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Blue and White Daisy Shaker Birthday Card Inspiration

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For today’s card, I’m sharing a blue and white birthday shaker card featuring cheerful daisies, soft ink blending, and subtle dry embossing. This design combines a calm, classic colour palette with a fun interactive element—perfect for a birthday card that feels both elegant and joyful.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creation.

The Design Inspiration

Blue and white will always be one of my favourite colour combinations. It’s calm, timeless, and effortlessly elegant—but for this birthday card, I wanted to give it a playful edge by turning it into a shaker and adding some pretty blue daisies for a soft feminine card that is easy to mass produce. Think of the different colour combinations you can use.

Simple and Fresh Colour Combination

Keeping to a simple colour palette helps the design feel fresh and airy, which is especially important when adding a shaker element. The subtle variation in the blending and embellishments adds depth without competing with the rest of the card.

Adding Texture, Depth and Interest

Dry embossing adds quiet texture to the background, catching the light as the card moves. I love how embossing works with shaker cards—it adds interest even when the shaker elements have settled, so the card never feels flat.

Frame the Florals and Sentiments with a Shaker Element

The daisy window is the real star of the design. Crisp blue daisies paired with a clear shaker opening keep the look clean while still allowing for movement and fun. I chose a simple shaker mix to complement the soft blue background rather than overwhelm it, letting the daisies stay front and centre.

Sentiment – Happy Birthday

Finished with a small, understated birthday sentiment, this card balances elegance and playfulness beautifully. It’s cheerful without being busy, and interactive without losing that calm, clean aesthetic.

Step by Step Instructions

  • I began by creating the background using blue ink blending. The dark blue layer helps to anchor the colour combination and create a strong base.
  • Once the blending was complete, I dry embossed a vellum panel to introduce texture over the blue background. Dry embossing is one of my favourite ways to add dimension without bulk, and it works beautifully with ink-blended backgrounds by catching the light and adding quiet detail. Add some white ink over the embossing to emphasise the texture.
  • For the shaker element I started by softly ink blending blue inks on the bottom right corner and then stamped the birthday wishes on the white corner.
  • To complete the shaker element I die cut 4 frames out of white cardstock and then stacked them together before adding them to the previously ink blended panel. I added some clear sequins to the centre of the frame before adding some acetate and the final frame. A clear window and a simple shaker mix add movement and fun without overwhelming the design.
  • The daisies and leaves were die cut out of white cardstock and I have used two of the lightest blue inks to colour the daisies and some coordinating green ink for the leaves. The flowers were assembled and then added to the bottom right of the shaker frame over the ink blended corner. The blue daisies coordinated with the blended backgrounds beautifully and the green leaves really add a pop to the card.
  • To finish the card I added some soft yellow Prills to the centre of the large daisies and some sequins around the flowers and sentiment.

Why I Love This Design

This card shows how shaker cards don’t have to be bold or busy to be impactful. By using a limited colour palette, simple florals, and subtle texture, the finished card feels soft, playful, and versatile—ideal for birthdays of any age.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope this blue and white daisy shaker card inspires you to mix classic colours with interactive elements in your own cardmaking.

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I’d love to know — is there another colour combination you would use?

And don’t forget to pin this project for later inspiration — you’ll definitely want to revisit it when the you need to make an extra special card for someone.

✂️ Supplies I Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

S4-1193 Layered Daisies

S5-475 Fluted Classics Rectangles

E3D-046 Orange Peel Quilt 3D Embossing Folder.

Other Products Used:

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110 Ib cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80 Ib cardstock

Vellum from Stash

House of Paper White Cardstock – 300 gsm

Altenew Inks – Lapiz Lazuli – Iceberg, Eastern Sky, Ultramarine, Azurite, Forest Trail – Aloe Vera, Matcha, Swamp Green

Hero Arts Ink – Unicorn

Prills – Lemon Chiffon

Elizabeth Crafts Design – Bohemian Rose Sentiments

Gina K Clear Quartz Solid Sequins

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Square

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Amazing Papaer Grace Silent Night Shaker Card

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Eek it s only 4 weeks to Christmas Day!! Today I have gone outside my comfort zone with this lovely shaker card made using the Amazing Paper Grace Silent might Make a Scene Dies. My inspiration for this card comes from a video I saw on Youtube. The creator used masked a lovely embossing folder to create a snow hill scene and used pink, green and ink colours for her card. I have used a purple, blue and green colour combination for a non-traditional card that is a lot of fun.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock.

