Pop-up Box Card

It's time for another Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge. This month, our theme is Feminine/ Mother's Day, or you can make an Anything Goes creation, as long as it follows the general rules.

I made a Pop-up Box card for Mother's Day.

I have seen these on Pinterest and people's blogs, but hadn't made one myself until now. It was easier than I thought!

To make this, these are the supplies you will need:

Cardstock: 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" 

Patterned Paper: I used Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight Brights Designer Series paper)

2-  5 1/4" x 1 7/8" (one patterned, and one plain for the back)

3-  2 3/4" x 1 7/8"

6-  2 1/4" x 1 7/8"

Embellishments as desired

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

With the 9 1/4" of your cardstock at the top of your Scor-Pal, score at 2 1/8", 4 1/4", 6 3/8" and 8 1/2". Cut off a 2" strip to give you a 2" x 9 1/4" piece. Place the original piece of cardstock with the short end at the top, and score at 2 1/2". Cut down to this score line, and cut off the top of the narrow piece at the end to create a tab. Add Scor-Tape to the tab.

From the 2" strip, cut off  a 3 5/8" piece from the end that has the scoring at 8 1/2". Cut this piece in half lengthwise, which will give you two pieces with  scoring at both ends. Add tape to the end tabs.

Add the patterned paper, placing the long pieces next to the tab. The 3 larger pieces will go on the bottom outside sections, so they will be on the same side as the tape in the above picture. Also, the plain long piece will be on this side.

Remove the backing from the tape, fold in the tab, and fold the card on the 4 1/4" line to attach it to the tab. Open the card to form the box and attach the two strips near the top. Place the end of the tabs against the front for one, and the back for the other. This will ensure that the strips are straight. 

Decorate the box as you wish. I used Stampin' Up! Secret Garden and Flower Shop stamps and the coordinating dies and punch for the flowers and leaves. They were stamped with Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight; Gina K. Designs Wild Lilac, Bubblegum Pink and Grass Green ink. The sentiment was from Gina K. Designs Holiday Frame Fillers, by Melanie Muenchinger, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used a 1 1/2" circle punch and a 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch for the sentiment.

The card folds flat to fit in an A2 envelope, so make sure that your embellishments don't stick out past the edges of the card.

Since this was my first one, I kept it fairly simple. You can use acetate strips to give some of your embellishments movement, or use strips of cardstock to give more height. I hope you give this a try!

Thinking of You

For April, the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge is Spring Fling.

With everyone staying at home these days, I am making a lot of Thinking of You cards. 

This one uses some patterned paper from Gina K. Designs that comes from my favourite pack - Sending Love. I took the colours from the paper - yellow, green and purple, for my flower, leaves and frames.

Using my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment. Then I used my Scor-Buddy to score two lines above the sentiment.

I added my patterned paper above the score lines, and then adhered my flowers. I used foam squares to pop up the middle one.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Made With Love, By the Sea stamp sets

                             Sending Love patterned paper pack

                             Wild Dandelion, Lucky Clover, Plum Punch ink

Cottage Cutz Stitched Square dies

MISTI

Scor-Buddy

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone! It is certainly strange not going to church, but I will be able to watch a service online and sing along with the Easter hymns. This week, the Mod Squad challenge is Spring has Sprung. We are to make a spring or Easter card.

My MISTI was a life saver for this card. I was able to line up the layers of the lily and stamp them perfectly. I also lined up the sentiment and heat embossed it in gold. Then I stamped the thorns in the corner.

I used a piece of shiny gold cardstock for the mat and then attached this to a white card base.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Lovely Lilies stamp set by Claire Brennan

                             Ink: Whisper Amalgam; Sweet Corn, Wild Dandelion, Jelly Bean Green, Grass                                             Green, Warm Cocoa

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps: He is Risen stamp set by Rebecca Rios

VersaMark ink

MISTI

Spring Banner

I made this card for a few challenges: Mod Squad Challenge Blog - Spring has Sprung;  Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge - Spring Fling;  and  Double D Challenges - Banner Challenge.

I started with a piece of Hilroy watercolor paper and stamped the flowers, from Gina K. Designs (GKD) Sending Love stamp set, with GKD Jet Black Amalgam ink. I took my ink cubes (GKD Wild Dandelion, Tangerine Twist and Jelly Bean Green) and tapped them on an acrylic block to transfer some ink. Then I used a water brush and 'painted' the flowers and leaves. Once the panel was dry, I added details with some coloured pencils. 

I stamped the banner, from GKD Holiday Frame Fillers by Melanie Muenchinger, on a piece of white cardstock. I curved it a bit and stamped it twice to get the length I needed. I used the banner filler stamp to stamp the colours and wrote my letters with a black marker. I fussy cut it out and went around the edge of the whole thing with a black marker to fill in any white spots.

