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!
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