Interactive Halloween card

I’m always on the lookout for interactive cards to send to some young ones. One day a few weeks a reel came across my Instagram feed…it was a reel for a really cool double tab card called “Side Pop & Twist Card”.

And this is what I created using some Hallowe’en card stock and die cuts:

 

Here’s the card in action:

My thanks to Claire Ottaway  in the UK for the tutorial on how to create this wonderful card. If you’re curious to see the tutorial, I’ve included the YouTube link here: https://youtu.be/JnSrJOVw72Y?si=EiBH_GCX2U18EHTA

Halloween Wiper Card

 I have three young ones for whom I send special cards to: 2 great nieces and a great nephew. I try to make and send interactive cards, in other words,  cards that do something. This year I decided to make a wiper card and this is what it ended up looking like when closed:

And when opened, the oval with the "Boo" pops up from below and looks like this:

Hard to imagine the interactive aspect in still photos so here's a video: 

The mechanism is so simple and yet each time I make one, I have difficulty in putting the components together to make it work properly! Or my sentiment is the wrong size for the design! So simple and yet...mind boggling! LOL

This card folds up and fits into the standard A2 envelope. When you hold the top left side of the card in your left hand and the right side of the card with your right hand, you can pull the front panel sideways. And when you do, the "BOO" pops out from below! So much fun, or so I hope the kiddos will think!

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

Hallowe’en cards: Scary Silhouettes Pop up Card

I created these Hallowe’en cards for my great nieces and nephew, all of whom live on the eastern half of the continent! I usually try to make an interactive card of some kind to entertain the little ones but I hope they liked the dimensional aspect of this one. The main dies used are from the Scary Silhouettes Dies set:

For the side panels, I used some ombre papers from a Salebration freebie from a couple of years ago. To recreate the gathering night time sky, I used blending brushes and Pacific Point and Highland Heather inks. And the bats were stamped using craft white ink. Here’s a closeup of both cards:

No room on front to write anything but there is a panel on the back:

Here’s a top view of the card so you can see how dimensional it is: 

And of course these cards fold flat for mailing like this (it kept wanting to pop up again but I think you can get the idea…)

Thanks for stopping by. Hope your Halloween was fun!