Angela Poole

Needing a lot of cards, I decided to stencil some A7 size card bases to make some special pop-up birthday cards for a card exchange. Here are the 10 cards I made using purchased card bases with matching envelopes.

Watch the video below to see how I made these cards.

Cardbase: I used five white cardbases and envelopes by Park Lane and five kraft paper cardbases and envelopes by American Crafts.

Pop-Up Mechanism: The pop-up mechanism that lifts the “Happy Birthday” and balloons is Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label Pop-Up. (Watch an assembly video for it by clicking on the die name and scrolling down to the bottom of the linked page.)

Stenciling: I used three different stencils and two different colors of stencil pastes. First, I taped down the cardbase to a piece of packing paper (think brown craft paper/newsprint) next I taped the stencil to the scrap paper over the cardbase and applied the stencil paste using a disposable plastic knife left from a take-out meal. Between each card, I washed the stencil and knife.

Sentiments: The “Hello” and “Happy Birthday” die cut sentiments, balloons and pop-up mechanism are all by Karen Burniston. The stamped birthday verse is by Craft Roulette and stamped in brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

Angela Poole – A4 Plastic Stencil – Folksy Meadow
Honey Bee Stamps – 6×6-inch Plastic Stencil – Scattered Seeds
Picket Fence Studios – 4×9.5-inch Plastic Stencil – Slim Line Leaf

Stamps

Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

American Crafts – A7 Cardbases and Envelopes – Kraft
Concord & 9th – 8.5×11-inch -80lb Cardstock – Wheat
Park Lane – A7 Cardbases and Envelopes – White
Park Lane – 8.5×11-inch -Shimmer Cardstock – Gold
Matte Gold Junk Mail
White Cardstock

Ink

Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Stencil Pastes

Altenew – Artistry – Shimmer Relief Paste – Brass
Nuvo – Embellishment Mousse – Victorian Blush

Adhesives

Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
Double-Sided Tape – 1/8-inch wide

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Stamping Platform
LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
Scissors
Paper Masking Tape

Tools

Taupe Satin Ribbon – 1/8-inch wide

Each day for 12 days, I will be showing card variations made with Karen Burniston’s Christmas Tree Pop-up die. I recommend watching her assembly video before attempting to cut and assemble the pop-up tree.

For all of these cards I started with an A7 size card base (10 x 6 ½ inches), but because my die cutting machine can only accommodate 6-inch-wide pieces of paper, I had to trim the cards down to 10 x 6 inches.

Day 5 – Give Joy – Holly

This card was inspired by the desire to use the snowflakes and holly embellishments from Papercrafter Issue 126 Snowglobe Shaker Card Kit and mistakes I made in cutting the pop-up mechanism.

Because I placed the die that cuts the two flaps to hold the tree stand upside-down, I ended with the assembled tree sticking out of the top of the card. To cover the half inch of tree that showed, I cut a border from Angela Poole’s Flutterfly’s die set. (Another fun pop-up card to make!). Next I cut the border apart using the top section for the front of the card and the bottom section for the back of the card. Left over pieces were used to embellish the front of the card.

I made a second mistake when cutting the two flaps into the card base. I had covered the front of the card before I had cut the flaps leaving a hole which I patched with a matching piece of holly paper and then covered with the holly and snowflake embellishments.