I cut a piece of white card 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and blended the sky at the top with Shaded Lilac ink. The various size hills out die cut out of white cardstock using the two hill dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent might Make a Scene Dies. and were shaded with Tumbled Glass ink.

I used a snow stencil and Allene’s True Snow on the background and added glitter to the snow.

The houses were die cut out of lilac cardstock and shaded with Shaded Lilac ink. The trees are from both the Amazing Paper Grace Silent might Make a Scene Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace November Die of the Month 2018 Christmas Village Dies and were cut out of green cardstock and shaded with Mowed Lawn ink.

I used some lighter weight acetate to create th shaker element and added a mix of clear, iridescent, pink and teal sequins with some small silver stars to create the shaker element.

To complete the card I have added a silver Santa and his reindeer to the top of the card and the sentiment from a dark blue card lined with silver card.

Finally, I added some snow to the top of the acetate with Simply White Nuvo Crystal Drops ansd sprinkled them with glitter.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

S5-462 Silent Night Make a Scene

November Die of the Month 2018 Christmas Village Dies

Other Products Used:

Distress Oxide inks – Mowed Lawn, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glas

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot

Concoed & 9th Cardstock – Lilac

White cardstock

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Alex Syberia Stencil – Falling Snow

Allene’s Snow

Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Diamond

Acetate

Sequins

Trinity Stamps sequins – silver stars

Nuvo Crystal Drops – Simply White

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

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Butterfly Hugs

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I am a bit late with this challenge but I have had some camera issues and eventually had to get a new camera which I am still learning to use. This card is for the Pink Fresh Studio February 2024 Challenge which was to use the following Pink Fresh Studio inks Sparkling Rose, Sunkissed, Spruce Tips, and Paradise and gold or have some hearts in your project. I went for the inks as I do have them and I was very happy with my pretty colourful butterflies. I had to add the green inks and as I did not have any Pink Fresh Studio leaf dies I decided to do some ink smooshing with the Paradise and Spruce Tip inks and create a shaker element that looks like sky with the opal coloured sequins looking like clouds. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Circle dies to create the frame as this is similar to a Pink Fresh Studio die. I created some subtle texture just with scoring every 1/8″ on the top panel and finished the card with some hot foiled sentiments in gold and some gold pearls.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sunkissed, Sparkling Rose, Paradise, Spruce Tips

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Circles Die

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Hammermill Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Spellbinders Acetate

Spellbinders Sequins – Opal

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Foam tape

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***Vote For Me***

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I am so excited for my beautiful flowers and butterflies shaker card to be up for the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Card of the Year 2023. It is such an honour and a thrill to even reach this stage but there is still a long way to go. So I am asking for your help to make my card the Card of the Year.

You can vote for me here: https://creativescrapbooker.ca/card-of-the-year-2023

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A Paddington Bear Christmas Card

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Christmas is just around the corner and I have a special card I made for a colleague of my husband. the brief was to have Paddington Bear and lots of snow. I purchased a cute Paddington Bear image from Bubblegum Designs from Etsy and printing it on watercolour paper and then made my card around this image. I used the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window stamp and die set to create a window that can be opened out to look at Paddington Bear in the snow with his presents and Christmas tree beside a cute street lamp. I even added a little robin to the top left of the window frame to further add to the English Christmas theme. I was very happy with how this card turned out.

For the rest of the card I have used other products from Heartfelt Creations and Honey Bee Stamps to add all the embellishments to the card. Scroll past all the photos for the full list of products I have used.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Window Hinges

Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Rectangle & Basics Die

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Holly Accents (bird)

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern (sentiment)

Heartfelt Creations Regal Frame and Accents Die

Heartfelt Creations Holiday Ornament Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Poinsettia & Holly

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Winter Greenery Honey Cuts

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Fern, Rainforest, Phone Booth, 

Concord & 9 Cardstock – Sprout

House of Paper Cardstock – Latte

Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Cardstock – Snow Drift

Copic Markers

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock 80Ib

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio ink – Doe

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Wow Embossing Ink

Le Pen Drawing Pen 0.5

Spellbinders Acetate

Rajni Chawla’s Frosting Powder

Little Bear London Post Image from Bubblegum Designs

Bockingford 300 gsm watercolour card

Gansai Tombi Pearl Paints

Bearly Art Glue

Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Diamond

Bearly Art Foam Strips

Foam Squares

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

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Wow I am so excited to announce that my card has made the finals of the Card of the Month competition at Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. I would love your help to become the winner of the Card of the Month and I would appreciate it if you could vote for me here:

https://creativescrapbooker.ca/card-of-the-month-sept-2023/#/bracket

Card of the Month: September 2023

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Amazing Paper Grace Halloween Boo

