Mermaid’s Garden Shaker Card Tutorial with Reneabouquets & Blue Fern
Hello, Friends! I’m moving a bit slow after a very busy Memorial Day Weekend, but I wanted to pop in quickly to share this Mermaid Garden Shaker Card Tutorial with you. We had company last week from Thursday through Monday morning. Breakfast yesterday on the screen porch with our dear friends was beyond delightful. Once they hit the road for home, I got the house set back in order, started the laundry and popped into the studio to put this Tuesday Tutorial together.
Reneabouquets By the Sea Collection
I probably should have just taken the rest of the day off, but I was so excited to dig into the new Reneabouquets By the Sea Collection that I forged ahead. I’d received this lovely set in my last order from the shop, and had been itching to play with it. This 5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ top fold card is the final result.
Copper and aqua is one of my favorite color combinations, so all the elements in this collection made me super happy! Here’s how the cover of this Mermaid’s Garden came together:
- First, adhere a layer of Sea Shell Lace on the bottom 1/4″ of the prepared card base.
- Then, heat emboss the square Seashell Beautiful Board Frame with WOW! Vintage Peacock Embossing Powder.
- Next, adhere clear cardstock (acetate sheet) to the back side of the frame.
- Now, adhere 3 rows of 1/8″ foam tape around the inside edges of the frame.
- Fill the frame with By the Sea Beautiful Beads, Itty Bitty Starfish, and a sequin mix.
- Then cut a 4 1/2″ square of designer paper from Blue Fern’s Seaside Cottage collection. Add ephemera to the center of the panel and use it as the backer for the shaker frame.
- Next, place foam tape on the back of the By the Sea Mermaid and adhere in the lower right hand corner.
Embellish the frame with the Sea Glass Glass Wing Butterfly, By the Sea Mulberry Flowers and Leaves and more Beautiful Beads. Brush the flowers lightly with Stamperia’s Gold Dew Glamour Gel.
A Peek Inside
Do you spy these darling aqua seahorses? They are part of the By the Sea Collection, too!
The trinkets on this bookmark are also part of the By the Sea Collection. So perfect for summer/beach themed projects!
There’s even a sea horse hiding inside the flap page where you’ll find this gift card pocket.
Mermaid’s Garden Shaker Card Tutorial on YouTube
If you’d like to see me work on this beachy creation, please enjoy this short video tutorial.
I think I was more tired than I realized, because at one point, I just stopped talking entirely! So as a consolation prize, I added lots of Dale’s pretty music to entertain you. You will probably also notice that I changed some things up after I finished the video. I came in fresh and rested this morning, and added more Beautiful Beads to the bottom of the card, brushed the flowers with glimmer gel, and removed the trinkets from the floral cluster. All good choices, I think!
You’ll find a linked supply list below this post! Thanks for stopping by, my friends!
Cheerio,
kathy
SUPPLY LIST
- Reneabouquets By the Sea Collection
- Blue Fern Seaside Cottage
- WOW! Vintage Peacock Embossing Powder
- ribbon from my stash