This is the card and gift box I put together to send to our granddaughter for her ninth birthday. As she enters her "tween-age" years, it's getting harder for us, especially as long distance grandparents to keep up with the latest trends that interest her. Since I recall her telling us about her love of nature, I decided to go with a butterfly theme for her card this year.
The cute chibi girl I used for my card was paper pieced using a cutting file created from a set of printable sticker images by "Dreamy Clipart Cloud" on Etsy. She is attached to the pop up mechanism inside the card. I cut a circular window on the front of the card so she could be seen before the card is opened. The "celebrate" sentiment was done as a print and cut and passed through a Minc machine with toner reactive foil. Butterflies were cut from pearlescent, glitter and foil cardstock using Lawn Fawn "Butterfly Border" and Spellbinders "Delicate Butterflies" die sets.
Inside the card, I installed a rotating pop up mechanism for some fun pop up and movement.
As the card is opened, butterflies and the Happy Birthday sentiment rotate to the left, and butterflies behind the sentiment rotate to the right. This is the third card I've made using this mechanism, which has been a little tricky for me to learn. Guess the old adage, "Third time's a charm" held true for me; I think I've finally learned how to make this mechanism work smoothly without too much trouble. Yay!
When creating the cut file for this chibi girl, I made a small change to the original image by having her make the Korean finger heart sign, with the hope that it would catch our granddaughter's attention. Apparently it did, as she told her mom, "That's me!"
Since it has become increasingly difficult for us to keep up with the latest trends she's interested in, we decided to send a cash gift to our granddaughter to spend as she pleases. But of course, I had to make it fun! So I made a butterfly shaped box. Before gluing the box closed, I placed a roll of bills which were taped together end to end into the box with end of the first bill threaded through a slit that was cut on the back panel. Then I used double stick tape to adhere a piece of cardstock a little longer than the slit to the first bill so it wouldn't fall back into the box.
A little sad that we aren't able to celebrate birthdays with our granddaughter in person, but still having fun thinking up creative ways to keep her entertained.
I was in need of a thank you card in a hurry and this is the quick and simple one I came up with. I used "Patches the Bear Birthday" cut file set from Marjorie Ann Designs to create my paper pieced teddy bears. Blue background digital papers are from Papers By Helen.
As the card is opened, a panel with a gift card slides out from the bottom of the card. I followed You Tube tutorials fromSam Calcottand Sara Davies to put this fun card together.
The sentiments for this card were computer generated using "Hello Valentica" font. I used Make the Cut to create a shadow layer of the sentiment and the print and cut function to cut it out. Later, I scribbled my personal hand written thank you note onto the blank top panel before mailing.
I really like that this interactive slider card requires no special dies (just different sized rectangles and squares scored and glued together) and is very quick to put together. I'm sure I'll be making this style of card quite often!
Yes, if you frequent my blog you are probably thinking to yourself that you've seen this Chibi Wonder Woman card before. You are correct, I created this nearly exact card front for a get well card four years ago and again last year. I guess you could say I really like using Chibi Wonder Woman to encourage my friends to stay strong to get well soon.
The good news is, I did change my card on the inside. This time around, instead of using Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop Up to get Wonder Woman flying, I chose to use the Triple Platform Pop Up mechanism so I could have three images rise up above the card as it's opened. I added
Chibi Wonder Woman flying above the clouds on the center platform, a new paper pieced Chibi Wonder Woman image with her shield and magic lasso onto the left platform and the sound effect clipart "BAM!" to the right platform.
My dear friend for whom this card was made, is battling the big bad "C". She is truly an amazing warrior princess. Praying with her for a big win.
Today I'm sharing a Sanrio Twin Stars themed birthday card and matching gift card holder created for a special friend.
Paper pieced Twin Star characters were created from clip art images found online and rendered into svg cutting files using Make the Cut Design program. All the pieces for the clouds and stars were edged with Stickles glitter to give everything a subtle shimmer. The blue and lavender ombre paper used for the background panels was made in Broderbund Printshop program.
Inspired by a stunning angel pop up card made and shared by member Ana Paleo in Karen Burniston's Pop Up Peeps Facebook group, I used Karen Burniston's Arch Pop Up die to animate Twin Stars siblings Lala and Kiki to float amongst the moon and star studded clouds.
I must admit, I never expected having as much fun as I am playing with this Arch Pop Up die mechanism. I especially love that it is super easy to install and the possibilities for decorating the arch seem almost endless. I can see this quickly becoming one of my favorite pop up mechanisms to use.
I used the Print and Cut function to create the Twin Stars images for a matching gift card holder.
Inside, I followed a tutorial by Srushti Patil for her "Photo Pop Up Card" and sized it to fit a gift card.
No dies are required for this pop up and I found this to be a quick and easy way to make giving a gift card special.
One of my dearest friends has been a big fan of the K-Pop band BTS for as long as I can remember. With all the excitement of collecting BTS Tiny Tan dolls in McDonald's Happy Meals last year, the release of their new album and their world tour concerts happening now, I really wanted to surprise her with a BTS themed card for her birthday.
