PUMPKIN SPICE SHAKER CARD TUTORIAL | with Tya

Hi there! I hope you are having a great day! I know I am because it is WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!!!

As an avid cardmaker - I adore this day! It is always so much fun to see all the talented cardmakers out there! Well - today I thought it would be fun to do a little tutorial for you on how to make a Shaker Card! These have become quite my obsession lately and I am always on the hunt for fun things to put inside my shaker cards! Let me know in the comments what your favorite thing to put inside shaker cards!

I'm giving you a little sneak peek of the adorable new "Pumpkin Spice" collection with my card today - oh boy you guys! This collection is so, so CUTE! I can't wait to work with it some more this month! Here is the card I will be showing you how to make and some close-ups!

Alright - let's get to the tutorial!

Here is what you will need to create this card:

• 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch cardstock card base
• 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch Maple Textured Cardstock
• 4 x 5 1/4 inch Marigold Textured Cardstock
• 3 3/4 x 5-inch Pumpkin Spice 12x12 Pattern Paper - gingham side
• 31/4 x 3 1/4 inch piece of Acetate
• Foam Tape- (I got mine at Hobby Lobby- I really like the height on this tape and that it is a thin strip)
• 2 5/8 inch Metal Circle Die
• 3-inch Metal Circle Die
• Washi Tape
• Manual Die Cutting Machine
• Foam Tape
• Sequins, Confetti or Glitter - whatever you'd like to put inside your shaker
• Rocky Racoon Doodlepop
• Chit Chat Die Cuts - I used the "Hello Autumn" speech bubble
• "Happy Fall" Shape Sprinkles
• Basic Supplies like scissors, paper trimmer, adhesive, and double-sided tape.

This is the Maple Textured Cardstock. This is going to be the background of the card. Set this piece aside for now.

Using the Pumpkin Spice paper, place a 3-inch circle die on the right side of the paper. Position it how you'd like, and secure with some washi tape.

Run this paper through your manual die cutting machine. 

Next, we need to cut a smaller circle out of our Marigold Textured Cardstock. To do this, place the gingham paper we just cut out on top of the Marigold paper. DONT GLUE IT DOWN just yet - simply place it on top of the orange paper. Next, place the 2 5/8 inch circle die in the center of the hole we previously cut out to make sure it is evenly spaced. Secure the die to the orange paper with washi tape. You can set the gingham paper aside.

Run the Marigold paper through your manual die cutting machine to get a piece that looks like this:

NOW you can glue the gingham paper to the Marigold cardstock. :)

Now we need to figure out where to put our shaker portion of our card. This is the easiest way I have found to do this - First, let's bring our Maple Cardstock background back in. We are going to place the papers we just cut out on top of the Maple cardstock. DO NOT GLUE DOWN - just place it on top so we can see where to put our shaker. Next, locate the inside portion of the circle that you just cut out of the Marigold paper. Add some washi tape to the back of the circle.

Now place that circle inside the hole we cut out.

Now take away the gingham and Marigold papers and set aside. You should have a paper that looks like this now:

ALRIGHT - time for the fun part! The shaker portion! I used these sequins from 28 Lilac Lane. They are called "Leaves" and I got them from Scrapbook.com -and can be found here: Leaves Sequins

 Now we are going to add our foam tape. It's not pictured, but go ahead and add your foam tape all around the Marigold orange circle.  Make sure that there are no gaps in your foam tape. This part is important so that our goodies in the shaker card don't fall out!  Add foam tape to the rest of the card as shown below. Be careful not to put any of the foam tape all the way to the edge because the paper we are going to be putting over the top of this piece does not go all the way to the edge. You can now move the Marigold circle out of the way. 

This next step is just personal preference. I don't like that when you make a shaker card, all of the goodies on the inside settle to the bottom. I like to glue a few of the bits to the background just to have some always showing. You can totally skip this step if you want!

Now go ahead and add the rest of your sequins to the center of the circle as shown.

You don't need to add a whole bunch to the inside. If you add too much the sequins won't shake as well, so just enough so that you are not overflowing this little bowl we just make :) 

Next, we need to add the acetate window to our card. Locate the gingham and Marigold cardstock paper we make previously. On the back of this paper, add some double-sided tape all around the circle window. 

Remove the backing and then add the acetate to the paper. This Acetate piece is 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches - just barely bigger than our 2 5/8 inch circle. 

 

Ok, let's remove all of the backing paper off of the foam tape...

Next, place our gingham and Marigold papers with the Acetate window panel in it on top. 

Glue this entire piece to your card base and there you have it! Now you can decorate the front of your card with all your favorite Pumpkin Spice goodies!

That's all there is to it! Lots of steps, but none are super hard! Believe me, once you start making shaker cards, they become so addicting! Make sure to tell me in the comments what you like to put inside your shaker cards! And please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful World Cardmaking Day my Friends! 

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WORLD CARDMAKING DAY 2020 | Sketch Challenge with Kathy

 Happy World Cardmaking Day!

We have a fun challenge for you today!  If you love making cards, love sketches and love prizes than this is the challenge for you!!

It's easy to enter!  

* Create a card using this sketch from our friends at PageMaps.

* Use mainly Doodlebug products

* Upload your card to the comments Section on Facebook or use hashtag #doodlebugWCMD2020 on your Instagram post

* Entries close Friday October 9th.

One lucky winner will receive a fun Doodlebug CardMaker Prize Pack!  

I used this sketch to create this fun card using the new Pumpkin Spice Collection... take a peek...

The leaves are cut from some papers from the 6x6 pad using the Flea Market Fall Leaves SVG File.  I stitched them into a wreath and then added some of the Happy Fall Shaped Sprinkles, the cute little squirrel from the Odds & Ends Pack and the sentiment from the Chit Chat pack.  

If you play along, be sure to add your photo to this post on the Doodlebug Design Facebook page or tag your Instagram post with #DoodlebugWCMD2020!  We can't wait to see your creations!

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Pumpkin Spice Collection

Flea Market Fall Leaves SVG

OTHER

Silhouette Cameo 4

Sewing Machine

LOVE NOTES PET LAYOUT | with Erica

Hey friends! Do you document photos of your furry friends? Today I wanted to create a 12x12 scrapbook layout using the Love Notes collection to document a photo I recently shot of our sweet Pitbull Lola and I! She is always very close to me if not right next to me at all times.

I thought the Doodlebug Design Love Notes collection would be perfect to use with this photo. I printed my photo at home and used the PicFrame app to turn it into a square and it is sized about 3.5x3.5 and printed in black and white. I wanted to add my photo in the center of my page so I went with a vertical design keeping most elements going down the center of the page.

I did want to make sure to frame the layout so I added some strips of pretty pattern paper from the collection and added them to the left and right of the page. I really wanted to the photo and title to be the main focus of my layout and love the sweet pieces you can use as titles in the Love Notes chit chat packs!

I used the new Sunshine alpha in Cupcake to spell out Lola Beans to finish off my title. I love the size of this new alpha set and want to use it all the time! The Love Notes odds & ends include these super cute heart banner die cuts that I have been wanting to use and I think they were perfect for the top and bottom of my page. I glued them down directly to the page so that when I went in with some more embellishments I could pop them up around everything.

I added some cute bird stickers to add to the page and popped them up on some foam adhesive. I really wanted to add some clouds to the page as well so I mixed some cloud die cuts with some of the mini icon cloud stickers. To finish off the layout I added some love assortment sprinkles. Here is a look at my completed layout using the Love Notes collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

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Doodlebug Products Used

Love Notes Collection