A Birthday Fairy Shaker Card

This was an 8x8 card made for my daughter's 10th birthday. She had previously said how much she liked shaker cards and she is mad about fairies, (can't think where that comes from!) so here it is!
The main die set is the Tonic Moonglade Wish set. I have used a sheet from the First Edition Dreamcatcher pad for the background paper and layered lilac paper on top of this. The main centre panel was a large square cut in purple paper, with the inner die sections only used to cut the shape and 'leave it in' the card. A piece of acetate was used behind the cut section to seal it. This centre panel was then mounted on foam to raise it up and create a space for the shaker glitter and sparkles to be added. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and has been cut and mounted onto a Spellbinders Lacey Circles die. The butterflies have been cut using a die from the Tonic Butterfly Purse corners set and some ink has been used through the die to highlight the embossing. Pearls to finish and done!

Tonic Fairy Birthday Card

I was lucky enough to be given a set of Tonic fairy themed dies for my birthday this year. I hadn't really used Tonic dies before, but I really like the way you can interchange them with each other. The die used here is called 'Moonglade Wish' and comes in 4 parts. This card is an 8x8 card, with the front card piece folded back on itself. The folded section was then cut using the die, but not with its matching edger (meaning that the aperture remains inside the cardstock). The outside edger was then cut out completely on some purple card and laid over the top to create a see-through lacy effect. The same principle was used for the panel on the other side, (rear card piece) although this was not left see-through, as I mounted a large piece of pink card behind it. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and has been stamped, cut out and mounted on card stock cut using a Spellbinders Lacey Circle die. Once attached to the front panel, a second lacy circle was applied to the back for neatness.  The fairy's wings were also highlighted by cutting a piece of glitter card and laying it behind the wings. Finally 6 diamantes were used for the corners and the stars on the front. The insert was made using coordinating card stock and placed on the inside of the card, behind the folded front section.