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!

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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Lego Birthday Card

Lego birthday party means a Lego birthday card.

My grand daughter loves Legos and this was her request as the theme of her 9th birthday, of course that means a Lego birthday card and she loves cards with movement so I thought the "explosion box" would be perfect for her, especially with a tea light cake in the center!

First came decorating each side of the card. I had this Lego paper that I bought years ago for that scrapbook I never got around to making! The box is made from black cardstock and trimmed in the Lego paper. The little Legos on top are made from cardstock. I just miniaturized a box pattern and punched 6 circles with the ¼ handheld punch  from matching cardstock to make the little dots on top of the box.

The mat behind the 9 and all the elements on the box is punched from silver glimmer paper with the now retired Apothecary Accent framelits.

Cupcake was made using the Cupcake Builder punch and the banner was stamped with the retired Best Of Birthdays set and the Bitty Banners Framelits.

The balloons were made with a generic balloon punch and I added gold thread for the strings.

This shows the box/card when it's open. The cake is made from a tea light and the banner poles are made with skewers and wood beads that I painted black. The banner is made from the retired Little Labels Punch Pack, folded over the string and circle alphabet stickers for her name and age.

 

I punched out small flowers  and leaves to decorate the cake and wrapped the cake with some now retired Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper.

Sorry for all the retired products but I think all of these items can be substituted with currant products, you just need to think outside the box!

 

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Barbie 6th Birthday Card

My grand daughter's picked Barbie as their theme for their 6th birthday. It was a bit of a challenge to come up with stickers and pictures to add to the card. Seems like Frozen and the 3 princesses are more popular birthday theme. I did find some Barbie confetti to add to the shaker portion of the card.

The girls love cards with unusual folds and movement so this year I made and easel card with a shaker heart on one side and 3 folds which I added candles on the other side. The shaker was made out of the silver glimmer paper and the heart thinlits. I used Melon Mambo cardstock which match the Barbie confetti just perfect.

They love the owl punch and the new bow punch, the have made several of their own, so I had to add both to their card. The bow was also punched from the silver glimmer paper, as was the #6 which I used my Cricut Expression machine to cut out. I made 6 candles from different colors of scrap paper that matched the Birthday Basics Designer Paper (retired)

I stamped their names using the Melon Mambo ink and the Metro Type Alphabet set.

The flower was made using the 1¾ scallop punch. I punched 5 then tinted the edges using the melon mambo ink. I then layered the scallops and attached a Barbie circle from the confetti to top it off. It dressed up the envelope a bit.

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Cora's 8th Birthday card

I can't believe that my little grand daughter has turned 8!!  She wanted to have a cupcake decorating party so I had to put a cupcake on this years card.

She loves pop-ups and owls so I had to add some of those as well....

All in all I'm happy with the way this card turned out.

5th Birthday Card

Hard to believe the girls turned 5! and this year they chose the minions from Despicable Me as the theme.....so minions it had to be on the card.

The "evil" minions were really fun to make. I added a feather to make the purple hair.

The girls really love rainbows so I stamped the banner from StampiUp's Patterned Party set in each of the rainbow colors then cut each flag out with the alternating colors to form the rainbow.

Sorry for the shadow on this card but it shows the closeup of the inside. I used the Karen Burniston Pop 'n Cuts from StampinUp to make the card.

Granddaughter's Birthday card

7th birthday card...

Her colors were hot pink and zebra stripes.

I made it an easel card...

SpongeBob Card

 

 Made these for my granddaughter's 4th birthday....

 

Maggie and Shaun's 3rd Birthday