Are you a coffee or tea person? I’m a tea gal, in real life I would lose my mind if I found out that mice were playing in my tea cups, but I think they are super cute on paper. I used Craft Roulette parameters to make this card.
I have my flaps on the inside, they give a little extra room for writing a message. I’m not sure why but I often choose these colours when making winter scenes, it makes me think of icy cold. Children’s story had me stumped for a bit, for some reason the nursery rhyme “Three Blind Mice” got stuck in my head. Aren’t nursery rhymes short children’s stories? And last but not least “tiles” I have embossed tiles as the background for both the front and the inside. And of course my personal challenge of making it a pop up card.
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1- I decided to start with the tiles, I used the score blade on my Fiskars Cutter and scored them on the diagonal and inch apart. Not shown but I used a sponge dauber and Stampin Up Pool Party ink to add around the score lines.
2- I made the card base using the dimensions below, and adding the tiles to the front.
3- I have wood sticker sheets that I added, and I cut a piece of white card stock to make a trim. I used my scored blade to add lines to make it look like a wood grain as well.
4- I made the inside using the same materials, and dimensions as the front.
So the photos are kind of out of order but I will explain while I go
5- I used the Parcel Pop up dieset to make the popup. I used the largest square from the set to make the front of the mechanism.
A- I used the background to mark where I wanted the tiles to be on the front.
B- I originally made the table part too low (the tea pot is too short”) so I changed it after it was installed. I also trimmed a bit off the top of the square.
6a- I diecut 3 Mice from the Christmas Animals dieset and added details with a Versamarker, a black pen and a White Gel pen
B- I died cut flowers from the Flip Frame pop up in three shades of the pool colours and white. I added details with the same markers as above and Pool Party Marker on the white.
C- the teapot set is retired Stampin up that I diecut from the lighter shade. I sponged the edges with the Pool party ink and highlighted with the white pen. I added some of the flowers
7- I diecut the mechanism pieces from Parcel Pop up and assembled (video at link) added to the card and added the decorated square.
8a- I added all the pieces to the card, one of the mice I added to the pop up mechanism
B- I thought it would be cute to have one of the mouse buts sticking out of the top of the cup. I also die cut Thinking of You twice, from a lighter and darker shade, highlighted with a white pen and added to the card.
9- I cut the pieces below and combined to make the flaps, decorated with flowers and added to the card. I also added a spoon that came with the teapot set.
If I was making this card again, on the inside I would have had the wood paper come up higher, so I could do the same on the square. That would have made it so I could put the tea pot higher and not have to trim the top of the square off. I would have also made the mechanism in white so it is not as visible when the card is open.
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