Stand-Up Pop-Up Card Tutorial

Ok, I spent a good hour trying to figure out how to upload my finished printable tutorial to this site, but there just isn't a way that I could find! So here goes...

Supplies:
Main Color CS: 1 each of 4 ¼ x 11”, 2 7/8 x 5”, & 2 3/8 x 2 7/8”

2nd Color CS: 1 each of 3 x 5 ½” & 2 ½ x 3”

3rd Color CS: 1 each of 2 ¾ x 4 7/8” & 2 ¼ x 2 ¾”

Stamps of your choice-Fabulous Flowers used here
Cutting & Scoring blade with paper cutter, bone folder
Tombow Mono Multi glue or Sticky Strip
Ink pads of your choice- Pixie Pink, Pretty in Pink, Only Orange, Yo Yo Yellow, Green Galore, and Gable Green used here.
Embellishments of your choice- 2 way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Scallop circle & 5-Petal flower punches, CAD, and Pewter jumbo eyelets used here.

With the 4 ¼”x11” piece of CS, Score along long edge at 1”, 2 ¾”, 3 ¾”, & 5 ½”. Then flip to other end and score at 1”, 2 ¾”, and 3 ¾” again. The 5 ½” line is already scored.

Now line up the 5 ½” scored line with the cutting line in your paper cutter.
Notice the arrows in the center of your cutting blade handle. These mark the location of your blade. Line the arrow up with the 1 ½ cm mark on the cutting arm, and cut from 1 ½ cm to 9 cm mark

After you have decorated all of your pieces, assembled the matted panels, folded all score line and creased with bone folder; put glue or Sticky Strip on the “front” side of the 1” flaps on each end.

Slip the top of the large panel through the slit cut in the 5 ½” score line. Line bottom of panel up with edge of folded up 1” flap and then fold main piece in half, matching bottom edges up to be adhered to each other.

Take your small panel and line it up on the 1” section on the front of the card so it is placed where you want it. Then apply glue JUST IN THE 1” SECTION. Adhere you smallest panel.

Now to open your card, push down on the top fold and it turns into a Stand-up Card!

My NOT Lame Card for Ariel

Ok, so after I got home from work at 9:30am today, and slept for 4 hours.... I decided to have a go at getting a good card out to Ariel. I was cruising on SCS ( http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ ) and found this card by calex (SCS name) and thought it was an adorable technique! So I hunted down the instructions here at Dawn's Stampin Studio. She has some really good video tutorials there! I just finished a printable tutorial and I will try to figure out how to post them!

Here is a more frontal view, The color is not as good on this one. Just as I was taking pictures, a big rainstorm hit and my lighting wasn't so great, sorry! You can't see it here but I put Dazzling Diamonds on the flowers and the butterflies, and it looks so glittery!

Stamps: Time Well Spent, One of Kind

Paper: Pixie Pink, Green Galore, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, several Bold Brights with blender pens

Accessories: CAD, Rhinestone Brad, Prima Flowers, scoring blade, bone folder, 2 way glue, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Black Magic card

Here is a card done using the Black Magic technique, which we will be doing at our next stamp club meeting! I got my Pure Color pencils from SU yesterday! Woo-hoo! This was done using the Fabulous Flowers set and I just love this technique, can't wait to show it to you all. I will post a tutorial after we do this in class! Stay tuned for more exciting stuff!

Card for Ariel Tix

I have shared the story of my friend Tanya's daughter Ariel. She has cancer and is just finished with her 3rd round of chemo yesterday, and will have a stem cell transplant tomorrow. She is having a tough time lately, and I had started a Rak (Random Act of Kindness) request here and you can read the details.

This is the rather lame card I made for her. She loves butterflies, squirrels, cats, and weiner dogs. I wanted to make a quick butterfly card for her today to send to her,I'm supposed to be sleeping now so I can work #5 out of 5 shifts- I worked days for the first 4 and I work nights tonight, so I won't have time again until tomorrow! Tanya had texted me on Sunday asking that I get my stampin friends to send her some more cards to help cheer her up. Ariel really loves getting the wonderful handmade cards from people all over the world, and from close to home! If anybody reading this wants to send her a card, the address is listed in post #61 in the above link.

