"We Will Miss You" Card

It's unfortunately time to say good-bye to a great co-worker.  Her husband is being transferred to another state and we are going to miss her.  Melissa has a very quirky sense of humor and so I wanted to make a card to reflect that.  This is definitely a one-of-a-kind card that is fitting only to Melissa, but I hope you can use some of the techniques to make your own card.

I have never attempted a pop-up card before, so to start I had to find out how to make the die cut on the inside POP.  I found this video on YouTube (click here), and decided to give it a try.  This is a basic pop- up card though the original tutorial I found had much more complicated techniques also.

I started with the inside of the card because if it didn't work out correctly, I wanted to be able to start all over again without re-doing the outside.  Thankfully, it didn't come to that.

My bus was cut from Doodlecharms and is cut at 3 3/4" using the flip feature.  I needed the flip feature so the head of the cow would be going in the same direction as the bus.  I had to flip one of the two so I chose the bus.  The cow was cut from Create-A- Critter and his head was cut off to look like he was driving the bus.

I used Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles to  to create the front.  My sentiments were printed from my computer.  The bow and ribbon are from 3 Girl Jam.

I know the video is long, but I hope you'll watch it to actually see the fun techniques used.

Have a great day!

 

I am linking this to  the following challenges:

Paper Playtime - Say It With Sentiments "Miss You"

Joyful Stamper: Inspire Me Fridays Anything Goes