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Pre-Teen Boy Magic Slider Birthday

Happy Winter!

My grandson is turning 12 this year.  Boys' cards are difficult for me and since he's older, I didn't think a cutesy card would do. I did a pinterest search for "teen boy handmade card" and was reminded of the SU! stamp set I used here. Perfect!

My step-daughter recently bought the interactive Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider dies for my birthday so I thought this would be the perfect time to try using them. I watched a Lawn Fawn YouTube video on how to create the interactive element and then I was off to creating. Their videos are so detailed and well made. I love them!

Since the images need to be stamped twice in the same orientation, I put the two stamps, headphones and sneakers, in my MISTI on opposite sides. I cut a piece of acetate and a piece of white cardstock to the same size and stamped the earphone image on both pieces. I masked the earphones, flipped the MISTI and stamped the sneakers on both pieces. I then masked the sneakers on the white piece and ink-blended the background. I colored the images with SU! Blender Pen and SU! inks. I had to do some stamp masking to separate "You're" from "AWESOME" on the white piece.

I think it turned out pretty neat.  I didn't get the two images in EXACTLY the same location of both the acetate and white piece so when the separator is open, there's a bit of a double outline. A single image, rather than two, would have prevented that but it's all good. All the masking was fun to figure out. I don't mask things very often. The interactive element was so very easy.

I hope you like the card and thanks for popping by.

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Epic Celebrations
Punches, Dies & Stencils:  Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider
Embossing folders:  NA
Paper: acetate, adhesive foil, Lawn Fawn Stripes N Sprinkles, SU! Tangerine Tango, SU! Whisper White
Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card
Ink: Staz On Jet Black, SU! Basic Black, SU! Tangerine Tango, SU! Dapper Denim, SU! Tangelo Twist, SU! Gray Granite
Accessories:  SU! Blender Pen
Techniques: ink blending, masking, MISTI, interactive



CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓
SU! - Stampin Up
DSP - Designer Series Paper
PP - Paper Pumpkin
SSS - Simon Says Stamp
MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps
C9 - Concord & 9th
FMS - Freshly Made Sketches
PPP - Pretty Pink Posh
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