Awhile I made this bee Valentine's day card. It was extremely popular - I ended up making it in the form of a bee mine (valentine's day card) a mother's day card - have a beeeautiful day and then I made a 2nd Valentine's day card for someone else to give to their partner! It is uncommon for me to sell duplicates of cards as I love coming up with new designs each time but some cards have been extremely popular and people have asked me to make the same design again which I have done!
On the front of the card I used Joset designs (Elizabeth craft designs) bee and beehive and i used karen burniston's outdoor edges for the grass. I cut a label and stamped bee mine in red ink and the bee in black ink from karen burnistons bee sentiments stamp set (Elizabeth craft designs, retired). I used pattern paper for the cloud background and polka dots for the grass from my stash.
On the inside of the card I cut one piece of the same cloud paper for the wall and I used a blue patterned paper for the floor of the card I joined them together and stuck the paper to white thick card stock so that the pop up would work I find paper is not thick enough. So there is an inside piece which is white with the paper stuck to it and the lots of pops die is placed on the fold and cut. I didnt need the two side "pops" so I didnt push them out. This die is discontinued however there are a few companies who have come out with "general pop up" dies with all different sizes I know stampendous, lawn fawn and Elizabeth craft designs have these sets and they are extremely useful because you can pop up just about anythig with them! There is also a second card which is the outside card base, I have found it best to use a thicker card stock on the inside around 270gsm/100 pound and a thinner cardstock on the outside card base closer to 210gsm I often do the inside 6mm/1/4 inch smaller all the way around on the inside but sometimes i make them the same size. When you make the pop up card after you have cut the pop up in this case the lots of pops die on the fold of the card, then you get the outside card base and stick it to the inside card base. It is best to do one side first and then the other and to use a good strong double sided tape. I prefer to use either Elizabeth craft designs tape or sookwang (be creative) tape as it is very strong.
On the top pop up part I put a bee hive and on the lower part I put a rectangle which had sticker saying "happy valentines day". I coloured the sticker red using a sharpie marker. I add a bee on the bee hive and on the floor of the card I put a label for somewhere to write my message and then I added 3 bees around it I stamped 1 love you and xoxo (from general sentiments, Elizabeth craft designs) and cut it out in a rectangle. From the beehive set i cut 5 flowers and coloured them red then I used yellow nuvo drops to make a centre to the flower.
Products used in this card - outer card base is approx 6 x 5 inches (roughly, I cannot recall the exact sizing but that is the beauty of these dies you can choose the card base size to whatever you want it to be, was one of the things that made me like these pop up dies because some brands restrict the size to just one size! The only thing you are restricted by is how big the pop up and what you are popping up are as long as they fit you can do it whatever size you want.
Dies karen burniston (ECD, retired) outdoor edges, lots of pops, Joset designs (Elizabeth craft designs) Bee, Beehive (including the flower from the beehive)
stamps bee sentiments (karen burniston, ECD retired, General sentiments - ECD Elizabeth craft designs)
Paper white cardstock, pattern paper from stash
other - yellow nuvo drops, peel off sticker-happy valentines day
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Birthday pop up with faux metal look on front of card using perfect pearls
Hello today I have a relatively simple card with a technique in it from a jennifer mcguire video which I will link at the end of the post.
This is the front of the card
The front of the card I did about 5 x 6 inches and on a white piece of cardstock I used post it tape 1 inch wide to mask off about the width of the tape all the way around the card then in the middle I used grey distress ink and I followed the jennifer mcguire video to create a faux metal look using perfect pearl (pearl colour) powder. To do this is quite simple you put a heavy amount of ink in your choice of colour on using distress ink and a ink blending tool then while its still wet you put some of the perfect pearl powder (this comes in many colours and u can buy kits with 4 colours a clear ink pad and two brushes made by ranger. you dont need to use very much so the small container will last a long time! So you put a small amount on where the ink is and then you use the brush (i did it over a coffee filter) and you brush it off the excess and put it back into the jar. Then you use a microfibre cloth and buff it and it will become all shiny and pearl like! Its really pretty in real life!
After it is dry (doesnt take very long) I ran it through using a embossing folder from we r memory keepers a 3D one. These are SO amazing in real life! Now some other companies sell these as well like crafters companion.
Then I used die cut happy birthday from karen burnistons happy birthday pop up set with double sided tape on the back so that it automatically becomes a sticker
On the inside I used this same die set to create a pop up card. I used silver mirror board to cut two wavy pieces for the top and the bottom using one of the dies in I think it is the outdoor edges (ECD Karen Burniston retired) and also the happy birthday and stars both with double sided tape on the back so they are automatically stickers.
