Simple Pop Up Father's Day Card - AHSC#631

This past week has been so busy as we've been entertaining Australian visitors and showing them the sights in Fraser Valley where we live.  It's fun to be a tourist in your home town and revisit many places we sometimes take for granted.  

Here is this week's sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge designed by Michelle and digitized by Brandi. I love this layout.  How about you?  Are you ready to try a card challenge.  

 

Here's My Card:

Although my own father has passed away, I often get requests from friends and customers at this time of year for father's day cards.  So this card was made with with Father's in mind, however it could just as easily be a birthday or retirement card.  

Although this is a simple card, I've ramped it up a bit by putting the bi-plane on a pop-up mechanism, so it appears to be flying.  I've been having a lot of fun with this feature and later on in the post will share some other cards I recently made using the pop-up mechanism.  

Supplies:

Stamps & Dies:

• Adventurous Skies #163439
• Mountain Majesties Stamp Artwork - Paper Pumpkin May 2025 for sentiments

Cardstock & DSP:

• Whisper White 
• 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for card base
• 3 3/4" x 5" for inside matte and 4" x 3/4" scrap for sentiment 
• 4 1/4" by 1/2" scored at 1/2", 1", 1 1/2" and 2 3/4", 3 1/4" and 3 3/4" for pop-up mechanism.  Burnish fold lines.  Center flat piece adhered to object to be popped up, two side edges against card matte.  
• Copper Clay 4 1/4" x 5 3/8" for the front matte and scrap for propeller
• Basic Gray Mattes
• Cut two strips 1 1/4" x 4"
• Cut 1 piece 2 5/8" x 
• Scrap of Vellum for the propeller circle 

To give the plane a sense of motion, I stamped the plane image with the propeller part on vellum in Night of Navy ink.  I cut out just the circular part of the vellum image and attached this with a glue dot over the propeller area. with a glue dot and then the propeller was put into place in the center with a glue dot and gold bead.  

Ink:

• Night of Navy
• Basic Grey
• Copper Clay Blends

Accessories: 

• Mini Glue Dots
• Dimensionals
• Copper Clay gem dots and brass pearl dot - non SU products 

As promised here are some other masculine cards made with the pop-up mechanism and some fancy folds:

Hope you enjoyed these cards and will leave a comment.  If you have a favourite amongst the additional cards let me know and I'll post instructions and more pictures.  Have a great week! 

HAPPY STAMPING!

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Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up Demo Since 2006

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I'm A Princess! FMS #681

Just a note of gratitude for the Design Team and especially to Kim at Freshly Made Sketches who chose my card as one of the Princesses for this week's sketch challenge!  Congrats to the other 8 Princesses .... well deserved! 

Donna Mikasa was chosen as the Queen of Clean for her beautiful card.  I love to participate in their sketch challenges, so getting some recognition like this is really meaningful for me.  

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT 

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006

Take To the Sky Masculine Birthday Card TSOT#647

Another week has flown by so to speak, and here we are at Sunday once again and a new card challenge from Try A Sketch On Tuesday (TSOT#647)Try A Sketch On Tuesday (TSOT#647).  

HERE IS THE SKETCH:

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This sketch was perfect backdrop for a masculine birthday card I was planning using Stampin' Ups! recently released Take To the Sky Suite Collection.  I was excited to be able to use the Adventurous Sky Dies. 

HERE IS MY CARD: 

I embossed the Misty Moonlight mat with a now retired embossing folder that looks like hatch marks and I combined designer papers from both the Take to the Sky and the Country Woods 12 x 12 Designer Series packages.   The clouds, plane and sentiment banner were all cut out with the Adventurous Sky dies.  I added Rustic Metallic Adhesive backed dots #159082 to the wheel hubs and propellor on the plane and in the bottom corner.  

SUPPLIES USED: 

Stamps and Dies:  

• Adventurous Sky Stamp Set #163439 
• Adventurous Sky Dies #163446
• Scalloped Contour Die (R) for whisper white mat for  inside card

Card Stock: 

• Whisper White Base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• Crumb Cake mat 3 7/8" x 5 1/8", a 3 7/8" x 1" strip and scrap for plane body
• Misty Moonlight mat 3 3/4" x 5" 
• Basic Gray scrap for the plane die cut

Ink:

• Misty Moonlight

Designer Papers:

• Take To the Sky #163436
• Country Woods #163393

Well that's it for today's card.  I hope you enjoyed it.  There's plenty of time to play along with this challenge and link your own creation, so if you're interested  visit the Try a Sketch on Tuesday blog site to check out the details.  Until next time.....

I've also entered this card in the Father's Day Raffle at the TSOT sister site,  Double Trouble  Challenge #167 - "Double Trouble 6th Year Anniversary Raffle".

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up Demo since 2006

UPDATE TO POST JUNE 3, 2024:

June 3, 2024 I'm thrilled to tell you that the Design Team members at Try Stampin On Tuesday (TSOT) selected this card as one of the Top Three Winners!  I'm proudly displaying my  Top 3 Badge.  What an awesome, validating way to start off the week!   

