Surprise slider cards tutorial
Transform your card blanks into interactive designs with Sue Hughes’s surprise slider card designs
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Interactive cards are guaranteed to bring a smile to the recipient’s face and are enjoyable to make. With these surprise slider cards, the large element on the card front moves by sliding a pull tab to slowly reveal a special hidden message or image, making them both fun and unique!
These designs may look complicated to make but they are fairly straightforward if you follow the step-by-step guide. Start by selecting an image or sentiment for the card front –this will be the sliding element. You need to ensure this is big enough to conceal your choice of hidden message. Use this element as a guide to where to cut slits into the background panel, then attach a strip of acetate to the sliding element. The acetate forms feet at each side of the element so it can be placed into the slits, enabling the panel to slide.
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As you will see, as well as making cards with the slider element moving to the side, I have also created a couple with the element sliding upwards – the basic principle is the same and is explained fully in the step-by-step guide.
One of the great things about these cards is that no special dies are needed, they can be created with basic supplies already in your stash. These cards could be used for any special occasion or as a fun way to say hello.
Layer patterned paper onto a slightly larger piece of blue cardstock and turn over. Place the sliding element in the centre of the panel and use a pencil to mark along the left-hand side of the element, then mark 0.5cm in from each end of the right-hand side
Remove the sliding element and draw lines from the left-hand pencil mark up to the marks at each side, stopping 1.5cm from the right-hand edge of the panel. Cut along the lines then erase any pencil marks
Cut a 1.5x9cm piece of acetate and attach to the reverse of the sliding panel, near to the left-hand side and ensuring the tape is just over 0.5cm from each side of the panel. Turn the panel back over and slot the sides of the acetate into the slits. Use masking tape to hold the element in place temporarily
Turn the panel over and place double-sided tape, with the adhesive facing upwards, under the acetate right up to the sides of the sliding element. Press the acetate onto the tape to secure
Cut a 13.5x8cm piece of white cardstock for the pull-out tab. Write ‘pull here!’ near to the right side. Turn the tab over and lay it centrally onto the panel so it will be held in place with the double-sided tape. Trim any acetate that may be visible at each side. Adhere 3D foam pads around the edges ensuring they are near the slits but not touching them, as shown
See the FREE step-by-step tutorials to make each of these cards below:
Cosy Wishes birthday card
Happy Birthday shark slider card
Floral Inspire Me card
Cute hippo love slider card
A Little Hello feminine gardening card
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You will need
- White, blue & pink cardstock
- Echo Park Have Faith 6x6” paper pad
- Sugar Pea Designs Knit Wit stamp set
- Creative Expressions Noble Collection Double Stitched Rectangles dies
- Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad
- Copic markers
- Acetate
- 3D foam pads
- Manual die-cutting machine
You will need
- White & pink cardstock
- Hunkydory Splendid Stripes stamping pad
- Hunkydory Polka Dots Perfect Backgrounds stamping pad
- Clearly Besotted Make a Splash stamp set
- Tonic Studios Stitched Dot Square Layering die set
- Copic markers
- Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad
- Acetate
- 3D foam pads
- Manual die-cutting machine
You will need
- White & pink cardstock
- Echo Park Have Faith 6x6” paper pad
- Clearly Besotted Just a Drop stamp set
- Creative Expressions Noble Collection Double Pierced Circle die set
- Circle & scalloped circle nesting dies
- Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad
- Acetate
- 3D foam pads
- Manual die-cutting machine
You will need
- White & pink cardstock
- Echo Park Have Faith 6x6” paper pad
- Tonic Studios Stitched Dot Square Layering die set
- Clearly Besotted Head Over Heels & On the Shelf stamp sets
- Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad
- Copic markers
- Acetate
- 3D foam pads
- Manual die-cutting machine
You will need
- White, blue & pink cardstock
- Echo Park Have Faith 6x6” paper pad
- Sugar Pea Designs Wagon Wishes stamp set
- Creative Expressions Noble Collection Double Stitched Rectangles die set
- Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad
- Acetate
- 3D foam pads
- Manual die-cutting machine
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