Then I cut a white katie label (karen burniston ECD retired) so theres a place to write a message.
There is a video at the end showing how to make this card but this pop up card needs an inside card which you die cut the pop up into and an outside card. In my case it also has an additional piece of white paper which is what is on the front. I have found it best to use thicker cardstock generally around 270gsm/100 pound for the die cut part and thinner cardstock for the outer card. But you can use whatever thickness you want to and make whatever size card you want to also.
Products used in this card
dies Karen Burniston - ECD Happy birthday pop up, katie label, outdoor edges (all retired)
Paper Blue, white, silver (mirror board)
other grey distress ink perfect pearl powder (pearl colour), double sided adhesive tape, we R memory keepers 3D embossing fold
Karen Burniston video how to use happy birthday pop up
This is a link to an explosion birthday card using the happy birthday pop up and though it is a different card base pretty much it shows you how to fold the die cut part to make the pop up as well as creating an explosion card. (please know this die is retired)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5P0ebNYWrw&t=14s
Jennifer Mcguire video faux metal look created using perfect pearl powder -This video shows you how to create the silver metal look that i did on the front of this card. Though Jennifer McGuire did not do pop up cards with this technique there is no reason why you cant. You can also do 1, 2 or more colours and also use colours other than the pearl colour to achieve a different look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRI9znNZsyg&t=4s
Monday, August 13, 2018
Wedding anniversary pop up card
Hi everyone welcome back to my blog I hope you like the card I have for you today.
Todays card is a pop up wedding anniversary using Karen Burnistons cake pop up die and also the cake trims and numbers set.
On the front of the card I took a piece of white cardstock 5 x 6 inch and I put the petite flourish stencil on it and used gold ink and stencilled it. Then I used a Elizabeth Craft Designs (ECD) scalloped oval and I die cut out the centre of it so there was room for the cake and the birds.
I stuck the stencilled piece onto a 5 x 6 inch side fold card base with doubled sided tape and then in the centre I stuck on the cake and the two birds (from Lawn fawn Happy wedding) which I had stamped, heat embossed and also coloured in and die cut out using the coordinating dies. I stamped Happy anniversary (from lawn fawn happy happy happy set) onto a banner (from lawn fawn bannertastic) and then I stuck the banner at the top of the card. Generally for colouring in I use zig brushables markers but because i wanted part of the cake to be gol I actually used a gold sharpie marker as well as the brushables. I am not able to use copic markers or any other type of alcohol marker because of breathing issues due to my disabilities so I use inks that dont contain alcohol and do not smell. The zig brushables dont have a smell!
Front of card Inside of card
This is how the card folds flat to go into an envelope
Karen Burniston's video how to put the cake pop up together can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEOBLR2GjHQ&t=589s
Products used to make this card
Dies Karen Burniston cake pop up die, cake trims, numbers, ECD Suzanne Cannon Happy anniversary ECD - Scalloped oval
stamps and coordinating dies - Lawn fawn Happy Wedding, Bannertastic
Stamps - Lawn fawn Happy Happy Happy
Paper - white 270 gam/100 pound cardstock, red and gold mirror board, red glitter cardstock,
Other ECD Karen burniston petite flourish stencil, versafine onyx black ink pad, clear embossing powder, embossing gun, die machine (cut n boss), zig brushables, gold sharpie marker
Todays card is a pop up wedding anniversary using Karen Burnistons cake pop up die and also the cake trims and numbers set.
On the front of the card I took a piece of white cardstock 5 x 6 inch and I put the petite flourish stencil on it and used gold ink and stencilled it. Then I used a Elizabeth Craft Designs (ECD) scalloped oval and I die cut out the centre of it so there was room for the cake and the birds.
I stuck the stencilled piece onto a 5 x 6 inch side fold card base with doubled sided tape and then in the centre I stuck on the cake and the two birds (from Lawn fawn Happy wedding) which I had stamped, heat embossed and also coloured in and die cut out using the coordinating dies. I stamped Happy anniversary (from lawn fawn happy happy happy set) onto a banner (from lawn fawn bannertastic) and then I stuck the banner at the top of the card. Generally for colouring in I use zig brushables markers but because i wanted part of the cake to be gol I actually used a gold sharpie marker as well as the brushables. I am not able to use copic markers or any other type of alcohol marker because of breathing issues due to my disabilities so I use inks that dont contain alcohol and do not smell. The zig brushables dont have a smell!
