Pop Up Card

Well, I decided to try my hand at a free standing pop up card today.  I've been wanting to design one and The Cuttlebug Spot is having a pop up card challenge.  I needed to start making some birthday cards for all the family birthdays we have in April.  All four of my daughters were born in the month of April.  Don't know how that happened...well I do know how it happened...but, nevermind!!!  I found the directions on how to make the card here on Split Coast Stampers.  They have an enormous resource library if you're ever looking for a specific design, it's the place to go.  I used black cardstock for my base and ran it through my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  My dp is from Stemma, called Asian Cherry.  I actually picked it up from a scrapbooking store in Hawaii on a trip last year.  I love pink and black together.  This card folds flat and fits in an A2 card size envelope.

I cut a few of the blossoms from the paper, matted them on pink and added them to the stand of the card along with a pink ribbon.  The photo above shows what the card looks like folded down.  I used a 1" and 1 1/4" circle punch to make the little tab at the top for the brad and the ribbons to go on.  I just cut each circle in half, glued them together, added a flower from the dp and punched a small whole for the brad to go through.  This brad has a little loop attached to it so I could run the rick rack and the ribbon through it.  This card was much easier to put together than I anticipated so I will definitely make more.  My sentiment is Penny Black stamped with pink chalk ink.  I added Stickles to the center of each flower but it sure doesn't show up in this photo.  If we could ever get a sunny day around here I sure could get better pics.  I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Cuttlebug Spot - Pop Up Card
• Top Tip Tuesday - Inserts and Bling It On