I matted the focal image with a piece of green gingham from the Sending Love patterned paper pack and then attached this to a piece of black cardstock before adding it to a white card base. I glued on my banner and used a Wink of Stella pen to give the banner some sparkle.

Flexy Fold Card

This month, the theme for the Scor-Pal More Than One Score challenge is Florals, or Anything Goes. I was inspired by a card in the Score, Fold, Create! Project Book by Scor-Pal.

To make this card, you will need:

Scor-Buddy or Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

Cardstock - I used yellow, and white for the sentiment

Patterned Paper - I used Stampin' Up! Dusty Durango designer series paper, which is 2 sided

Embellishments I used: 

Flowers - Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Blooms Three and Blooms Four

Leaves - Gina K. Designs: Rose Peonies, Give Thanks stamp sets and coordinating dies

                                            Grass Green ink

Sentiment - Stampin' Up! Punch Bunch stamp, 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch

                   Gina K. Designs Sweet Mango ink stamped on white cardstock

ribbon, lace

Cut your cardstock as follows:

Card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Bottom panel: 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Top panel: 1 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Cut your patterned paper as follows: 

Layer 1: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Layer 2: 2 3/8" x 4 5/8"

Layer 3: 1 5/8" x 4 5/8"

With the long edge of the Bottom panel at the top of your Scor-Buddy, score at the 1/2" mark. Repeat with the Top panel piece. At the opposite end of each piece, mark about 3/8" from the end and the measurements shown below to make tabs. Cut with a craft knife. 

On the back, add Scor-Tape to the scored end.

Add the patterned paper to the cardstock.

Using the Bottom panel as a guide, cut a slit for the tab on the Card base 1 1/2" from the right side.

Using the Top panel as a guide, cut a slit in the Bottom panel 2" from the left edge of the patterned paper.

Adhere the 1/2" flap of the Bottom panel to the back of the left hand side of the Card base, even with the bottom. Add ribbon to the inside of the top edge of the Top panel. Adhere the 1/2" flap of the Top panel to the back of the right hand side of the Card base, even with the bottom.

Decorate as desired. Card can be unfolded to fit in an envelope.

We would love for you to join us for this month's challenge. All you need to do is make a project that has more than one score, and tell us where you used your Scor-Pal or Scor-Buddy. You can follow the theme of Flowers, or make an Anything Goes creation. 

Rainbow Resist

When I was watching Gina's video the other day, I was inspired to create another rainbow card. I am entering this in the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge - Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

I started by blending a rainbow of ink colours onto a piece of white cardstock. Once the ink was thoroughly dry, I used a sponge dauber and added VersaMark ink through a stencil. I removed the stencil, and heat embossed it in clear. Then I blended Slate ink over the entire background. I thought about using black ink, but wanted a softer look, so I went with a dark gray. The embossing powder keeps the ink from colouring the stenciled design and it shows through.

I didn't want to cover up too much of the background, so I stamped and embossed the sentiment, trimmed it down and added a black mat. I attached a piece of see through ribbon before adhering it to a white card base, and used some foam squares to add the sentiment.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Red Velvet, Coral Reef, Wild Dandelion, Lucky Clover, Blue Raspberry, Wild 

                                   Lilac and Slate ink

                            By the Sea stamp set

                            White, Black cardstock

Plaid FolkArt stencil - Swirl Background

VersaMark ink

I hope everyone is doing well. Stay safe.

March Moodboard Challenge

This month, White Rose Crafts Moodboard Challenge has flowers, a bunny, a fawn and blue skies. It also has the colours Royal Blue, Spring Green, Sunshine Yellow and White.

 I was inspired by the colours, flowers and blue sky.

We are also asked to use products that White Rose Crafts sells. I chose Tim Holtz Flights of Fancy stamp set.

I started by adding some Gina K. Designs(GKD) Blue Raspberry ink to the top of a piece of white cardstock with a blending brush. I added some clouds with the FairyTale Creations Chalk Talk I stencil.

Using GKD Key Lime ink, I blended some ink onto the bottom of the panel. Then, using my MISTI, I stamped the flowers with GKD Wild Dandelion ink. I then inked the stems with the Key Lime ink and stamped again. I added the butterflies and sentiment, also using my MISTI. I used a black marker to colour in the body and antennae of the butterflies. I added this panel to a white card base.

I am also entering this in the Splitcoaststampers MISTI Monday challenge - Easter or Spring Fling.

I hope everyone is okay and staying safe. 