Front of card Inside of card
I also used Elizabeth Craft Designs -Suzanne Cannon's happy anniversary die and I also used Karen Burniston's petite flourish (Elizabeth Craft designs/retired) to stencil the front and inside of the card
stencil and a katie label (retired) for somewhere to write message.
These photos show the inside
On the inside of the card I made two panels slightly smaller than the inside of the card which i stencilled with the petite flourish stencil
I made up the cake with white cardstock following Karen Burniston's instruction video (found at the end of the post) I put gold trim round each level of the cake in gold mirror board and I put red heart trim around the bottom of the cake as well from red mirror board. I ran the gold through with my rubber embossing mat after it was cut to get the dry embossing feature on it as well
I stuck the stencilled panels on each side of the cardbase then I put the cake with the trim in the middle and the red hearts around it on the card base added the happy anniversary cut from red glitter cardstock and added the katie label for somewhere to write the message. I added the number 13 to to the top of the cake as it was for a 13th wedding anniversary.
Video of the card being opened.
Karen Burniston's video how to put the cake pop up together can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEOBLR2GjHQ&t=589s
Products used to make this card
Dies Karen Burniston cake pop up die, cake trims, numbers, ECD Suzanne Cannon Happy anniversary ECD - Scalloped oval
stamps and coordinating dies - Lawn fawn Happy Wedding, Bannertastic
Stamps - Lawn fawn Happy Happy Happy
Paper - white 270 gam/100 pound cardstock, red and gold mirror board, red glitter cardstock,
Other ECD Karen burniston petite flourish stencil, versafine onyx black ink pad, clear embossing powder, embossing gun, die machine (cut n boss), zig brushables, gold sharpie marker
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Mothers day flower pot pop up card
Hi sorry i have not posted in ages!
I am back and I have some cards i made recently to share with you.
Todays cards are two Mothers day cards. Both of them use Karen burniston flower pot pop up card (i have the Elizabeth craft designs die set, but she has re-released this set so it is available again!) Some of the cards use the original flower that was from the Elizabeth craft designs set and some use the flowers from the re-release, the flower, leaves and bee (which is what is different between the new set and the retired set) are available as a seperate set as well so that those people who bought the original dont need to buy the whole set again!
Both of the cards start with a 5 x 6 inch white side fold card base. To make the card base start with a rectangle that is 10 x 6 inches and score at 5 inches.
On the front of the first card I have used an altenew stamp layering set called Build a flower- Rose. I made a number of these cards in 4 different colours using inks from altenew for the rose. I used a technique called masking so that the leaves look like they are behind the rose. The video at the end from Jennifer Mcguire makes a different card using the same stamp set and shows you how to do masking if you have never seen it before. I used masking paper for this technique.
I also used the Happy Happy Happy set from lawn fawn to stamp Happy Mother's Day on the front of the card using versafine onyx black ink. Then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.
The inside of the first design also uses the flower turnabout stamp from concord and 9th both on the flower pot itself and on the edges as well. I used a combination of lawn fawn, hero arts, and distress Oxide inks for the turnabout stamp.
I also used the Elizabeth craft designs- karen burniston die called paris edges on the inside of the card (retired)
I used the concord and 9th turnabout stamp and once i had stamped it out with 4 colours plus the leaves I cut this piece into half making sure it was 6 inches long (small amount of white on edge) I placed this on the edge of the card on each side of the card.
This is a special stamp because you can use up to 4 colours of ink for the flowers plus green for the leaves with the same stamp. Its quite easy to use once you get the hang of it especially if you have a MISTI tool. I recently got given a MISTI as a present and it is the best tool i have for stamping and i highly recommend it! There is a video at the end showing how to use the turnabout stamp from concord and 9th in case you have never used this type of stamp before.
I also cut a sizzix label die in white cardstock and used it as a place for the recipient to write their message.
I made 4 of these cards with the rose on the front in Teal (teal and blues on inside), Blue (purple on inside), red and yellow. I use Nuvo drops om the front of each of the card
I put a plain coloured rectangle to cover the holes made by the pop up die on the back of the card.
At the end of this post i will put some links of some videos showing how to use the altenew and concord and 9th stamps and how to use the die set (from these companies).
Front of teal card
Close up of the flower pot - this uses the original flowers
Side view
Inside of the blue card (purple)
This uses the new flowers
Photos of red card
Front of card
Inside of card (this one is also red on the inside) overhead view
inside of red card
Front of yellow card
inside of card (violent on inside)
inside of card side view
Products used for first card
Dies karen Burniston/ECD - Flower pot pop up die, paris edges die
Stamps Lawn fawn happy Happy Happy Altenew - Layering stamp set Build a flower-rose, Concord and 9th flower turnabout stamp
Inks Altenew -I used 5 sets from altenew (cubes) - Summer afternoon (yellow card), Red Sunset (red card), sea shore (teal), deep blue seas (blue), tropical forest (green for leaves) On the inside I used various lawn fawn hero arts and distress Oxide inks for the turnabout stamp - unfortunately I did not write down the exact colours used but really any dye inks/distress oxide will work for this.