I found lots of cute chibi style clip art of BTS Tiny Tan characters on Etsy and decided to do print and cut images for this card. I chose my friend's favorite member, Jimin, doing the Korean love hand sign to adorn the front. "Just for you" sentiment was die cut from gold foil board using a die from Lawn Fawn's "Gift Box" set. Shadow layer for the sentiment was created in Make the Cut Design program.
Inside, I used Karen Burniston's "Photo Fan Pop Up" mechanism to animate headshots of all seven BTS group members.
Clip art images were cropped, printed on glossy photo paper, and framed with lavender glitter cardstock. I used dies from Karen Burniston "Label Charm Pop Up" and "Big Birthday Charms" as well as Taylored Expressions "Celebration Confetti" to cut streamers, confetti and hearts from gold glitter cardstock and foil board to add some fun glitz and sparkle inside the card.
I also added a print and cut group shot image to the left side of the card.
In keeping with the BTS theme, I also put together a sliding pop up drawer box using a fun BT21 claw machine sticker image. As the drawer is pulled open the image of the claw machine slides into an upright position. SVG cutting file template for this slider box comes from the Lori Whitlock shop. Really had fun putting this card and gift card holder together. But had the most fun watching my sweet friend's face light up as she opened her card. I'm looking forward to hearing all the stories she has to share from the BTS concerts she'll be attending soon.
I decided to go with a cherry blossom themed birthday card for a sweet crafty friend who, like myself enjoys collecting cherry blossom paper punches and metal craft dies. My collection consists of metal dies from Frantic Stamper, Wiki Caps, and I-Crafter as well as punches from Carl, Marvy, and Punch Bunch designed to cut cherry blossoms of multiple sizes from paper. I brought them all out and started cutting and punching out lots and lots of cherry blossoms from pink paper of different textures, prints and shades from my scrap stash.
Leaves were cut using a Family Treasures paper punch and branches were die cut using Marianne Designs Creatables and Cottage Cutz branch die sets. I used gold foil board and glitter cardstock to cut and punch the flower centers. I dry embossed a shimmery white gold cardstock with an old Sizzix "Argyle #2" folder, then matted it with gold foil board. I layered some of the different sized cherry blossoms to get different looks and arranged them together with leaves and branches and glued them in place at the top corner. Happy Birthday sentiment was hot foiled and die cut using Spellbinders "You Are Everything Sentiments" Better Press plate.
Inside the card I used Karen Burniston "Arch Pop Up" die set to create a fun arch of cherry blossoms.
Nicest thing about the Arch Pop Up mechanism is how easy it is to assemble and install in almost any size card. This mechanism comes with the option of adding up to 5 platforms to the arch which means lots more surface area to add lots of embellishments. I had fun adding many of the different sized cherry blossoms, leaves and branches but had to be careful to avoid creating catch points.
I've been seeing so many different creative possibilities posted by crafters using this Arch Pop Up die and am looking forward to experimenting and playing with this mechanism again soon.
Using what was left of the shimmery white gold text weight paper I had used for inside the card, I made an envelope to hold a gift card. Also used the remaining cherry blossoms to embellish the envelope.
This week I'm sharing the card and gift card holder I made for my daughter's birthday. I decided to give the Rotating Pop Up style card another try since I struggled a bit getting the mechanism to work the first time for hubby's birthday card.
To decorate the front of the card, I used my Silhouette to cut a circular window and a scalloped edge frame to fit. Flowers and leaves to embellish the frame were created using "Spellbinders Bayfair Floral Spray Collection" dies. Spellbinders "Slimline Confetti Happy Birthday Glimmer Plate" was used for the hot foiled sentiment and double shadow cuts for it were created in Make the Cut Design program. The paper pieced girl peeking from the window is a svg cut file, "Fashionista Emma" from Treasure Box Designs.
Here's a short video to see the fun rotating pop up mechanism in action.
One thing I did differently from the first time trying this was to change it from the triple rotating card I made for hubby's card to a double rotating card for this card. You'll see in the video that the center center stays stationary and does not rotate as it does with hubby's golf card. That meant one less arc to worry about aligning and made things simpler to put together.
I did have a few catch point issues but after moving the placement of some of the flowers around, I managed to solve that. Looks like I'm going to have to practice making this Rotating Pop Up style card several more times before I learn to properly put it together! If you'd like to give this style of card a try, here's the link to the Mitosu Crafts video tutorial where I learned how.
I made a matching bottom fold gift card holder, using the same "Spellbinders Bayfair Floral Collection" dies for the flowers and leaves. Hot foiled and die cut fishtail banner was created using Spellbinders "Hexi-Gems Sentiments" Glimmer Plate. When the card is opened, the gift card appears to slide and pop up from the center of the card. I followed the video tutorial for "Photo Pop Up Card" by Srushti Patil to make this. I especially like that this pop up requires no dies and is very easy to put together.
