Saturday, November 27, 2010

Christmas Card Blog Hop!

Welcome to Lisa's Scrap'n Shack , and the Christmas Card Blog Hop! If you've come from visiting Giselle ,  you're in the right place. If you were just looking at my blog and want to play along with our blog hopping fun, you can go to the beginning at www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com.  This blog hop is intended to get you in the Christmas Spirit.... If you haven’t already started/finished your Christmas cards, hopefully this will inspire you to come up with an idea... and maybe you can win some blog candy or get ideas for great Christmas gifts (whether they’re on your list or for someone else!).  So if you aren’t braving the malls and can get some computer time, come join us for some fun!


For my Christmas card I wanted to try my hand at making a Shaker card. What theme would make the best shaker in this situation you ask? Why what else other than SNOW!?

I started off with a 5 x 7 piece of textured cardstock in a light blue color. No I didn’t use traditional Christmas colors for the simple reason that snow makes you feel like everything is fresh and new! Think back to a crisp morning right after a night of falling snow. Smell that air? AHHH!!
I mated a black piece of textured card stock, size 6 ¾ x 4 ¾ onto the top of the card and then another layer of patterned paper from “The Paper Studio” that I got at Hobby Lobby.
The shaker frame is the made from the Mother’s Day 2010 cartridge. Not sure what the name of the shape is I used sorry. But I made it 5 inches for the outside and 4.5 for the inside and welded them together using my Gypsy. I cut this out 8 times with my Cricut Expression. 4 of the layers are cut using a frozen Totino’s pizza box. And the other 4 are cut with the black textured cardstock. The back base is also cut at 5 inches hiding the oval in the center. I cut a piece of acetate for the cover at 5 inches.
Inside the shaker are 2 embellishments from Hobby Lobby in the Christmas section.  I put some flock on the edges of each snowflake. I bought some micro beads at Tuesday Morning to use for the shaker part. I think they are called Beadies. I used Helmar's Clear Round Zap Dots to adhere the shaker part to my card.
The ribbon and brad & tiny snowflakes are from Hobby Lobby, and the stamp “Let it Snow” is from My Pink Stamper’s “Winter Punnie’s” set.
Inside the card I used the same dimensions on the mat. Then I cut out a 3 x 3 piece of textured black cardstock, a 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ piece of the pattern paper, and a 2 ½ x 2 ½ piece of Ivory cardstock to put the sentiment on. The sentiment I bought from Joann’s and it is from TPC Studio the “Christmas Phrases” set. I put a couple of the same snowflakes that are on the outside on the sentiments mat.

***Closed at 56 entries!!!**









Phew that was a long description! Thanks for listening to me ramble! I know, you all are waiting for the best part of this post and that is the candy! I have a $10 dollar gift card to Hobby Lobby or Michaels for one lucky winner (sorry only US residents on this one guys).  Here is how ya win:
1.       1.  Become a follower – if you want, but it’s not necessary. (Little tip - I do have some more candy for my followers when I reach 100 of ya all though! Go Here to find the post! )
2.       2.  Post on this comment and tell me what you favorite part of the Holiday season is.

It’s that simple! Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy this hop! Now get to moving along and give Jess at KinderStampO some love! She is your next stop!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Here is the line-up in case you got lost somewhere along the way!


Lisa – http://www.ljsscrapshack.blogspot.com  YOU ARE HERE!!

57 comments:

  1. How beautiful!! Love the sparkly snow shaker.

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  2. What a gorgeous shaker card!

    My favorite part of the holiday season is having down time to relax and play with my boys!

    Melissa
    www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

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  3. I was happy to stumble across your blog and become your 95th follower! Would love to have you stop by mine as well!

    Melissa
    www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

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  4. Love your shaker card! very pretty.

