Jolliest Shaker

I decided to try something new to me today, a shaker card. Does the snowman look a little blurry? Like you're looking at it through an icy window, or maybe the snow is falling? Its microbeads, which do have other uses than beaded pens. Now that I've done this one I'm going to have to try some different shapes, too. There are several beautiful examples in the Splitcoast gallery if you want to see them.

This one is made with 2 1/2 x 3" pieces of Whisper White cardstock and 2 9/16 x 3 1/16" piece of Real Red. I used my paper cutter to cut a rectangle out of the center of the Real Red leaving a 5/16" border. I attached the acetate* to the Real Red frame with sticky tape, and put 1/4" foam strips (not SU, but available at any craft store) on the edges of the whisper white, sprinkled beads in the box formed by the foam strips and mounted the frame on tope of that. The hardest part is lining everything up, other than that its real simple.

This card uses - cardstock: Real Red, Glorious Green, Whisper White. Inks: Silver Encore, Basic Black. Accessories: 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain, acetate (window sheets, transparency sheets...), silver embossing powder, micro beads, markers, foam tape.

Have fun making your own!

*Stampin' Up! no longer carries acetate, but you can get it at an office supply store or craft store. Or if you know someone who's getting a new computer monitor you can recycle the piece put over the monitor to protect it from scratches, that's where I got this piece. Unfortunately, the monitor is at my work not my house.