If I am being totally honest about shaker cards, I would have to say I love them. But I never made them. The reason I never made them is because they seemed like so much work. Trying to get the puffy adhesive in a perfect circle around your shaker window so none of yours shakers fell out. But making sure the puffy adhesive did not stick out and show on the other side. I just did not want to take the time to deal with that. So I never made shaker cards. That is, until now.
Close to My Hearts new products for Shaker cards is a game changer! Check this out.
Its just $4.50 for 6 clear acetate circles (with protective film on one side) and 6 Foam tape circles.
What might be hard to see in the photo is that the outside ring of the puffy tape circle is perfectly sized and already cut to fit the acetate circle and you have a no fuss shaker window. Bonus is the inside of that puffy tape circle is also precut pieces of puffy tape to use on the embellishments.
But Close to My Heart did not stop there. They have also gave us the
For only $21.95 you can quickly cut not only a decorative border (stitched or non stitched) for you shaker window, but you can cut shakers to put inside too!
Shaker designs are stars and hearts. Use them by themselves or use them with to the Close to My Heart Loose Sequins in
At just $5.50 a pack.
I am thrilled that I can now easily make these shaker cards now with out a lot of fuss.