Happy Birthday with a Little Surprise

Hey stampers, Anni here!

It was the birthday of a special (crafty) friend of mine last week so I wanted to make a special card for her! Last year we were on the return journey from a trip and we had a lot of fun celebrating her birthday in the car. I wanted to make a card in memory of this day. Avery Elle's Birthday Bus is just perfect for that. I also wanted to add a little surprise with an interactive element in the card. But more about that later...

I started by stamping the bus on watercolour paper using Versafine Onyx Black Ink because it is water-resistant. For the colouring I used watercolour. To cut out the image there are coordinating dies available.

For the background I used Altenew's Bubble Wrap Stencil. I blended a warm grey ink over it and let it fade to the upper part of the panel.

The sentiment came from the Birthday Bus set, too. I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed it in white on a stripe of pink cardstock.

But now let's get to the fun part: the surprise on the inside of the card! When you open it, this cute little box pops up.

This interactive part is very easy to create when you use Lawn Fawn's Mini Pop Up Box die. You can find a video about how to put the box together on Lawn Fawn's You Tube channel.

I decorated the box with a cute little cat and a bunny with a balloon from Avery Elle's Party Pals.

Hope you like my take on an interactive card!
Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.
Anni

         

New Baby Pop Up Box

Hi there, it's Jenny back again ... you get me twice this week as I'm standing in for Taheera today.

Okay, so onto today's card and it's a fun way to celebrate the arrival of a new baby because when 

you open the card, a pop up mini box awaits the recipient and it's bursting with the cutest clothes..

How cute is that.... now lets have a closer look at that box....

I've used the Lawn fawn Mini Pop Up Box die and filled it with MFT's Bundle of Baby clothes dienamics.

I added details to the clothing with die cuts and stamping and the balloons are from Mama Elephants Celebration Balloons but instead of adding string, they are attached using the streamers in the Box die set. Here's a top view..

I used both inserts in the box, just adhering the shorter one behind the first

and allowing it to fold as I closed the card.

The card base has been stamped using the Wood Plank background, I masked a narrow 

border around the edges so I didn't have to worry about lining the planks up 

exactly across the whole piece.

I made the nappies using the onsie die in the clothing set... here how I did it...

I cut the lower half of the onsie on a scrap then cut it again so I could trim the sleeves off.

I adhered the sleeves as shown in the photo above and then trimmed around the 

outside and across the top to follow the shape of the sleeves.... 

I think the box die makes a lovely keepsake card for such a special celebration and it's fun 

choosing and colour coordinating the clothing to put in it :)

   

  

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x