Happy Thursday! It's Carly and I'm here for another #throwbackthursdays, where we find inspiration in The CLASSroom archives! This week in addition to learning from past posts by our fabulous team, we are all creating interactive cards and it's so fun! Did you see Julie's spinner, Carolyn's pop-up or Kittie's window? We are having a blast!
Today I've created a "magic slider" card to share. I've been seeing the slider style of cards around and I wanted to try it, plus I really wanted to try it with my favorite MFT Stitched Rectangle Scallop Edge Frames. Here's what I came up with...
To create this card, start by creating a "cloudy" background. I used the cloud dies from the Essentials by Ellen Silver Linings set to create 2 masks by die cutting clouds from the stamping mask paper. Place masks on 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 panels of solar white and apply Nuvo Mousse. Just a note...the Nuvo Mousse is so fun, it is easy to apply, dries with a slightly dimensional metallic finish and can be layered. When Mousse has dried for just a moment, remove masks and then set panels aside to dry fully.
Next die cut three 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 scalloped frames, adhere together and set aside. Make sure to save the inside of one frame die cut for the next step.
On the inside frame piece (or a 2-1/16 x 3-5/16 piece of solar white), stamp a magical scene. Choose a few images to duplicate on a piece of acetate 2-1/16 x 3-1/2 bigger than your stamped white piece. I stamped stars on both my white piece & acetate and my MISTI made it so easy. I stamped the white piece first, removed all but the stars from my MISTI and stamped my acetate.
Color your unicorns & clouds as desired. I actually covered my stamped white cardstock piece in double-sided adhesive & glitter first. Then I colored my glitter with Copic markers, one of my favorite techniques that I learned from Miss Julie. Check out her awesome article:
Glittered Copics by Julie Ebersole
Trim down one of the cloud backgrounds to fit behind the scalloped frame previously created. For a 2-1/2 x 3-3/4 scalloped rectangle, I cut my cloud background to 2-1/8 x 3-1/2. And cut from the middle where the slider piece will ultimately be adhere to the remaining cloud background. A centering ruler or T-square helps but I just eyeballed it a bit since the clouds don't have to line up perfectly (the scalloped frame will hide tiny mis-matches). Adhere the smaller cloud piece you have just but to the layered scalloped frame.
Place scalloped frame on card in desired final position, lightly mark corners with a pencil.
Use a craft knife to make slits along the length of the frame, leaving top & bottom intact. These slits will be the slider "tracks" of your card.
Adhere a scrap cardstock strip to the bottom of stamped unicorn piece.
Use the strip to insert the unicorn piece into the cloud background.
Carefully adhere the scalloped frame over the unicorn piece without adhering frame to unicorn piece.
Then carefully inserted stamped acetate into frame, in front of the cloud background that is adhered to the scalloped frame (the small piece cut earlier). The "sandwich" will be scalloped frames, acetate, small piece of cloud background, unicorn piece and large piece of cloud background.
Attach a "tab" made from mousse covered cardstock, to the front of the acetate and back of the unicorn piece.
I know that was a lot of steps but after you create the first slider, you will want to make a bunch!
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget that you can get your hands on some MFT Magical Unicorns for 15% this week!
xo, Carly
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