Halloween Pop-Up | Ellen Hutson - "Hands" and "Happy Haunting" By Julie Ebersole

 

What a Way To Go!

It was a hoot putting this halloween pop-up card together and I offer this as an "hommage" (said with a French accent!) to my favorite fall treat...CANDY CORN! I used my Cricut to create the creepy cemetery on the card front and some of my favorite Ellen Hutson / Julie Ebersole products to showcase the undead popping up from the grave! Are you scared yet?............You should be!  : )

I did a ton of ink blending, spattering and stenciling to create the purple background, the granite tombstone, full moon and grass areas. The epitaph was created in the Cricut Design space, die cut and glued onto the tombstone. All of the pieces were adhered into place on the card front and then I went to work on the v-shaped pop-up!

I cut a piece of green card stock with Lawn Fawn's "Grassy Border" Die and then cut, stenciled and scored the piece using this diagram. Using my Teflon bone folder, I gave each of these score lines a stiff crease and attached the pop-up to the center fold with Scor-Tape.

I chose the larger-size "Hands" dies, cut them from a bright green card stock and fussy cut long arms onto each one. Through trial and error, I figured out placement and glued them onto the back of the grass pop-up. I lightly bent each finger at the knuckle and added some Black Diamond Stickles to each finger nail just to up the creepy factor! I stamped, colored and die cut about a dozen of the large candy corns from the "Happy Haunting" set and adhered them all in place. 

Here's how the inside turned out! I just love the scattered pieces on the ground and those long fingers clutching the candy that killed them! : ) I didn't attach the fingers to the candy corn and it worked out well because they just fold shut when the card is closed. Because of its size (6.5" square) and detail, I'm going to hand deliver this card just to be on the safe side!

Here's a quick video showing how it all folds down on the inside: 

Thanks so much the stopping by and I really appreciate your comments!

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - #588 - Hand Colored Image

Sweet Stampin' - Anything But A Birthday Card

Crafty Catz Challenge #517 - AG/Opt Twist Anything But A Square

Cute Card Thursday - #650 - Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times - #120 - Creating a Scene

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time To Craft - #9 - September 2020 

Simon Says Stamp It In September Wednesday Challenge

Krafty Chicks - #523 - Stamp Act 

Love To Craft Challenge Blog - #50 - AG

Rachelle ♥

New Home | MFT Stamps - In Paris & Town Bear | Pop-Up Card | Alphabet Challenge - "K" is for Kraft Paper

Hi there!

My nephew and his wife just bought their first house and here is the congratulatory card I sent to celebrate this happy event! I created a CAS design using two now-retired MFT Stamp sets - "In Paris" & "Town Bear". This card features a simple kraft paper palette and easy pop-up surprise inside! I chose this palette for our new theme over at the Alphabet Challenge "K" is for Kraft Paper and we would love to see how you use it in your projects!

I cut an A2-sized panel with a hemstitch die and glued it onto a side-folding white card base. After I stamped & die cut a selection of trees/houses on both white and kraft card stock, I started to play with the pieces. I decided to focus in on one house, keeping it white and adding a color pop with one mini red heart; all of the components were glued into place and the sentiment was stamped directly on the card front.

I used additional MFT Dies (all retired) to create the pop-up feature on the inside by die cutting the "Our Town" silhouette on both kraft/white card stock and gluing the pieces together. This panel was trimmed to 4.5" x 3.75". I glued/stacked two of the large MFT "You" die cuts together and adhered it to the town panel - the sentiment was stamped just below.

To create the folding pop-up box, I cut an 11" long strip of white card stock 2.5" high and scored it at 1", 5", 6" & 10". I burnished all of the folded score lines and glued the two end pieces together to create my box. Two sides of this box were adhered into the middle fold (one to each side) and even with the bottom. Here's a quick sketch : ) 

All that was left was to glue the town panel to the front of the box! You get a lot of bang for the buck with this pop up! Thanks so much for joining me and we can't wait to see your kraft-y projects over in our gallery!

Additional challenges:

My Time To Craft - CAS - #439

Classic Design Challenge #8

Let's Craft and Create - #162 - AG/Layers

The Creative Crafters - AG #31

Krafty Chicks - #522 - All Occasions

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Avery Elle - Fairy Happy | AAA Birthday Guest Designer - Game #15 - "3D" Challenge

Yippee!

I am so excited be the Guest Designer over on the AAA Birthday Card Challenge and especially for this month's theme: "3D"! 

