It'll be a hoot - 2 Pop-Up Cards

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Today I have another couple of Pop-Up cards to show you as well as a video clip of them, so grab a quick cuppa and take a load off for a little squizz. Both cards are similar and there will be a few little differences between them.

Card # 1

I was so hugely inspired by a Blog from a lady called Carla in Holland. I decided I would try this style of card adding my own interpretations; so this is what I am sharing with you today.

It is a Pop-Up card ... oh yeah I am so loving making these cards at the moment.

Here you have what looks like a tree with an Owl poking through from its little hole saying hello.

I used Kaisercraft Sweet Treats paper for the leaves (which I added using 3D foam pads to give it a little dimension), some Core'dinations brown card stock for the tree trunk and the Sizzix Flagpole and lantern decorative strip die to make the embellishment at the bottom.

The sentiment is from a Freebie set of stamps from The Australian Papercraft Essential Magazine issue #28. I've shown the stamps and the Magazine (obviously not to scale but you get the idea!). The Brown card stock I used was also part of the freebie from the Magazine too.

When you open up the card you see our little Owly friend sitting on some branches. I used two Stampin Up Punches (see the ingredients list shown below) and the papers are from a 6 x 6 Authentique Paper Pad. The stamps sentiments are from Lawn Fawn and my freebie set. Insdie the label I used the Love set label from Sizzix and inked the edges using Vintage Photo ink.

You can see our Owly friend a little better in this photo. I made him using Kaisercraft 6 x 6 Technologic Paper Pad scraps. [Hint here for next set of Pop-UPs that I will be showing you ;)]














Card # 2

So you can see the similarities as well as the differences. On both cards I used the Textured Impressions Woodgrain Embossing Folder from Stampin Up. Here I have used DCVW Card stock and I really like the effect that the embossing folder has on this card.

I used the Lawn Fawn stamps on the outside of this card stamping with a Memento Rich Cocoa Ink pad onto some Kraft scarp card stock.

I used the Authentique Paper pad again as well as the Sizzix Bracket on the edge die to create the effect on the sides of the card. I like the butterflies as much as the bees - both fly so the sentiment still works with Our little Owl.

A close up of this Owl shows that I used scraps of the "Leaf" paper from Kaisercraft Sweet Treats and the reverse side of the Bees paper scraps for the label layered behind the owl.

... and there you have them, two It'll be a hoot - Pop-Up cards.













Here is the video clip I mentioned earlier if you'd like to view it .....

The main ingredients that I used to make these cards are shown below:

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One, two, three, side-step card(s) two three .....

Hello and G'day to you. Hope your week has gone well and you are looking forward to a great weekend.
I have a couple of cards to show you today ...  no not Pop-Ups this time (although I have a couple more in the pipeline .. how could I not???) Today I have a couple of Side Step Cards to show you. One was a commission for an engagement and the other is  for a 21st. Both are similar but different.

Card # 1 - 21st Birthday

 I have had the pictures for this card (to show you) for a little while. It just so happens I made another card like it (shown below) and thought I'd pu them together in this blog. The card stands about 6 inches tall and 8 inches wide.

I used Flourishes stamps (see listed in the ingredients below). The dies are from Just Rite Stampers (Spellbinders Brand though). The card base is Hovercraft Liquorice weave card stock.

The doily (from a coffee shop) I had to make sure Frits didn't spill any of his coffee on to it!!! Bless him he just nodded sagely and passed the doily to me.

The Flowers are made from Heart Felt Creations Tattered Blossoms set and Die cut with their matching dies.

Images coloured with Copics. The 21st was a series of stickers I found at my Local Spotlight store (a smaller version of Michaels found in the states).

The dress forms are from Kaisercraft and I decorated then with some feathers that I have had for ages. I think I bought them from Lakeland in the UK when it still sold crafting bits.

Here you can see I used a Spellbinders die - Floral ovals the smallest die.

Lots of glitter and Glue ...

Another picture just so that you can see how it stands.
BTW there is a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers to show you how to make the card base. CLICK HERE.
I adjusted the measurements a little for my card to make it larger.

The back of the card has a large writing panel on the back which I layered with cardstock and white card as well as a cute brad at the top for decoration.

Card # 2 - Engagement

So you can see the similarities right? I added a page of card stock for layering from Kaisercraft's Lilac Avenue collection 6 x 6 paper pad and used a variety of Spellbinders dies for the sentiments.

I wanted to add a charm so I used this little silver clock from My2Angels.

Lots of glitter here too ...

I adore this little hat on the stand. I stamped the images out using memento rich cocoa a couple of time and decoupaged the flowers onto the hat (coloured with Copics).

I used another of the Tattered Blossoms stamps in the set to make this little flower arrangement adding a small star brad in the centre ... more glitter ...

More flowers and you can see a Spellbinders Foliage die here as well. The sentiment was typed on my computer.

 ... and here's the back of the card. I was provided the sentiment and I just typed it out on my computer and layered t with Spellbinders dies and coloured the tips with a BV02 Copic Marker.












The main ingredients I used to make these cards:

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