My Cricut Craft Room Card Creating Tuesday!

  Hello My Crafty Friends!  Today is Card Creating Tuesday over at My Cricut Craft Room!  For today, we had to either make a "slider" card or a "Father's Day" card.  I choose to make my very first slider card, while "researching" (actually checking out YouTube) this card I found several variations; I decided on the easy one.  LOL  You know me I'm all about quick and simple.  Beware this post is picture heavy, I tried to show you step by step how I made this cute little card!  I hope everyone is inspired to give it a try if you haven't already! 

Step 1: Form a 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 inch card.  Score one flap at 1/4 inch, fold the flap and add adhesive closing the card to create a pocket like photo below.  

Step 2: cut a 5 X 3 3/4 piece of card stock, insert it into pocket. Be sure your pocket and inside card are centered, if you are using a piece of card stock that is colored/designed only on one side or if you have a two sided card stock you are going to want the side you want to face up facing down.  (Does that make since?)
Step 3: Push the inside card all the way in and punch a hole through the top of pocket and inside card.

Step 4: Remove the card flip it the right way and line up the holes.
Step 5: Thread ribbon through the holes and pull the two ends of your ribbon together.

Step 6: Push the card the card into the pocket just leaving a small edge out.
Tie a knot in the ribbon and cut off the excess.

Your card should look like this: 

Step 7: Adhere what ever layers you want to add to the front of the card.  I added one layer. (forgot to take pic)  Next I turned my image face down and using the cheater method added ribbon to one end, the end that is going to face opposite of where my inner card is going to slide out of.  

I print and cut my image at 3.5 using my Imagine and Nursery Tales.

I cut the frog layer to add some dimension and popped him up using foam squares. 

This is what your slider should look like now.  

You may have to manipulate your ribbon until it lays flat. 

I rounded my corners and using K Andrew Designs "All About Animals" stamp set and SU Tempting Turquoise ink stamped "jump to it!" on the front of my card.

What makes this card so cool is that you can add a hidden message inside!

Using K Andrew Designs Coffee & Tea for You & Me stamp set, I added 

"Have a Great Birthday!" in the same ink! And I still have room enough to write

Thanks for sticking around to see the final product, hope this inspires you to give these cute interactive cards a try.  It really is easy and the inner card slides in and out using the ribbon.  If you have any questions just email me. Or check out You Tube there are several different tutorials, I sorta mixed a few together to come up with mine.  ;)