I saw a bunch of sweet pandas and easels in a sweet stamp set from Heffy Doodle – and immediately thought of the mouse from Colorado Craft Company that’s been sitting on my desk! Could I create an “art studio” card where the mouse is entering as the visiting art teacher? Heck yah!
This card ended up interactive – the pull tab lifts UP to reveal the paintings that the cute bears have been working on. They’re all ready for their critique!
Video
It’s another of my crazy card constructions though – building an area that will hold the tab in place and not let it leave the card! Watch the video below or click HERE to view on YouTube.
I didn’t film the masking bits – but when a bear is in FRONT of the easel, stamp IT first. When the bear is BEHIND the easel, stamp the easel first.
L’Artiste…..looks so professional marching in wearing a beret! ha! The bears might need aprons…..wouldn’t that be cute? The floor was, as you saw in the video, a giant OOPS! I’d recommend painting the floor first, THEN the bears. Do it the easy way instead of following me!
Another improvement – try perhaps cutting out the bears separately and glue them on. That’ll make the trimming out of the easels a lot easier.
Winner!
The winner of the $25 gift certificate on the Colorado Craft Company post: Carolyn O’Connor! Congrats
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- Pandtastic Painters, Heffy Doodle Clear Stamps
- Pandtastic Painters, Heffy Doodle Dies
- Anita Jeram~The Artist, Colorado Craft Company
- VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black
- Eclipse Tape, Judikins
- Scotch Foam Mounting Tape
- ZIG Clean Color markers – BLICK – EH
- Arches Cold Press Paper: EH – BLICK
- Modern Embossed Slimline, Trinity Stamps Dies
- Craft Knife, Fingertip, Fiskars
- Silver Brush Black Velvet Round #8: EH – BLICK
Brilliant, awesome, so cool ! Love the pandas & their visiting tutor, such a fabulous idea. You rescued your oops far more calmly than I would have managed. Will try to get a scene like this on a card & obviously give you the craft love for inspiration. Stay safe, healthy & happy x
Totally in love with your card, beautiful, funny and so clever!
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful Sunday.
This is amazing!!!
Girl, you are a rock star! An amazing card! I love Panda bears!
I love how you combined 2 totally different companies to creative something unique!
And it is nice to see I am not the only one to make bleeding messes with my watercolor…..the only difference is, I would not have been able to recover 🙂
This interactive mechanism is simple enough, I will attempt it with my own spin.
Thank you for this great idea!
This is the most adorable card!! Love your ideas!!!
Oh my goodness. What a delightful card. So sweet and of course beautifully colored.
This is such a creative. card. There is so much to love about those adorable pandas showing off their art! (By the way, your “hot mess” is a normal occurrence for me.) I really enjoy watching your creative process and always learn so much from your videos.
I’m amazed at how you can get out of a “hot mess” when they (rarely) happen! And thanks for letting us see how you do that. This turned out to be an adorable card – such cute panda bears, and just a very cool idea with the pull tab. Thanks for sharing.