Good Morning! If you happened to wonder where was my morning early post….we lost internet yesterday! Sorry for the delay but you are going to love this one! 🙁 The GREAT news is that I am back and we need to have a chat about this super cute shaker card!
I adored the comments from yesterday and yes…PEEP James did love the card (sometimes I wonder if he just says that because of me being “Mom” but he liked it and John…well ~ he increased his order to 18 cards! I think they think I eat Bonbons all day!)
Here you go….side by side, you decide! I know that you like these 2 days posts and every week I say to myself, I don’t know if I can do it….and then somewhere…somehow – I pull it off!
I have LOTS of pictures for you today as I feel pictures really help but as always, please feel free to email me if you need additional help. Shaker cards are really fun to make and they are like anything else, a couple of tips and tricks and the process is much smoother!
Before we get going, here are the comments from the guys. They BOTH liked Saturday’s Card…naturally I said, does that mean that you didn’t like Sunday’s card….they both laughed at me and said that they didn’t need the fru-fru inside but they said that my readers would prefer the shaker card…..YES – I love them both but it is FUN to shake-shake-shake!!!
Making a Shaker Card if fun. Making a Shaker card is rewarding as there is something special about the movement inside. Making a Shaker Card creates and instant WOW to whomever is lucky enough to receive it. I hope that YOU try to make one.
We all have the necessities of making one…you can use circles, squares, rectangles….but today I am using the Hearth & Home Framelit as I think that it is a perfect choice for a shaker card, especially for the Holidays!
You can see by the pictures that I stamped the tree and cut it out like a normally would do but then I also cut a piece of Crumb Cake to go behind the window. Below you will see that I simply adhered the tree and then snipped off the edges for the backdrop of the shaker element!
TIP ALERT: – Use the thin Foam Strips when making a Shaker Card…they are a DREAM MACHINE and make life soooooo much easier and it is a HUGE time saver! Just make sure that you have the ends together to lot allow and “goodies” to decide they want to leave the card!
Here is another tip: – I like to take the embossing buddy bag and run it over the paper and image BEFORE I put the sequins in…this helps with static when you place the acetate over and also it takes away some of the “tackiness” of the sides of the adhesive strips so the elements do not stick (You can see in the picture below that I must not have done a good job on the right side as there are many elements sticking….no worries, once you have your card together just keep shaking and shaking and they will get loose!)
I forget to take a picture of this but I think that you will “get it” – You will adhere a piece of acetate to the front windowpane part of the diecut. I used tear – n tape and where it was too wide, I simply folded it over. You really want a good and strong hold to keep the acetate in place. Also, take the embossing buddy and do the same thing – this helps for the static!
Another TIP: – before you release the adhesive strips, glue down a couple of sequins etc….randomly around the visual part. This way when your card is sitting up as a card would be on a shelf etc…you will see some elements and then hopefully (unless you are a guy) it will encourage you to give this card some love and smile as you shake it back and forth! 🙂
I went into my stash of fun and randomly used elements that I love…I just love little seed beads and also clear items. No rules, just have fun but do not put too much in because it will be hard to get the good “shake” – less is best!
Here is my smile picture, when I get to this part…I feel like I have accomplished something. I admit, guilty as charged that I have be known in my family to carry around a card and to keep saying, do you like this one – this is one that I would do with it!
I think that the tree behind the window just warms your heart for the holidays! I a getting excited (I rarely do this early) but yesterday we worked our tails off (but trust me, there still is a big tail behind me) and I will say that we accomplished 85% of the decorating! Tomorrow I will share with you a funny that will make you laugh!
Here is your 411 – picture to pin for the future! Just hover over it and take it to your favorite spot! I am sad that this stamp is “walking the bye-bye plank” but it will be one that will not leave Randall Lane…there are simply some stamps that you cannot part with!
Click here to see the items that are on the year end closeouts and remember, with every $75+ or more purchase with me this month, YOU can go into the VAULT and pick any stamp set your heart desires. I have 5 years of stamps in there and it has been a WORK IN PROGRESS trying to get them all in one place.
Those that have been to the vault as happy to finally get that one stamp set that they wanted but didn’t get. I do have marked in the vault (updated it yesterday) the items from this current catalog that I am saying goodbye to….but I can not mail them to you until after the catalog ends, Jan. 3rd as per our rules!
Have a fabulous day….”get lots done” and look for me at the Ravens game!!! Yep, James bought tickets for us to go together…..so the 3 of us are going to Baltimore today, this will be my first love NFL Game! It should be a fun day!
p.s. – this coming week of posts….they will be super fun and informative as I will be sharing with you some practical and fun ways to finish up those gifts ideas!
Ah, let the games begin….men vs. women! I like both cards but Saturday’s card is a bit more “gentlemanly.” Men like simple. I like today’s card with the window and the “shake it” fun aspect. And the winner is…it’s a tie! Have a great day at the game!
I love the way you think and I do agree….there is just something about shaking that is fun. When I was questioning John he said, “Well…I guess that I just do not understand why someone would want to shake a card?” – Men…..I said, when you see a snowglobe do you pick it up and shake it?
These are both Wowser cards. I am a big fan of “Crumb Cake” paper. But even if you didn’t make today’s card a shaker, I love peeking in the window and seeing the tree. Also, love your 2 day posts. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Thanks Robyn…I admit, I had purchased the window framelit and it was MONTHS before I even tried to use it. When it was carried over from last year I figured I better give it a whirl! I agree that even if you did not do the shaker part, it would be super sweet! Thanks for popping in!
Hi Susan–You’ve done it again… You had me yesterday at “crumb cake” and I could not imagine what would make it better, but even though I’m normally not taken with shaker cards, today’s is just wonderful. Thanks!
