Pure Imagination – Double Slider with Hidden Slider

Hello! This is my very first video so I’m a bit nervous but I’ve gotten quite a few questions on how to make this so I finally got around to sharing the details. A double slider card is one of my favorite types of card to make since it’s such a surprise for the recipient. Sweet Stamp Shop’s Pure Imagination stamp set really inspired me to spruce it up a little more!

Youtube video 

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It was much easier to create a video of the process than explain via words. I’m more of a visual learner anyway.

Hopefully, after you watch it, you’ll be inspired to create this kind of card. It truly is a card for someone special.

SUPPLIES:

Items marked with an asterisk (*) were provided by a store or the manufacturer. All other items were personally purchased. Items below are shown in the order they appear in the video.

 

 

Pool Piggies

I’m back on Gerda Steiner Designs‘s blog to feature their brand new stamp set, Pool Piggies. Check out her blog for the details of how I pulled everything together.

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I wanted to do something fun, and I really just wanted to use every stamp in the set. The best part is that since the card is pretty flat, you don’t expect the piggies to move but they do! They float in the water!

Supplies:
Vellum paper
Distress Inks
MFT Scalloped Edge Dies

Stamp Set:
Gerda Steiner Designs – Pool Piggies

Hoppiness

Hi everyone!

I’m up on Gerda Steiner’s blog today featuring the super cute Hoppiness Set. What a perfect set for Spring!

I can’t even contain my excitement because I’ve been a big fan of her company ever since spotting those Moody Unicorns and have been obsessed ever since. And I added a little surprise for the card recipient.

Check it out over on her blog: Gerda Steiner.

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Get Well Soon – Dancing Hippos

Someone close to me is recovering from a surgery and stuck at home resting for about two weeks. She was pretty concerned about the surgery and I wanted to send something to help brighten her day a little.

Ever since I saw the Clearly Besotted Trouble in a Tutu stamp set, I totally fell in love. Not only are those hippos incredibly adorable, they were DANCING?! And with interactive cards being so imaginative, I needed something to make those hippos come to life.

I’ve been meaning to do a pop up card for the longest time and kept contemplating the different dies that all companies have come out with, but I realized they didn’t always fit exactly what i wanted to do and with a craft knife/paper cutter, you can make it work. But making a pop up card wouldn’t necessary do the hippos justice, I literally wanted them to dance.

Here’s what I came up with:

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When you open up this card, the hippos SPIN. The spinning element works as with all spinner cards, except you have to place the hippos perfectly so they don’t rub up against the back of the card, or it’ll disturb their spinning. But I’m so glad they  are twirling on stage since they are ballerinas. I’m in LOVE. The hippo in the front center (pink tutu) actually pops up as well so it looks like she’s in the air swirling her baton.

You can see the card in action here:

 

Hope you love it!

Items used:

  • Clearly Besotted – Trouble in a Tutu
  • Your Next Stamp – Puffy Clouds
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs – Bunch of Flowers

Coloring:

  • Ranger Distress Inks
  • Copic and Spectrum Noir markers

Birthday Cards – Candy Dispensing Card

I had spotted this design on Instagram. It was a card that actually worked to dispense candy! I knew I had to make one for myself. It is such a great idea to give to a kid, or just to someone who enjoys candy!

I checked out her youtube video (Tutorial), tweaked a few things, and created my version of it. I hate when dimensional cards leave you with the foam tape peeking out on the sides so the simple solution was to use washi tape to hide it. The added touch really helps finish the card. Pretty fun…

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It works the same way as the tutorial. The only swaps I made was using craft foam instead of foam tape, and lining the edge of the card with washi instead of leaving it bare. It’s so exciting to see it work out successfully.

Items used:

  • Penny Black Stamps – Buddy & Duck
  • Paper Smooches – Clouds
  • Mini M&Ms
  • Daiso – Washi Tape

Coloring:

  • Ranger Distress Inks
  • Crayola colored pencils