Use It! with Lucy's Cards - Class 4: Lesson 4 (Die Cut Shaker Cards)

It's Day 4 of my fourth Use It! class.

This week, my supplies are:

Clearly Besotted's Elegant Butterflies Dies

American Crafts Mayberry 6 x 6 Pad

Pink Paislee Luxe Rub Ons

Simon Says Stamp Brackets Die Set

Papertrey Ink's Signature Greetings Stamp set

and Simple Stories Sn@p Typeset and Letters

Lesson 4: Die Cut Shaker Cards

I just lurrrrve shaker cards. I remember the first one I ever made. I seriously thought it was the hardest thing I had ever created. All that foam tape… working out how to position the top layer EXACTLY onto the bottom…trying not to spill all the shaker material as I sandwiched my layers... it was tough going. Now I can cope OK with them, but this method is a bit different. No foam tape at all! I saw this method recently on my idol Jocelyn Olson's blog and just had to try it.

Creation

Work out the positioning of your card by laying out the die and stamp.

Temporarily adhere the die to some patterned paper measuring 5 1/2 x 3 3/4".

Run through your die cut machine.

Now the bit that is hard to explain… without removing the die from the patterned paper, place a piece of white cardstock (also 5 1/2 x 3 3/4") behind and line up carefully. Run through your die cut machine.

Now you should have die cut shapes in exactly the same place on the patterned paper and the cardstock.

Repeat with three or four more pieces of cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment with black ink.

 

Adhere all the white die cut pieces together to create a thick sandwich.

 

It will look like this when finished.

 

To hide the multiple layers, I used some Eclipse Masking Strip tape on the edges. This way, the card looks clean even from an angle.

 

All lovely and neat!

 

Adhere acetate to the reverse of the patterned paper die cut panel.

 

Trim a piece of patterned paper from a larger sheet and adhere behind the white sandwiched die cut pieces.

  

I carefully lined it up to create a mirror image of design (like a real butterfly). :)

See the strip of yellow stripy paper at the top of this piece? Well, I wanted to USE IT! These bits usually end up in the trash and I HATE that. So I found a way to use them up.

Trim the strip using a guillotine.

  

Adhere the strips to the edge of a notecard measuring 5 1/2 x 4".

I trimmed the top off with scissors - it was easier to get a straight and exact line this way.

Adhere the white sandwich panel on top. And you'd never know these strips were just scraps, right?

 

Fill the butterfly with sequins and glitter.

(Note: I did not put enough sequins in… I thought they would not be able to overlap but actually they did. More is less when it comes to shaker cards contents, I think!)

Add some stitching to the edges of the patterned paper panel and adhere on top of the card.

And you're done! Easy.

I like the way the sequins and glitter cannot "disappear" beneath the bottom of the die cut shape as usually happens with foam adhesive style shakers. Here the contents are completely enclosed in the die cut shape. Brilliant.

OK - that's me done for today.

Pop back tomorrow for Day 5: Simple Stitching.

Bye for now.

Supplies

Elegant Butterflies Dies	Mayberry Pad	Signature Greetings	*Doodlebug RAINBOW ASSORTMENT Sequins 12 Colors
*Doodlebug CHUNKY SUGAR COATING GLITTER 12 Colors Sparkle Embellishment	*Doodlebug BUMBLEBEE Sequins	*Judikins Eclipse ART MASKING TAPE STRIPS Roll Adhesive GP012	*Hero Arts ACETATE FOLDED Cards & White Cards & Envelopes PS454
*Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Ink008	*Cuttlebug Die-Cut & Emboss Machine Provo Craft 2000293

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