Felt Shaker Rattle

Hello! I always enjoy joining Lawnfawnatics, Lawn Fawn's challenge blog. But the timing of their challenge coincides with the challenge blog where I am a DT member. Luckily, I mistakenly interchanged our blog's challenges. So, I created a project for Monday's challenge in advance. Now, I can join Lawnfawnatics! But their current challenge theme is Oh, Baby. This theme does not appeal to me that much since my sons are all grown up. I don't have anyone close to me who is pregnant. Oh, well. I can always save it for a future event. 

I came up with this idea. The products I used are:

• Lawn Fawn Stitched Flower Frame for the flower rattle and the rattle handle.
• Lawn Fawn Mom + Me for the critter on the center of the flower.
• Lawn Fawn Tiny Tags for the star tag.
• Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Collection for the star tag.
• Lawn Fawn Chirpy Chirp Chirp for the sentiment on the star tag.
• Paper Smooches Easter Egg Dies for the bow.
• My Favorite Things Circle Stax Dies for the shaker stacked cardstock well, circular handle and the acetates for the shaker.

The felt I used for this project is from Target. I used a metal shim to cut through it. I used a glue gun to adhere the felt to the acetate and cardstock stacks. I am not the best with glue guns but I was able to find the trick on how to work with my glue gun. 

I die cut 6 pieces of heavy weight white cardstock which I adhered on top of each other. This created a chipboard like material sturdy enough to create the rattle. The straight handle and circular handle are separate die cuts. To create continuity and some stability so the rattle won't break on the seam, I created a notch on the circular ring using the end of the stem die. After I've stacked the stem and circle rings on top of each other, I applied a strong liquid glue on this notch and slid the stem into it. I covered this with the stem felt and circle ring felt that added more stability to this seam. 

The shakers I used came from a baby sequin pack that was given to me by my friend, Janice. She bought it at a garage sale and thought that I will be able to use it. 

I created a mirror image of the baby owl to cover the adhesive of the owl adhered on the other side of the rattle. I don't think making a mirror image matters since the back of the owl is pretty much covered with the confetti inside the shaker. I just want something to cover the adhesive.

I die cut a lined patterned paper with the star tiny tag die. I cut the edges off, removing the stitched lines so I can matt this with the patterned paper star tiny tag. I doubled this with another star die cut.

I stamped the sentiment with a blue dye ink. I have to mask the sentiment so I can have two separate lines of sentiment. I attached the tag to the shaker rattle with a silver thread.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant day! Stay safe always.

Maria Giselle B.

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