Sarah Goke ~ Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator

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Showing posts with label Shaker card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shaker card. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

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 :)