How to Make Shaker Button Cards

Hello everyone, Linda Israel here to share my tutorial on how I made these cute little shaker cards using images from Calico Collage, Beads, Buttons & confetti.

These are the supplies you will need for the shaker cards: 

• Button Cards Digital by Calico Collage
• 1/4″ thick double-sided foam mounting tape 
• Perfect Crafting Pouch
• Seed and bugle beads
• Buttons
• Confetti
• School Smart Write-On Transparency Films, 8-1/2 x 11 Inches, Clear, Pack of 100
• Washi Tape
• Tape Gun Adhesive
• White Words on Black Inspirational

Using a button card digital download by Calico Collage, Linda applied three layers of double-sided foam tape. By adding the three layers it gives room for the buttons, sequins, beads, and confetti to move around without sticking.
If you don’t have double-sided foam tape, you can use several layers of cardboard, chipboard or even fun foam, just adhere each layer together until you get the desired height.


Taking some decorative washi tape she then applied that over the double-sided foam tape. This is a great idea to use up some of that washi tape that you have laying around.


Linda applied a black on white inspirational word to the top of the shaker card. You can add whatever you want to the outside of your shaker card to dress it up, however, these are being made for a journal so keeping the embellishments simple is a good idea.

Use bright and colorful beads, sequins and confetti to match the background of the base of your shaker card. If you find that your items are sticking to the sides of the foam, try using a powdered crafting pouch to the inside of your shaker card, it will reduce the static inside.

Try not to use too much filler items in your shaker cards so they move around freely without sticking together!


Creating these shaker cards are an easy and fun addition to your junk journals! Before you know it you will have made several of them that you can even send as gifts to your friends.

Shaker Cards make great gifts and are fun to use in your junk journals! What things do you enjoy using for your cards?

Make sure to check out the Friendly Junk Journal People Facebook group. Of course, you are welcome to join the Friendly Junk Journal People Facebook group. The group is growing daily and we are a friendly group willing to help each other and encourage each other.

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Grandma's Garden File Folder Folio

Hello!

Today I would like to showcase a design team project by Candia of "For The Love of Paper and Ink"

She is such a lovely and talented paper crafter so I hope that you will take a moment and check out her website.

This month she worked with the "Grandma's Garden" junk journal kit and created something out of the box with it.  I love how it turned out and I'm sure you will agree with me.

This file folder lap book in a junk journal style measures 8x11.75 inches.  It is great for notes, lists, journaling and pictures.  This file folder features 68 pages, 119 pockets, 2 notebooks, 2 belly bands, & 13 tags or journaling cards. 

Watch Candia's Flip through of this beautiful junk journal

As of today, you can order this beautiful journal here

You can order the kit that Candia used here

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you are following Calico Collage on social media.  You can find Calico Collage on Instagram and Pinterest: @calicocollage
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St. Patricks Day Printables Ephemera

St. Patricks day isn't too far away!  I offer a few printables that may be just what you are looking for that next awesome St. Patricks Day papercraft.

First, let me show you this awesome collection of small image ephemera digital collage sheets that would be perfect for bottlecap jewelry or paper embellishments for Scrapbook pages & Junk Journals.

This collection includes 4 Printable Collage Sheets
There are over 80 small images.
Images are a mixture of sizes: 1 Inch Circles, 1 Inch Squares, 1.5 Inch Squares & 1x2 Domino Size
Complete printed page size is 8.5x11 inches (A4)
High-quality resolution 300DPI in JPG format.

Buy This Digital Collage Sheet Collection Here

Next, this is for those that are looking for more authentic ephemera, this pack of vintage St. Patricks Day postcards may be just what you are looking for.  This collection is scanned from my own personal collection of Postcards

Scanning St. Patricks Day postcards

Once I scanned in the postcards I did edit some of them to look older, It's a well known fact that most crafter dont want mint looking ephemera. 😉

This St. Patricks Day Postcard collection includes a total of 12 Printable Pages (Digital Collage Sheets)
9 Digital Collage Sheet includes 3 Images per page.
3 Digital Collage Sheets include 1 Image per page.
30 images in total
Each digital collage sheet will print out on an 8.5x11 inches (A4) page
High-quality resolution 300DPI in JPG format.

You can buy this St. Patricks Day Postcard Collection here


Lastly, this one is for the Junk Journal artist out there!  Here is "Lucky Little Clover"

This kit was so much fun to create.  Many of the elements you see in the kit design such as the wood coins & "Celtic Book of Days" was digitally created by myself.  You can see the before and after of the book seen above here on my Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4WX7_BC1d/

The "Lucky Little Clover" printable junk journal kit includes 11 printable pages.
7 Full Page Sets
4 Element Sheets
This journal is designed to make a 5.5x8.5 Journal. Each page sets print full size.
Each digital collage sheet will print out on an 8.5x11 inches (A4) page
High-quality resolution 300DPI in JPG format.

You can buy the "Lucky Little Clover" junk journal kit here



Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you are following me on social media.  You can find me on Instagram and Pinterest : @calicocollage
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