Running Rainbow

I decided to make another card for the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge - Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

I've seen this idea before, but I haven't tried it. I used some Hilroy Watercolour paper and scribbled some Staedtler dye-based markers across the top. Then I used a water brush, dripped a couple of drops of water onto the red scribble and let them run to the bottom of the piece of paper. I then went to the yellow scribble and repeated the process. I didn't do the orange one right away, as the red was still wet and I didn't want them to run together. 

After I had finished all the colours, I thought it looked a little bare with only two trails from each colour, so I repeated the whole process. I used the end of my pokey tool to help guide the trails so they didn't run in the same place as the first time.

Once it was completely dry, I attached it to a black mat and then a white card base. I stamped the sentiment, from the Gina K. Designs Especially for You stamp set, in Gina K. Designs Jet Black Amalgam ink. After I added a black mat, I adhered it with some foam squares.

Rainbow Mandala

This month, the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge is Somewhere Over the Rainbow. We need to have a rainbow of colours, or the word rainbow in our sentiment.

I decided to go with a rainbow of colours and used the Gina K. Designs Mandala Maker stamp set, by Rina K., with the wreath builder template and my MISTI.

I stamped my design on Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock with Gina K. Designs (GKD) Jet Black Amalgam ink, except for the middle section. For that, I used a rainbow of GKD ink: Red Velvet, Peach Bellini, Lemon Drop, Jelly Bean Green, Turquoise Sea, Blue Denim, Wild Lilac, and Bubblegum Pink.

I coloured in the rest of the design using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: DR2, CR3, CT1, CG1, IB2, TB6, LV2, and BP1. I tried to match the markers to the ink that I used.

For the sentiment, I used the GKD Dazzling Dahlia stamp set, stamped it with the Jet Black Amalgam ink and heat embossed it in clear. I used a black mat before attaching it to a white card base. I added some rhinestones for some bling.

 

Daffodil File Folder Tutorial

Hi, everyone. At the beginning of the month, I showed my project for the Scor-Pal More than One Score Challenge March #68 - Anything Goes or Spring/Easter. I'm back to show you how I made it.

I found this project on the Scor-Pal site. She used 12" x 12" cardstock, but I only had 8 1/2" x 11", so I adapted it. 

These are the supplies you will need:
Cardstock cut to the following dimensions:
1 - 6" x 11"
1 - 6" x 8"
2 - 4" x 8 1/2"
8 - 6" x 3 5/8"
I also used 2 - 3 7/8" x 6" to reinforce the top and bottom

1 sheet of patterned paper
magnets
Scor-Pal
Scor-Tape

Decorations and embellishments - I used Shabby Chic dies by Sara Davies Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine for the front scalloped decoration, and the Altenew Layered Daffodil die collection for the daffodils on top.

With your Scor-Pal, on the 6" x 11" piece score at 4" and 8". On the 6" x 8", score at 2" and 6".

On one of the 2" sides, make a mark at 1", add tape, and attach the 3" side to the tape. This gives you one long piece that measures 6" x 18".

On each of the two 4" x 8 1/2" pieces, score at every half inch but you want to alternate the scores as you are making mountains and valley folds. Score at 1/2", 1 1/2 ", 2 1/2", 3 1/2" etc. across the cardstock. Flip the cardstock from top to bottom, keeping the left edge in the same orientation. Score at 1", 2", 3". 4" etc. across the cardstock. Look for the first indentation, fold so the indentation is on the OUTSIDE of the fold, bump on the inside. Accordion pleat both pieces.

Using Scor-Tape, tape the bottom of each accordion piece to the third section on the long piece of cardstock. 

Add Scor-Tape to the sides to attach the dividers. I think it easier to show a picture than try to explain!

Don't put the tape all the way to the top, as the dividers are only 3 3/4". The tape is actually too long in the picture. I had to remove a bit when I attached the dividers. Add the dividers one at a time to make sure that they are lined up on each side. Then attach the last accordion flap to the front of the box. I found that the dividers curved quite a bit when empty, but straighten out some when you fill the spaces.

I added the patterned paper after I made this, but you could add it before you add the dividers. Also, because I used a die to make the decoration on the front flap, I die cut it from a smaller piece of cardstock and added it to the front flap. I used an old fridge magnet - the thin ones from company advertising - and cut it up. I held it in place before I attached it to make sure it would hold through the cardstock. I added one piece to the inside of the front flap and added the other to the inside of the front.

We would love to see your creations. You still have 2 weeks to enter, and all you have to do is have more than one score, and tell us where you used your Scor-Pal on your project. You could win a $25 gift certificate to the Scor-Pal store! There are lots of projects on the Scor-Pal site if you would like some inspiration. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Project Listings.