Birthday Confetti Shaker Pop Out Card

Oct 24, 2025

Hello fellow crafters! My name is Sabine and I am sharing with you how I made this fun shaker pop out card. I made the original version for Emily's birthday and it got so much attention that we wanted to share the process with you.

Below you can find a video where I walk you through the entire process. Keep scrolling for more details!

To create this card I used these Emily Moore Designs products:

I also used Simon Hurley's Lunar and Astro Paste Refined Copper as well as Catherine Pooler's Quartz and Sparkling Berry Ink Pads and white cardstock.

With the string/streamer layer of the Confetti Layered Stencil, I created one sheet of confetti with the Astro Paste and one sheet by switching between the two ink pads and fading the colors. For the smaller bits and pieces, I added some of the Copper Lunar Paste to white cardstock and made a patch of each ink color on a separate piece of cardstock. Now we are ready to go!

Let's begin by creating the card base. These measurements will make a card base that fits snug around the shaker frame.

After working the folds in nicely, I decorated the two front panels with the Copper Astro Paste confetti & adhered to the front using a tape runner. Each piece is 5 3/8" x 2 1/4". Then I rounded the corners with a corner puncher.

Next is the center piece, the shaker frame. I cut the Shaker Frame and the doily out of the ink confetti sheet as well as the A2 card base from the Card Sentiment Dies out of white cardstock. To decorate the shaker window I cut the chunky banners from Decorative Sentiment Dies in the different colors of this card and assembled them with some white twine across the window. Save the little hearts for later!

Then, I attached the acetate sheet with tape. I placed some foam tape tight around the window and some foam squares to support the rest of the frame. I filled the window with the Watermelon Sequin Mix and finished the shaker by adding the Card Sentiment Dies - A2 card base to the back which is conveniently the same size as the shaker frame.

Once I attached the shaker to the 1/2" stripe in the middle of the card base I created a sleeve for the card. I cut a 1 1/2" x 11" stripe of white card stock and fold it tight around the card. I found this is the easiest way to create a perfectly snug sleeve. The ends meet in the front and can be shortened so they hide behind the doily. Make sure to leave a little overlap to glue them together.

With the small For You Word Die I cut the shadow in Quartz and the words in the Copper Lunar Paste. An adhesive sheet made it easy to put the words on the shadow and with the thin foam square I added it to the doily which I cut with the shaker frame earlier. Then I glued it to the center of the sleeve covering the ends.

One little detail is still missing on this part of the card. I cut out of white cardstock the shorter label of the Decorative Sentiment Dies and used one of the "happy birthday" stamps from the Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set with the Sparkling Berry and added it inside the card below the shaker window.

Now this part of the card is done, but I always like to make sure that there is space for a personal handwritten note. Since the idea of the pop out card is that you can have it standing up to see the beautiful shaker, I don't want to write on it and decided to add a little pocket for a personal note.

I used both frames of the Decorative Sentiment Dies for the note. The smaller frame I cut out of white cardstock and for the larger frame I used the Copper Lunar Paste. I stamped "This calls for confetti!" from the All The Happy Things Stamp Set on the white piece and added the three little hearts that were left from the chunky banners at the beginning.

For the note pocket, I used the Vertical Pocket Die cut out of white cardstock. Another piece of white cardstock cut to 4 1/8" x 4" creates the back of the pocket. I rounded the top corner of the back to compliment the design of the pocket edge.

First, I attached the bottom flap of the pocket. I covered the edge with some clear tape to make it easier to slide the note in the pocket. It won't get stuck on the edge as easy. Once the two side flaps are attached to the back the note can slide right in.