My First Shaker Card

Pin It Now! In my recent post I mentioned stepping out of the box & I tried something new yesterday afternoon: I made my very first shaker card. I know it's not a new idea but up until now I guess I just wasn't sure what I wanted to attempt it on. Not long ago I saw a fellow demonstrator post a Christmas card that had a cute snowman & I instantly knew I wanted to try my own; I never thought to try him this way but isn't he cute?

I stamped the snowman from the set "Snow Much Fun" onto a piece of  2 3/4" x 2 1/2" Whisper White card stock using StazOn. I then used a craft knife to cut out his belly being careful to cut inside of the black line. I used Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, & Pumpkin Pie to color him in. I cut a second piece of white card stock measuring 2" x 2 1/2" & placed it under him so I could lightly trace his belly so I knew where to position him later; set the snowman image aside for now. I used the new shaker frames from the Holiday Mini & put it around the traced belly image on the smaller piece of card stock. I put some mica flakes inside the circle (also from the new mini) & took off the backing on the shaker frame. I placed a piece of plastic baggie that I had cut (I didn't have any window sheets; I have hear of people using cello bags, too) over the shaker frame. Once it was secure I used my paper snips to trim the plastic so not much excess hung over the shaker frame. I stacked 2 dimensionals on top of each other (that's how high the shaker frame is) & placed them in 4 corners close to the shaker frame before placing the snowman on top. I used sticky strip to adhere the entire snowman to a layer of Riding Hood Red. This entire layer was placed on top of a piece of textured Wild Wasabi card stock with more sticky strip. I added some Chocolate Chip dotted spots ribbon before finally adhering the layer to the Riding Hood Red card base. I don't know if it shows in the picture but I used some Dazzling Details to the snowball in his hand & to his face. I also used a glue dot & added a jingle bell to his hat. The sentiment will go on the inside on a piece of 5 1/4" x 4" white card stock.

It really went together quicker than I thought; it took me longer typing out the directions than actually doing it. He is so fun & jingles, too! :)  He just may be a Christmas card I have to send to a few this year. ;) I'm so glad I decided to try him; I learned something new & had fun doing it.

Well I'm off to see what other things I can do today. I've had Christmas on my mind for a few days so maybe I can get some Thanksgiving mojo flowing :)  Have a great day & hope you too learn something new today :)