Adirondack Chair Pop Up Birthday Card

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It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog, and I'm sharing a humorous card that I made for a friend. I used  this fun Clucking Cool stamp from Your Next Stamp on the card front, and I knew he would get a kick out of it.

I used the YNS Grass Tuft die to create a mask for the grass, and stencilled the grass & sun rays before adding the Rooster with foam tape.

Remember you can always see my interactive card videos HERE on YouTube.

Inside, I added an Adirondack Chair Pop Up along with a cute dog sticker, since he is a dog person. A few more 'funny' stamps were white embossed on black card stock.

Finally, another view so you can see the Pop Up a little better.

Supplies:

White, turquoise, kraft and black card stocks

Clucking Cool - Your Next Stamp

Clucking Cool die set- Your Next Stamp

Grass Tuft Edge Die- Your Next Stamp

Wonky Scalloped Edge Die- Your Next Stamp

Radiant Background Stencil - Honey Bee

Copic Markers

Sakura white gel and black glaze pens

MISTI - My Sweet Petunia

Black Olive Ink- Your Next Stamp

1071 Adirondack Chair Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Double Pierced Hills die set- Your Next Stamp

Puffy Cloud Border die set- Your Next Stamp

Simple Strips Birthday stamps - Taylored Expressions

Simple Strips Birthday die - Tayored Expressions

3-d Dog sticker - the Paper Studio

Dot stamp - Stamps by Judith

Label die - Queen & Company

Black marker

White embossing powder

Lots of Birthday2Stamp - the Stamps of Life

Enamel Dots - Pebbles

Card size - 5 x 6", fits in a 5 x 7" envelope

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Adirondack Chair Pop-Up Card

Hello my crafty friends

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and I have a humorous Adirondack Chair Pop-Up card to share today.

As usual, I kept the front nice and simple because all the fun is on the inside. Both the word image and the 'coffee lady' are Funny Bones stamps from Riley and Company. I have a nice collection of them and vow to get them out and USE them more often.

Karen Burniston has assembly videos right on the website, so if you purchase a die set it's easy to watch the assembly video as many times as you wish. I pretty much copied the way she did her palm trees on this card. Why reinvent the wheel, ha ha.

One of the Pop-Up Peeps (Facebook Group for Karen Burniston fans) made an Adirondack chair with a wine glass on the arm by cutting a small slit in the arm and adding a strip of acetate. Thank you Doris Pichler for doing all the figuring out for me! The only thing I did differently, is I cut a second chair front. Just the front legs and bottom edge of the chair, then glued it over the pop-up chair sandwiching the acetate in between the pop-up and the second layer. I just liked the cleaner look of not seeing my acetate strip below the chair arm.

I love this Funny Bones sentiment - I've had it for ages and don't use it nearly enough.

Supplies:
White and kraft card stocks
1071 Adirondack Chair Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
1038 Tropical Scene - Karen Burniston
Dot stamp - Printworks (old, from my stash)
Sakura white gel pen
Brown alcohol marker
1045 Outdoor Scene (cloud) - Karen Burniston
Life is Better - Riley & Company (Funny Bones)
1042 Spinner Square Pop-Up (squares) - Karen Burniston
1089 Rockin' Rectangle Pop-Up (rectangles and sequins) - Karen Burniston
Coffee Keeps Me Busy - Riley & Company (Funny Bones)
Coffee Lady - Riley & Company (Funny Bones)
Patterned paper, Hello Happiness - Taylored Expressions
1073 Wine Charms - Karen Burniston
Acetate scrap
Stickles
Catherine Pooler Inks - Riley & Company
Card size - 4-1/2 x 5-12", fits in an A6 envelope

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Halloween Adirondack Chair Pop-Up Card

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I've had this card done for a couple of weeks, but wanted to wait until closer to Halloween to post it. I normally love making Halloween cards, but for some reason this year I just was not into it so only got a few done.  I bet the Halloween urge will hit me mid-November when I should be working on Christmas cards. Ha!

I absolutely adore Doodlebug Designs Halloween products, so pulled them out again for this card. The adorable images and fun colours just make me happy. For the mummy sticker, I added black glaze pen to his eyes so they catch the light. The 'Trick Or Treat" were stickers on the same sheet as the other characters, so I added part of the phrase to the front and the rest inside the card.

Inside, I made a Pop-Up using the recently re-released Adirondack Chair die by Karen Burniston. I like this die for a lot more than just beach scenes!