I decided on a 3D Easel Card design and chose the adorable "Fairy Happy" stamp set from Avery Elle to inspire my fairyland scene! This card showcases a ton of ink blending and ended up being a somewhat unusual size - 4.5" x 7" - but it still fit into an A7 envelope! 

I began by ink blending the front panel stenciled clouds with Distress Oxide Inks (Antique Linen, Tattered Rose, Warm Honey and Abandoned Coral) and used these same colors on the inside of the card. The front was scored 2.75" from the bottom to create the easel fold. The dark green panel was blended with a grass stencil, die cut with a scallop edge border and adhered to the bottom of the card front with strong 2-sided tape. 

Several stitched ovals were die cut, glued together and ink blended to provide the focal point of my scene. The Avery Elle images were all stamped, colored and die cut. I needed a few extra images and so I drew/colored my own mini mushrooms and leaves to add to the design. I glued all of the images into place and attached the completed oval panel just below the fold and only to the grass at the bottom. The flying fairy at the top was attached from behind with a small piece of acetate and I love how she hovers above the coral bells!

The word "HAPPY" was die cut 5 times, glued/stacked together and colored with a bit of ink to match the base. Once I determined the easel angle, I stamped the sentiment using the MISTI and glued the die cut stack in place. I was really pleased with this green/rose/gold color palette and the finished pop-up easel design! Hope you like it, too!

We can't wait to see your 3D creations over in the AAA Birthday Card Challenge Gallery!

Additional Challenges:

Crafter's Castle - July Anything Goes - #31

Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge - Fantasy - July Challenge

Cute Card Thursday - #641 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - #514 - Stamp Act

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bright And Cheerful

Watercooler Wednesday - #278 - Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist

Shopping Our Stash - #423 - You're So Sweet

Crafty Cardmakers - Create Your Own Background

Color Crazy Challenge #26 - Anything Goes

Rachelle ♥

One Word Wednesday - "HELLO" | MFT Stamps Die-Namics - Pop Up Card

It's time for another "One Word Wednesday" project!

This card features a giant "Hello" die cut, a simple washi tape background panel and a pop up surprise on the inside! I decided to pull out my giant box of washi tape (that rarely gets used : ) and came up with a quick 'n easy card front design...so here we go!

I picked a handful of washi tape rolls in rainbow of colors and quickly adhered strips right next to each other on an A2-sized panel. After all the tape was down, I lightly burnished the everything with my Teflon bone folder to ensure the washi was adhering evenly. The panel was die cut with a plain rectangle die measuring 3.75"x5" - this gave the tape a really nice rounded, finished edge! 

Then it was rainbow pop-up time! I cut all of the MFT Stamps Die-namics, adhered a piece of stamped (using CAS-sual Fridays' "Shenanigans" Stamp Set from 2017) blue card stock to the interior and created two mini boxes that would hold the image layers - see below:

Using the same blue card stock, the first box measured 4 7/8"x1 3/4"x1/2", held the cloud bank and fit directly into the card crease. The second box measured 2 1/2"x2 1/2"x3/4", rested on the lower box and supported the rainbow above the clouds. I trimmed a few of the rays from the sun die cut and glued it into place. Cloud die cuts and small sparkling sequins were added to the background panel. An IMPORTANT NOTE: you have to leave a small gap between the lower die cut and the card base in order for the card to fold correctly - if there is no gap, the pop-up will bind and not close! Trust me  on this - I learned the hard way! ; )

Finishing the card front was easy-peasy compared to the pop-up! I die cut an A2 panel with a stitched rectangle die and glued it to the front; the washi panel was then adhered with strong two-sided tape. The large hello die cut was popped off the card front with foam tape and a few clear sparkling sequins were added to finish things up! Whew! 

If you didn't include the pop-up, this card would be so simple to mass produce and you could use tons of different color palettes and word dies on the front for all kinds of occasions! Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon!

Challenges:

Retro Rubber - #138 - Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers #260 - Create Your Own Background

Daring Cardmakers - 3D

Crafter's Cafe #246 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore #77 - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #39 - Pop-Up Card

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bright And Cheerful

Crafty Creations Challenge - #411 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #513 - All Occasions

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!

Rachelle ♥

Pop-Up Window Gift Card | Ellen Hutson - Voices In My Head/A Breve Note | A Place To Start Challenge "Caffeinated Tones"

Hello!

