Interactive Invitation

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The Design Teams brief was an invitation to Thanksgiving or Christmas that is Interactive.

I wanted to create something a little different I did contemplate just making a shaker but then I quite like the idea of revealing the date. I think it works really well. I wanted to step away from the tradition Christmas colours as well.

There is a video on my YouTube channel Mrs H's Crafty Corner

Card Making Supplies

Polkadoodles digi stamp Winnie Rolling Snowball

Polkadoodles digi bundle  Winnie White Christmas Alphabet

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Silver Sequins

Nuvo Drops in Antique Rose

A4 blue card

A5 white card

Rust Card

Rose Gold Card

Pull Tab Die

Stitched Rectangle Nesting Dies

Stitched Star Dies

Acetate

Cardmaking Tutorial

To begin I sized and printed my image and the words you are invited, onto smooth card stock suitable for alcohol markers.

I then printed the same image with the date and time in the snowball on normal printed paper.

I coloured the original image and die cut with a stitched rectangle 

Using the rust card and a largest stitched rectangle die I cut a another rectangle

Using a craft knife I cut the snowball from the image

With my largest rectangle die I cut a piece of white card, and positioned my pull tab insert and a stitched star die

With the smaller stars I cut a number of rust and a number of rose gold stars

The image that had been printed with the date and time was mounted onto the rust rectangle and adhered to the white card with double sided tape.

The coloured image was then lined up over the top so the information could be seen through the cutout snowball

The slit was die cut in 

A piece of acetate was glued over the inside of the star.

The pull tab was secured. Foam tape was place around the edges of the star and it was filled with silver sequins

A piece of rose gold card was adhered to the back of this to secure the shaker element.

Foam tape was run around the edges and this was adhered to the blue a4 card to form a card base

The die cut stars were added around the edges

Then silvers sequins and nuvo drops were spotted around 

The pull tab was was accessorised with the rust card.

This card was very time consuming and one of those that you end up doing numerous times, I had the pull tab too high, then too low, then glued the acetate onto the wrong side.

But I am so glad I persevered as I really do love the finished product.

This is being entered into the following challenges

Lemon Shortbread Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

Creatalicious Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

Love To Craft

Thorough The Craft Room Door

Thank you for reading

Happy crafting

Claire xx