Grandmother's Flower Garden Surprise Pop-up ATC

I designed this ATC for The Craft Shack's monthly ATC Club.  A couple of the girls had seen another surprise pop-up ATC I had done several years ago, Scary Halloween & wanted to do the technique so I decided to do it in May before everyone got busy with summer activities.  I had originally found instructions for a Surprise Pop-Up Card  on Splitcoaststampers in their tutorials & I watched Beate's video tutorial at the bottom.  I was going to size it down for an ATC but discovered in the comment section Cyndi Evans had already written them but I did make a few changes which are listed below.

When the ATC is closed & laying flat it doesn't look like anything special but...















Once you pull the twine you see a surprise message!














From the side you can see how it works a little better.












Here are the measurements I used:

• Base CS – 3 1/2" X 2 1/2"

• Slider base CS - 3 3/8" X 2 3/8"

• DSP – 3 1/4 " X 2 1/4"

• White (for message) CS  - 3" X 2"

• White slider CS– 3" X 2" (I used heavier weight CS)

• Stabilizer - 6" X 1/4" copier paper

You'll also need a paper trimmer with scoring blade, adhesive runner, 1/8" double sided tape, 3/8" circle punch, an eyelet eyelet, Crop-a-dile, corner rounder, twine or ribbon, stamps, ink and embellishments of your choice.  The Sweet 'n Sassy stamps I used are listed at the end.

I would recommend watching Beate's video (link above) for the complete instructions on how to put it together but below are a few things that worked best for me when I made the ATC size:

1.  I used a lot of mono adhesive when I put the DSP on the slider base because of cutting it.

2.  When I made my cuts, I cut with the DSP up for smoother edges. I also gently ran my blade up & down a few times before picking the blade up since it's a little thick.
3.  The vertical cuts on the slider base started 3/8"' from the slider base top (before putting on the main base) & in 1/4" on each side.  I cut down  2 3/4".  (See photo below right)

4.  I used the score blade on my trimmer since it's thick.  I had problems staying in the groove when I tried using my score board.  My glue tab is 1/4" wide.

5.   Before I punched the half circle, I adhered the stabilizer as close to the score line as I could. When punching make sure you don't punch all the way through the stabilizer (see photo below left).

6.  Your cuts may not be precise so I would make sure the slider is the right length before adhering to the 1/4" glue tab.  It should cover the glue tab & not be able to be seen at the top when not pulled up.

7.  I stamped the surprise message before adhering anything.  Then I laid it on the base & held the slider base over it before adhering to make sure the message showed where I wanted it..  I had to trim the message piece a little.
8.  In the video Beats tells you not to put embellishments on the glue tab.  I did only because the piece of grass CS was a little flexible. 

I hope you give this a try & if the first one doesn't work don't give up!  As you can see from the one pictured above, I made a few prototypes before I was happy!  TFL!!

Supplies:  SU Certainly Celery CS, Whisper White CS, Springtime Vintage DSP, copy paper, Fiskars Paper Trimmer, Scrapbook EZ Runner Adhesive, 1/8" Scor Tape, Tombow Glue Pen, We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile Hole Punch & Eyelet Setter, Lawn Fawn Grassy Border Die, Memory Box Wrought Iron Fence, Sweet 'n Sassy Flowers in Bloom Stamp Set, Sweet 'n Sassy Flowers in Bloom Die, Sweet 'n Sassy Everyday Miracles Stamp Set (sentiment), Copics (R81, R85, YG61, YG63, B21, B32, B34, E27), Clear Wink of Stella Brush (butterfly), Gold Wink of Stella Brush (flower centers), Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Lost Tooth

This is a kit from ScrapbookFunAddicts & was designed by Terri Zaelit.  I bought it a few years ago from their booth at CKC.  It was a fun kit to put together & no, that's not patterned paper!  All those stars were put on individually but it wasn't as time consuming as it looks.  I've purchased alot of their kits & they're easy to put together!  I did make one change.  I only had 3 photos so I took one of the photo mats & made it a little smaller then put my journaling on it.  I also turned those photos a tad.

