Cat Pop-Up {DRU Inspiration}

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Hi everyone, I'm here today to share a fun pop up birthday card with you that I created for the Dies R Us Blog.


I've used the following dies to create this card:

Karen Burniston: Twisted Panel Pop Up

Dee's Distinctively: Retro Cats 2

Dee's Distinctively: Number set

Impression Obsession: Cat set

Die-Versions: Corner Concepts-Happy Birthday

I've made this twist pop up a few times and it gets easier each time I make it.  I do however, still watch Karen Burniston's You Tube video each time to refresh my memory 😀.

Start out by deciding the length and width of the inside portion of your pop up. Score it in the middle and then place this die on the score line.  Line up those little tabs right in the center on your score line.  Then die cut it.

Train your folds to fold in the correct way and then add glue from the outer edge to the points.

Add the arm mechanisms to each side.

Again, train the folds to fold properly before adding the die cut panels.  You will need to die cut the panel twice and then adhere the tabs together to create the four panel pop up base.

Next up, add the panels and then begin decorating.  

The recipient of this card was turning 80 and is a huge cat lover (she has a bunch of white cats), so I went with that theme. 

I die cut all my pieces and added yellow glitter to the "80th" using a glueless glitter technique.  This is such an easy way to add glitter without all the mess, especially if your die cuts are small.  Start out by adding VersaMark to your die cut, then heat set with Clear embossing powder. Add VersaMark to the top again, but this time, cover it with your glitter.  Then heat set it.  You'll see the glitter melting into the first layer of embossing powder.  When you use this technique your glitter stays put and doesn't come off.

For my Happy Birthday sentiment, I used an older die because the size of these letters fit perfectly.  I die cut it out from white cardstock and then snipped off the letters at the base to make individual letters.

I used more dies that are included in the Twisted Panel Pop Up set to finish my decorations.  This is a close up of the decorated panels.

I added a few more layers to create an overall larger card and decorated the top portion with a strip of cats from the Impression Obsession set.

Hope you've enjoyed today's card.  Head back to the Dies R Us Blog on Monday for more fabulous inspiration from the DRU Inspiration design team.

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

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Celebration {Scrapy Land Challenge #100}

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WELCOME TO OUR 100TH CHALLENGE!!! 

The Scrapy Land 100th Challenge is finally here and all the Designers' are so glad to be sharing this major milestone with you!

We are having a CELEBRATION and YOU win the prizes!  We are so excited to share this huge milestone with you.

There will be FOUR chances to win during this 100th Challenge.  Each prize package will be a fun Mystery Box and is worth $25 (adds up to 100 - clever right😄?!?) 

The four ways you can win are:
~  1 Random Choice Winner
~  1 Designer Choice Winner
~  1 Blog Hop Winner (see below)
~  1 Additional Random Winner if reach over 100 entries (so be sure to Share with all your friends)

The Designers' theme is Celebration and we encourage each of you to join along with our theme (any type of celebration).  However, the Anything Goes theme is also an option.

We are also having a Blog Hop so you can get lots of great inspiration from our Designers.  The Blog Hop Winner will be chosen from comments left on each of the Designers' blogs and on the Scrapy Land Challenge blog. (If you have trouble commenting on the Scrapy Land Challenge Blog, you can shoot a quick email to icinganne@yahoo.com instead.)

Here is the Blog Hop order, but feel free to go in any order you wish as long as you leave a comment on each of the Designers' 100th Challenge Celebration post and on the SL Blog: (if a link isn't working, try clicking on their Blog Name to go to their Home page)

Lisa

Mary

Sherry

Jess

Tiphanie

Lori

Sherrie

Berni

Anne (you are here)

Scrapy Land Challenge

Now for a bit about my project:

For my celebration card, I created a shaker/pop-up combo by using the following dies:

Karen Burniston: Twist Panel Pop Up

Queen and Co.: Sweet Treat shaker kit

Sizzix: Bow 3D

Sizzix: Balloons Step-Up

Tutti Designs: Nesting Stars

Tutti Designs: Scalloped Stitched Nesting Circles

Die-Versions: Make A Wish Sweet Wordlets

Die-Namics: Birthday Candles (here are other options)

Spellbinders: Happy Birthday with numbers

To start off, I created several backgrounds using various Nuvo Shimmer Powders.  I had a bunch of glossy photo papers laying around and I wanted to see if these would work with the shimmer powders.  I'm so happy to say they worked beautifully.  

I used these backgrounds to die cut a number of the shapes, including the cupcake liner on the front of the card and the party banner, the candles, and the numbers and hearts on the sentiment on the inside of the card.

Here are some close-ups of the inside elements:

 If you followed the Blog Hop in order, your last stop is back to the Scrapy Land Challenge Blog to leave a comment. Or, continue along on the hop until you have left comments for each of our Designers.

Now it's your turn to play along with us and win some of these amazing prizes along the way!


We can't wait to see what you create for this Special Occasion!  It can be any style you like from CAS to mixed media and everything in between.    Just be sure a die cut from any brand that Scrapy Land sells is included on your project.  

Don't forget to Share this with your friends for additional chances to win one of the FABULOUS prizes.

Please remember to:

• include at least one brand of die that Scrapy Land sells
• include a link to this challenge on your blog post
• use the InLinkz button to add your project
• listing the brands of dies used on your project would be extremely helpful

You have until Nov 4 to join our Scrapy Land 100th Challenge Celebration.  This gives you an extra week of crafting time to upload your special Celebration projects below.

HAPPY CRAFTING and HAPPY HOPPING