I can't wait to share this fun pop-up window gift card with you! I've mixed 'n matched a ton of products for this project, which focuses on the colors of coffee for A Place To Start's current November Color Challenge - "Caffeinated Tones". This beautiful, neutral palette is shown below:

I decided that I wanted to use some new-to-me stamp sets from Ellen Hutson and the creative designer, Julie Ebersole, for this pop-up gift card - "Voices In My Head" and "A Breve Note". I also wanted to create something that would hold a Starbuck's Gift Card and decided to use a pop-up window for the design. 

I cut a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of chocolate brown textured card stock and adhered it to the front of an A-2 top-folding white card base. I created a coffee-stained background by stamping a pattern with VersaMark Ink onto a piece of kraft card stock measuring 4" x 5.25". I partially die cut a rectangle in the middle of the panel (on three sides only) and scored the flap in three places to create the slider panel. A small half circle was cut from the top with a 3/4" punch.

The face and coffee cup were stamped in chocolate brown dye ink onto cream card stock, colored and fussy cut; a light application of Wink of Stella was added. I wanted the coffee cup to float above her head and so I attached the two with a thin piece of acetate. I die cut 2 vellum speech bubbles from Julie Ebersole's "High Five" Set and lightly blended Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink onto the back of one die cut. I prepped the other with my anti-static powder tool, stamped part of a sentiment with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with white powder. I then carefully glued the two vellum die cuts together, placing glue only behind the embossed letters. This gave my vellum some structure while retaining a bit of transparency.

I cut a small panel from the same cream card stock (3.125" x 4.75") and stamped the sentiment "This One's On Me" at the top along with a few coffee beans. I added a small circular "Pull" tab at the top of the cream panel to finish and adhered it behind the kraft window panel (only at the bottom) with strong double-sided tape.

The face/coffee cup group was glued onto the bottom only of the kraft window panel and the speech bubble was slipped in behind. You want to be sure not to adhere anything to the area above the center scored fold line or else it will not pop-up when the reveal tab is pulled! Small strips of foam tape (double thickness) were adhered to the back of the kraft panel on three sides and this entire panel was pressed into place on top of the card base. I put the Starbuck's Gift Card under the slider and finished off the front with an assortment of coffee-colored sequins.

I really like the simple graphic style of this card and the 3-D pop-up effect works very well here!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I appreciate your comments!

This card is also entered into the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Challenge #444 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday WWC245 - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #10

Love To Craft Challenge Blog - #40 - AG

Crafts Galore Encore #69 - AG

Classic Design Team Challenge - #11 - Open

A Bit More Time to Craft # 103

Also submitting this card over on the wonderful Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - thanks to all of the great sponsors for this season's event! (And a big thanks to Amy Tsuruta and Chaitali Narla as the co-hosts and organizers of this amazing hop!)

Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2019

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Ellen Hutson - Otter Ware & Inner Mermaid | Sliding Window Pop-Up Shaker Card

Hi!

Today I am sharing a design team card over at the Back To Basics and Beyond Challenge for this week's "Off The Edge" theme! Head on over to the BBB Challenge site to see all of the wonderful examples that the designers have created! This card was inspired by a great video I saw on YouTube recently by Carissa Wiley at "Sprinkled With Glitter". If you have never seen Carissa's videos, you are really missing out...she is a great teacher with wonderful ideas and an infectious laugh - she makes me smile during every single episode! My card ended up totally different from hers but I wanted to give her credit for steering me in the right direction.

I started by creating my own 'mermaid-tail scallop' pattern in the Cricut Design Space and cut a stencil from an acetate presentation cover page. I find that this weight of acetate really works well while cutting my own stencils (with the fine cutting blade) and yet they are still sturdy enough to hold up over and over again with ink blending. I used Distress Oxide Inks (Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint & Lucky Clover) and blended the mermaid scallop pattern onto a piece of 4.25" x 5.5" 110# Neenah Solar White card stock. I sprayed the card stock with water and shimmer spray and flecked it with an assortment of pearlized watercolors. Once the panel was dry, I used Sunny Studio's "Sliding Window Pop-Up Die" to cut the interactive mechanism. The pull-tab panel was cut to size (4 7/8" x 3 1/4") from the same card stock. Using a stencil, waves/water were ink-blended onto the panel and the front of an A-2 top-folding card base using the same ink colors, adding Salty Ocean; everything was spritzed with shimmer spray and spattered with diluted inks. I lightly traced the pop-up opening onto the card front so that I would know where to stamp the mermaid tail from Julie Ebersole's "Inner Mermaid" Stamp Set. Once stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, I colored it with the oxide inks. 

