Sunday, July 12, 2015

Party Kitty Shaker and Wand (Free Image, too)!


Warning:  Cute and sweet all over the place!  This kitty is adorable!  Just perfect for a birthday greeting or party favor.  Don't you think?  


Is it just me?  I always have trouble with shaker cards.  With this one, I wanted the confetti to stay to the right of the kitty.  What use is having cute confetti if all disappears behind the kitty, right?  Could I glue it all?  No, I decided there was no way.  (I did glue the blue star sequin, however, I wanted it RIGHT THERE!  Here's what I actually did:


I sprinkled confetti onto the blue and white background.  Stacked a piece of transparency on top of that and then the yellow gingham.  Then I VERY CAREFULLY took it over to the sewing machine and stitched what you see above.  It seems to have worked!  


Don't you want to have a party?  This would make darling cupcake toppers, too!

Here are the steps for the kitty wand:


Print and cut out the adorable kitty.  You might notice that the circles are the trash  negative space from making the shaker card.  Tie a ribbon around the straw and make the fringe.


I usually just glue the layers down the middle - you can sew it, too.  I really like the look of pinking the fringe.


I use Aleene's glue - hot glue works, too.


Let it dry a little and fluff it up - just scrunch it!  I also added a flag at the top and clipped it to a bag with a paper clip.  


Download the adorable kitty HERE.

I can't believe it's already July 12th!  How many days until Christmas?

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!



6 comments:

  1. What's really weird is that I've never considered gluing bits of the confetti to make them stay. Let alone sewing to create a barrier - genius! Super adorable design! LOVE all the patterns going on and that vintage kitten is adorable!

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  2. Oh my goodness - so adorable! Love the shaker element and added stitching - genius! Have a great week.

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  3. Another adorable make Lori.
    Oh, and if you really wanted to know...at the time of posting this comment there are 163 days until Christmas LOL
    Toni xx

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  4. These look beautiful Lori !! I am thinking of making these cute shaker cards.

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  5. OMGoodness, I LOVE your party kitty - thank you so much! Your shaker card and party wand are super cute! Great idea to add stitching to your shaker to keep the bits where you want them! Such a cute kitty!!! I am on a blog break but I couldn't miss your kitty! Hope you're having a great summer, Lori!

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