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I'm late to the party but I just made my first shaker card and loved how it came out. I want to make more, but I need more embellishments. I have plenty of sequins, but I'm looking for other options like rhinestones, pearls, and shapes.
I went a little crazy on Simon Says Stamp and have $250 worth of embellishments in my cart. There are So. Many. Options.
Before I overspend, I was hoping for some advice on what "basics" I should focusing on purchasing, and which brands are recommended.
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Would maybe the jewelry department of any craft store have some usable small beads and things that could work for shaker cards? Any small beads or small flat trinkets should work. Confetti from a party store (the size made for using in cards? Dollar stores often have lots of unique options for any given holiday. Very small die cuts or punches from shiny papers would also work. There are often usable scraps that one could save to use for shaker cards when working out other designs. I hope these ideas have given you some food for thought.
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Oh goodness! That is too much $$!
Seed beeds. They rattle so it makes it fun to shake it. And they generally dont get into static issues.
You can make the height of the shaker higher or lower which changes what you can put in them.
Clay pieces are fun.... They look like little fruit and stuff.
Sprinkles are fun. They look like the real thing so keep them away from kids.
I haunt clearance bins for this kind of thing...I have gotten 6-8 dollar bottles of things for one dollar!
You could use tiny buttons like for a Barbie outfit size.
3 mm pearls are nice-but dust it with your poofer for heat embossing to to cut static.
Pre cut shaped confetti.
Bead warehouse maybe for basic colors like white or metals...Michaels has them in many colors. I like the silver lined glass ones-sparkle!
Taylored expressions under bits and pieces to see clay pieces
Queen and Co-I got the veggie toppings. They do a lot of fancy expensive shaker kits so they have fillers for them.
If you want gems that are not flat on one side, Darice makes a nice clear one
Studio Katia is huge for this...
this is their sale section-they have beeds, clay and more on sale https://www.studiokatia.com/collecti...tired-products
Trinity has nice holo stars that can be used for shakers
Honey Bee has stuff.
i would not go bigger than 3-4mm in beads and gems. 5mm is pushing it unless you are willing to do deep shakers.
You kind of curate your collection based on what you use them for most-birthdays, just misc...shaped sequins like for Halloween or whatever...
And remember you can use the heavier acrylic stamps come on-for your windows-don't throw those out! Some people cut down plastic packaging.
Shakers are so fun! I love them. Enjoy!
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I view shaker cards as the "soup" of stamping - just as I throw leftovers together in a broth to make the soup, I pick through my stash to find stamping leftovers to make a shaker card. Little punched pieces, the embellishment packs that have just one or two pieces in them, etc. - they are all fair game!
When I first got into shaker cards I bought some “confetti dies,” and I still use them to this day. Taylored Expressions was one company that had some really cute ones. My favorite from that company, although it probably retired long ago, makes confetti-sized diaper pins, baby bottles and rubber ducks. Another favorite makes many multiples of more generic shapes like tiny hearts, circles, stars, etc.
Making my own confetti from dies enables me to use up card stock scraps, perfectly color coordinate my confetti to my card, and I never run out or have to store a bunch of little containers. Mixing the confetti with iridescent sequins and tiny clear glass beads adds sparkle, and the beads and sequins pick up the color of my card stock.
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Antique stamper said something I think is right on....dies.
Background dies that cut out a lot of small single shape in rows or scattered...like hearts, trees, etc....if you dont use those on the card-those are great for shakers. Or even asst shapes could be great for holidays.
And the clear iridescent sequins or beads part...another great point. They will bling up any color theme you are doing.
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I'm also "late to the shaker card party." -- How do you eliminate the static electricity that would keep the filler pieces (sequins, etc.) from clinging together?
Personally I'm not sure it's possible to eliminate it if any of your elements are plastic - like sequins. Even if you try to minimise it during assembly, shaking the card will just bring it back again. I usually include a few glass seed beads because they will help keep things moving. In the past I'd used Flower Soft Polar White for snow, and it was always static. I was given some Faux Snow from Crafter's Companion for Christmas, and I can't believe how non-static it is.
You can swipe the cardstock with your powder tool - the one used for heat embossing. This helps a bit. You can also use it along the side of dimensional adhesive if you are using that to build your shaker walls. It will keep the shaker bits from sticking to the adhesive. I wouldn't rub the powder on your clear acetate, though. It will leave it cloudy.
Personally I'm not sure it's possible to eliminate it if any of your elements are plastic - like sequins. Even if you try to minimise it during assembly, shaking the card will just bring it back again. I usually include a few glass seed beads because they will help keep things moving. In the past I'd used Flower Soft Polar White for snow, and it was always static. I was given some Faux Snow from Crafter's Companion for Christmas, and I can't believe how non-static it is.
I'm also "late to the shaker card party." -- How do you eliminate the static electricity that would keep the filler pieces (sequins, etc.) from clinging together?
I used a dryer sheet on the acetate on a shaker card I made yesterday. It seemed to help, but didn’t eliminate the static from some of the contents.
I was attempting to get the snow off the tree, no luck, but it is not sticking to the acetate at all, which is a wonderful surprise!
The trim on the tree was glitter card, so its probably the grittiness that made it stick to that. It feels like it should be static, but somehow it wasn't! What it is is blow-away like gilding flakes so you almost feel you need to hold your breath.
The trim on the tree was glitter card, so its probably the grittiness that made it stick to that. It feels like it should be static, but somehow it wasn't! What it is is blow-away like gilding flakes so you almost feel you need to hold your breath.
Ha! I have to give a trigger warning before I use gilding flakes on my lives - they terrify people for that reason!
Unless you are trying to get a good deal on shipping ($250 minimum for free shipping?) or something, I would just try a few first. I have shaker bits and confetti from 25 years ago, and haven't used them up yet! For now, I would not get too many "fat" ones, as those require you to raise the height of the frame. So maybe start with like 10% of your order - the packages usually have a LOT in them. If you use 'em all up fast, at least you'll know. I agree with haunting Michaels or Joanns for beads and party stores for confetti pieces (lots of static on those - hope you have an antistatic tool of some kind! The best tools I've seen is the Rabbit Hole one - a LITTLE pricy, but works well (https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/produ...-cept-trhdcept - shop around the web for better prices, but I know SSS is relable), or EK Success tool (but brush bristles tend to come out - I still use for my shaker cards https://scrapbookpal.com/products/ek...iABEgJqK_D_BwE)
i have just a few small baggies of sequin mix that covers the basics (wintery, summery, Valentine, Halloween etc). I will dump some out and pick out just the color sequins i want to use (say some black beads from halloween & red sequin from Valentine with white sprinkles from snowy mix) and fill a card that is black/red. I will cut some super small shapes from the tiny dies i have (like itty bitty flowers) and add. One tiny bag seems to last me years. I only buy if on sale. Just picked up a cute kit of tiny sliced resin pieces of flowers in the Michaels discount barrel for under $3. I'll use with colored sequins I pull out of other mixes.
A great tip I saw in a video was that if you have any elements you really want to stand out, glue it to a piece of clear nylon thread, then adhere that thread (bumped up on foam tape) over your cut-out before adding in rest of shaker elements. I did this with 2 tiny fish on the thread, then added in ocean color beads/sequins - so the fish stayed upright
I just bought Diamond Art beads at Hobby Lobby. I'm going to try those. they were 74 cents for a bottle. They had a lot of colors. They were on clearance.
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