Pop-Up Panel Card for Creative Creases #89

It's time for the start of a new challenge over at the Creative Creases Challenge blog! Hooray! Hope you can join in with a fun-fold project! Here's the link to share your projects with us: https://wp.me/p4bS0N-bUJ

The idea for my Guest Design card this time came from Iced Images in a video here: 🔴 5" x 7" Gatefold Pop-Up Panel Card | Livestream (youtube.com). I love to try new folds, and this pop-up panel card was a fun project! It's actually quite simple to make, and I plan to create a cut file in my Silhouette Design Studio software so I can make multiples for the group of homebound members of my church I send cards to regularly. I think they would enjoy the surprise inside, and this design can be used with any theme.

I chose a fall theme because I'm going to include this card in my next package to my daughter who is currently deployed on an aircraft carrier. It generally takes about a month for a package to make it to her, so it will be fall by the time she receives the package I plan to send next week. I've been busy making and freeze-drying meals for her so she can have some homecooked meals and healthy snacks while deployed, and I have sent out 5 packages already even though she's only been gone a month😂! I know the other moms out there understand! There's not a lot I can do for her while she's away, but I can pray for her, email her every morning with news of what's happening back home, and cook for her now that we have a freeze dryer. 

After watching the video on how to make this card, I chose some fall-themed papers and coordinating cardstock and got busy with my paper trimmer. This card is quite easy really, it just looks hard because of all the layers/pop-ups, but it's really just about trimming the papers to the correct size and knowing where to put the glue! I followed along with the assembly part of the video for all the layers that just had pattern papers, and then I did some stamping for the side and front layers. I used a few different retired SU! sets: Gathered Wheat, Fond of Autumn, and Autumn Goodness. I also added a sparkly burgundy bow using some metallic thread and adhered 3 gold Open Leaf Trinkets (also from SU!) to finish the card. The double-sided paper I used for the card base has great designs on both sides, so I didn't add anything to the front gatefold sections or the back. The brown side that is on the inside of the card actually has the words: grateful, thankful, blessed printed in tiny script. I have added a close up of the text in my photos of the card. I'm going to include a notecard with my message for my daughter, but in the video I watched, Louise added a white card layer for the sentiment to the back of the card she made. 

Here's a look at the card when fully open:

When the card is closed:

When the card is partially open:

Side view: 

Back of the card:

A look at the pattern paper with the "thankful, grateful, blessed" pattern:

The "Golden leaves, chilly air, autumn beauty everywhere" sentiment and haystack image are from SU!'s Autumn Goodness, and I used a stamp from SU!'s Gathered Wheat set to create some texture by stamping the little spots using a tone-on-tone look:

"Thankful for you" sentiment from SU!'s Autumn Goodness and wheat stalk from SU!'s Gathered Wheat: 

"All good things come from above" sentiment from SU!'s Autumn Goodness. The acorn and leaf I stamped behind the sentiment are from SU!'s Fond of Autumn: 

The pop-ups fold up to flatten the card for mailing:

Challenges I'm entering: 

Double D Challenges (daranddiane.blogspot.com): Fall Harvest (ends 8/18/24)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Add a sentiment (1/5; ends 8/21/24)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/10; ends 8/28/24)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 8/21/24)

Retro rubber challenge blog: Tic Tac Toe:  last column vertically: Pattern paper, ribbon, and your choice. The stamps I used are: SU! Autumn Goodness (2020), SU! Fond of Autumn (2022) and a rubber stamp from SU!'s Gathered Wheat (2022)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): Diamonds, gold and/or pearls or ATG (I used gold leaf trinkets) (ends at the end of the month)

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges********** (pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends 8/19/24) C10

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Sparkle and Shine (I used metallic ribbon and gold leaf trinkets) (2/5; ends 19/24)

Inspiration Station (inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com): Photo inspiration (My card has some pattern paper in the front that has apples on it like the apples in the photo) (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG or twist of Easy Living (ends at the end of the month) Top Rocker August 11-17, 2024

No more challenges.