Paper Pumpkin Blog Hop – Sending Good Thoughts – July 2022

This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit featured these fabulous bottles that I KNEW I wanted to put a secret message in. Luckily they coordinate VERY well with the bottle punch and shaker frames, so I leveraged that for my card…

Alternative project from the July 2022 Sending Good Thoughts Paper Pumpkin kit.

Learn how to make a secret compartment or sliding panel in this Crafty Collaborations blog hop post! Crafty Collaborations is a group of global Stampin' Up! demonstrators who create blog hops, tutorial bundles, events, and more by working together and working smarter not harder!

See that cute little scroll? look a little closer…

Now how to get it out to read? Oh! It slides right out!

I know you’re curious to see how that mechanism works, so here’s a break down looking at the mechanism as if the card base wasn’t there.

Which ever style you prefer, dimensionals or cardstock, don’t forget to cut a hole in your card base as well if you want the items from the secret compartment to drop out. You can also leave the card base whole if you’re just looking to make a sliding panel.

Here’s another look at the final card…

Take a look at what others have made with, and inspired by, this fun kit by clicking along the links below…

And while this kit’s subscription window has gone, you can get in on the next one by purchasing a pre-paid subscription below, or subscribing here for a month to month. Once you’re a subscriber you can also order past kits and refills on the online store as well! Don’t forget you do get tutorial bundles from me whenever you place an order through my online store using the host code at the top of my site, right now you will even get free Sale-A-bration items!