Playing in the Rain - Pop UP card

 I love making pop up cards and I have made several in the past.  I have used the same dimensions as previous cards, a link to which will be at the end of this post.

For this card I used the Playing in the Rain bundle and the coordinating Rain or Shine DSP. In addition, I used the Raindrops embossing folder as well as the Loose Daisy Embellishments.

The images on the DSP are covered with a shiny material referred to as "UV" in the catalogue.  

I was able to either die cut or cut these shiny images from the DSP using my scan n cut machine.

This is the front of the 5 1/2 by 5 1/2" card.  The base is Balmy Blue card stock, layered with a 5 by 5" piece of Rain or Shine DSP that looks like it is covered with rain drops. To give this paper more texture, I embossed it with the Raindrops embossing folder.

A  Stylish Shapes circle die was used to die cut a circle in Balmy Blue card stock.  An image of a bunny playing in a rain puddle, and throwing an umbrella in the air is placed in the circle, setting the scene for the card. 

On the inside of the card, the raindrops DSP continues.  As on the front, I embossed the DSP with the Raindrops embossing folder. Storm clouds continue to send rain to the occupants below.

The pop up mechanisms are cut in Balmy Blue cardstock.

The various characters from the stamp set/DSP are added to the various layers.  On the top layer I also add a white bridge; on the lower one are umbrellas that have blown away from their owners.

Near the bottom of the card is added some Basic White card stock layered with Old Olive to allow for written messages.

Products Used:

Stamp:  Playing in the Rain

Ink:  Black Memento, Stampin Blends (Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Cajun Craze)

Papers:  Balmy blue, Basic White, Rain or shine DSP, Old Olive

Accessories:  Raindrops embossing folder, Playing in the Rain dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensonals

Here is the link to another pop up card I made : here

Pop Up Easter Flower Card - a partial case

I came up with this idea from Jan Brown, a UK demonstrator, so the basic design is her's, but the choice of stamp, colours and paper is mine.

I knew I wanted to make an Easter card, but initially had difficulty choosing some DSP, until I reviewed the Bird Ballad DSP.  The pale pastel colours with Daffodil Delight highlights was perfect for what I had in mind.

The front of the card looks like an ordinary A2 card, but the surprise comes when the card is opened!
Out pops a flower pot containing some lovely yellow crocuses!

The flower pot is made by taking a 1 3/4 by 8" strip of Daffodil Delight card stock, scoring it at 2, 4, and 6" then embossing it with the Basket Weave embossing folder.  Adhesive is added to the right side of the end panels which are then added to the inside of the card  with the edges right against the card fold line.

But, I'm ahead of myself.

The base card is Daffodil Delight, with the front, and two inner sides decorated with identical pieces of Bird Ballad DSP layered with Whisper White card stock. I debated about changing the DSP pattern for the inside, but decided to keep thepattern the same as the front.

The front - on top of the DSP, an oval circle, embossed with the Basket Weave embossing folder, is added to the center.  Using dimensionals, the Easter sentiment, from "Welcome Easter" is die cut . with the Petals Label Die.  An extra coloured crocus flower, snipped off the bouquet, was tucked underneath this die cut and a bird, fussy cut from the DSP, was added just below it.  Then I added a bow made with ruched Daffodil Delight ribbon below the sentiment, and 3 Champagne rhinestones.

Back to the Inside:
After adding the flower pot pop up, and making sure the card closed and opened smoothly, two crocus bunches were added to the pot.  These were coloured with Stampin' Blends and fussy cut as there are no dies for this image.
On the pot  itself I added the coloured image of a field of Crocuses which I cut in half.  Each half was adhered so that the edges of the middle cut line met at the fold line.

After filling the pot, I did a quick check by opening and closing the card to ensure that no parts of the flowers extended from inside of the card.

Although Jan added some butterflies to each of the upper inner corners, I decided no further embellishments were needed.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:Easter Promise, Welcome Easter
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive)
Papers:  Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Bird Ballad DSP
Accessories:  Basket Weave Embossing Folder, 1/4" Ruched Daffodil Delight ribbon, Champagne rhinestones, Dimensionals, Oval dies,  Petal Label Die

Friends Furever - cats meet dogs - a pop up

For this card I not only made a pop up on the inside, but I also incorporated some cats into the picture. I know cats and dogs traditionally do not like each other, but I have seen some beautiful friendships between these animals.

