Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog with this interactive card. I am doing a dual post tutorial. Although I will be touching it briefly here, the details on paper piecing will be described on the BPM blog as linked above. For the interactive portion of the card, this will be detailed here.
The Blank Page Muse products I used today are:
Paper Piecing is a technique of adding color to an image using colored paper. It involves use of minimal supplies including paper scraps. The tedious part of this technique is the fussy cutting and the layering.
On the above photo, you will see the result of the fussy cutting and the layering. I am adding some shimmer to the dress to give it some elegance.
For the card front, I used a detailed cut paper from Recollections. I trimmed this into 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I partially die cut a window on this detailed paper. I used a light pink cardstock to frame the intricate paper. Looking back on my processes, there are a few things I could have done to make this card easier to create. I will point this out while I go through the steps of creating this card.
I die cut a rectangle on the light pink cardstock using a stitched die. This panel was cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
On the detailed paper, I partially die cut the interactive window using the the frame as a guide. I used a rectangle die which is the same size as the stitched die. I scored the slider part of the paper on three areas: 1) on the top most of part where the frame and flap meets; 2) a fourth inch from the bottom of the slider window; 3) and, on the center of these two folds on the slider window.
I reinforced the folds which is crucial to the slider. On a solid paper, this won't be a problem. But since I used an intricate paper, this proved to be a challenge.
Realizing that some of the intricate pieces of this paper might fall off because of the slider window cut, I adhered this to an acetate that was cut as the same size as the slider window. This is where I think I should have used my Xyron Create A Sticker Machine instead of the liquid glue.
I dabbed off the excess glue with a rag to prevent any blobs from seeping out to the acetate.
I pressed the acetate to the detailed paper. I placed something heavy over it while allowing the glue to dry.
I applied dots of glue to the front of the detailed paper, to the area where I will adhere the frame.
I pressed the frame to the glue making sure that the frame is aligned with the slider window on the intricate paper. I allowed this to dry with something heavy placed on top of it.
This is when I think the intricate paper is having some difficulties being a slider. The acetate would not fold on the score line despite giving it a good crease. I was leaning towards pitching this piece and starting all over again. But I decided to walk away and give myself a break. Surely, this allowed me to think on what I can do to save this piece.
For the slider mechanism, I used another acetate which I cut a bit longer than 5 1/2" (the length of the card) but still the same width of the slider window. I cut the excess at the end. Since my initial card design was going nowhere, I made the slider acetate longer to give me a some leeway.
I punch a notch on the top using an old circle punch tool, Ephiphany. This allows the acetate to be pulled out easily.
I adhered the slider mechanism panel to a dark pink side folding A2 note card.
I adhered the fairy to the bottom half of the slider, avoiding the bottom fourth fold of the slider. I added gems to the intricate paper cut for an additional sparkle.
I stamped a sentiment on the front of the note card which shows when the slider is pulled.
Below is a video putting to life this slider card.
I hope you like today's project. If I confused you with how I created the slider mechanism, please check out a previous card I made with this mechanism, Birthday Slider Card. This card did not use an intricate paper like the one I used here so it should be easier to recreate.
Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
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