Thursday, May 4, 2017

Studio Katia's FIRST BIRTHDAY Blog Hop!!!!

Hi All!!!  Welcome to this special blog hop in honour of Studio Katia's First Birthday!!  I am so thrilled and honoured to be a part of this amazing design team.  I have the utmost respect for Katia who does this all by herself.  She has accomplished so much in so little time with much more to come!!!

So let's get this party started, shall we??  The theme for this hop is SHAKER CARDS!!!  Shaker cards are so much fun but to be honest with you, I rarely make them.  So they are actually a challenge for me.  It takes a lot of planning on my part and I usually end up throwing the first one away :)

I started by going through my SK dies, I knew I wanted to make a shaped card.  So I picked one of my favourite sets, Stitched Creative Squares.  I die cut two of the largest square, scored one of them 3/4 inch from the top, applied Scor-Tape and adhered the two pieces together.  Next, I took the two smaller squares, nested them together on top of another piece of cardstock and ran them through my Big Shot.  This created a frame.



I immediately added my acetate to the back of the frame, applied two layers of foam tape and filled 'er up!  For my bits and bobs, I used the crazy beautiful Crystal Rainbow FusionSilver Stars Confetti, and Silver Foil Seed Beads.  I placed another die cut piece of cardstock (using the medium die) and cover the back of my shaker.


After adhering the shaker portion to my cardbase, it was time for the sentiment.  Insert mistake here:  I wanted to stamp INSIDE the shaker part.  And because everything was already put together, I knew stamping/heat embossing on the acetate was not going to work.  Plan B:  I took a "happy" die from an older My Favorite Things set and die cut it from white cardstock.  To co-ordinate with the sequins, I sponged some Jelly Bean ink from Simon Says Stamp on the sentiment.


This die is an "on the edge" die so it doesn't cut the letter right off.  I left a wide enough strip on the bottom so I could stamp the word "birthday".  Then, to get all matchy-matchy, I ran it through using the medium square die so I could get the stitching detail.  The tiny flower comes from Sunny Studio Stamps.  I sponged some Doll Pink Ink (Simon Says) onto some cardstock and cut that out and also cut it out using some teal glitter paper for the centre.  I adhered both the sentiment and flower using Multi Medium Matte adhesive.  And here it is:




This card was totally fun to make!!  You know what else is fun?? Giveaways and Discounts!!!!! 
Here are all the details...



GIVEAWAY INFO:

- You can win a $20 GC to Studio Katia at every stop on the hop! Make sure to leave a comment by Sunday, May 7th for your chance to win! The more blogs you visit, the greater your chances of winning.

- You can also win (1) Simon Says Stamp goody bag and (1) Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Watercolor Brush Pens, 80 Color Set. The winners will be chosen from all the comments along the hop.

- Studio Katia is offering 15% off all purchases to their online shop (link http://www.studiokatia.com) using the code "SKTURNS1" through Sunday, May 7th at midnight EST.

*Comments must be left before 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, May 7th and winners will be announced on May 10th.


The next stop on the hop is the super talented, super amazing:  Amy Kolling

135 comments:

  1. Love all of the gorgeous yummy colours of the sequins in your shaker, and the pop of colour against the white is really lovely! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous card :-)

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  2. What a fun card! I share your struggles with shaker cards too! Nice work!

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  3. Such an adorable shaker card! Love it.

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  4. Such a fun shape for a card! Very cute.

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  5. I think your "mistake" made this card even cuter!

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  6. O M Geeeeeee this is so stinkin' adorable!!! I love everything about this!

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  7. Super fun shaped shaker card! Beautiful colors!

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  8. Wow so sparkling! A real and great shakercard!

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  9. Love this fun shaker card. The shape is so original :)

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  10. Cute shaker card. Thanks for sharing.

    Linda D.

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  11. Great card! Worth the challenge! So much talent on this hop! Thanks for sharing yours!

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  12. Isn't it amazing that making a mistake can turn it into a such a great card. Looks like that was your plan all along. Great card

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  13. Love the shape of your card and your colorful shaker element.

