Today's card was created for the special challenge at
shaker cards.
You have until Ocotber 20th to submit your shaker card
for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!
I'm entering my project in the new challenge blog for all things Christmas,
and
as well as
Thanks for looking =)
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PROJECT DETAILS AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS:
This was a
fun experiment in shaker card making: creating a snowman from various dies and
paper punches.
If you don't
have circle dies, you could still make this with something as simple as a
compass and Xacto knife. All you need is something to make three different
sized, stacked circles cut in your card front. Then of course whatever you want
to shake inside your window and extra embellishments, if you wish, on the
front.
Supplies I
used:
Circle dies
1"
square paper punch = for the top of the
hat
Word Window
paper punch, Stampin' Up! = hat brim
"Leafy
fern" (I'm not sure of the name) paper punch, Martha Stewart. I trimmed it
into smaller pieces to tuck them under the brim of the hat.
1/8"
circle hole paper punch = berries on the hat
Snowflake
paper punch, Stampin' Up! = trimmed to make the arms
Red and
white gingham ribbon
Black and
white craft inks = details on the hat
Divine
Swirls embossing folder, Cuttlebug
Acetate for
window
White,
black, green, red and textured brown card stocks
White fun
foam = die cut to make the "corral" for the shaker material and to
give it depth
Mini
snowflake paper punched pieces (created with the fallout from a border punch,
unknown manufacturer) made with silver glitter paper and shimmer white paper =
shaker material
Clear micro
beads = shaker material
Heavy duty
double stick adhesive tape
Scissors
Pencil
I don't have
photos of all of the steps unfortunately, but here are a couple to give you an
idea of how I made the snowman.
If you are
going to use circle dies to create your snowman, find three of various sizes
that will fit your card front. Lay them down, slightly overlapping. When you
are happy with the placement, trace the circle dies to help you line them up
when you cut them. You can't cut all three at one time since they are
overlapping, so you will need to run it through a couple of times. NOTE: I
embossed the front piece first without thinking. Embossing should be done after
die cutting the circles because it will get flattened out in places during the
die cutting process.
I carefully
lined my piece back up in the embossing folder and ran it through when I was
done die cutting.
This photo
shows pieces of fun foam that I die cut to fit around and under the die cut
snowman window. I used numerous tiny pieces of heavy duty double stick tape to
adhere the fun foam to the card stock and acetate. It was also used to adhere
the acetate to the card stock. You will want to put one in place then line up
the others and trim them with small scissors. Make sure that all of the fun
foam touches each other, that there are no gaps. Gaps would allow your shaker
material to escape.
NOTE: once
again , I wasn't thinking it through. I should have had the acetate sandwiched
between the back of the embossed card stock front and the fun foam
"corral" in this photo. After realizing my mistake and fixing it, I
didn't take another photo. Be sure your acetate is adhered to the card stock
die cut window piece before applying the dimensional "corral".
Fill your
"corral" with small items to shake. Make the sides of your
"corral" deeper to holder thicker items if you'd like. I used clear
micro beads with teeny tiny paper punched glittery and shimmery snowflakes to
fill my snowman. The depth of a single piece of fun foam was perfect for my
"corral".
Adhere a
scrap piece of card stock over the filled snowman shaker then attach it to the
card front. You may want to assemble the corral and shaker material on the card
front itself then attach the window over it. This would be done easily if you
were making a simple large circle or square shaker window.
Detail your
snowman to your liking. You can even add a face and buttons.
Think of all
the fun shapes you can make and fill to create shaker cards !
