Hey friends! Cathy here
today and I’m excited to share an ocean themed card using the Sliding
Window Dies!
To make this fun card, I started with the base panel. I cut a
piece of 110lb white cardstock 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" and inked the top half
of the cardstock using a cloud stencil with Spun Sugar Distress ink. (I have
several layers of ocean scene adhered to the window portion, so a heavier
weight cardstock added extra stability). I then cut a post-it note in a wavy
pattern, masked the bottom 1” of the panel and inked the ocean with Tumbled
Glass, Salvaged Patina and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks. I splattered a little
water with a fan brush and once dry, masked the ocean and inked the bottom 1”
with Antique Linen Distress ink. I then heat embossed a sentiment from the Mermaid
Kisses Stamps with black embossing powder on the cloud portion
approximately 1” from the top and right sides. With the inking complete, I
die-cut the center of the panel with the Sliding Window Dies and the center of
the top edge with the small semi-circle die included with these dies.
Next, I cut a piece of white cardstock 3 1/4" x 4 7/8” for
the pull-out panel that opens the sliding window. I inked this piece with a
cloud stencil using Spun Sugar Distress ink, die-cut a hole protector from pink
cardstock and adhered it to the center of the top edge. I punched a hole
through the center of the hole protector and tied off a piece of teal cording.
It was now time to construct the sliding window mechanism. I
adhered the small flap of the sliding window to the bottom of the pink cloud
panel. (Video instructions for this can be found in the product details on the
Sunny website).
For the panel revealed under the window, I cut a piece of white
cardstock 4 1/4” x 5 1/2", masked the bottom 1” of the cardstock and inked
the ocean using the same Distress inks as before. I then inked the sand with
Antique Linen Distress ink. I heat embossed a sentiment from the Mermaid Kisses Stamps with black embossing powder approximately 2” from the bottom of the
cardstock. I adhered the sliding window panel to this bottom panel and then
adhered the combined piece to an A2 card front.
For my ocean scene, I cut 3 pieces of white cardstock for the
waves on the sliding panel (2 1/4" x 4 1/4" and 2 pieces 1 1/2"
x 4 1/4"). I die-cut the top edge of each piece using the Catch
A Wave Dies and inked the smaller pieces with Tumbled Glass
Distress ink. I also splattered a little water on these pieces. On the larger
piece, I masked the very bottom, inked the ocean and then inked the bottom sand
portion. I overlapped/adhered the small wave pieces behind the large wave
piece. I then adhered the waves to the sliding window on the card front making
sure to only apply adhesive on the window portion itself so the whole scene
slides upward.
To finish, I stamped all images on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb
solar white cardstock and colored them with Copics. I fussy cut all images as I
used portions of some images to create this scene.
I used the following stamps:
Mermaid
Kisses Stamps
Fintastic
Friends Stamps
Ocean
View Stamps
I hope you enjoyed my interactive mermaid scene and thanks for
stopping by today! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can
also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.
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