Heidi took shakers to the max by created her amazing title with them! These shaker letters were cut from white and acetate papers, stitched around the edges and filled with fun sequins in different shapes. Find all the details at the Paige Taylor Evans blog.
As a card maker I love creating shaker cards, these interactive designs contain small items that move around inside a thick element with an acetate window. But as a scrapbooker I’ve not tried including one on a layout but that needs to change. Using these cool interactive items on a page add movement, color and a lot of fun! There’s many different way to create a shaker, with foam tape, thick open chipboard elements, stacks of dies that have open areas or flat shakers made with clear envelopes or ziplock bags. You can put any small items inside of them as long as there’s enough room for them to move. So today let’s look as some fun and inventive ways to include shaker elements on our scrapbook layouts for all occasions and seasons.
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Misty designed a yummy ice cream shaker by cutting the shape many times from white cardstock and adhering the layers together. Behind each scoop is colored cardstock, filled with fun sequins and shapes and acetate on the top. She used brown ink to color the waffle cone. Find more info on the Cut Cardstock blog.
This darling doggy layout uses a kit for a small shaker made from chipboard. Laura painted the heart red and paw black, backing it with puppy themed pattern papers and filling it with matching colored sequins. She carried the colors and pattern through out the design for a cute cohesive layout. Take a closer look at the Clear Scraps blog.
Cassie’s Bookish layout has an excellent example of a flat shaker element. She printed her design with an ink jet printer on acetate, backing it with striped pattern paper, filling it with sequins and stitching it together. This adds not only movement but a see through dimension as well. Find all the details at the Traci Reed Designs blog.
This beautiful layout from Wei Wei is amazing! So, not only does the lens of the camera have a shaker element, it also lights up! How cool is that? She also backed her open die cut with pattern papers, adding some flowers and leaves around over top of an inked background. Find directions on the Chibitronic blog.
Shakers work for any season or holiday like on this darling Christmas page from Brianna. She created a large shaker for the focal point of the design cutting a large circle from the main cardstock using a festive striped acetate for the front and filling it with holiday sequins like trees, candies and snowflakes. Take a closer look at the Doodlebug blog.
Natalie’s adorable Valentine’s Day layout has a fun shaker in the center with an XOXO die cut. She layered it with foam tape, adding acetate to the “O”‘s and filled them with sweet little hearts and shaker bits. There’s also stamping, paper tearing and die cut doilies for a page filled with texture. She breaks it all down at A Cherry on Top blog.
This glittery layout from Katrina has loads of gold. Inside her die cut stars she backed some with gold foil and others filled with tiny gold sequins for so much movement and shimmer. There’s also other gold foiling around the design to catch the eye. She shares step by step directions for the shaker element at the Therm O Web blog.
Dana has wonderful color, prints and textures on this sweet layout! The shaker here isn’t large but it adds a lot to the design in a heart shaped plastic bubble filled with tiny gold stars. There’s also lace flowers, wooden frame and butterflies with popped up wings. Take a closer peek at the They Call Me Tatar Salad blog.
If you’re working on a mini album or Traveler’s Notebook you can dedicate an entire page to a shaker. Ali used lots of amazing Halloween sequins and bit and pieces to fill the large circle cut from foiled pattern paper. She also stitched the words down to the acetate with her sewing machine. Take a closer look at the Ali Edwards blog.
I adore how Allison used the letter “O” in Love for the shaker on this heartfelt page! She used a plastic shaker bubble and filled it with colorful hearts and added a die cut frame with the words “love” all around too. Notice all the fun stitching too, around the letters and sunbursts as well. Find more info at the Allison Davis blog.
This fun in the Summer sun layout from Brianna has a chipboard frame shaker element filled with blue and pink flamingo sequins over a floral stenciled background. There’s even more depth from additional chipboard pieces, domed embellishments and texture from twine and thread. Find all the details at the Simple Stories blog.
I hope you’ve been inspired to shake things up a bit and include a shaker element on your next scrapbook layout!
-Heather
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