Paper White 270 gsm/100 pound Teal, red,
other Versafine Onyx black ink, clear embossing powder, Nuvo drops, MISTI
For the second design i used an A4 rose embossing folder by crafters companion which came with my die machine (cut n boss) and I embossed a 5 x 6 piece of white cardstock (270gsm/100 pound) then i used pink and blue gelatos to colour in the roses.
On the inside I used the same flower pot pop up die set as the first card but instead of the concord and 9th stamp I used pink and blue distress inks and I stencilled a couple of pieces of white cardstock using the Elizabeth craft designs - karen burniston flower stencil (retired). I cut two rectangle pieces to put down the edge of each side of the carcd I still used the paris edges die the same as above.I also die cut the layering pieces from the pop up set from the stencilled cardstock and stuck it on the flower pot.
As above i die cut a white sizzix label for somewhere to write the message.
I put a plain coloured rectangle to cover the holes made by the pop up die on the back of the card.
Front of card
Inside of card
Side view
Card standing up partially closed
Card standing up open
Video of 2nd card
I hope you liked these two cards i have made. I will be back with another post soon with another card.
Dies karen Burniston/ECD - Flower pot pop up die, paris edges die
Stamps Lawn fawn happy Happy Happy
Inks - various distress inks in pinks and blues. (please note for this card i used traditional distress inks but for the first card i used distress oxide inks) I like and use both but i dont have as many colours in the distress oxides thats one reason for this why i used the distress inks
Paper White 270 gsm/100 pound
other Versafine Onyx black ink, clear embossing powder, Nuvo drops, MISTI, karen burniston flower stencil (retired)
Videos mentioned above
How to use concord and 9th turnabout stamps - All turnabout stamps need to be "set up" once only and once they are and you have your jig (a 6 x 6 square piece of card with diagonal lines drawn corner to corner) and your MISTI you are set to go.
Video 1 - tips for ALL turnabout stamps by concord and 9th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLg65DWL6aE&t=3s
Video 2 A thank you card using the flower turnabout stamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOX8m_m7M3s
Video 3 This is a video by Justine Hovey which shows you exactly how to set up a turnabout stamp (she is doing with another turnabout stamp but the process she's doing is exactly the same and there is a picture on the packaging of the flower stamp that you will need to follow similar to this video for the hello stamp.There is also more information at concord and 9th website if you need it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aMqZH2ecL4
Jennifer Mcguire Spotlight stamp layering This video show you how to do masking and how to use the Altenew Build a Flower- Rose layering stamp it is a completely different card design to mine but also very pretty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4r8ujv4HmA&t=621s
How to use the flower pop up card - Karen Burniston
Elizabeth craft designs version - this has the original type of flowers and leaves and also the butterfly - i didnt use the butterfly this time but i have in past cards ive made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4jstIg3Oi8&t=632s
How to use the flower pop up card - Karen Burniston
New die set This one has the new shaped leaves and flowers and also the bee - remember you can get the new leaves, flowers and bee seperately if you wish to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYGMHlQuOvc&t=707s
I am back and I have some cards i made recently to share with you.
Todays cards are two Mothers day cards. Both of them use Karen burniston flower pot pop up card (i have the Elizabeth craft designs die set, but she has re-released this set so it is available again!) Some of the cards use the original flower that was from the Elizabeth craft designs set and some use the flowers from the re-release, the flower, leaves and bee (which is what is different between the new set and the retired set) are available as a seperate set as well so that those people who bought the original dont need to buy the whole set again!
Both of the cards start with a 5 x 6 inch white side fold card base. To make the card base start with a rectangle that is 10 x 6 inches and score at 5 inches.
On the front of the first card I have used an altenew stamp layering set called Build a flower- Rose. I made a number of these cards in 4 different colours using inks from altenew for the rose. I used a technique called masking so that the leaves look like they are behind the rose. The video at the end from Jennifer Mcguire makes a different card using the same stamp set and shows you how to do masking if you have never seen it before. I used masking paper for this technique.
I also used the Happy Happy Happy set from lawn fawn to stamp Happy Mother's Day on the front of the card using versafine onyx black ink. Then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.
