A Jillian Vance Design: Merry & Bright and Inlaid Shakers!

Welcome back! I'm so excited about this new release and I couldn't wait to share this one with you using the new Christmas Lights Shaker Die Set!

I made the bulbs inlaid! I die cut a rectangle panel and then lined up the bulbs where I wanted them and ran them through my die cutter. I lined up two and taped them in place and then lined the small one up next to the large bulb window and ran it through again.

Then I added a piece of clear acetate to the back and foam tape around each of the bulbs... I decided I'd do three separate shakers to make each one a different color. I also covered the rest of the panel in foam tape for structure for the front panel. I cut additional bulbs from green, red, and yellow and glued the frame onto the acetate window. I cut the chain from the Anchors Aweigh set from green and then the base of the bulbs in the same green.

Finally, I flipped the panel over and filled each of the windows with sequins. Next I removed the protective paper from the popup tape surrounding each bulb separately and one at a time covered each sequin well with a coordinating piece of cardstock that matched the frame. Finally I removed the the protective layer from the rest of the panel and popped it onto a red sheet of cardstock cut slightly larger than the front panel.

I added a white strip to the bottom and the Alpha dies cut from red glitter over the top with foam tape. Then I cut the Merry & Bright sentiment from the Holiday Scripty Greetings dies from green foiled cardstock and trimmed off the Merry and glued it carefully to the bottom of the Merry word. A few clear sequins and done!

That's me for today! I hope you enjoyed it and you'll come again soon for more New Release inspiration!