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  14. What a perfect die cut for shaker cards - love your design.

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  15. Absolutely love how you made this card using the die, and how create that die is for shaker cards! Adore all the sequins you chose - what a pretty card thank you for sharing!

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  16. I love the shape of this card and all the color sequins! <3

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  17. This is so fun! I love the colorful sequins :)

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  18. such a beautiful shaker card! love the unique shape of it :)

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  19. Love all the colors you you used.. The die is great. Perfect for a shaker card

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  20. Beautiful card. Very creative. Thank you for sharing.

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  21. This is adorable! I really, really like the shape AND the "happy" mistake. 😀

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  22. Beautiful card. Glad to know I'm not the only one who finds shaker cards challenging.

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  23. Not a mistake! It looks so great as a Happy Birthday card!

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  24. Awesome shaker card! Love the Stitched Creative Squares dies you used! Very fun and festive card to celebrate Studio Katia's 1st birthday!

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  25. Totally cute and really fun birthday card!

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  26. Very pretty and unique card.

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  27. Oh, my all the glitter and sparkle with your shaker card says CELEBRATION!!!! Love it!!!

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  28. I love the colors and the unique shape of the card.

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  29. Great card. Love it. Thanks for sharing...

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  30. What a fun card! The shape looks fabulous and that mix of sequins, beads and confetti is fantastic!! I'd be shaking away if your card ended up in my mailbox!

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  31. Un usual shape! Made a great card.

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  32. I believe your mistake turned out beautiful. I like the die cut on top of the shaker part of the card.

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  33. What a fun shaker; love this die and how wide it is. Perfect for shakers!
    And they are my favorite.

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  34. Such a fun and colorful card!! Really smile-inducing!

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  35. What a unique and festive card!!!! Great product and the happiest of birthdays to them.

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  36. i think it worked out great! lovely shaped card and the green sentiment is really "happy" well done, you need to make shakercards more often it's fab!

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  37. Love the shape and color. Shaker cards are the best.

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  38. Love your card first time doing a blog hop I believe I left a msg. In the wrong place. Trying to do this right. Thank you for sharing your talent.

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  39. Wow! I love this card. For someone who doesn't like to do shaker cards, you've done an amazing job! Thanks for the great inspiration😀

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  40. Love your card. I like how you were able to tie in the sentiment with the frame of the shaker.

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  41. What a colourful shaped card! Great colour combination in your shaker! So cheerful!

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  42. Love this design, so very pretty x

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  43. Love your shaker and that dies is awesome!

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  44. Your shaped shaker full of so many fun, colorful pieces is delightful. Thanks for sharing it on this blog hop.

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  45. What a great card. Love the design.

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  46. Cute and festive. I like this shape.

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  47. This looks perfectly hand-tied. Makes me want to hold it!

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  48. I really like this die set. In face all of them have been so wonderful so far and the cards are amazing. Good job.

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  49. Love the non-traditional card shape! Sometimes I get stuck making the same shape!

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  50. Love the shape you chose for this one !! So colorful too.

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  51. Wonderful shaker and sequins/dies.. Awesome.

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  52. What a fantastic card. I love making unique shaker cards as well so I am getting tonnes of ideas here on this hop. Laurie this is so precious and these dies are, well, to DIE for! I definitely need to look at the store and make up my list, holy smokes!

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  53. Great color for a birthday card love the shape

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  54. Thank you for sharing, What a good looking card.

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  55. Enjoying this card the shape and colors are Great! Meeting a lots of new blogs on this hop and they are very inspiring! Thank you for sharing AWESOME card!!

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  56. Love the shape of the die and the layers! Love all the colorful sequins!

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  57. A shaped shaker...and colourful too...wonderful card!

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  58. Wonderful colors!!! I love the white card with all the fun colored sequins contrast. As for the mistake, no misstake it's perfect. Thanks for sharing. Love it :)

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  59. Great card. Love the dimension and the big green HAPPY.

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  60. Love the shape of this die! Great use for it!

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  61. Oh this is awesome! Love the shape of this shaker. Fabulous ♥

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  62. Love your card it looks like a celebration!

