Video: Ink Blended Holiday Shaker - Hero Arts
Posted by Jessica Frost-Ballas on October 21, 2019

Video: Ink Blended Holiday Shaker

Good morning! Jessica Frost-Ballas here with a clean and simple holiday shaker card featuring the gorgeous Poinsettia and Ornament Fancy Die !

I've created a video tutorial for this card that you can watch below or over on our YouTube channel .

I wanted to let the intricacy of the die shine so I kept the rest of the card fairly simple! To start I die-cut the Poinsettia and Ornament Fancy Die from a panel of Dove White Hero Hues cardstock . Next I traced the outline of the ornament die onto a panel of Cherry Hero Hues cardstock as a guide and then blended Crimson and Mulled Wine Hybrid Inks onto the panel. I concentrated the darker color towards the edge and the lighter colors towards the center.

Then I applied adhesive to the back of the white shaker panel and adhered a piece of acetate over the opening. I built up a double layer of foam mounting tape and then filled the shaker liberally with Snow & Berry and Ombre Blush sequins . There actually are no green sequins in those mixes, my lighting just makes them seem a little green in the photo! I sealed my shaker with the blended panel and then adhered it to a top-folding Dove White Hero Hues card base .

Next I used Liquid Precision Glue to adhere the intricate die over the acetate. Then I stamped a sentiment from From the Vault: Home Scene onto Pitch Black Hero Hues cardstock with Embossing and Watermark Ink and heat-embossed it with White Embossing Powder . I trimmed it down to a thin label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape. To finish the card I added a few more sequins !

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have an amazing day!

23 comments

Stunning! Your card is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing your video!!

Leanne in Cali,

Beautiful detail on that lovely die, and I love the colors Jess used! Gorgeous card!

Denise Bryant,

Jessica, do you ever make an ugly card? Beautiful as always. I love your cards.

Mary MacFadyen,

As par for you Jess, an absolutely beautiful card. Love everything about it.Think I need to order this die.

Debi Walton,

Gorgeous where can I buy this die. What a beautiful job.

Andrea Robinson,

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