Interactive Card with Design Team Expert Tamara Tripodi

If you've been wanting to learn how to create interactive cards, then you will love Tamara's blog post today. She has created a fun interactive card using the This and That "Graceful" collection. Be sure to read through her directions for creating this card!

When I was assigned this month's "Card Expert" post, I was super excited! Cards are not something I make too often; although in the past few months, I've tried to make more here and there. So any extra card crafting time is always new and fun to me. For my expert post I thought about several different designs I thought would work. I actually started on a different card and then this one came into my head. I tossed the other one aside and here is my final card. I LOVE the hot air balloon sticker in the This and That "Graceful" kit!

 

 What do you think? I really like how it came out. It's just a fun card! If you'd like to make one for yourself, here's how!

SUPPLIES:

Echo Park Paper

This and That Graceful - THG27002 FlowerBox

This and That Graceful - THG27004 Flower Vine

This and That Graceful - THG27013 Border Strips

This and That Graceful - THG27014 ElementStickers F

This and That Graceful - THG27015 AlphaStickers F

This and That Graceful - THG27017 DkPink Mint Solid

Misc. Supplies:

 

Adhesive

Eyelets (3/16th) x4

Coordinating buttons x2

Coordinating thread and sewing machine

Dark brown ink and sponge

Tan twine

Craft Knife

Paper trimmer

Eyelet setting tool

Corner rounder

INSTRUCTIONS:

1). Create a 5" X 7" card base from DkPink Mint Solid paper (dark pink side). Trim the FlowerBox paper (floral side) to 5" X 7" and adhere to the front of card. Lightly ink edges in dark brown.

 

 

2). Trim the FlowerBox (wood print side) paper to 3.75" X 5.75". Use a corner rounder to round the edges. Add dark brown eyelets to each corner. Adhere tan twine to each side of the card about 3/4th the way down or so. Adhere to card with adhesive foam.

 

 

3). Trim paper Border Strips (polka dot side) to 3" wide and 8" tall. Score at every 1 1/2". You will have a 1/2" tab left. Accordian fold like so:

 

 

4). Adhere the the accordinan folded polka dot paper to the card so it's centered with the twine. Use the leftover 1/2" tab to adhere it.

5). Trim the Flower Vine paper to 5 small rectangles sized 1 1/2" tall and 2 3/4" high. Lightly ink the edges and add some random machinestitching. Then adhere the paper to the polka dot strip.

6). Adhere the balloon sticker to a piece of leftover cardstock. Trim edges with a craft knife. Then adhere the sticker to the top panel of the accordian folded strip. I added cardstock to the back so it wouldn't stick to the card and ruin it plus it makes it a little thicker and more sturdy.

 

 

7). Use the Alpha Stickers to spell out "You lift me up" on the last four panels. Embellish each panel. Accordian fold the strip flat to the card. Then tie with the twine to keep closed.

8). Add the ruler strip and flower stickers along with coordinating buttons, and you're done!

 

Here's a close-up photo of Tamara's card.

 

 

 

Can you think of other ways you might use this technique? What collection would you use to create an interactive card?