Timeless Tuesday #252: Shake It Up!

Can you believe the last day of 2013 is here already! Whether you are planning a big blow-out party or a quiet night in to celebrate the New Year, I hope that when the ball/apple/peach/pinecone/whatever drops, and fireworks are lighting up the sky, it's the beginning of your Best Year Ever! And, what better way to start the New Year than with a FUN Timeless Tuesday Challenge! ;)

This week's challenge is hosted by Guest Designer, Jessi Fogan, and her challenge is perfect for bringing in the New Year!

Now, if you're like me, and have never have made a shaker card before, here is a SCS tutorial that might help you. The layout of my card is the MojoMonday #326 Sketch.

For the New Year, I just had to ink up the champagne glass in the Lots of Thoughts stamp set for this challenge. It is colored with Copic markers, and the bubbles have Crystal Stickles on them. I used shiny metallic beads, that reminded me of bubbles, inside the shaker. 

The polka dot bg was made using Dylusions Ink Sprays, acrylic paint, Memento ink, and Flourishes So Distressed stamp set. After spraying several colors of ink spray onto a piece of Flourishes Classic White cs, and drying it with my heat gun, I stamped the distressed polka dots all over with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, dried that, then stamped on top of those dots again, using white acrylic paint. (If you do that be sure to wash the paint off the stamp as soon as you are finished!) The harlequin patterned strip was from a Graphics 45 paper pad, but I spritzed it with dark brown ink spray to give it an aged look. The "Cheers" sentiment is from the Lots of Thoughts stamp set, also. I cut the flag with a Verve Flag It die, sponged Antique Linen Distress Ink over it, stamped the sentiment, edged it with a silver leafing pen, added a couple of dots of silver Stickles, then popped it up over the edge of the shaker area.

The "Happy New Year" sentiment is from Flourishes Inside & Out Happy stamp set. I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and stamped the champagne glass in Memento Pear Tart Ink, stamping off once first, to lighten it up a bit.

Okay, now it your turn to get "Shakin'!" You don't have to use Flourishes stamps, but if you do, you get two ballots toward the weekly prize! You can find all the details for the challenge here.

Be sure to visit the rest of the team, as well as our Guest Designer, Jessi Fogan, for plenty of inspiration. They love hearing from you, too!

• Allison Cope
• Cheryl Lea...that's me!
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims
• Jessi Fogan, our Guest Designer

Happy, Happy, Happy New Year!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
MojoMonday #326
613 Avenue Create #52: Anything Goes/Black & Favorite Color...GREEN!
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bling It On!

~Hugs,

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