A Purrfect Birthday Pop-Up Card

November 26, 2024November 24, 2024 | ullycatdesigns

This is the fourth in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.

This card was made with Waffle Flower dies, stamps and stencils.

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

Cardbase: The outer cardbase is an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) made from an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle of lightweight white cardstock. The outside is covered with panels of decorative paper.

Pop-Out Shelves: For the popout shelves cut an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle of either patterned cardstock or lightweight cardstock with decorative paper covering it. Mark the center of the rectangle at 4.24-inches at the top and bottom of the cardstock and place the Inside Pop-Up Shelves die’s dotted center line on the center marks. Run through a die cut machine and work the fold-lines to make the shelves pop-out. Die-cut just the shelves from a woodgrain paper. Cut the shelf sections out and glue to the large pop-up panel. Decorate with plants from the Shelf Add-Ons die set.

Cats: Add to the shelves, cats die-cut from black cardstock using the Cattitude die set. Stencil cats using the Birthday Kitties Stencil set onto white cardstock and fussy cut out for use on card front.

Sentiments: Using the Purrfect Sentiments stamp set, stamp “Everyday is caturday” on white cardstock and “Have a purrect birthday” inside the card. Add “You’re the cat’s meow” diecut Subsentiments Cat to the inside shelves.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope which has a cat stamped on its back flap from the Cattitude stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Die – Cattitude
Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Die – Inside Pop-Up Shelves
Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Die – Shelf Add-Ons

Stamps

Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Cattitude
Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Purrfect Sentiments

Stencil

Waffle Flower – Plastic – Birthday Kitties

Papers

Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
Stampin’ Up – 12×12 Designer Series Paper – Earthen Elegance
Black, Greens and Yellow Cardstock
Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Black Soot, Fossilized Amber, Hickory Smoke, Lumberjack Plaid, Prize Ribbon
Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Red
Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip –Blue, Green, Red

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Stamping Blocks
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Sponge Daubers
Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

Waffle Flower – Subsentiments Cat – Diecuts

Shelf Cards – Pop-Up Shelves

November 14, 2024November 13, 2024 | ullycatdesigns

This is the second in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.

Today’s card is a pop-up set of shelves made with On Display Pop-Up die set by Concord and 9th.

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

Cardbase: The cardbase is an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) side-fold made by folding an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle in half.

Sentiments: The “hello” on the card front is a die in the On Display Pop-Up die set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a die-cut plant on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Concord and 9^th – Metal Dies – On Display Pop-Up

Papers

Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tira
Concord and 9^th – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Honeycomb
Impression Obession – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Basics 1 – Yellows
My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Something Blue
Spellbinders – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Cosmic Sky
Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 cardstock – Copper Clay
Blues, Browns, Greens, White and Yellows Cardstock Scraps
Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Rustic Wilderness
Nuvo – Glitter-Marker – 197 Lemon Drizzle
Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Score Board
Bone Folder
Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
Scissors
Paper Masking Tape
We R Memories – QuickStick
Sponge Daubers

Shelf Cards – Plant Ladder

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024 | ullycatdesigns

This is the first in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.

Today’s card is a plant ladder made with dies by Scrappy Tails.

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

Cardbase: Use the outline die in the Plant Ladder die set to cut a shaped cardbase from a 3×12-inch piece of card stock that has been folded in half. Place the die so that the two top cutting edges of the die are just off the fold.

Sentiments: I am leaving off any sentiment so that there is space inside and on the card back to write a message.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a cardstock liner to keep the palm tree leaves from getting damaged in the mail.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Scrappy Tails – Metal Dies – Plant Ladder

Papers

Bazzill – 12×12 Cardstock – Sand Dollar
Black, Browns, Greens, and Yellows Cardstock Scraps
Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
Scissors
Paper Masking Tape
We R Memories – QuickStick

Potted Pets Baby Pop-up Card

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 | ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette#206 whose parameters included Project type of card with a heart, vintage colors, plant(s) element and lace on the base.

In honor of Craft Roulette’s host Mary Gunn’s new grandchild, I made a new baby card using the parameters listed above.

Cardbase: I used a 5×7-inch purchase cardbase and covered all four panels with vintage green patterned paper. The decorative stripes and lacy decorations were scraps from the opposite side of the paper.

Potted Plants: I decorated the panels with potted animal planters that were made from solid color cardstock using My Favorite Things Potted Pets die set.

Pop-Up Twist Panel: I used Karen Burniston’s Twist Panel Pop-Up die set. Watch video below for instructions.

