Double Pop-Up Surprise Card | Stamping Bella Tutorial

Hi everyone! I'm back after a very hectic few weeks of study and final exams and today I have a card featuring Curvy Girl Boy Mom from the latest Stamping Bella release. There are some amazing new stamps in the release for Mother's Day. 

This is just a short video showing how the inner cards pop up when the card is opened. 

Supplies: 

Curvy Girl Boy Mom rubber stamp (includes 2 sentiments)

Black card

White card

Patterned paper

Scoring board and bone folder

Ruler

Embellishments

Selection of decorative dies. 

How to:

Cut black card:

Base - 6" x 9". Folded in half on the 9" side

Inner cards (2) - 2.75" x 5.5". Both folded in half to make 2.75" square card bases

Pop up mechanisms (4) 2" x 1.5"

Score the mechanism on the 1.5" side at 0.75". 

On the 2" side, mark with a pencil or stylus at 0.75" and 1.25". Make a small mark on the centre score line at 1.25". Score as shown. 

At the back section, valley fold the centre score line and mountain fold the diagonal score lines. 

On the opposite end, fold upward on the diagonal lines

Repeat for all 4 pieces

For the layers

White card: 

3 pieces measuring 5 7/8" x 4 3/8" 

2 pieces measuring 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"

Paper: 

3 pieces measuring 5.75" x 4.25" (extra for layering more on the front optional)

2 pieces measuring 2.5" x 2.5"

Adhere the paper to the white card and then adhere the inside panels on both the card base an the inner cards. 

Apply adhesive to the end section of the mechanism 

Place the creased edge of the inner card into the end of the mechanism and press firmly to secure. There are 2 mechanisms for each inner card (positioned as shown below) 

Ensure the folds on the end of the mechanism are pointing up for the bottom lower card, and pointing down for the upper one and they need to pop out in opposite directions. 

Place the inner card on the side back of the card base, with the mechanisms just touching the centre crease. Apply adhesive to the ends as shown. Fold the top of the card over and press firmly. 

Open up the card and apply adhesive to the other side of the mechanisms. Close the card up and press firmly on both sides until the glue has dried. 

Pull open the card and the smaller cards should pop up and out. 

Decorate the front of the card base. 

Stamp Curvy Girl Boy Mom onto white card and colour using your preferred medium 

Cut a scalloped rectangle approx 5.25" x 3.25" and trim the image to fit. 

Apply foam tape to the back of the image and adhere the card front. 

Decorate the inside cards using both sentiments from Curvy Girl Boy Mom and diecuts. 

Add some die cut hearts and enamel dots to decorate the front. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

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Mini Frenchies Triangle Box | Stamping Bella Tutorial

Happy Thursday all!! Today I have another Stamping Bella tutorial for you. As you all know by now, I love to make gift boxes and I love to make them all shapes and sizes. Well today I have Triangle Treat Boxes featuring the Mini Frenchies stamp set (keeping with our Dogs SOTM theme) 

Supplies:

Mini Frenchie Set rubber stamps

Dog Sentiments rubber stamps

Card

Paper

Scoring board and bone folder

Circle and scalloped circle die

Pencil and ruler

Adhesive/foam tape

Twine

How to:

Stamp the Mini Frenchies onto blending card and colour using your preferred medium. 

For the box base:

Cut one piece of card measuring 9.75" x 8"

Score on the long side at 1.75", 4.25" and 7.25"

Turn the card and score on the short side at 2" and 6" 

On the end with the 1.75" score line, cut up to the second intersecting score line and remove the 2 outer panels. Repeat on the opposite side. 

On the end with the 7.25" score line, cut up to the first score line and remove the outer panel. Repeat on the opposite side. 

On both of the remaining outer panels, draw a pencil mark in the centre - 1.5"

Score from the pencil mark down to the outer corner of that panel, on both sides to make a triangle. 

Repeat on the opposite side. 

Fold and crease all the score lines with a bone folder. 

For the paper layers:

Cut three pieces at 3-7/8" x 2-3/8" and two pieces at 1-5/8" x 3-7/8"

On the outside of the box, adhere the paper to the front panel (lime green), the back of the triangle and the box flap (daffodils) 

On the inside adhere the paper layers to the two sections shown only. 

Apply adhesive to the outside of the triangles nearest the front panel.  

Fold them in and adhere to the inside of the front panel. 

Cut the Mini Frenchie out using a stitched circle die. Cut a larger scalloped circle to adhere the image to. Stamp the Dog Sentiment onto white card and cut out using a stitched rectangle. 

Wrap some twine around the box and tie at the back. 

Apply some foam tape to the top section of the image only. 

Adhere the image to the flap of the box over securing the twine. 

Open up the box and adhere the sentiment to the inside of the flap. 

Pop in some treat bars, candies, gift card, or any other small gift. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

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