How To Make A Snowflake Shaker – Day 14

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A snowflake shaker card makes a perfect Christmas card! Learn how to make one for Day 14 of the 25 Days of Christmas Cards!

Some cover dies to make perfect shaker cards. For example, the Snowflake Circle Cover Die from @GinaKDesigns creates a perfect window for our shaker. And that is the cover die that we are going to use for this card.

Patterned Paper Card Panel for Snowflake Shaker Card

But before we use it, we are going to make our own patterned paper. To do so we’ll need a variety of smallish snowflake stamps. Hopefully, you already have some snowflake stamps in your stash. But if you don’t, Gina K Designs have a ton of different snowflake stamps. A couple of examples are Sparkling Snowflakes, Wishing You, and the Mini Wreath Builder.

To demonstrate how to create the patterned paper, we are going to randomly stamp the snowflakes in three colors all over a white A2 card panel. HINT: Try to make sure that the sizes and colors of the snowflakes are evenly distributed over the card panel.

When the ink is dry, we’ll use the snowflake cover die to die-cut it from the patterned paper. And finally, we’ll heat emboss the sentiment below the window. In other words, we’ll brush anti-static powder over the card panel to keep the powder from sticking to anything but the sentiment. Next, we’ll stamp the sentiment below the snowflake with watermark ink.

And then, we’ll sprinkle black embossing powder over the ink, pour it off and give the card panel a tap. Finally, we’ll heat up the embossing powder until it’s smooth and melted.

Prepping the Shaker

Trim a piece of acetate to 3 3/8″ x 3 3/8″ so that it is just slightly smaller than the piece we just cut with the cover die. Attach double-sided adhesive tape all the way around the circle on the back side of the cover plate. This will be used to attach the acetate. And now, we’ll lay the acetate down over the adhesive tape and press it into the tape. Once the acetate is on, then we want to attach double-sided foam tape right over the top of where we just added the double-sided adhesive tape. The foam will act as a dam to keep the sequins within our window.

Hint: I added a little piece of foam tape right in the middle of the snowflake too. As a result, the snowflake can’t slump in the middle.

Once the frame is made, now we’ll add foam tape or scraps of the double-sided adhesive sheet to cover the rest of the cover plate that is not in the “window”.

Assembling the Snowflake Shaker Card

The card in the photo has a backer panel that is 1/16″ larger than the cover plate on all four sides. If you would like a color frame like this for your card too, then trim your color panel to 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″. Hint: If you want to take an easier route, just trim the color panel to A2 size, 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. Regardless of the size make your color panel, you need to attach it to the front of your card base with a glue runner.

Now comes the fun part. Sprinkle your sequins onto the color panel. Be sure to use enough to provide plenty of bling but not so much that they cover the whole surface or won’t move behind the acetate. And then, move them around with your fingers until they will be inside and away from where the foam tape will attach.

Now, remove the backer paper on the tape and carefully lower the cover panel down onto your backer panel. This completes the shaker. Now, all that is left to do is to center the shaker onto a white A2 card base with a glue runner.

Supplies

• Cardstock: Card base Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Solar White; Card panel – Gina K Designs Heavyweight White
  • Stamp: Gina K Designs Star Struck

• • Ink: Gina K Designs Dye Ink – Wild Lilac, Blue Lagoon, Key Lime

• • Glitter Embossing Powder: Nuvo Shimmering Pearl

• • Dies: Gina K Designs Snowflake Circle Cover Die; Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2

• • Adhesives: Scrapbook.com Double-sided Adhesive Foam Sheets; Gina K Designs 1/8″ Terrific Tape

• • Acetate: Spellbinders Clear Acetate Sheets

• • Ink: Watermark – Gina K Designs Watermark and Embossing Ink;

• • Die-cutting Machine: Spellbinders Platinum 6

• • Anti-static Powder Tool: Cottontail

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