To create the shaker base, I used a double thickness of foam tape to make a frame, coated the edges with my anti-static powder tool, filled the middle with sequins/confetti, peeled off the release paper and topped the foam tape with a piece of heavy acetate. I then stamped the sentiment onto the back slider panel and attached some inked die-cut circles to the top, which gives the recipient an easy pull tab and fits flush at the top of card when fully closed. This panel was then adhered to the very bottom of the front panel with heavy-duty two-sided tape. You need to use really strong adhesive here because this is the pressure point for the pull tab slider.

I knew that I wanted the seaweed vine wreath to stick above the pop-up fold with a heart dangling down in the center on a sliver of acetate. Beyond that, I was a little unsure of exactly how the ocean foliage/shells were going to be arranged. I glued the wreath down first (with the heart hanging down after sandwiching it between multiple die cuts) then I simply stamped/die cut a bunch of kelp, seagrass images and started playing with the design. When I got close to what I wanted, I took a picture so that I could recreate it from the bottom up! I added some die cuts of matte gold glitter paper to give it a bit more neutral shimmer and was really pleased with this "bouquet"-look at the bottom of the slider. I used Distress Ink for all of the stamping and softened all of the edges with water and shimmer spatters; this created a slightly blurry, underwater-look.

I have used this slider pop-up die several times on other cards and have learned that I prefer to give the slider a bit of room to operate and so I added another layer of double-sided foam tape behind the front panel (being sure not to get too close to the slider - but adding sufficient tape to give it enough support.) The front was then adhered on top of the shaker element. 

Even with using the 110# Neenah card stock as the card base, I felt like this card was so top/front-heavy that I needed to add another piece of cardstock to the back panel to reinforce it a bit. I created another 4.25" x 5.5" stenciled background, stamped the interior sentiment, die cut it and glued it to the back panel.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Girls - Challenge #180 - "Magical Monday"

Always Fun Challenge - Challenge #120 - "Mood Board"

Library Challenge - #38 - Gift From The Sea

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies - July 2019

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie - #121

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

AAA Birthday Challenge - Game #3 - For The Girls

The Fairy And The Unicorn Challenge - July 2019 - Mermaids

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Rachelle ♥

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:

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #222 - AG - Opt Twist/More Than one Fold

Crafty Addicts Challenge 61 - AG

Creative Knockouts - For The Boys #303

Through The Purple Haze - #157 - The Guys Have It

Ike's World #121 - "F" is For Folds

Unicorn Challenge Blog #44 - For The Men/Boys

Retro Rubber Challenge #113 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Vacation/Travel (Space) Using Lawn Fawn

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Neat and Tangled - A Place To Start Challenge Blog - "Showcase Your Favorite Technique" - Pop-Up Shadow Box Card

Hey There!

Today I am sharing a pop-up shadow box card using the SUPER fun Neat and Tangled Stamp Set, “Jump for Joy!” 

This card measured 5” x 7” and so I started by blending a sky/cloud background on a piece of 110# white card stock of the same size using ‘Salty Ocean’ Distress Oxide Ink. I spritzed it with shimmer spray, blotted it with paper towel and put it under a heavy book to dry.

I cut one piece each of white and light blue card stock, 7” x 7”, and scored them both at .5”, 1”, 6” and 6.5”. A window was die cut from the light blue front panel using the largest size of MFT’s Elegant Rectangle Dies. The next smaller size die was used to cut another window from the center of a piece of medium blue card stock, 4.75” x 7”, and was glued behind the front window. 

To create the scene, the characters were stamped, colored and die cut. In order to give them a bit more stability, 2 additional white die cuts were glued and stacked behind the colored images. I die cut two strips of grass and lightly ink blended them for dimension. The lighter grass strip was glued directly to the back of the front window opening, the second strip to the bottom of the sky panel. A sun die cut was also glued directly to the same panel, which was then adhered to the back scored piece. The jump rope critters were glued to the front along with the embossed sentiment strip.

I wanted the little jumping bunny to be high in the sky so I suspended him using a small strip of acetate, which I taped to the inside scored fold used to create the shadow box. I used a strong liquid adhesive to glue both end tabs together and create the  pop-up mechanism when moved in and out. I just ♥ that cute bunny jumping way over the rope! The card was finished with a few flower sequins from Lucy's Little Things. 

