FRIDAY, JUNE 23

First of all, Happy official summer to everyone!  The only thing I don't like about the first day of summer is knowing that now the days will get shorter and darkness will come earlier, bit by bit.

As promised, today's post is a card using the wood crate as an inside pop-up card.

The outside of the card uses the Seaside Embossing Folder and the HAPPY from the Celebration Duo Emb Folder.  First you stamp the HAPPY from the Happy Celebrations Stamp Set (pg 34) and then line up the Emb Folder to emboss over top of the word.  The present is from the Santa's Sleigh Stamp Set (pg 119).

Now here is the fun part - the inside:

I made the wood crate out of one of the Wood Texture DSP papers.  When you cut it out (2 times) you do not need to cut out the bottom of the crate.  Glue it together as you would if you were making the whole crate.  Then just glue the left side and the back of the crate, lay it in the fold of the card, close the card, rub , and your crate will be adhered to the inside.

Cut out several inside straight pieces with 1/4" fold on each end and attach to the inside of the crate.  Use these to adhere whatever you want to appear in the inside of your crate.  I cut out the Fox from the Birthday Memories DSP (pg 69), made a few more gifts like the front of the card and punched out a few balloons, then stamped them with images from the Playful Backgrounds Stamp Set (pg 150).

This is so cute, and once again, the possibilities are endless.

Have a great weekend.