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How to Make a Valentine Shaker Card

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This Valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file.
 

I love making Valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a Valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free print and cut file that you can use.

 

This valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file. I love making valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free cut file that you can use. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD SUPPLIES Cardstock Patterned paper Silhouette or Cricut Paper cutter or scissors Glitter Adhesive Dimensional mounting tape Free cut file Acetate DIRECTIONS Decide what size you want your card. I made mine ?//. Cut your cardstock to that size and fold in half. Cut a piece of pattern paper to fit onto the front of your card Download the print and cut file. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For an in-depth print and cut tutorial, click here. Place a piece of acetate over the cut out heart shape, adhering it with adhesive. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart. Place glitter onto the acetate Place a second piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. If you are a more visual person, I’ve put together a short video to show you how to make the valentine shaker card. By using the print and cut file, you can make a lot of these cards very quickly. LOVE IT? PIN IT! For more Valentine cards, check out these posts: Hand stamped valentine card Click here for all my valentine posts
 
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HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD 

 
SUPPLIES
Cardstock
Patterned paper
Silhouette or Cricut (optional)***
Paper cutter or scissors
Glitter
Adhesive
Free cut file (located in resource library, available to my email subscribers)
Thin plastic sheet (or acetate) 
 
 
DIRECTIONS
  1. Decide what size you want your card. I made mine 5.5″ x 4.25″ (when folded).  Cut your cardstock twice that size and fold in half.
  2. Cut a piece of patterned paper to fit onto the front of your card.This valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file. I love making valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free cut file that you can use. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD SUPPLIES Cardstock Patterned paper Silhouette or Cricut Paper cutter or scissors Glitter Adhesive Dimensional mounting tape Free cut file Acetate DIRECTIONS Decide what size you want your card. I made mine ?//. Cut your cardstock to that size and fold in half. Cut a piece of pattern paper to fit onto the front of your card Download the print and cut file. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For an in-depth print and cut tutorial, click here. Place a piece of acetate over the cut out heart shape, adhering it with adhesive. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart. Place glitter onto the acetate Place a second piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. If you are a more visual person, I’ve put together a short video to show you how to make the valentine shaker card. By using the print and cut file, you can make a lot of these cards very quickly. LOVE IT? PIN IT! For more Valentine cards, check out these posts: Hand stamped valentine card Click here for all my valentine posts
  3. Download the cut file. This download contains both a Studio file and an SVG file and you can access it in the resource library, below. Open it up in a Silhouette or Cricut and set the text to print and the heart and outer edge to cut. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For Silhouette print and cut tutorial, click here. For a Cricut print and cut tutorial, click here.This valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file. I love making valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free cut file that you can use. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD SUPPLIES Cardstock Patterned paper Silhouette or Cricut Paper cutter or scissors Glitter Adhesive Dimensional mounting tape Free cut file Acetate DIRECTIONS Decide what size you want your card. I made mine ?//. Cut your cardstock to that size and fold in half. Cut a piece of pattern paper to fit onto the front of your card Download the print and cut file. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For an in-depth print and cut tutorial, click here. Place a piece of acetate over the cut out heart shape, adhering it with adhesive. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart. Place glitter onto the acetate Place a second piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. If you are a more visual person, I’ve put together a short video to show you how to make the valentine shaker card. By using the print and cut file, you can make a lot of these cards very quickly. LOVE IT? PIN IT! For more Valentine cards, check out these posts: Hand stamped valentine card Click here for all my valentine posts
    ***If you don’t have a Silhouette or Cricut, you can still make this shaker card. All you need to do is either design your text in a program like Photoshop or just simply write out your text onto a piece of cardstock. Next, use either an Exacto knife or a heart shaped punch to cut out the heart*** 
  4. Place a piece of thin plastic onto the back of the cut file and adhere it with adhesive.
  5. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart to make a box for the glitter and also place the tape around the edge of the card.This valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file. I love making valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free cut file that you can use. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD SUPPLIES Cardstock Patterned paper Silhouette or Cricut Paper cutter or scissors Glitter Adhesive Dimensional mounting tape Free cut file Acetate DIRECTIONS Decide what size you want your card. I made mine ?//. Cut your cardstock to that size and fold in half. Cut a piece of pattern paper to fit onto the front of your card Download the print and cut file. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For an in-depth print and cut tutorial, click here. Place a piece of acetate over the cut out heart shape, adhering it with adhesive. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart. Place glitter onto the acetate Place a second piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. If you are a more visual person, I’ve put together a short video to show you how to make the valentine shaker card. By using the print and cut file, you can make a lot of these cards very quickly. LOVE IT? PIN IT! For more Valentine cards, check out these posts: Hand stamped valentine card Click here for all my valentine posts
  6. Place glitter into the heart opening.This valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file. I love making valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free cut file that you can use. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD SUPPLIES Cardstock Patterned paper Silhouette or Cricut Paper cutter or scissors Glitter Adhesive Dimensional mounting tape Free cut file Acetate DIRECTIONS Decide what size you want your card. I made mine ?//. Cut your cardstock to that size and fold in half. Cut a piece of pattern paper to fit onto the front of your card Download the print and cut file. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For an in-depth print and cut tutorial, click here. Place a piece of acetate over the cut out heart shape, adhering it with adhesive. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart. Place glitter onto the acetate Place a second piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. If you are a more visual person, I’ve put together a short video to show you how to make the valentine shaker card. By using the print and cut file, you can make a lot of these cards very quickly. LOVE IT? PIN IT! For more Valentine cards, check out these posts: Hand stamped valentine card Click here for all my valentine posts
  7. Remove the backing from the mounting tape and place a  piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape.
  8. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. This valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file. I love making valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free cut file that you can use. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD SUPPLIES Cardstock Patterned paper Silhouette or Cricut Paper cutter or scissors Glitter Adhesive Dimensional mounting tape Free cut file Acetate DIRECTIONS Decide what size you want your card. I made mine ?//. Cut your cardstock to that size and fold in half. Cut a piece of pattern paper to fit onto the front of your card Download the print and cut file. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For an in-depth print and cut tutorial, click here. Place a piece of acetate over the cut out heart shape, adhering it with adhesive. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart. Place glitter onto the acetate Place a second piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. If you are a more visual person, I’ve put together a short video to show you how to make the valentine shaker card. By using the print and cut file, you can make a lot of these cards very quickly. LOVE IT? PIN IT! For more Valentine cards, check out these posts: Hand stamped valentine card Click here for all my valentine posts
 