TSOTTSOT Top 3 for Challenge #647 

I also played along at:

Double Trouble Challenge June 1 2024

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Gone Fishing Accordion Style

 

Let's Go Fishing Suite 

I was so excited to get my hands on Stampin' Up!s 2023/34 Annual Catalogue this past May.  And, I wasn't disappointed as there were so many wonderful stamp sets and products to choose from.  

Since I really enjoy creating masculine stamp sets and scenes, one of the first sections of the catalogue I search is the Hobbies and Recreation section on pages 78 through 93. 

Wow I had some hard decisions to make, but bar none, my favourite new product was the Let's Go Fishing Suite, which includes stamps, dsp, dies, and an awesome 3-D embossing folder called Twisted Rope EF.  No hesitation here, it was the first item I loaded into my shopping cart.  

The Let's Go Fishing Suite Collection #161546 is reasonably priced at $99 CDN and includes: Gone Fishing Bundle (10% discount) Stamp set and coordinating dies, Let's Go Fishing 12 x 12 paper and the Twisted Rope 3D Embossing Folder.  

If you're not interested in the embossing folder or beautiful designer paper in the suite, you can order the bundle which includes the 16 piece photopolymer stamp set and 17 coordinating dies.  It's called Gone Fishing Bundle.   

One of the first things I did with this set was experiment with the stamps and dies and just played with applying different colours and textures to the stamped images and cutting them out.  What fun!  

It's very easy to get the colours perfectly applied as most of the stamps are a 2-step process.  First you  stamp the base image usually in Momento Black Ink and then you stamp the colour with the coordinating fill image.  Easy peasy! 

HERE ARE MY CARDS: 

Gone Fishing Accordion Fold Birthday Cards 

The card fronts were basically a mix and match of the fabulous dsp designs mounted on an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" card stock base.  Bases were in BoHo Blue, and Very Vanilla.  Mats measure 5 1/4" x 4" and were in Calypso Coral and in Pebble Path.  For the labels I used the Deckled Rectangle Dies.  

The Deckled Rectangle Dies are nested dies that have a torn cardstock look.  I totally love these dies and they look beautiful in all my projects.   

Accordion Fold Interior Surprise:  

What I love about these cards is the surprise you get when you open the card.  It's definitely got a WOW factor.  Here's what it looks like when you open the card:

Here's what you need:

• 10" x 5 1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper
• A neutral cardstock piece for the sentiment that is 5" x 1 3/4".  On one of my samples above I cut two of these panels in Very Vanilla cardstock and I glued them to each side of the accordion fold. 
• I used scraps of coordinating cardstock for the sentiment squares and circles and Very Vanilla cardstock for the sentiments 
• I followed a Youtube video on how to create this card and you can find it on Cheryl Hamilton's blog by clicking here. 

I hope you enjoyed this quick and easy fun fold card and will try to make one yourself.  You'll be delighted with the results. I love the fact that  I can use up my DSP stash and get two cards from one 12/ x 12" sheet of designer paper.  

I'd love to hear what you think of this card.  Please leave your comments below. 

Happy Stamping!

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Masculine Birthdays - Oh Ale Yes!

I often hear stampers say "making a guy card is the hardest" thing to do.  I use to agree with this statement but fortunately Stampin' Up! has been listening to demonstrator input and has been coming up with some great "guy" orientated stamp, paper and die sets over the past few years.  

When the 2022 Annual Catalogue was released in June 2022, I was super excited to flip to the Hobbies and Recreation section (pages 78 to 89) and see such a great variety of masculine products.  

One of them called the "Brewed For You"  bundle instantly hit my "favs" list, and honestly I can't say enough about this great bundle.   This set has both guy and gal appeal and is easy and fun to use when creating cards or scrap book pages.

Here's A Brewed For You Card I made: 

I used this set to create a birthday card for a guy friend.  I wanted it to be extra special as his birthday falls the day after Boxing Day, so he has missed out on cards and birthday celebrations over the years.  

This card features a pop up front panel in the front and a pop up box on the inside seam.  It's one of those cards that initially has some cutting and scoring but once you've got all the bits and pieces done, it comes together quickly and cleanly.  See video on Split Coast Stampers by Kim Peck 

For the inside of the card I just stamped the glassware outlines in Momento Ink and then I used the filler stamps in Cinnamon Cider and Crushed Curry to give the appearance the drinks were full.  Once they were coloured and the foam pieces had been adhered to the tops, I filled the coloured portion with Nuvo drops and let them dry to a brilliant shiny finish.  

Here's a side view showing the opening on the front of the card and how the pop up fits through the hole.  For my card I used the Stitched Ovals dies and used the largest one for the card front. I cut another oval the next size from a piece of wood grain dsp and used that as a layer for the drinks to sit on.  The drinks are mounted with dimensionals to this piece.  It's important to make sure before you permanently affix your images to the ovals that they don't catch in the oval when the card is being opened and closed.

   

Isn't this the coolest masculine card?  I think so, and so did my friend when he received it.  I'm working on a few more of these for January birthdays so will probably change up the dsp and the layout, but for the most part I'll use the same pop up design.  

Please let me know if you like these kind of fancy fold cards, and any tricks you have for making masculine card making simpler.  Or call me if you want to know more about this stamp bundle.  Cheers! 

Happy Stamping!

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Penny Hanuszak, Independent CDN Stampin' Up Demonstrator.