Chocolate Dipped Artful Card Kit

While cleaning the other day, I came across what was left of an Artful Card Kit I bought a couple years ago.  I had already made several cards from it but there was still quite a bit of paper and lots of embellishments left, so I decided to finish it off.

The first card I made was for my Sister-in-law’s birthday.  It’s a double slider.  It looks complicated, but is very easy to make.  I got the instructions from Teresa’s Amazing Folded Cards CD from Paper Wishes.

Pull the ribbon and both ends pop out.

Other items used:

• Paper Artist 6 Layered Labels & 2 Swirls Cutting Die set
• Paper Artist 10 Tags & Trims cutting die set
• Birthday Cheer stamp set
• Birthday Greetings stamp set

The slider mechanism is made using a strip of plastic from a plastic bag.  I liked this technique so much that I used it again to make a get well card only this time I made it vertical.

         

Other items used:

• Paper Artist 6 Layered Labels & 2 Swirls Cutting Die set
• Paper Artist 10 Tags & Trims cutting die set
• Paper Artist Lacy Border cutting die set
• Paper Artist Flower Frenzy cutting die set
• Teal Jewel Butterflies Dazzles
• Teal Jewel Dazzles
• Teal Jewel Border Dazzles

The next card is a Pop-up slider.  The picture is from one of our trips to Klamath Falls.  I think it’s either a house finch or a purple finch.  They are really hard to tell apart.  I love taking pictures of birds and other wildlife and am always trying to find ways to incorporate them in my cards.

When you pull the tab at the top, the picture pops up and reveals a message.

 

I should have made the card a little bigger because when the picture pops up, it hides the greeting on the pull-tab.

Other items used:

• Paper Artist 6 Layered Labels & 2 Swirls Cutting Die set
• Teal Jewel Border Dazzles
• Gold Tiny Words Dazzles
• Gold Heart Pearl Jewel Dazzles

The next two cards are cut away cards (the front is narrower than the width of the card).   I finished the insides as well.

I made a get well card.

   

Other items used:

• Red Jewel Border Dazzles
• Foam squares
• Heartfelt Greetings stamp set (HOTP)
• Tiny Tags, Little Labels & Greetings stamp set (HOTP)

and a friendship card.

   

And the final card is a birthday card.

 

Other items used:

• Red Banner Greetings Dazzles
• Red Jewel Dazzles
• Gold Tiny Words & Phrases Dazzles

All that from an already used Artful Card kit!