Last month I attended the North Carolina Demonstrators
Team Meeting which was presented by the TaDa’s and it was great. We made a variation of this card and I loved
it and wanted to share it in my workshops this month. I did change a few things but this basic
design for a pop-up card has been around for years. So here it is…
And here is how it is made. The card base is made of several pieces so
let’s start by cutting and scoring those pieces. I used Flirty Flamingo cardstock for my
base. Cut one piece to 8 ½ x 4 ¼” and on
the 8 ½” side score at ½, 1 ½, 3 and 4”.
Next cut a piece 3 x 4 ¼” and score it on the 4 ¼” side at ½ and 1
½”. I started by putting the larger
piece together. So basically, you fold
the scored pieces up to create a box (see the pic below for the idea). I found that since the card needs to fold
flat for mailing that the best way to adhere it is with it folded down
flat. So, here is a little more
explanation on this. When the score
lines are all folded, take the back piece that is 4 ½” and the next score which
is 5 ½” and lay them flat, then take the little 1/2” flap and put your adhesive
on it and adhere it to the back of the card.
Now before going any further with the card base cut a
piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock to 2 ¾ x 4” and layered a piece of the Lily
Impressions Designer Series Paper (one of the great free offers during
Sale-A-Bration) that measured 2 ½ x 3 ¾” on top of this. Adhere this layer to the back top of the card
above the little box you created.
Now for the next step take that 3 x 4 ¼” piece and
crease it on the score lines. With the
card still laying flat attach the long piece at the bottom of the card. It should be centered on the card and just
about 1/8” up from the bottom. Now
attach the top, this will hit kind of in the middle of the Designer Series
Paper.
Now that you have the basic structure of the card done
comes the fun. Take a piece of Whisper
White Cardstock that is 1 x 3 ¾” and stamp the sentiment from the Happy
Birthday To You stamp set (another great freebie during Sale-A-Bration). I used Pretty Peacock ink for that. Mount the sentiment onto a piece of Pretty
Peacock cardstock that measures 1 ¼ x 4”.
Set that aside to add after we finish up our cake.
Using a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock (I find
using colored cardstock takes my Stampin’ Blends markers to a new level) stamp
the cake from the stamp set twice using Versamark ink and emboss it using Gold
Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set using your Heat Tool. (see photo below) I used the Birthday Dies
from the Coordination Release to cut out a whole cake and to cut out just the
flowers on the cake. I colored the cake
and flowers using Stampin’ Blends (I will list the colors I used below. Then using the same die set I cut the cake
stand out of Gold Foil Sheet and attached it to the cake. I attached the second set of flowers using
dimensionals which looks great. I did
add Wink Of Sella to my flowers. I
attached this (again with dimensionals) to the card and layered the sentiment
over the base of the cake stand.
I did add a piece of Whisper White cardstock to the back of the card that measures 4 x 4 1/4" to add my greeting to.
I hope you enjoy this card. I will list the supplies I used below and you
can find the supplies for this card and many more on my website at www.craftwithronnie.stampinup.net
or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog.
Happy Crafting!!!
Supplies Used:
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