MFT | Shaker Card Basics

Hello and welcome to a week full of shaker card fun with My Favorite Things! We're sharing all kinds of shaker cards, all week long, with giveaways, videos and inspiration!! And you know I love shaker cards, so I am super excited to get this week started! ;)

Today is all about the basics of shaker cards and some tips and tricks for creating them. For my post I wanted to share some of my favourite things to put inside shaker cards and also share a card a created using some of those supplies.

First off, I wanted to share some of my favourite things to put inside my shaker cards. You can use pretty much any small objects that you have on hand... as long as if fits inside the shaker area, you're good to go! Some of my favourite things to include are pictured above:
  • sequins
  • seed beads
  • vase filler
  • confetti
  • wood embellishments
  • other various embellishments
It depends how 'deep' your shaker card is for what will comfortably fit inside and still move around. Shaker cards typically use some kind of foam adhesive and the size and thickness of what you use inside will depend on how thick your foam layer is.

For my card today, I used two layers of thin foam adhesive with sequins and seed beads on the inside. I used acetate for the window and added a fern leaf over top using the diecut inlay technique.

The window is made from a circle die and the layers of foam adhesive that I used were perfect for the dimension of the sequins and seed beads. They move around with no problems behind the acetate window.


The sequins and beads that I used are blues, greens and clear so they match the card design and colours. I love the awesome detail they add behind the fern... such a fun way to make a card interactive and fun! ;)

Make sure to visit the MFT blog all week long for awesome ideas and inspiration for shaker cards and of course, some giveaways as well! Today's giveaway has everything you need to make a shaker card of your own!


See you tomorrow for more shaker card fun! ;)

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25 comments:

  1. Love these shaker cards! So pretty!

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  2. Beautiful card Stephanie and great & helpful tips! Love that!

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  3. So pretty!! Gorgeous elements here!

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  4. Love the palm leaf on top of the shaker.

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  5. What a great look--having the shaker peeking through the leaves. Great job.

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  6. Love the leaves on the
    front of your shaker card.
    Lovely work.
    Carla from Utah

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  7. Great card! Love the leaves idea. Never saw that before!

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  8. This card is absolutely beautiful!

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  9. I love it when there's something over the window, like the palm on your card! Very cute!

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  10. So many ways and styles to make shaker cards!

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  11. Cute card, like the ferns with the goodies peaking through.

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  12. That is a neat idea to put the leaves over the shaker. Eye catching, and so pretty!

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  13. That is a neat idea to put the leaves over the shaker. Eye catching, and so pretty!

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  14. Love the leaf over your shaker Stephanie, pretty on the inside too!

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  15. LOVE this amazing shaker card, Stephanie. It's been ages since I've visited your blog- must hop around soon! :) Thank you for making PPP sequins shine on your pretty card!

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  16. Love, love shaker cards. Great way to use all those bits and pieces and sequins.

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  17. I really like this card! Love the Wild Greenery die!!

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  18. Beautiful card, love the colors TY :)

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