Head in the Clouds - Interactive Valentine Swing Card

 

Hello crafty friends!  Jenn Gross here, with and interactive card using stamps and stencils from The Rabbit Hole Designs, You can also find my projects on IG under @journeycoachjenn.  It seems that love is in the air and in the clouds!

Today I am sharing aninteractive Valentine card.  This swinging cupid card is created with The Rabbit Hole Designs' Cupid Clarence stamp set (a Dusting Pike illustration) I used Cottontail Blending Brushes,  Clouds in my Coffee stencil paired with the radiant die from the You've Been Framed die set for the background.

Let's take a look at how this card is created:

A - I stamp the Cupid Clarence image twice.  I colored the head of one of the images  and the body of the other image using blue violet (BV) Olo Markers.   I fussy cut the colored head and body, leaving about 1/2" of paper above the neck of the body piece to attach Clarence's head with a foam square.  I angle the head at a slight upward angle and secured it to the body.

B - I randomly ink blended a cloud background with the Clouds In My Coffee stencil using Cotton Tail Blending Brushes. and Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink on a 4" x 5 1/4' piece of white cardstock.

C & D - Using a standard hole punch, I added a hole 5/8" below the top center of the card front.  I positioned the radiant die from the You've been Framed die set about 1/2' below the hole and die cut the design. 

E - I used the standard hole punch to add a hole on each end of a 2' x 1/2" strip of clear acetate. This will be used for an interactive swing bar.

F - I added small jump rings to  the back of  Clarence's envelope and on the bottom of Clarence's shorts to add a small bit of weight for balance. The jump rings are attached with redline tape and a small piece of paper is glued over the top to secure the jumb rings into place.  I used Gem-Tack adhesive to attach a slider snap on side of the back of Clarence's arrow hand. 

G & H - I let the snap dry in place and attached one hole at the end of the acetate strip over the snap on Clarence's hand and snapped it in place. I snapped the other end of the acetate to the hole on the top of the card and tested the swing movement.  I removed the snap and acetate from the top card hole so I could stamp the sentiment at the bottom of the card.

I & J - I snapped the acetate swing bar to the top of the card front  I used a small cloud die cut from my stash to die cut a cloud to hide the snap attachment at the top of the card.  The cloud is placed over the snap with thick double-sided adhesive foam tape on each side of the cloud.  This space allows the acetate bar to swing freely.

K - I attached the card front to a lilac A2 card base using  double-sided adhesive foam tape completing this fun interactive card. 

Products Used

Cupid Clarence stamp set

You've Been Framed dies

Clouds in My Coffee stencil

Cottontail Blending Brushes

Accetate Sheets

Thank you, I appreciate you taking time from your day to stop by and check out today’s interactive Valentine card featuring The Rabbit Hole Designs' new Cupid Clarence stamp set.  I hope you are inspired to create something lovely today!

 

Be Creative ~ Stay Inspired

Jenn Gross

 

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Swinging on the Moon - Double Dial Card

Hey crafty friend, Amanda from Pear Blossom Press here again. I've got an awesome new interactive card for you today! I paired up images from Space - Infinity & Beyond, and Space - Miss You, along with a neat double dial die set, to create a fun swing card. Check it out in action...

To prep, I stamped my images and Copic colored them. I extended the arms of the astronaut's swing and connected them at the top with a black pen. Then, I cut out all of the images with my ScanNCut. To create the galaxy background, I borrowed a trick from my friend Cassie, and just splattered white paint and shimmer mist onto black cardstock. It's fast and easy. I cut out a 5" circle and trimmed the top off to create the card front. I used the die set to cut the slots from the circle, as well as the dial, link and washers. It may seem complicated, but I promise, this was really easy to put together. Here are step-by-step photo directions to assemble the pieces...

 

Parts for Swinging on the Moon Double Dial Card.

 

1. Attach link to dial with brad.

 

2. Attach dial to card front (narrow tweezers help create extra space when opening brad).

 

3. Use brads and washers to attach link and dial arm to card front (view from front).

 

(View from back.)

 

4. Attach black slot pieces to card base and use marker to darken area around them. Apply foam tape to back of card front, away from moving parts.

 

5. Attach card front to card base.

 

6. Apply double thick foam tape (yellow) on dial brads. Apply regular foam tape (white) on link brad. Glue small moons flat to panel.

 

7. Attach swing to foam on dial arm. Attach purple moon to foam on link.

 

8. Attach green moon to top brad.

To finish the card, I added a few dots to the top right, and bottom left corners of the card base with black and white pens. I glued a bunch of round and star shaped gems all over too. And a hand drawn arrow on the dial, lets the recipient know how to operate the mechanism. 

Thanks for stopping by today. I'd love to know what you think of this one! You can find the sister article to this post on my blog. Head on over for links to the specific products I used. If you'd like to see more cards using these stamp sets, you might like this article, and this one. I'll be back soon with more fun cards to share.

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Spooky Front Porch Card

Hello my crafty friend, it's Amanda from Pear Blossom Press again! Now that fall is here, I wanted to revisit the Front Porch Card I made over the summer and give it a Halloween makeover. This time I added lights too! Take a look at it in action...

