Pop Up Card

Thank You For Being So . . .

July 6, 2023 · Leave a Comment

Hello my stampin’ friends!

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge!

For the next month of challenges, we are CASEing the new catalog. These are always fun challenges as we get to use what we want from the inspiration card. This starts off the challenge –

I was inspired by the layout, stripes, and fruit –

Pretty sweet, huh?

This card is fun and playful! The Cherry Builder Punch is great to make quick work of whipping up a card. I added a ‘bite’ by using the scallop oval from the Double Oval punch.

Just look when the card is opened –

The SWEET pops up!

The black and white sides of the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper really contrast well with the Real Red card stock. Some of my favorite colors together, red, white, and black!

Don’t you just love this?

Check out the other Design Team cards on our Create with Connie and Mary blog. You’ll see some fabulous ideas! Join us for the challenge too if you’d like!

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Fun Fold Fridays – Pop Up Card

March 26, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Yes, it’s Friday, YAY!

Finally having some warm, springlike, low humidity weather here in Texas! Although, most of the year is HOT and humid!!

Got a cute, quick and easy fun fold today! Here is the outside of the card –

Looks pretty plain and nondescript, I know. How about when you open it –

Look how cool! The inside *pops* up or out, however you you call it!

I started with the March 2021 Paper Pumpkin, Here’s To You –

I used one of the large card images for the outside. I added my ‘enjoy your retirement’ sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings because these images remind me of retirement or travel!

For the inside, I cut the other card front apart to use the scenery. I used the scraps to create the *pop* out ‘mechanism’.

To create it, I used a standard top fold card base, 4 1/4″ x 11″, scored 5 1/2″.

For ‘mechanism’, I used a 1″ x 4″ strip scored at every 1 inch. I folded each score line, forming a touching box (not closing). I added Tear & Tape to both ends.

To adhere the ‘mechanism’, fold it half. Tear & Tape should be at the ends on each side. Remove liners.

Place inside card fold, centered a tad bit away from fold.

Close the card. Open the card.

You should have a little square now in the center near the fold!

Adhere focal point to the 1″ x 1″ area using Tear & Tape again! Open and close to see it action!

So cool! And, EASY!

You can add this to any card you’ve made to make it a little extra special!

Some of the additional items I used on the card are retiring. Marked with an asterisk, so you know.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Itty Bitty Greetings*
Dies / Embossing – March 2021 Paper Pumpkin Here’s To You
Card Stock – Petal Pink
Ink – Pretty Peacock
Punches – Classic Label*
Other – Tear & Tape, March 2021 Paper Pumpkin Here’s To You

Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Pop Up Surprise!

September 2, 2017 · 2 Comments

Happy, happy Saturday. The last post from me was last Saturday. I have missed a week of creating and blogging due to Harvey.

In a nutshell, I live basically in Houston, right outside the city limits, in Pearland. The past week has been a blur. It started raining last Saturday evening really hard and never stopped. Water levels in our neighbor went up and down. Only to not go down. We live in a two-story house so we took stuff upstairs, like my stamp stuff among other items. As it was evident the water was on the rise, our efforts to move stuff (furniture) went into a higher gear. I went to bed Monday night around 3:00 am as the water was creeping up the 10 inch house foundation. I had accepted the fact I would wake up to water in my home. A few hours later as I woke up, the house was as still as could be, the ac had not turned on in a long while (a sign to me that the outside ac unit had taken on water), and there was the smell of strong musty humidity in the air. I got up to a dry floor as I walked through the house. I looked outside and although it was still raining, we had not flooded and the water was not touching the slab anymore. It was slow to drain on Tuesday, but by Wednesday the water had receded on our street enough to drive through it. But not the case for SO, SO many. As of Friday night, many areas and homes are still flooded or have flooded because of dam and reservoir water releases. It has truly been incomprehensible. We received some 45+ inches of rain.

My dear friends at Create with Connie and Mary have provided wonderful support with their care and concern. It was important to me to get back to them and my other stamp commitments. Stamping is my therapy. And, after this experience, I’m going to need a lot of therapy – in many forms!!!

Our theme this week is, Pop Up Surprise.

I’ve created lots of pop up cards, and, of course I strived for one a bit different.

I went with a Halloween themed card.

As you open it, the surprise is revealed!

And, believe or not, it folds flat!

Check out all the Design Team members ‘Pop Up Surprise’ cards –

Supplies –

Stamp Set – Creep it Real
Card Stock – Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink – Black Memento
DSP – Merry Little Christmas
Punches – 2″ Circle (retired)
Other – Black Mini Sequin Trim

Happy Stampin’

Libby

As Harvey waters moved closer, I was in the midst of moving all my current stamp stuff to higher ground, I managed to do my part for our September Session with Create with Connie and Mary. I must say, I created an adorable 3-D item this time around. Please support me and the Design Team by purchasing any of our tutorial sessions. September will be available on the 11th.

Here is a sneak at the September projects –

September features –

Pick a Pumpkin Bundle
Tags & Trimming Bundle
Spooky Cat Bundle
Festive Phrases Stamp Set
Colorful Seasons Bundle

Our mini sessions include the instructions for 14 projects with full step-by-step tutorials:

Each mini session includes TWELVE unique cards featuring three stamp sets

Additionally, each mini session includes TWO 3D items perfect projects for your club, classes, stamp camps or gifts

All 14 project tutorials are available once the mini session opens so you immediately have all project tutorials right there at your fingertips

All designs and tutorials are EXCLUSIVELY for subscribers and will not be posted anywhere else online

Our FABULOUS design team members are – Connie Babbert, Mary Brown, Melissa Davies, Libby Fens, and Debbie Henderson. They always have such GREAT ideas that are perfect and easy to recreate!

Mini sessions are available the 11th of each month (and you’ll have access for up to a year).

Demos…did you know this is a tax deduction for your Stampin’ Up! business? But…you don’t need to be a demo to enjoy our mini-subscriptions!

Check out CREATE WITH CONNIE AND MARY for more details!