Stamp set: Pick a Petal, Warmest Regards(retired hostess), Print Pattern BG, Weathered BG

Paper: Soft Sky, River Rock, Whisper white

Ink: Soft Sky, BLue Bayou

Accessories: White Gel pen, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 2 way glue pen, Cosmo glitter-light blue and rose

New Style of Pop-Up Cards

To me at least! I found an example of these at splitcoaststampers.com in the gallery by kaloso05 here and had to make some my self, they are so cool! I needed to make a special birthday card for a friend and thought this would be perfect. The original sample I saw was of flowers, and I made one for my Mom's birthday, way late by the way, because she needs help with her garden and I haven't been able to get down there to help her, so I thought I would send her a little garden instead.



This is a side view so you can an idea of the 3-Dness of it. (Is that a word?!)

Here is a view of it from the front and open, I just love the tiers of images!

And this is the front view closed. This would be a fun project for club, but a little time consuming with all the stamping and stuff. Heck, who am I kidding! I do that to you guys all the time don't I! I'll do a tutorial after we make it at club.

June Stamp Club Projects

Ok, here are the projects we made this month at Club. Elli requested that we do the Crystal Light containers, so here we go! Sorry for the not so great photos.


Supplies: 1 Crystal Light container, wrapper peeled off
Patterned paper- Berry Bliss used here
Coordinating cardstock
Ribbon
Tombow Mono Multi glue
Scallop circle, 5-Petal Flower, Boho Blossom punches (all optional)

1. Cut patterned paper to 8 3/4"x 6 1/4" or to make more efficient use of the paper, 2 pieces of 3"x 8 3/4"
   
2. Apply glue sparingly to the back of the paper, and wrap around can. If using 2 pieces, align with top and bottom of can, the gap will be covered by the ribbon. Make sure your seams are in the same place.
   
3. Cut a piece of at least 1/2" ribbon to about 8 3/4".
   
4. Run a line of glue around can where you want the ribbon, then smear the glue to prevent the glue from bleeding through the ribbon.
   
5. Wrap the ribbon around the can over the line of glue, lining end of ribbon up with the seam.
   
6. Cut a 2 1/4" circle of patterned paper for lid, then punch shapes in coordinating cardstock
   
7. Glue to lid. You can also punch a hole in the center of the lid and attach all with a brad.
   
   

Here is an example of how you can decorate the lid. I used a Rhinestone brad here.

Here is a cute Strawberry page. The pictures here are from a few years ago at my MIL's house. The kids had a tea party with Kaylee by her Strawberry Shortcake tent, it was sooo sweet!

Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Every Day Flexible Phrases

Paper: Pixie Pink, Gable Green, Whisper White

Ink: Pixie Pink, Whisper White, Real Red and Garden Green markers

Accessories: Pretty in Pink ribbon, corner rounder punch, scallop circle punch, 5-Petal Flower punch, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" circle punches, Boho Blossoms punch, Clear button, Cherish rub-ons

1. Start by using the stamp off technique with strawberry stamp from Tart & Tangy set and Pixie pink with a random pattern. Stamp off technique is as follows: Ink up stamp with desired ink, stamp image once on scrap paper, then on the project. This results in a lighter shade of the ink.
   
2. Then take the guard off of your corner rounder punch and with a 1"x12" strip of Gable Green and create scallops on both long edges.
   
3. Cut this strip into two ~1/2"x12" strips.
   
4. Glue Green strips ~ 1" from top and bottom of page.
   
5. Glue ribbon slightly overlapping the green strips as pictured.
   
6. Select a rub-on and apply to button.
   
7. Punch out two large flowers from Boho Blossoms punch and a 1 3/8" circle in Pixie Pink. Punch out two 5-Petal Flowers and a scallop circle from Gable Green.
   
8. Use Real Red and Garden Green markers to apply ink to strawberry stamp and stamp onto Whisper White paper, then punch out with 1 1/4" circle punch.


9. Ink up desired word stamps from Every Day Flexible Phrases set with Whisper White craft ink and stamp in center on Pixie Pink flowers.
   
10. Glue embellishment pieces together, attach pictures to page, then place embellishments where desired. I used a dimensional to pop the layered strawberry up.

