Better Days Card

I made this card for a challenge but it doesn't quite fit the criteria so I'm just posting it here.  I did the diamond pattern with a sun ray stamp in a pale dark purple on white cardstock.  You can tell I didn't measure before stamping as the diamonds are different sizes.  It turned out ok though, as the sentiment (in dark grey) went on one side and the orange 'sun' fit inside the pattern beside it.  I used a piece of grey ribbon to cover the not properly lined up reverse rays and mounted the panel on a piece of grey cardstock.  To make the sun shimmer a bit I added some yellow glitter glue.

Interactive Cards: Sliders 1

I spent a fair amount of time the last 2 weeks making interactive cards for the purpose of reviewing Interactive Cards, edited by Tanya Fox.  I'll be showing the cards I made and when I'm done that, posting my thoughts on the book.

There are several types of sliders taught in the book, and I did two of them. Today I'll show the first.  To the right is the card I worked from.

My idea with this review was to learn the techniques, but also to see how easy the ideas are to modify so as to let the card crafter's own inspiration shine through, rather than to simply reproduce the cards in the book.

This is the card I made.  I won't explain the technique (that's what the book is for).  I found making this card pretty easy, it works well, looks great and, I imagine, would be a lot of fun to receive.  The slider is the bug, activated by pulling the ribbon up and down.

I didn't have a bug stamp so I drew one, coloured it in and fussy cut it out.  There is red glitter glue on the 'hair' ends, and mod podge over the eyes.

Supplies:
cream cardstock
white doily, coloured black
peel-off border sticker
dollar store candle sticker
dollar store ribbon
gold pen
markers, mod podge, glitter glue