Hello stampers and happy Tuesday to you. Today I am going to show you how to make a free-standing pop-up card. How is that for a mouth full? It sounds complicated but when you make it step by step without worrying about what is next, you’re all good. I love the way this card looks and the way it folds up to fit into an envelope. Sometimes it just feels really good to make something a little different.
My Card
My inspiration came from my friend and fellow demonstrator Elizabeth Green. We met at the Canadian Business conference a few years ago over a glass or two of wine! What fun. Anyways, I received a beautiful swap card from her which inspired me to finally make one of these beauties. Two years ago I had another swap card using the same technique from Rachel Tessman. That’s how long it took me to finally do it myself!
I made another one of these using the smaller banner so that more of that gorgeous paper would be seen.
Here is the back side of the card. I used the detailed trip punch to do the corner rounding and the detail in the corner. It really adds a special touch and is so easy to do.
Finally here is the card that Rachel Tessman gave me all those years ago! I held on to it even though I didn’t actually recreate it. She used a window sheet for the pop-up piece and she embossed the base piece. Do you see all the possibilities?
How to do it
Would you like to know how to make this free-standing pop-up card? Sometimes there is no need to reinvent the wheel, so I am going to share this great tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. You can find it here. If you find it difficult to follow then of course I will do a video! Just let me know.
Thanks!
Thanks so much for popping by today! If you do end up making this card or one like it, be sure to send me a picture, I would love to see your work. On a personal note, my Pap is still in the hospital. They are going to keep him for a few more days and run more tests to make sure all is in working order. Thanks for your thoughts, prayers and well wishes. I know some of you are sending him a card. If you want to do that too, here is his address: Kees Boot 0534 South River Road, Elora, Ontario N0B 1S0
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It’s just su h a festive card! And putting that red accents pop. The possibilities are endless. It would be a great card to get as well as to give.
Thanks so much Debbie. You are right about the red accents, they really make this card.
Love that card. My upline/team leader Jamilla Ivits had showed us how to do it a few years ago. Now is time to revisit and maybe my turn to teach it to my ladies! Thank you for sharing the link. I will have a look. I pinned it to my board so I won’t forget….lol Hope you dad is doing a little bit better. Sending prayers his way and your way. (Cartes Mamilou)
Hi Louise! Thanks for taking the time to comment. Be sure and make the card soon or you will forget to do it. That is what happened to me.
I have made one today….. question: is it supposed to fold and fit in a standard envelope or did you make a special envelope for it? Mine seems to be too tall
Louise, you have to squish the bottom part so that it goes up and around the part that sticks up. Maybe I will do a short video just on that!
I had folded the top but it looks kinda of funny…. will try that…. after my second cup of coffee…lol Tx.
Hi Jackie. Listened to the video in your link again and with fresh eyes figured it out…. quickly too and can’t understand what I was doing last night! All good now when ‘squishing’ in (I was squishing it ‘out’!)
yay!! thanks for letting me know.