I've had quite a few people ask how to create the Snowmen Pop-Up card that I posted so I made a picture tutorial, I hope the directions are clear. It is really a simple card once you've seen it done. Let me know how you like it.
Here are the items I used to create it and the basic recipe :
- Bashful Blue cardstock 8½" x 5½"
- Whisper White cardstock 8¼" x 5¼"
- Whisper White cardstock 2½" x 2½" (for stamping the snowmen image)
- Bashful Blue 2 5/8" x 5/8" (for layering the title)
- Whisper White 2½" x ½" (for title)
- Basic Black ink
- Bashful Blue ink
- markers
- Post-It Notes (for masking the trees)
- Scissors (for creating the pop out tab and for cutting out the snowmen
- Adhesive (I use Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue)
Fold both of the large sheets of cardstock in half (I corner rounded both). Then stamped the trees on the top half of the whisper white.
Stamp the snowmen image on the square piece of Whisper White and colored all of the images with the markers.
Create a mask of the trees using a Post-It Note and use it to stamp snowflakes on the background.
Cut out the snowmen image. You don't have to cut too closely, as you can see I leave about an 1/8" white border around them.
Fold the Whisper White cardstock and cut two slits, about ¾" long and ¾" apart, on the folded edge of it.
Push the tab back into the card and press to create sharp creases.
Apply glue to only the bottom half of the tab.
Attach the snowmen slightly above the crease of the tab.
Glue the Whisper White to the inside of the Bashful Blue and add the finishing touches. I stamped snowflakes on the outside of the card with Bashful Blue, Created a title and attached it to the card with dimensionals and then stamped a sentiment in front of the snowmen.
This is what it looks like when it is closed. I need to buy the larger square punch as this image just fit in the opening.
Here it is half way opened. You can see that another piece slides out to block the first image with a saying.
Fully opened you see the second image.
Hope that you like it. I have a picture tutorial coming.
This is made with the new Peaceful Wishes set. I'm still trying to come up with a design that I like using the pinecone. I don't use Handsome Hunter and Sage Shadow very often but really like how they look together.
This one is very simple. Just using Gold ink to stamp the snowflakes and then embossing the words and the inside saying with Gold Embossing powder. I was trying for the simple yet elegant look. Hopefully they like it.
I try to use at least one unusual color combination each month and this is it. Do you ever use a color combo and just love it? This is it for me. I love how these colors look together. There is glitter on the ornaments that makes them look cloudy in the scan but they're not in real life.
What's a Christmas Card Class with out snowmen. This is one of the first sets that I bought from the new catalog and when it arrived I was surprised to see that the three long images were one stamp. I cut the block into 1½" x 3½" sections and mounted them separatelyly. I also used the Cutter Kit on this to distress the edges of the back white layer.
Simple Sketches is one of my favorite sets but I don't use it that often. It was the perfect choice to try and created the many colors of fall. I made a few more of this design and stamped various sayings on them.
I have to restrain myself when coming up with pages and cards for workshops and classes or they would all have some type of watercoloring on them. I can remember coloring for hours at a time when I was young. This card uses two of my favorite In Colors, Marigold Morning and Cranberry Crisp. They are a perfect match.
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Here are the items I used to create it and the basic recipe :
Fold both of the large sheets of cardstock in half (I corner rounded both). Then stamped the trees on the top half of the whisper white.
Stamp the snowmen image on the square piece of Whisper White and colored all of the images with the markers.
Create a mask of the trees using a Post-It Note and use it to stamp snowflakes on the background.
Cut out the snowmen image. You don't have to cut too closely, as you can see I leave about an 1/8" white border around them.
Fold the Whisper White cardstock and cut two slits, about ¾" long and ¾" apart, on the folded edge of it.
Push the tab back into the card and press to create sharp creases.
Apply glue to only the bottom half of the tab.
Attach the snowmen slightly above the crease of the tab.
Glue the Whisper White to the inside of the Bashful Blue and add the finishing touches. I stamped snowflakes on the outside of the card with Bashful Blue, Created a title and attached it to the card with dimensionals and then stamped a sentiment in front of the snowmen.
