Sound the Alarm!!

I was inspired to try a different card design using the Peek-a-Boo 

pals car stamp...... it just needed a pop up scene to sit in...

I basically searched on You Tube for a guide to making these floating floor cards and found 

them quite simple to do once you've worked out where you want to place the images.

My party-goer is a dinosaur from a coordinating set also from Avery Elle . 

I gave him a city backdrop and an inked road to travel along...

Using acetate for the flashing light lines and balloon strings gives 

an invisible way to add them.

I chose to make my floating scene a bit short of the base and then added a simple 

sentiment with room to add a handwritten one too.

The outside of the card needed a wrap/belly band to help keep it closed so

I used a fun font to add the siren noise to a speech bubble for a simple decoration

to the band... I like the fun, striking colour combo too :)

You can find a few extra details for this card on the Seven Hills Crafts Blog HERE if needed

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Peek-a-boo Pals Car, Peek-a-boo Scary Pals - Avery Elle

City Stacks - Concord & 9th

Speech Bubble dies - Waffleflower

Colour Me Letters - Mama Elephant

A Bearthday!!

Love these bears from Avery Elle, the simplicity in the illustration makes them easy to 

colour and I tried to get a few different bears amongst them...

If you pull on the tab, one of the bears raises a sign to complete the greeting!!

I used the double slider die from MFT to make the pull tab mechanism and I have a few

more details and photos over on the Seven Hills crafts blog here, but this is basically 

what it looks like before adding the bears and frame on top of the pull tab....

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used: 

All of Us - Avery Elle

Double Slider Loops Slot Die,Polar Bear Pals   - MFT

Baby Box

I've finally got round to using the Mini Pop Up Box die from Lawn Fawn, it makes 

such a cute card and what better occasion to use it for than the arrival of a cute baby...

I used MFT's baby clothes die to cut a trio of garments and the celebration balloons 

from Mama Elephant to add a bit of height to the arrangement.... 

here's a photo of the opened card..

I made a couple of nappies using the bottom and sleeves of the onsie in the die set, 

I have more details and photos on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here to show you.

I kept the front of the card simple, using a sentiment from MFT and a twine wrap to help keep the card closed. The cute star charm is from the pop up box die.... the perfect finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Mini Pop Up Box Die - Lawn Fawn

Bundle of Baby Clothes, Welcome Baby, Woodplank Background Stamp - MFT

Celebration Balloons & dies - Mama Elephant

Totally Toads!

Well aren't I the lazy blogger!! It's the start of February tomorrow so I thought I should put in an appearance for January with a couple of recent cards...

I thought I'd try a simple interactive card with these MFT toads, they are fun to colour.... breaking out my different green Copic combinations. This is what happens when you pull the tab..

The mechanism is hidden thanks to Lawn Fawns new slider die which fits perfectly on the back of the toad... he he.... basically he's toast shaped!! 😃 

I coloured up a fourth toad but couldn't fit him in the pond so he got his own separate card and is quite far from the pond!!!.....

I presume he's positioned so he can sit on a lily pad but I also thought he could be floating away with a bunch of heart shaped balloons. He does look rather out of place but then again he's trying to get a message across 😉

I have more details about these cards on the Seven Hills crafts blog here and here.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Toad-ally Awesome, Heart Balloon die, Mini Well Connected Alpha - MFT

Let's Toast pull tab die - Lawn Fawn

Critter Card Puns, Cloud dies - Paper Smooches

Time to Twirl

I'm back with another Interactive Card inspired by the awesome Jennifer McGuire... this one is a peek-a-boo card and you can find her You Tube tutorial here 

I thought the Tu-Tu Cute set from Waffleflower would work well... the little ballerina changes poses 

I even got 'techy' brave and made a short silent video to show the card in action...

I love the simple mechanism for this card.... 

now thinking which other sets would work 🤔

You can find my DT post for this card on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Stash Used:

Tu-Tu Cute - Waffleflower

Star Turnabout - Concord & 9th

Brewtiful Day

Here's a fun interactive card for a 'tea lovin' recipient.... they have to navigate the tea bag round the maze to the teacup :)

This maze die is great fun, you can start the teabag in different positions for a more challenging maze and when it gets to the cup.... it sits neatly inside...

For more details and photos on how I assembled the card visit the Seven hills Crafts blog here.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

Stash used:
Maze Die - Neat & Tangled
Teatime - Avery Elle
Bella Letters - Mama Elephant

Pop Up Herd

I do enjoy making an interactive card.... but they cause me to scratch my head working out mechanisms and it has been known for me to take cards apart to see how it's done!!

Well this simple die from Mama Elephant makes pop up cards much simpler and I knew that the little fence was needing a few farm animals inside it....

I followed the video tutorial on how to assemble the fence and attach it to the card base and then added the animals along with a few daisies to complete my meadow...

The thing with pop up cards is how to decorate the front and lead the recipient into

 the surprise.... this is what I came up with....

Oh yes... it had to be a pun to match the one on the inside 😉

I've already been through my stamps to earmark other suitable creatures and objects 

for this little fence die... such fun 😊

Stash Used

Inside Pop Fence Creative Cuts - Mama Elephant

Bella Letters - Mama Elephant

The Whole Herd - MFT

Scalloped Frame Dies - MFT

Cloud Edge Stencil - MFT

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Computer Says....?

Hellooo :)

I'm over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a simple interactive card using the Blogging Buddies stamp set... I've had this idea kicking around in my head ever since I saw a similar graphic printed onto a T-shirt...

I'm glad I went with the concentric circle background.... it sort of looks right with the computer and draws your eye to the images. When you pull the tab the task bar fills with colour...

and on the inside the birthday message has loaded...

I have a couple of photos over on the Seven Hills Crafts blog showing how I constructed the simple pull tab mechanism if you are interested... its exactly the same way I made the interactive part for my Smoothie card back at the end of May :)

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

Otherwise Engaged!!

EDITED TO ADD: Thanks to the ladies at CASology for selecting my card as a winner in the Giggle challenge... it literally was a fun challenge to play along with :0)

Good morning :0)
Two posts in two days!!!..... that's unheard of round here, but.....

...... after tuning into Less is More yesterday morning and seeing a sketch staring back at me I knew it was time to put an idea I've had, simmering on the back burner, into action especially with the Giggle challenge at CASology calling to me too.....

This is the first 'slider' interactive card I think I've made (it took long enough so I should remember!) .... the stamps are freebies from the front of Craft Stamper magazine and it is they that set the seeds of creativity!!

Apologies to Chrissie and Jen -The actual imagery fits the sketch at LiM although the raised panel is larger because of the logistics of the interactive piece..... I hope that's okay?? 

Oh yes, here are the photos of the action in the correct order....

I was torn between using AVAILABLE and FREE.... (vacant just wasn't going to do)  I think either would be fun..... this is just the style of card that I'm drawn to in the shops :0)

I don't have the equipment for video tutorials and anyhow this would be an epic so I have shot a few photos of the workings on this card as I assembled it...

That makes it look a lot easier than it was and I suppose if you take out all the phaffing about and having to remake the front panel again!!!.... it was :0)

Okay, that's a lot of scrolling down for everyone for one day!! I just have two more pics to include so I don't get in trouble... 

                             

 Thanks for making it to the end and hope you had a giggle too :0)

Jenny x

Stamps used: Bathroom icons are a freebie from Craft Stamper - Alphabet from Lawn Fawn