Palm Tree Pop-Up Card

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

This pop-up palm tree was made with a die set called “Palm Tree Pop-Up Dies #1039” by Karen Burniston, and I just love, love, love it! Karen’s excellent assembly video makes it super easy to make. This card folds flat for mailing.

You can create any size card (at least 3 1/2″ – to cover the tree when the card is closed). My card is an A2 size card, but Karen shows a larger card in her video where she includes two trees with a hammock. So many options!

In addition to the dies for the palm tree that pops up, there are dies to create a slightly smaller (flat) palm tree which could be glued to the pop-up tree to create a cluster (I added two to my pop-up tree) and could also be used alone to decorate the card front or any other flat card panel.

Here’s a better look at my card front…

… which I created using this sketch:

Besides turning the sketch on its side, I placed my navy panel behind the long strip so there was more of the lighter piece showing behind the palm tree. (This sketch is on the Dec. ’11 pdf.)

I used Bazzill “Butter Mints” heavy weight ivory card stock for the card base along with “Deep Navy” by core’dinations. I followed Karen’s example and repeatedly stamped a random dot pattern with brown ink onto kraft card stock to create the look of sand. (She suggests using a dense sponge if you don’t have a stamp like this.) The patterned paper is “Aqua Scales” by Recollections. The parts for the trees were cut from scraps I had on hand.

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22Feb2019

Double Z-Fold Card… with a Twist (Wiper Card)

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Double Z-Fold Card… with a Twist (Wiper Card)

This “double z-fold” card with a fun pop-up panel is another project I designed for the course I am teaching.

I recently saw digital cut files, designed by Lori Whitlock, for cute Valentine’s Day cards with this type of pop-up mechanism. She called them wiper cards. I started thinking about other elements that would work well on this type of card base and thought this large image from the “Cup of Thanks” stamp set by Studio Katia fit nicely and would be a fun one to color. I watched Lori’s assembly video to get a better idea of how the mechanism worked, and I figured out how to create an A2 size card using a trimmer and score board (instead of the Silhouette). I’m not sure why it didn’t occur to me to look on YouTube to see if wiper card tutorials existed – they do. Nothing like “reinventing the wheel!” It’s a good thing I like playing with paper – LOL!! (Anyway, if you wish to see how I made my pop-up card base, look HERE.)

For this next version, I “smooshed” Memento “Danube Blue” ink spritzed with water onto white card stock. I love this technique because it is quick and easy to do, it looks great (I think), and it allows you to customize your panels to match your image with the inks you have on hand. I inked the edges so the panels would stand out against the white card base.

I colored the stamped image with Bic Marking Fashion Permanent alcohol markers (harvest orange, adobe orange, summer melon, ocean view blue, misty blue, deep sea blue, traquil teal, cloud nine grey, and tiki hut tan), and a blender pen.

Double Z-fold cards fold flat for mailing, and this one fits in a regular A2 size envelope.

Here is one more CAS card design I came up with while playing with this image:

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21Feb2019

Embossed Snowflakes

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Embossed Snowflakes

In my last post, I showed two card samples/options I created for my emboss-resist technique class. Here is one more sample with a winter theme.

In addition to stamping/embossing the snowflakes in silver for the greeting panel, I repeatedly stamped/embossed the same snowflake (in white) to create a tone-on-tone background panel. (The card base is navy but looks black in the photo.)

A die cut greeting was added to the sponged panel, and a silver ribbon finished it off.

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20Feb2019

Tropical Emboss Resist

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Tropical Emboss Resist

I did a lesson on heat embossing and the emboss-resist technique in my course through the Haddonfield Adult School. I first taught this lesson in the fall and created a sample (below) with a fall feel to it. This course is also offered in the winter/spring so I thought I’d come up with an additional sample with a tropical feel for those students dreaming of getting past winter (we are expecting snow again today in Cherry Hill) and on to warmer weather!

Here was the fall sample:

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9Feb2019

Birthday Balloons (and Bucks) Bridge Card

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Birthday Balloons (and Bucks) Bridge Card

This card features a fun card base, a few die cuts… and some bucks! I was looking for a fun way to present a monetary gift as part of a card layout and had been meaning to try a bridge card with this (unbranded/no longer available?) “Happy Birthday” die (which is actually supposed to make a birthday hat).

The cake was adapted from an svg file called “Birthday Elements” from svgcuts. The balloons were made from an unbranded die I found online. And the flames were cut with the Karen Burniston Cake Pop-Up Die (#1028).

To create this card base which is 5″ x 7″ when folded, I used a 10 1/2″ x 5″ piece of card stock scored at 1 3/4″, 3 1/2″, 7″, and 8 3/4″ and folded as shown:

There is plenty of room on the back for a stamped or handwritten sentiment and signature. This card, with the money, folds flat (kind of). It fits in a regular A7 size envelope but is a little bulky and would require a trip to the post office if mailed – if you are comfortable mailing cash.