Saturday, November 8, 2025

Nature's Magic Shaker Card

I recently attended the Level 3 Altenew Educator Certification Program workshop for Revati Panickar, and this was one of the cards we made during the workshop. I love shakers, and this full panel shaker was so quick and easy to create using recylced packaging! If you'd like to see my post about the fun fold card we also made in this session (see photo below), here's the link to my blog post about it: Carrie's Custom Cards: Sending Hugs Fun Fold Card

For this A2 shaker card, I started by creating a white side-folding A2 card base. Then I trimmed a piece of yellow pattern paper to 4 1/4 by 5 inches and adhered it to the front of the card. 

I then trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5 1/4 inches and stamped one of the florals and the "wishing you a beautiful day" sentiment from Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Nature's Magic set in VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and added Altenew's clear embossing powder over the ink before heat setting it.  I colored the florals using Altenew's Fresh Lemon and Fresh Leaf inks through the coordinating stencils. 

To create the shaker pouch, I used trimmed clear packaging to create a pouch around the white panel. I adhered the ends of the packaging to the back of the panel on three sides and then filled the pouch with beads in coordinating colors. I then sealed the last side of the pouch and adhered the pouch to my card front. 

The stamped florals are from Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Nature's Magic set. If you're interested in shopping at Altenew, I'd love it if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link. I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew carries many lovely floral sets like the one I used to make this card. 






 Challenges I'm entering: 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (4/6; ends 11/12/25)

Crafty Catz: ATG with option of Thanks (3/5; ends 11/20/25)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of thanks (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of something new (4/8; ends at the end of the month)


A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends 11/12/25)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (I used scissors to trim my clear packaging to create the shaker pouch) (4/5; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: Merry and Bright or ATG (4/6; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Thinking of you (4/5; ends 11/12/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends 11/19/25)

We Love Stamping: ATG Christmas or ATG (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: Christmas or ATG (2/5; ends 11/21/25)

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26


22 comments:

  1. A pretty floral card with hints of Spring (I can but dream), thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts and We Love Stamping challenges.

    B x

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    1. Thanks, Brenda! We had our first snow of the season last night, so spring feels far away right now!

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  2. The shaker element adds some excitement to your pretty card! Thanks for playing with us again at Allsorts challenge.

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  3. Pretty card!
    A great shaker!
    Thank you for joining us at Allsorts!

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  4. Carrie, your card and fold are stunning. Congrats on your Altenew certifications. Thank you for your lovely comment on my blog. So glad you shared with us at Allsorts challenge.

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  5. Gorgeous!!! Thanks so much for participating in our PAPER ROCKS SCISSORS challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

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  6. So pretty - love the idea of a shaker card with such a beautiful image. Thanks for sharing with us at Beautiful Blossoms :)

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    1. Thanks so much, Alyson! Shaker cards are so fun!

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  7. Gorgeous. Thanks so much for playing along with The Paper Funday Challenges.

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  8. Gorgeous card, Carrie! I absolutely love the yellow, and those shaker pieces are so very nice. Someone will love getting this for sure! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Word Art Wednesday. We always appreciate you!

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    1. Thank you so much, Barb! I really appreciate all your kind words!

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  9. Stunning flowers and colouring.
    Thank you for sharing your lovely card at We Love Stamping Challenge.

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    1. Thank you very much, Mervi! The stencils make it so easy to color the florals!

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  10. A beautiful floral shaker design - such pretty, delicate flowers.

    Thanks for joining us at the Allsorts Challenge.

    Helen x
    DT

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