The inside of the first design also uses the flower turnabout stamp from concord and 9th both on the flower pot itself and on the edges as well. I used a combination of lawn fawn, hero arts, and distress Oxide inks for the turnabout stamp.
I also used the Elizabeth craft designs- karen burniston die called paris edges on the inside of the card (retired)
I used the concord and 9th turnabout stamp and once i had stamped it out with 4 colours plus the leaves I cut this piece into half making sure it was 6 inches long (small amount of white on edge) I placed this on the edge of the card on each side of the card.
This is a special stamp because you can use up to 4 colours of ink for the flowers plus green for the leaves with the same stamp. Its quite easy to use once you get the hang of it especially if you have a MISTI tool. I recently got given a MISTI as a present and it is the best tool i have for stamping and i highly recommend it! There is a video at the end showing how to use the turnabout stamp from concord and 9th in case you have never used this type of stamp before.
I also cut a sizzix label die in white cardstock and used it as a place for the recipient to write their message.
I made 4 of these cards with the rose on the front in Teal (teal and blues on inside), Blue (purple on inside), red and yellow. I use Nuvo drops om the front of each of the card
I put a plain coloured rectangle to cover the holes made by the pop up die on the back of the card.
At the end of this post i will put some links of some videos showing how to use the altenew and concord and 9th stamps and how to use the die set (from these companies).
Front of teal card
Inside Overhead view
video of this card
Photos of blue card
This uses the new flowers
Front of card
Inside of card (this one is also red on the inside) overhead view
inside of red card
inside of card (violent on inside)
inside of card side view
Products used for first card
Dies karen Burniston/ECD - Flower pot pop up die, paris edges die
Stamps Lawn fawn happy Happy Happy Altenew - Layering stamp set Build a flower-rose, Concord and 9th flower turnabout stamp
Inks Altenew -I used 5 sets from altenew (cubes) - Summer afternoon (yellow card), Red Sunset (red card), sea shore (teal), deep blue seas (blue), tropical forest (green for leaves) On the inside I used various lawn fawn hero arts and distress Oxide inks for the turnabout stamp - unfortunately I did not write down the exact colours used but really any dye inks/distress oxide will work for this.
Paper White 270 gsm/100 pound Teal, red,
other Versafine Onyx black ink, clear embossing powder, Nuvo drops, MISTI
For the second design i used an A4 rose embossing folder by crafters companion which came with my die machine (cut n boss) and I embossed a 5 x 6 piece of white cardstock (270gsm/100 pound) then i used pink and blue gelatos to colour in the roses.
On the inside I used the same flower pot pop up die set as the first card but instead of the concord and 9th stamp I used pink and blue distress inks and I stencilled a couple of pieces of white cardstock using the Elizabeth craft designs - karen burniston flower stencil (retired). I cut two rectangle pieces to put down the edge of each side of the carcd I still used the paris edges die the same as above.I also die cut the layering pieces from the pop up set from the stencilled cardstock and stuck it on the flower pot.
As above i die cut a white sizzix label for somewhere to write the message.
I put a plain coloured rectangle to cover the holes made by the pop up die on the back of the card.
Front of card
Inside of card
Video of 2nd card
I hope you liked these two cards i have made. I will be back with another post soon with another card.
Dies karen Burniston/ECD - Flower pot pop up die, paris edges die
Stamps Lawn fawn happy Happy Happy
Inks - various distress inks in pinks and blues. (please note for this card i used traditional distress inks but for the first card i used distress oxide inks) I like and use both but i dont have as many colours in the distress oxides thats one reason for this why i used the distress inks
Paper White 270 gsm/100 pound
other Versafine Onyx black ink, clear embossing powder, Nuvo drops, MISTI, karen burniston flower stencil (retired)
Videos mentioned above
How to use concord and 9th turnabout stamps - All turnabout stamps need to be "set up" once only and once they are and you have your jig (a 6 x 6 square piece of card with diagonal lines drawn corner to corner) and your MISTI you are set to go.
