Happy Holiday Series | Dimensional Slider ft. Lawn Fawn "Beary Happy Holidays"

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I've done slider cards in the past, where the critter slides across the card; it's fun and interactive. I wanted to take that to the next level and have my little critter sliding across a dimensional scene. I had originally wanted him to be skating across a shaker background so that it would look as though it were snowing, but it started to get too bulky.

In the end, I'm glad I went the direction I did. This little guy is so cute and I have a bunch of other dimensional sliders planned, stay tuned!

To begin, I stamped the bear from Lawn Fawn's "Beary Happy Holidays" with Memento ink on 110lb Copic-friendly cardstock and cut him out using the Brother 2 Scan N Cut. I coloured him with Copic markers and set him aside.

I cut another piece of cardstock with the Lawn Fawn "Forest Border" die and used Distress ink to add colour to the trees. To make a bit of a shadow on the hillside under the trees I used some soft blue Copic markers so it wouldn't look flat.

I stamped the ice flow from "Critters in the Arctic" and used a medium oval die from Spellbinders to do a partial die cut for my window, and fussy cut around the top of the ice flow. On the front panel I stamped my greeting and then prepped the panel with my powder tool. I heat embossed some snowflakes using "Snow" embossing powder by Recollections.

I sponged Tumbled Glass Distress ink on the front of my A2 sized card base to create the sky, then adhered my hillside with trees directly down on the front.

To create the slider channel, I used the short "Slide On Over" die in a piece of acetate and lined it up so the bear could skate across the ice. I trimmed any excess acetate away and adhered it down using some strong two-way tape.

With the front panel completed, I added two layers of foam tape to pop up the panel and ensure that my bear wouldn't get stuck. I have tried to get away with using only one layer of foam tape in the past, and it has always failed me. I like to minimize the bulk on a card, but I like the interactive cards to work properly more.

I adhered a penny to the back of my bear and a small piece of foam tape to line him up in the channel. I then use another penny on the other side so that he won't escape his channel. A penny works perfectly with this size of critter, but for something smaller I would use layers of cardstock. Essentially you create a sandwich so that the foam tape is between the two pennies, just remember to put him in the slider channel before adhering the bottom penny. Otherwise it's a nightmare to get him in the channel and you risk ruining the piece.

Once he was in place, I adhered the top panel to the front of the card and it looks like he's skating across a pond in the park! Lots of fun dimension and it gives you a completely different way to create a slider card.

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Smashin' Birthday | ft. Lawn Fawn "Year Seven"

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Once again, I cannot say enough good things about Lawn Fawn. Their consistently cute stamps that are pretty interchangeable make unlimited possibilities when it comes to cards and layouts. Now that they have interactive dies, the fun never stops.

Today I have an interactive birthday card. The second I saw this set I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

We are having a fiesta!

To begin, I used Dried Marigold and Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink, to make a fun background, I then used some clean water to create a splatter and then patted it off with some paper towel. As this isn't watercolour paper I didn't want the water to sit too long, so the splatter isn't as defined as I would have liked.

Once the panel was dry, I used the small curved die from Lawn Fawn "Slide on Over" die set to make the groove where he could swing. I also used my Crop-a-Dile to punch a 1/8" hole and a colourful eyelet. I knew he would be swinging from a string and I didn't want that friction to damage the card.

I stamped the pinata and the candy on 110lb Copic-friendly cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them all in with Copic markers. I also used my white gel pen to add some dot detail to all the pieces. I then used the coordinating dies to cut out all the images. (Yep, got the dies for this one. I know, right?)

I used some micro dots to adhere the candies in place. I created a penny slider for the back of my little pinata and sandwiched in some green twine for him to swing from. I don't know why he's a him, but he is. I used the greeting from the set, curving it along the edge of the die so he wouldn't obstruct it as he swung by.

After everything was in place, I doubled up the foam tape (important!!) and adhered it to a standard A2 sized card base.

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This card is for:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Happy Birthday

and

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

For A Child

Penny Slider Card | ft. Clearly Besotted's "Hip Hip Hooray" and Lawn Fawn Dies

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I gotta say, I think I'm a little bit obsessed with the interactive cards. It literally doubles the possibilities for nearly any card design. Flat, dimensional or interactive there is no end to the possibilities and it is an excellent way to add just a little bit more to a card that lets your recipient know how much you care.

Today's card features Clearly Besotted's "Hip Hip Hooray" stamp set and Lawn Fawn's "Duh-Nuh" as well as their Stitched Cloud borders, Slide on Over dies and Stitched Scallop border dies.

Yeah, there's a lot going on in this one.

I'm going to apologize now, this is a long one. But I promise it will be worth it.

To begin, I used Lawn Fawn's "Stitched Scallop" Border dies with blue vellum and some soft blue cardstock to make layered waves. I then used the "Stitched Cloud" Border dies on white vellum to create two layers of clouds.

I used Distress ink - Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke - to darken up the clouds, on the waves and paper I used Salty Ocean to create some variance in the waves.

I then took the wave that I wanted behind my scene and my panel and used the waviest of the "Slide on Over" dies to cut my sliding channel.

I stamped the ship from Clearly Besotted's "Hip Hip Hooray" set and the fin from Lawn Fawn's "Duh-Nuh" set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on 110lb Copic-friendly cardstock. I coloured them with Copic markers and fussy cut them out. I added some clear Wink of Stella to the sail, not because sails are sparkly, but because I have to put glitter somewhere on the paper.

For the sliding, I used the penny method so that when you tip the card it will slide over on it's own and there is no additional pull tab.

The waves and the greeting are stamped with Salty Ocean Distress ink. I put the greeting together using CTMH's "Etched Alphabet" - This is my go-to alphabet, though I do wish it came in lower case as well.

The secret here is double up the foam tape, and check the slide at every step. Not only is it fun, but the sooner you realize there is something that needs to be adjusted the happier you'll be.

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