Papertrey February 2012 Blog Hop

This month's Papertrey blog hop is all about interactive cards.  I was lucky enough to get my February order in time to break into my goodies and use them on a card.  I made a birthday card for my daughter's good friend, and used three interactive elements.

I used Its a Jungle stamp set and die to create my spinning creature.  My daughter wanted a tiger, rather than a cheetah, so she drew in some stripes. I used the curved die from Spinners to create the track, and the straight die for my sentiment.

My second interactive feature is the glow in the dark embossing powder I used to emboss those harvest berries branches that make up this tiger's jungle.  

For my third interactive feature, I put a message inside the card, using the zipper dies and Movers and Shakers sentiments.

Here is what it looked like before I put it together:

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Its a Jungle, Movers and Shakers Sentiments, Harvest Berries, Paper Source Owl
Paper:  Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss
Other:  Spinners & Zippers dies, Its a Jungle Dies, Fiskars Grass Punch, SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder

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Spinner Cards

Today's challenge was to make an interactive card.  I think that the challenge was probably designed to make me see how fun an interactive card could be, and how much I need those new dies.  I am totally convinced.  I used this tutorial at Splitcoast Stampers to make a couple of spinner cards using Frog Hop and Its a Jungle Out There.  I used a SU Word Window punch to create the path for these spinner cards.  It worked pretty well, but my placement was limited to where the punch could reach.  Dies are much better, because I could put them anywhere on the paper.  My mind is spinning (ha ha) with all the possibilities the new PTI dies would create.

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Tri-Fold Owl Birthday Spinner Card

Here is a fun card and matching gift tag my daughter gave to her friend last week.  I originally posted this card on my Splitcoast Stampers Gallery when I first made it, but I am posting it here because I finally used it.  I cased it from this card.  

This is what it looks like all folded up:

Here is the inside:

Here it is all spread out:

And, the matching tag I made to hang on the gift bag:

Supplies Used:
Stamps:   SU Take a Spin, SU Punch Bunch, Hero Arts, Impression Obsession, Hampton, PTI Asian Fusion
Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, By the Numbers, misc from Michaels

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