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LIQUID SHAKER CARD

WITH REAL LIQUID!

Our "recipe" for today is an interactive liquid shaker card. Interactive cards have always been my favorite to receive and send, so naturally they're my favorite to make. This is one of my favorites -- a wine glass with actual liquid in it! I got this idea from Yainea's liquid shaker video for Lawn Fawn, in which she makes an adorable card with a fish in a fish bowl. You can check out her video here.


To begin, here is a list of the supplies I used to create this awesome liquid shaker card (I've added hyperlinks to where you can purchase the items I used):

Directions:

  • Cut your cardstock

    • Card panel (the piece you will be stenciling): 3.75" x 5"

    • Matte: 4" x 5.25"

    • Card base: 4.25" x 11" (score at 5.5" and fold to make a top-folding A2 size card)

  • Stencil your design onto the card panel using your ink and blending brushes (I used blending brushes, but you can use whatever ink blending tool you prefer)

  • Heat emboss your sentiment onto cardstock the same color as your matte cardstock

    • New to heat embossing? Follow these steps:

    • Prep your cardstock with an anti-static powder tool. This will help the embossing powder stick to your ink and not your cardstock.

    • Use an embossing ink, like Versamark Embossing Ink, when stamping. This ink is clear and takes a while to dry, so you have time to pour your embossing powder over it and heat set it before the ink dries.

    • Once you've stamped your image, pour embossing powder over it. Flick the cardstock gently from behind to knock off any excess powder (but don't flick too hard; you don't want to knock off too much powder). If you still have powder sticking to places you don't want, use a small, dry paintbrush to gently brush the powder away.

    • Heat set the powder with a heat tool. To avoid warping your cardstock, make sure your heat tool is nice and hot before brining it to the paper. Only heat the powder until it is shiny, as you can over heat it and burn it.

  • Trim your sentiment down and cut points on one end

  • Die cut your wine glass from glitter cardstock

  • Without adhering it, place your newly die cut glass on your card panel and trace the inside of the glass with a pencil.

  • Use the shaker die cut (the "inside of the glass" die cut) to cut out where you traced.

  • Adhere the wine glass to the card panel.

  • Adhere your sentiment to the card panel.

  • Turn the card panel upside down and glue a piece of acetate over the hole made for the inside of the wine glass (doesn't need to be a large piece, just enough to cover the hole)

  • Now to my favorite part: making the "wine"!

    • Pour some water into a clear glass (I used tap water and filled my glass about 1/4 - 1/2 full); you're going to use more water than you will need to make one card (as the food coloring is so concentrated).

    • Use food coloring to create the color you desire for your wine (if the color is too strong, you can dilute it with more water)

    • Once you have the color the way you want it, pour a small amount into a ziplock bag (I fill the bag about 1/3 full, but you may need to adjust as you go, so keep your glass close).

  • Lay your Ziplock bag on your upside down card panel, over the hole you cut for the inside of the glass (make sure your bag is dry! You don't want to damage the card panel with water).

  • Place foam tape along the edges of the card panel, around the bag (like you're making a home for the bag) -- but don't place foam tape along the top edge, yet.

    • Depending on the thickness of your foam tape, stack it it two or three high (you want to make sure you're not squishing your liquid bag too tight between the cardstock and the matte, as this will inhibit the liquid's movement).

  • Take a square piece of cardstock (I used white to match the card panel; be mindful that whatever cardstock you choose, it will be visible behind the liquid), slightly bigger than the bag, and place it behind the bag (but don't adhere it yet). At this point, I like to hold the card panel up--keeping a hold of the square piece of cardstock behind the bag--so I can see if I have the correct amount of liquid in my bag. Play with it and see if you need more or less liquid, because once you adhere that square piece of cardstock, there's no turning back without having to do some card surgery!

  • Once you are satisfied with your liquid amount, remove the backing on the foam tape and adhere your cardstock. Your liquid bag should now be sitting cozy in its little house.

  • Fold the top of the bag over the square piece of cardstock and tape it down using packing tape (this will help ensure the bag remains sealed).

  • Place foam tape along the top edge of the back of the card panel.

  • With the backing from your foam tape removed, place your card panel on the matte cardstock (for my card, I used purple for the matte).

  • Glue your card panel and matte to your card base.

  • Add any embellishments you'd like.

  • Enjoy your liquid shaker card!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Please let me know what you think of this card in the comments below. I'd love to hear your thoughts! Thank you so much for stopping by!

 
 
 

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