For the base of my card, I decided I wanted to try the Free Standing Pop Up Card with two sliding elements like the one posted recently by my talented and creative blogging pal, Patti of Creations by Patti. The tutorial for this card with one slider can be found at Splitcoast Stampers, and Patti shares the template and instructions for the two slider on her blog. Because of the weight of the background piece on my card, I had to move slits for both sliders slightly off center to assure that the base would remain balanced without tipping. The photo above shows the base of the card with the center supporting piece of the original design, with two additional supporting pieces about an inch away on both sides of it for the sliding background and dog.
The little doggie is a new cutfile I created of our (much loved by dad and hubby) Maltese, Latte. Inspired by the wonderful and whimsical illustrations and art of (c) Kim Niles of KiniArt.com. I tried to draw our little Latte and used MTC to render her into a cutfile.
Flags for the banner were also created in MTC, strung onto embroidery floss and tied to the background card. Subway art was done using the headline function and various fonts in Printshop. Trophy is from a Thin Cuts die and a Martha Stewart edge punch was used for the grass borders.
Here's how the background card folds up and slides into the base together with the doggie to allow the card to fold flat. Interesting to note that neither dad or hubby could figure out how to "open" their cards. Not such a good design choice for a guy card, I guess!
Before I go, I want to share another surprise we received at work from our sweet friend Lorna...a Fathers Day treat! Lorna used the candy bar pull idea and decorated it with a stamped and paper pieced guy in an origami fold aloha shirt...adorable!
Hope everyone is having an enjoyable time today spending time with dad and letting him know how special he is!
4 comments:
Oh boy! I loved your card when I first saw it but then when I learned that it folds away so cleverly, I nearly fell out of my chair. I love interactive cards and this one is fantastic! I haven't commented much recently because of traveling, but I have faithfully read your blog from my phone. Thanks for giving me great ideas even from a faraway destination.
Holy cow!!! What an amazing card, so fancy and cleverly assembled. Had a good chuckle about your "rash." LOL.
Very good adaptation of this pop up card.
And a cute rendering of Latte!
PJ
Love what you did with this free standing Father's Day card. The hanging banners really make it cool and of course, with Latte to add wishes. The sliders are also pretty clever........guys with those colorful shirts are comical. LOL, P
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