This is my youngest son and my niece Sarah swimming in her pool, the had a lot of fun! I bet you all have photos like these to scrapbook! And I just love these colors together!

Stamps: Life's a Breeze set, Something Fishy JW

Paper: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Summer Sun, Tempting Turquoise

Ink: Creamy Caramel, Summer Sun, Tempting Turquoise, Versamark cartridge

Accessories: Corner Rounder punch, sponge

1. Cut Summer Sun paper into a 2 1/4"x11 1/2" strip and a 4 3/4"x5" piece and a 1 1/4"x3" piece


2. Cut the Tempting Turquoise to 4"x5" piece


3. Cut the a piece of Creamy Caramel to 1 7/16"x3 3/16"


4. Stamp the Sun stamp in Summer Sun repeatedly on the Summer Sun 4 3/4"x5" piece (this piece will be positioned so that it is wider than it is tall), then the Sun Fun stamp in Creamy Caramel repeatedly on the same piece of Summer Sun. Use the Corner Rounder punch on top left corner. Ink the edges of the piece with Creamy Caramel


5. Stamp the Sunglasses stamp repeatedly in Tempting Turquoise on the Tempting Turquoise piece, then sponge piece with Tempting Turquoise ink. Ink Edges with Tempting Turquoise ink.


6. Stamp the Bubbles stamp in Summer Sun ink several times on the small piece of Summer Sun. Then stamp Life's a Breeze in Creamy Caramel ink on same piece. Ink edges with Creamy Caramel.


7. Ink edges on Creamy Caramel piece with Creamy Caramel ink.


8. Layer the small pieces of Summer Sun and Creamy Caramel paper together, then glue to center of the Tempting Turquoise piece.
   
9. Use the Something Fishy jumbo wheel and a cartridge preferably inked with Summer Sun (but I used Versamark here, it's harder to see) and the Wheel Guide and wheel the length on the long piece of Summer Sun. Corner Round the 2 bottom corners. Ink edges with Creamy Caramel.
   
10. Glue all pieces down as pictured.

That's it, except for the Surprise Pop-up card that we finally did! There is a tutorial here by Beatte Johns at http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ , my favorite stamping resource!

Stamps: All in a Row, Carte Postale

Paper: Soft Sky, Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery

Accessories: Paper cutter with cutting and scoring blades, paper piercer and mat pack, with gel pen, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig stamp positioner (SAMJ), circle punch

I will give details on the stamping, but refer to the tutorial for construction on the card.

1. Use SAMJ and Chocolate Chip ink to stamp the Much Love stamp from All in a Row set on the bottom edge of the Soft Sky piece.


2. You will be using the Flower Branch stamp from Carte Postale to stamp in alternating Soft Sky and Cameo Coral 3 across in each row, do one color now to determine spacing of rows. Start with 1 of these colors until all rows are stamped, then go back and use the other color so you don't have to keep cleaning the stamp.


3. repeat steps #1 and #2 two more times.


4. Use paper piercer and mat pack to make a row of stitches between each line of the Much Love stamp, then use the white gel pen to draw the stitches.


5. Stamp the Bird stamp in Soft Sky in the center of the WW paper.


6. Stamp Flower Branch stamp in Certainly Celery and Cameo Coral around edges of WW paper.


7. Stamp Mon Amie (means My Love in French) in Chocolate Chip on bottom of WW piece.


8. Ink edges of the 3 rectangles of Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, and Whisper White with Chocolate Chip ink.


9. Layer the 3 rectangles together and adhere as stated in the tutorial.


10. Stamp or write a message inside the window, and on insert where it pulls out

June Meeting on the 19th, and Who's the hostess for the next 7 months!

Ok ladies, I have finally had time to post something! I did draw names for who is hostessing for the next few months for Stamp Club, and here is the result!

June-Leah
July- Renae
August-Heather
September-Deb
October-Crystal
December-Elli
January-Dawn

And I already have one request for the June meeting. We are going to decorate Crystal Light cans. And we are going to do the Black Magic technique on a card. Now I need to decide what else to do ;)
I'll try to post some examples of both projects soon, but they won't be exactly what we are making, we need to have some surprises!