May 2010 Card Group Projects

Today was our May card group meeting and the projects were two pop up cards and a gift box. We used the Sizzix Bigz Pop Ups die which makes pop up cards so easy to make.

The first card is a pop up cupcake card made with a 4" x 4" textured white card blank. Here's the front:



And here's the inside:



The second card has a pop up gift inside. We used the SU! Circle Circus stamp set and got busy with circle punches! Here's the front:



And here's the inside:



The gift box was demonstrated to us last week by Joanne at the SU! workshop. I thought I'd let my card group ladies actually make one themselves while the instructions were still fresh in my mind. The box is made with an A4 piece of CS which is scored at 7, 14, 21 and 28 cms, turned 90 degrees and scored at 7 cms. After the box was assembled, we used stamps from the SU! Petal Pizzazz and Circle Circus sets to decorate the front. We stamped one flower full strength and two paler coloured flowers by stamping off once first. The leaves were stamped off once first also.



As always, it was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. The ladies got their SU! goodies from last week's workshop so they were very happy about that!

Waving hello to Wendy and Margaret - wishing you happy browsing!

Supplies for pop up cupcake card:
Stamps: Hero Arts clear Cupcakes set, Hero Arts Birthday Messages clear set, Stampa Rosa star swirl
CS: Anita's 4" x 4" textured white card blank, SU! Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Creamy Caramel & Whisper White
Patterned paper: Basic Grey Cupcake/Confetti
Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip & Real Red, VersaMagic Tea Leaves chalk ink, Marvy markers to colour the candle
Tools: 1 1/2" and 1 3/4" circle punches, Sizzix Bigz Pop Ups die, Sizzix 'Ribbons' Decorative Strip die
Supplies for the pop up gift card:
Stamps: SU! Circle Circus set, Hero Arts clear Birthday Messages set, inside sentiment by PSX
CS: Craft Creations white hemp textured A6 card blank, SU! Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Real Red, Old Olive & Whisper White
Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Be Merry Candy Stripes
Ink: SU! Real Red & Regal Rose, VersaMagic Tea Leaves & Sea Breeze chalk inks
Tools: Various sized circle punches, Sizzix Bigz Pop Ups die, Sizzix Gift #2 die, Woodware flower punches
Embellishments & accessories: Red holographic circle stickers, 3d foam pads
Supplies for the gift box:
Stamps: SU! Petal Pizzazz and Circle Circus sets
CS: SU! Regal Rose & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose & Old Olive
Tools: Metric Scor-Pal, SU! Scalloped Circle punch, X Cut small circle punch, Crop-A-Dile
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon, 3d foam pads