I created this card for a card swap at the Schaumburg, IL Scrapbook and Stamp Expo. This was the first time I attended the Expo or a card swap. My card won an honorable mention. It was a lot of fun and you get new ideas seeing what other people made. We had to create 31 of the same card. I decided to make a shaker card with cake sprinkles. Shaker cards are usually not very Eco-friendly, but I decided using cake sprinkles would not only be biodegradable but also edible. Of course I had to figure out a way to put them in the card and for the recipient to be able to get them out without tearing up the card. I achieved this by putting the sprinkles in a cellophane bag and taping it behind the cutout circle with washi tape. I layered papers on the front to give a little depth and eliminate the need to build up the window with foam tape. You can use a biodegradable cellophane bag to avoid plastic. Then I printed out a strawberry cake recipe on blue card stock. I put these behind the “window” by creating a pocket with coordinating paper. This allows the recipient to have a recipe and access the cake sprinkles. (I’ll be adding a You Tube video so you can see all the steps.)
I cut out the paper backgrounds, images, and banner with Lawn Fawn dies. The images were stamped with Lawn Fawn’s Baked with Love stamp and die set and colored with Copic markers. (You could color them with whatever you like.) If you use Copic markers, then you need to use white paper that works with alcohol ink. I used glue dots and pop dots (foam squares) to adhere the images. (I had to use both since I didn’t have enough of either one for 31 cards.) Let me know if you know of an Eco alternative to foam squares. I’m not sure if glue dots are any better for the environment than foam, so let me know if you have better options. The front sentiment was stamped with distress ink and then added clear embossing powder. If anyone knows of an Eco-friendly embossing powder, let me know. I believe embossing powder is made from plastic. I heard that there is some Eco-friendly glitter, so maybe some companies will start giving us more Eco friendly crafting supplies.
Supplies Used:
- Lawn Fawn Baked With Love Stamps and Dies
- Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables
- Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Circle Stackables
- Lawn Fawn Fancy Wavy Banners
- Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock
- Copic Markers
- bliss blue, cranberry, and black card stock
- picked raspberry distress ink
- Versa Mark ink clear
- clear and black embossing powder
- Authentique Ingredient One and Six
- Simple Stories Kissing Booth washi or Simple Stories Say Cheese washi
- tape runner
- large glue dots or foam squares
- cellophane bag
- red and white cake sprinkles