Video 1 - tips for ALL turnabout stamps by concord and 9th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLg65DWL6aE&t=3s
Video 2 A thank you card using the flower turnabout stamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOX8m_m7M3s
Video 3 This is a video by Justine Hovey which shows you exactly how to set up a turnabout stamp (she is doing with another turnabout stamp but the process she's doing is exactly the same and there is a picture on the packaging of the flower stamp that you will need to follow similar to this video for the hello stamp.There is also more information at concord and 9th website if you need it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aMqZH2ecL4
Jennifer Mcguire Spotlight stamp layering This video show you how to do masking and how to use the Altenew Build a Flower- Rose layering stamp it is a completely different card design to mine but also very pretty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4r8ujv4HmA&t=621s
How to use the flower pop up card - Karen Burniston
Elizabeth craft designs version - this has the original type of flowers and leaves and also the butterfly - i didnt use the butterfly this time but i have in past cards ive made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4jstIg3Oi8&t=632s
How to use the flower pop up card - Karen Burniston
New die set This one has the new shaped leaves and flowers and also the bee - remember you can get the new leaves, flowers and bee seperately if you wish to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYGMHlQuOvc&t=707s
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
First how-to post - birthday card using gelatos and happy birthday pop up
Today I wish to share with you my very first how -to make this card post which is of a card I recently sold.
Here is a picture of the front
This is a photo of the inside
Now i will show you the steps to make the card!
First step cut the card base to the size you want. I think i did around 51/2 x 12 inches scored at 6 inches - it wasnt quite square and since i have sold the card - I can't measure it for you! It is a top fold card. Anyways you can choose the measurement of your own card based on how big you would hhhhhlike it - i find a lot of the pop up cards I make are actually around this size. This first card base needs to be for the outside the second base - which goes on the inside and is where you use the pop up die - i did about 1/2 inch less all the way around this would make the inside card base 5 inches x 111/2 inch. remember if you are using elizabeth craft designs soft finish cardstock as i did because it is white on one side and coloured on the inside be careful which way you score it basically you need to score the outside card base on the white side and the inside card base on the coloured side so that the two white sides of the coloured card stock face each other. I do find that a heavier weight cardstock preferably 270gsm (100 LB) is necessary for the pop up to work the best.
BTW we use centimetres in Australia but because i was using the 12 x 12 inch scrapbook paper to make this card i just measured it in inches.
this is a picture of the outside card base scored
The next step is to use the main die from the Happy Birthday pop up set from Karen Burnisten Elizabeth craft designs and run it through your die cutting machine - i use a crafters companion cut n boss but any machine which takes a wafer thin die will work.
This is what the inside piece will look like when you have run it through the machine.This also shows how we have trained the folds of the pop up. I have difficulty with some steps so my husband does the "training of the folds"
First to decorate the front of the card.
When i bought my cut n boss it came with some beautiful A4 embossing folders and I used the roses one for this card. I dry embossed it using some A4 white card stock i think its about the 210gsm range and what I did is i coloured it using yellows. oranges and red faber castell gelatos!
They are quite easy to use. I will try to put a link to the video where i learnt a lot about them but just search on you - tube for gelatos and loads of videos will come up. I love scrapbooking made simple their hour long videos (or more) are Amazing and ive learnt a lot from them! I used the technique where you use a craft sheet and basically draw the gelato onto the craft sheet in this case all 4 or 5 colours next to each other then I used a water brush which is a brush that you can fill with water and instead of having to dip a paintbrush into water you have the paintbrush and water contained extremely good for people in bed! The ones i have if you want to have more drops of water come out u simply squeeze the paintbrush and bigger drops of water will come out. then i just mixed up the colours into a sort of paste but slightly wetter than a paste and kept adding colour till i liked it then i just painted!!!
For the card we cut it to about 5 x 5 1/2 inches so there was 1/4 inch all the way around then i stuck it to the front of the card. I also used a sizzix regal label die 3rd smallest and stuck that onto the roses as you can see. In the photo at the top you can see I used stickers to say happy birthday mum on the card. I used sharpie markers to colour the happy birthday red and the letters M U M purple
The next step is to make a glittered butterfly for this you need to cut 2 x large butterfly sihouette and body dies from Elizabeth craft designs which have clear double sided adhesive on the front (any brand) I personally use sookwang tape because this is what scrapbooking made simple recommended I do not know how it stands up to any other brands the 21/2 inch tape is wide enough for this. also you need to cut out of the release sheet this is the backing paper that comes off of the double sided tape - 1 x large overlay. Elizabeth craft designs have 2 overlays for this project it doesnt really matter which overlay u choose.
You also need to cut 2 x small butterfly sihouette and body which have clear double sided tape on the front and also the overlay that comes with that die.
As you can see the photo shows the pieces and then the finished butterfly. i will give written instructions but if you have any difficulty understanding my instructions i suggest you watch the video on you tube by Els Van de Burgt from Elizabeth craft designs this should help you. I did follow best i could but this is how i did it...it is same process for small and big butterfly you could choose to have 2 small butterflys or more or do the same as I did.
