Shaker Card

Today I made my first shaker card! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The nice thing is now that Stampin' Up! is die-cutting their new stamp sets I have the perfect frame already made for these cards. Here is my card:

Supplies: Deer Friends Stamp Set (hostess) Hugs & Wishes Stamp Set, Shimmery White, Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy Card Stock, Not Quite Navy Classic Ink, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, acetate, 2 way glue stick, White Singo Gel Pen.














Would you like to know how I did it?

First I stamped the snow man image from the Deer Friends stamp set onto shimmery white using Not Quite Navy. I then punch him out using the 1 3/8" circle punch.


I took a 2"x2" piece of Baja Breeze Card Stock and used a temporary adhesive and adhered the snow man to the center of the Baja Breeze.




I then inserted this piece into my 1 3/8" circle punch - lining the snowman image up with the hole in the punch. This ensured that when I punched the circle in the Baja Breeze it would be centered.

Next take some double sided tape or sticky strip and cover the back of the Baja Breeze, cut out a piece of acetate just slighty smaller than 2"x2" and adhere to Baja Breeze.



Now is the fun part! The Deer Friends stamp set, being die cut, has already made our frame for us! Just cut out one of the circles, remove the backing and attach to the 2"x2" acetate.





Carefully remove the rubber part, leaving just the foam in the middle.







Now, add your micro beads or other filling of choice to the center of the foam, ontop of the acetate. Be careful not to get any on the sticky part of the foam. Also, a little goes a very long way!





Next take 2"x2" piece of Not Quite Navy and using 2 way glue, adhere the punched out snowman image to the center. The reason I used the 2 way glue stick was to ensure that I get a complete seal around the punched out piece. If I didn't then the micro beads would find their way behind Mr. Snowman.

Carefully place the Not Quite Navy piece over the foam making sure that the snowman image is going to show through the window on the front. This doesn't have to be a perfect match for the Not Quite Navy. Once you have adhered it, take your Craft & Rubber Scissors and trim the Not Quite Navy piece so that none is showing when you look at your shaker box from the front.

You are done! Add shaker box to your card.

I would love to see what you do with a shaker box! Please leave a link in the comments of this post to your blog or online gallery.