tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61267809693285231692026-03-23T06:22:55.440-04:00pop up cards - movable cards - mechanical cards - unusual papercraftsCarol Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166705366415665993noreply@blogger.comBlogger514125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126780969328523169.post-17858570046809643562023-10-20T11:38:00.007-04:002023-11-19T09:55:16.796-05:00

Still working on restoring the links to older Christmas Cards.Here is the card from 2002.  What happens when Mom gets a job?  No one is home to make Christmas Cards!First, the envelope. The card front.The inside, ready for you to  make your own card.The sticker sheet.  We had this on our refrigerator for months.  Every  now and then I would change the

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Discussion on the Cardmaking group on Facebook -- about how to replicate a commercially available card design -- led me to create my own version of a sliceform pop up card with the words "Thank You."Materials--Cardstock for card base: cut to  8.5" x 5.5"  (blue)--Cardstock for pop up sliceform: you'll need another half sheet of 8.5" x 11" (purple)--A third paper is optional, to cut

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Extreme Christmas Card 2022 The choices for the closet of anxiety were many, this year. The envelope hints at the theme. The front of the card.  Read this out loud in an excited! announcer! voice. The inside.  Read this with enthusiasm, too.

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The theme of this Extreme Christmas Card is Turn, Turn, Turn.The mechanical card features a volvelle, also known as a changing picture card.  The mechanism is adapted from a design in Joan Irvine's book, How to Make Pop Ups.Click for complete information about this card, including a tutorial.The start position is mostly gold.  Rotating the side tabs changes the picture.The end

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Pretty card resembles a quilt block or stained glass window.The easiest way to make this card is to cut the file multiple times, in its entirety, from several different papers.  Mix and match until you like what you see.I ran the frame part through my Xyron to apply adhesive to the back.   Adhere to a base card. It seemed easier to use regular glue on the smaller parts.I

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 2004 Sweets and NutsThis funny handmade Christmas card design was inspired by a collapsing wallet my grandmother gave me when I was little, and by my mother's and my favorite Fanny Farmer candy selection called "Nuts, Crisp, and Chewy."The card, folded, folds flat for mailing. This is modeled on a collapsing wallet.  It is a self-locking twist fold.     The card,

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We really thought it would all be over by now, didn't we? This year's funny handmade Christmas card is about...what else?  How tired we are of Covid.The 2021 Extreme Christmas Card--in the closed position you see a computer monitor with a webcam at the top, and a photo of two people who are completely over Zoom calling.Everything is still a little bit Abby Normal in 2021. &

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In 2020 we were home for Christmas.  Not still in lockdown, but not going out. We still sent a funny handmade Christmas card,  like every year since 1989.The theme of this year's pop up Extreme Christmas Card is Baby It's Covid Outside. In the closed position of the 3D card you are looking in the window from the outside. In the open position of the pull tab card you

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2005: Global Greetings!This 3D Christmas card begins with the envelope. It's supposed to look like a trunk that has a collection of stickers from its world travels.  I printed these on kraft envelopes.The snow globe rotates as you open and close the card. This card design is called a center flip card or a flip flop card.My daughter put together the snow globe picture in Photoshop.&

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--How to Make Pop Ups for Cards or Books-- A series of tutorials with free templates to help you learn the techniques of pop up card and pop up book construction. Whether simple or complex, pop ups are built from a few basic mechanisms.  Scroll down to see suggested books on how to make pop up cards, mechanical cards, sliceforms, and origamic

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POP UP V-FOLD TABS AND SLOTSWelcome to Throwback Thursday week 6, with a refreshed post from the very beginning of Extreme Cards and Papercrafting. How to Make Pop Up Cards Tutorial This is of Lesson 6 in a series of step by step tutorials on How to Make Pop Ups.  Tabs and slots work the same way on a v-fold mechanism as they do on a box (see lesson 5). You can glue the tabs

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Growing and Changing Christmas 2006 This is a reverse waterfall card.  Instead of pulling on the tab to activate the waterfall, it works by pushing the tab. The envelope says "God's Little Acre: Divine Nursery Stock Since Year 1" This is a packet of Christmas Spirit seeds from God's Little Acre: Vigorous grower if sown early.  Feed generously with good will. It's a

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The joke for this year's Extreme Christmas Card is that my dog, Penny, ate your present. Benjamin is, perhaps, not pleased. The envelope hints at the contents. The card front of this year's funny handmade Christmas card. What's this?  A $100 dollar bill?  Pull tab to reveal. The inside of the card with the joke.   Meet my dog, Penny. 

