Sunflowers with Through The Craft Room Door

I'm thrilled to be

Guest Designer

on the

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge Blog

for the
TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge April 17-23

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The sponsor for this challenge is:

My Favorite Things

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I have linked the products available from the MFT store in my ingredients below.

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I have made two projects to share with you today.
This post is all about the first one, a sunflower shaker card.

I have used one of the super cool My Favorite Things Circle Shaker Pouches to transform a pretty sunflower card into a super shaking sunflower card,
filled with fun and birthday cheer.

I confess that the only have MFT exclusive product I have in my crafty stash are circle shaker pouches, so it was a pleasure to get creative and give them a workout.
My card started out as a cut file for a sunflower card (link below).  There are bundles of layers in the middle of the flower, so I cut a 2" circle in the middle of the top layers to make a window for the shaker pouch to fit through.  (Note: I had to enlarge the cut file so that the I could fit the 2" window.)  I cut all the layers from textured cardstock and then the fun began.

I added dimension to the petals and leaves using the handle of a small paintbrush.
I gathered a bundle of 6mm gold/cream/black sequins (a mix in my stash), some 4mm gold sequins and black micro beads and mixed them together.  I aligned one of the top "ring" layers on top of the "backing" layer for the shaker window, so that I could see where to adhere some sequins so that when the card is standing, the top of the window is not empty.  I added a pile of my shaker mix to the middle then carefully removed the top layer that I used as a template, added adhesive to the edge of the circle shaker pouch and carefully positioned it in place.  I finished adhering all the flower layers together then adhered them to the card front, tucking in the leaves.

Next came the sentiment panel.  I added brown layers to match the sunflower, finishing off with a die cut sentiment.  At this stage I stood the card up and it was a bit "wobbly" because I added a lot more weight to the top of it, so I quickly gathered the brown sheets of cardstock and matted the inside with lots of layers ... it worked perfectly, the card now stands proud and tall.

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You can learn all about my other TTCRD Guest Designer project HERE

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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for

TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge April 17-23

on the
Through The Craft Room Door Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
My Favorite Things - Circle Shaker Pouches
My Favorite Things - QuickStik Pick-up Tool
My Favorite Things - Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
Silhouette Cameo

My Scrap Chick - Sunflowers and Bumble Bees Bundle

Sizzix Big Shot
Spellbinders - Sentiments 3 - die set
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the sentiment

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Sending a big Thank You to My Favorite Things for sponsoring the challenge and to Deonna for inviting me to be Guest Designer on the Through The Craft Room Door Challenge Blog.

    

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Always Happy Birthday - April Challenge Birthday Anything Goes
option Balloons
Creatalicious Challenges – Challenge #137 – Anything Goes
with optional dies and punches 
Cut It Up Challenge Blog – Challenge 145 - You Are My Sunshine
Die Cut Diva's Challenge Blog - April Challenge – Anything Goes

Dies R Us Challenge Blog - Challenge #95 – Springtime
I have used a Spellbinders sentiment die
Happy Little Stampers – HLS April Anything Goes With Dies Challenge
Simply Create Too - Challenge #137 – Use Die Cuts

Time Out Challenges – Challenge #107 - Spring – optional twist One Layer Card