I'm honored to be the Guest Designer at the Christmas 25 Card Throwdown Challenge this time around. The challenge is their Technique Challenge, and it is a bit of a challenge since I don't often made pop-up cards.
As usual, I tried a couple different things and had a pop-up card I thought I'd share, but then I tried something totally different which I like so much better! I turned to My Favorite Things, "Present Time." One of the things I particularly like about this set was how well two of the sentiments worked for the outside and inside of the card.
I used the largest of The Greetery's Nordic Circles for the front of the card. I started by coloring all the snowmen and the trees with Copic markers and die cutting them. I used three of the snowmen for the front and arranged them behind two snowdrifts die cut with Papertrey Ink's "In the Meadow--Snow and Hill" dies. The white embossed sentiment is adhered with some dimensional tape.
I love the inside sentiment--finally!--the presents can be opened! These happy snowmen and the tree were arranged behind some snowdrifts as well. When the snowmen are popped up, the inside sentiment appears. I'm quite sure this card would appeal to any one of my five grandchildren, but I think I'll need four more interactive cards if one of them gets this one.
Thanks to the DT at Christmas 52 Throwdown for the opportunity to guest with them. It's been a lot of fun.