Card Front:

The card base of Early Espresso is layered with  Smokey Slate card stock embossed with the Dot to Dot embossing folder.  At the bottom is a strip of Wood grain DSP with a 1/8" strip of Early Espresso at the top.

Two dogs punched n Early Espresso using the Dog punch,  face each other between a friendship sentiment contained in a Tailored Tag punchie.  Notice I changed the word "forever" to "furever"

Inside:

Open the card, and ---surprise, a pop up I! -- two dogs and a dog house.  But the cutest thing is what is peeking out at them through a window!

The Pop Ups

Using the stamparatus, one of the dogs was stamped with brown spots; the other dog on Crumb Cake card stock.  Both were punched with the dog punch and set aside.  The dog house was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink, with Black Memento details on top.  It was fussy cut.

The 3 pop ups, were made using a non Stampin' Up die. The dogs and dog house were adhered to these pop ups.

Below the pop ups is the sentiment, with paw prints moving off to the side.

Cats in the Window:

The cats were stamped using the stamparatus and punched using the cat punch.  Only the top half of the cats were placed in a window created in the Woodgrain DSP with the Stitched Rectangle framelit and window sheet. It looks like they are watching the dogs below.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Nine Lives, Happy Tails
Inks:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze
Papers:  Early Espresso, Smokey Slate, Crumb Cake, Woodgrain DSP
Accessories:  Dog punch, Cat punch, Tailored Tag punch, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Window Sheet, Dot to Dot Embossing Folder, Dimensionals.

Apron Pop Up Card

To make this card I used the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers here

On the front flap of a 4 1/4 by 11 top fold card, I due cut a circle using the Layering Circle Framelits.

The pop up was made by  folding a piece of Whole Lot of Lovely DSP into 3 and die cutting all 3 layers at once using the Apron Framelit.  Two of the aprons were folded in half and then adhered to the back of the unfolded one.

The apron was decorated with an apron, cooking tools, as well as the neck and other ties.

After applying adhesive on the back of the apron it was positioned through the front of the circle and adhered to the back of the card.

Open the card and the apron stays adhered to the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Apron of Love

Ink:  Tranquil Tide

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whole Lot of Lovely DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Accessories:  Layering Circles framelits, Apron Builder Framelits

Butterfly Pop Up with Watercolor Wings

This card has been inspired by several demonstrators who have made different versions of the butterfly pop up card.
For this card I used the Watercolor Wings stamp set with the Butterfly framelits.

The front of this pop up card features a 3D butterfly, a sign of things to come.

On the Basic Black card base, I place a layer of Lemon Lime Twist card stock, and then a Whisper White layer stamped with the Definitely Dahlia stamp (second generation stamping) in Crushed Curry.

A scallop Rich Razzelberry circle provides a landing place for the butterfly.

A piece of 1/4"  Lemon Lime Twist ombre ribbon was added to the left side.

Colors for the butterfly on the front:  Tangerine Tango (second generation, Tangerine Tango, Black Memento.

Open the card, and magic happens:

Five butterflies pop up.
Below the butterflies is a sentiment from "Sunshine Wishes"

All the butterflies were stamped the same way, with one color.  The first layer was second generation, aka stamped off; second layer full strength of ink color; third layer also full strength of same color.  The body is stamped in Black Memento.

Colors for the butterflies: (from left to right)
Butterfly 1:  Lemon Lime Twist
Butterfly 2:  Tangerine Tango
Butterfly 3:  Dapper Denim
Butterfly 4:  Crushed Curry
Butterfly 5:  Rich Razzelberry

The butterflies were folded in half (color side in), and then attached to each other at the wing side edges only (not the entire wing).
After all butterflies attached together, attach one butterfly to the front inside near the top about 1 1/4" in.  Then add adhesive to the butterfly at the other end, and close the card.  Leave the card closed until adhesive has set.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Watercolor Wings, Definitely Dahlia
Inks:  Black Memento, Lemon Lime Twist, Tangerine Tango, Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry
Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Rich Razzelberry
Accessories:  1/4" Lemon Lime Twist Ombre ribbon, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterfly thinlets, rhinestones, Sunshine Wishes thinlet dies

Get Well Soon - SUO Challenges #131

A number of my friends have been ill lately, and my stash of Get Well cards is getting low.  So I was particularly happy to see "Get Well" as this week's topic at SUO Challenges

I partially cased a card I saw on Pinterest - namely the tissue pop up box on the inside.

• The base cardstock of Mint Macaron was matted with Whisper White embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder.
• Down the middle is attached a piece of Pretty Petals DSP matted with Mint Macaron.
• The imagae panel was first stamped with the "Gorgeous Grunge" stamp set using Mint Macaroon, then the swirl image from "Flowering Flourishes" was stamped with Black Memento
• On a separate piece of Whisper White, 5 flowers from the stamp set "Petite Petals were stamped using Mint Macaron.  They were punched out using the Petite Petal punch.  Three of the flowers are for the front of the card, and 2 for the inside.
• Using the Owl Builder punch, 5 small circles (the eyes) were punched using Black Glimmer paper.  These were attached to the inside of each flower with a glue dot.  But before doing that, the petals of each flower were curcled up slightly.
• A 1/4" strip of Mint Macaron was adhered to the bottom of the panel, and a 1/8" strip of black glimmer paper was added to the middle of that.  
• The 3 flowers were added as shown in the picture above.
• The sentiment is from "Word Play" and die cut using the Lots of Labels framelits.  I played around with the framelit to get the shape I wanted.  Not sure if I suceeded.  It was attached using dimensionals.

Inside: 

• After adhering the 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock, the tissue pop up box was made.
• Tissue Pop Up box:  A 6 1/4 by 3" piece of Mint Macaron cardstock was scored at 1 1/2, 3, 4 1/2, and 6" on the long side.  Crease folds and burnish with a bone folder. Adhere the small flap to the bottom to create the pop up box.
•  DSP was adhered to the top and front of the pop up. The opening for the tissue was created using a craft knife.
• Adhere the bottom and back of the box to the inside at the crease.  When the card closes the box folds down.
•  The sentiment was punched with the Word Window punch and adhered to the front of the box. 
• The other two flowers were adhered to the top right of the inside layer.

Supplies Used:

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Autumn Pop Up Card

Last night's class was all about autumn.  One of the cards the students made was a pop up card.  I did a lot of research before making a sample card for the students but couldn't find many pop up cards that weren't complex.  Even the new labels pop up die was difficult to figure out and I spent hours on it before I finally gave up the ghost (so to say).  I wanted something simple that everyone in my class could make with out too many complex measurements and folds.
Finally I figured out just what I was wanting.  The class just loved it. And along the way some techniques were taught.

This is the front of the card.  The maple leaf was die cut using the Autumn accents die and sponged using various colours of ink.  Then the leaf was enamelled using the double embossed enamel technique as described in the Splitcoast stamper tutorial here

The inside of the card shows the pop up and the cluster of leaves.  The pop up was made by measuring 1" from the outside of a folded crumb cake card, then using the Word Window punch to create the slits.
The leaves were run through a paper crimper than colour sponged and arranged on a 2 1/2" scallop circle.  The scallop circle was attached to the bottom pop up using dimensionals.
The top and bottom of the inside were stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and Chocolate chip ink.
Crystal effects was added to the bottom portion of the acorn.

This is a close up of the upper inside of the card giving a better view of the treatment of the leaves and the pop up.

This shows the lower portion of the inside.

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Label Love
Inks: Chocolate chip, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Tangerine Tango, Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede
Papers: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Sweather Weather DSP
Accessories: Artisan Label punch, Autumn Accents die, Word Window punch, 1 1/4" Burlap ribbon, Utee, paper crimper, dimensionals, ruler and pencil, Crystal Effects

St. Patrick's Day Pop Up Birthday Card

I had to cancel tonight's card making class due to inclement weather.  We're really getting dumped on with wet snow - which will probably freeze to a dangerous mess come nightfall.  Thus I made the decision to cancel class rather than someone get in an accident. Perhaps everyone will be available tomorrow night.
This is the one of the cards we were going to make tonight.  It's a St. Patrick's Day birthday pop up card using the Owl builder punch

Before starting the card, put together 4 Owls using the owl builder punch and the "Party Hearty" stamp set (for the birthday hats).  Directions below.

Outside:
The front of the card is Gumball Green.
Start by cutting a piece of Early Espresso coordination card stock and emboss it with the Woodgrain embossing folder and sand it.  Cut one side in an irregular manner simulating a tree trunk.  Punch out the peek hole using the Oval punch.
Take one of the birthday owls and insert it half way through the opening and adhere the lower part of the owl to the back of the tree trunk. Then place a piece of Early Espresso card stock big enough to cover the hole and attach it behind the owl and the oval hole.  Attach this unit to the right side of the front of the card.
Stamp with sentiment from "Feeling Sentimental" using Early Espresso ink ont Whisper White card stock. Punch it out using the Oval punch and sponge the edges with Gumball Green ink.
I never like to waste anything, so I placed the oval that was punched out of the tree trunk behind and at right angles to the sentiment.  Attach both to the left hand side of the card. The front of the card is now finished.

Inside:
Fold the Crumb Cake cardstock in half and on the folded edge make pencil marks at 1, 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 3, 4, and 4 1/2"
Measure 1" up from the folded line and draw a line across the card.
Draw lines from your marks on the folded line to the 1" line.
Cut on the pencil lines from the fold to the 1" line.  You will end up with 3 pop ups.

Top half:
Using the shamrock stamp from "Every Little Bit" and Gumball Green ink, stamp the image randoming on the top half of the Crumb Cake card stock.
Take a piece of Gumball Green card stock, scallop one of the long edges with the scallop border punch, and then emboss with the Square lattice embossing folder.
Attach a piece of 7/16" Natural trim ribbon and a bow top the bottom of this Gumball Green strip
Now attach it to the top of the Crumb Cake cardstock about half way between the top and the top of the pop ups.

Bottom half:
Attach a strip of scalloped Gumball Green cardstock to a piece of Tea for Two DSP and attach to the bottom edge.
To make the shamrock, arrange 3 small heart punches together at their tips.  Cut a tiny strip of cardstock for the stem.  Attach just above DSP
The sentiment is from the "Occasional Alphabet" stamp set.  It is stamped with Black Stazon on Whisper White and punched out with the Decorative Label punch.  The edges are inked with Gumball Green ink.  I punched a second Decorative Label in Gumball Green card stock as a mat for the sentiment.  Attach to the lower right side using dimensionals.

Now attach the front half of the card to the inside being careful to keep the pop ups free of adhesive .

Lastly attach the owls to the pop ups.

And your card is done.

Here's a list of the materials:
Card:
Stamps: Every Little Bit, Occasional Alphabet, Feeling Sentimental
Inks: Gumball Green, Black Stazon, Early Espresso
Papers: Gumball Green, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso Coordination card stock, Early Espresso card stock
Accessories: Woodgrain folder, Square Lattice folder, Scallop border punch, Oval punch, Decorative Label punch, Small heart punch, Natural 7/16" trim ribbon, dimensionals

Owls:
Stamp: Party Hearty (retired)
Inks: Black Stazon, Gumball green marker
Papers: Chocolate chip (body), Tea for Two DSP (clothing), Basic black, Whisper White (eyes)
Accessories: Two step owl punch, adhesive

Stamp the image of the party hats.  Color them using the marker.  Then cut out 4 hats using your paper snips, leaving a strip of cardstock on the bottom of the hat.  This will make attaching the hat to the owl's head easier.

Hockey Pop Up Card

It's my grandson's 7th birthday, and he's a hockey nut.  He's played on a team since he was 4.  Now last year he liked the Ottawa Senators (that's his dad's favourite team), so I made him a red and black card.  This year I hope he likes the Toronto Maple Leaf's (his mom's team) because that's the card I made him.
I made it into a stand alone pop up card because that was the tutorial with Stampin' Fun and Friends this week and I like to replicate the tutorials if I can.
Here is my card:

I stamped the front end using the Stamp set Glorious and Free, but I had stickers for the back end.
The hockey player stamp set is from Class Act Stamps - the only place I could find a hockey player stamp.  Since the store is in Oshawa, only 1/2 hour from here, it was easy to drive down there and get it.  This gal was on a mission!
Here's a list of the materials I used to make the card:

Stamps: Glorious and Free, Hockey player (non SU), Perfectly Penned
Inks: Pacific Point
Papers: Pacific Point, Whisper white
Accessories: Simply Scored scoring tool, Toronto Maple Leaf Stickers (non SU), Hockey Stick (non SU), 1" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, hand held hold puncher, 1/4" Pacific Point stitched ribbon, Word Window punch, Alphabet Junior Sizzlets