Fenced in Garden

I really get excited when I am able to design a card using a dieset that has a completely different purpose. And that’s what I was able to pull off with this card. Believe it or not the main mechanism that I used to support the fence and some of the flowers is 🥁🥁🥁🥁….. the Piano Keys Pop Up 🎹🎹🎹

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I made a smaller slimline card using the dimensions below. I thought the colours in stripes looked like a sunrise so I cut the green off the stripe and added the green stripe to green cardstock and the sky colours to a matching yellow cardstock cut to the dimensions below. Layer as shown.

The card should look as shown.

I cut the pieces from the Piano Keys Pop up out of green cardstock and assembled (Karen has a video tutorial on the product page at the link ⬆️ )

I cut 4 pieces of fence from the Fence Add on and doubled them to stiffen them up. I laid them against the pop up to figure out the height them trimmed as shown. I trimmed them to fit end to end to span the length of the card, then put them aside.

To decorate I cut out pieces from the following sets. Tree Pop up, Garden Charms, Backyard Charms, and Fun Flowers. I added shading with a variety of alcohol markers, and highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen.

To make the tree pop up I cut a rectangle slightly larger than the pop up cut out which will turn the “cut in” mechanism to a “glue in” mechanism and glued it in beside the piano keys.

I started adding flowers to the back wall and decided to use a Mini Pops Pop up which I will add the flower pots to.

I continued to add flowers, and the pots and the trees to their mechanisms.

I added the fence and the grass that I previously cut out.

When closing the card I noticed that the leaves on the tree was sticking out the top so I trimmed them and added them to some of the lower branches.

I cut out a strip of paper and made it into a 1/2” square. I added it to the front of the fence and added the watering can to it. I added a frame from the Slim Frames and added highlights and shading.

I cut layers as shown below from navy and the rest of the striped paper, and added to the cardfront.

I cut 2 more layers as shown and Happy Birthday, and the Happy Birthday Shadow. I added a few extra flowers and added to the card base. I also added a few itty bitty gems.

When I thought the card was finished I decided it was missing something so I cut out a navy panel and added it to the back of the card. The card needed a little help staying open so I added 2 Display Helpers to the inside.