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Messy Christmas Christmas 2007 This card is essentially two tunnel books hinged in the middle. Borrowing from a design in Alisa Golden's book, Creating Handmade Books, the sides are constructed with multiple accordion pleats rather than a continuous fold, so the middle pictures will sit flat across rather than at an angle. But first, the envelope Front of

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Fir Yew I Pine and Balsam Christmas 2008 The Envelope If you've ever driven to Florida down the east coast you'll recognize the reference to South of the Border. (Westerners, think Wall Drug.) Card front The pillow design is printed on textured white paper.  Under it is a little fiberfill and some pine scented granules, layered on top of a piece of Aida cloth. All the layers

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Don't Toss Your Cookies Christmas 2009 The third post in a series, reposting extreme cards of Christmas past (after losing my server space.) The Envelope Card Front Mrs. Santa is saying, "Another pop up?  More cookies?? Can't you be good for goodness' sake?" Inside Remember those terrible pop up ads?  Pop up cookies, get it?

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Noel, No E.L. Christmas 2010 The second post in a series, looking back at extreme cards of Christmas past. I lost my original server space, so I am taking the opportunity to restore these older cards to my blog.  It's fun to look back! The envelope  Each one is personalized to show a bird's eye view of the recipient's neighborhood.  This took a

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Something Shiny  Christmas 2011 The first post in a series, looking back at extreme cards of Christmas past. I lost my original server space, so I am taking the opportunity to restore these older cards to my blog.  It's fun to look back! The theme refers to the fact that Attention Deficit runs rampant in our family.  I credit my friend Liz for adding the phrase "

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Make a (simplified) Polaroid inspired camera pop up card for your Valentine. This is an easier version of a camera pop up card I posted several years ago. Also included in the file set are Happy Birthday graphics and a plain camera front, along with the Valentine graphics. Click to download file set: Silhouette Studio, PDF, SVG (how to use my SVG files in Cricut Design Space).

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This year's Extreme Christmas Card is all about...well, I'll let you figure it out. The envelope, with Charlotte and Wilbur.  For best effect, read "terrific" in a sarcastic, oh-boy-now-what voice. The Christmas card front features a circuit design, with some spots of glitter meant to look like the solder points. Inside is a folder with a circle cut out.  The star pulls

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I made this rainbow stripe birthday card (designed by Lisa Addesa of  I'm in Haven) with my Cameo cutting machine rather than with the suggested letter dies. HAPPY is made by stacking four layers of card stock and BIRTHDAY is self-stick vinyl. MAKE IT! How to make a rainbow stripe happy birthday card with dimensional letters Click to download free cutting file set: Silhouette Studio

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Inverting a scalloped circle forms the wave-like pattern around this standing card, which has a passing resemblance to a snow globe.  This pop up card is designed to accommodate a free-hanging center motif. The interlocking base allows it to stand on its own. How to make a scalloped circle stand-up card with hanging design Make it! Click to download file set for the card stand:

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This Tetris game inspired Father's Day card says DAD but could easily be changed out for a (short) name, or a birthday number.  (Google search "pixel font" for letters and numbers.) The inside greeting is printed in a pixel font. The card idea comes from Jennifer Rzasa.  I did not include her sliding game controller element. How to make a Tetris inspired card Make It!

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I'm a big fan of cards from kagisippo.  When I needed a cat pop up card I checked out her offerings.  Indeed, she has a cat card for free, but it's gray, and I wanted brown.  Off to her etsy store! The pay version is a different design from the free one, which I did not realize until I started working on it.  On the one I purchased, the back of the card is

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The card I made for Mother's Day this year is more of an ornament. It's a window card, made to hang in a window. The windows are cut out on both the front and back to allow light through.  The front windows open to reveal the dog and pitchers of flowers. This is the back. The pattern is from Blomsterklip by Gitte Schou Hansen.  I used CorelDRAW to

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