Hi Creative Community! I just hosted an interactive card class. We made pull tab cards. I combined things I saw in different videos to make the mechanism that we used. I'll link the best video I saw at the end of this post.
Here are the samples that I made:
The little reindeer was my favourite. I got that idea from Jennifer McGuire who did it as a double slider card reveal. (Click link to see her video.) The reindeer is completely hidden behind the wreath and pops up when you pull the tab. The wreath and sentiment are from a Stampin' Up! set and the reindeer is from Hello Bluebird ("Yeti or Not" stamp set).
Here are Claire's cards:
I made the coffee mug with the tall dome shaker globe die from Your Next Stamp. I made the handle from a new die set I got by Marianne Design, but you could make it yourself with nested heart dies or punches. The steam and sentiment are also from the "Thanks a Latte" stamp set by Your Next Stamp. The background script is from a background stamp by Gina K. Designs. Then the pull tab is all the way down, the heart-shaped steam is hidden inside the cup. I noticed my steam seems damaged. The hearts don't stamp all the way around like they show on the packaging. It's okay though. Since it's steam, I'm fine with my hearts being incomplete.
Here are Debbie's Cards:
The cloud card was made with one of my new die sets: "Finishing Touches: Stitched Hills and Clouds" by Creative Expressions. It has 3 hills and 2 clouds in the set which are just shy of 6 inches long. That will create a great variety of hills and clouds for the two card sizes I use most often. In the middle, we used a home-made stencil and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink to make the clouds in the background.
Here are Norma's cards:
The balloon basket, critter and sentiments are all from one stamp set by Your Next Stamp called, "Basket Animals", which I believe is retired now. It's not shown in the photos, but when you pull the tab out from the side of the card, the balloon moves sideways across the card front and we stamped a "Happy Birthday" message on the pull tab stick.
Here are Terri-Lynn's cards:
These cards were a hit but they were very time consuming to make, despite me having done almost all of the design ahead of time. Learning how to make the pull tab mechanism was the true focus of the class. I love playing with the result, but I would not mass produce this type of card. These are definitely special deliveries!
If DIY is not for you, many companies make pull tab slider dies (and other kinds of sliders). Two that pop into my head are C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps and Lawn Fawn. If you do want to give the DIY version a go, I really liked this Interactive Bunny Card Tutorial video by Laura Dovalo.
Here are the samples that I made:
(Click any photos for larger views.)
The little reindeer was my favourite. I got that idea from Jennifer McGuire who did it as a double slider card reveal. (Click link to see her video.) The reindeer is completely hidden behind the wreath and pops up when you pull the tab. The wreath and sentiment are from a Stampin' Up! set and the reindeer is from Hello Bluebird ("Yeti or Not" stamp set).
Here are Claire's cards:
I made the coffee mug with the tall dome shaker globe die from Your Next Stamp. I made the handle from a new die set I got by Marianne Design, but you could make it yourself with nested heart dies or punches. The steam and sentiment are also from the "Thanks a Latte" stamp set by Your Next Stamp. The background script is from a background stamp by Gina K. Designs. Then the pull tab is all the way down, the heart-shaped steam is hidden inside the cup. I noticed my steam seems damaged. The hearts don't stamp all the way around like they show on the packaging. It's okay though. Since it's steam, I'm fine with my hearts being incomplete.
Here are Debbie's Cards:
The cloud card was made with one of my new die sets: "Finishing Touches: Stitched Hills and Clouds" by Creative Expressions. It has 3 hills and 2 clouds in the set which are just shy of 6 inches long. That will create a great variety of hills and clouds for the two card sizes I use most often. In the middle, we used a home-made stencil and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink to make the clouds in the background.
Here are Norma's cards:
The balloon basket, critter and sentiments are all from one stamp set by Your Next Stamp called, "Basket Animals", which I believe is retired now. It's not shown in the photos, but when you pull the tab out from the side of the card, the balloon moves sideways across the card front and we stamped a "Happy Birthday" message on the pull tab stick.
Here are Terri-Lynn's cards:
These cards were a hit but they were very time consuming to make, despite me having done almost all of the design ahead of time. Learning how to make the pull tab mechanism was the true focus of the class. I love playing with the result, but I would not mass produce this type of card. These are definitely special deliveries!
If DIY is not for you, many companies make pull tab slider dies (and other kinds of sliders). Two that pop into my head are C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps and Lawn Fawn. If you do want to give the DIY version a go, I really liked this Interactive Bunny Card Tutorial video by Laura Dovalo.
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