Under the sea slider birthday card

A special young lady turned 6 a few days ago. And she's totally into axolotls right now.  So I created this card for her with a slider mechanism so that the axolotl can explore its world. The base of the card is created using the Seabed 3D Embossing Folder and I used watercolor pencils to add color and dimension:

And here the axolotl is gliding down and to the left:

and close to the left edge of the card:

The axolotl can also twirl and do somersaults as it moves through the undersea world...but I didn't think to photograph that! (I'm sure the recipient will have it "dance" around!)

and last but not least, a glimpse of the inside of the card. The images are from the retired Whale Done stamp set. Oh and the axolotl was copied from the listing that I bought as a gift.

Thanks for stopping by....have a wonderful day. I hope you slip in a moment to do something creative!

Mermaid Tail shaker birthday card

What a fun shaker card! I made this in two color variations (though it seems that I did not photograph the blue version):

This is the inside of the card, behind the shaker:

I don’t have a photo of the main page of the inside of the card as I wrote in it before thinking to take a photo! But I have all the photos for the second variation in color: 

Shaker cards are always so much fun to make …and hopefully receive! 

Have a wonderful day & thanks for stopping by…

Jungle Pals standing fun fold birthday card

Salebration…it’s the two month promo period (Jan-Feb) when Stampin’UP! offers a special selection of free stamps, dies, dry embossing folders, and printed paper packs free with purchase. And this year (2024), I picked the Jungle Pals stamp set and dies for two of my freebies. Here’s the card I CASED from my friend Laura Seki, with her permission. CASEing a card means to “copy and share everything” where you use what has been shared, and make a change that makes the card our own! 

I stamped the sloth from the stamp set and added a toucan to Laura’s design (also from the same stamp set). I used the corresponding dies to cut them out. Then I die cut the tree twice, adhering  the second die cut over the first but flipped (look at the branches for a clue!). I added some leaves and a panel as the background from the Daisy Designer Series Paper pack that looked lush and “tropical”. I wanted a custom greeting for a special 4 year old….so I printed this out using my computer and die cut it using the banner die from the Stylish Shapes die set (#159183).

The card design is a fun fold that includes a “pillar” (where the tree is adhered to) so the card actually stands upright. And the pillar folds up so that the card fits into a standard A2 envelope. (Sorry that I didn’t take a photo of it folded up!)

Here’s a close up of the sloth: 

And a closeup of the toucan. I also used dimensionals to pop the leaves up in front of it. 

On the back, I added another sloth and a vine: 

For this sloth, I stamped it on Crumb Cake cardstock before die cutting it. Hoping the special birthday boy liked his card! Would you if you were 4??

Thanks for stopping by…have a wonderful day!