Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:58:33 PST
From: "victoria banaszak" <burningrubber@hotmail.com>
Subject: RS: shaker cards

They are soooo easy and lots of fun to.You need 2 pieces of
card stock or other suitable paper,a piece of foam core poster
board,a stamp with a space fore a hole(i.e.fish bowl,mason jar
ect.),bead`s,glitter(preferably not the ultra fine.It clouds
the window.)and I use transparency film that I found reasonably
cheap at the office suply store,oh yea,I almost forgot,some
kind of glue and a sharpexacto knife(or faximilie.) You stamp
your immage on both pieces of card stock(one for the top and
one for the bottom and cut to however large you want your
card.I usually cut about 1/2in.around my stamp.then take your
card and mark the piramiter onto your foam core.Then cut with a
sharp scissors the area to be open and trace that onto your
foam core.Take your exacto knife and cut about1/4in.outside of
that so you won`t see it threw the window.Then you take another
stamp and stamp and color or whatever onto the bottom card.I
like to use small fish or wizards in my snow globe stamp.glue
your foam core into place on top of your prepared bottom card
and add goodies(glitter,confetti,beads,charms,punched paper(see
there is a use for them afterall).I personally like to add a
few buttons or beads because I like the sound they make.Then
you cut out a piece of your clear plastic(transparency
film)slightly larger than your opening.I use double stick tape
to tape it down,then I possision the top of the card in place.I
also use double stick tape to attach that.The stuff you use in
memory books is pretty good and you can get thin tape.Then I
hot glue cording around the edges,so you can`t see the foam
core and any slight cutting booboos.It also makes it look realy
finished.

bobo