For the spooky version of the card, I switched up the colors and decorative elements. You can see the original card and how to build the frame here. Instead of a white house, I colored it in shades of grey with Copic Markers. This time around, I kept the cutouts from the door panels and taped them back in place. I added a spooky fence in front of the pillars and swapped the flowers and stars for a jack-o-lantern and bats from the Hex Yeah stamp set. Instead of the kissing couple behind the doors, I've got the Caffeinated Spider swinging from a piece of thread. Notice she's holding candy where her coffee mugs usually are. I just masked off the mugs on the stamp before stamping, then stamped candy in their places, and used a Copic liner to connect the legs lines. I embossed boo and push here onto a die cut banner and tucked it behind the pumpkin.

This card has three different interactive elements to it. First, the doors open. The Impresslit I used both cuts the doors, and embosses the stone pattern around them. So all of the work is done with one pass in the Big Shot. The second interactive element is light! I used one of my EZ-Lights and taped the battery to the back of the bottom step (with the switch lined up under the push here stamp). Then, I simply punched a hole through the step, threaded one of the lights through, and taped it in place behind the pumpkin. I taped the other two lights above the center of the doors to light up the spider and her web. The last interactive element is the swinging spider. To do this, I just taped a piece of thread to the back of her, then sandwiched the top of the thread between two layers of foam tape. By using a double layer of foam tape all the way around the back side of the porch piece, it left her plenty of room to swing, and room for the light to bounce around.



I love how this one turned out! In fact, this card actually inspired the first card, even though it hadn't been made yet. Being on The Rabbit Hole Design's design team, I knew the jack-o-lantern stamps were coming and that got me thinking about creating a front porch to put them on. Since it was early summer, and I had been searching for porch decor on Pinterest, my feed was full of great ideas for summery porch scenes. That's when I realized this card base could be adapted to any season. (I already have a Christmas card in mind.) What kind of scene would you make?

You can find the sister article to this post on my blog today, along with links to the specific products I used. Soon, you'll be able to find my EZ-Lights here at The Rabbit Hole Designs. Until then, you can find them here. Be sure to pick up these items to recreate today's card...

Hex Yeah
Boo to You
Caffeinated Spider (available September 30th)
Liquid Pixie Dust
Diamond Glaze

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back soon with more fun cards to share!

Hanging by a Thread

Hello my crafty friend, it's Amanda from Pear Blossom Press again! How do you take your coffee? I usually prefer mine sans spiders, but this one is so cute, I couldn't resist. I was inspired by my friend Jenn to dangle the adorable Caffeinated Spider from a thread and let her swing. Isn't she cute?!

Now I know a lot of people missed the chance to order the Caffeinated Spider when it was offered as part of a mini coloring class from Sweet Sentiment, but don't worry, she'll be available from The Rabbit Hole Designs starting on September 30th. I also missed Jammie's class, so I had to color her up on my own.

Luckily, I took a coloring class with Kathy Racoosin last weekend. It was fantastic! And I learned that I'm the Jon Snow of coloring; I know nothing! All kidding aside, I really did learn some great new techniques that I want to work on. Kathy teaches how to add details with colored pencils (a medium I rarely work with). So for this card, I wanted to practice some of the new tricks I learned.



I started by stamping my spider and laying down a base coat of color with several shades of grey Copic markers (N3, N5, & N7). Then I brought in my colored pencils and went to work. I chose random dark pencils to deepen up the nooks and crannies. I added a little purple over some of the highlight areas, just for a touch of color. And I added lots of tiny strokes to look like hair all over the spider. For the mugs, I opted for bright colors and added a touch of shading. Once I was happy with the coloring, I fussy cut the spider and glued a piece of black thread behind the green mug.

While the glue was drying, I masked off a 1¼" circle on a 3¼" x 4¼" panel. I ink blended Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink around the circle. Then I blended Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink on from the bottom up, leaving about ½" of white space between the two colors  (don't mix them, it won't be pretty). To bring the colors together and darken up the edges of the purple, I lightly blended in Black Soot Distress ink just to where the yellow started. This gave me a nice bright moonlit sky.

To create a scene, I die cut a pair of tree trunks, a spooky fence and a stitched rectangle frame from black cardstock. I also cut a stitched hillside piece and a pair of tree tops from grey cardstock. To add a little shading to the grey pieces, I blended more black soot ink along the bottoms. I glued the hillside piece flat to the ink blended panel. Then I glued the trees and fence to the rectangle frame and added a double layer of foam tape to the back of the frame. Before sandwiching the frame to the panel, I draped the spider in between.

For the A2 card base, I cut and folded a piece of purple woodgrain cardstock. The color was more pink than I wanted, so I blended wilted violet and black soot around the edges to get the right color. Then I stamped and embossed the sentiment along the bottom right edge and glued on the scene. For a little shimmer and shine, I painted Liquid Pixie Dust onto the spider's eyelids and the coffee mugs. I added Diamond Glaze to her eyeballs and the mugs. And to finish the card, I glued on a few sequins that came for free in my last order from The Rabbit Hole Designs!

So tell me what you think. Fun right? I love the way she swings back and forth with that bothered expression on her face. She is the cutest spider I've ever seen. And the thread is one of the easiest ways to add an interactive element to your card. Plus, it couldn't be more perfect for a spider to hang from, right?

Thanks for swinging by today! (See what I did there? I must've been a dad in another life...) You can find the sister article to this on my blog today, along with links to the specific products I used. I'll be back soon with another fun card...