I began by wrapping linen thread around the base of the shaker panel. The frame from Heartfelt Hexagon is stamped on Crumb Cake cardstock using Pretty Peacock ink and then the Hey sentiment from Saying Hey is stamped using the masking tape technique to avoid stamping the punctuation. This panel is punched using the coordinating Heartfelt Hexagon punch. The paint smudge panel is diecut from the remaining portion of the Meandering Meadow designer paper and then Happy Birthday is stamped in a single line across the panel. The two are then affixed to the front of the card in an overlapping fashion. A few Pretty Peacock sequins across the card front finish things off.
I hope you’ll join me tomorrow as we wrap up our series using the Friends for Life stamps and dies.
Products used in this card:
Pretty Peacock, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake cardstock
Meandering Meadow DSP
Acetate sheet
Friends for Life, Heartfelt Hexagon, Saying Hey stamps
Friends for Life, Deckled Rectangles dies
Heartfelt Hexagon punch
Linen thread
Sequins trio
Foam strips
Adhesives
Song Sparrow Papercrafts 