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This week I am totally outside my comfort zone with a Halloween card using the Amazing Paper Grace Halloween Add Ons by Becca Feeken. I normally work with soft pastel shades and dark purples and blacks are totally alien to me but it is good to challenge and stretch oneself. Also, Halloween is not a very big tradition here in New Zealand and I have never really done Halloween cards before so it was time to play with the Halloween dies by Amazing Paper Grace and use some newly learned techniques such as ink blending to make this card.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

To make my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. I die cut a small circle using a small circle die out of masking magic paper. I added the small circle to the top right corner of the card before ink blending using Distress Oxide inks – Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac, Villainous Potion, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot. I sprayed some glimmer mist and white pearl paint to create a sparkly night sky effect and I then took the circle mas off and added some Antique Linen Distress ink to the circle for the moon. I used the outer masking paper to mask around the moon and added some Pearl stencil paste to the moon for a pearly finish. When this was dry I then added the coloured panel to the front of the card.

I die cut the tree, fence and bats from the Amazing Paper Grace Spooky Boo and Spooky Cottage dies sets. These were then adhered to the front of the ink blended card to create a back scene.

I die cut a frame using the largest dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Dies out of black cardstock and a shadow frame out of purple glitter card.

I stamped a scrap piece of card with Wow embossing ink and heat embossed with silver glitter embossing powder and then die cut the cobwebs out of the glittery silver card. I adhered the cobwebs behind the top left and bottom right corners of the black frame and then adhere the purple shadow frame behind the black frame. I cut a piece of acetate 3 3/4″ x 5″ and adhered this behind the frame. I added silver star and pink/purple sequins to the front of the card and then adhered the frame to the front of the card with foam strips to create a shaker card.

I die cut the spiders and cat out of black cardstock and added them to the front of the card and also added the Boo sentiment which was die cut from the embossed glittery silver cardstock.

To finish I coloured two small bitty sparkles with a dark purple Copic marker and added them to the cat for eyes.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Spooky Boo

Spooky Cottage

Hemstitch Rectangles Dies

Other Products Used:

Purple glitter card from my stash

Hammermill Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock

Wow Embossing ink

Ranger Silver glitter embossing powder

Foam strips

Lawn Fawn Pearl Stencil Paste

Distress Oxide inks – Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac, Villainous Potion, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot

Distress ink – Antique Linen

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Kuretake Gamsai Tombi Watercolour Paints

Gina K Designs Masking Magic

Trinity Stamps Star sequins

Craft Medley Sequins – Princess

CTMH Bitty sparkles

Copic Marker BV08

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I am so happy to announce that my card has been selected for the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Card of the Month competition.

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Dragonfly Shaker Centerpiece

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I have another shaker card featuring Heartfelt Creations Decorative Dragonfly to share with you today. This time the shaker is a window looking through to the sentiment on the inside of the card. I love the blue and purple tones on the front that contrasts with the vibrant green on the inside.

For more details on the products I have used please visit here.

Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 12” x 6 1/4″, score at 6” along the long side and fold. Die cut the base shaped card using the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die slightly over the folded edge. Die cut the aperture from the front of the card using the No. 7 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die.

Inside back of card

Die cut the green pattern paper out using the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die and adhere to the inside of the card and trim the edge over the fold to allow the card to fold easily. Die cut the pattern paper out using the No. 6 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die and adhere to the inside using the front aperture as a guide.

Stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-3975 Oval Floral Frame Cling Stamp set in Deep Purple ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and die cut with the coordinating die. Die cut another die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere to the back of the stamped image. Adhere to the centre of the pattern paper as shown.

Die cut a frame out of silver cardstock using the No. 6 and No. 7 dies from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die and adhere around the pattern paper.

Card Front

Die cut a piece of clear acetate out using the No.3 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die and adhere over the aperture on the front of the card. Die cut the purple pattern paper twice out using the No.1 and No. 7 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die. Adhere one to the front of the card over the clear acetate.

Die cut a frame out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper using the No. 1 and No. 7 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die. Die cut another piece of clear acetate using the No. 3 die and adhere to this frame. Adhere the remaining purple frame to the white frame over the clear acetate.

Die cut the decorative centerpiece die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper using the No. 1 from the HCD1-7369 Elegant Hearts Centerpiece Die and the No. 7 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die. Adhere to the front of the purple frame.

