let's countdown to another amazing mft vault release!

Did you know that MFT Stamps is celebrating their sweet 16th birthday this month? And for their birthday they are giving us a second chance at some of their cutest birthday stamps & dies including the Wish die. You know I've never met a word die that I didn't want to turn into a shaker card, haha!

Here's my formula for creating a word shaker card...

• die cut the word from a 110lbs cardstock panel and save any letter middles or in this case, the flame.
• back with acetate to create the shaker window. I like to put double-sided tape on the edges of the acetate and glue pen around the die cut letters to make it very secure.
• ink blend on the card front where the shaker window will be.
• create "shaker container" around shaker window with foam tape.
• fill shaker container with sequins & bits.
• seal shaker window with another piece of acetate.
• adhere shaker panel to card front.

To add a little extra dimension, I colored the flame die cut yellow and adhered it to the shaker window. Then I applied a nice thick coat of Glossy Accents and set it aside to dry.

And by the way, I decided to put the sentiment on the inside of the card. The Essential Birthday Messages are perfect for that!

To see more of what's coming from the MFT vault, pop over to the MFT blog and YT. And mark your calendars for the vault release this Tuesday, July 19th ;)

Hugs!

Carly