Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Sequins 3 Ways

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Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by and visiting with me today! I am very excited to be bringing you three different ways for creating with sequins.

Studio Monday with Nina-Marie

There are many ways sequins can be used, but I’m hoping that today’s video will give you one or more ideas that you may not have thought of yet!

The first idea is to use sequins to fill in a shape, as in the case of this card where I used sequins to fill in the heart window on my card. For this card I used Pretty Pink Posh 4mm and 6mm Raspberry sequins and 4mm Ballerina Pink sequins.

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I stamped a background with the Big Perfect shapes stamp set in a few shades of Simon inks (Hollyhock, Teeny Bikini and Cotton Candy). By overlapping the stamped hearts, I was able to create a neat layered effect. With an ink dusting brush and the lighter ink colors, I also blended some color in the background for some added interest. This card also makes use of our new Wonky Stitch rectangle dies.

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The sentiment is white heat embossed from the You Matter stamp set. I also sprayed some Shimmer Mist onto the entire card for an extra bit of shine. Who doesn’t love extra sparkle???

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For my next technique, I used sequins in two different ways: to create a shaker card and as embellishment to the wreath shaker. The sequins are from Lucy’s Cards (the Delphinium mix) and I’ve used our new Floral Sparkle Wreath and Wonky Stitches rectangle dies.

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The sequins behind the wreath of this card look so gorgeous; I really love the contrast that the dark cardstock behind the wreath provides. I created the shaker and added additional sequins around the outside of the shaker wreath.

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In the middle of the shaker are two sentiments that I stamped from our new Thoughtful Messages stamp set; the “love” sentiment is stamped directly onto the white cardstock and the supporting sentiment is heat embossed on Blue Violet cardstock.

To make the supporting sentiment have a bit more of a rounded appearance off of the card, I attached it with regular adhesive on the edges and with foam tape in the center. This makes the sentiment look more interesting and mimics the rounded feel of the card.

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For my final – and honestly my most favorite technique that I am sharing today – is the double shaker. This card has so much going on, but it was actually quite easy to put together! For this card I used our new Wonky Stitched Hearts dies, along with a few sequin mixes from Pretty Pink Posh (Ocean Spray, Sparkling Clear 3mm and mix, as well as Iridescent Heart confetti).

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I die cut the Wonky Stitched Hearts from three different shades of aqua cardstock; in each die cut heart, I also die cut a window using the next smallest die (except for on the last heart die shape). So in essence I was left with two hearts with windows and one solid heart.

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I started by building a shaker with the smaller heart window piece; I used one layer of foam tape for the depth of the shaker. This is so that the sequins would not move as much inside the shaker. Once this shaker was built and attached to my card base, I worked on building a second shaker to nest on top of this one.

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The second shaker window was built just the same as the first, but this time I used three layers of foam tape for the depth. This is so that the shaker window is taller than the first window, plus has additional room to move around. This double shaker card is SO awesome! It is fun to watch the sequins move inside each shaker differently because of the depth variances.

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I finished off the card with a die cut sentiment made from our Painted Thanks die and a supporting sentiment heat embossed from our Thoughtful Messages stamp set.

All of these ideas are easy to replicate and lots of fun to use on a variety of projects! I hope the ideas I’ve shared have been helpful to you and provide inspiration for using those sequins in your stash! Thanks for visiting me today… stop back again later this week for a new video tutorial from me!

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  1. Love all three designs. The new Floral Sparkle Wreath is at the top of my long wish list. And I love shakers, but have never attempted a double shaker … we’ll see! lol

  2. Such pretty, pretty cards Nina. I especially love the double shaker! Some great tips here.
    Congratulations to all of the winners!

  3. I have lots of stringed sequins. Never
    know how to cut them – I always lose a
    lot of sequins because they fall off
    the string. Love your cards.
    very pretty.
    thanks for sharing.

  4. Gorgeous cards Nina and so much fun too! I love the 2nd shaker card you created with the Floral Sparkle Wreath, that die is amazing and it really looked stunning with the sequence behind it, it really did sparkle!!!

  5. Beautiful cards! Love that heart shaker! The Floral Sparkle Wreath is another favorite that is on my wish list!

  6. I love using sequins on my cards and these ideas are perfect for me and I will def include them on my cards:)

  7. Thanks for these three ideas for using sequins. I have a number of packets but am not always sure how to use them well in a card design. These ideas inspire me.

  8. Thanks for the inspiration and clear instructions! I can’t wait to try the double layer shaker!TFS

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