It's this wreath beautiful!? It was created by a fellow demonstrator, Tamra Davis, and I just LOVE LOVE LOVE it! This kit, Many Merry Stars, is featured at my upcoming Super Saturday event on November 22nd! Today is the last day to order this kit if you want to take this class with me at Super Saturday! I will show you how to put these fun boxes together as well as lots of other ideas on how to use them!
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If you haven't seen Flower Patch yet, be sure to take a look! It's a stunning and HUGE photopolymer set in the Annual Catalog. Save yourself 15% and combine it with the matching Flower Flair Framelits! This beautiful card will be featured at my Just Cards Class on November 28th.
It's also one of my door prizes at my Super Saturday Event on November 22nd! I'm giving away a brand new Flower Patch Bundle! That's the stamp set and the matching framelits! You must be present to win though, so be sure to RSVP HERE! You can click on the "Classes" button at the top of the page to see all the exciting classes offered that day!
This Pop Up Slider Card is much easier than it looks and takes no time at all to do!
The best part is it fits in a regular A2 size envelope, so send those extra special people this beautiful card for Christmas this year without any extra postage!
Here's how to make it, check out the video!
You'll need:
A piece of Card Stock or DSP 4 1/4" X 5 1/2"
A piece of coordinating Card Stock 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" and 3 1/4" X 4 3/4"
Stampin' Trimmer
A hole punch, a ribbon of your choice, Sticky Strip and stamps
On your trimmer, take your piece of DSP in the portrait orrientation (the 4 1/4" length across the top) and line it up with the 3/4" mark on the right side of your trimmer. Using the cutting blade cut a slit from 3/4" to 4 3/4". Rotate the paper 180 degrees and do the same on the other side. You should now have two slits in your paper. Rotate it 90 degrees so it's now in landscape orrientation. Line it up on the right at 5/8" and cut between the two slits you previously created. This will create a flap, think of it as an alligator mouth : ) Now with the alligator mouth towards the Trimmer arm, line it up at 1 1/4" on the right and score between the cut lines in landscape orrientation. Then flip the paper 180 degrees and line it up at 3" on the left and score, then 4 3/4" on the left and score.
Starting with the small fold, fold it up, the next fold down and the last fold up creating peaks and valleys.
Stack your DSP with your 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" piece of Card Stock. Using a circle punch or small oval punch, punch out a 1/2 circle at the top of your two pieces. The open alligator mouth should be at the bottom. This is the thumb space where your ribbon will be.
Flip your piece of DSP over, so now we're looking at the back side. Put a piece of Sticky Strip along that small fold at the bottom of your cut piece. Also put one on either sides edge in portrait orrientation. The sticky strip should be on the outside piece, not the flap. Only the small folded piece should have sticky strip on the flap.
Remove the small fold's sticky strip and line up your piece of 3 1/4" X 4 3/4" in portrait orrientation. You want the bottom to be flush with a little overhang on either side.
Now remove the Sticky Strip on the other two pieces. Using the lip at the bottom of your trimmer, stack the DSP and the piece of Card Stock together, lining them up before securing them together.
Now pull your tab at the top, the mechinism should work by pulling the 'trap door' up.
Punch a hole at the top of your pull tab to thread some ribbon.
Stamp the two pieces as seen above and embellish the front panel as you wish.
Just be sure you only add adhesive to the lower portion of your embellishement so it doesn't catch and tear your paper when you go to open it!
You could easily you Card Stock only for this project, you don't have to use DSP, I just love the Trim the Tree Paper Stack!
This card is super simple to create and would be perfect for lots of fall occasions.
For All Things and Petite Pairs are the stamp sets sharing the show. I used 3 of our new In Colors for the leaves; Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist and Mossy Meadow. The Very Vanilla squares are cut at 1 1/2" X 1 1/2". I stamped the leaves and sponged the outsides of the square with Early Espresso Ink. The Early Espresso square behind the Very Vanilla pieces measure 1 5/8" X 1 5/8". They help to add a little dimension.
I also sponged around the outside of the card and stamped the birthday sentiment in Early Espresso Ink. Using one of our Gold Metallic Buttons I thread some Linen Thread through the holes and tied on a Wooden Autumn Accent cutout.
Blackberry Bliss is my favorite color...it's so rich and beautiful. I secretly hope it gets added to the Regals Collection once it's tour on the In Colors Collection is over in 2016. You can't go wrong with butterflies and purple, right? Wisteria Wonder and Blackberry Bliss make a handsome couple on this easy card. The DSP is from Typeset. This paper is amazing! You get 24 sheets of double sided newsprint type paper. It's not our standard weight DSP, it's thin and feels like the pages out of an old book. Great for lots of projects!
To create these butterflies you will need to stamp them on Very Vanilla Card Stock with StazOn ink. Then taking a Sponge Dauber and a bit of Blackberry Bliss ink start in the center of the butterfly and using small circular motions move out on either side. You want to leave the wing tips light, so just blend gently. Once you've colored all three butterflies, punch them out with your Elegant Butterfly Punch. Use Glue dots to adhere them to your paper and 'fluff' the wings a bit for some added dimension.
