Thanks a Bunch

My daughter's Kindergarten teacher has been amazing! She is supportive, thoughtful and the kids absolutely adore her. So, you can imagine how sad I was when she explained at conferences, that Friday will be her last day. Her reasons for leaving are family related and absolutely justifiable. If I were in her shoes I would have to do exactly the same thing. This does not, however, take the sadness factor out of the equation. They have asked her to wait to tell the children, so there is this black cloud hanging over us, knowing that very soon, our daughter will be devastated! For all that she has done for my daughter this year, I wanted to make sure Bunny will give her a card that is super special.

So, I decided to experiment with my Art Philosophy cartridge and come up with something unique. Since getting the cartridge, I have been eying the little window card I used here. BUT I wanted to jazz it up a little more, so I decided to make a shaker card out of it! Using the same button for the card base, window and layer, I was able to come up with the perfect card. To put a finishing touch on it, I also added one of the fabulous rosettes I made for my tutorial video. You can find that video here.

As an extra bonus, I am including a second shaker card here and a tutorial on how you can create it too! It doesn't use the Cricut, so it could be recreated by any crafter, even a Cricut-less crafter! I hope you enjoy it!

Panda Hugs!
-J
Glitter Panda

 Thank you card Recipe:

Card Base

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge p. 43 - Square3 - cut at 5" on card button (Red card stock)

Square 3 - cut at 4 1/2" (Yellow card stock)

Square 3 - cut at 3 1/2" - on card/shift button - cut this card in half on score line 

(My Mind's Eye - Love Nest Stack)

I sponged ink around the edges of the red and yellow card stock to distress

Shaker component (see shaker card tutorial for instructions)

Add piece of acetate smaller than window - use CTMH liquid glass to secure

Create a well for the glitter using foam mounting tape or the edges of dimensional strips

Stamp piece of 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" card stock with image - I used Lagoon Ink and

"Thanks a Bunch" from CTMH My Acrylix Sentiments collection

Filled with pink glitter

Assemble and embellish

I attached the yellow square to the red card base using dimensionals

Added the shaker component to the yellow card stock using another layer of dimensionals

Added the red rosette (See technique in video here) - 

placed a jewel down in the center of rosette using liquid glass

I am linking this post to Sundays are Lovely with Jaihart # 7

Thanks Coach

My son's rec basketball team made the final four for their league!! They won the first 2 playoff games and the championship game is on Saturday! They are playing the number one team in the league and it will be tough competition, but the boys are awesome and I am sure they will have a great game. The coaches for the team were great and to show our appreciation, my husband asked me to make a card for each of them. I made identical cards and they came out are just too cute!! I used my son's number on the little jersey and tried to make the character look like him.  The colors really stood out on the pretty green paper. Can't wait to give the cards to them after the game on Saturday.

Panda Hugs!
J-

 

Cartridges used:

Player and Hoop - Everyday Paper Dolls

Basketball - Best of 2008 

Sentiment - Printed from computer and punched with Recollections scallop punch

I am entering this card into the following challenge:

Little Scrap Pieces - Use Green