Three Gs Cards

Another birthday card from the adorable My Favorite Things Otterly Love You stamp set.  This otter is diving down to retrieve a rock.  Supplies: My Favorite Things Otterly Love You stamp set Lawn Fawn Cuts Die Slide On Over Lawn Fawn Cuts Die Large Stitched Rectangle Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80 lb Cardstock 28 Lilac Lane Seaside Holiday sequins Tim Holtz Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink My Favorite Things Slider Element Disks Copic Markers Memento Black Ink  Mini Glue Dots Foam Tape  ScorTape Ranger Multi Matte Medium First, I cut the card front with the 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 stitched rectangle.  I cut a second panel the same size to back the slider mechanism.  In the stitched rectangle, I also cut the slider track.  Then I stacked the two panels together and inked them up with my distress oxide inks.  I started with a small amount of the antique linen at the bottom for

This was such a fun card to make.  I absolutely LOVE these adorable little otters.  I found the sequins and knew that I needed to make a shaker card with these little otters.  The main issue that I had was figuring out how to make the otters appear to be in water.  My idea was to use distress oxide ink on acetate, but I could not keep it from wiping off. So I decided to try embossing it with clear embossing powder.  It is hard to see it in the photo, but it looks a bit like they are in an aquarium.  Overall, I am very pleased with the final result. Supplies: My Favorite Things Otterly Love You stamp set Lawn Fawn I'm So Jelly stamp set Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80 lb Cardstock Ranger Perfect Pearls Medium pen Black Glaze Pen 28 Lilac Lane Seaside Holiday sequins Hot Off the Presses Heat Resistant Acetate Tim Holtz Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink Clear Embossing Ink Finnabair Art Ingredients Mica Powder Glossy Accents Copic Markers Memento Black Ink Foam Ta

Just to warn you, I am not a blogger or a photographer! Supplies: Whisper White Thick Cardstock 4 1/4 x 11 (scored at 5 1/2)  Coffee Break Designer Paper 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Crumb Cake Cardstock 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 Coffee Cafe Stamps & Dies Bundle Early Espresso Ink Pad Double Sided tape Tulle Coffee Beans First, using the larger cup die, I cut the opening in the Crumb Cake and Coffee Break paper (at the same time), then I adhered the designer paper over the Whisper White and inserted the die into the opening in the designer paper and cut the opening into the Whisper White.  I stamped the greeting from the stamp set onto the piece cut out of the Crumb Cake.  I adhered the stamped piece to the inside of the card base by putting it through the opening in the front of the card base to make sure that it was perfectly lined up.  Finally, the fun part, I put adhesive on the back of the crumb cake and put the tool into the adhesive.  I put as many coffee beans into the tool