Honeycomb Pumpkin Fall Card Upgrade

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. This is the same card on my post at the start of this month for Stick It Down Challenge. I was creating a short video to show the honeycomb feature of the card but I encountered some faulty mechanics on the design of the card. I was just going to let it be but knowing myself, I want to fix the problem.

The honeycomb won't stay open despite the two magnets. I troubleshooted this issue. Is the magnet weak? Is the paper too thick for the magnets to attach to each other? 

After giving it some thought, I had to take the magnets out. It was easy to get the magnets on the front since it is laying on the last honeycomb layer. The other magnets are sandwiched in between the matte cardstock and the cardstock panel. I tried detaching the matte cardstock but I must have used a really strong glue because I am not able to sneak the spatula in between these layers. 

So I attack this from the back. I located the magnets by placing the other magnets on the back of the panel. I created a slit to extract the magnets. 

A lot of ripping off the paper and the foam adhesive just so I can better position the magnets. This time, I added a third magnet to make the honeycomb pumpkin stay open. 

I adhered the other magnets on the outside of the honeycomb pumpkin. Looks like a mess at this point, right?

I die cut an orange patterned paper to cover the magnet mess on the pumpkin. Before adhering it, I inked the edges to tie in with the rest of the pumpkin die cuts. I also heat embossed an arrow and the word open as a instruction on how to see honeycomb come to life.

The back was not that hard to fix. I just cut small pieces of the same foam adhesive and adhered it around the magnets. I covered the hole with a light weight scrap paper. 

Below is the final video of the card. 

I could have given up on this card. Tossing it will be the easiest way to forget about it but I did not want to do that. After all, I already encountered struggles with the making of this honeycomb and I was able to make it through that. What is another struggle, right? In this way, I learn from my mistakes and share it here so hopefully, you will avoid the mistakes I made. 

Please visit the original post, Honeycomb Pumpkin Fall Card, for details about this card.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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