Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Some Interactive Fun

Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #14.  This week is our Scrapbooking challenge and we are having Some Interactive Fun!  We have created scrapbook pages in any theme that include something on it that moves or is interactive!  Here is what I created for your Interactive Fun inspiration?

I used a kit and sketch from Artful Delights. 
  
Can you see my Interactive Fun?  

It is the hot air balloon!  Notice it is in a different position!

It moves up and down the bakers twine line!

Up, up and away!! 

I'm sure there were many different ways to get it to move but this is the mechanism my crazy brain came up with in the wee hours of the night!

 This is what I had after stringing up my twine to the buttons!  I used Glue Dots to get a strong hold between the buttons and the page.  I don't want my hot air balloon to float off...hehe!

I added some stickles to my chipboard embellies to make them sparkle and used a Sweet Sentiments Set #2 stamp from My Craft Spot to add some fun!  I  stitched a border around the outside with my machine and faux stitched the circle. 

Some last minute additions, ribbon accents to the tag and some buttons in the corner.  I didn't journal on this page because it is going into a book filled with pics of this day.  No need to journal every one of them!

 Products Used:
  • Stampin' Up!
    • Crumb Cake Textured Cardstock
    • StazOn Ink
    • Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
    • Dimensionals
    • Pumpkin Pie Ribbon
    • July Kit
    • July Sketch
    • Sweet Sentiments Set #2
    • Orange Mandarin Bakers Twine
    • Caribbean Crinkle Ribbon
  • Helmar Adhesive Zapdots
  • Glue Dots Craft Dots
I want to send out a big Thank You to everyone who hopped with us last Friday for our very special blog hop!  I loved reading your comments and I really loved reading about your favorite seasons!  My favorite season by far is Fall!  I absolutely love the beautiful weather, the gorgeous colors and everything about it!  I have my winner from the Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop.  Kimberly kindly sponsored this prize for me!  Thank you so much Kimberly!   The winner of Sweet Sentiments Set #1 from My Craft Spot is #110....
Aman said...


I love your wall hanging! very versatile!

My favorite season is summer!
Congrats Aman!  I know you will enjoy these!  Please click HERE to contact me with your info!  Thank you again to everyone involved and everyone who hopped! 


I hope you will join us for Some Interactive Fun this week at the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge!  I had so much fun with this and I know you will too!  Also, please be sure you stop by to see the wonderful scrapbook pages the Design Team came up with!  They are amazing!  This week Kimberly from My Craft Spot is our sponsor. She has donated a $15.00 gift certificate to her store. Thank you Kimberly! 

31 comments:

1 Ashley said...

Such a FUN and exciting layout! I LOVE it! TFS!

2 Dr Sonia S V said...

OOh Amber I love anything interactive. What a super idea!

3 Chloe and Her Clip On Koalas said...

So clever! Love it. That is a great idea. Now you have my mind racing about a few layouts I planned where I could use it! Thanks for the inspiration! x

4 Amy said...

Great layout and choice for the interactive piece! Love the hot air balloon! :)Amy

5 jessica said...

What a great LO! I love the movement and the way you made it move...very creative!!
Great job :)

6 *Star said...

Super cute LO!! I love the hot air balloon! What a great idea. Tfs and have a great day. :)

7 artfuldelight said...

WOW, amazing LO!!! LOVE the moving balloon, so creative!! :-) Don't forget to link up with this month's challenge. :-)

8 Cathryn said...

Really great page!! Your balloon is awesome!!! Hugs, Cathryn :)

9 Rachel said...

Extremely creative! :)

10 Charlotte said...

Amber,
Your LO is so cute. I love the colors of the papers and the design of the page. What a great interactive feature. The hot air balloon is great!!! So cute!!
Charlotte

11 Nanne said...

How cute and clever is this?..wow... love your slider and gonna have to scraplift your idea..LOL
hugs
Nanné

12 Glora said...

WOW, this is awesome and I just love that the hot air balloon goes up and down. That is SO creative! Hugs- Glora

13 Missy said...

My goodness Amber a floating hot air balloon---where do you come up with this stuff??? Soooo stinkin cute!!

14 Rachel said...

Very cool page and idea! I love the whole thing and of course that balloon is amazing! Love it!

-rwk
rwkrafts.blogspot.com

15 Kristie W. said...

You are a genius! I love how you made the hot air balloon interactive, I wouldn't have thought to do it with buttons! I love what you did with the kit elements, I need to crack mine open.

Love the new pics of your E's! :)

16 Cindy Beland said...

Hi Amber,AWESOME job with your hot air balloon,TO COOL!!SUPER idea with it,I LOVE all the great details and colors.AMAZING as always!!:)

17 MyCuriousCrafts said...

OH Amber what an adorable layout...very cute. Wonderful job! ~Shen

18 Unknown said...

Very creative to have the hot air balloon move up and down. I think the mechanism you used is brilliant too. I really love the colors of your LO and that sentiment is just darling. You did a wonderful job with this LO. Hugs!

19 Stephanie said...

Love this LO!

I left something for you on my blog.

onceuponapaper.blogspot.com

20 GiGi said...

This is so awesome! The hot air balloon turned out fabulous!

21 DonnaMundinger said...

How fun and creative! Love this! xxD

22 DonnaMundinger said...

How fun and creative! Love this! xxD

23 JulieK said...

You are so stinkin' creative! How do you do it Girl!?! Such a beautiful card (lol- it never gets old!).

24 Year 2 said...

The colour combo is really great! And I love your genius idea for the ballon attachment...works perfectly!

25 Unknown said...

Absolutely fantabulous! I love it :)

26 joni said...

Fabulous!!!! This totally Wow'd me!!! I just love that fact that your balloon moves up and down!!! And I am loving your clouds too...so bright and cheery!!! This is so great!!! TFS
hugs,
joni

27 Karen H said...

Amber, this is SO adorable! (Your creative mind must crank out ideas 24/7!) The LO itself is fabulous... the clouds and the green are such lovely backdrops, and you know I love the sparkles. The hot air balloon is so crazy cute, especially as an interactive element! I'd love it anyway, but it's even more fabulous due to the picture! Gorgeous work, my friend!

Hugs and blessings! :o)

28 Kate said...

This is so, so clever!! Thanks so much for showing the picture of the back, too!

29 Crafting with Faith said...

This is so cool. I love the beautiful colors and the balloon is too cool.

30 shelly said...

wow the twine/balloon idea is awesome. great layout!

31 The Archiving Angel said...

This layout is brilliant. I just adore that hot air balloon & the genius way you got it to work.
The pictures look great!
Crafty best,
Sonia