Fussy Cutting and Shaking Things Up

Hello stampers and happy Wednesday! We've made it to the middle of the week...we can totally make it to the weekend!

I returned to my old job this school year at our district office, which means shorter days that allow for MORE stamp time in the mornings and afternoons.  This makes me one happy stamper!  I was able to play along with one of this months Stampin' Up! Official fussy cutting challenges.  In addition to fussy cutting, they challenged us to create a shaker card as well!

You all know by now that fussy cutting is one of my FAVORITE things to do.  I love sitting down with a cute piece of DSP, snipping out all of the fun images.  But it's been a minute since I've made a shaker card!  I decided to keep things pretty simple and made a little snow globe shaker.

Using the Stylish Shapes Dies, I die cut a circle from a piece of Basic White then embossed it with the Whimsical Woodland 3D embossing folder.  I fussy cut some of the cute Storybook Gnomes DSP forest critters and used one of the snowflake patterns as the background.  I filled the shaker with some Effervescent Elements and some of the blue For Everything Fancy Sequins.

A simple Soft Suede base was added to the snow globe with a sweet and simple sentiment and bow.  No other embellishments were needed!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and the rest of your week is amazing!

Happy Stamping!

Products Used:

Birthday MVP

Welcome back to Monday Montage!!!  We have another fabulous hop in store for you this week!  Make sure you click on the links below so you don't miss any of the creations...we promise you will love them all! 

My baby is 8 today and I'm still trying to figure out how this is possible!   I feel like I was just bring him home from the hospital!  For any you who know my sweet Owen, you know he is a BUSY kid and ALWAYS on the move.  On any given day, you can find him in our yard playing soccer, hitting baseballs for our dogs to chase or throwing a football around with anyone who will play with him.  My dad found some golf clubs at a yard sale earlier in the summer that fit him perfectly, so he's also picked up on golfing too!  He may exhaust me, but he also keeps me {feeling} young!  
With his love for ALL the sports, For the Win was the perfect stamp set to create his birthday card this year!  I had so much fun making a shaker card last week, I wanted to create another one for his special day.  This was so much fun to make!

I rediscovered my love for Pacific Point this week...It's such a bright and cheerful color!  It was just the color this card needed, along with a few other of my favorites from the Brights collection.

I stamped and cut out each of the balls to add to the shaker frame.  I decided these weren't quite enough, so I punched out some stars using the Twinkle Builder and created my own confetti.  Now I just need to figure out what to do with all of the leftover moons!  I finished off the card with the fun Birthday MVP image, along with the pennant and trophy, all which were heat embossed and fussy cut.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Basic Black, Window Sheets

Ink ~ Real Red, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green, VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ For the Win

Other Supplies ~ Layering Circleds Dies, Twinkle Builder Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder. 

Next up in hop is my crafty friend Cathy...her creations are always so awesome!  Or if you'd like to take a hop back, you'll find the amazingly talented Amy...I love her style!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

We've added links to all of our home pages as well so you can hop along in any order you'd like!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations