Saturday, October 18, 2025

Peaceful Place Shaker Christmas Card #AHSC651

 Hi and welcome to this week's sketch challenge by Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges.

I really love the layout of this sketch which features multiple layers and  opportunities to add texture.  Making it into a monochromatic shaker Christmas card meant I didn't have to colour the cute little garden cottage, which kept things simple and I was able to keep the sparkle and shine in the shaker portion of the card.  

Here is my card:  




Supplies and Instructions:

Stamps and Dies: 

  • Home for the Holidays Oct 23 Paper Pumpkin Kit stamps
  • Snowman Magic  #159816 sentiment stamps
  • Stitched Circle Dies 

Cardstock and Designer Series Paper:

  • Basic White 
    • 1/2" x 4 1/4" for sentiment strip
    • 3 x 3 for stitched circle cut out 
    • 3 3/4" x 5" for inside layer
  • Smokey Slate
    • 3" x 4 1/2" for front matte
    • 4" x 5 1/4" for inside matte
  • DSP Stampin' Up!: 
    • Peaceful Place 12 x 12 #156394 (R)
      • 1st matte 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
      • 2nd matte 5 1/4" x 4" 
  • Window Sheet 
    • 2 3/4" x 4" for shaker window cover 

Ink:

  • Pebbled Path 

Accessories: 

  • Foam Adhesive Strips #141825
  • Frosted Sequins #135835 (R) SU
  • Subtle Shimmer sequins #156407
  • Dimensionals
  • Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder #162026


The Peaceful Place DSP was one of my all time favourite Christmas papers when it came out a few years ago. There's such a rich blend of silver foil and images on each of the pages. The first mat is a mix of foil snowflakes and basic gray background while the second matte has rows of snow capped trees making it the perfect background for the winter cottage. The basic gray layer worked really well for creating a shaker card. 

Well that's it for this sketch and I've lost count, but I think this is the 101st of 150 cards for this season. Please leave me a not to let me know if you liked the style of this card.  

HAPPY STAMPING!
PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT 
Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

8 comments:

Pamela said...

what a great sketch that you turned it into a shaker's card, thank you for sharing this creation with us at Atlantic Hearts

Michelle said...

I love making shaker cards, Never thought to do that with this sketch though! I love the details and the texture you added as well. Thank you for joining and sharing with us at atlantic hearts sketch challenge.

Leilani McGranahan said...

Wowzers. I love that you turned the sketch into a shaker card. So creative. Thanks for sharing with the AHSC

LeAnne said...

I love this! What a sweet shaker card--you did a fabulous job with it! Thanks for using our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week!

Penny Hanuszak said...

Thanks so much Pamela. Appreciate it!

Penny Hanuszak said...

Glad you like shaker cards too! As soon as I saw this sketch I knew what I wanted to create, so it was a lot of fun. Thanks for your comment!

Penny Hanuszak said...

Thanks so much Leilani. This was such a great sketch to work with!

Penny Hanuszak said...

Thanks for your words of encouragement LeAnne. Appreciate it. Great sketch!

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