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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

diy shaker bits + pretty pink posh blog hop day 2

Pretty Pink Posh is making all of my Halloween card dreams come true with their latest adorable release! And I'm thrilled to be joining in day 2 of the PPP August release hop!

Before I show you what I made, there's more fun! There are 3 $30 gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs! Enter to win by leaving comments along the hop by 11:59pm PST of August 15th, 2023. The winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Now let me show you my first Halloween card of the season (and no surprise, it's a shaker)...

The adorable little images from the Boo to You set looked like they would make perfect little BIG shaker bits!

To make a bunch of shaker bits quickly, I left the dies mostly attached together. Then I die cut them all from a scrap of cardstock to make a stamping jig.

I placed the jig in my MISTI and used it to help arrange the stamps.

Then it was easy to place blank die cuts in the jig, stamp them, pop them out and pop more blank ones in.

A little coloring and voila, cute BIG shaker bits!


The pumpkin die made an adorable shaker window and I couldn't resist adding in the Candy Corn glass shaker beads with the stamped shaker bits.

Finally the little bat from the Halloween Signs set was the perfect finishing touch!

I'm the last stop on the hop but here's the whole hop list in case you missed any stops along the way...

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Amy Rysavy
Cathy Zielske
Leica Palma
Channin Pelletier
Jeanne Jachna
Lisa Mears
Carly Minner


Thanks so much for hopping with us! Hugs!!!
Carly

35 comments:

T Mack said...

Adorable!!!

MadeByMeghanK said...

Precious shaker! I LOVE how you made your own little halloween bits!

Denise C. said...

Such an adorable shaker card!

L said...

I really like how you made your own shaker bits.
Thanks for sharing your delightful card!

Kathy Dumpert said...

I think your shaker is so cute with your hand colored images.

Amanda Wilcox said...

This is so sweet! I love the new shaker bits, they're super fun!

Mary Kay Ross said...

Adorable shaker card! Those bigger bits are perfect in that big pumpkin shaker window! Love it!

Niki said...

That is a beautiful shaker and your coloring is so on point!

Migdalia said...

Such a beautiful Halloween shaker!! Love the new shaker bits!

Kelly B. said...

This is adorable! I love these cute images!

Sra. Spitzer said...

This is amazing! I just LOVE these shaker bits. Custom! Your card is a total and complete DELIGHT. A++ for you from this teacher.
Lori S in PA

anni said...

Such a fun card! So perfect for Halloween!

Monica S said...

What a fun Halloween shaker! I love those candy corn colored beads! So cute!

Denise Bryant said...

Super cute shaker! Loving these fun Halloween icons along with the beads for the shaker bits! Adorable card!

Samantha Pfrimmer said...

This is the cutest spooky shaker!

cm said...

The bigger shaker bits add a whole new level of shaker fun to your pumpkin, especially paired with the candy corn beads! Super cute in every way!
~carol

Melissa Leftrick said...

Absolutely adorable card!!!!

Lynn Chan said...

Super duper cute! Love shakers and loved how you created small stamped shaker items!

S. M. said...

Cute card!! What a clever idea - making you own shaker bits from the wee Halloween stamps and dies!! The bigger bits combined with the beads work well with the large pumpkin.

Katherine said...

Great stamped shaker bits!!! I really want to try this!

Karen Baughman said...

What a fun idea to make your own shaker bits!

Colleen said...

Awesome shaker, I love a good shaker card. Great job at the coloring too

~amy~ said...

such a sweet shaker Carly!

Ann H said...

Way too cute!

Jana said...

I love how you put the little stamped images in your shaker! Thanks for sharing your beautiful card!

Deborah Hellman said...

Wonderful job... I love how you made your own shaker bits. ❤️

Stacy H. said...

What a great idea to make shaker bits from the smaller stamped images!

Dfrank said...

Adorable card! Love how you took the pumpkin die and made it into a shaker!

Amy C. said...

This is such a fun shaker card! I love the mix of shaker bits you included.

{VICKI} said...

WHAT A FUN SHAKER

Isabel Z said...

Absolutely adorable!

Annette Reed said...

What a fun card. I would not have thought of using those dies as shaker pieces. What a great and creative idea. Thanks for the tip.

Ms. Tamp said...

Nice shaker design share.

Lauryne Cunningham said...

I love this fun shaker! Super cute!

Sue D said...

Very cute pumpkin shaker design.