Peaceful Cabin Pop Up

 The Peaceful Cabin bundle is one of my favourite bundles so far, and today I made a pop up card using this bundle.

This card is 5 1/2 by 5 1/2" - a little larger than usual, so I made an envelope using the envelope punch board.

The front of the card is a piece of DSP trimmed to 5 by 5", matted with a 5 1/4 by 5 1/4" piece of Smokey Slate card stock and then added to a 5 1/2 by 5 `/2" Thick Basic White card stock base.  The sentiment, from Christmas to Remember, is stamped in the lower right corner,  using Basic Gray ink.

This is what the card looks like opened up and below from the side.

Stamp and die cut the following  images on Basic White cardstock using Basic Gray ink.

• Cabin
• Trees - 3 sets for a total of 6 trees
• Fox - 2
• Die cut only 2 large and 1 small tree from Basic Gray card stock

Stamp sentiment with Basic Gray ink.  Die cut with layering circle die and mat with a larger Basic Gray die.

Die cut  a small rectangle basic white  piece  and a larger Basic Gray piece using the  Scallop contour dies.

Putting the Card together:

Inside front:

• Add a 5 1/4 by of 5 1/4" piece of Peaceful Place DSP (snowflakes) to the inside front before adding the pop up mechanisms all of which are made using thick basic white card stock.

Pop Ups:

• Pop Up 1 - near the top    5 1/2 by 4 1/4  scored at 1/2, 3 1/2, and 4"
• Pop Up 2 - middle    3 1/2 b y 3 1/2" scored at 1/2, 1, and 3"
• Pop Up 3 - bottom   3 1/2 by 1 1/2"  scored at 1/2, 1 1/2, and 2 1/2"
• Burnish all folds well.

Add the cabin and trees to Pop Up 1.  Stamp the fence twice below the cabin.

Add the two foxes and 3 trees at one end, and another tree at the lower middle , to pop up 2

Add two of the larger trees to pop up 3

On the bottom portion of the inside, add a 3 1/4 by 5 1/4" of  Peaceful Place DSP .  Then add the two scallop contour dies.  At the right side, add the sentiment piece.

Add a couple of snow flakes and the card is done.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Peaceful Cabin, Christmas to Remember

Inks:  Basic Gray

Papers:  Thick Basic white, Smokey Slate, Basic white, Peaceful Place DSP

Accessories:  Cabin Dies, Layering circle dies, Scallop contour dies

Forever Fern - Another Catalogue Sneak Peak

These sneak peaks can be a real tease can't they?  Well, it's only 5 more days and you'll be able to order your own new products, whether it's Forever Fern or another stamp set.

For today's card, I am using the following new products:  Forever Fern and Forever Flourishing Dies in a pop up container card.

Usually I make a card by starting on the outside, but in this case I started on the inside of the Whisper White card base, even before scoring at the 4 1/4" mark.

Using the fern stamp and Pretty Peacock ink, I stamped this image twice, once on each side of the potential mid point.  These images would look like they were part of the pop up.  After stamping, the card base was scored at 4 1/4" and the fold burnished well.

The pop up flower pot was made by scoring a 2 by 8" piece of Crumb Cake embossed with the Pinewood Plank Embossing Folder at 2, 4, and 6 ".  These score lines were burnished well.  A 1/2 by 4" piece of Crumb cake scored at 1" each end and burnished well, with the folds going in the opposite directions.  This piece will be added to the inside like a pop up box card and the other die cuts added to this.

This folded crumb cake pop up is added to the inside at the bottom as shown in the picture.

Other leaf images were stamped in Old Olive, Pretty Peacock, or Shaded Spruce on a separate piece of Whisper White, and die cut.  Two of the pieces were adhered handing over the side of the container, and the others were added with glue dots to the inner strip.

The sentiment, is stamped on the inside beside the pop up using Shaded Spruce ink.

