Hello there my stamping friends. Lately I have been trying to build up my birthday card stash. It seemed I was getting low and just need more variety. I also have family members who like to come and shop my stash, so having plenty with variety is good.
When creating this birthday card I wanted to give it an element of surprise. The Popping By stamp set from Heffy Doodle is a fun set to do interactive elements with. I thought I was going to use a slider to have the fox pop up out of the cake, but the dimensions were not right. So I decided to use the balloons from the same stamp set and have it appear to be lifting my sentiment up with the use of a slider.
Take a look at the card being made right here.
If you can not see the video on this screen, you can view it on my YouTube channel.
I started this card with the Balloon Room stencil and some Distress Oxide Sprays; Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick, and Salty Ocean. I love the soft feel of the overlapping balloons which makes them appear to be more in the distance.
To make my sentiment appear to float up I used the Straight Slider Die set. So when you tilt the card, the sentiment looks like the balloons are floating away with it.
Look how darling that fox is popping up out of the cake with a bit of icing on his head!
Take a closer look at the die cut Happy Birthday sentiment, I die cut it from a piece of card stock that I used to pick up the excess spray from off of the stencil that I used to make the balloon background. It was a very crazy looking piece of card stock with bits of the spray everywhere, but it make a great piece to die cut this sentiment from.
I was happy with the little element of surprise on the outside of this card, a slider is easy and so much fun. But I wanted a little something on the inside of the card too. So I added some more stamped images to dress that up.
I love it when a bit of the scene spills over to the inside of the card.
And now I have another great card for my birthday card stash. I would love to know, do you have a birthday card stash? Or maybe a thank you card stash?
Below are all the supplies I used to make today's card.
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