Poppin Box

Grand daughter's 13th Birthday

 

My grand daughter loves unusual birthday cards and when I saw this "poppin  box" I knew this was going to be the one for this year. She also love cactus so all I had to do was make sure there was one on the box and on the paper! 

Unfortunately all the products used are retired product called Succulent Framelits Dies. The paper and ribbon are from Hobby Lobby. The paper is from Stampin' Up. I used Highland Heather (#146986) and Wild Wasabi (retired)

If you search on Youtube.com you will find all kinds of samples and different size of the "Poppin" Box" I got my directions from JanB - UK and Gemma, at www.madebygemmacrafts.co.uk. They both have great directions and patterns.

Hope you enjoy this project and I will be back soon to add more cards that I have done since I have been missing in action!

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Really?? Has it been since March???

I really don't know how time gets away from me!! I'm so far behind in my postings! Let's start with another birthday card I did for my oldest grand daughter's 10th birthday.

 This started out just being a card, then it just kept growing and growing until I ended up with a card in a box!

I first made the card that was suppose to fold up in the center into a card, but then I added trees and and a number 10 using the Large Number Framelits and then I couldn't get the card to fold up so I ended up make it more like a panorama view, thus the box to put it in!! :)

I used the Neutrals Designer Series Paper and Basic Gray and Whisper White cardstock to build the box. I closed in one end of the box with a Window Sheet. The elephant was made from Smoky Slate using the Playful Pals stamps.The tag was made from the Number of Years stamp and the coordinating framelits.

  The trees were made using Chocolate Chip cardstock
that I cut to make the trunks with a curve in them.
Next I covered the trunks with more Chocolate Chip
cardstock and punched several Pansies from the Chocolate Chip cardstock and layered and trimmed them along the trunk to give the texture of a palm tree. The leaves were punched from Wild Wasabi cardstock using the Flower Fair Framelits.  The "10" was made from Go Wild DSP (retired) using the Large Number Framelits. The grass was made using the Wild Wasabi cardstock and the Pyramid Pals Thinlits. Clouds were made using Whisper White cardstock and the Tree Builder punch.The banner was made from some retired punches.

Closeup of the banner and tree trunk.

Large Numbers Framelits Dies
$31.00

Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack
$22.00

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$9.00

Window Sheets
$5.00

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.00

Playful Pals Photopolymer Stamp Set
$35.00

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set
$27.00

Large Numbers Framelits Dies
$31.00

Chocolate Chip 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.00

Pansy Punch
$16.00

Wild Wasabi 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$8.00

Flower Fair Framelits Dies
$25.00

Tree Builder Punch
$18.00

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7th Birthday Cards

Hard to believe the twins turned 7!

The girls love cards with movement and so I had to put my thinking cap on for this card because their theme was gummy bears, do you know how hard it is to come up with gummy bears?

First I dug out my Sizzix card base Pop 'n Cuts Die (retired) and cut one in Real Red and one in Pacific Point. 

I next cut a strip of paper that was the same length as the card and ¼" shorter in width than the card from the It's My Party Designer Series Paper. Trim the DSP so it doesn't cover the edge of the base where the card attaches. Round the edges with the Project Life Corner punch.

I used the Ovals Collection Framelits on Whisper White Cardstock and the blue or red cardstock to make the front of the card. Used the Number Of Years bundle set to make the seven and banner. For their names I used Basic Black cardstock and the Little Letters Thinlits.

I also cut a strip from the DSP for the inside of the card. 

Using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool, I took a piece of cardstock that was about 6" long and the same width of the card. Score every ½" making an accordion strip with about 4 folds, trim excess cardstock. Fold card base in half, attach accordion strip then score the card so it will fold at the edge of the accordion strip so the card closes properly. You should have about a 1"fold.

Trim the DSP paper and round the edges.

I found some bear pictures on the internet and printed and trimmed them out. I also went through my many birthday stamps and made little embellishments to add to the accordion strip with a strip of window sheets varying the height of each embellishment. I also used the new Party Pop-Up Thinlits Die for the Happy Birthday piece and added Silver Glimmer Paper on the candles.

It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack
$26.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Simply Scored
$30.00

Punch Corner Project Life
$6.38

Party Pop-Up Thinlits Dies
$30.00

Silver Glimmer Paper
$5.00

Number Of Years Photopolymer Bundle
$49.25

Ovals Collection Framelits Dies
$27.00

Whisper White 12" X 12" Cardstock
$6.00

Little Letters Thinlits Die
$29.00

Basic Black 12" X 12" Cardstock
$6.00

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Card In A Box

My daughter will be celebrating her 40th birthday on the 12th and I wanted to make a special card for her and the Card In A Box was the perfect choice!

The new Large Number Framelits Die made the perfect focal point with the "40" out of the silver glimmer paper. Then I filled it with balloons from the Balloon Bouquet Punch.

I used the It's My Party Designer Series Paper to decorate the box.

Very festive don't you think?

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Bloomin Heart

StampinUp's new Occasions Catalog features the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies. I just love love this new die!! It's so versatile and makes the most delicate cards.

On this card and the second card, I used the Shimmery cardstock for the heart. I used  Red Glimmer paper for the flowers that are included in the Bloomin Heart die.

On this one I used black glimmer paper for the flowers, which I'm sorry to say has been retired.

On this card I used the Red cardstock on the heart and the Shimmery White on the flowers. The card stock used behind the hearts are from the Call me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper.

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