Crafty with Caly: Love Birds

Hi friends! Happy Sunday! We hope your 2021 has started off wonderfully so far! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Caly Person in the first edition of Crafty with Caly for 2021! Be sure to watch the video for more information and enjoy!

Hello, Friends! I’m sharing a shaker card using in-lay techniques with die-cut images today.  The focus of my card is the Love Birds and I made it more interest by creating a shaker window framed with the Etched Eucalyptus Wreath.

I created my shaker window first by die-cutting the Etched Eucalyptus Wreath over a white panel and attaching acetate to the die-cut window.  I in-lay the die-cut wreath back in over the acetate once it’s adhered in place. 

Be sure to watch the video to see how I create this card!

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Next, I die-cut the Love Birds die.  Before lifting my die from the cutting plate, I popped all the pieces out – keeping them in their place on the cutting plate so that I can use Glad Press’n Seal to hold all the pieces together.  I flipped it over and adhered the backside with office tape, pulled back the Press’n Seal and colored the front of the die-cut image with Copic markers.  This will make more sense if you watch the video above.

After coloring, I die-cut the Love Bird die 3 more times in white and adhered them together.  I adhered this stacked image over my colored one to give it lots of dimension.

Copics:

Pinks:  R81, R85

Teals:  BG11, BG34

Peach:  YR0000, YR00

Yellow:  Y15

Browns:  E31, E35

Greens:  G21, YG09

Black:  110

To finish, I ink-blended some Mermaid Lagoon ink over the center of a cardbase to add color to my shaker window.  I added sequins to my cardbase and sealed my shaker panel using two layers of foam adhesive to give my sequins lots of room to move around.

I hope you enjoyed this project!  Thanks so much for joining me today! ~Caly

SUPPLIES:

Simon Says Stamp LOVE BIRDS Wafer Die…
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Simon Says Stamp ETCHED EUCALYPTUS…
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CZ Design SENTIMENT STRIPS REVERSE…
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Hero Arts ACETATE SHEETS 5 x 6 inches…
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Trinity Stamps SOAPY BUBBLES CLEAR…
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Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE…
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad…
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Tim Holtz Tonic 6 inch Haberdashery…
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Tim Holtz Tonic RETRACTABLE CRAFT…
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Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT KNIFE And 3…
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Tim Holtz Tonic MAXI GUILLOTINE…
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Glad PRESS’N SEAL Multipupose Sealing…
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Pink and Main MINI ERGONOMIC BLENDING…
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Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE…
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Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring…
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Altenew Self Healing 24 x 18 CUTTING…
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C-Thru T SQUARE RULER Westcott JR12
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Copic Sketch Marker R81 ROSE PINK Pastel
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Copic Sketch Marker R85 ROSE RED…
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Copic Sketch Marker BG11 MOON WHITE
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Copic Sketch Marker BG34 HORIZON GREEN
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Copic Sketch Marker YR0000 PALE CHIFFON
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Copic Sketch Marker YR00 POWDER PINK…
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Copic Sketch MARKER Y15 CADMIUM YELLOW
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Copic Sketch Marker E31 BRICK BEIGE…
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Copic Sketch Marker E35 CHAMOIS Light…
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Copic Sketch MARKER G21 LIME GREEN
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Copic Sketch Marker YG09 LETTUCE…
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Copic Sketch MARKER 110 SPECIAL BLACK
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Caly for being our guest!

  1. What a simple but elegant card. I love this die. Your coloring technique was very informative and think I’ll give that one a try. Loved the colors, also. This die seems like it would make a great wedding card.

  2. Thank you so much, Caly!! What a beautiful card :o)
    Like the way you coloured it instead of cutting out lots of paper.

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