Sentiments: I used Karen Burniston Welcome and Baby Charms die sets to create the “Welcome Baby.” In the video above I explain how I used Karen Burniston’s Connectors word set dies to perform “word surgery” to create the phrase “oh baby.”

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Materials Used:

Dies

Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 18 – Connectors – 1261
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Welcome – 1155
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Baby Charms – 1086
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Twist Panel Pop-Up – 1009
My Favorite Things – Die-Namics – Potted Pets

Papers

Hot Off The Press – 12×12 Double-Sided Paper Pack – Spice Market
Bazzill – 8.5×11 Textured Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
Black, Browns, Greens, Pink and White Cardstock
Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase – White

Ink

Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
Spectrum Noir – Tri-Blends – Orange Blend
Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Dark Daffodil Delight

Adhesives

Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
Double-Sided Tape -1/2-inch wide

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Bone Folder
We R Memories – QuickStick
Tweezers
Craft Clips
Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
Corner Punch
Scissors
T-Ruler
Pencil

Bendi-Shadow Boxes

July 22, 2019November 3, 2019 | ullycatdesigns

Bendi-Shadow Boxes are quick to make when using a scene building die set. I built this tree swing example in under 2 hours from design, locating materials from scrap paper stash to die-cutting all the pieces to assembly, using the Xcut “Make Me” die set included in the Homemaker Die Cuts & Digi Stamps All-in-one Die & Digi Stamp Kit.

I cut two pieces of card stock 5 1/2 inches x 4 1/4 inches for the outside pieces and one piece 5 inches x 4 1/4 inches for the inside layer. Next I scored the two outer pieces at 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch, 5 3/8 inches and 5 1/4 inches on each piece. The score marks closest to the inside are mountain folds and the score marks closes to the outside are valley folds.

Next I laid-out my two rectangular nesting dies and decided on the size cuts I wanted for my shadow box openings on one of the 5 1/2 inch outer pieces and the 5 inch middle piece. I used the largest die on the front outside layer. After cutting the front layer, I used it as a template to place the next size smaller die on the 5 inch middle layer.

I decorated my layers before I assembled the layers together. (I did use some foam tape for the grass in front of the fence for an extra layer of dimension.)

Using 1/8 inch red double-sided sticky tape, I ran strips down the inside edges of the outer two pieces.

Peeling only the left back layer red tape, I lined up the inside layer left edge to the back piece left edge and pressed together. I did the same for the back, right edge and the front edges – doing one edge at-a-time for the most control over alignment of edges.

Because the outer layers are longer than the inside layer, they bow out some which allows the card to stand-up.

Here is another example of a bendi-shadow card.

SUPPLIES USED:

Dies

Paper:

Shadow box layers –Bazzill Basics dotted cardstock in two colors – Tahitian Princess and Julep
Flowers and tree leaves DCWS Everyday Essentials Stack of printed paper

Miscellaneous:

Potted Flowers Greetings

May 9, 2019September 2, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

A colorful archway of potted plants looking into shaded shelves of plants. What could be more inviting on a hot summer’s day than the cool retreat into a shaded, colorful paradise?

The shadow frames were die cut using the three rectangles from Sizzix’s Courtney Chilston’s Birthday Shadow Box Thinlits set from a set of blue cardstock that progressively gets darker as it goes backwards, just as the light and shades would looking through a doorway on a sunny day.

This card was created using Poppy Stamps’ Spring Pots Shelves, Spring Pots Frame and Tiny Frogs dies. Two full die cuts were made from each of the pots dies – one in white/cream cardstock and one in green. The green die cuts had the rectangular frame cut away from the vine on the frame and the green shelves had the two shelves separated. Using colorful scrapes, additional dies cuts were made of pots and flower blooms. (Hint: Use wax paper over these intricate dies. They will peel off from the back side of the cardstock and take many of the tiny dots and squiggles with them as you peel. Use a poking tool for the rest.)

The green die cuts were glued onto the white/cream die cuts and the colorful pots and blooms were glued down. Using some scrap brown kraft-paper, two narrow strips were cut and glued over the separated pots to form two new shelves that were a quarter of an inch longer on each side.

Stampin’ Up’s “Hello There” stamp and coordinating corner stamp complete the front of the card. (I suggest stamping first before assembling the card.) The inside sentiment is die cut from a Karen Burniston Word set.

Foam tape was used between the four layers placing the tape near the cut out rectangle so that foam layers are not directly above each other so that the card will meet the .25” maximum thickness of U.S. Postal Service.