Beautiful You Pop & Twist

This Pop & Twist card features the "Beautiful You" stamp set as well as "Big on Birthdays"

The base of this card is Tempting Turquoise, layered with Tempting Turquoise DSP.  The art piece shows a large "Happy Birthday" sentiment.  This was accomplished by highlighting each word with a Basic Black marker and stamping each word at a time (the original stamp is one united word).

Three Tempting Turquoise balloons punched with the Balloon Builder punch were adhered to the upper left, and flowers added  to the lower right.

Twist the card open........

Beautiful You is revealed.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Beautiful You, Lovely Inside & Out, Big on Birthday, Lots of Love, Timeless Texture

Inks:  Black Memento, Basic Black Marker, Tempting Turquoise, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist

Papers:  Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise DSP, Old Olive

Accessories:  Stitched Oval Framelits, Balloon Builder Punch, Blender Pen

Pop & Twist Lift Me Up Birthday

Pop & Twist, or is it Twist & Pop....
What's in a name?
This card was made as a swap card in a technique swap.

A Pop & Twist card has a unique "twisting" mechanism that "pops" when the card is opened. It absolutely delights recipients when the unexpected elements are exposed.
As my son stated when I opened the card "Well that was unexpected, but absolutely delightful!"

The card base is Basic Gray card stock, which is 4 by 12", scored at 6" for make a 4 by 6" card.

This picture shows the card front and a belly band which keeps the card closed.






The card front is layered first with Whisper White, followed by the SAB Carried Away DSP.

The Art Piece is Whisper White matted with Night of Navy card stock.

On the background of sunshine and sea birds(from High Tide) I placed two hot air balloons around clouds.

The largest hot air balloon is die cut using Night of Navy card stock, with different die cut pieces of Carried Away DSP adhered behind it.

The smaller balloon is first stamped with Calypso Coral ink and then die cut with the Up & Away Thinlet dies.

All cardstock and die cut images are sponged with Basic Gray ink (except the smaller balloon)

Open the card, and this is what is revealed - 4 pop up decorated panels.

I decorated them using Layering Oval framelits, die cut images using Up & Away Thinlet dies, sentiments and bird images from "High Tide" on a Whisper White background and Carried Away DSP.

This is a close up of the inside upper panel of the card.

The lower panel is similar to the upper panel.

The two right panels of the pop mechanism.














The two left panels.

Close up of belly band showing die cut hot air balloon, a cloud, a punched balloon and the sentiment.

The belly band is closed at the back with Velcro



Supplies Used:
Stamps: Lift Me Up, High Tide, Balloon Celebration
Inks: Black Memento, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, Peek-a-boo Peach, Markers (Basic Black, Basic Gray)
Papers: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Carried Away DSP, Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Balloon Builder Punch, Up & Away Thinlet dies, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies, scoring tool, Velcro (non SU). Layering Oval Framelits.

Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets on a Pop & Twist card - Stampin' Royalty #363

I love making cards with unusual folds, so making this Twist & Pop card for the Stampin' Royalty challenge this week, was right up my alley. The challenge this week was to create a project using dies. This card fold was chosen to display the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlets as well as the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.
I have made this card before-see the blog post here.  In this earlier blog post, I provide a link to a video, which I found was very helpful.

A Pop & Twist card has a mechanism inside the card that "twists" open as it "pops" out.  When the card is closed it looks like a regular card.  I usually keep them closed with a belly band that is held together with Velcro rather than adhesive.  That way it can be opened and closed easily.
A picture of the belly band is below this picture.

This card front shows a Whisper White oval upon which a dragon fly is adhered on a stamped background. A die cut vellum dragonfly overlay is adhered to the  dragonfly giving it life and dimension. Dazzling details added to the wings give it sparkle.

The DSP is Serene Scenic DSP matted with a Whisper White cardstock. The card base is Delightful Dijon

This belly band keeps the card closed and is decorated with an embellishment and a sentiment.
The embellishment is made using various sizes of circle punches on the top of which is a gold foil small die cut dragonfly,

Opening the card reveals the pop and twist mechanism as well as more die cuts.

The top and bottom panels are covered with more of the Serene Scenery DSP.  Stitched die cut ovals are embellished with another dragonfly die cut as well as a die cut bumble bee.
Close ups of both are next.

