Gatefold Pop-up Box Card

I have been making a few of these cards. They are great gift box/card all-in-ones! They have a deep enough expansion to fit tiny baby socks or mitts in for new babies or small jewellery items (earrings, sewn beadwork bracelets, key rings) or fridge magnets.

The baby stamp is from the Don and Daisy collection by Marianne Designs. I have coloured her with Promarkers. I think she is so cute. The wording stamps are the Woodware Baby Greetings set.

The wrap can be made as deep as required to allow for the gift inside: you will need to adjust the length of the wrap and the scoring measurements as required.

The instructions follow so have a go!

Resources

For the base card:

            26cm x 18cm coloured card

            Two pieces 4.7cm x 9.7cm background paper

            One piece 7.7cm x 9.7cm background paper

            Greetings stamp and embellishments as desired

For the box wrap:

            4cm x 24cm card

            Icon stamp

Decorative mounts and ribbon punch as desired

Instructions

1. To make the base card:
   Measure and mark the long edges at 5, 9, 17 and 21cm. Score across the width of the card at these points.
   Measure and mark along the short edges at 4 and 14cm. Score down the length of the card at theses points.
2. Cut away the four corners from the card. With the card long sides top and bottom (landscape), cut along the top and bottom outer scored box shapes up to the first scored corner (the central top and bottom panels). Cut these side pieces like a tab shape.
3. Mark the midpoint of the top and bottom central panels (13cm from either end or 4cm within the panel margins). Score from this midpoint diagonally to the corners of the panel.

4. These diagonal score lines and the outer side panel score lines are mountain folds. All the other score lines are valley folds.
5. Decorate the inside panel and outer two side panels as required. Apply glue to the underside of the side tabs and attach them to the inside edges of the card pulling the card into a box shape.
6. To create the wrap:
   Score across the width of the card at 5cm, 6cm, 16.5cm, 17.5cm. Fold all the score lines as valley folds. Wrap loosely around the card.
   The two ends should overlap by about 1cm. Glue them together.
   Decorate the wrap as required.

Front n' back card

This card makes me remember that Spring is on its way!

I used Front n' back stamps for the girl and windows. The pennants are Hero Arts stamps. 
I stamped all the images with Archival ink and coloured using watercolour pencils and crayons. The 'brickwork' was created by dry embossing tan card using the Provocraft Chevron embossing folder.

Circular Tree Card

Circular Tree Card

 

If you want to practice using Distress inks, this is a great card design to try. It will work with any background stamp, focal image or nesting die shape; you don't have to use the ones I did.

Working on a craft sheet with the Distress inks makes blending easier and minimises the ink waste.

Resources

Nellie’s Frames MFD005 round 3 circles

            Nellie’s Frames MFD018 star wreath

            Cart-Us clear stamp Fantasy Tree with birds

            Cart-Us clear stamp Bird with branch

            Staz–On ink Timber Brown

Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Scattered Straw, Barn Door, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey
A4 White card

            Brown card

           

Instructions

1. Fold the white card in half widthways. Draw a 12.5cm/ 5” circle with one side overlapping the crease of the card. Carefully cut it out through both layers of card.
   
   
2. Randomly stamp the branch stamp around the edge of the card front in a series of different distress ink colours: Wild Honey, Vintage Photo and Rusty Hinge.
   
   
3. Using Wild Honey distress ink and the applicator tool and foam, distress blend the edges of the card as desired, adding some Rusty Hinge if a deeper edge shade is required.
   
   
4. Die cut a 6cm / 2⅜” circle from white card using the Nellie’s Frames MFD018 star wreath die set. Carefully stamp the fantasy tree on the card using Timber Brown Staz-On ink. Colour the image using the distress inks as required.
   
   
5. Distress blend around the edge of the die cut circle with Rusty Hinge distress ink.
   
   
6. Die cut the medium die from the Nellie’s Frames MFD005 round 3 circles set out of brown card. Attach the tree circle to this. Then attach the topper to the card front using sticky foam pads.

It's a post friendly card design too!

The beginning

This is the first post I am putting together.