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes - Challenge #26

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog - May #4

Daisy Chain Challenges - Challenge #30

Love To Craft Challenge Blog - #34 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampers Challenge - #32 Animals

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes - #26

Thanks for joining me today!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Lawn Fawn - Jump For Joy / Sliding Pop-Up Card

 Happy Fri YAY!

I’m sharing a fun Sliding Pop-Up card with you today that I entered in the Lawn Fawn Challenge Blog. This challenge features projects with “fun folds” and this card fits the bill perfectly!

I don’t have a die that will cut this type of slide mechanism but I was able to easily create the same functionality using a regular Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die 4.5” x 3.25”. I centered the rectangle die in the  middle of a 4.25” x 5.5” panel of kraft card stock but die cut just below the top of the shape by moving the cutting plate off of that part of the die before running it through the machine. I was then able to extend the sides of the rectangle upward with my craft knife. This gave me a flap with the same measurements as the die and starting at the bottom, I scored the flap at ¼”, 2” and at the top.  I die cut a large stitched scalloped rectangle from patterned paper and glued it to the kraft panel. I stamped, colored and die cut all of my “Jump for Joy” images – finishing them off with a Wink of Stella and tiny Black Nuvo Drops to accentuate their eyes.

To create the scene, I die cut the clouds, sun, grassy border, and stitched hillside pieces and determined the layout. Some of these landscape pieces were shaded with Distress Oxide Inks and the sky was die cut from blue card stock using the same stitched rectangle die. I scored the sky piece to match the pop-up and glued it down just above the ¼” score line. The grass and hillside pieces were die cut within the rectangle so that the edges were all finished off with the outer stitched lines. Everything in the scene was glued into place making sure that the pieces were adhered only onto one of the panels. You have to leave the middle score line (fold) open or else the pop-up mechanism won’t work. The small sentiment was stamped at the top of the scene with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink using the MISTI.

I cut a 3.25” x 5” piece of contrasting card stock and just by holding it in place at the bottom of the pop-up, I pushed up to move the panel about ½ way. This reveals the area where the second sentiment should go and I marked it with a small post-it note. The “Happy Birthday” sentiment was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with white powder. The card front was flipped over, strong tape was put onto the ¼” scored tab and the embossed panel was carefully aligned and adhered to the tape at the bottom.

A 4.25” x 5.5” piece of gold card stock was placed under the card front and I pulled up on the mechanism so that I could see the top sentiment. I determined where I wanted my 3^rd sentiment to go by placing the post-it note in the revealed window area. Once the sentiment was stamped,  I flipped the card front over again and adhered strong tape only to the bottom and 2 sides surrounding the sliding panel. You must not get any adhesive on the panel or else the pop-up won’t work. The front panel was adhered to the gold card stock and then affixed to a top-folding A-2 card base. I trimmed the dark brown sliding panel down so it was just visible above the card, punched 2 small circles from the patterned paper and glued them at the top/center of the slider. I stamped the word “PULL” on the front circle and that finished off the card.

I ♥ LOVE ♥ the way this design works! You have a cute scene that changes with the pop-up and several places to hide additional sentiments. I have made several different card designs using this same basic method and it only takes a fraction of the time of my first attempt.

Thanks for joining me today!

Rachelle ♥

Pop Up Card | Lawn Fawn - Yay Kites

Hi there!

Today I would like to share my first pop up card! Yippee! ♥ It's a whole new world and using Lawn Fawn's "Stitched Hillside Pop-Up" made it easy after my planning was done! I decided that I wanted to create a kite flying scene so of course Lawn Fawn's "Yay Kites" stamp/die set was perfect!

Keeping the card front very simple, I just used a sentiment banner, grassy border die cut and baker's twine. It's all about the big reveal! ♥

I created the kite flying scene in layers by first adhering the light blue card stock panel, puffy cloud border pieces and single clouds. This side of the card was finished with a dark blue frame. Since the hillside pieces were being cut from green patterned paper, I continued that paper on the other side of the card’s interior. All of the images were stamped, water colored and die cut. I glued 3 of the “hello” die cuts together, attached it securely to the back of the kite and finished it off with twine ribbons. The animals were glued directly onto the pop up layers and the flying kite was attached to the bunny’s paw. I LOVE how the kite flies suspended above the scene! ♥

I decided to add a sky/cloud panel onto the “grass” in front of the pop up, which gave me a place to write my sentiment. Wink of Stella and clear sequins were added for just a little bling and BAM the card was finished!

I can’t wait to start my next pop up card! 😊

Thanks so much for joining me and have a great day!

Rachelle ♥