Loads of Love- Vintage Truck Wobbler Card

Hello, Crafty Friends!! It has been a while since I posted here on my blog but I am so glad to be back and posting for the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team!

Today, I created this fun and adorable slimline card featuring Eileen Hull's New Vintage Truck from Sizxix... with a bonus fun factor, IT WOBBLES!!

Supplies Used

Eileen Hull Vintage Truck Box (Sizzix)

Eileen Hull Grass #660326 (Sizzix)

Big Shot Plus Machine (Sizzix)

Mat Board (Sizzix)

Creative Station (Xyron)

3" Sticker Maker (Xyron)

Tape Runner (Xyron)

Action Wobbles (Hampton Arts)

Heart Punch (EK Success)

Sentiment Stamps (Diamond Press)

Distress Oxide Inks- Black Soot, Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover, Candied Apple (Ranger Ink)

Paper- Blue, Teal Gingham, Pink (Kingston Crafts)

Versamark (Tsukineko/ Imagine Crafts)

White Embossing Powder (Imagine Crafts)

Heat Embossing Tool

White Cardstock (Accent)

Black Cardstock (Recollections)

Light and Dark Green Cardstock (Recollections)

Silver Foiled Cardstock (Grafix)

 This Vintage Truck Die is a ScoreBoards die, and like most of Eileen's dies are meant to cut an array of thicker materials. Which makes it much more versatile. This die was designed to create a box but I'm going to use it without the box feature and use it to create a slimline card instead.

The Truck section of the die measure around 7"×3-1/2", this was not an exact measurement. I cut a 7" piece of Mat Board to accommodate,  allowing a little wiggle room off all sides for shifting when I die cut it through my Big Shot machine. 

I also cut a piece of blue navy blue Kingston Craft paper to 7"×5". I ran the paper through my Xyron Creative Station with permanent adhesive and adhered it onto the piece of Mat Board. 

Next, I cut off a 7" × 3-1/2" portion and placed it over the main Truck portion of the die. Then I used the remaining piece of Mat Board to die-cut the fender pieces. I also Die cut the tires from black cardstock and the hubcaps from silver foiled cardstock.

I inked all my Truck pieces with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink to make all the edges of the pieces stand out.

 I ran my Fender & Wheel pieces through my Xyron 3" sticker maker. Turning my die-cut pieces into stickers makes for quick and easy placement with absolutely NO drying time. Then I just peeled and stuck all the pieces in place and set my truck to the side.

I used my Eileen Hull Grass Die ( I'm so sad that this one was discontinued-sorry) to die cut 2 pieces each of dark and light green cardstock. I inked the edges of the grass with Lucky Clover & Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks and set my grass to the side while I worked on my slimline card base.

The card base itself is a 9"x8" piece of white cardstock scored and folded in half lengthwise to create a 9"x 4" card. 

I cut a mat for the card base measuring 8-3/4"x3-3/4" piece of navy blue Kingston Craft paper. Then cut an 8-1/2"x3-1/2" piece of teal and white gingham paper to mat that one. But before attaching it, I adhered the die-cut pieces of grass and trimmed off any overhang.

Then used my Xyron Tape Runner to adhere the panels onto my card base.

Next, I used more light green and dark green cardstock to die-cut pine trees. I cut out 4 of each color and inked them with Mowed Lawn and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks. Then attached them onto my card front hiding the tree stumps behind the grass.

I punched out a couple hearts from pink Kingston Crafts paper using an EK Success Heart Punch. It's an old favorite and I'm not sure if it is even produced anymore. But you can substitute whatever heart die you have laying around. 

I inked the edges of my hearts with 
Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink and then stamped them my Diamond Press "Wishing you loads of LOVE" sentiment using Versmark ink. I sprinkled white embossing powder over the top and then heat set it.

I attached the heart on top of the truck bed.

Then attached an action wobble spring to the back. I first found the center of my die-cut, an area that would be "balance" my truck without tipping or leaning more towards one side, then traced around the wobble spring for exact placement before attaching it.

Once I was happy with the placement, I attached it to my truck and then attached the truck onto my card.

And here is my finished card...

Check it out in action!!

How FUN & CUTE is this??!!

I hope you enjoyed my quick tutorial! I hope to be posting more fun tutorials so be sure to come back soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

And until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana 

 

Dino Wobbler Card- You Are Rawrsome

Hey there, crafty friends!!

Sorry, I've been MIA. My household got hit with a nasty bug and I'm still feeling under the weather. 

But I wanted to pop in and show some love as Team Xyron and hangs out with our good friends from Photo Play to bring you a little crafty inspiration all week long!

Today, I'll be sharing how I made this super simple Dino Wobbler Card.

Supplies Used

Jurassic- Fossil, Rawr, Element Stickers (Photo Play)

Creative Station Lite (Xyron)

Mega Runner (Xyron)

ColorBox Doodlebug Petal Point- Fun (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Stylus & Tips (Clearsnap)

Action Wobblers

Gray Cardstock

Craft Foam

Scissors

Paper Trimmer

If you have ever bought paper collections before, more than likely you've come across sheets like these... filled with journaling cards and quotes, or just coordinating pictures that go with the matching papers. They make great cards fronts or awesome add-ons to both cards and layouts. And I especially love it when paper sets come with more than one of the same sheet. That way if I mess up I have a backup, or in this instance, can make my card front multi-layered and dimensional. 

I saw this triceratops... It was huge!! This cutie was from the "Rawr" sheets and easily takes up an entire card front. I knew he would be amazing if he were three dimensional... or even better, three dimensional and wobbled!

I cut out 2 triceratopses. One I cut without the spikes, separated the head, and took off the shadowed foot. The other I left the scales and feet intact but removed the head.

Then, with my blending stylus added additional shading to his body and spikes.

Here is how I added dimension, with DIY foam adhesive.

I ran a piece of craft foam through my Xyron Creative Station Lite. I flipped it over and ran it through again, adding adhesive to both sides of my foam sheet.

Then, I cut it down to the sizes I needed and added it to the back of my triceratops bodies.

For my card base, I cut a piece of gray cardstock to 5.5" x 8.5" then folded in half to create an A2 sized card. I cut a piece of "Fossil" paper to 4"x 5.25" and the backside of the "Rawr" paper to 1.5"x 5.25".

I mounted the "wobbler to the back of the triceratop's head and attached it atop its body on the card front. Then I found the perfect sentiment... "YOU ARE RAWRSOME!" from the Jurassic Elements Stickers sheet.

And presto, so easy-peasy!!

Check out my finished card...

 And check it out here in action...

Isn't this little dino so stinking cute?? 

His little bobblehead just tickles me!!

I bet you're going to look at those panel sheets a little differently now, aren't you?!!

You can pretty much turn anything into a wobbler... and with the Rawr sheets from Photo Play's Jurassic Collection, you'll have tons to create with!!

I hope you're inspired and give wobblers a try! They really are so much fun!!

Happy Crafting!!

~Mitsyana

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