Cards

Love U Shaker Card

By  Regina Easter 

size: 4-1/2"x5-1/2"

  • Love U Shaker Card

Materials

  • White cardstock
  • Adore Signature Collection patterned (My Mind's Eye): Heartstrings; Beats of My Heart
  • White glitter paper (Die Cuts With a View)
  • Transparency Film (3M)
  • Lily White Sugar Coated Adhesive Chipboard ABCs (Doodlebug Design Inc.)
  • Brown/white dot ribbon
  • Très Jolie French Kisses Buttons (My Mind's Eye)
  • Coordinating microbead mix (Halcraft)
  • Thin twine

Tools

  • Rubber stamps: sweet; love
  • Black ink pad
  • Opaque white pen
  • Cricut Expression Personal Cutting Machine (ProvoCraft)
  • Sewing machine and white thread

Basic Supplies

  • scissors
  • 1. Cut blue paper in half; fold in half. Use electronic cutter to cut 4-1/2"x5-1/2" heart; do not cut through fold.
  • 2. Cut two smaller striped hearts; cut word "LOVE" from center of one. Back letters with piece of transparency film.
  • 3. Sew two small hearts together, leaving space to add beads. Fill with beads and stitch closed.
  • 4. Cut ribbon length and adhere to card on angle. Machine stitch left side of heart card, catching ribbon in stitching.
  • 5. Adhere shaker heart to card. Tie twine around chipboard "u" and adhere to card. Note: Dust visible back of sticker with baby powder or cornstarch to prevent sticking.
  • 6. Stamp words on white cardstock and cut out; mat on white glitter paper. Adhere tags to card edge.
  • 7. Tie twine through one brown button. Adhere four brown buttons to card. Use white pen to add detail dots to card.