Miniature houses and shops fascinate me. When I saw that Concord & 9TH had come out with a Pop-Up Shoppe Die set and add-on sets for a bakery and a bookstore, I knew I had to try them.

Here are my first and second cards that I made from these die sets. The first one, a bookstore, was done without watching the assembly video and hence I attached the pop-up store front as an accordion fold rather than the “U” pop-up fold as the video shows. The second one, a coffee/bake shop, uses the “U” fold. (Bake shoppe video, Book shoppe video)

For the coffee/bake shop I cut a 4.25×5.5-inches piece of banana cream cardstock folded in half for a top fold A2 size card base. using double-sided tape I adhered the decorative papers on all but the front inside of the card.

I found that assembling the shop front from the acetate windows, door and, flower box and eaves dental molding first, made it easier to plan how to lay out the inside scene. On the coffee/bake shop I used the largest door die to do a partial die-cut of three sides on the shop front, so that the door could be opened. (I’ve also thought for my next card to use both door dies to cut in windows to the door.)

The acetate windows can be one large piece if you don’t make the door open or two or three pieces if you do cut the door to open. (I reinforced the narrow strip by the door with a piece of acetate.) You need the acetate to glue the window frames onto as well as tables and lights bumped out with foam squares.

The inside decor for the coffee/bake shop uses the bake shoppe dies as well as the counter made from the bookstore’s cabinet with the shelves cut off. The stamped coffee signs come from a coffee shop stamp set from My Favorite Things. The “OPEN” sign on the door is from a Lawn Fawn stamp set. “Bakery” is part of the Concord & 9TH stamp set.

All of the coffee and bakery elements were curved using fingers or flower shaping ball tools. The breads and baskets were inked with Distress inks. Printed watercolored papers were used for other elements like cups and flowers. Foam squares are used to adhere most of the elements to the card back.

Placement of items to be seen through the upper windows and open door may make the inside layout seem off-balance.

The inside of the card needs layers of matted sentiment and a decorative paper on the card back to balance out the weight of the card front.  I think the top fold card works best for the card design, but the side fold card is good too.

As is my way, I decorated the back flaps of both A2 envelopes with stamps from Hero Arts (bookstore) and Concord & 9TH (coffee/bake shop) to hint as to what is inside the envelope.

See more coffee themed cards by clicking here or shop cards click here.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope it brought you comfort and inspiration.  Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

• Concord & 9TH – Pop-Up Shoppe Base Dies – 11531
• Concord & 9TH – Bake Shoppe Base Dies – 11520
• Concord & 9TH – Book Shoppe Base Dies – 11523
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and Numbers – 1197

Stamps

• Concord & 9^TH – Clear Stamps – Bake Shoppe -11519

Papers

• Clear Acetate Sheet
• Craft Consortium – 6×6 Premium Paper Pad – Brick Textures
• My Favorite Things – 6×6 Paper Pad – Finishes and Textiles
• Funky Fossil Designs – 20cm x 20cm Paper Pad – Watercolour Rainbow
• Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Banana Cream – CS-0087
• White A2 Card Base
• Colored Cardstock
• Colored, Pattern and Foiled Paper Scraps
• A2 Envelopes

Inks & Pigments

• Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Walnut Stain and Soot Black
• Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Early Espresso
• Pigma Micron 01 – Black
• Sakura – Gelly Roll 08 – Gel Pen – White

Miscellaneous

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Scrapebook.com – Double-sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide
• Die Cutting Machine
• Stamping Platform
• LDER Creative – Stampendable Stamping Tool
• Stamping Blocks
• Sponge Daubers
• Piercing Tool
• Tweezers
• Foam squares