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Shaded Spruce Blog Hop ~ Paradise Palms Fancy Fold card

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Week 42 – Shaded Spruce

Tonight’s Pillar Pop Up fancy fold card is fast becoming my favourite! You may have seen my other version on 14 March using Waves of the Ocean.

This is a standard A5 card, but it has a layer at the front reminding me of a diorama, sitting up on two pillars which fold flat for the card to fit into our C6 envelopes.

Paradise Palms Pillar Pop Up Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022, fancy fold

My card base is Shaded Spruce 21cm x 14.8cm folded in half. Using the Stitched Rectangle dies to create the frame (2, 3, 5 & 6). Use 2 & 6 together for the Shaded Spruce frame and 3 & 5 for the DSP on the frame. Glue the DSP on the frame before adding the palm tree in front and the grass behind. I also stamped and cut out the trio of palms to glue to the inside.

There are two of these pillars at either end behind the front frame, which are created with the same DSP. These allow the frame to sit flat, leaning to the left or the right.

Paradise Palms Pillar Pop Up Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 fancy fold close up of pillar

The New Horizons Designer Paper was the perfect choice with the Paradise Palms Bundle.

Paradise Palms Pillar Pop Up Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 fancy fold.

On the inside is some stamped sentiments and palm trees in Shaded Spruce ink.

Paradise Palms Pillar Pop Up Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 fancy fold inside

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Pillar Pop Up Fancy Fold card with Waves of the Ocean

It’s the Labour Day long weekend here in Victoria, so I’ve had an extra day to play with my new goodies that arrived on Saturday!

Today’s card is inspired by Rachel Tessman and you can see her video here. I changed mine up a bit by just using a normal A5 card, rather than the stand she creates. I just adore this style and I can see myself making many more, they just have a real wow and still fit into an envelope to post!

Waves of the Ocean Pillar Pop Up card by Kate Morgan, Stampin up Australia 2022

My card base is Night of Navy 21cm x 14.8cm folded in half. Using the Stitched Rectangle dies to create the frame (2, 3, 5 & 6). Use 2 & 6 together for the Navy frame and 3 & 5 for the DSP on the frame. Glue the DSP on the frame before adding one wave in front and one wave behind and trimming the excess.

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The pillars are created using a piece of the same DSP. These need to be 3″ tall, so start with a 6″ piece and score at ⅜”, ¾”, 1⅛”, 1½” and cut at 1¾” – then cut in half at 3” to have 2 pieces. Fold these to create the pillars and adhere them to the back of the frame. Rachel lines hers up with the edge of the card, however because I was using an A5 metric card base, I lined my frame up with the edge of the background DSP.

Waves of the Ocean Pillar Pop Up card by Kate Morgan, Stampin up Australia 2022 top

The sentiment is stamped in Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder added and heat set before die cutting and adhering to the card.

Waves of the Ocean Pillar Pop Up card by Kate Morgan, Stampin up Australia 2022 close up

When adhering the frame to the card, Rachel lines it up with the edge of the card, however because I was using a metric card base, I lined my frame up with the edge of the background DSP.

It folds flat to fit in an envelope and can be folded to the right…

Waves of the Ocean Pillar Pop Up card by Kate Morgan, Stampin up Australia 2022 flat right

…or to the left, it doesn’t matter!

Waves of the Ocean Pillar Pop Up card by Kate Morgan, Stampin up Australia 2022 flat left

On the inside I stamped the sentiment and some birds.

Waves of the Ocean Pillar Pop Up card by Kate Morgan, Stampin up Australia 2022 inside

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