Pop out Easter Basket spring card

 Spring is here! The daffodils are abundant,  the daylight is stretching and finally the sun has decided to put in an appearance 🌞. As a child summer was my favourite season but now as a sometimes grown up I love Spring. So what's your favourite season? With a little spring in my step I decided to share a fun pop out card.  This fun fold has a mini card inside that springs out to greet you when you open it! I've chosen to decorate the card with the adorable bunnies from the Easter Basket stamps and dies bundle. Don't be put of by the name the images in this set will work for so many occasions the images are just soooo cute!

The pattern papers used in this sample are from a pack called True Blue Floral.  ( Sadly this product of the month exclusive has sold out in the UK so check your market for availability. )

I've used lots of layers for this project but remember when you make your version you do you! Different colours and different pattern papers make each card as unique as you and the lucky recipient.

The card , as almost all do 😜, starts with a card base made from a piece of cardstock! This one is a larger square card made from a piece measuring 14.5cm x 29cm scored at 14.5cm ( 5½" x 11" scored at 5½").

You're also going to need a piece of cardstock measuring 10cm x 20cm scored at 10cm (4" x 8" scored at 4" .

The mechanism piece is made from a piece of cardstock measuring 5cm x 10cm scored at  1cm, 5cm and 9cm ( 2" x 4" scored at ⅜", 2" and 3⅝"). Next mark along the bottom at 2cm and 8cm ( ¾" and 3¼") Now mark down the center scoreline from the top to 2cm ( ¾"). Next you're going to score diagonally from the center mark out to the 2cm and 8cm ( ¾" and 3¼") marks as shown below.  Please note diagram not to scale and only shows cm's but the inch measurements are above.

Please watch the video further down for how these pieces come together. 

The card is what I call a mantlepiece card. When open it lays flat with the pop out proudly displayed.

Here is the video...

I enjoyed making this card very much and hope you will when you make it too. 😃

Fun fold Easter Time mix and match ephemera card

 This week I'm sharing a fun Easter card. The fun fold is a very easy diorama card.  Created using an firm favourite from my die stash the Everyday Arches dies. These dies are a great Nested set of dies that range from card size down to small sentiment layers.

To decorate the card I have used the Easter Time mix and match ephemera pack. This fun pack contains gorgeous die cut ephemera with each pack containing 2 sheets each of 3 designs.

The images range from specific Easter ones to ones that can be used for Mother's day, new babies,  sympathy and so much more. The colour palette whilst bright isn't brash. 

The colour I chose to use fir the card base is the beautiful shades of purple called gorgeous grape. 

The diorama starts with a solid die cut of the largest of the Everyday Arches dies.  You'll then need 5 frames made by cutting the largest and 3rd largest dies together.  Adhere 2 of the frames together and repeat with another 2 frames.

You'll also need 4 bumper panels. These concertina pieces are made using the same colour cardstock.  Measure the height of the side of the frames straight side. For me this was 8.5cm. Then measure the width of the frame and multiply this by 4. Mine was 0.8cm wide so the piece will be 3.2cm. Next score the stip by the width of the frame 3 times. So for this sample that means scoring at 0.8cm, 1.6cm and 2.4cm. This would change depending on your frame.

The bumpers are adhered between the double layered frame and the solid piece first then the single layer frame, and finally the second double layer frame.

In the video I included 2 strips of acetate between the frames as well to create areas to adhere die cuts to.

Watch the video further down this post to see how it all comes together. 

I die cut a smaller panels in white and adhered it to the back of the card as a place to write the personal message.  Although I couldn't resist using another die cut to decorate it 😃.

A sprinkle of the Easter assortment embellishments, a heat embossed sentiment and the card was complete. 

Here is the video showing how the card is made.

I do hope you enjoy making a version of this project. I'm  thinking of all the Nested dies I have such as the Branching Out dies , the Beautifully Celebrated dies and of course circles and so much more!

Fun pop up box card

 Here in the UK Mother's day is coming up very soon! In fact in just over a weeks time ! So with that and Easter being not to far away as well spring colours and flowers blooming all around my hands just had to reach for the Easter Joy suite which includes these fun papers

As well as these oh so adorable stamps and dies.

There is  also the  fun coordinating Easter time mix and match ephemera. 

I used the Ephemera pack to decorate this version of the fun fold card for a wow Mother's day card.

Once the belly band is removed the fun pop up box is revealed

The card is created by making a cardbase from a piece of cardstock measuring 14.85cm x 21cm scored at 10.5cm ( 5½" x 8½" scored at 4¼") Then adhere mats to the inside before creating the pop up box mechanism. 

The mechanism starts with a piece of cardstock measuring 20cm x 11cm (7½" x 4¼") . Next score along the long edge at 2cm, 6.5cm, 11cm and 15.5cm (½" , 2¼", 4" 5¾")

Then score along the short edge at 4.5cm and 9cm ( 1¾" and 3½")

Now burnish all the scorelines and cut as shown in the diagram below.

To make the box up please watch the video here to see how it goes together. 

For the Mother's day version I have also added a simple bar to adhere ephemera to by taking a 1cm x 7cm (⅜" x 2¾") piece of cardstock and scoring it at 1cm (⅜"). I then adhered this in side the box so that it stretched across the box once in place secured on the inside on one side only. Below is a picture to show how it goes.

Here are some pictures of the card I made during the video.

Aren't these bunnies and chick just the cutest ?