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
- Using the matching or contrasting card, cut a window using nesting dies or a frame die.
- Cut the acetate using the largest nesting die or the frame die.
- Adhere to the back of the window.
- 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.
- Mark on the base card where the window is.
- Decorate inside the window - the middle of the card
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Emboss your contrasting or matching card before you cut the window.
- Plan where the hole needs to be cut for the window.
- Die cut the window.
- Adhere double sided tape to acetate and adhere to back of window.
- 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.
- 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.
- Attach 2nd piece of acetate to the foam.
- Attach foam strip around the remainder of the card and double sided adhesive to the sides of acetate.
- Adhere the card to the base card.
- Decorate as required.
Some Decorating Ideas: