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Hello crafty friends! Today, I’m sharing a fun, interactive birthday shaker card featuring the brand-new Favor Friendly Foxes embossing folder from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release. If you love stretching your supplies, this reverse coloring and blackout technique is a must-try.

I began by running heavy white cardstock through my die-cutting machine with the embossing folder. Instead of working on the raised side, I flipped the panel over to the debossed side. Using alcohol markers, I carefully colored in each of the recessed foxes with rich, warm shades of orange and cream, leaving the surrounding paper blank.

Next came the blackout magic. Holding a crisp black ink pad flat, I lightly swiped it directly across the raised surface of the panel. Because the colored foxes sit down inside the debossed wells, the ink only grazes the surrounding background. This direct-to-paper swipe creates an intense, dramatic contrast that instantly makes the warm little critters pop.

To turn the panel into a shaker, I die-cut a scalloped rectangle frame from white cardstock and stamped the classic “happy birthday…” sentiment across the bottom border. I backed the scalloped opening with acetate, framed the perimeter with foam tape to build a deep shaker well, and filled it with a generous mix of shimmering sequins before sealing the inked background in place.

After mounting the finished shaker unit onto an A2 card base, I added one final touch: a standalone colored fox embellishment popped up with foam tape right in the bottom corner. It breaks past the scalloped border, grounds the sentiment, and brings the whole forest scene together.

Do check out fun pictures of the project on my Instagram page (@rp_shutterbug). Do tag me on Instagram with pictures of your projects.

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