Die cut a frame out of silver cardstock using the No. 6 and No. 7 dies from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die and to the inner frame.


Add iridescent clear sequins, small water droplets and Crystal clear glitter to the card front in the centre of the card front and adhere the purple frame to the front of the card with foam tape ensuring there are no gaps around the aperture to create the shaker element.

Stamp the flower images from the HCPC-3985 Dragonfly Florals Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Add Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the flowers with Dries Clear glue and adhere two flowers to the right of the aperture as shown.

Stamp the small dragonfly image from the HCPC-3983 Decorative Dragonfly Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Add Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the wings and adhere to centre of the card over the clear acetate window as shown.

Stamp the large dragonfly image from the HCPC-3983 Decorative Dragonfly Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Add Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the wing accents with Dries Clear glue. Adhere the dragonfly to the bottom right of the card as shown with foam squares on the wings.

To finish the front add iridescent gems to the dragonfly bodies and on points on the decorative die.


Inside Front of Card

Die cut a frame out of green pattern paper using the No. 1 and No. 7 die from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die. Adhere to the inside front of the card and trim the edge over the fold to enable to the card to fold easily.

Die cut a frame out of silver cardstock using the No. 6 and No. 7 dies from the HCD1-7367 Simple Centerpiece Die and to the inner frame.

Other Products Used:

Iris cardstock, foam squares, clear iridescent sequins, small water droplets, foam squares

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Amazing Paper Grace | Stained Glass Bouquet – Deco Bloom Grateful Thanks

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It’s a miracle that little painted shards of glass can come together to create such beauty!!  The intriguing lure of Stained Glass has inspired artisans from around the world to try their hand at shuffling colors and shuffling shards of glass to create something lovely to gaze upon.  Today we are introducing the newest Amazing Paper Grace collection called Stained Glass Floral Bouquet, created for Spellbinders.

Dies for my creations today were supplied by Amazing Paper Grace.

Stained Glass Floral Bouquet Inspiration

Becca says that the inspiration for the collection came from her love of stained glass and never being able to muster the time to do it with real glass.  Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too?  Now it’s easy to create with paper!  It’s amazing how you can give the same outline to a hand full of different artists and each will come up with a totally different look.

Stained Glass Floral Bouquet Collection

The Stained Glass Bouquet Collection is made up of 7 different die sets.  They are sized for layering and include small designs all the way up to A7 designs with different frames that can make both A2 and A7 designs.  The collection boasts shadow dies for each set so that whenever you don’t want a multicolor design, you can layer your “die-cut leading” onto one color.  The hallmark of the collection is a sweet stained glass flower and shadow in almost every set.  That gives you a background die and a central motif for each set.  

Attention “technique junkies” this collection is sweetly serenading you to try your favorite technique with the leading and the shards. 

     Here are ours:

  1. Fill each opening with a different color paper and add Glossy Accent.
  2. Ink on a hombre background before resetting your shards.
  3. A smidge of color in each opening with a Copic Marker.
  4. A different color leading – white, black, gold, silver.
  5. Build up tall leading with 4 layers and adhesive in between each.

My Project for Today:

Today I am sharing a thank you card featuring the stunning Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Etched Dies from Stained Glass Bouquet Collection by Becca Feeken. For this card I have used an elegant gold and ivory colour combination and trimmed the inner decorative die to create a centre piece to add handcrafted flowers and an elegant sentiment on. I love adding some texture and I have used the Spellbinders embossing folder – Simply Perfect Florets.

I have added flowers made using the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Etched Dies by Becca Feeken, the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Infinity Amazing Paper Grace DOM Etched Dies by Becca Feeken, and the Amazing Paper Grace and the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go V Etched Dies by Becca Feeken.

The leaves are made using dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers Etched Dies 3D Vignette Mini Album Collection by Becca Feeken and the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go IV Etched Dies by Becca Feeken.

The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Heart Felt Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Sweet Cardlets by Becca Feeken.

To learn how to make these pink camellias I have a tutorial on the Amazing Paper Grace – Encouragement Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/APGCreativeEncouragement.

Designers Tip:

Die cut the background first and then do a separate outline die and adhere to the background. Then die cut the colours and lay the die with the die cuts over the background and poke the little shards into the background. I found that quickest and easiest for me.

Stained Glass Floral Bouquet Availability:

These dies and plates are available from Spellbinders right now! Click here: Stained Glass Floral Bouquet Collection.

I love your comments!  Tell me, which technique do you like of what I have made so far?

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