Shaker Shades With Watermelon Paper

Hello crafty friends! Lauren here, sharing this fun summery card. I know everyone is already making Halloween cards and even (gasp!) Christmas cards, but I just can't quite let go of these summer vibes yet! 

I started by squishing the embossing ink pad all over a pair of the chipboard glasses, and heat embossing two coats of the Raven embossing powder. I used a piece of window plastic and traced around the outside of each lens area, and used scissors to cut inside the lines I had drawn. I glued the window plastic and lined it with very thin strips of foam tape. I filled the shaker windows with silver stars and chunky glitter, and then I stuck a piece of Raven cardstock onto the back. I trimmed around the whole pair of glasses with scissors, so that the whole piece was backed with cardstock. 

On a piece of Alabaster cardstock, I used a MISTI to stamp the sentiment in Raven detail ink, and then leaving it in place, I dusted it with the powder bag and stamped it again in embossing ink, and heat embossed it with clear Icicle EP, to give it a shiny effect. I trimmed down that piece and layered it with foam tape onto panels from the Fresh Melon paper pack. I glued the sunglasses to the top of the card front, and adhered the whole thing to an Alabaster cardstock panel to finish it off. 

Have you tried any of the Brutus Monroe paper packs or chipboard pieces? Share your creations on social media, and be sure to use the hashtags #BrutusMonroe and #CreateYourOwnEnding so we can see what you make! Have a great weekend.