Who is Dorian Robert-Houdin?- A Pop-Up Card

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Just made this pop-up card which answers some of the question “Who is Dorian Robert-Houdin?” It is a thank you to his creator, Gigi Pandian, for writing the tenth book in the Accidental Alchemist mystery series….The Alchemist of All Hallows Eve.  If you like a cozy mystery series with a touch of mystical creativity and world travel, I encourage you to explore Gigi’s work.

CARDBASE: I started with a 5×7-inch purchased cardbase and added the typewriter Courier font “Little Gray Cells” paper (4.5 x6.5-inch) mats as background to the front and back of the card. Inside the panels were covered with 5×7-inch sheets of William Morris glossy paper.

FRONT: The card front is a mock-up of one Dorian’s mystery boards, but this time of himself. 1) Theater poster of his father’s the magician, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin 2)image of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris 3) Elixir of Life 4) Child’s cape 5) Baking elements 6) Red twine to tie all the elements to the name – Dorian Robert Houdin

INSIDE: A pop-up image of the gargoyle, Dorian, with wings that flutter made using i-crafter’s Heart Hands Wiper Insert mechanism die and hand-drawn wings. The gargoyle image is from clip art and the sentiment was digitally created and die cut with a label die by Karen Burniston.

BACK: The impish face of the statue that came to life.

DO YOU want to learn more about Dorian, the gargoyle?

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • i-crafter by Lynda Kanase – Blue Craft Dies – Heart Hands, Wiper Insert – 222045
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233

Papers

  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 80lb Cardstock – White
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White
  • Giftwraps by Artists: Designs by William Morris – A Joost Elffers Book, Harry Abrams, inc. Publishers, New York, 1985

Ink

  • Computer Printer
  • OLO – Alcohol-Marker – Neutral Gray 3
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Tombow – Mono – Sand Eraser -512A
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Red and White Baker’s Twine

Fang-Tastic Thank you Card

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I needed a cute Halloween themed thank you card, so I took Riley and Company’s Spooky Hollow Fang-tastic stamp set and Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label Pop-Up to create this whimsical card.

Cardbase and Images: I used purchased top-fold A2 cardbase and matching envelope. The images were stamped onto two pieces of 4×5.25-inch white cardstock. I colored them with watercolor pencils and a water brush.

CARD BACK

Sentiments: All the stamped sentiments come from the Fang-tastic set. The die cut label and pop-up mechanism are from the Katherine Label Pop-Up set. The candy corn “fangs” are cut from decorative paper.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with the back flap covered with the same decorative paper that the two candy corn “fangs’ were cut from.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 4.25×5.5-inch 230GSM Double-Sided Cardstock – Spooky
  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A2 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils – Dark Shadows and Elementary Midtones

Adhesives

Tools

Joyfold Letter Press Thank You Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #338 whose parameters were include a joyfold card project, Dusty Hues colors, an element that starts with “K” and torn paper as random. I used Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress System to print press plates from Pinkfresh Studio and Spellbinders to make this thank you card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: I used a purchased A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase and envelope along with a 4.25×5.5 panel folded in half and trimmed to fit the letterpressed sentiment panel. See video above for assembly. The decorative panels on the main card base were made with Pinkfresh Studio Press Plate Stippled Plaid. The torn paper strip was an embossed paper scrap glued to the side decorative panel.

Sentiments: The front sentiment “You are so Kind” is printed using Spellbinders BetterPress Press Plate Every Occasion – Floral K and Sentiment. Inside the joyfold is “Thank you” from Spellbinders BetterPress Press Plate Sealed Cord & Faux Seal Sentiments.  The borders on the front and inside are made using Pinkfresh Studio Decorative Frames press plate & dies.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. With “thank You” printed on the back flap. Sentiment is from Spellbinders BetterPress Press Plate Sealed Cord & Faux Seal Sentiments. (See video above for BetterPress alignment of press plate and envelope.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

Press Plates/Foil Plates

Papers

  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders – 80lb Cotton Card Panels – Cream
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils – Evening Primrose, Pastel Peach & Willow Creek
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – French Blue, Pistache, Rose, Thunder & Wild Berry

Adhesives

Tools

  • Microfiber Cloth
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors

Miscellaneous

  • Craftstash – Gold Half Gems
  • Ranger -Archival Ink Cleaner

Autumn Thinking of You Card

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I needed an Autumn themed Thinking of You card and looked through my stash to find Spellbinders Pumpkin Patch 3D embossing folder and Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow stamp set. This is the 5×7-inch card I made with these items.

