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.
A few days past Easter already but definitely want to share these amazing Easter goodies I received from crafty friends this year.
Kris put together this super cute puppy with bunny ears shaped box and filled it with my favorite chocolate Easter candies. Shaped boxes like this one with so many curves and angles take lots of time and precise gluing to assemble! She even added a window to the carrot so you can get a peek of all the goodies inside!
This Winnie the Pooh with bunny ears basket created by Lorna is absolutely adorable! Cuteness overload from the honeybees on the bow at the top and down to the "Hunny bunny" sign Pooh is holding. The design of this basket is very unique; Lorna created a box base with just a bottom and two side panels, then wrapped and glued the double sided Pooh bear cut out around it.
Lorna also made this irresistible little Peeps S'Mores basket. Tucked inside the basket are everything you need to make a yummy S'mores snack: an individually wrapped Marshmallow Peep, a mini chocolate bar and graham crackers! Instructions on how are on the backside. So cute and clever!
I'm truly fortunate to have such creative, crafty friends who always spoil me with all the fun things they make!
Happy Easter! I made a card to send to our granddaughter and cookie boxes to share with family to celebrate Easter this year.
Finally had a chance to play with my set of Lawn Fawn "Build A Bunny" and "Build A Bunny Accessories" dies to make the bunnies for this Easter card. Die cut Happy Easter greeting comes from Karen Burniston "Easter Charms" set and I used Karen Burniston "Curved Edges" dies for the grassy hillside.
Inside the card, I added a sliding gift card mechanism which I learned from watching video tutorials by Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Craft on You Tube here and Sarah Davies of Crafter's Companion here.
Here's a short video showing this sliding mechanism in action.
As the card is opened, a panel holding the gift card slides out from the bottom.
The sliding mechanism for this card is really simple to put together and no special dies are required. The only thing that bothered me a little is that the sliding mechanism (shown here) is part of the back of the card and very visible; there is really no way to hide or disguise it.
At the last minute I decided to put together these Easter cookie boxes to share with friends and family.
The original cutting file for the top of this box was a freebie I picked up from Dreaming Tree at Creative Fabrica. This was meant to be a box style card, but I made a few adjustments to the cut file so I could use it for the top of my cookie boxes.
I wanted to use a hinged lid for my cookie boxes so I first enlarged the outer "box" of the card to fit around the lid of the cookie box. I then cut the height of the two struts that hold the bunny and tulips by 0.5 inch so it would sit nicely on top of the lid.
I also added a round scalloped label with "Happy Easter" printed on it just above the tab closure for the box.
Not enough time to even bake cookies so I filled my boxes with our favorite decadent Palm Leaf cookies from a local bakery.
Hope everyone is spending Easter doing whatever you enjoy most!
