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2 silhouette deer in love shaker card

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Nothing says winter goodness like sparkly snow and what better way to bring a little bit of that magic indoors is with a shaker card filled with iridescent sequins and beads from Buttons Galore and More.

This card is really easy to make.

I die cut two Christmas Deer scenes with the Sheena die from Crafter’s Companion out of solid black paper. It is important to use solid black paper as one die cut you will flip around to use the back side.

Trim both die cuts down to a square with about a 3/8 inch border. Cut strips of black Fun Foam 3/8 inch wide. I layered 2 strips around all four sides. I used a bit of recycled plastic food container for my window layer and a glitter blue cardstock for the backing card.

Layer one black deer die cut then clear plastic, two rounds of black fun foam strips then fill the space with Buttons Galore and More’s 28 Lilac Lane So Shiny sequins and beads.

Then glue the second deer silhouette flipped in the opposite direction to the light blue background along with a foam die cut heart.

Then glue the two sections together.

I have a hard time putting this sparkly card down as I love shaking it up and seeing where the little bits land each time.

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