To make the butterfly u need 4 colours of microfine glitter i have found the stampendous micro fine glitter is a bit cheaper than the elizabeth crafts designs glitter though i do have the cool and warm diamond glitter from them whatever brand make sure it says mirco fine on it.....
so I picked red orange yellow and purple for my colours.
first you take off the backing paper from the double sided tape add the overlay being careful to match it up. then you take your first colour and put a little to each side of the body rub it in to bring out sparkle and put back into bottle. Then repeat for second and third colours making sure u rub in each colour after you add it then put back into the bottle.
Then u need to pick the colour for the body mine the big butterfly is purple the small one is red remove the backing paper from the body but do not throw it away dip body into the jar of glitter of your chosen colour and rub in to bring out maximum sparkle. Put excess glitter back into jar
remove the release sheet overlay and now put the body onto the sihouette piece Now add the final colour in my case purple rub it in to bring out the maximum shine and return it to the bottle too. the top of the butterfly is now complete!
Here is a picture of the front
This is a photo of the inside
Now i will show you the steps to make the card!
First step cut the card base to the size you want. I think i did around 51/2 x 12 inches scored at 6 inches - it wasnt quite square and since i have sold the card - I can't measure it for you! It is a top fold card. Anyways you can choose the measurement of your own card based on how big you would hhhhhlike it - i find a lot of the pop up cards I make are actually around this size. This first card base needs to be for the outside the second base - which goes on the inside and is where you use the pop up die - i did about 1/2 inch less all the way around this would make the inside card base 5 inches x 111/2 inch. remember if you are using elizabeth craft designs soft finish cardstock as i did because it is white on one side and coloured on the inside be careful which way you score it basically you need to score the outside card base on the white side and the inside card base on the coloured side so that the two white sides of the coloured card stock face each other. I do find that a heavier weight cardstock preferably 270gsm (100 LB) is necessary for the pop up to work the best.
BTW we use centimetres in Australia but because i was using the 12 x 12 inch scrapbook paper to make this card i just measured it in inches.
this is a picture of the outside card base scored
The next step is to use the main die from the Happy Birthday pop up set from Karen Burnisten Elizabeth craft designs and run it through your die cutting machine - i use a crafters companion cut n boss but any machine which takes a wafer thin die will work.
This is what the inside piece will look like when you have run it through the machine.This also shows how we have trained the folds of the pop up. I have difficulty with some steps so my husband does the "training of the folds"
First to decorate the front of the card.
When i bought my cut n boss it came with some beautiful A4 embossing folders and I used the roses one for this card. I dry embossed it using some A4 white card stock i think its about the 210gsm range and what I did is i coloured it using yellows. oranges and red faber castell gelatos!
They are quite easy to use. I will try to put a link to the video where i learnt a lot about them but just search on you - tube for gelatos and loads of videos will come up. I love scrapbooking made simple their hour long videos (or more) are Amazing and ive learnt a lot from them! I used the technique where you use a craft sheet and basically draw the gelato onto the craft sheet in this case all 4 or 5 colours next to each other then I used a water brush which is a brush that you can fill with water and instead of having to dip a paintbrush into water you have the paintbrush and water contained extremely good for people in bed! The ones i have if you want to have more drops of water come out u simply squeeze the paintbrush and bigger drops of water will come out. then i just mixed up the colours into a sort of paste but slightly wetter than a paste and kept adding colour till i liked it then i just painted!!!
For the card we cut it to about 5 x 5 1/2 inches so there was 1/4 inch all the way around then i stuck it to the front of the card. I also used a sizzix regal label die 3rd smallest and stuck that onto the roses as you can see. In the photo at the top you can see I used stickers to say happy birthday mum on the card. I used sharpie markers to colour the happy birthday red and the letters M U M purple
The next step is to make a glittered butterfly for this you need to cut 2 x large butterfly sihouette and body dies from Elizabeth craft designs which have clear double sided adhesive on the front (any brand) I personally use sookwang tape because this is what scrapbooking made simple recommended I do not know how it stands up to any other brands the 21/2 inch tape is wide enough for this. also you need to cut out of the release sheet this is the backing paper that comes off of the double sided tape - 1 x large overlay. Elizabeth craft designs have 2 overlays for this project it doesnt really matter which overlay u choose.
You also need to cut 2 x small butterfly sihouette and body which have clear double sided tape on the front and also the overlay that comes with that die.
As you can see the photo shows the pieces and then the finished butterfly. i will give written instructions but if you have any difficulty understanding my instructions i suggest you watch the video on you tube by Els Van de Burgt from Elizabeth craft designs this should help you. I did follow best i could but this is how i did it...it is same process for small and big butterfly you could choose to have 2 small butterflys or more or do the same as I did.
