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Bitty Ball Pop-up Animals

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Bitty Ball Pop-up Animals

It’s the beginning of February, so it’s time for a “triple” project for Kelly, Kevin and Keith’s birthday!

Karen Burniston has quite a few fun pop-up die sets, and I thought I’d use her “Bitty Balls” to make some cute pop-up elements for my kids. However, instead of attaching their favorite animals to the insides of their cards for a pop-up surprise, I just placed them inside so when the cards were opened, the animals jumped out at them. Fun!

These animals are designed to fit in an A2 size card, but these guys are a bit bulky, so I made a 1/4 inch spine gusset on the card base to give them a little more room when the card was closed. (Pictured is just the card base before the front was added.) The card base started at 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 and was scored at 4 1/4 and 4 1/2.

As I mentioned above, the bodies of these animals were all made with the “Bitty Ball Pop-up” die set by Karen Burniston. Additionally I used her “Animal Add-on 2” set for Kevin’s elephant and Kelly’s giraffe, and her “Mini Ball Add-ons 2 Monkey and Lion” set for Keith’s monkey. (The monkey was designed to be made with the slightly smaller Mini Ball, but the pieces also work with the Bitty Ball.) Soft Stretch #12 rubber bands were used inside. Here is a tutorial video for assembly.

Keith’s monkey…

For the monkey, card stock (3 colors) came from the Recollections Nostalgia pack. Scraps of yellow and black along with 10 mm google eyes were also used. All the edges of the add-on pieces were inked with Gina K Designs Dark Chocolate ink and were embossed with the Stampin’ Up Subtle embossing folder (retired).

Kevin’s elephant…

Recollections Grey Kraft card stock was used for the elephant’s body and the add-ons. The debossed side of the Darice Crackle embossing folder (retired?) was used for his skin texture, and GKD Stormy Sky ink was used on the edges to help the add-ons stand out against the body (since they were all the same color). I used a black marker and the leg die (as a stencil) to add the black spots.

Kelly’s giraffe…

Three sheets from the DCWV “Neutrals” textured card stock stack were used for the giraffe. The edges of the light pieces were inked with GKD “Warm Cocoa” ink. The add-on set comes with 3 individual dies for the spots (1 small, 1 medium, and 1 large) – which I cut over, and over, and over! Maybe I should find giraffe printed paper next time – lol??

There are quite a few other add-on sets and tons of creative variations using these pop-up balls. Fun, fun, fun!!

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Happy Birthday Wreath

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Happy Birthday Wreath

(inside: Best Wishes on your Special Day!)

This card features the wreath stamp from the “Circle of Spring” set from Stampin’ Up (retired) and some beautiful Stamplistic Illumination Crystals (3mm) to add a bit of sparkle.

I created a cut file of the wreath with my Silhouette and stamped the image onto the die cut with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the wreath with Copic Markers (E93  and B00) and then stacked that on 2 more die cuts to make the wreath thicker. The crystals were attached with liquid glue.

To create my wood grained background, I embossed the panel with the Stampin’ Up “Subtle” embossing folder (retired) and then scored lines with my score board.

The greeting was computer generated and cut with a sentiment strip die by Alinacutle. This die came with a coordinating stamp, but I created my own sentiment sheet (PDF HERE). The inside sentiment is called “Special Day Wishes” (#573F) from DRS Designs.

The faux ribbon was cut with the “Grosgrain Ribbon” die from Poppy Stamps. The card stock is Gina K Designs Turquoise Sea and Recollections white and black.

Here’s a (slightly) better look at the sparkly crystals…

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Santa Belly Gift Box

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Santa Belly Gift Box

This cute guy was designed (by Lori Whitlock) as a “belly lantern” (with cut out panels backed with vellum for the belly), but I changed it up a bit with solid panels to make it a gift box.

Santa is 9 inches tall, with a 3 inch sphere (inside) for his belly. The panels that create the round “belly” are attached with tabs (and not glued) so they are easily removed. (As I mentioned, I made this to hold a small gift, but a battery operated tea light would go inside if it were made as a lantern.)

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If all of the panels and circular pieces are removed, it folds flat for storage (or mailing if the recipient would like to reassemble him!).

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I cut all the pieces with my Silhouette, but an svg file is also available for purchase.

There is an assembly tutorial that shows how to create the belly portion of this project. I used the photo to see how the rest of the pieces went together. (There are several designs, but assembling the belly portion is the same for all of them.) Besides the card stock, I used the “Dainty Diamonds” embossing folder from Stampin’ Up to add texture to his belly, and I created the belt and fur on the embossed panel myself as these were not included in the file.

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Lots of Dots Christmas Tree

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Lots of Dots Christmas Tree

(inside: Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year)

 

This card is kind of “a blast from the past” in that I had used this tree idea for a tag project back in 2014. At that time, I thought I’d create a pile of these trees and make them into more “mail friendly” cards. I got as far as stamping all the circles and attaching the gems on the triangles, and then I misplaced/forgot about them. After searching high and low, I found them last year, (misplaced them again, eventually found them!) and finally finished the cards. Why am I telling you this? Because, with all the the time that passed, I forgot/didn’t realize I had used an off-white card stock for the trees until AFTER I hand scored and stamped all the background panels and card bases on white and began to assemble all the cards! Sigh…

I used one of the polka dotted circle stamps from the Gina K Designs “Fabulous Holiday Fillers” stamp set (retired) and Gina K Christmas Pine ink to create the circles on the triangle panel.  I colored self-sticking, clear rhinestones with Copic marker R89 and adhered them in the spaces between the stamped circles. The layered star and trunk were cut with punches. The embossed/debossed lines on the background panel were added with my Scor board. The greeting is from the Patterned Pines stamp set from Stampin’ Up (retired), and the inside sentiment is from a Hero Arts set (CL359). Gina K Cherry Red and Christmas pine card stock was used along with Recollections Dove White (I think?) and white.

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