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  63. Cute card, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who makes errors in judgement when making cards. Ended up great!

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  64. Love this fun shaker card - so colorful! Thank you for sharing!

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  65. This is really cute, love the shape of the card and its a shaker, adorable

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  66. This truly is a HAPPY card. Putting the sentiment on the outside works perfectly. I'm liking all the frame dies Studio Katia has.

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  67. What a fun and almost whimsical card. Well done!

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  68. This is the cutest shaker card!!!! Love the colors!
    Have a great weekend!
    Hugs,
    Jo
    ♥ Jo's Scrap Shack ♥

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  69. Wonderful shaker card - love the different shapes in the background. Very fun!

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  70. Your beautiful shaped shaker adds a whole new level to the meaning of sweet, pretty and smile-making! So glad you 'took to the leap' in designing this, as you've created absolute magic! So fitting that Katia has chosen shaker cards as her birthday theme, as she’s most definitely ‘shaken up’ our crafting community with her success! Thrilled that you're part of it!
    ~carol

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  71. this card is so different from what I have seen love it

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  72. WOW!!! Adorable shaker card!!! Love it!!!

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  73. HOW PRETTY!!! AND LOOK AT ALLLLL THOSE SEQUINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL You DID have fun with this! I do the same thing, I get so excited doing a specific type of card & forget something else! LOL You did WONDERFULLY on this!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) "HAPPY BIRTHDAY STUDIO KATIA!" ;)

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  74. Love all of the stars you filled your shaker with. Fun card. TFS

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  75. That card would be totally fun to receive, also!

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  76. Awesome card! Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win.

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  77. this is a very fun card. Thanks for sharing!

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  78. Oh I love your design, mistake or not. I think it came out perfect, just like it was meant to be! LOV that big bold HAPPY too! This is a wonderful creation!

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  79. Oh, such a fun and festive shaker. Love those dies too.

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  80. Colorful card love it. Thank you

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  81. Love your shaker card. Sometimes mistakes come out better than what we first planned.

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  82. Fabulous shaker card!! Love how you did the sentiment!!

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  83. This card is gorgeous! Thank you so much for inspiring us to continue being creative in new and beautiful ways. A very Happy Birthday!

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  84. AWESOME shaker card, Shakers are so fun!

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  85. I love the colors inside your shaker card! They are so me! I love the front of the card and had no idea it was a mistake until I read what you wanted to do but what you ended up doing. If you didn't say that wasn't what you wanted to do no one would have ever known. I love shaker cards! Happy anniversary Studio Katia and thanks for giving us the chance to win some great prizes. I can't wait to win!

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  86. What a fun-shaped shaker and great way to add the colorful sentiment!

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  87. Love this shaker card! I really like all the pretty bits inside the shaker,such a great combo of things.

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  88. Love the pop of green, just brings the whole card to life, stunning card, happi birthday to Katia

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  89. I really love the shape of your card
    fun idea and sweet shaker area too
    adorable made LOVE!!

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  90. Fantastic card, it is so happy and vibrant! All of the sequins look so pretty and I love the way you designed the sentiment on the card.

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  91. Fabulously fun, hip and vibrant card! I love the shape.

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  92. What a fun shape for a card, and love that you made the whole thing a shaker!

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  93. So much fun. Great use of a different shape as the shaker and card all wrapped into one fun package!

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  94. I really love shaker cards, thank you for sharing yours.

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  95. What a fabulous shaker design. I have these dies so must try this for myself, thanks so much for the inspiration!!!

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  96. What a great shape for a shaker card. Thanks for sharing!

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  97. Your shaker is Awesome. Love the white with the colorful HB die. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.

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  98. What a fun shaker. I love the combination of sequins, especially the crystal rainbow ones

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  99. Such a fun, festive card. The shaker mix that you used is great!!!

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  100. There are so many talents along this blog hop to show case all these wonderful products. happy 1st birhtday

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  101. SO BEAUTIFUL!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  102. Love these shaker cards. Really cute and playful.

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