I have totally fallen in love with shaker cards. Not only is there fun movement, but after having made a few, I think I have figured out some tips and tricks to help fix the few frustrating issues folks often have with them.<\/p>\n
<\/a>I made this card using the same FREE adorable coloring page image I used yesterday from Elizabeth O. Dulemba, called “Sledding Bear!<\/a><\/span>” I colored it up using only Copics\u00a0W1 and 3 for the bear and C1, 3, 5, and 7 for his hat, scarf and sled. SIDE NOTE: Using warm greys for living creatures seems to work better than cold greys. The background was made using the same technique\u00a0as I shared in yesterday’s pos<\/span>t<\/a>.\u00a0I stamped snowflakes with VersaMark ink and\u00a0heat embossed them and then I used Distress Ink which resisted the embossed areas.<\/p>\n <\/a>I then used a little acetate and 4 circle dies from the Diemond Dies Nesting Circle Die Set to create the shaker (I wanted the whole card to allude to the fun of round snowballs). \u00a0I positioned the largest circle on the background image (pictured left) to cut out the background. \u00a0To create the shaker topper frame, I used the same largest circle and the smallest of the four circle dies to die cut out a frame. \u00a0To make the spacer rings, I cut 2 fun foam sheets using 2 middle sized circle dies. \u00a0HINT: Skipping the circle dies immediately larger and immediately smaller than the 2 middle circle dies gives a nice forgiving buffer so that the spacer rings are not visible from the front or sides of the card. \u00a0<\/em>To assemble the shaker, I used E6000 to adhere everything together in the following order (from bottom to the top): (1) background base, (2) 2 spacer fun foam rings, (3) shaker pieces (no adhesive here–LOL), (4) acetate cover, and (5) shaker topper frame.<\/p>\n My readers can get 10% off at Diemond Dies<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by using\u00a0the coupon code: thankskristina<\/strong>. If your purchase is $35 or more, you also get FREE worldwide shipping!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n