To make the butterfly u need 4 colours of microfine glitter i have found the stampendous micro fine glitter is a bit cheaper than the elizabeth crafts designs glitter though i do have the cool and warm diamond glitter from them whatever brand make sure it says mirco fine on it.....
so I picked red orange yellow and purple for my colours.
first you take off the backing paper from the double sided tape add the overlay being careful to match it up. then you take your first colour and put a little to each side of the body rub it in to bring out sparkle and put back into bottle. Then repeat for second and third colours making sure u rub in each colour after you add it then put back into the bottle.
Then u need to pick the colour for the body mine the big butterfly is purple the small one is red remove the backing paper from the body but do not throw it away dip body into the jar of glitter of your chosen colour and rub in to bring out maximum sparkle. Put excess glitter back into jar
remove the release sheet overlay and now put the body onto the sihouette piece Now add the final colour in my case purple rub it in to bring out the maximum shine and return it to the bottle too. the top of the butterfly is now complete!
Now remove the backing paper from second sihouette and remember that body backing piece from the double sided adhesive i said not to throw away? Well place on second sihouette to mask where the body is this is where u will later attach the front piece to. Now choose your colour i did purple in both cases which is the same colour as the overlay patterns. make sure to rub it in well and put excess back into jar.
Now the final step remove the body piece and underneath will be enough double sided tape to stick the top piece to the bottom piece. You can if you wsh bend the butterflies a little - so that they look more like they are flying!
If you are struggling with the instructions for the glitter butterfly please see this Elizabeth craft designs video on you tube
Here is another view of the front of the card
Now heres how i decorated the inside
The photo shows what you need to cut]
cut the word happy and birthday from the same happy birthday pop up die set as above I did it in orange cardstock with double sided tape on the back 21/2 inch tape works well for this.
Again from the same die set you will need to cut the stars I did 5 small ones along the bottom and a couple of small ones and 3 large stars under the words happy birthday - you can see this in the picture above
Both the stars and the happy birthday are stuck onto the pop up itself
From the A4 piece of orange roses done with gelatos you will need to cut a piece to decorate above and below the pop up as shown in the photo. I cut mine with the agatha edges die set designed by Karen Burnisten of Elizabeth craft designs I was able to fussy cut one so there was part of the rose on it but . you can cut it with any edge die you like
I also cut another sizzix regal label die 4th largest this time - simply for somewhere to write a message on but you could use any label die you have or like This was stuck between the decoration at the bottom of the card and the pop up.
Here is another photo of the finished card so you can see the pop up a little better a side angled photo
I do hope you have liked my tutorial. This is the first time I have written out instructions on how to make this card so I sure hope you can follow them. I hope to be back soon with another how to make this card tutorial
Products used for this card
Dies Elizabeth Craft Designs-karen burniston happy birthday pop up, Elizabeth craft designs Butterfly silhouette and overlay 1 and 2, sizzix label
paper White, purple cardstock
Other A4 roses embossing folder, Elizabeth craft designs silk microfine glitter, gelatos, double sided tape, happy birthday and letter peel off stickers.
If you are struggling with the instructions for the glitter butterfly please see this Elizabeth craft designs video on you tube
Here is another view of the front of the card
Now heres how i decorated the inside
The photo shows what you need to cut]
cut the word happy and birthday from the same happy birthday pop up die set as above I did it in orange cardstock with double sided tape on the back 21/2 inch tape works well for this.
Again from the same die set you will need to cut the stars I did 5 small ones along the bottom and a couple of small ones and 3 large stars under the words happy birthday - you can see this in the picture above
Both the stars and the happy birthday are stuck onto the pop up itself
From the A4 piece of orange roses done with gelatos you will need to cut a piece to decorate above and below the pop up as shown in the photo. I cut mine with the agatha edges die set designed by Karen Burnisten of Elizabeth craft designs I was able to fussy cut one so there was part of the rose on it but . you can cut it with any edge die you like
I also cut another sizzix regal label die 4th largest this time - simply for somewhere to write a message on but you could use any label die you have or like This was stuck between the decoration at the bottom of the card and the pop up.
Here is another photo of the finished card so you can see the pop up a little better a side angled photo
And this is a front on picture of the inside
Products used for this card
Dies Elizabeth Craft Designs-karen burniston happy birthday pop up, Elizabeth craft designs Butterfly silhouette and overlay 1 and 2, sizzix label
paper White, purple cardstock
Other A4 roses embossing folder, Elizabeth craft designs silk microfine glitter, gelatos, double sided tape, happy birthday and letter peel off stickers.
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