A Shaker Card and Envelope decorated with handmade Paper

1   Cut a piece of white card and a piece of handmade paper to the same size, but both 7 mm smaller than the front of the actual greeting card with a rose pearlescent effect. Attach them together with double-sided adhesive tape. The card is for strengthening the soft handmade paper.

2   Punch out a heart in the die-cutting and embossing machine using the fourth largest die. Load the die-cutting machine as follows: "Cutting Mat" at the bottom, card/paper, die with the cutting side facing down and finally "Platform" at the top. You may regulate the pressure with the dial on the side of the machine.

3   Place the punched-out piece of card onto the front of the greeting card and mark with small pencil dots on the card where you want the heart.

4   Cut strips from a double-sided adhesive 3D foam pad and attach them along the edge on the back of the card with the cut-out heart. Cut a square piece of hard foil slightly bigger than the heart and attach it onto the back of the card using double-sided adhesive tape.

5   Cut out a heart-shaped frame from a double-sided adhesive 3D foam pad on the die-cutting machine by placing the third largest die inside the fourth largest die. Hold the heart dies together with masking tape to prevent them from sliding out of position.

6   Attach the 3D foam heart frame onto the front of the greeting card. Make sure that the frame is aligned with the pencil marks from earlier. Sprinkle glitter and sequins inside the frame.

7   Remove the protective layer from the 3D foam heart frame and from the double-sided adhesive tape on the back of the card with the cut-out heart and place it on top of the greeting card. Now the glitter and the sequins are enclosed behind the hard foil.

8   Attach your chosen silicone stamp onto the acrylic block. Dab an ink pad onto the silicone stamp until the text is completely covered with ink.

9   Immediately stamp the text onto a piece of card and trim.

10   Attach the trimmed card with the stamped text onto the front of the greeting card with small 3D foam pads.

11   Make an envelope from handmade paper using the scoring board. Check the scoring guide on the scoring board and choose your card and envelope size. For this idea we have a 21 x 21 cm piece of paper. Place the piece of paper along the diagonal scale on the left of the scoring board at 8.8. Score the groove diagonally. Repeat on the opposite side.

12   Let one groove follow the "Score Guide" and score the last two sides.

13   Cut notches where the lines cross using a pair of scissors or the supplied paper punch. Punch the corners with the supplied paper punch.

14   You may attach masking tape stamps on envelopes that you are not going to send by post. If the paper is smooth, use double-sided adhesive tape rather than glue.