Brutus Monroe - Birthday Bears Shaker

 Hello! Thank you for stopping by.  I have a really cute Brutus Monroe birthday shaker card to share with you.  I love this!!

My card features:

BRU4579 Birthday Bears
BRU8869 Aqua Pigment - Yellow
BRU8883 Aqua Pigment - Blue
BRU8845 Aqua Pigment - Red
BRU6333 Ultra Fine Embossing Powder - Raven
BRU3690 Clear Acetate 4.25"x5.5" Heat Resistant
BRU9033  Aqua Pigment Watercolor Paper

I made a fun shaker birthday card featuring the Birthday Bears stamp set.  But first I started with creating a background by painting stripes onto a piece of watercolor paper using Aqua Pigment in blue and then added some red to make purple.  While that piece dried I went to work on creating the pocket.  I made the shaker pocket by first heat embossing the sentiment onto the acetate, then scoring 1/4" along each edge.  Folding on those score lines and really burnishing those edges.  Once my background piece was dry, I cut it down and sealed it inside the pocket and added some sequins before sealing up the final edge.  I also heat embossed the stamped images onto watercolor paper and did some super easy water coloring.  Aqua Pigments mix beautifully for other color shades.  Blue + Red = Purple and Yellow + Red = Orange.  The bear I watercolored using Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap.

The picture below gets the sequins out of the way so you can see the sentiment.  I just LOVE heat resistant acetate!  It's so fun to use.

I hope you enjoy this card and it inspires you.  Have a wonderful day!!