Interactive Scenic Birthday Card

Hi all, It's Jen here. It's that time of the month where I get to share my latest card with you all and this month I've gone all "interactive!".

Products Used

Party Time Tails 5x7 Stamps – LDRS Creative

Party Time Tails Coordinating Dies – LDRS Creative

Land & Sky Stencils and Masks – LDRS Creative

Petite Petals Dies – LDRS Creative

Macarons Stamps and Coordinating Dies Bundle – LDRS Creative

Olive Branch – LDRS Creative

Prickly Pear Perfection – LDRS Creative

Lantern Yellow – LDRS Creative

Dan-D-Lion – LDRS Creative

Raven – LDRS Creative

Snowy White – LDRS Creative

A2 Cotton Watercolor Panels – LDRS Creative

Pinpoint Circles Dies – LDRS Creative

So I began by cutting a piece of light blue cardstock down to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.

Then I used the Land & Sky Stencils and various hybrid inks to create a cute background with a bright sun, soft fluffy clouds and lush green grass.

Next I stamped a sentiment from the Macarons Stamps onto the background in Raven Ink. Then set the panel aside to allow the ink to dry.

I stamped some of the cute critters from the Party Time Tails stamp set and coloured them in with alcohol markers. Once I'd finished colouring, I die cut the images out with the coordinating dies. I also cut an extra set from plain white cardstock and stacked them behind the coloured images to add some extra stability to the die cuts. Something I love doing to images like these is adding extra dots and highlights with a white gel pen. I find it adds much more interest and detail when I do.

When the background was dry I used a ruler and craft knife to cut out a channel in the panel. I made sure to keep the cut out as I knew I wanted to inlay it back in when assembling the card.

Next I die cut 2 of the smallest circles in the Pinpoint Circle die set from heavy weight white cardstock and placed it behind the channel I'd cut in the background. Then used 2 foam squares to attach the circles to the back of the cute Fox with her party balloon.

One circle & foam square was attached behind her head and the other behind her body. This was so the image could slide up and down in the channel. If I'd only attached her in one place, the poor fox would have been spinning around and I didn't want her to get dizzy lol!

I applied a double layer of foam tape behind the card panel and adhered it to my card base. The double layer of foam allows the fox to float up and down freely. Then I spent the next 10 minutes just playing with the card!

To finish of the scene I die cute some flowers from watercolour cardstock and painted them with some watercolours before gluing on the centres. Then sprinkled them onto the card.

And there you have it, a fun interactive card with the most adorable fox floating up into the air with her balloon. Why not try this out for yourself.

Bye for now, catch you all again next month!