Here is another card I made while away from my home craft table. I used another a cute Dandelion Designs stamp set, Thinking A Bao You. Since I didn't have my heart shaped die or Big Shot machine with me, I had to freehand cut the heart opening for the shaker element. Like making an elementary school Valentine...fold paper in half and then cut out a heart shape. I traced this heart onto the rainbow pastel card stock from 6x6 Lawn Fawn paper pack. Then I carefully cut it out...very easy. I didn't have cellophane or foam adhesive strips so I put the heart confetti in a small ziploc baggie. Next, I taped the baggie behind the heart opening and adhered the whole thing to the card blank. Stamping the bamboo steamer with partying bao buns and coloring them was easy peasy. I hand fussy cut the bao filled steamer and stamped words. They were glued down and small puffy sticker hearts were added.
For the inside of the card, a large bao, words and sticker hearts were added. It was fun to try making a card without the usual supplies I had at home. I had to think outside the box (craftroom) a bit and learned that fancy tools are not necessary to make a card worthy of mailing to celebrate an occasion. If you feel the need to craft while traveling or want to start up a simple, basic card crafting area in your home, try getting a few basic craft supplies from HM Ben Franklin Crafts. It won't be expensive, but will certainly provide you with many pleasurable moments and result in a creative release for your talent. Varoom, varoom.... look out....crafter on the go!



Woo Hoo! You certainly are the "Queen of Shaker Crafts" in my book! Even on the go... very impressive!
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