Christmas Cardinal Scene Pop-Up Frame Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends, and happy Monday. To all my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. I am thankful for YOU! 

Today I have a special card inspired by the amazing Jennifer McGuire. She shared this Pop-Up Frame technique a few months ago and I thought it was brilliant and had to give it a try with the gorgeous Make It Merry Release from Honey Bee Stamps.

CARD RECIPE

• To begin I die-cut all the pieces for the Layering Bells Dies, Lovely Layers Winter Birds and the Lovely Layers Winter Greenery and pieced them together.
• Next, I created the frame for the top of the Pop-Up using the Layering Vintage Labels A2 Frame Dies.
• I then glued the scene together onto the frame.
• Embellish using a white gel pen and add Prisma glitter to the foliage for your snow.

• To create the pop-up, I cut 2 pieces of paper that measured 5.5x1 inches and scored them at every 1/4 inch. Then accordion fold each piece and glue them to the sides of the back of the frame. These will create the springs for the pop-up card.
• For the background, I used the Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder and then added some splatters using the Bee Shimmery Liquid. 

• Glue the springs onto the background, and once dry add the background to a card base.
• Stamp the greeting from the Home for the Holidays set in white ink and heat set it.
• Pop it onto the card front.

• To embellish the card further, I added True Pearl Stickers and Make it Merry Gems.
• To the cardinal's beak, bell, and berries I added glossy accents.

The cool thing about these pop-ups is that they do press down nicely and can be mailed. This one is a bit bulky so I am sure it will require extra postage. 

I hope you were inspired by my Christmas Cardinal Scene Pop-Up Frame Card. Thank you to my uber-talented friend Jennifer McGuire for this inspiration. I am sure I will be making more of these pop-ups in the future!

Thanks for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🐦

SUPPLIES

Layering Bells Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers Winter Birds Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers Winter Greenery Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Layering Vintage Labels A2 Frame Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Home for the Holidays Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Home for the Holidays Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Make it Merry Gems Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
True Pearl Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	Bee Shimmery Liquid Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Brilliant White Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	White Foam Dots With Tab Shop at: HBS	Bee Creative Bitty Buzz Cutter Shop at: HBS	Original Misti Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS
Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3	White Gelly Roller Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SK
PRISMA GLITTER Shop at: SSS	Black Triangle Tray Shop at: SSS | SK	Glossy Accents Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS

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There Is No Place Like Home | Whimsical Town Scene Card | Studio Katia

Hello, my friends. I hope you are all staying safe and healthy at home during this time.

Today's card was sadly inspired by the Pandemic, right now there is definitely no place like home! At the time that this was colored, (Day 15 of Kathy Racoocin's Daily Marker Coloring Challenge) Italy was and still is going through difficult times. I have never been to Italy but I imagine it has some beautiful coastal places like this, maybe even whimsical too.

CARD DETAILS

To begin I stamped out all of the WHIMSICAL TOWN stamps that I wanted to use and colored them in using Copic Markers. I chose the bright colors of the rainbow and then mixed them up to color all the buildings. I think the colorful images just add to the whimsy of the card.

Once all the elements were colored I then used the coordinating WHIMSICAL TOWN DIES to cut the pieces out.

Next, I used the BRUSH STROKE WAVES STENCIL to blend out the ocean for the background. I then trimmed the piece and glued it to the card front and began building the scene from there.

To create the illusion of the water in the background I popped up the houses starting with the houses closest to the ocean. I then used the SIMPLE BORDERS DIES to create the grass and to cover up the bottom edges of the buildings. The middle hill was just the opposite cut of the die that I glued in place and added some trees and bushes to.

For the front row of houses, I added an extra layer of foam only to the top parts of the buildings to continue to the illusion of depth.

To finish off the card I stamped out the sentiment from the WHIMSICAL TOWN stamps onto the bottom grass piece and popped it onto place.

I hope this card has inspired you today. I love how it turned out and hope you do too.

Stay safe my friends, stay home. I still have to go to work but I am thankful for cardmaking these days as it keeps me busy and distracted from the craziness outside.

Thank you for stopping by 😊

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

SUPPLIES

WHIMSICAL TOWN Shop at: SSS | SK	WHIMSICAL TOWN DIES Shop at: SSS | SK	SIMPLE BORDERS DIES Shop at: SSS | SK	BRUSH STROKE WAVES STENCIL Shop at: SSS | SK	INK BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | SK
FOAM TAPE - WHITE Shop at: SSS | SK	STUDIO KATIA GLUE Shop at: SSS | SK	NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Misti Stamp Tool Original Size Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	BLACKOUT INK Shop at: SSS | IO3
MERMAID LAGOON DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	BROKEN CHINA Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger Shop at: SSS	GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB

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