Shaker Cards

  • Base card A5 - 14.8cm x 21cm
  • Contrasting or matching card 13.8cm x 9.5cm
  • Acetate
  • Couture Creations double sided Self Adhesive Foam Strips
  • Frame or window die of your choice – square, heart, cloud etc
  • Or nesting dies to create a frame.
  • Decorations to shake – sequins, beads, gems etc

 Basic Quick Card

  1. Using the matching or contrasting card, cut a window using nesting dies or a frame die.
  2. Cut the acetate using the largest nesting die or the frame die.
  3. Adhere to the back of the window.
  4. Place foam strip around the window on top of the acetate – close enough to the window so the pieces will be seen through the window, but not close enough to be seen through the window.
  5. Mark on the base card where the window is.
  6. Decorate inside the window - the middle of the card
  7. If a large window adhere some of the pieces to the card around the decorations, so they are still on the background when the rest fall to the bottom when standing up.
  8. If a large card place shaker decorations into the middle of the card. Not too many so they won’t shake, but enough to be noticed when standing up.
  9. Adhere the frame to the card around the decoration.

Double Layer

Contrasting or matching card 13.8cm x 9.5cm

Acetate – 2 pieces slightly larger than the window

  1. Emboss your contrasting or matching card before you cut the window.
  2. Plan where the hole needs to be cut for the window.
  3. Die cut the window.
  4. Adhere double sided tape to acetate and adhere to back of window.
  5. Place foam strip around the window on top of the acetate – close enough to the window so the pieces will be seen through the window, but not close enough to be seen through the window.
  6. Place shaker decorations into the inner section of the foam on the acetate. Not too many so they won’t shake, not too few so they all fall to the bottom.
  7. Attach 2nd piece of acetate to the foam.
  8. Attach foam strip around the remainder of the card and double sided adhesive to the sides of acetate.
  9. Adhere the card to the base card.
  10. Decorate as required.

 Some Decorating Ideas: