Pop and Twist , a birthday on the Golf course

I love watching the expressions on people's faces when this card is opened! It certainly is a card for a special someone.

There are many tutorials on how to make these Pop and twist cards including the one at at splitcoaststampers.

This special fold card was made for a gentleman who loves golf and is celebrating a birthday.  But it could be made for another occasion  such as retirement, anniversary, job promotion etc.

The card base is Basic Black layered with Basic Gray and then the Argyle pattern of the Country Club DSP.  The card is held closed with a belly band, which is kept closed with velcro.  

This band is decorated with another larger Argyle pattern from the same Country Club DSP. The ends are covered with some Basic Gray card stock punched with the Tailored Tag punch upon which is a die cut golf ball.

The art piece o the front is an image cut from the DSP and coloured with water colour pencils. It is matted with basic Black card stock before adding  it to the card front.

Opening the card activates the awesome pop and twist part of the card.

Below are close ups of the pop and twist panels:

And close ups of the inside upper and lower card:

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Country Club

Inks:  Basic Gray, Black Memento, Watercolour Pencils, Garden Green

Papers:  Basic black, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Country Club DSP, Garden Green

Accessories:  Country Club Dies, Nesting Label Dies, Tailored Tag Punch

Winter Woods Pop & Twist Card

Winter Woods is such a versatile stamp set and today I used the stamp set with its coordinating framelits in a pop and twist card.

I had previously made all the components of this interactive card just waiting for an inspiration to finish it.  Today I finished it.

The Pop &Twist card is made using Garden Green card stock  All the DSP used is the Warmth & Cheer DSP, now retired.

The card front depicts a 2 layer dimensional tree against a plaid DSP.  The sentiment "Merry" is from the Merry Christmas Framelits  and is die cut using the Sparkle glimmer paper.

The card is kept closed using  a 1" Garden Green band, which is wrapped around the card and kept closed with tiny magnets.  This embellishment on the  front consists  of a 1 3/4" scallop circle layered with  a 1 1/2" glimmer paper circle and a 1 1/4" circle with the sentiment "Peace" stamped on it.  Some green rhinestones adds a bit of bling.

Opening the card reveals 4  pop up panels.

At the top is another Whisper White tree with a branch next to it. This image as do other images stand on snow in the form of Sparkle glimmer paper; at the bottom a large oval for the sentiment .

Some Frost White shimmer paint was lightly daubed over the trees and  directly onto the DSP.

On the two end panels I add a leafless tree die cut in Whisper White; the middle two I stamp the image of the birch trees multiple times with Crumb Cake on Whisper White.  For the left one I white emboss a sentiment on Garden Green and die cut it with the frame framelits found in the Merry Christmas framelit set.

On the other panel I adhere a wreath made with the single pine branch and a template using the Stamparatus.  After it was finished I die cut it using a circle framelit, added some real red berries with a marker, and added "Joy" in the middle with a strip notched at both ends.

The magic of this card is in the opening and closing.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Winter Woods, Holly Jolly Greetings (retired)

Inks:  Garden Green, Versa Mark, Real Red SU Marker, Crumb Cake

Papers:  Garden Green, Whisper White, Sparkle shimmer paper, Warmth & Cheer DSP (retired)

Accessories:  Merry Christmas Framelits, In the Woods Framelits, Frost White Shimmer paint, White embossing powder, Stamparatus, Circle framelits, Layering Oval Framelits, Dimensionals, punches (1 3/4" scallop circle, 1 1/2 and 1 1/4" circle)

Santa Pop & Twist card

It's been a while since I made a Pop & Twist card.  Tonight I thought I'd make up for lost time.
Actually I didn't think I would have the energy to make anything tonight as I was absolutely exhausted from my trip to Toronto.
The traffic was heavy in both direction, compounded by heavy rain and fog.  The way home was absolutely horrendous because not only was it raining and foggy, I hit rush hour traffic.

But I surprised myself with a burst of creativity.

Here's what I came up with:

The card front features Santa making a list and he has placed his official seal on the transactions.  I rounded the art piece's corners and matted it with Cherry Cobbler card stock also with its corners rounded. It was adhered to the card front matted with Santa's Workshop DSP.  At the bottom is a 1" belly band which holds the card closed.

The card opens in a pop, twist manner ( thus the name for the technique) to reveal 4 panels in the middle, and an image at the top and a place to write a sentiment in the bottom.

This is a close up of the two panels on the left. All images were stamped using the stamparatus and coloured with Stampin' Up's new blends. The snowflakes were die cut using the Blizzard Thinlets.

This is a close up of the two right panels and below is a close  up of the top of the inside of the card.

Both the top and bottom of the card have the Santa's workshop DSP adhered to them.  On the top I used the stitched oval framelet to die cut the Santa in the chair image directly from the DSP, and then matted it with a slightly large Cherry Cobbler oval.

On the bottom I placed a blank oval for a sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Signs of Santa

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends 

Papers:  Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Santa's Workshop DSP, Glimmer paper, 

Accessories:  Blizzard Thinlets, Corner Rounded punch, Dazzling diamonds, Stitched Oval Framelits, Layering Oval Framelits, Stamparatus.

Pop and Twist Birthday Card Using Jar of Love

I'm not quite finished with Christmas yet.  A customer of mine wants me to teach her the Pop & Twist Technique so I thought I would brush up on the technique.  So, I made a birthday card using the Jar of Love stamp set.

I used the video tutorial here although there is a super easy version here

I'm going to use the original version

Stamps: Timeless Texture, Jar of Love, Remembering Your Birthday, Amazing Birthday
Inks: Basic Gray, Sweet Sugarplum, Pear Pizzazz, Black Memento
Papers: Peach Parfait, Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum, Fruit Stand Designer Paper
Accessories: Everyday Jars Framelits, Layering Circles framelits, Velcro (non SU), dazzling diamonds

 Here the card is opened to show the various decorated panels, again using the Jar of Love stamp set. Close ups of the panels are below.