When I finished piecing the papers to make the card, there wasn't enough tension in the fold to keep the card open at 90 degrees. I don't like floppy cards! So the quick fix was to cut a couple of short strips of patterned paper and score them in the centre. Then I adhered one on either side of the Adirondack Chair lining up with the outer edges of the card. Ta-da!

This card folds completely flat, even with the Pop-Up and foam tape, and will easily mail for a single stamp.

Finally, for those that like to pin 'Front & Inside' photos to their Pinterest boards, here you go!

I hope I have given you another idea for using this fun Adirondack Chair die.

Supplies:

Patterned paper and stickers - Doodlebug

Purple, green and white card stocks 

1071 Adirondack Chair Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

1038 Tropical Scene (stitched scalloped border) - Karen Burniston

1057 Circles, Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Sakura Black glaze pen

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Fall Themed Adirondack Chair Pop-Up Card

Good morning friends

Today's share uses another one of Karen Burniston's upcoming release - the Adirondack Chair Pop-Up. This is a re-release of a previously retired set and there has been a lot of excitement on the Pop-Up Peeps Facebook page about the return of this one. I've also used the new Autumn Elements (which I LOVE), pieces from the new Frame Pull Pop-Up, and the new Word Set 7 Autumn!

My card front is quick and easy, since all the fun is on the inside. 

I used the frame and square from the Frame Pull Pop-Up, and the pumpkin is from the Autumn Elements. This is a die set that I will use year round - well - except for the pumpkin. The leaves have a lovely embossed veining detail and the cap on the acorn does as well. The pumpkin also has a stencil feature built into the die which I used on this card. The die cut elements were paired with some fall themed stickers to complete my card. I do love stickers!

And here is the inside - a Fall themed Adirondack Chair! Scroll down for a mini tutorial on how to cut a different coloured chair into your card. Here I have used a wonderful woodgrain patterned card stock for my chair and I love the look and feel it gives.

I die cut the 'happy' three times, then adhered two brown card stock ones on top of each other then the woodgrain one on top. This gives a nice sturdy embellishment, and with the larger size of the 'happy' it's easy peasy to do. The Maple Leaf (thank you Karen B for adding a Maple leaf to the mix) was cut  from yellow and orange card stocks, then adhered directly to the front and back of the woodgrain Adirondack chair.

I scattered several leaves around on the card, which were die cut from the Tree Pop-Up. They each got a swipe from a Wink of Stella glitter pen. The signing block was created with the Crosshatch Rectangles, and I added a pumpkin sticker and an acorn from the Autumn Elements.

Here is a side view so you can see the pop-up portion a little better. The Adirondack Chair is such a fun die set, and works year round as you will see as the Design Team starts to post their projects with this new release.

In order to get a woodgrain looking chair, you could simply die cut the chair portion again as shown below. Snip away the excess and adhere to the pop-up chair and you have a coloured chair. BUT - with the 'fold in a fold', it never fits perfectly and gives you additional layers and bulk.

Instead, I cut the chair portion again from woodgrain paper but dit NOT cut away the excess. You will need this to adhere inside your card. In the photo below, you can see how I cut the Adirondack Chair from my inner card (the turquoise) then snipped it away at the four places where the chair meets the card. The aqua piece is the card front and doesn't have anything to do with this technique. I just wanted to show you all the pieces we would be using for the card.

Now, slip the woodgrain Adirondack Chair into the opening from the back and adhere by using adhesive on the excess pieces. Be sure not to get any adhesive on the chair pieces that will pop-up. I like to use a wet glue for a little 'wiggle room'.

And this is how it looks from the other side! You now have a woodgrain (or whatever you prefer) Adirondack Chair without additional folds and bulk. Decorate your inner card as desired then proceed as you would normally to adhere the inner pop-up card to the backing card. The turquoise chair that we cut away in the first step can be saved to use on a different project, if desired.

Finally, here is a 'front & inside' shot for those who like to pin them.

The new release will be shipping from the website around mid September, but you can also ask your local retailer to pre-order what you'd like to purchase. They will be available for pre-order on September 1st 2018.

Supplies:

1071 Adirondack Chair Pop-Up - Karen Burniston - SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2018

Woodgrain patterned paper - Stampin' Up

Copic markers

Stickers - Echo Park

Blue, brown, orange and yellow card stocks

1060 Word Set 7 Autumn - Karen Burniston- SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2018

1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1059 Autumn Elements - Karen Burniston- SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2018

1005 Tree Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

1070 Frame Pull Pop-Up (frame) - Karen Burniston- SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2018

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