How to Make a Shaker "Thank You" Card for Fall

If you love a good shaker card, then you will adore this fall inspired shaker to send as a “Thanks”.

Today Lisa is bringing us this delightful fall design that is truly stunning. We love the Autumn season because we love the color pallet and cozy vibes it brings. Lisa said, “I love when a cover panel die lends itself well to an easy shaker!” We agree, and this Round Petal Cover die is just the thing you need to add to your card today for all those future “shaker” projects.

I started with two deco foiled acrylic paint gel prints. I cut one to 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and die cut the other using the 5713d Round Petal Cover Die.
Next a panel of acetate was cut just under 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and adhered to the back of the die cut panel using liquid adhesive.
Foam strips were added around the edges of the die cut panel.
Then Sequins were laid over the background gel print and the shaker window panel was popped over the sequins and lined up with the outside edges of the background panel. Press to be sure there is good contact so your sequins don’t slide out!
I cut the 5741-03d Wheat Grass Die from white cardstock and Amaretto and Cinnamon Color Fuse Inks were blended over the top before assembling the stems and grassy tops with liquid adhesive.
Next the crate from the 5708-04d Wooden Barrel and Crate Die was cut from brown cardstock and assembled with liquid adhesive.
Then I filled in the petals that would be underneath the crate in case any of the spots peeked through instead of shiny acetate there would be those beautiful autumn colors.
Foam strips were added to the back of the crate and popped onto the shaker front.
I started filling in the crate with the assembled wheat grass and pumpkins left over from my last project.
Then little flowers were cut from yellow watercolor paper and leaves from a green gel print using the flower and leaf dies from the 5745d Ribbon Banners W Flowers Die and autumn leaves were cut from gel print scraps using the 5162-04d Tiny Leaves 1 Die.
Additional color was added to the flowers and leaves using Cinnamon and Amaretto inks before filling up the crate with leaves and sticks protruding from between the slats.
Flower centers were added using Nuvo drops.
Next the sentiment from the 36057 Thank You 4×6 Stamp Set was stamped on white with Cinnamon ink and die cut with the coordinating dies and popped up onto the card front using foam strips.
Finally a few more leaves and flowers were added around the sentiment.