Lawnfawn Challenge #42

Yesterday, we had a very heavy storm and rain over here and I pity those who were on the bicycles on the road.  I heard that branches and trees were fallen over at certain places and I was worried for my children too.  My children cycle to school everyday and Claire cycles 5km (25 min) one way and Maurice 3km (20 min) one way.  At least today's weather seems to have quieten down a little but there is still strong wind.  Hope your weather is better off then here.

Enough of the weather talk.  I love to make interactive card and today's card is "Getting Texty" at Lawnscaping Challenge.  The kraft panel is machine stitched along both sides and attached to the base card.  The tree is stamped, heat embossed in black and distressed. The top part of the tree is cut off  so that I can attach another layer of cardstock for the sentiment.  I also added a hat as I needed to put an instruction as to how to pull out the top of the tree.

This card is also entering into The Young Crafters Unite

Slider Card

Here is my second interactive card for this month's challenge at Hero Arts.   The flowers are from the Stamp & Die-Cut set called Floral which is stamped on two different colours and I added glossy accent on them. Using the HA Envie stamp, I stamped it onto an acetate sheet.

As for the inside card, I used the same border punch as the brown panel which can be slided out by pulling the ribbon.

Birthday card for Dad

I didn’t realised that I miss my father so much until I make a birthday card for him.  His birthday is only in June but I wanted to get it done on time as I needed to send it to Malaysia.  It is always so heartbreaking for both of us when we had to bid farewell during my yearly visits to Malaysia  - yes, I am very fortunate that we are still able to make this yearly trip despite me not having found a permanent job. 

Now back to card making.  Simple masculine card.  I remembered that when I was young, I used to admire how fast he typed with only one finger from each hand.  When I was flipping thru my stamps I had to choose this HA typewriter stamp for him and with a little interactive “pull out” flab which I hope he could see and pull gently.  He is turning 81.  I know that he will not read my blog but I just wanted to let him know that I miss him so much.

This interactive idea came to me as I remembered the old fashion way of replacing a new sheet each time one is full.

I decided to make a second card for HA this month’s challenge which I managed to meet all the three requirements for this challenge.