Cricut: How to Make a Shaker Cake Topper

* White A4 Card

* South Beach Premium A4 Card

* Cricut Joy Smart Vinyl

* Cricut Teal Permanent Gloss Vinyl

* Cricut Pastel Permanent Gloss Vinyl

* Cricut Transfer Tape

* Stix 2 Anything A5 Acetate Sheets 

* Mini Hot Melt Glue Gun

* White Lollipop Sticks

* Silver Craft Bio Glitter

* A Glue Stick

* Tacky Glue

* Adhesive Foam Pads

* Extra Strong Bostik Glue

* A Dotting Tool

* A Water Sprayer

* Tea Towel

* A Dry Cloth

* A Pencil

To open the pre-made project in the Cricut Design Space app, follow the link at the top of the post, or alternatively use this link - https://design.cricut.com/landing/project-detail/640b07a7d74b77df82aa6200

You will need to change the size and colour scheme of the topper. Please note that Layer 2 of the project (the inside colour vinyl pieces of the “hip-hip” wording) will need to be mirror cut as you’re applying this to the reverse of the acetate later on. You can do this in the preview stage before you cut it on the machine.

Cut all the pieces out and weed the vinyl.

Using a dotting tool, apply tacky glue to the back of the thicker border piece along the inner side only.

Place the thinner border piece on top.

Press down and leave to dry.

To apply the "hip-hip hooray" writing to the acetate, we will be using the wet application method. We used Cricut Mint Permanent Gloss Vinyl for this step.

Fill your water sprayer with water and a small drop of washing up liquid. Apply transfer tape to the weeded vinyl and remove the backing. Hold the water sprayer about a foot away from the sticky side of the vinyl and lightly spray with the solution.

Next, place your acetate on a tea towel or kitchen roll. Apply the wording to the centre of the acetate offset, leaving an even gap around the edge. Using your scraper tool, start from the middle and push out any water/bubbles out from under the edge. Dry gently with a soft cloth. Keep going over the vinyl until you can’t see any more bubbles.

Be careful not to scratch your acetate and leave the transfer tape on until all the water has been pushed out. Once applied well, remove the transfer tape.

Using the wet application method in step 4, apply the colour inside pieces of the “hip-hip” letters to the back of the acetate.

We used Cricut Teal and Light Purple Permanent Gloss Vinyl as well as a Bright Yellow for these pieces.

Glue the card frame with the double offset to the front of the acetate. We used an all-purpose glue to do this.

Leave to dry.

Repeat with the second large frame on the back of the acetate.

Using foam pads (we trimmed ours down so they wouldn’t be as visible), make a border that will hold your glitter inside the shaker.

When sticking the foam pads down, try to keep them as close together and flat as you can so there are no gaps. Make a line of foam pads in the centre of the border frame

Top Tip: Remove the backing paper off the foam pads so you don't pull the tacky glue seal up once it's dry.

Seal any tiny gaps in between your foam pads and acetate with tacky glue using a dotting tool.

Leave to dry fully, this can take a while.

When the tacky glue is completely dry, add your bio glitter to the shallow tray inside the foam pads. Take care not to get it on the sticky part of the foam pads.

Mark on the back of the backing card where you want the lollipop sticks to be positioned. We marked  1” from each edge as this will make it easier to stick the sticks on evenly in the last step.

Apply all-purpose glue to the top of the foam pads just to give the pads a bit of extra hold to stop the glitter escaping. Stick the backing card onto it with the white side face down, taking care to line up the edges all around.

Leave to dry.