CARDtober #15 Interactive Card Challenge

It's my turn to be hostess again for Tuesday, October 15th. For this challenge, I created dimension with an interactive feature on my card. The little coffin is a die-cut that opens. It stays closed with a tiny, thin magnet.

The magnet itself is hidden, encased in a tiny foam box created with thin pieces of poster tape, sandwiched between two layers of card stock to minimize the risk of a child pulling it off. Magnets aren't just a swallowing hazard, they can be deadly to a child. The bonus is that you don't even see the magnet, which makes a nicer looking card, too.

The stamps and die were among my GASC convention finds. The die is from Crafty Cutts. The stamps are from Inky Antics and are designed to go with the die, all except for the kitten in the pumpkin stamp. I bought the kitten stamp from Stampin' Up many long years ago.

Another card I made for an example is this Get Well card with a wheel that turns. While not quite as obviously dimensional, the wheel section is thicker, and the "get well" stamped image is popped at the bottom to compensate for the thickness of the wheel. The stamp set is from Art Gone Wild, and it's another stamp set I found at GASC in June. This is the first time I have ever used either of these stamp sets.

One other example is a Sliding Window Pop Up card. It has been years since I made and posted one, but it fits this challenge perfectly. Your card goes from flat to dimensional by pulling on the tag at the top of the card:

For the Sliding Window Pop Up, I used the new Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze papers, which is an absolutely beautiful collection. (The differences in coloring had to do with the lighting on my end--the left image was scanned, the second was a photo taken late at night.) The sentiment on the front of the tag was a stamp by Seaside Stampin' Ink (found at one of the scrapbook conventions and used for the first time on this card). I split the saying, and put the remainder on the inside of the card, which is not shown. The sentiment on the tag (that you pull to open the window) is a very old one from My Sentiments Exactly.

You can find the tutorial for the 3rd card example by clicking on the following link:

Surprise Pop Up Card

An interactive card does not have to be as involved or complicated as these samples. It can be as simple as having a pocket attached, with a tag to pull out. Or if you want to do something different than any of the above, it could be a Waterfall Card, a step card, or a pop up twist card. There are so many possibilities.

If there is something hidden that the receiver can find by sliding, pulling, lifting, turning, or anything interactive, it counts as interactive. Making it dimensional is up to you.