A close up of the upper panel shows the details of the dragonfly with its vellum overlay.

A close up of the lower part of the inside features another die cut Whisper White oval- for written messages &/or signature.  Two gold foil die cut embellishments adorn this oval.

Each of the 4 panels are layered with Serene Scenery DSP and Whisper White card stock, the edges of which are sponged with Delightful Dijon ink. Along the bottom of each panel is  stamped (second and third generation stamping) with Old Olive and Delightful Dijon inks.
The main feature of this outer panel is a cut out bumble bee which was coloured with markers. Like the larger dragonfly some vellum was die cut and adhered to the wings only.
Because the sentiment was too large for the space, it was cut into separate words/phrases and then added it to the two middle panels.

The right two panels are almost a mirror image of the left panels.
The sentiment is completed on the inside one. On the outside panel, two bumblebees, one of which is die cut in gold foil, are buzzing around. The second one is a twin brother of the one on the left panel.

Dazzling Diamonds was added to all the vellum overlays




Supplies Used:
Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams, Suite Sayings, Remembering Your Birthday (retired)
Inks: Black Memento, Island Indigo, Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Markers (Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Soft Sky).
Papers: Delightful Dijon, Serene Scenery DSP, Whisper White, Gold Foil, Vellum card stock
Accessories: Detailed Dragonfly thinlets, Stitched Shape Framelits, Dazzling Details, Scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Accessory word punch, Velcro (non SU), Dimensionals, Glue dots, Big Shot

Elegant Red and White Glitter Pop and Twist Glitter card - SUO Challenges $163

The challenge with SUO was to create an elegant Holiday design.  For this challenge, I created a Pop and twist card in Real Red, Whisper White, and red glimmer paper.

I love making the Pop and twist cards, and they have been very popular at my craft shows.  I used the video tutorial here on You Tube to make this and other pop and twist cards.

The front of the card, with a belly band around it is seen above.

The basic Real Red cardstock is layered with Dazzling Diamond Glimmer paper, and then Red Glimmer paper.

On the Whisper White art piece the sentiment (fron Wonderful Year) is embossed with clear embossing powder (the stamp was first inked with Versa Mark, and then with Real Red ink, stamped and then clear embossed).  Three stars punched with the itty bitty star punch were also added to the card front.

The 1" belly band is embellished with a red glimmer flower which was punched with the Festive flower builder punch and created into a flower on a 1 1/4" dazzling diamond glimmer circle.  A pearl is in the center. It is adhered at the back of the card with velcro.

In the picture above the belly band has been removed.  An envelope made using the Envelope Maker and Real Red envelope paper is seen above the card.

The upper and lower ends are layered with Dazzling Diamond glimmer paper.  The sentiment on the top end is from Hang Your Stockings and stamped with Real Red ink on Whisper White.  It is die cut using the Labels framelit and matted with a larger Labels framelit in Real Red.

On the lower end, the additional sentiment also stamped with Real Red ink is from Embellished Ornaments and is also die cut using the Labels framelit.  Red Glimmer stars added extra embellishments.

Each section of the panel is layered with Red Glimmer Paper, followed by Dazzling diamond glimmer paper.  Each letter of "NOEL" is die cut with the retired Bigz Alphabet Typeset die in Red Glimmer paper.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Wonderful Year, Hang your Stocking, Embellished Ornaments
Inks: Real Red, Versa Mark
Papers: Real Red, Whisper White, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Paper, Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Labels framelits, Bigz Alphabet typeset die, Itty bitty star punch, Festive Flower Builder Punch, Pearls

NOEL

This is another card made using the Pop and Twist technique, but this time it's a Christmas card.  I sold a lot of Christmas cards last weekend and I'm doing 2 shows this coming weekend, so I need to replenish my "stash".  This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest.

Stamps: Wonderful You, Peaceful Wreath
Inks: Black Memento, Versa Mark
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Presents & Pinecones DSP, Red Glimmer, Dazzling Details Glimmer
Accessories: Metal rimmed rhinestones, Layering Circles Framelits, Oval framelits, Apothecary framelits, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Bigz Alphabet Typeset die, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling details, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder