October 27, 2023

Guest Designer for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown October Technique Challenge - Shaker Card

Hello there.  I’m excited to be back guest designing (GD) at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (52CCT) for their SHAKER CARD technique challenge. 


Wanting to celebrate the late Janis Woolbright again this month over at Christmas Kickstart, I used On the Table and Peeking Friends (sentiment) stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs to create a CAS (clean and simple) CAT-mas (cat Christmas) tag shaker card. 😉   


Started by stamping the Santa hat with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a scrap of alcohol marker friendly cardstock.  Masked it and stamped that fun cat face.  Removed the mask and coloured with Copic Sketch markers, then fussy cut it out.

Copic markers used:
hat brim/Pom Pom - C00/0/1/2/3 
hat - R14/27/37/39 
cat - W00/1/3/5, R81 


Stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a scrap of Bristol paper and heat embossed it with clear glitter embossing powder.  Die cut it out with a tag dies (retired Blueprints 4 die set from My Favorite Things).  Die cut a second tag from Whimsy Stamps Blurry Flurries pattern paper for the backing.  Added acetate and foam tape strips to the back of the tag to form the shaker part of the card.  Did not have any ribbon, so die cut a bow from shimmer white cardstock using new-to-me Fit to be Tied die set from The Greetery.  Assembled the card onto white woodgrain paper adhered to a white card base to finish.


I want to thank Andreja and the 52CCT team for having me GD with them.  To see their card inspirations and/or link up your own Christmas shaker card, click HERE.  Thank you for visiting.






26 comments:

AndrejaM said...

Beautiful Christmas shaker card. Thanks for joining us at 52cct

Loll said...

Adorable card Trina. Love the shaker element. Using pointillism is perfect for that sweet cat! xx

Majda said...

Adorable Christmas shaker card.
Thanks for joining us at 52cct as GD.
Have a nice day, Majda DT

Fabiola said...

quelle splendide shaker card Trina, elle est adorable, merci d'être notre guest designer cette semaine, biz

Leslie said...

This is gorgeous.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love this! The kitty is so cute and I adore the smaller shaker element 😊

Suzanne H said...

So cute! Your coloring is lovely. Thanks for joining the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge. Helpful Hopper - Suzanne

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Adorable peeking kitty, Trina - love the shaker tag you created!! As always, impeccable coloring!!

Bonnie said...

This is the sweetest little kitty and I love how he's peeking through and the fun shaker background! Congratulations on another Guest Designer spot! So well deserved, my friend!

Becca Yahrling said...

Shakers are my fave type of card. This is so delightful as well as beautiful. Love the coloring you did on kitty.

Diane said...

The cutest shaker card, it's adorable!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Simply Clean & Simple.
Diane SCAS Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Simply Clean & Simple}

Dotty Jo said...

If there's one thing that just shouts Christmas for me it's a shaker card! This is just so lovely, Trina. I'm so happy to see you here again at The Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge where we're remembering our dear friend Janis Woolbright, Jo x

Bunny said...

Lovely Copic coloring and the cat is so cute. Love your card. [Bunny]

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Congrats for your well deserved GD Trina, and this cat on the shaker tag is just Pawsome!!! So cute and fun! Such wonderful colouring on his fur and his face is priceless! Clever idea using that sentiment to match the cat, it's really fun and makes me smile! The shaker aperture looks great, as well the gorgeous diecut bow, it's a wonderful design.

papierelle said...

Oh this is sooooo lovely and your coloring is amazing!!!

Fikreta said...

its so very nice!

Ellibelle said...

So beautifully colored and loving the CAS design!
Ellie (hopping along in the Cat Lovers Christmas Kickstart challenge)
Ellibelle's Corner

mandysea said...

How delightful! Love the shaker tag... the cutest little kitten, beautiful colouring. Love the diecut bow too. Very clever card! Thanks for playing along with Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge and remembering Janis xx

KT Fit Kitty said...

Such an adorable kitty shaker tag card! I like the CAS style, and your colouring always looks amazing! Thank you so much for linking up your adorable kitty card at Christmas Kickstart's Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge as well as Gail's Tic-Tac-Toe board! Wishing you a wonderful day!

Lisa Elton said...

Congrats on guesting, Trina! This is an adorable shaker!

lauren bergold said...

Another amazing card I especially love that you made it a shaker too! Beautiful addition to our Christmas Creatures at Jingle Belles!

SmilynStef said...

What a little cutie ... thanks for brightening-up our Creature Feature at Jingle Belles.

Andreja said...

What a beautiful festive card! I like your shaker card!
Thank you so much for playing along with 52CCT as GDT ❤️

Sybrina K said...

Here at SAS4Kids, we love cards that have interactive elements and we love cards with festive critters. You definitely checked both boxes with this sweet card! Thanks so much, Trina, for sharing a second card with us this month at Send a Smile 4 Kids.

Carole J said...

Oh my goodness, Trina! This kitty shaker card is adorable. I love that it has a white background and shaker front, so all the attention goes to the kitty cat and the lovely shaker element. That's some fancy bow die as well. Just beautiful in every way!
Thank you for joining the special Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge in memory of our dear friend, Janis Woolbright. x

BożenA said...

Yes, I have 3 cats and they also celebrate Christmas. They love knocking baubles off the Christmas tree :-)
I'm sure they would love this card as much as I do.
xx