Stand-Alone Pop-Up Card & Tutorial

Now for the second card from my Customer Appreciation Workshop is the Stand-Alone Pop-Up card which features this month's Stamp of the Month - Something Splendid.  Here is the card all flatted out:

Below shows the card popped up and standing alone--you can click to enlarge picture:

Supplies:  Something Splendid Stamp Set, Splendor Paper Pack (Topiary, Moonstruck, and White Daisy CS); Moonstruck, Heavenly Blue and Goldrush Exclusive Inks; White Daisy ricrac; pearls; white daisy brads; white daisy grosgrain ribbon; pop dots; prisma glitter.

Instructions:

1.  Starting with a Topiary piece of CS 4-1/4" x 11, score parallel to the 4-1/4" side at 1", 2-3/4", 3-3/4", 5-1/2", 7-1/4", 8-1/4", and 10". Be sure to make each line crisp with a bone folder.  All lines are valley folds.  Click on image to see it enlarged.

2.  You will need to cut a slit on the 5-1/2" line for your tag to go through.  To do this, place a mark about 5/8" in on either side.  You can now cut from mark to mark with your paper cutter or craft knife.  Make sure that you will leave enough room for your tag (especially if it has pieces that are dimensional) so it can move freely though the slot.  You can do any stamping on the base if you wish while it is still flat.  Set aside for now.

3.  From Moonstuck CS you will cut out a piece 2-3/4" x 5-1/4" for the tag mat.  From Splendor B&T paper make the tag 2-1/2 x 5".  Corner round the tops of the tag and tag mat and glue together.  Stamp and decorate tag.
4. Using scrap Topiary CS punch a 1-3/8" circle and a scrap of B&T punch a 1-1/4" circle and glue together and fold in half over the top of the tag and glue.  Punch with hole punch for the ribbon (tip:  eyelet would work well here).  Add ribbon.

5.  Using Score Tape or Red Line tape, on the stamped 1" end of base, on one side place tape next to edge of paper.  On the other end, place tape next to scored line.

6.  Slip tag through slit in base piece and attach tag to one side with tape and make sure it is centered along the edge of the base and line it up with the edge of the paper.  Fold up the other side with the tape and attach to the tag.  As you pull up the tag and push the base down, the card will free stand.

7.  TIP:  I added a piece to the back of my tag that folds out when the tag is free standing.  This helps the base stay down and the tag stand straighter.

Have fun creating! Stay safe!

August SOTM Blog Hop

Hey Scrampers, it's AUGUST blog hop time! This month I start the hop but if you are hopping thru, you probably came from Katherine Schmitt's blog .  The August Stamp of the month is D1424 Something Splendor and I love the 2-step stamping

Here is my first card that actually open's in the middle.  It is actually 5" x 5" in size.

Below is the inside which uses white daisy textured card stock:

Supplies: Something Splendor; Splendor Paper Pack; Moonstruck, Heavenly Blue, Goldrush, White Daisy and Topiary CS and inks; ric rac; prisma glitter; brades in Goldrush and Outdoor Denim.

Here is my second sample which uses the Cherry-O Papers and is a 6" x 6" card.  I used a Mojo Monday sketch that took me forever to get around to making--I thought it would be perfect for this stamp set!

Here is the sketch that it was taken from:

For a few more additional Something Splendor ideas, see my SOTM swap slide show. Click the Slide Show SOTM link under my banner (above).

To see the complete list of blog hoppers are here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html. Hope you enjoyed the show! Now hop on over to Helen Onulak's Blog for more August  eye candy and enjoy all the stops along the way!

Splendor 3-Ring Mini Album - continued

Here are the rest of the pages of the album:

Page 3 with tags:

Tags

Page 3 without tags:

Page 4:

Page 5 with insert in envelope:

Page 5 with showing full insert:

Page 6 with insert in envelope:

Page 6 with full view of insert:

Page 7:

Page between pages 7 and 8:

Page 8:

Page 9 (blue page flip up is in the down position):

Page 9 with flap up:

Page 10:

These pages are based on pages Teresa Black had in her tutorial for the 3-ring mini album.  You can find the videos on YouTube - there are 5 videos!  Here is a link to Teresa's site where you can find the cut-out guide and videos!  http://fabulouslyartsy.com/

Splendor 3-Ring Mini Album

Saturday's workshop is a 3-Ring Mini Album and while I tried to conserve by suggesting to use a paper set that everyone already had (because of a workshop that we did last month or so) most tried to talk me into the Splendor papers.  Today is a preview of the Splendor 3-Ring Mini Album.  Today you will see cover and page 1.  But I assure you that the rest is just delightful.

Front Cover:

Inside Front Cover:

Inside Back Cover:

Back Cover:

Page 1:

Page 2:

Page 2 with tag:

So now this will help along your decision.  See all of your who are coming to the workshop on Saturday.  And for those who aren't but would like instructions - email me for cutting guide, etc.