Here's a close up of the Tooth Fairy.  Isn't she cute?  And easy to assemble!  Per the instructions, I used a white gel pen & a fine black marker to do the outlining.  Her wings are vellum & the instructions were to use Color Box Chestnut Roan on the back of them.  I didn't think it would look good but it almost makes them look pink.  I'm glad I used that color!  She's popped up using dimensionals.

The tooth is actually a treasure box that you can put a tooth in.  The "window" of the tooth is a piece of acrylic.  There is an oval piece of card stock with a dimensional sticky strip around it & then put on the back of the tooth.  The tooth is then popped up.  I think the string is a cute touch!  Thanks for looking & I hope you enjoyed!

 

 

Scary Halloween Pop-up ATC

This ATC is for a swap the NEPA Gigglers are doing at Mary Ann's (Geraldinesmom) SU party. I saw a tutorial for a Surprise Pop-up Card by Beate on Splitcoaststampers & I thought an ATC would be cool.  Cyndi Evans has posted the ATC dimensions at the bottom in the Question & Comment section.  I highly recommend watching the tutorial before starting.  This will give you the entire process (which I'm not going to type) plus if you use my dimensions then they will make more sense.  I did make changes to fit my design. Here are my layers:  Perfect Plum base - 3 1/2" X 2 1/2"; Basic Black - 3 1/4" X 2 1/4", Brown - 3 1/8" X 2 1/8", DSP - 3" X 2", black slider - 2 7/8" X 1 3/4" , paper slider guide - 4" X 1/4".  I  used DSP so it would look like grass & mounted it on the black leaving a 1/8" edge.  I then cut through both layers, 1/4" from the edge of the DSP making 2 cuts 2 1/2" long &1 cut 1 1/2" wide.  I found cutting with the DSP up worked best so I could see what I was cutting & it kept the cuts smooth.  I didn't want to make pencil marks on the DSP so I used the lines on my cutter & the blade as a guide.  I only added the brown layer so it would look like a grave for the "surprise".  The ghost is stamped & hand cut.  He's woven in through the tree which is cut from the Cricut.  I used 2 layers for the trees because their size (2 1/2") made them very delicate.  In front of the tree is a Memory Box die cut wrought iron fence which I trimmed on one side.  Then I popped out the tombstone &  pumpkins.  The pumpkins were colored with Copics & then I used Crystal Effects for a little dimension. 

 

Here is a side view when the slider had been pulled!  Cute huh?  I enjoyed making this into an ATC but I do think by adding the DSP it was a little harder to cut.  If you've never made one, I'd recommend doing a card first. A big thanks to Mary Ann for cutting the trees out and letting me borrow her stamp set.  She's the queen of Halloween!!

 

Supplies:  Card stock - SU Perfect Plum, Basic Black, Basic Brown, Whisper White, DSP Cast-a-spell; Stamps - Spooktacular Greetings; Cricut - Happy Hauntings; Die - Memory Box Wrought Iron Fence; Misc - SU Whisper White Ink, Copics, bright green eyelet, SU Black Hemp, SU Crystal Effects, dimensionals, double sided 1/4" tape.

 



Judy's Pop-up Birthday Card

This birthday card was for my sister (in-law) Judy.  Although the front isn't anything fantastic, I did have fun making the inside, which is below.  The balloons are colored with Copic Markers.  I do like to color but need to practice shading.   

I saw a pop-up card on Splitcoast Stampers done by Heidi Baks AKA hlw966.  I'd never done one of these cards so I decided to follow a link Heidi had to LeeAnn Greff's Blog which gave specific directions.  The directions LeeAnn provided made the card look easy.  I did pretty good making the cuts and folds but I did have a little trouble with a wrinkle when I put it on the card front.  In the end I was happy with how it came out.  Practice makes perfect so I think I'll be making more of these!! 

Supplies:  Paper - SU Cherry Cobbler, DPS Hand Drawn, White; Stamps - SU Not So Seriously, Unknown Balloons & sentiment on front.