Cheers Birthday Card

Happy Birthday to my older brother!  woohoo!  I just HAD to make him this popup beer mug card for this special occasion.

Front:
Precut cream colored 5x7 card
Cardstock: amber yellow, light yellow, cream (3 different shades of yellow), navy blue, black

Cartridge: Wild Card - Argyle
Argyle page 33 cut at 6.75" from the navy blue and black cardstocks
Cartridge: Everyday popup card - Mug
cheers phrase and layers from page 42 cut at 1 inch from the 3 yellows



While the front is a relatively simple design, I don't know if the picture can really portray the richness that the thick paper layers bring to the table.

Inside:
Cardstock: amber ale, light brew and cream foam (same 3 shades of yellow with the fun beer names)
Versa Black ink
Happy Birthday stamp

Cartridge: Everyday popup card - Mug page 42

I researched so many web sites to figure out how to put this beer popup card together and there were none.   The Cricut message boards have an illustrated "image" to the popup assembly, but it was weak.  That is ok, I have an engineering degree, I can figure it out myself.

I wanted to make the beer mug as large as possible, so using a full 12x12 sheet of paper I used the Fit To Page feature.  Cricut calculated the Mug Pop-Up feature to be 6.25", which I cut using the 2 darker shades of yellow.

 Oddly enough I have an extra piece I could never figure out.  Oh well, the popup works without it, so it will just have to remain a mystery, so much for that engineering degree.

Teacher Appreciate Week Card II

Here is the second card designed for my little boy's PreK Teachers.  It is Teacher Appreciation Week at the school and I wanted to make something extra special.

Flowerbox Card
Precut cream colored A2 Card (4x5.5)

Front:
Cricut Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards
-pg23 Phrase and Phrase Layers: Showering Thanks cut at 1 1/4"
ProvoCraft Slab III: diamond patterned paper
cardstocks: black, light blue, light green, second shade of light green

Inside:
Cricut Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards
-pg48 Pop-Up: Flowerbox cut at 5" (I watched carefully and stopped Cricut from cutting the flower stems from the pop-up.  I did not want to deal with flower stems moving around in the middle of the pop-up box.  I wanted them to stand up straight and be more predictable and stable.)
Flowerbox, shift Flowerbox and all flower layers (not shadow) cut at 2 3/4"
Cardstocks: brown, DCWV glitter brown, green, pink, yellow, blue
Stickles: Crystal

I also used the "bomb cloud" cutouts from my Bad Day card that were meant to be discarded.  I thought these pieces looked like wonderfully airy and delicate clouds so kept them.  This was a perfect use.  So technically the Indie Art cartridge was used to make this card as well, but clouds are easy to find or make.

When putting this card together, I could not get all the folds of the pop-up flowerbox to behave as instructed.  So I glued the two bottom folds to the floor of the card and it worked.  Perhaps there is a folding typo.  Assemble the flowerbox and all its layers then attach them directly to the front.


Finally, I dotted very small stickle rain drops to complete the light showering rain look.  Viola!  What a masterpiece.

Teacher Appreciate Week Card I

My little boy has 2 PreK Teachers, so I made each their own card design for Teacher Appreciation Week.  Here is the first design.

Umbrella Card
Precut cream colored A2 Card (4x5.5)

Front:
Cricut Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards
-pg23 Phrase and Phrase Layers: Showering Thanks cut at 1 1/4"
ProvoCraft Slab III: diamond patterned paper
Cardstocks: black, light blue, light green, blue



Inside:
Cricut Cartridge: Everyday Pop-Up Cards
-pg36 Pop-Up: Umbrella cut at 5"
Heavy black cardstock for Umbrella base
Shift Umbrella and Layer 1 cut at 3 1/4
ProvoCraft Slab III patterned paper: water splash pattern, light purple speckles, and darker purple
Presentation Cover clear-gloss poly to make the umbrella shiny and plastic umbrella-like

Assemble the umbrella parts as usual.
I used Zip Dry glue adhesive just around the outside edge to attach the clear layer to the front of the umbrella.  I knew it would be seen, but thought it may add to a "wet, rained on appearance".  That particular glue dries very fast, so I didn't squish it fast enough to create a more spread water effect, but still believe the card is nice.  The glue seen does not take away from the shiny umbrella look I was after.

While the layers do not line up exactly to the pop-up umbrella, they are very close and the slight difference in sizes do not deter from the construction or look.


Here is the side view of the tabs attached to the card back.
Although I used a thick cardstock for the umbrella base, the handle is thin and closing the card causes a slight bend near the curved part.  Just be slow and careful when opening and closing this particular design.

As my first cricut popup card I definately searched for a How-To video online.  I just wanted to make known that this card is not my design, here is the link to the directions and design inspiration I followed, but without the Gypsy.

Thank you to Crafting with Katie for your assistance and making my first pop-up card a beautiful success.
http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/2011/04/umbrella-everyday-pop-up-card-with.html