    My favorite part of the holiday season is watching my boys opening their gifts and just having some family time.
    Minta

    Would Love for you to stop by my blog.

    mintab@gmail.com

    http://mintascreations.blogspot.com/

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  5. This is BEAUTIFUL.. I love shaker cards, I have never tried one, thanks for the instructions, I may try one..
    I am already a follower of your blog, love your projects.
    TFS and a chance to win
    Bonnie Cantu
    http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
    ascrapabove(at)aol(dot)com

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  6. Wow! Two awesome shaker cards in a row. Love your card! I am definitely going to have to make one now..Thanks for participating in the blog hop. I am a follower now!

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  7. lovely card and a great description
    janet

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  8. love these shaker cards! I really need to see if I can make one. What I love about the holidays is the weather the smells the colors just the spirit of the season I love seeing my boys face when they are putting the ornaments on the tree and Christmas morning is the best.

    Micia
    yellowbirdcreation@gmai.com
    yellowbirdcreation.blogspot.com

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  9. OMG! Lisa I so love this card! I really want to try a shaker card was it hard? OK I know I am a terrible terrible friend but I have your punch boxed up I just have not made it to the post office. I will do that next week I promise I am so sorry! I am so glad you are in this with us! I love your card! I hope you have a fabulous glittery day!

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  10. Lovely, lovely card. Doubt you made a lot of them. It was a treat to see. Thanks for sharing

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  11. How cute! What a great idea! I never thought of micro beads for snow. Love it! My favorite part of the holiday season is decorating the Christmas tree and turning the lights on for the first time. Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea with us!
    sheree.burress@gmail.com

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  12. Love your card. My favorite part of the season is celebrating Posadas.
    lolis-mycorner.blogspot.com

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  13. Just an adorable card!!! So much detail. My favorite part of CHRISTmas is the time that I get to spend with my awesome family. We have a new little granddaughter to enjoy this year. (our 3rd gd)
    Thanks for the chance to win.
    annadowdy at gmail dot com

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  14. Love your shaker card. My favorite part of Christmas is getting together with friends and family. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win. I am a new follower.

    Trisha
    patnbobcuddy@gmail.com

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  15. What a neat card. Ilove the glitter inside. I want to make one of these types of cards. Oh yeah, I love the look on the kid's face when they open their presents. I just became a follower. : ) I hope you will come and visit me too.

    Geat job,
    Georgiana
    http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

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  16. What a festive and creative holiday card! I just discovered your blog (and am now a follower). It still amazes me what a fantastic hobby this is and how many creative and fun people I've met along the way! Going to look over your archives for even more inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

    http://lillianchild.blogspot.com

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  17. My favorite part is gathering with family & friends.Love the card. Thanks for sharing.

    gdobberteen@yahoo.com

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  18. Beautiful card!
    Bette
    believedreamcreate.blogspot.com
    believedreamcreate@hotmail.com

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  19. This is so cool! I love snow! Since I live in Phoenix though, my favorite part of the holiday season is spending time will all of our family!

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  20. Beautiful!
    My favorite part is going to candlelight church on Christmas Eve.

    Darlene
    desaucier at bellsouth dot net

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  21. Blue, white, snow people and snow flakes are my favorite at the holidays. It makes the cards usable for more than just Christmas, but through out the winter season. Thanks!My favorite part of the holidays is enjoying quiet nights prior to Christmas with the light of the Christmas tree.

    csparky61 at yahoo dot com

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  22. It is awesome!! I've not yey tried making a shaker card, but I will now. Thank you for sharing it!

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  23. Absolutely fabulous! My favorite part of Christmas is seeing our kids faces when we get excited opening their presents :)

    Happy Scrappin'

    Sue B

    http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

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  24. Your card is just lovely..I love the colors so much. This is the second shaker card I've seen, and now I want to make one so badly:)
    I almost don't know how to narrow all we do at the holiday to one favorite thing...Every year my daughters and I set a couple days aside to bake..which of course the hubs just loves, lol. So this year I've been working cook books for each of them as one of their gifts.

