making shaker cards
Posted By: Hazelanne
Date: 2004/3/15 9:31 p.m.
What do you use for the plastic part when you make a shaker card? I've tried to make one but the plastic I tried gets full of static and the stuff inside just sticks to it and won't move! Also, do you sandwich the shaker stuff between 2 pieces of plastic or use something else for the back?
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Posted By: Hazelanne
Date: 2004/3/15 11:23 p.m.
They are the ones that have a window in them and behind the window is confetti.When you shake the card the confetti is supposed to move. It doesn't move for me!!!
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Posted By: flo
Date: 2004/3/16 10:30 a.m.
Hazelanne, acetate is just a fancy word for plastic. A lot of people use plastic page protectors (plastic report covers) and cut them up for their shaker projects. I have used crafting plastic myself. It's a little heavier.

HELPFUL HINT: After you get your sticky back tape in place and remove the protective covering, run along the inside edges of the tape inside the box with a Q-tip doused in baby powder/talc. It will neutralize the glue on the tape and keep all of your loose confetti from sticking to the sides of your box.
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Posted By: Adele
Date: 2004/3/16 1:03 p.m.
Hazelanne, after you use the powder to make sure the glue doesn't "catch" any of the stuff you put in it ... could you take a clothes dryer sheet and rub all over the acetate to see if it will stop some of the static electricity?
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Posted By: PJ
Date: 2004/3/16 4:34 p.m.
One more idea. I have been saving the plastic that "everything" comes in nowadays! You know----your new glue gun----or toys--or games---you know -- the stuff that is almost impossible to get into?! Anyway, I have been cutting it to use as templates, but why wouldn't it work in these cards? It is pretty stiff, though, but you could glue a smaller piece around the edges that you will be gluing together anyway. That would make it hollow. I just couldn't throw it away!

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