Treasured Times Digi-stamp Pop Up Card.

I created this pop-up card using a digi-stamp for a challenge in the Treasured Times Rubber Stamps Facebook group.  The group is open to the public and the members are wonderful and supportive.  Jody Stacy is the owner of Treasured Times Rubber Stamps and she keeps us on our toes with lovely challenges and lovely prizes as well.  Treasured Times Rubber Stamps offers digi-stamps and clear polymer stamps in addition to traditional rubber stamps.  If you enjoy this image, do pay a visit to her lovely blog at http://treasuredt.blogspot.com/

When I saw this delightful digi-stamp, I knew it would make a wonderful pop-up card.  Because the bottom legs of the wardrobe were quite slender, I created matching drawers to support the wardrobe.  The wall, floor and rug were colored digitally but the rest of the images were hand colored with Prismacolor pencils.  I also fussy cut some of the images and layered them over the base image to create a little more dimension.  I am sorry I cannot offer you a template as the digi-stamp is copyrighted but it may give you some inspiration to try something like this on your own.  Hope you enjoyed it.

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Gatefold Easel Birthday Card

Hello, Everyone!  I wanted to share an A6 size easel card with a gate fold top with you today.  I made this card for my mother's 82nd birthday.  The little doors open to reveal a poem I wrote about her birth.

I used Sue Wilson's  Eternal Rings dies to create the doors.  I wanted them to have depth, so I tripled the die cuts and glued and stacked them and then glued them to a kraft card stock panel.  It created an effect similar to carved wood.  There are two dies in the set.  One to cut out the eternal rings pattern and an outside rectangular die to cut the panel.  I used Tombow's Mono Liquid glue to adhere them together.  I adhered tiny stick on pearls (from Hobby Lobby in the centers of the little flower shapes.

Easel card with a gate fold top. 

Here is a view of the doors opened to reveal the poem I wrote for Mom's card. I created the gate fold out of Graphic 45 's Ladies' Diary Delicate Details scrapbook paper (to create a hinge) and glued the Eternal Rings panels to it.  It was necessary to do this, so the doors would stay closed. You could skip this step and make the gatefold out of card stock, if you don't mind the doors springing open, 

but I preferred them to lie flat.  

Gate fold "doors" open up to reveal the sentiment.

Here is a close up of the poem I wrote for the card. The font I used is called Chopinfont. It can be downloaded for free from several places on the net. I printed it out onto cream colored card stock and then used oval dies from Sizzix  to cut it out and to also cut out a larger oval from Gold pearlized cover stock that I got from Kelly's Paper in Santa Ana, CA.  They are a large chain and if they don't have a store in your area, you can order from them online. Whenever I stick nesting shapes or panels together, I like to use Tombow's Mono Multi glue.  If the glue is applied and left to sit for a little while, it becomes tacky and somewhat reposition-able.  Makes it easier when trying to center layers. 

Inside sentiment poem.

Here is the "stop" for the top of the card to rest against.  I used Spellbinders  Labels Four Nestability dies for this.  For the bottom layer, I cut two out of the gold cover stock and glued them together, then used the next smaller size to create the sentiment panel out of the cream card stock. I used a lovely Happy Birthday sentiment from Inspired by Stamping and heat embossed it in gold.
For the finishing touch, I used a  Fancy Labels 2 pearl design from Want 2 Scrap .  

"Stop" for the easel card top.

Materials used:
kraft card stock
Cream colored card stock
Gold Metallic cover stock from Kelly's Paper
scrapbook paper - Delicate Details from Graphic 45 Ladies' Diary collection.
Want 2 Scrap Fancy Tags Two (S5-030-WhiteP Nestabling
the Paper Studio self adhesive Gemstones Pearl Rnd 3mm Stkr from Hobby Lobby
Happy Birthday Stamp from Inspired by Stamping's Fancy Circles stamp set.
Eternal Rings Striplet die from Craft Dies by Sue Wilson
Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four
Sizzix Oval Frameits dies #657563
Sizzix Big Kick (Big Shot) die cutting machine
Tombow USA Aqua Mono Liquid Glue and Mono Multi Glue


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Taylored Expressions Hexagon Cutting Plate

I have a wonderful cutting plate die made by Taylored Expressions - one of my favorite craft companies.  The moment I saw this cutting plate I knew it had many possibilities. The die cut can be used whole, in parts and as you can see in the photo, the positive cut pieces can be used alone or to reinsert to create an inlaid effect.

