Monday, February 16, 2015

Pop-Up Hydrangea

This is a birthday card for my sister-in-law who loves to garden.  I cannot tell a lie. I spent a ton of time on it, but she is worth every minute.   The flower pot is from Buds and Vases by Melanie Muenchinger. I watched a video on how to color a flower pot and then  I stamped and colored it and then fussy cut it.  The hydrangea is an IO die. After I sponged the little flowers to get a variety of colors, I glued all the small flowers onto the base flower.  I cut a hole in the top of the pot so I could put the hydrangia in the flower pot. Then I covered the hole with some grass.  The grass die cut with Easter eggs is from Die-Namites. I used some designer paper from ODB for the background. The actual pop-up is from Sizzix.  I cut it from heavy card and the designer paper and glued them together, I added another piece of pp with a sentiment from Theresa Momber that is embossed with black powder to make it stand out.  For the outside of the dard I used a chicken wire stencil that I made from a MFT die and stenciled it with cantaloupe and angel pink inks.  Then I stamped the hydrangea collage on top and colored it. I cut it with a Spellbinder die.  I layered the card base with some decorator paper that I had in my scraps drawer and added a chicken wire die cut in lavender.  I used some pop dots on the focal image to give it some dimension.  Her birthday is not until April, but I always do them way ahead so I don't have to rush.  I want their special cards to be as special as they are.
I will enter this in the Mod Squad Challenge Blog http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/




12 comments:

  1. OMG! This looks totally like you spend hours and hours in it. It is fabulous a work of art. I can see all of the love. Your sister-in-law will absolutely love it. Not only was it work to make it, it was work to describe how you did it.

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  2. OMGeeeeeeee is right! I think I am speechless! THUD! The sound of my jaw dropping. I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE everything about your card! The front is so beautiful, (I think I am getting that cover plate die) and perfectly lovely all on it's own.....BUT then when you open it up, holy smokes! Your coloring is perfect, that flower pot never looked so good! She will adore this and love you all the more for it! Is her birthday April 5th? Oh and by the way, YOU WIN!!!!! ;)

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  3. Well, now this IS a work of art, as Barb said. It is truly stunning, and I can see that you spent a lot of time on it. Plus, I can also see it's a work of love and that you had so much fun making it. You coloring is superb, as is your design. Really, really gorgeous, your SIL will LOVE it!!!!

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  4. All the work you put into these lovely cards surely paid off. They are magnificent. Everything is beautifully colored and assembled together too.

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  5. I agree, this is definitely a work of art. You put a lot of work into it but most importantly you put a lot of love in it. All your work is just superb.

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  6. Oh, it was definitely worth it...wow, it looks so pretty. These pop-up cards are time-consuming, but so much fun!! I love the background paper behind the flower pot. Looks fantastic. I can't believe how many techniques and elements you used. This is definitely a WOW card!

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  7. Wow - this is amazing! Your sister-in-law is a lucky lady and I'm sure she'll love it :)

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  8. Fabulous card. Love the collage on the front. Great details with the stencils and all the little flowers. Thank you for joining in at the Mod Squad Challenge!

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  9. Kathy....you found me!!!! :D Hello to you my long lust blog buddy. I'm so glad you remembered my name and knew it was me. We moved off base and when we did we couldn't keep cable and so I had to change my email address and cannot for the life of me remember my password to sign on and if I requested my password, it would go to the old email and I don't want to set up a new account and lose old contacts, so I just run around like a chicken with my head cut off about that whole thing. LOL! All I know is, I'm so glad to hear from you and it's so much fun to be on your blog and see what you've been up to. I signed up to receive your emails too. This card is just sensational. I really love the accuracy of the colors on your pot and all those itty bitty hydrangea leaves are amazing!!! Incredible details in all your cards and the inspiration remains the same as it always was.
    Big hugs to you!
    Lisa x

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    1. Hahaha...cripes. My fat fingers. I meant ' long lost'....not lust. LOLOL. I don't want any of your followers getting confused... ;)
      hugs!

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  10. Beautiful creation. Thank you for joining cheery lynn challenges. Good luck.

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