Cardbase: (I used a purchased side-fold A7 cardbase and matching envelope.) Using Spellbinders Pumpkin Patch 3D embossing folder, mist the orange cardstock before running the folder and cardstock through a die cutting machine. Trim down embossed panel to 6.75x 4.625-inches. Adhere to front of card base with double-sided tape. Color sunflowers with yellow marker and flower centers and pumpkin stems with black.

Card Front: The Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow images were stamped onto a piece of white cardstock, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and adhered to the front panel with 1mm thick foam tape.

Sentiment: The front sentiment “The colors of Autumn make my heart smile” comes from the Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow stamp set, stamped on white cardstock and fussy cut. It was popped-up on the card front with 1mm tick foam tape.The inside of the card is blank.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped with the scarecrow image on the back.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Studio Light – Clear Stamps – Everlasting Autumn Collection – Scarecrow

Embossing Folder

  • Spellbinders – 3D Embossing Folder of The Month – Pumpkin Patch– 3EOM-SEP24

Papers

  • My Colors – 12×12 Textured Metallic Cardstock – Carrot Stick
  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • OLO Markers – Marigold & Viridian
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Stampin’ Blends – Markers – Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Copper Clay, Light Wild Wheat

Adhesives

Tools

Winter Embossed Notecard

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #337 whose parameters were include an A2 or ISO A6 project, pool party colors, cold or chilly as element and check(s) as random. I used The Greetery’s Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake embossing folder and Checks Out stencil to make this card.

Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.

Cardbase: I used a purchased 4.25×5.5-inch cardbase and matching envelope.

Front: A 5.5×8.5-inch panel of 80lb white cardstock was stenciled using the smaller of the two stencils in The Greetery’s Checks Out stencil set with a blue marker and shimmer brush marker. I spritzed the back of the panel with water before placing it into The Greetery’s Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake embossing folder. I ran the embossing folder through my die cutting machine to emboss the panel. Once the panel had dried and stiffened some, I trimmed the panel to the edges of the stenciled border (4×5.25-inches). Using 1mm thick foam tape, I adhered the panel to the card base. Then I decorated with a glitter gloss brush marker, sequins and two pieces of ribbon.

Sentiments: “Winter Blessings” is one of 16 sentiment banners in Spellbinders Mistletoe Greetings press plate & die set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope with “Sending Warm Winter Wishes” from PoppyStamps Peaceful Christmas Greetings stamped in gray ink on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Embossing Folder

Press Plates & Dies

Stamps

  • PoppyStamps – Clear Stamps – Peaceful Christmas Greetings

Stencil

Papers

  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 80lb Cardstock – White
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A2 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Gray Flannel
  • OLO Marker – Sky
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Scrapbook.com – Shimmer Glitter Brush Marker – Frosty Blue

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Blue Satin Ribbon – 1/4-inch wide
  • Gold Edged Organza Ribbon – 1/2-inch wide
  • Buttons Galore and More – 28 Lilac Lane Premium Sequins – Snowflakes

Slimline Jack O’Lanterns Halloween Card

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In tidying up my stash, I came across this Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch slimline stamp set and a side-fold 3.75×8.75-inch cardbase, orange cardstock scrap, black ink, green marker and a glitter gloss brush. With these items I made a quick and sweet Halloween card.

Card Front

Cardbase: I used a 3.75×9-inch piece of white 100lb cardstock, scored and fold to create a .25-inch tab at one end. This tab was glued to the back of a 3.75×8.75 rectangle of the same white cardstock.

Card Back

Jack O’Lanterns: The front image was stamped using the Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch slimline stamp set with black ink on to an orange panel. The panel was trimmed down to 3.5×8.375-inches before being glued to the card front. The vines, stems and leaves were colored with a light green marker and the eyes, noses and mouths were brushed with a glitter gloss.

Sentiment: The inside and card back sentiments of “Happy Halloween” and “Hey, Pumpkin” come from the Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch stamp set as does the small pumpkin on the back.

Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business size envelope stamped with jack o’lantern faces on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Trinity Stamps – Clear Stamps – Pick of The Patch


Papers

  • Orange, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • #10 Business Envelope


Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
  • OLO Marker – Muscat Grape
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black


Adhesives



Tools

Split Slider Slimline Birthday Card

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This is my card for Craft Roulette #336. It is a birthday version of a card I made in 2021.

