You are my Sunshine
Hi readers! Happy Thursday to you! Where did the week go? Another fast one! I hope that no matter where you are in the world, and however good or bad the weather may be, that this blog post brings a bit of sunshine into your day! It certainly did for me! I’d like to welcome back Dawn Woleslagle to our blog as a guest. Dawn is not only a wonderful artist, but the owner of WPlus9, the brand that we are featuring today!
Be sure to read on for some tricks and tips from Dawn on how to make this beauty! Enjoy!
I don’t know about you, but I am so ready for Spring to arrive. That yearning was the inspiration of this cheerful card. And the Sending Sunshine stamp set along with the Sending Sunshine Layers die was perfect for creating this inlaid die cutting shaker card!
Once I had die cut my windows from the front panel, I used a sponge dauber to color the pieces that I would be fitting back into their negative spaces. If you are unfamiliar with either of these techniques, or just need a refresher – I use both in this video. I wanted to add a hint of blue, so before I assembled anything, I blended a little ink around my die cut windows using a Blending Tool. You could fill your shaker with sequins or seed beads or anything you’d like. But I’ve been loving the chunky course glitters lately, so that’s what I went with.
I colored the “Sunshine” die cut using a sponge dauber again, except this time I colored half with darker yellow and then blended a paler yellow in for the other half. I popped it up on the card using a little clear foam tape. I love using clear foam tape for die cut words, especially when they are detailed or dainty because you don’t have to worry as much about it being seen.
Glittered die cuts is another one of my all time favorites. Creating the glittered clouds was incredibly easy thanks to Adhesive Sheets. I just pulled the release film form one side of a sheet and adhered it to a piece of white cardstock. Then I die cut my clouds from the sheet. Make sure the adhesive side is face up or facing the die. This way the adhesive will be on the front of your die cut. Remove the release paper and then cover your die cut with glitter. Easy, and no liquid glue or spray adhesive needed. Score!
The finishing touches are courtesy of Pretty Pink Posh – the form of sequins of course! Sequins just make everything better. I hope you enjoyed today’s card and hopefully it brightened your day just a bit.
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Lovely card!
What a stunning card! It really does make you feel sunny. Clever lady, would love to see more of her work.
Love the sparkles!
Such a gorgeous design, love this card by Dawn!!!
Absolutely gorgeous!!
Love this card! There are only a few cards that ever make me pause when I first see them and this is one of them, just beautiful!!
This gorgeous card makes me smile!
I absolutely adore this card, Dawn! Let me know if you need my address. ;)
Such a beautiful card and I love the few pops of color.
lovely dies!!!!
Oh I love this! Gorgeous use of shaker windows. Love your ombré technique. Really lovely card.
cute and bright and a cheer up kind of card
So gorgeous, Dawn! Love it!!!
OMG OMG OMG!! LOVING this Card!! Such a HAPPY Design!! THaNKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Week!! ;)
Love the card and the beautiful colors. The chunky glitter is great, I will have to try that. I love Wplus9 one of my favorite companies.
Always love Dawn’s cards and this is so pretty.
Die cuts make life so easy and they make our greeting cards so pretty.
thanks for sharing a wonderful idea. The clouds are so nice
Great inlayingon this bright card.
this is beautiful!!!
Gorgeous sunny card which bring will make someone smile!
This is beautiful!
Great colors and I really love the stamp set go how the background gives everything depth!
Those glittery clouds really turned out great!
That card is super cute!
Stephanie … your card creation just has me smiling out loud!!!
Beautiful. I like the ombre sentiment and all the sparkle.
This is beautiful!
What a gorgeous card – so full of cheery sunshine which is much needed here today;) I love the “sunshine” die cut and all the wonderful sparkle.
Wowser! So PERFECT!
This is gorgeous! Simply perfect.
What a fabulous card! It makes me smile. Thanks for sharing :)
I am a big fan of Wplus9. Dawn’s work is always gorgeous and their products are well designed. This sunshine card is fabulous.
I love how bright and cheerful this card is! Another beauty from Dawn!
Wow this card is beautiful!
That card is so beautiful with the glitter clouds. TFS
Beautiful shapes!
This card is truly MAGNIFICENT!! I think it is my all time favorite card! Totally refreshing and heavenly!! I love every little detail of it! TFS!
I love cloud and sunshine stamps and dies~
I love how simple this card is and the glitter and the pop of yellow is really featured in this card!
Oh my goodness, this is precious!
Love this cheery card!
Stunning card, very cheery.
Oh Dawn, beautiful card!!!!! As always!
Beautiful card – love the cut out panels and composition of this card:)
What a pretty card – simple and elegant. Love the design.
I so need this die set please get it back in stock!!!
Beautiful card, it made me smile!
Beautiful! So light and airy and really full of sunshine!
This is just fun with a pop of color. Not only the right card for spring!
I absolutely LOVE this card. It is so cute and fun. I love the glitter with the clouds and the shading with the sentiment.