Wash Day

 

Hello!  I am guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs today.  These busy kittens are from the new stamp set called Wash Day.  When I first saw this set, I thought that I would turn the washing machine into a little shaker.  It is tiny for sure, but I think it turned really cute.

For the background on this card, I used a 1.75" piece of white woodgrain cardstock dusted up with a little Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Ink.  I glued the woodgrain cardstock strip to a piece of turquoise cardstock cut to 5.5" x 4.25".  I cut two pieces of coordinating patterned paper on top leaving a border around the outside.

To make the shaker element, I stamped the washing machine on a piece of white cardstock and hand cut it leaving a thin border. I laid the cut out on top of another piece of paper and cut out around it; this will be the base of my shaker.  I used a small circle die, to cut out the the center of the washing machine door.  I used the stamp that has the kitten behind it (bottom left corner) to stamp out the laundry that will be the background for the little shaker pieces.  I glued my "laundry circle" on the shaker background using the stamped image to line it up in the door opening.  I used 2mm foam tape to build the well for the shaker pieces.  I also added foam tape to make sure that the rest of the stamped machine was supported.  I sprinkled in some Transparent Pastel Shaker Pop in the well.  Once I applied a small piece of acetate to the door, I adhered the stamped machine to the background to seal everything up.

I colored my little friends with Copic markers in the following colors:

• BV11, BV13, BV17 - Purple
• R81, R83, R85 - Rose
• Y00, Y02, Y08 - Yellow
• C00, C0, C1 C3, C5 - Gray
• YR20, E21, E53 - Basket
• BG0000, BG000, BG53 - Washing Machine
• YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27 - Kittens

Once I had my friends colored and cut out, I glued them to the washing machine and then used 2mm foam tape to fill in the gap between them and the background.

I used one of the sentiments from the stamp set for the front of the card.  I stamped it out, trimmed it and the glued it to another piece of patterned paper to frame it out.  

To add a little bling, I glued Sparkle Spots, by Trinity Stamps, in Watermelon, Celeste and Blue Sky to the top of the card front.

I think this card turned out adorable.  I love the little shaker element, it just adds a fun extra detail.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that you have a great day!

Sandy