Nancy's Scrappin' and Stamps: pop-up card

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Sasquatch Card from Cricut Simple Pop-Up Cards

I was searching all over Cricut when I first saw this image as part of a Make It Now project in Cricut Design Space.
The Simple Pop-Up Cards cartridge hadn't actually been released at the time, though.

The Sasquatch (or Big Foot) is a well known British Columbian icon featured in the Kokanee Beer commercials.

Isn't he cute!!

The card front design had the trees and the sentiment in Black ink but it didn't stand out from the CTMH Olive cardstock so I went over it by hand a couple of times with a CTMH Chalk Marker.

I added a strip of CTMH Kraft Cardstock with a piece of Forest scrapbook paper that I have had in my stash since my early days of scrapbooking back in the 90's. I added a bit of Linen Thread from my stash also.

Love the Pop-Up!! I used CTMH New England Ivy cardstock for the base, the trees were cut from CTMH Olive cardstock and sponged with CTMH Olive Exclusive Ink and the Sasquatch was cut from CTMH Autumn Terracotta (he would also be really cute cut from White Daisy cardstock if you wanted an Abominable Snowman look).

I backed it with a Recollections Forest scrapbook paper that I bought at Michael's recently.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Cricut Simple Pop-Up RV Card with CTMH Wanderful

Here's a card I made with Cricuts new Simple Pop-Up Card Cartridge.

There are so many cute cards on this cartridge - this RV cut was so fun to make.

The outer liner of the card has the "Life Is An Adventure" Sentiment included - all ready for the Explore Air to Print.

I used CTMH Wanderful B&T Cardstock for the liner.

I chose the lightest pattern since I needed the Sentiment to show up on the front.

I decorated the front with one of the Zip Strips that comes with the Wanderful 12x12 cardstock.

I added a piece of Flaxen Extra-Thick Twine along the bottom edge of the Zip Strip with Liquid Glass and used a few Coral Reef Sequins in the bottom corner.

I used CTMH Gold Metallic Marker in my Cricut Explore to write the "Life Is An Adventure" Sentiment. This was the first time trying these markers and I was very happy with how well they wrote with the Explore.

The inside of the card has a fun 3-D effect.

The door on the RV is scored along the edge so it can open and there is a full back on the RV.

The back looks as good as the front. The inner liner was cut from CTMH Honey Cardstock.

I attached a piece of CTMH Thistle Cardstock under the "Onward" cut then carefully added my ATG to the bottom of the card. I adhered the bottom first - carefully lining it up, then I made sure it was still folded flat and put a bit of ATG on the back of the RV then closed the card base so it would stick to the back of the RV.