For the card front, I first emboss a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Whisper White with the Heritage Embossing Folder.  In the center of that I adhere a die cut Fern Leaf and add a bow made with Whisper White polka dot organza ribbon. This is matted with Shaded Spruce card stock and added to the card front.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Forever Fern

Inks:  Proud Peacock, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce

Accessories:  Heritage Embossing folder, 5/8" White Polka dot Organza ribbon, Pinewood Plank embossing folder, Forever Flourishing Dies

Pop Up Butterfly Birthday

I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest made by Rachel Tessman.  She used the Dragonfly for her card.  I changed my card up a bit, but I used the same DSP (Petal Garden - which is retiring)

I used Thick Whisper White as my card base folding it in a horizontal fold. On the inside I adhered a 4 by 5 1/4" of Petal Garden DSP

A 2 3/4" strip of the same pattern of Petal Garden DSP was added about 3/4" from the left edge of the card front.  The Classic Label punch was used to punch an aperture in this DSP through which the butterfly would would pop through.

I die cut the butterfly using Basic Black card stock, and the Butterfly Thinlet -  the Framelit was used to die cut the same size butterfly but in Vellum..

The two butterfly layers were adhered together using glue dots.

Glue dots were added to the butterfly unit, the wings folded up and the butterfly inserted through the punched aperture and adhered to the DSP on the inside of the card.  When the card is opened, the butterfly slips through the opening in the front.  On closing the card, the wings are pinched together and inserted back through the aperture and pop back up through the front.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Better Together
Inks:  Black Memento, Rich Razzelberry Bendability
Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Petal Garden DSP, Basic Black, Vellum
Accessories:  Butterfly Thinlets and Framelits, Classic label Punch, Pearls

An Awesome 'fishy' Pop Up

I have been on the hunt for pop up cards, and saw this one on Pinterest, made by several different authors in different ways.  So I made my own version.
I just love this card because of the surprise factor.  Open the card, and a fish's mouth pops open with a message inside.

The card front shows images from "Seaside Shores".  The Pacific Point side fold card is layered first with Whisper White, then Calypso Coral DSP, and finally by the art piece.  Before adhering the stamped and cut out images on the art piece it was embossed with the Seaside embossing folder.

Prepare to be surprised when the you open the card.

In the center a big fish opens it's mouth! Once you get over the surprise, you will see that there is a "Happy Birthday" message inside the open mouth.

How did I do that?

A piece of Soft Sky card stock was cut 1/4" smaller that the base card. i.e. 4 by 8 1/4" and folded in half.  The pop up is created on the fold.

Make a faint pencil line 1" from top on this fold.  Measure 1 3/4" down from that and make a horizontal slit 1"  on the fold.  Score from the ends of the slit diagonally to the 1" pencil mark.  Pop out the scored area, close card, and burnish the area well.

For the bottom of the mouth, repeat the above, first measuring 1 3/4" down from horizontal slit.

Calypso Coral DSP was used to decorate the top and bottom of the mouth.  Two 3 by 2" piece of DSP were cut into a triangle by trimming them from a 1" mark (on the 2" side) to both lower corners.  Fold in half and adhere one to the top make another to the bottom. I used the retired Owl Builder punch to make the eyes.

The tail was die cut using the Sweet & Sassy framelit; the fins punched with a flower punch and cut in half.  A scallop circle punch could also be used. A solid, coordinating color was used.

How did I get the sentiment inside the mouth?  I piece of Whisper White card stock was placed behind the mouth and a small pencil mark was used to mark the center.  The sentiment was stamped centered on that.  This piece of Whisper White folded in half and adhered to both sides of the mouth.

The lower edge of this inner piece was stamped with sea weed.  A few clams and an anchor were also added.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Seaside Shores, Special Celebration
Inks:  Black Memento, Pacific Point, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake
Papers:  Pacific Point, Whisper White, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, Calypso Coral DSP
Accessories:  Seaside embossing folder, Sweet & Sassy framelits, Flower punch (retired)