Basic Supplies to make the shaker portion of the box:Extra firm, super thick foamies (or 6 mm fun foam). I purchased my foam from Ben Franklin for $1.99 per 8 1/2X11 sheet. For my tutorial, I used pink foam because they didn't have white.
Acetate sheets. I bought my sheets from Fisher Hawaii (report covers) for 40 cents, or you could buy them from J's (sorry, forgot the price!).
Micro Beads and other miscellaneous shaped beads. I also used hearts punched out of cardstock. Locally, you can purchase the micro beads from Cute Stuff (prices vary starting from $2.50) Stampin' Up! also sells the bead duo - micro beads and a bead assortment for $9.95.
Double stick tape. I used the Heiko tape but another good tape would be the sticky strip (SU) or the scor-pal tape (you could get those at J's)
Exacto knife. You will want to make sure that the blade on your knife is nice and sharpe to avoid jagged edges (don't look close at my edges!)
Ruler. Metal edge ruler is recommended, but I used my fiskars acrylic ruler which worked pretty good too.
Other supplies I used to complete this shaker here will be listed at the end of this post.
Step 1: Cut 2 pieces of foam at 4" X 4 1/2".
Step 2: I created a template using thin cardboard measuring 3" X 3 1/2" and centered it on the foam pieces. Trace the window on both pieces.
Step 3: Cut out windows on both pieces.
Step 4: Adhere double sided tape on all edges of both pieces.
Step 5: Turn over one of the pieces and add tape to the back side of both pieces (sorry, missing some tape here!)
Step 6: Cut out 4 pieces of acetate measuring 4" X 4 1/2". Adhere one acetate window as shown.
Step 7: Turn piece over, take off the tape on this side of the foam and add micro beads in the window.
Step 8: Take the second foam piece and add a window as shown in step 6. Add your stamped image on top of the acetate window.
Step 2: I created a template using thin cardboard measuring 3" X 3 1/2" and centered it on the foam pieces. Trace the window on both pieces.
Step 3: Cut out windows on both pieces.Step 4: Adhere double sided tape on all edges of both pieces.
Step 5: Turn over one of the pieces and add tape to the back side of both pieces (sorry, missing some tape here!)
Step 6: Cut out 4 pieces of acetate measuring 4" X 4 1/2". Adhere one acetate window as shown.
Step 7: Turn piece over, take off the tape on this side of the foam and add micro beads in the window.
Step 8: Take the second foam piece and add a window as shown in step 6. Add your stamped image on top of the acetate window.Step 9: Take off the tape and place the embellished piece on the piece with the beads as shown here. (Are you guys still with me?? Almost done...)
Step 10: Add more beads in this second window. I also added punched out hearts in my sample.
Step 11: Add the last piece of acetate to close off this window.
Your shaker is done!! Part 2 will show you how to finish off your shaker. Once you've made one of these shakers, you can make them in any size. You just have to play with the measurements.
Step 10: Add more beads in this second window. I also added punched out hearts in my sample.
Step 11: Add the last piece of acetate to close off this window.
Your shaker is done!! Part 2 will show you how to finish off your shaker. Once you've made one of these shakers, you can make them in any size. You just have to play with the measurements.Additional supplies I used for my shaker:
Images: Gorjuss Girls, Fundamental Phrases (SU)
Cardstock: lavendar bazzill paper
Accessories: eyelet border punch (SU), flowers by Hero Arts, rhinestone brad, rhinestone, scallop oval punch.
I know what you are all thinking that it's too difficult to make, but it really isn't. Once you complete it, you will be so happy that you tried it!!! I'm working on Part 2 which should be posted on the next day (I hope!!) Thank you for bearing with me through this tutorial!!
Acknowledgement goes to Lianne Higa, owner of Cute Stuff (Puck's Alley, Honolulu) for inspiring me to make this!