How to make a double shaker card

How to make a double shaker card

Use our free kitchen printables to make this homemade double shaker surprise card!

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Holly Spanner

Published: June 23, 2021 at 11:19 am

Are you looking for some cool new card folds that you can master to expand your card making repertoire? Do you want sparkles, cake sprinkles and cool 3D elements on your card? Or are you looking for ideas for our free kitchen printables? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this clever DIY shaker card is for you!

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Watch our video tutorial

You will need

Step 1

How to make a shaker card tutorial

Using the double shaker surprise card template, cut the main mechanism with a craft knife from the floral design paper. Mountain fold the inner flap to create an easel, and score a small tab along the bottom.

Step 2

How to make a shaker card tutorial 2

Create a pull tab using the template. Attach to the reverse of the small tab you folded in step 1, placing adhesive only on the tab to allow the easel to stand up when pulled.

Step 3

How to make a shaker card tutorial 3

Layer the mechanism onto some red card to create a thin border, securing on the reverse along the sides and bottom only, so the easel can slide. Cut a three-sided top layer from some coordinating card and attach it to the front.

Step 4

How to make a shaker card tutorial 4

Attach acetate behind the red card and place foam tape around the aperture. Fussy cut mini doughnuts and sprinkle onto the acetate, along with glitter. Seal with a square of card.

Step 5

How to make a shaker card tutorial 5

Fussy cut the large oven and découpage elements. Create a mini shaker in the oven door by cutting an aperture into the door and filling it with glitter. Back the aperture with acetate.

Step 6

How to make a shaker card tutorial 6

Poke some wire through the top of the cupboard door and loop around a tea towel, allowing it to swing. Add enamel dots for the handles and découpage the oven with sticky foam pads.

Step 7

How to make a shaker card tutorial 7

Attach your découpaged oven to the slider mechanism, securing along the tab and bottom half of the easel only. Fussy cut a pot and add rice and a sentiment to finish.

How to make a double shaker surprise card – in action 1

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We hope you’ve enjoyed this free double shaker surprise card tutorial. We have plenty of other free printables here on Gathered, too – like these free woodland animal printables, or these gorgeous celestial cat papers. 

 

Holly Spanner

Staff Writer, BBC Science Focus

Holly is the Staff Writer for BBC Science Focus and looks after the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Geoscience (Space and Climate Physics) from UCL, and specialises in astronomy and earth sciences. Before joining Our Media, she worked as a geoenvironmental consultant and engineer, informing on ground risk and remediation in the north of England, while hunting for exoplanets in her spare time. Alongside this, she was regional editor of a popular theatre website for nine years, and has a solid background in curating and developing content for the digital space. Holly is also an artist and illustrator, and regular contributor to the craft website, Gathered. She has previously worked with the RSPB, English Heritage, Disney, Pilot and Brother, as well as on BBC Good Food magazine, Home Style magazine, and Papercraft inspirations magazine. She enjoys photography and has a sustained interest in antiques.
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