Uncork and Unwind, Pop up Card!

Hello, Jenny here wishing you all a lovely Bank Holiday Monday :)

I am sharing a little 'vino love' on the blog today, although it looks like the bottle is empty now!!

I was inspired by Jennifer McGuires video on how to make a sliding Pop-up card.  I thought I could get the same look using the large die in Blueprints 28  and I'm all for stretching those supplies ;) 

When you pull up the slider you uncover the hidden message....

I started by covering a piece of card with patterned paper before using the die to cut the panel with opening flap. I then added two score lines as shown in the photo below and used a small circle die to make a thumb notch in the top....

Because this die has a thumb notch at the door opening, you have to trim that semi-circle away on the outer frame.

From now on I pretty much follow the instructions in the video by adding a strip of card stock across the base of the slider which not only strengthens the edge of the flap, but covers up the notch in the case of this die cut. I also added a piece of card that's slightly wider and longer than the opening to become the pull tab for the mechanism...

The rest is down to decoration and assembly.... I used MFT's Wine Service Dienamics and Uncorked stamp set to decorate the panel for the front and the sentiment under the flap which is basically the front of the card base you adhere the whole mechanism too. The wine ring is from an Altenew set called Coffee Ring...... Coffee, Wine.... same 'need' just different times of the day 😉

I'm really pleased with how this came out and chuffed I can use my dies

 for a fun interactive design too.

  

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Celebrate with Cake!

I have a fun card to share today with the new MFT products which are so great for Birthday cards.

I used the adorable Beary Special Birthday by Birdie Brown and wanted to combine two of the cake images with a sentiment from Big Birthday Sentiments so used Blueprints 28 for a little card interactivity!   I started with some thick white card and die cut the main part of the die with it - this gives you an open flap and I stamped the bear carrying the cake onto the front of the flap.  I cut another piece of white card slightly smaller and put it underneath, drawing a light pencil outline through the open flap to allow me to work out where to stamp my "inside" image.  I coloured both with copics.

For the sentiment - the one I selected I wanted to split into two - one part on the outside and one on the inside.  Last week I talked about "cutting" stamps but I know that can be scary so I wanted to show you another trick - using washi tape to cover up the bits you don't want before inking.

You can see here I used some tape to cover up the part of the sentiment I used on the outside before inking up the bottom line - if you take some care to "tuck" the tape into the gap you can use this trick on most stamps.  Just ink over the tape and peel it off before stamping.   I added another sentiment to the inside of the card as there are some fabulous birthday sentiments in this set.

To add the fun frame I die cut the blueprint again from paper from the Party Time pad from Echo Park and simply trimmed the fold line on the flap with scissors to remove it.

NEWS FROM THE STORE

• We have just received the latest releases from Neat and Tangled and Stamping Bella
• We have an order in for the new Christmas in July release from Concord and 9th which includes a re-release of the Take A Bough tree dies and it should be here by the end of the week.
• There is a new release from Lil' Inker Designs and we should have that very soon too.
• We are waiting on restocks hitting the UK from Kuretake but again hope to have those this week or next.

A Lorry Load of Coffee.....

.... is just the tonic for a Monday morning *wink*

Hello there :)
I have a fun card for you today that can be easily adapted for other occasions like BIG Round Numbered birthdays or simply a great idea for kids cards ... come and see :)

I love the opening panel die in the latest MFT Blueprints 28 and I immediately thought it looked like the back end of a lorry... as you do :) I cut the piece in red (.. yes, I've watched Postman Pat too many times.. Lol ) and used an MFT tag set to make tyres and wing mirrors in black and mirri card, it really started to take shape once I made the number plate which is just hand-cut simple squares and rectangles.

Once all your pieces are cut, assembly is quite easy... I adhered mine with foam tape to a top folding card base which is the same size as the frame or you could adhere all the pieces to a larger card base and build a scene up around the lorry.

Well my lorry is laden with coffee... a gift card actually, and I'd love to have been successful in making the door concertina upwards but I tried that and it just didn't work. Instead the door lifts up and reveals a rather large take-out cup in the back of the lorry....

..... which of course is printed on the gift card, thank you Costa :)  I used the Gift card grooves from MFT to cut notches on the base card before assembling the lorry and this is also the best time to think about the colour inside your lorry too ;)

For the outside logo I have used a Coffee word die from Sugar Pea designs and a phrase from Reverse Confetti's For the Love of Latte. The personalised number plate was stamped with Banner Alpha Bits and to keep the door shut I found it easiest to add the circular 'doodad' to the frame, that way the door tucks down behind it ;)

As I mentioned earlier, this would be great for those BIG birthdays... how about squeezing a huge birthday cake or a large number in the back of the lorry.... it doesn't have to be for gift cards!! You could even turn the frame 180° so the back opens downwards to form a ramp...ideal for filling with animals of all kinds... I'm sure you can think of many more ideas, its one of those projects you could personalise to the recipient :)

The tag set I used for the wheels and mirrors have plain edges and are not available in store, the set below are the same dimensions but have a pierced edge to them or this set have a stitched edge to them.

    

    

Thanks for stopping by... I'm off to get my own coffee although not quite as large as the one above ;)

Jenny x