The flower was created by trimming the die cut to create two flower shapes that were then overlapped.

I created the center of the flower by covering one of the little hexagon pieces with gold metallic pigment ink and then using thick clear embossing powder, heated it up to create a glossy 3D piece.

Here is the inside of the card.

Inside left panel.

Inside right panel.

The paper I used behind the die cuts was from the Bo Bunny 6X6 Pad Serenade Collection. I believe I got it from The Flying Unicorn - one of my very favorite scrapbook companies.
The stacked oval dies are from Sizzix  - Oval Framelits #657563.
The stamps that I used to heat emboss the sentiments are from the Verve Chevron Love Collection.

I have one more Taylored Expressions hexagon cutting plate example to share.  I made it for a dear friend of mine.  The background paper came from the stash of a friend of mine. I don't know the name of the company but I love this pretty paper.  The flowers were made with Fiskars' Oopsie Daisy Punch.  The center of the flowers was glittered with Sparkle N Sprinkle Cloud Nine Semi-transparent glitter.  It's a very fine and gorgeous glitter.  The photo doesn't do it justice.

I was not paid or compensated for this post.  All the products I have mentioned are products I own and use. I include the links to the companies and products in my post to offer support to the companies I appreciate and also as a service to my readers who would like to find out more about the companies or products.

Have a great day.  I hope you enjoyed the projects.

Grandma Jean  (AKA Jean Bullock)

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Tiger Stamp Popup Card

Today I am sharing a pop-up card I designed featuring stamps from  A Taste of India Tiger Tiger stamp set from Crafter's Companion. Sheena Douglas is the artist and designer of this beautiful stamp set.

I had been longing to use this beautiful stamp and while I was in Arizona visiting my parents, I decided to use it to make a card for my father's 83rd birthday. Because I was away from home, I wasn't able to use all the tools and supplies I would have normally used, but I made do and I think it turned out fairly well.

I layered orange, black and white cardstock for the front of the card, printed out the sentiment on white cardstock and then cut an oval around the sentiment with my Sizzix Big Kick (Big Shot) die cutting machine.

I wanted the tiger to look as if he were in the jungle, sheltered by trees and vegetation. I decided to make the pop-up elements in the Origamic Architecture style - cut out of a single sheet of paper.  I began with a box shape and marked and scored the fold areas for the trees. I used Prismacolor Premier colored pencils to draw trees, joining them together to form a kind of arch.

I measured and scored the folding areas for the bottom of the tiger and the support tab that was to go on the shoulders and back of the tiger. Then I stamped the image where it should go.  I colored the tiger, the background and the base with the colored pencils.

Once all the coloring was done, I made the cuts around the images and folded on the score lines. I die cut some foliage for the trees with a die I had but I wanted a more tropical look and used the two leaf stamps from the tiger stamp set, I stamped and fussy cut the tropical leaves and layered them inside the arch area.

I used my Sizzix oval die to cut out the sentiment I had printed (and colored with the pencils) on white cardstock and layered that over an oval that was die cut slightly larger.

Here is a side view of the card.  You can see the support tab and bottom fold of the tiger and how the foliage was layered inside the card.

A close up view.





















Hope you enjoyed the card.  There is no template available for this card at this time, however if you browse through the archives, you will find quite a few pop-up template downloads for other cards and projects.

Supply List:
White and colored card stock
Sizzix Big Kick (Big Shot)
Sizzix Framelits Oval Dies #657563
Top Dog Dies -Leafy Branch Die
Prismacolor Pencils
Crafters Companion A Taste of India Tiger Tiger EZ Mount Stamp Set
Tombow Mono Multi glue
Scotch Advanced Tape Glider 

Disclaimer:  I was not compensated in any way for the use or promotion of any of the supplies I used. 

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