Hi Georgette and thanks for popping in! I like it when shaker cards are just SIMPLE ONES….not with a bunch of fru-fru! They are easy to make and now that we have the thin adhesive strips…..YEAH!!!!
Love it !! I love the Crumb Cake window frame also . This Sunday card is my choice because I like everything you did with this one. ! Love Shaker cards !
Say hello to Steve Smith (he`s a former Carolina Panther and we miss him ) Enjoy the game ! I love football too !
Shake it Sonny….SHAKE IT!!!! We had a BALL at the game and I told my son James to try to find “your man”….he looked at me like I had 3 heads and said, if I find him ~ what are you going to do…..I said – EASY…..I will yeah that Sonny from North Carolina misses you!!!! Hugs my friend!
Love them both! Clean and simple vs fun! Have a GREAT time at the game!!!!
The game was a blast – weather was perfect and not too cold….but the traffic coming home……TERRIBLE but we had fun in the card together! I am so glad that you liked the posts this weekend….we are both from the same mold, Clean and Simple gals!
I am addicted to shaker cards myself so I would want to receive Sunday’s version. I might forgo the shaker step and just make it a “peer through the window” card if I was making a bunch to send. And I, too, was wondering WHAT exactly you were going to do to step up Saturday’s card which I thought was pretty darn perfect. Love how you took it in a different direction.
Hope the game is fun. We’ll all look for you on TV!!!
You are soooooo right….use the window and forget about the shaker part as it will still be super cute and the WOW factor…..definitely there! Thanks for viewing the 2 day posts!
Never would have guessed a shaker card!! I always try to guess what you might do, of course only maybe once if that, was I right. Both cards ard winners but I think shaker cards are always fun 🙂
Keeping YOU guessing is FUN!!! I think that the cards that YOU sent my way are AMAZING….Sometimes a girl needs to do what a girl needs to do – SHAKE IT a bit!
You make it all sound so simple! Cute card and I love shaker cards so win-win for me! Enjoy the game–nothing like being at a pro game to me! Atmosphere is electric!
Thanks for the comment but these shakers really are simple as we have the perfect elements to make them. Do you remember when making a shaker card caused grey hairs to sprout because we did not have the thin strips…and trying to cut the stampin’ dimensionals to fit “just right” – we’ve come a long way baby!
Love this stepped up version, but also think the original is pretty classy, too.
I agree and great point. Either one would work just fine. It would come down to that thing we talk about a bunch, TIME FACTOR!
What a clever way to step up your card from yesterday. Very cute and clever!
Enjoy your day in Baltimore and the Ravens game.
Hmmmm….clever – now YOU and your stampin’ partners in crime are the “queens of clever” I am glad that you liked it….the game was a blast and there were memories made = mission accomplished for a great day with a PEEP!
To think I thought you just might decorate the tree or highlight one of the words! This is so fun and I would think it is more of a girl thing than a guy card. Thanks again for all the tips and tricks, I had already forgotten about using the embossing buddy on the sides – I remembered the acetate and the card part. Also, I had forgotten about gluing on a few of the sequins or whatever. Plus, using up old seed beads from needlework kits! I think I need to make a birthday one using the beads for my best friend who is a needleworker….she never knows what to do with those beads from the kits. She decided not to stamp anymore. I still think I prefer yesterday’s card but today’s is just plain fun! I have always wanted the window die. Right now Mother Earth is making her own shaker card – we have our first snow fall and all sizes of flakes from big to tiny are falling outside our windows as I look out.
Oh no…SNOW???? It is pretty BUT…..your friend would LOVE a card with beads. I need to look for beads in another section of the store as if you purchase them in the card making section….they can get a bit pricey. I just pick up do-dads here and there!!! Hugs!
Both cards are very nice and give me inspiration. I think my first choice would be yesterday’s card with today’s a close second. I love shaker cards and I appreciate your tips on making them. I appreciate your effort in doing the stepped up cards on the weekends. You are very creative and it’s great to see how small changes can make a big effect. You must feel great to have so much of your decorating behind you. We need to start…perhaps tomorrow. Have a great day.
Hello and thanks for the feedback in liking the 2 day posts! Even though I scratch my head, they are fun to do! Yesterdays card is a fast one…totally agree and now that I need to make some for the “men in my life” – I better get crackin’ – It does feel great to be ahead of the decorating….I am super blessed that John LOVES to do it as well!
Adorable stepped up version. Tell your guys, nobody NEEDS “frou-frou”. That is the whole point. I laughed out loud when you said to “trim” the tree. It just struck my weird sense of humor! Enjoy the game! Stay warm!
I am sooooo glad that you liked the “trim the tree” as when I said it to myself, I burst out laughing. It was funny as when I showed John and he said, How did you get that tree in there….I said easy…..glue that thing down and take the scissors to TRIM THE TREE!!!!
Susan, what a great project. Loved the card that you made on Saturday.
YIPPEE….I wish you lived closer so we could make some together….it is a great stamp!
Susan, I like both cards. But today’s card is so amazing. It is a great card. I think men and women would love this card. Have a great day. Hugs, Ellen Hinds
Awe…Ellen is in the house – I always get a smile when I see your name! I am glad that you enjoyed them…it’s kind of hard to go wrong with a great stamp like that….and then great people like you all to see it! STAMP ON!
I had to laugh that the boys don’t like the frou-frou. I actually like Saturday’s version better too but I can admire Sunday’s for what it is–a cool shaker card. I was thinking during the reading of this post that you were in trouble that the boys would then want the shaker card. I think lucky for they don’t since you don’t just sit around eating bon bons all day (so shocked by that revelation 😉 )
Shaker Card. No contest. Love the window and the little sprinkles inside!!!