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This pop-up requires no speciality dies but makes an impact!

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Let’s talk background first. To have a nice boarder to frame the card, die cut a card panel. I used the Card Basic Die from Kindred Stamps, because I don’t know about you but I can not cut a straight line no matter what the tool is. I knew I wanted a deep night scene to have my callout lay against. Utilizing Altenew Cool Summer Night ink collection in the multiple depths of blue with a little Altenew Jet Black I got the deep tone I wanted.

Doing a dive into my colored card stock scraps I found the perfect yellow. On one piece of scrap I die cut a circle frame from the Kindred Stamps Nesting Circle dies to get a circle without stitching. The bat came from Spellbinders Boo-Licious Cupcake die set. Using my circle as my guide, I got out that trusty ruler and extended lines gradually to make a cone. The cone was adhered flat to the card panel and the circle die was popped up with a little foam tape.

Now that the inky background was dry, I was able to stamp the sentiment from Kindred Stamps Bad Guys Have More Fun stamp set and emboss with Snowfall embossing powder from Kindred Stamps.

The Kindred Stamps Cityscape die was cut out once to get the base die cut on some black card stock and then a second time with the same Card Basic Die to have the stitching be continuous. With the leftover yellow scraps, I filled in the windows. The Cityscape was adhered to the card panel flat.

The Kindred Stamps Drive In Memory Dec die set provided the base for the car. The die cut was colored with Altenew Artist Markers and the license plate was colored and stamped with a bat from my stash (unknown). No car is completed without the main character and his side kick. This combo was stamped from Kindred Stamps Bad Guys Have More Fun stamp set. Colored in Altenew Artist Markers and Olo Markers. I inserted the combo into the windshield and secured them in place.

Finally, here is where the pop-up mechanism comes in to play! To make my combo pop from the scene I utilized a piece of black card stock with accordion folds on either side to pop the car off the page. To measure for the mechanism, I measured the length of my final die cut and deducted a 0.25 inches. I also validated the height of the die cut to ensure the card stock would not show through the windshield. Prior to cutting my piece of paper I added 1.5 inches to each side of my desired length. This allowed me to score at 0.5 inches, 1 inch, and 1.5 inches on both sides of the strip. I accordion folded the ends. Once I had my strip adhered to the car die cut, I was able to adhere the lower tabs of the accordion mechanism to the base. Now my car pops off the page but folds flat to mail. The card panel was attached to an A2 top folding card base.

Final Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.25 inches

Marker Colors:

Car: Altenew TG07/ TG05/ TG03/ TG02/ Y205

Main Guy: Altenew TG07/ TG05/TG03/TG02 Olo OR4.4/ OR4.1/OR4.2/OR1.0

Sidekick: Olo OR4.4/ OR4.1/OR4.2/OR1.0 Altenew Y762/Y932/ Y204/ C004/ R056/ Y932/ G935/G825/R318/R335