Pop- Up Hydrangea Birthday - Kitchen Sink Stamps

As most of you know, I am not known for creating cards that take a lot of time to complete. I am more of a clean and simple (meaning quick with just ink and paper) type of stamper. But today I wanted to spend some extra time to create a special card for a beautiful lady who I love with all my heart. Her birthday is just around the corner in March when all the flowers start to bloom. Therefore today's card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps is a pop-up birthday design featuring an urn of gorgeous spring hydrangea from Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps and a sentiment from Word 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps. From start to finish this card took me 2 hours and 10 minutes to complete

I took a few extra photos during the process since I am a visual learner, and a picture is work a thousand words to me.

The finished card folds flat and fits into an invitation envelope.

The card started with an 8.5 x 4.25 piece of white cardstock which I scored at 5.5. I added the die cut frill on the bottom of the card for grounding the urn and the pop-up. It is a die from a set called Opulent Swirls by The Crafter's Companion.

Using my travel Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, I stamped all the images I thought I would use for the card.

Color Recipes for these images:

Urn:

Layer 4 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 Memento Gray Flannel

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 1 PTI Soft Stone

Hydrangea:

Layer 4 Memento Rosebud

Layer 3 PTI Lovely Lady

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink

Layer 1 Memento Angel Pink

Leaves:

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Tranquil Tide

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Old Olive 

I then used strips of cardstock to create my pop-up rectangles. Their size is determined by the object you plan to place up front. I was placing the urn in front so my rectangles had to be narrower than I would have liked. Next time I will use heavier card stock for better support.

I then attached the urn, two hydrangea and several leaves to the front pop-up rectangle. That was followed with more flowers and leaves on the second rectangle.

After I centered the pop-ups on the base of the card and attached them securely with score tape to the back and bottom, I added more flowers and leaves to the card front for a third layer for additional depth.

Thanks for looking in on me today. If you haven't made a pop-up card, you may want to give it a try. It takes extra time, but isn't very difficult to do.

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