March 15, 2013

Special Birthday Delivery

I've spent the last 2 days working on this card, and while the front is sort of plain, I'm very happy with how the inside turned out.  I needed a birthday card for a co-worker, and this Kenny K image was perfect, as it allowed me to do a more creative inside than usual.

I'm submitting it to Kenny K's Birthday Challenge.

For the outside, I printed and cut the image using my Silhouette, then coloured it with pencil crayons.  For the blue and brown, I also used gamsol with blending sticks, to give it a more uniform look.  I embossed the card with an oriental weave plate.  The sentiment is a mix of Snell Roundhand (on my computer) and Cast Iron (downloaded from dafont).  I printed it on tan paper and die cut it out using Spellbinder's Labels 18.  I then attached both pieces to the card with pop dots.
For the inside, I started with the idea that the box has now been opened and balloons are flying out of it.  The box pop-up required two slits in the folded cardstock.  I then added the box flaps (glueing a small panel inside to hold the flaps in place).  The center balloon is rainbow honeycomb paper, which fans open with the card.  The other balloons were stamped and coloured with markers.  I added a few shiny sequins to add to the 'popping open' idea.  The sentiment was also printed on my computer and cut out with a craft knife.  I inked the edges a bit with tan die ink before attaching it to the card.

The honeycomb paper makes the inside rather large, so it didn't fit all the way in the back of the card base, which means the card won't open beyond a certain point.  I'll have to work on that on my next card as it does dampen the honeycomb effect if you can't open it all the way.

14 comments:

Vanessa (aka V'ness, Nessa, oldschool) said...

Awesome!
Love the inside!!!!!!
Thanks for joining us at kkkk!

Karin said...

I love the inside!

Rita Barakat said...

I love this! Such a clever idea!!!!

Patty said...

How did I miss this one inside? This is fantastic!

Alex said...

aww! how clever

Robert said...

still a great idea in 2018! Hope you won the birthday card challenge.

Tasyaaa said...

sangat kreatif

Grissel said...

Amazing card. Love this.❤️

Anonymous said...

Where do you get your honeycomb paper?

Jessica Strider said...

Sorry. I got the honeycomb paper so long ago I don't remember where it's from.

Unknown said...

How do you make the baloon?

Jessica Strider said...

The balloon is made from a product called 'honeycomb paper'. Here's a video showing the stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DDQHf7Qbrg

Unknown said...

como fazer a caixa?

Jessica Strider said...

It's a 3D pop-up effect box. You need 2 pieces of paper, the outside cardstock and the inside paper. The inside paper is cut and the box part is folded out so that it 'pops' out when the rest of the card folds in. I then added 2 small flaps to the the tops of the box fold, for the flaps. Google how to make pop-up cards, or pop-up card tutorial. This is an easy example once you understand the concept.