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!

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Bee My Valentine interactive rocker card & lollipop treat

Happy Valentine’s Day! Once my daughter was out of elementary school, Valentine’s Day was no longer much of a “holiday”…no kid treats to prep, no valentines to write for everyone in the class, no class party! Sure we *could* do something, and we usually did a little something…but nothing much. Recently I’ve started doing a little more by making cards, decorating treats with cute packaging and such. 

I usually can resist a Valentine stamp set but the bee set in the current mini catalog just called and called to me. It is pretty darned cute! And I have to admit to having had a lot of fun with it. I realized that I sent off a BUNCH of flip it cards and forgot to take photos of them! Again! (A flip it card has a funky fold in the middle and a partial cut out that rotates as you open the card. Sorry, it’s hard to grasp in words and I need a video to show the neat design.)  But I did take photos of the cutest rocker card:

The bases were made using the Deckled Circles dies and Real Red card stock, as well as the Bee Mine DSP. After lots of stamping on some Basic White card stock and …voila, here’s a darling card! I created it with the “You’re as sweet as honey” stamp so that the ladies in class could stamp the back panel with “thanks so much”  as the cutest darned thank you card OR with a Happy Valentine’s Day stamp! I’m not able to load a video…not sure why but it’s a bummer as it shows off the card’s “rocking” feature. So cool! I sent this off card to my great nieces and great nephew…I hope they liked it!

Thanks for stopping by…and have a wonderful happy valentines day.

Faux Shaker Cards with Santas Express DSP

Apologies that I didn't finish posting some of my holiday cards in early January but I was out of town for a few days then caught a nasty flu from my family. And then I was out for several weeks! Stay healthy folks...!!

I wanted to make an interactive card and decided to make faux shaker cards. I used Santa's Express DSP and cut a 4x5.25" panel of it. Then I put the DSP into a clear cellophane bag sized for an A2 card and tucked in the edge on one side to fit the panel snugly. I added various sequins into the bag and taped it shut! Ribbon across and a die cut of the Ho Ho Ho side of one of the other designs in the DSP pack and ...the card was done! Here are a couple of close ups of both:

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Zany Zoo interactive flip or swing card

There's a new, super fun printed paper pack called Zoo Crew, with a corresponding stamp set (Zany Zoo) and dies too (Zany Zoo Dies). It has all sorts of cartoon like animals...a raccoon holding a bouquet of balloons, a llama sits knitting, the aardvark holding a gift, etc. I received a special order for a birthday card and decided to create this interactive "flip" or "swing" card... and this is how it turned out...

Now open the card and the message starts to "flip"...

Here's a partial view of the inside:

And here's in the inside fully opened, with room to sign the card and add a personal message. The adorable mini cupcakes are from an old retired set call Tasty Trucks and seemed to match the koala bear's juggling cupcakes perfectly!

I love making interactive cards like this...little ones and adults alike love the simple action of this card. 

The Zany Zoo paper pack is available online, as is the stamp and die sets that coordinate. The die set I used to create the card base however is an old old old Sizzix set and is no longer available. Let me know if you'd like to order the Zany Zoo paper pack, stamp set or corresponding dies online...I'm always happy to help with any questions...

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Shaker Valentine with Sweet Talk

Here’s a fun Valentine shaker card I made recently and mailed off to some special little friends. I used a variety of supplies…The heart is die cut using the larger heart from the  Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder set. The red dot paper is from the Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper pack and I used the Window Sheets to create the “window” for the heart shaker. I then used foam adhesive strips to follow the shape of the heart on the underside, added some faceted sequins (retired) on the card base, centered over where the heart would be positioned, then adhered it to the front to the Basic White card base. Oh and before adhering anything to the card base, I stamped the hearts along the top and side. The conversation hearts and Happy Valentine’s Day sentiment are all from the Sweet Talk photopolymer stamp set (retired). 

Here is a list of the non-retired supplies used to make this card (at the time of posting):

Basic white cardstock 8.5x11” (item #159276)

Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder (item #157641)

Flowering Fields DSP (item#157670)

Window Sheets (item #142314)

Foam Adhesive Strips (item#141825) 

Tombow Multipurpose Glue (item#110755)

Poppy Parade Stamp Pad (item #147050)

Daffodil Delight Stamp Pad (item #147094)

Polished Pink Stamp Pad (item#155712)

Highland Heather Stamp Pad (item #147103)

Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for stopping by.