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Painted Illusions Happy Birthday Pop-Up Blocks Card

I have looked at making this pop-up style card for a while and this paper from the Painted Illusions designer series paper from Stampin’ Up seemed perfect for it. I am not usually a fan of bright papers so breaking it up into small pieces with a calming background warmed it all up. I love how it turned out and while there was a bit more cutting that usual, especially since I did two layers, it really went together fairly fast.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Lost Lagoon card stock (Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Painted Illusions designer series paper (March 2026 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
Lost Lagoon ink (Stampin’ Up)
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Lost Lagoon card stock cut these pieces:

A card base to 4 ¼” x 8 ½” and score at 1 ½” and 3”. Fold the middle small panel in and the outside small panel out to form a “z” fold.
3 ¼” x 4 ½” and score at 1 ¼”, 3”, and 4 ¼” and fold all inwards
2 ¼” x 3 ¾” and score at 1”, 2 ½” and 3 ½” and fold all inwards
1 ¼” x 3” and score at ¾”, 2” and 2 ¾” and fold all inwards

From white card stock cut the following:

Two pieces to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” for the back of the card base and back panel
Two to 1 3/8” x 4 1/8”
1 5/8” x 3 1/8”
1 3/8” x 2 1/8”
1 1/8” x 1 1/8”

From the Painted Illusions designer series paper find the Lost Lagoon decorative piece and also the Lost Lagoon and Granny Apple Green “swooshy” piece. From the Lost Lagoon decorative piece cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”. From the swooshy piece cut the following:

Three pieces to 1 ¼” x 4”
1 ½” x 3”
1 ¼” x 2
1” x 1”

For one of the 1 ¼” x 4” and each of the other three, if you need a pattern to align, as I did, then cut them all from the same piece in order and then an even about off the top and bottom of the last three pieces.

Adhere the large white piece to the back panel of your card base and then the Lost Lagoon decorative piece to the top of that. Adhere your first 1 ¼” x 4” “swooshy” piece that starts your patterns that align to one of the white pieces measuring 1 3/8” x 4 1/8”, and then adhere that to the top of your front panel. Use one of the other two “ swooshy” pieces to adhere to one of the white pieces and adhere to the front of the middle panel.

Now time to create your steps. Adhere each of your smaller “swooshy” pieces to their appropriate white pieces and then adhere each to the second section of each of the appropriate steps. Take your largest step and adhere adhesive to the first panel, adhere in the center of the middle card base panel, then put adhesive on the ¼” section of the block, fold the third and fourth panel up and then fold your card down to find the appropriate spot, repeat for the next two sections.

With the large floral stamp with the three flowers and your Lost Lagoon ink, stamp them on a scrap piece of white. Color the leaves with the Light Garden Green Stampin’ Blends pen. Fussy cut out the three flowers and the colored leaves. Then stamp the “happy birthday” greeting and cut out a rectangle around it. Adhere the large flower to the bottom of the first panel with a single leaf and the triple leaves and then adhere the Happy Birthday greeting, angled up above the second and third pop-up blocks. Adhere the middle flower and one of the two leaves to the upper portion of the second panel and the small flower and two leaves to the fourth pane.

For the back of the card adhere the large piece of white to the back and then the last “swooshy” piece to the left side of the right. Stamp a birthday greeting in Lost Lagoon ink centered in the upper portion of the rest of the white. I used a stamp that says “wishing you a day of little treasures and simple pleasures, happy birthday” which is a single stamp I have had for a long time but don’t know who made it.

This card turned out so cute, and it is so out of my normal range, so I was so excited about it.

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All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

Side Tower Pop-Up Flower Vase Card

I have been wanting to make one of these Side Tower pop up card but it took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to use the make it and then I remembered the vase and flower dies I got from the Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2024 and decided that would be perfect for this card along with the Countryside Inn designer series paper would go perfect with it. I received the Spellbinders Advent Calendar from one of my close friends and it was so much fun and there were so many wonderful dies, sequins, stamps and stencils (24 days worth), I had a blast opening it each morning.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

Boho Blue card stock (Stampin’ Up)
White card stock
Countryside Inn designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
Night of Navy ink (Stampin’ Up)
Vase and flower dies (Spellbinders Advent Calendar 2024 but Stampin’ Up has similar sets)
Embellishments for the flower centers
Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
Paper trimmer
Adhesive of choice

Take a piece of Boho Blue card stock to 4 ¼” x 9 ¼”, scoring at 5 ½”, 6”, 8” and 9”. Cut a second piece to 3” x 5 ¼”, scoring at 4” and 5”. With your white card stock cut two pieces to 2” x 3”. With the Night of Navy card stock cut a piece to 2 ½” x 3 ½”. From the Countryside Inn designer series paper, find the floral piece and also the piece in dark blue with the tiny flowers. With the floral piece cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼”. From the dark piece with the tiny flowers cut a piece to 3 ¾” x 2 ¾”, a piece to 1 ¼” x 5 ¼” and two pieces to ¾” x 5 ¼”.

With a spare piece of Boho Blue and your dies, cut the vase, two full flowers and one of the half flower. With the Night of Navy cut the stems which the die cuts two, and two of the small leaves.

With your two pieces of white card stock cut to 2” x 3”, take the “Wishing you ridiculous amounts of happiness” on the upper right side of one in the Night of Navy ink. On the second piece stamp the “You are Amazing!”.

Take your Boho Blue card base that is 4 ¼” x 9 ¼” and fold all of your small pieces scored upwards for form your pop up tower to the right side of your card. With one of your floral pieces adhere that to the front 4 1/4 “ x 5 ½” part of the card. Take the three strips of the dark blue designer series paper and adhere to each of the folds on the back side, then adhere your ¼” end piece to the front of your card, forming your tower on the left. Make sure when you go to adhere the ¼” strip you fold the square down flat so your are sure your card will fold flat properly.

Now take the other scored piece of Boho Blue and fold the scores down. Adhere the dark blue designer series paper to the center of the large portion and the white one stamped with the “Wishing You Ridiculous Amounts of Happiness to the center of that. Put adhesive on the ¼” strip and fold both scored section in and align to the right side of your card so that you know that is aligned to not go over the edge when your card is folded flat. Then fold both sections down and adhere the other end to your tower.

With one of the flowers, put an embellishment in the center of one of the full flowers and adhere it to the right lower corner of the front top of your card. Then adhere your other two flowers to the two stems and add the leaves to the stems as well. Adhere to the upper left of the front of your tower and then adhere your vase over the stems.

For the back of your card, adhere the other piece of floral paper. Adhere your white stamped piece to the Night of Navy piece and adhere that to the center of the back.

That is the Side Tower Pop Up card made with the flowers and vase.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com. Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.