Hi, crafty friends. I’m here today with a shaker card. A big one, it measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/2″. I wanted to use the surfboard from the Beach accessories stamp set from this year’s spring release from Purple Onion Designs, and I needed the space. I don’t usually make large cards, I tend to opt for a smaller format, but sometimes, it’s nice to have the extra space.

I stamped and colored the surfboard eight times, and fussy cut them all right up against the stamped lines. I put them aside while I worked on the rest of my card.

I used the Big Happy Birthday die from My Favorite Things to die cut into a 5×7″ piece of Soft Stone cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I put acetate behind it and added the counters of the letters back into place on top of the acetate, using the actual letters as placement guides, before doubling up on foam tape on the back of the cardstock for a deep shaker well.

On a piece of X-Press It blending card, I stamped the palm trees from the Slumber stamp from Purple Onion Designs. I used second generation stamping with Memento Espresso Truffle ink for a softer look. I masked the palm trees and ink blended a sunset using Distress inks in the colors Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Scattered Straw, before coloring in the palm trees with Copics. I added sequins and gems from the Seashore mix from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards, before gluing my shaker shut.

I added seven of my surfboards to the bottom of my panel and adhered it all to a top fold card base I created from Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink.

I couldn’t fit all my surfboards on the front of the card, so I glued the last one to the inside next to a sentiment from the Seaside sentiment set from Purple Onion Designs that I stamped using Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.

Lots of colors for this one.