Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Birthday Card | Lawn Fawn - Out of This World / Explosion Pop-Up


Hello!

Thanks for stopping today...this is my first attempt at a pop-up explosion card and it's my Design Team example over at the Back To Basics and Beyond Challenge Blog. Be sure to check out the other wonderful versions of this really dynamic pop-up design this week! I used one of my favorite Lawn Fawn Stamp Sets - Out of This World, which is still as wonderful as when it was released in Spring 2017. I have always wanted to travel into space but this is probably as close as I will ever get!


This card started out as a 4.25" x 9" piece of white card stock, which was scored at 4.5", leaving the finished top-folding card sized at 4.25" x 4.5". Two letter-sized pieces of black card stock were randomly blended with Distress Oxide Inks (Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Shaded Lilac & Black Soot) to create a deep space background. Diluted inks and white watercolor were spattered to create stars and everything was spritzed with shimmer spray. I cut one piece to size and glued it to the card front. A 3.5" circle was die cut from white card stock, ink blended to look like the earth, glued to the bottom right front corner and trimmed along the edge. The space ship was stamped, colored and die cut so that I could figure out how large the rocket flame and smoke clouds should be. 

The rocket flame was ink blended using Distress Oxide Inks (Fossilized Amber & Carved Pumpkin) and partially die cut with Lawn Fawn's Puffy Cloud Borders Die. This is a great utility die set and I have used it for clouds, waves, rocket blasts, landscape shapes, tree canopies, etc. I finished cutting the flame with a craft knife and glued it into place over the earth. A piece of white card stock was die cut with the same cloud die, sprayed with shimmer mist, adhered on top and everything was trimmed from the back with a craft knife. The sentiment was stamped onto the flame and the space ship was popped into position with foam tape for added dimension. I finished the front with a sprinkling of matte gold and shiny silver stars from Lucy's Little Things and a mini moon from the Lawn Fawn set.


I cut 2 more pieces of the space background to 4.25" x 4.5" and glued them to the interior of the card. To create the pop-up explosion folding piece, I cut the other blended panel to a 6" x 6" square. This piece was folded in half one way and then the other (with the ink blending facing up) and each time the folded score line was reinforced with a teflon bone folder. This piece was folded one more time on the diagonal - see the diagram below. This diagonal score was gently coaxed into a mountain fold, which caused this entire mechanism to collapse into itself and ended up as a 3" x 3" square. The mechanism was then glued into the center of the interior on the top and bottom, making sure to leave enough room in the middle for the card to close. 
This is a good side-view photo that shows the folding pop-up.


I stamped/colored all of the planets in the stamp set and fussy cut them right next to the black outline. Using a black marker, I inked the edges of each so that when they were glued onto the space background, they would essentially disappear into sky. I did leave the outside "white" edge of the die cuts showing on the astronaut/flag/cake because I wanted that area on top of the moon landing to stand out a bit more. I die cut another 3.5" circle from white card stock and cut it in half; using a stencil with many small circles, I ink blended craters onto the surface of the moon, spritzed it with shimmer mist, stamped the sentiment and glued it into place. The spaceman and his birthday accessories were adhered onto the moon and additional gold stars were glued into the scene. There is so much visual depth inside because of the pop-up/ink blending combination!


I LOVE  how this card turned out!


I have entered this card into the following challenges:









Thanks so much for stopping by!
Rachelle 

28 comments:

  1. Wonderful card, I just love it! Thanks for joining us at Unicorn Challenge.

    groetjes, Ellen

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    1. Thanks so very much Ellen - I appreciate your stopping by!
      Rachelle : )

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  2. Total masterpiece! The theme appeals to my Star Trekkie heart but your absolute mastery in creating the fabulous space background is awe inspiring. That you've also included an exploding fold... WOW! Thank you so much for joining in with us at Retro Rubber Challenge.

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    1. Thanks so much Jan - TOTAL Trekkie here as well : ) so I really love these space-themed cards! Hope to enter more challenges in the near future - it's so fun to shop my stash and most of my stuff will definitely qualify!

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  3. This is just fabulous!! Love love love how this came out!

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    1. Thanks so much Sherri - I will have to admit that this one is a favorite of mine as well! I like it so much that I might not send it out for a while! :) It's nice to have things around for inspiration!

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  4. Wow, this card IS out of this world! It's just amazing. I can't find words to describe it! You must have spent hours on it!! You are very clever, and this is a fabulous creation! Thanks for sharing this with us at Retro Rubber this week!

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    1. Thanks a million LeAnne! It was a labor of love for a very special nephew! : )

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  5. Fantastic make, love the bold colours and the space scene outside and especially inside

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    1. Hey Meg! Thanks so very much - the inside is my favorite as well!

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  6. Oh WOW!! this card is a total explosion of fun and beautifully colored images, love this fun fold, it's simple yet packs a punch!!!
    Love how you created the stars on your "deep space" panels, simply amazingly done.
    Your "Moon" is another masterpiece, the "craters" look 3D.
    Thank you for sharing with us at RETRO RUBBER, hope you come and play again next time.
    Hugs.
    Maria/DT

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    1. Thanks Maria - I had never designed one of these explosion cards before and was a bit intimidated but it came out 100x better than I could have imagined! : )

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  7. WOW Rachelle, this is gorgeous inside and out!! I love all of the adorable images you used and the deep colored space scenes you created, the colorful planets are awesome!
    Tammy x

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    1. Thanks so very much Tammy - I really appreciate it! : )
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  8. Oh Rachelle, your explosion card is Out of This World!! I love everything about your card, fabulous :)

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    1. Hi Lucille! Thank you so much - I appreciate your kind comments! : )

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  9. Oh WoW !!! That really is out of this world. Such an amazing background and an excellent fold design :-)
    Thank you for coming to play at IKEsWORLD Challenges.
    Hugz
    IKE x

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    1. Thank you so very much - there are a lot of great entries for this fold challenge and it's great to see so many wonderful creations! : )

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  10. OMG this is amazing, I can't even begin to fathom how this fold came about. LOVE it and your ink blending skills are out of this world ;) Thanks for playing along with us at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT

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    1. Thanks so very much for the warm comments - it's greatly appreciated! Sometime the stars align and the card just comes together ; )

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  11. A great colorful card. Love all the little details.
    Thanks for playing with us at Creative Knockouts.
    Good luck!! Michelle (DT)

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  12. Wow, this is awesome. There's so much to it. Love Dawn x

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  13. WOW this is truly magnificence. Thank you for taking the time to join in with our challenge and sharing your creativity with us, I love to see your talent, creativity and imagination at work. I hope to see more of your creativity in the near future. Love 'n' hugs Sall IkesWorld Challenges DT

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    1. Sall -
      Thanks very much for the kind comments - they are greatly appreciated! : )

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  14. So beautiful, inside and out!
    Thank you for coming to play at IKEsWORLD Challenges.
    Good luck!
    On July 2-th, our Challenge # 122 starts with the letter "G" - check and participate again!

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