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Pop it Ups Wednesday with Helen – Aloha Card

April 1, 2015

Hi everyone! Helen here today!

After a long, grey British winter, I’m looking forward to some warmth and sunshine! Karen’s latest dies really called to me, and I came up with this bright beach scene. I made a fun ‘Aloha’ card, but it could easily be used as a Happy Vacation, Bon Voyage, or summer birthday card.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Cut pale turquoise cardstock to 11”x 6”. Fold cardstock in half, and die cut with the Lots of Pops die. Emboss the top half of the card with the Clouds embossing folder. (You will need to emboss it twice to cover the width. There will be an ‘edge line’ showing, but this will mainly be covered up later.)

2. Cut yellow cardstock to 6”x 5.5”. Cut half of the Lots of Pops die into one of the 6” sides. Use the wave border from the Beach Edges die set to cut approx. 1” from the other 6” side.

Adhere the yellow cardstock to the bottom half of the turquoise card base.

3. Cut all the pieces as pictured below: Clouds (from the All Seasons Tree set), sun (using a small circle punch), trees, bucket and spade (from the Palm Tree & Pail set), banners (from the Lots of Pops set), ‘ALOHA’ (from the Alphabet 1- Caps set), diving gear (from Props 3 set), heart (using a small heart punch) and a hand cut towel (measuring 2”x 3”).

4. Cut all the pieces as pictured below: Owl parts (from Poppy the Owl set), sunglasses and bow (from Props 1 set), bikini top (using a tiny circle punch) and a hand cut bikini skirt.

5. Adhere clouds and sun. Assemble trees and adhere to the Lots of Pops side tabs. Tie some twine to both the trees, and glue the banners over the twine.

6. Adhere the owl parts together.

7. Adhere the beach equipment, and ‘ALOHA’ as pictured below. (Trim the edge off the towel.)

8. For the outside of the card, fold a 6”x 6” piece of patterned paper in half, and die cut through the top edge of both sides with the small palm tree border (from the Beach Edges set). Cut two bright pink cardstock strips of 6” x .5”, and adhere everything to the outside of the card as pictured below.

Quite a few steps, but great fun if you enjoy playing with paper!!

I hope you feel inspired to create your own beach scene!

Helen

SUPPLIES:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies –
Lots of Pops (778)
Clouds Embossing Folder (KB105)
Beach Edges (981)
All Seasons Tree (781)
Palm Tree & Pail (987)
Alphabet 1 – Caps (967)
Props 1 (911)
Props 3 (986)
Poppy the Owl (910)

Other supplies –
Trimmer
Pale turquoise cardstock
Yellow yardstick
Brown cardstock
Bright pink yardstick
Black cardstock
White cardstock
Assorted patterned papers
Twine
Tape runner
Glue pen
Adhesive foam pads
Small circle punch
Tiny circle punch
Small heart punch
Scissors

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Modifying the Adirondack Chair Pop Up

March 27, 2015

Hello my crafty friends! It’s Raquel Mason here today. With summer right around the corner it makes me think of lounging around the pool and lots of swimming. I thought I would modify the Adirondack chair into a diving board. Let’s jump right into how I made this card.

Base card:

1. Cut dark blue cardstock at 4.25″ x 11″ and white cardstock at 4″ x 11″ and score both at 5.5″.

2. Place the white cardstock on top of the blue cardstock, place Adirondack die on the score line and die cut both pieces at the same time.

3. Cut out Adirondack portion from white cardstock. See photo below. Emboss top portion only with Clouds embossing folder. Ink with blue ink over raised areas.

4. Die cut the following pieces as shown below:

Props 3 – from yellow cardstock – mask, snorkel and flippers
Beach Edges – cut blue cardstock at 2″ x 4″ then die cut using waves die
Rocky the Crab – black shadow layer, red detail layer and white eyes
Adirondack – from Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz – arms of chair, snipped out
Adirondack – use the white Adirondack chair that was cut out as a guide to cut a solid piece in dark blue cardstock. This piece will be adhered on top of the Adirondack on the base card. (not shown)
Happy Birthday Pop Up – use white cardstock that has Transparent Double Sided Tape to die cut “Happy Birthday” then cover with Yellow Silk Microfine Glitter and polish. (not shown)
Alphabet 1 – die cut “It’s your day dive right in” from yellow cardstock. (not shown)

Peel-Off:

5. Place gift peel-off onto Transparent Double-Sided Tape that has been adhered to white cardstock and cover with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter. Color image with alcohol markers. To see a video tutorial of Els’ technique, click HERE. Cut out image using Fine-Pointed Scissors.

6. Use Transfer Sheet to apply negative image of gift to front of card. To see a video tutorial of Els’ technique, click HERE.