Skip to main content

Pop-Up Birthday Cards





I have been donating cards to Cards For Kindness for a couple of years. The last time I was on their site, they stated they needed birthday cards. I have about 50 to give, but wanted to add something new. These cards were inspired by a Jennifer Mcguire video. Most products are from Pretty Pink Posh.

To start, I set up to stencil the background for the  cards. I used a 6x6 piece of Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 80lb in a Waffleflower Stencil Mat. I used Pretty Pink Posh's Layered Presents Stencils and Altenew colors Valcano Lake, Lagoon, and Emerald.

Final panels after stenciling. I cut them down to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 to fit on the front of a top folding A2 card base. Base made from Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb cardstock. 

For the front of the card, I chose Lawn Fawn Peacock, Gina K Turquoise Sea, and Gina K Sea Glass. These closely match the inks used for stenciling. With these colors, I will die cut components for the presents.

These are the finished and organized diecuts. I used Pretty Pink Posh's Build A Gift Dies. I use a 16 piece plastic drawer organizer I found on Amazon to keep the pieces organized.

Using the diecuts, I made these presents. Assemble approximately 4-5 small presents and 4 large presents to arrange on the front of the card.

I used a MISTI sticky mat with a piece of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cardstock taped to the back. The sticky surface helps keep presents in place while I figured out how to fit the presents together. After I'm satisfied, I transfer to a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 80lb cardstock. Once adhered, I cut around the presents for a shaped front panel for the card.

For the pop-up feature of the card, I took a piece of 80 lb cardstock, cut to 4 x 41/4. Then, I scored it at 1/2, 1 1/2, 2 1/2, and 3 1/2 inches. Once folding on the shorelines, you have a long box. I glued it to the bottom of the card. Make sure edges of the cardstock are touching.

Panel once it is trimmed. After adhering the diecut panel to the pop-up, all I need to add are the sentiments.

I cut Pretty Pink Posh's Celebrate Script Die three times from 80 lb cardstock. I adhered them together with glue before attaching to the front of the card.

Finished card. I decided to add a secondary sentiment, so I stamped and clear heat embossed "It's Your Birthday" from Lawn Fawn's Jump For Joy stamp set. I cut it out with one of Lawn Fawn's Everyday Sentiment Banner Dies.






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Decorations-1

Hello, and welcome to my blog. For today's post, I am once again a guest designer for Christmas Craft Creations. This month's theme is decorations. One of the first things I put up for Christmas is our stockings, so I had to create a card with a stocking. I used Spellbinders Stocking Full of Joy die set.  I didn't have a red cardstock the color I wanted. Something I do often is adding ink direct to paper. This is basically creating your own colored cardstock. I used Altenew's Crisp Dye Ink in Vineyard Berry, then die cut the stocking. I used Aged Mahogany Distress Ink to add shadows. I cut the top of the stocking and loop from Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold Cardstock.  I used different shades of green to make the foliage appear more organic. The red berries are cut from the first inked paper. For the white berries, I again went direct to paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Once the items are finished and ready ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Friday April 23, 2021

Springtime Slimline It's finally spring and the flowers are starting to bloom outside and in my craft room! Today, I made this spring-themed birthday card for my niece. I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire. She made a video two years ago who where she made a card similar to this. If you don't know who she is, her channel is a must watch!  These floral framed tiles look like stained glass. Like my post a week ago, I used Distress Oxides to get the watercolor effect of their backgrounds. Products needed for this card are Distress Oxides or other water-reactive ink, blending brushes or other blending tool, a slimline card base, pieces of white cardstock, a piece of halographic cardstock, square frame dies (I used these from Pinkfresh Studios), and a sentiment die (I used a border die from Lawn Fawn). I started by randomlly ink blending with green and blue oxides. By blending ink first, the completed look is more striking. If you want a more subtle background,...
2 comments
Read more

Add A Hat-2

Hello, and welcome to my blog! I made this cute penguin card for Christmas Craft Creations. This month's theme is Hats On. I love the warm hats that these penguins are wearing. I'll walk you step-by-step through this card. I started with Lawn Fawn's Here We Go A-Waddling stamp set. I stamped out the trio of carolers, the guitar player, and the lamppost. I colored the images with Copic markers: C9, C6, C3, C2, BG09, BG18, RV69, R29, R20, V17, V15, G46, G28, Y26, YR24, E59, E39, B000, Y17, Y15, and YR 18. I cut two snow banks out of Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 80lb cardstock with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Borders. I then used Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides to ink the edges of the banks. Pro tip: use a light color, e.g. blue or grey, to line the edges of a white image to give it more depth. I took an A2 panel in landscape position and inked the top 3/4 with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide. Then, using the new Ra...
2 comments
Read more