Watch my process video below to learn how the card was made. There are free downloads of the template and CRX sheet below.

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Split Seas Slider

Originally published on January 16, 2021

Life gets rough and choppy sometimes and life isn’t always smooth sailing. Sometimes our friends need to be encouraged to take a chance and try something new. This interactive card is for those times.

This card is the first of a series to use my Ully Cat Designs’ Split-Slider Slimline template.

Split-Slider: Print split-slider template (download under Materials Used) onto bright blue lightweight cardstock and then cut out the top panel and slider arm around the outer red cutting lines. (Note: The printed side of the cardstock will be the back of the panel and when assembled will not be seen.) Using a craft knife and a metal ruler, cut the top panel’s eight mini-easels on the red lines. Next, using a scoring tool, score the green and blue fold lines – green being valley folds and blue mountain folds.

Because the top panel is adhered on three sides to the card base and needs to be raised the thickness of the lightweight cardstock slider arm, place two layers of double-sided tape on the long sides and bottom of the panel making sure not to cover the red lines of the easels. A single layer of double-sided tape should be placed on each of the narrow tabs of the eight mini-easels. (If you are using tape that is wider than the tabs, trim off excess.)

To adhere the slider arm to the mini -easel tabs, first, using low-tack tape, tape the front side of the easels shut. (This will ensure that the easels are adhered to the slider arm in the shut/flat position.) Position the slider arm over the back of the panel, making sure there is at least an 1/8 inch/3 mm gap between the tape along the panel edges and the slider arm. Hold the slider arm in place and remove the backing tape on the lowest easel and adhere to the slider panel. Repeat removing tape backing and adhering each easel. Once slider arm is attached to easels, turn over and remove low-tack tape. Test the slider. You may have to help fold the easels into the fully opened position the first time to train them. Once satisfied with the slider/easels’ movement, remove panel backing tape paper and adhere to card base.

Decorating the Easels: For my die-cut lighthouse and boats, I used Distress Oxides and Inks to color the lighthouse and boat flags, a black gel pen for windows and a silver gel pen to color the anchor. The lightkeeper’s house is cut from a pattern paper and colored with pencil for the grey stone. The blue and white layered sea waves are cut freehand as is the rocky land masses for the three easels around the lighthouse. Make sure you don’t glue anything that will impede the easels from moving. (Note the 2nd & 4th waves on my card have been trimmed to allow the easel in front to operate.)

The gold heat embossed compass on the pull-tab of the slider arm, was stamped on a separate peace of cardstock, embossed and them fussy cut. The compass adds sturdiness to the pull-tab. (Depending on the thickness of your cardstock, you may want to add another circle on the bottom of the pull-tab as well.)

The “SEAS the Day” sentiment is attached with foam squares between two easels and is not adhered to any moving parts.

Inside Decorations: You can decorate as you would normally inside the card. Because of the dark card base, I used paper that looks like an old ship’s log, to stamp the inside sentiments “Enjoy life’s journal” and “We cannot control the wind, but we can direct the sails.”

The back flap of the envelope was stamped with a Sara Davies Nautical Collection sentiment “Adventure awaits” to hint at the enclosed card is about.

I enclose a slip of paper with instructions on how to open the card. (See split slider CRX sheet download below.)

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Split-Slider Slimline Template Series:

Day 1 – Split Sea Slider

Day 2 – Cloud Dreams

Day 3 – Triple Hearts

Day 4 – A Valentine for A Baseball Fan

Bonus Cards: Crafty Friends, We’re Off to See The Wizard!

Materials Used:

split-slider-templateDownload

Please note that this template is copyrighted, and Ully Cat Designs must be cited if you publish a card made using it.

split-slider-crx-sheet-4Download

Dies

Stamps

Inks/Embossing Powders

Papers

Miscellaneous

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Pumpkin Thank You Card

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I needed a Halloween themed thank you card, and this is the 4.5×3.75-inch card I made using Scrapbook.com shape dies and retired stamps from Hero Arts and Pajama Crafter Stamps.

Cardbase: I folded an 4.25×11 sheet of orange cardstock at 4.5-inches and cut out pumpkin shaped card using the second largest die in the Scapbook.com Nested Pumpkins shape dies. The card is hinged at the top by placing the top edge of the die above the fold.

