Postage Stamp Pop-Up Card

This card was made for Craft Roulette #340 whose parameters were include an A7 (5×7-inch) card project, rainbow colors, vacation for element and three in a row for random. I used Waffle Flower stencils, stamps and dies for this card as well as a metal ruler, pencil and craft knife to create the sliding easels mechanism.

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

Link to Split Slider Slimline Birthday Card mentioned in video.

Cardbase: Start with a 7×10-inch piece of blue cardstock that is scored and fold to form a 5×7-inch horizontal cardbase. Using a 1-inch circle die or punch cut a circle in the direct center of the card so that when it is fold there is a thumb hole in the center of the fold.

Three Slider Easel Pop-Up: Cut a rectangle from blue cardstock that is 6 5/8x 4 3/4-inches. Stencil a border on the rectangle using Waffle Flower’s Postage Collage Airmail Stencil using red and blue inks. On the back side of the rectangle, mark the top and bottom of the panel before drawing a line at its center of 3 5/16-inches. Draw lines 1/4-inch on either side of the center line. Draw lines 1 1/2-inches from both card edges and repeat drawing lines 1/4-inch on either side of these lines. Draw a line that crosses all these lines at 2 3/8-inches. on the center set of lines measure down 1/2-inch from each side of the crossing center line to mark the fold lines for the slider easel. Mark the bottom cut for this center slider at 1 1/2-inches from the center crossing line. Mark the two side sliders at 1-inch on either side of the crossing center for fold lines and at 1 3/4-inches for the bottom cut line. Cut and fold as shown in the video above using a metal ruler and craft knife. Center the panel on the cardbase and mark with a pencil where the thumb hole needs to be cut with the 1-inch circle die.

PULL PANEL: Add double sided tape to the three slider bottom tabs as shown in the video above. Using temporary tape on the front of the panel to secure the sliders are totally flat. Add 1/4-inch wide foam tape to the back at the side edges and bottom edge as shown in the video. (I used 2mm thick foam tape.) Cut a rectangle from blue cardstock that is 5 3/4x 4 1/4-inches. Fit this rectangle into the back side of the slider panel between the foam tape. pull off the backing tape from the sliders. Make sure the top edge of both panels line up with each other before securing the sliders to the back panel as shown in the video. Stamp “Pull” using My Favorite Things Interactive Labels.

POSTAGE STAMPS: I cut two large white triangles using the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Moth Die-n-Stencil die and one small triangle from the Postage Collage Die. The city scenes on the large triangles are made with the Postage Collage Airmail Stencil and Postage Collage City Sunset and Postage Collage stamp sets as shown in the video above. The small triangle’s image was made with the Postage Collage Coastal Stencil and Postage Collage stamp set.

Sentiments: The front sentiment banner was digitally created and printed. The air mail cancellation stamps are from the Postage Collage stamp set. Trinity Stamps star confetti were used as accents to the card front.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope with its back flap stamped in red ink with cancellation stamps from the Postage Collage stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

Stamps

Papers

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Trinity Stamps – Silver Star Confetti

Thankful For You Card

Having just received the new Stampin’ Up Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Dies, I wanted to play with them and made this greeting card with an Autumn theme.

Cardbase: I used purchased side-fold A2 cardbase and matching envelope. A 4×5.25-inch rectangle of pumpkin themed decorative paper.was glued to the front of the cardbase.

Hot Foil Labels: The largest label with striped half circles was foiled in gold along with the long narrow banner in the Stampin’ Up Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Dies set. The sentiment banner was stamped in a brown ink. The autumn squash from the Stampin’ Up Autumn Goodness stamp set was stamped in orange on the large label. Both labels were adhered to the card front with 1mm thick foam tape.

Sentiments: The front sentiment “Thankful for you” and the back one of “All good things come from above” are part of the Stampin’ Up Autumn Goodness stamp set. The cornstalk stamped on the back is also from the same stamp set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with “Plant kindness, harvest Love” from the Stampin’ Up Autumn Goodness stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Foiling Plates & Dies

Stamps

  • Stampin’ Up – Photopolymer Stamps – Autumn Goodness

Papers

  • Photoplay -12×12-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Halloween Junque Collection by Michelle Coleman – Pumpkin Patch
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11-inch Smooth Cardstock – Tea Room
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A2 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Hot Foils

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Desert Sand & Rich Cocoa
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Pumpkin Pie
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

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

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