Tutorial: Window Shakers

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here with a couple shaker cards using both the positive and negative die cuts from the Window Frames Die Cuts and some ink blending to create an ombre color fade on the inside of the shaker to compliment the sequins and confetti!

Look how the soft ink blending on the inside of the shaker sets off the filling so well – and the Iridescent Mini Star and Heart Confetti pick up the color of the ink that is underneath them – helping make it more versatile than ever!

I started off by choosing my pattern paper, and trimming a piece of white cardstock to fit the front of my card, leaving the pattern paper showing at the top and bottom – in this case I did 4 1/4″ by 4″ – almost a square. Use some removable tape (washi tape or Post It tape which is what I used here) to hold the die in place and run through your die cut machine, saving both pieces.

I chose some inks that coordinated with the dominate color of my pattern paper and used a foam ink blender to add a soft color on the bottom of the inside piece. I used a light touch – I didn’t want the color too deep, and let it fade out to white at the top.

Add the acetate windows to the outer portion of the frame, and then a little trick I like to use to line up the inner portion perfectly – use a tiny bit of easily removable tape (again, I used Post It tape) to hold the back piece to the acetate window, apply adhesive to the back of just the inner portion of the window, place panel where you would like it on the card front, press firmly to attach adhesive, then easily pull off the outer portion that is only attached with that tiny piece of tape.

I used a mix of the Iridescent Mini Star and Heart Confetti, and some smaller 4mm Strawberry Burst and Peridot Mist sequins – I only used one layer of ordinary foam adhesive, so I didn’t want my shaker to have bulky items in it. I also spaced out the colored sequins, that way if things didn’t shake around a lot, I knew everything would be evenly spaced out to begin with with. Aren’t those sequins so pretty and sparkly together?

Add foam adhesive to the front of the shaker windows and attach over the sequins – see how perfectly they line up? To finish off, I wrapped some twine around the entire card front, tied in a bow, then mounted my little birdies with foam adhesive over the bows.

And the green version:

Maybe even MORE sparkly!

• Birdie Friends stamp set
• Window Frames die set
• Foam Tape (extra large roll): Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Post-It tape: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Plaid paper pad: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Would love to hear what your favorite color combo of these is! I don’t think I can choose between the two – and I can’t get enough plaid paper these days! LOVE it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today – have an absolutely wonderful day!!!