Interactive Christmas Card

My original plan for this card was to have the angel be on a slider so the recipient could move the angel across the page. This turned out to be more problematic than I had originally figured! Due to wanting hills, sheep and shepherds to fit in the lower part of the card, I had to orient my 5 X 7 inch card vertically, making it narrower than it is long. That didn't leave much room for the angel to "fly" across the card, and the font for the sentiment I wanted underneath the angel's "track" would have been too small to read easily. So I gave it some more thought and decided to use Papertrey Ink's "Zipper Border" die to make a tear off piece with my sentiment underneath. My angel doesn't move, but the card still has a fun interactive feature on the front. I used silver card stock for the angel ("Vintage Flourishes Christmas" by Joy! Crafts) and gold card stock for the star (Joanna Sheen Signature dies "Christmas Stars"). The sheep are cut from a pearlescent white and the shepherds from a chocolate brown I liked. (The sheep and shepherd dies are also a Joanna Sheen Signature Die set called "Shepherds.") I used a stamp from the Papertrey Ink set "Movers and Shakers Sentiments" to make the "pull me" arrow where the recipient tears away the zipper portion to reveal the sentiment. I typed the sentiment using my Silhouette Studio Design software and then did a print and cut. I glue taped it to the back of the top front panel, being careful to line it up under the zipper portion. Then I glue taped that panel down, used foam squares to adhere the angel and the star, and then used foam tape on the hills (I made cardboard templates to use for these and then traced them onto the papers I wanted to use), and more foam squares for the sheep and shepherds.

Here's the card with the sentiment revealed:

Now for the inside! I wanted to test out Papertrey Ink's "Envelope Zipper" die, so I did some experimenting and came up with the dimensions for a 5 X 8 rectangle scored the narrow way at the 2" and the 5" marks. Then I die cut the mini envelope with the die on the 3" front panel (I used washi tape to keep the die in place) and keeping the rectangle flat. After die cutting the zipper part, I folded the envelope, put a small "ornament" inside, and used score-pal tape to close it up. Then I glue taped the back of the envelope and adhered it to the inside right panel of the card. The mini ornament was a print and cut I did with my Silhouette Portrait. I hole punched the top and made a small loop out of twine so the recipient can hang the ornament.

The stamps I used were from the Justrite Papercraft "Elegant Christmas Swirls" set and the Papertrey Ink "Movers and Shakers Sentiments" set (for the "Pull Me" and "Surprise Inside" stamps).
This is a photo of another envelope the same size as the one in my card. (I forgot to get a picture of the first one before closing it up and adhering it!)

Here's the ornament.

I am entering this card in several challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Challenge: Anything You're Working on Now
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday/
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Sparkle and Shine (I'm hoping my star and angel qualify)
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
My Time To Craft Challenge: Christmas in July
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com
Hiding in my Craftroom Challenge: Any Holiday
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com
Christmas Card Challenges: Anything Goes
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 2: Any Christmas Card
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything Goes with at least 2 patterned papers
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-july.html
Aug Sentiments Challenge: Anything Goes + a sentiment
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/challenge-136-atg-dt-call.html
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge: Anything Goes
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com
Crafty Sentiments Challenge: Anything Goes + a sentiment
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge: Anything Goes
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com
Simply Paper Crafts for all Occasions Challenge: Anything Goes
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk
Morgan's Art World Challenge: Christmas in July
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.com.au/p/challenge-rules.html
Inspiration Destination Challenge: Anything Goes
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/AG-no-43.html
Crafty Calendar Challenge: Christmas in July
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/challenge-14.html
Crafting With an Attitude
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/
Brown Sugar Challenge
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/
Crafting with Friends
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/
Sister Act Challenge
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/
Card Mania
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.com/
Artistic Inspirations
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
Papertake Weekly Challenge
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
Word Art Wednesday
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/
I just found out about a special giveaway for the 5 year blog anniversary of On A Stampage.
Look for detail and see how you can get some blog candy by clicking on
http://mynnettekitchenonastampage.blogspot.com/2015/07/5th-blogiversary-giveaway.html
Imagine That Embellishment Challenge
http://imaginethatdigistamp.blogspot.ca/2015/07/any-vendor-embellishment-contest.html

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