Mountain Scene Shaker Card

My oldest son turns 28 this weekend, and I wanted to make him a special card for his birthday. He loves to go hiking and misses the mountains in Washington state where he was stationed for 2 1/2 years while he was in the Marines. I purchased Altenew's Mountain Scene stencil so I could create a mountain and forest scene for his card. I also used Altenew's Cloud Scene stencil and did some masking of the mountains in order to create the clouds above them. I was able to visit while my son and daughter-in-law lived out there, and it is incredibly beautiful. They were near Puget Sound, so the ocean, mountains, and forests made for a gorgeous setting. 

I decided to make this into a shaker card because I think my 2 year-old-grandson will enjoy shaking it and hearing all the beads rattle around in his daddy's card. Plus, shakers are just plain fun for any age! I recently saw Nicki Baxley create a full-front shaker card at the Stress-Free Cardmakers Summit, so I thought I'd do something similar but in a slimline size. 

After creating the shaker pouch, I adhered it to a piece of metallic cardstock 1/4 inch larger than the pouch and then adhered that to a slimline card base that matches the blue cardstock I used for the "happy birthday" sentiment (from Altenew's Versatile Greetings 2 die set). I then die cut a crane from Altenew's Red-Crowned Cranes die set from the same metallic cardstock I used behind the shaker pouch and adhered the sentiment and crane to the front of the card. 

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Masking the mountains before creating the clouds:

Homework for AECP class: Masking Unleashed. 

Challenges I'm entering:

Word Power: ATG with words as the focus (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

{Cupcake Inspirations}: Trees (1/3; ends 5/30/25)

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Add a sentiment (2/3; ends 6/3/25)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Masculine (1/4; ends 5/25/25)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; ends 5/30/25)

Creative Inspiration Challenges: ATG (2/2; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with Optional Twist of Celebrate Something New (5/6; ends at the end of the month) 

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 4/10 for the challenge; ends 6/4/25)

Cardz 4 Galz: Things with Wings (1/3; ends 5/28/25)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of masculine (unlimited entries; ends 6/12/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Crafty Catz: ATG (1/5; ends 5/29/25)

A Place To Start: ATG (8/8; ends at the end of the month) 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week: Die Cut, Metallic, and Stenciling

Colorful Options: I chose the blue, green, and orange/brown from the palette (ends at the end of the month)