 
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This valentine shaker card is easy to make with this free cut file. I love making valentine crafts. I don’t know what it is about all the red and pink but it puts me in a good mood. Shaker cards are so much fun. It’s like a little surprise in every card. Making a valentine shaker card is really easy and I’ve even got a free cut file that you can use. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure policy here. HOW TO MAKE A VALENTINE SHAKER CARD SUPPLIES Cardstock Patterned paper Silhouette or Cricut Paper cutter or scissors Glitter Adhesive Dimensional mounting tape Free cut file Acetate DIRECTIONS Decide what size you want your card. I made mine ?//. Cut your cardstock to that size and fold in half. Cut a piece of pattern paper to fit onto the front of your card Download the print and cut file. Print it on your printer and then cut it out with your Silhouette or Cricut. For an in-depth print and cut tutorial, click here. Place a piece of acetate over the cut out heart shape, adhering it with adhesive. Place the dimensional mounting tape around the heart. Place glitter onto the acetate Place a second piece of cardstock onto the mounting tape. Place the entire piece onto the front of the card. If you are a more visual person, I’ve put together a short video to show you how to make the valentine shaker card. By using the print and cut file, you can make a lot of these cards very quickly. LOVE IT? PIN IT! For more Valentine cards, check out these posts: Hand stamped valentine card Click here for all my valentine posts
 
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