Mama Elephant January Designer Series

Hello crafty friends! Davina here to share my first Designer Series project of the year. The January release was full of several fun birthday themed sets, and I am especially fond of the Birthday Block stamp set. I really love this gathering of cute celebrating friends and the two large sentiments. I decided I wanted to make an interactive card with the sentiment popping up from behind the grouping, sort of like a surprise party. 

I gathered up some colorful papers and got to work. I stamped and colored my images to match the pattern paper I selected. Then, using the Pull Paper Slider Creative Cuts I cut a panel from white cardstock and the larger folding strip. I folded the strip into the accordion shape and cut a pull tab from heavy cardstock before topping it with patterned paper. Then I glued the accordion shape to the bottom of the pull tab. Next, I ink blended my panel and splattered a little ink and gold paint onto it. 

I dusted my panel and the pull tab with embossing powder to make sure it would slide smoothly, then I fed the accordion through the slot. I adhered the sentiment onto the tab to determine where I needed to place the hills, and group of characters, in order to hide the sentiment when it is in the down position. I cut a hill from the Pull Paper Slider Creative Cuts and a second taller hill from an older die set called On The Hills. Both of these were glued together, then popped up on foam tape, so the sentiment could slide behind. 

I layered two different patterned papers beneath my scene, making sure to use a circle punch to remove a half circle from behind the tab, so it could be easily accessed. Finally, I decided I needed to fill in my pink sky so that it wouldn’t look empty when the sentiment was hidden, so I cut some puffy clouds from the Display A Card Creative Cuts die set. I arranged them into the sky portion and finished it off with a few of the icons from the stamp set. 

I love the bright colors mixed with the browns, it reminds me of chocolate desserts and just seems yummy. I hope you are inspired to get out your Birthday Block stamps and create a fun interactive card like I did. Thank you for stopping by, Davina