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  25. I love this card, the see-thru feature is awesome!
    jpshirley@ymail.com

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  26. Now that is a clever card. Love it and the snow. My favorite part of this season is a family advent and story time we share together each night in Dec. I just posted about it for the advent blog hop we have going on today. I have some cute pictures if you have time to look at.
    Also I am your newest follower.

    www.cricutmyway.blogspot.com

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  27. What a fun shaker card and thanks for your inspiration too!

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  28. I really want to make a shaker card now.. never have done one :) Thanks for inspiring. Already following! My favorite is making things for Christmas and also watching my son unwrap gifts!

    phenis2031 at yahoo dot com

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  29. I love this idea. I want to make a shaker card. Thank you for sharing your creative work.

    janejohnson13@wildblue.net

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  30. Love shaker cards.. yours is fabulous!

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  31. This is such a great idea! I love it!

    My favorite part of the holiday season is Christmas Eve when we are put on our new pajamas and drive around to look at the Christmas lights.

    Thanks for sharing and for the candy!

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  32. So pretty, I love shaker cards! My favorite part of the Holiday is lighting the tree and looking at it!

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  33. Wow, the 2nd Awesome shaker-card, after seeing them both I really want to try one!
    Thanks for the great ideas!!

    debpaint16@aol.com

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  34. Beautiful card! I love it so much!
    My favorite part of the holiday is when the Christmas tree is up on the first night, just enjoying the pretty lights and the ornaments.


    jtg0398 @ sbcglobal dot net

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  35. I love shaker cards, especially when it involves snow:) so glad you are part of the hop, thanks for sharing

    shelley
    lostnwa98 at frontier dot com

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  36. very cool shaker Lisa! I love your color choice and of course that it's SNOWFLAKES!!! I may not care for snow but I love love love snowflakes! :D

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  37. love the cool shaker card
    Rebecca Minor
    buzzybeedesigns AT yahoo DOT com

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  38. Beautiful card! I love the colors and all the glitter! Thanks for sharing!

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  39. I really need to made a shaker card! This is so cute :)

    The shape is called a Quatrefoil! I did a post about it on my blog awhile ago!

    -Courtney

    keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com

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  40. Oh wow! This is just beyond creative! Love it!

    Thank you for visiting my blog earlier today by the way! :o)

    I'm a new follower of your blog!

    -Adri
    www.macheriecreations.com

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  41. Very very cute :) I love shaker cards.

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  42. Beautiful shaker card! TFS
    jennyplace26@gmail.com

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  43. Love your card.
    Vicki
    http://qksc.blogspot.com

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  44. Ah..another beautiful shaker card. Yep, I need to give one of these a try.
    Hugs, Debi

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  45. fantastic! how neat your shaker is, mine just always look a mess! have given up on them

    Paula xx

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  46. Wow what a fantastic card!! My favorite part of the season is spending extra time with the kiddos making gingerbread houses, decorating the tree and making ornaments!! Thanks
    miller896042atbellsouth.net

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  47. WOW!!! This is so beautiful!!! I love it!! ;)

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  48. My favorite part of this season is the warm fire's and the yummy food and family all around and exspecially the music and lights too! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful card!
    Contact Info: incase I win some amazing blog candy! Happy Holiday's! arebori0204@gmail.com

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  49. I love this card!
    ra6352 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  50. WOW!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS CARD!!!!!!! I am amazed!! It is so absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I can't even put enough exclamation points! :) WOW! Thanks for sharing your amazing talent; I may have to scraplift this beautiful idea!!!! :)

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  51. Your shaker card is SO BEAUTIFUL! I love the colors you used! My favorite part of the holidays is looking at all the beautiful christmas lights!
    top29gun at gmail dot com

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  52. this card is so fun!! I love it, thank you for sharing how you made it. Shaker boxes intimidate me, but I just might have to give it a try!

    My favorite part of the holiday season is driving around looking at Christmas lights!

    Thanks for sharing!
    Jamie
    bamiester(at)gmail(dot)com
    jamieisacraftymomma.blogspot.com

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  53. I love it,
    TFS
    Liset
    hailemnat@gmail.com

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  54. beautiful! love your shaker card!!

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