Card Front: From the remain orange cardstock, cut a full pumpkin for the card front. Using the Hero Arts Color Laying Pumpkin set, stamp the pumpkin on the card front. Use a lighter orange for the pumpkin base and a darker orange for the details. Do the same for the vining leaves with two shades of green. Die cut a green stem using the Scapbook.com Nested Pumpkins shape dies and glue in place. Glue card front onto the card base matching up the edges.Using a fine-tipped black pen, draw on the ridges in the pumpkin stem and on the pumpkin base.

Sentiments: “Thank You” is stamped using a dark brown ink and the Hero Arts Color Laying Pumpkin set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with an orange cat on a pumpkin from Pajama Crafter Stamps.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Green and Orange Cardstock
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A2 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Espresso Truffle
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Emerald Green, Pumpkin Pie, Shaped Spruce, Terracotta Tile
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

CAS’ed Autumn Gatefold Pop-Up Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #335 whose parameters were include a gatefold project, vacation colors, CAS (copy and sample) from last week’s gallery as element and paper strip(s) as random. I used Karen Burniston dies and stamp set to CAS Megan Francis’s leafy card from Craft Roulette’s #334 galley.

Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.

Cardbase: Watch the video above for how to cut and score the cardbase. Cut an 8.5×11-inch sheet of white 65lb. cardstock down to 8.5×10-inches and scored at 2.5-inches and 7.5-inches along the long side and then flipped the cardstock sideways to score at 7-inches. Cut away the small rectangles at the sides of the long rectangle.

With the gatefold flaps closed, begin drawing the window aperture over the two flaps. Using a 2.5×3.5-inch rectangle of scrap paper, find the best placement for the ATC cut-out. With a T-square ruler, drawn in the lines to cut out with a craft knife as shown in the video. (My border measurements are 1.75-inches at the top, 1.25-inches at the sides and 2-inches at the bottom.)

Card Back

Background: Using torn strips of decorative papers, create the 4.875x 6.875-inch background for the inside of the card. Cover the bottom flap on both sides with your grass-colored paper. (I ended up using scrapes for the flap, and some extra leaves to decorate the side of the flap with the “Pull” and arrow stamped on it. I used My Favorite Things Interactive Labels stamp set.)

Tree: Cut six trees from brown using the Tree Pop-Up die set. Glue three trees together twice as shown in the video above and adhere them to the card. Add leaves cut from the same die set. (I cut three sets of leaves and colored some of the leaves to get three different shades of red using two shades of cardstock – kraft and red.)

Cat Swing: Cut two black cats from the Skeleton and Bat die set. Glue together. Use die stencil to color eyes. (Yes, the eyes on this cat can look like four eyes or very large cat eyes. Which did you see first?) Add bow tie also in the same die set. Cut two seat pieces from the Tree Pop-Up set and glue together. Glue cat to seat and add orange twine as shown in video above.

Leaf Pile with Pop-up Dog: Cut a squat arch large enough to cover the Parcel Pop-Up mechanism and cover it with die-cut leaves. Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Parcel Pop-Up . Cut the three pieces for the mechanism from white cardstock and assemble as shown in video above. Cut the upper half of the largest mechanism piece from grass colored paper. Trim and adhere it to the mechanism as shown in the video above. Cut two of the dog from Doghouse Tiny House Add-Ons set. Use die stencil to color eyes, nose and belly. Color ears black. Use bow tie from Skeleton and Bat die set in orange as collar. Glue dog onto pop-up strip.

Sentiments: Stamp “Warm Autumn Wishes” from Karen Burniston’s Fall Phrases stamp set onto a 1.5-inch circle of yellow. (My circle die slipped when cutting it out and so my moon goes was placed at the top edge of the card.)

Belly Band: Using a sheet of 4×6-inch decorative paper and a scrap piece of clear vellum, I made the belly band to keep the card closed. Again, stamping the “Pull” and arrow using My Favorite Things Interactive Labels stamp set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inch) size envelope.

Above is my pop-up card in the left two photos and Megan Francis’s card that I CAS’ed on the right. Can you see what elements from her card that I sampled?

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 4.5×5.5-inches Double-Side Cardstock – Spooky and Willow Lane
  • My Favorite Things- 8.5×11 100 lb. Cardstock – White
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Clear Vellum
  • Brown, Greens, Kraft, Orange, Red and Yellow Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Bakers’ Twine – White & Orange
  • Tiny Leaf Die-Cuts from a variety of dies in my stash