Susan's Hibiscus Etched Dies┃Pop-Up Inspiration Card

Happy Sunday, Friends! On today’s blog, I’d like to share with you a fun, yet still delicate and extra dimensional “POP-UP” floral inspiration card made showcasing Hibiscus Etched Dies from the latest Susan’s Collections by Spellbinders. Along with it, I’ve also used Nestabilities Essential Ovals Etched Dies to create the dotted frames and to die cut the oval frames. So, without further ado let’s jump right into the step-by-step on how I made it ↓

Therefore, I started off by creating the pop-up card base out of white cardstock, so to do that, I went ahead to line up over in the center of the top flap of an A2 size side folding white card base the third larger solid die and third dotted die including in Nestabilities Essential Ovals Etched Dies, and once I’ve got that done, I’ve gone ahead to run them through my Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine to die cut the oval shape out of the front flap of the card and to add the dotted details to the smaller die-cutting oval.

Thus, as soon as I had that step done, I’ve gone ahead to line up the largest dotted die over an A2 size white card panel along with the oval solid die not only to die-cut another solid oval shape, but to add the dotted details to the card panel as well. So, once I had it that done, I’ve gone ahead to trim off the dotted detailed white card panel a little bit smaller that the card base using my Comfort Paper Trimmer, and then I went ahead to get its backing adhere with double-sided adhesive to the card base making sure to get it adhere edge to edge with the oval opening from the card base.

Next, I went ahead to get the backing of the smaller dotted die-cutting oval adhered inside the card following its original position, and then to create the pop-up effect, I went ahead to trim off a smaller piece of white cardstock to H 3.0” x W 4.0” inches, a piece of cardstock which right afterwards I’ve got placed over my Scoring Board to mark 3 scoring line at every 1.0” inch. Having that said, after marking the scoring lines, I went ahead to fold and burnish them up using my Teflon bone folder and soon after that, I folded the cardstock piece in half to get the top and bottom edge adhere down with narrow double-sided adhesive inside the card but making sure that I’ve got piece adhered centered inside the card.

Moving on, to finish the full pop-up effect, I went ahead to trim down a smaller piece of cardstock to H 3/4” x 2-1/4” inches. Next, I marked a scoring line at 1.0” inch, and then I’ve got it fold over. Then, I’ve gone ahead to get the card base completely closed, to get the larger side of the smaller cardstock piece adhered horizontally over the center of the other folded piece and then, I pushed down the folding pieces towards the inside of the card to add glue to the top side of the smaller fold to get the backing of the top left side of the solid die-cutting white oval adhered over it to create the full pop-up effect as you can see in the image above. Then, soon after that, I went ahead to put the card base off to the side to create the die-cutting floral cluster.

So, to create the die-cutting floral cluster, I went ahead to cut the hibiscus petals along with their leaves out of plain white cardstock piece using the dies including in Hibiscus Etched Die set. Next, I went ahead to line up the white die-cutting piece over my Stencil Mat to get them ink up using ink blending brushes along with Honeysuckle and Poppy ink for the hibiscus petals + Parsley Ink for the leaves and Buttercup ink for the filaments. Therefore, as soon as I had gotten finished inking up the die-cutting pieces, I kept going to use the Susan's Garden Ultimate Tool Kit to add details to the petals and leaves, and once I’ve got that done, I quickly gone ahead to get the floral cluster assembled.

As for the hibiscus cluster, I went ahead to create a bed using the inked leaves over the oval. But keep in mind that I did this step with the card completely closed for an easy layering. With that being said, after I had the leaves into place, I went ahead to assemble three hibiscus flowers, flowers which I’ve gotten glue down one next to the other right in the center of the leaves making sure neither of the leaves and flowers were interfering to open and close the card. Lastly, I added drops of Nuvo in- Rhubarb Crumble to the anthers of the filaments to add a shiny textured and dimensional look to them. And, once I’ve got that step completed, I set the card off aside to let the Nuvo drops dry.

Finally, to finish the card off, I decided to hide the card sentiment inside the card instead of adding it up outside of it. So, for the card sentiment I used one of the sentiments including in Wildflower Sentiments Clear Stamp Set and to keep it simple with a cohesive look, I went ahead to get the card sentiment stamped using the color ink that I used to ink up the hibiscus flowers. With that being said friends, I hope you’ve enjoyed reading the step-by-step for how I’ve made this fun, yet still delicate and extra dimensional “POP-UP” floral inspiration card showcasing Hibiscus Etched Dies from the latest Susan’s Collections by Spellbinders.
As always, I appreciate the time that takes you to read my blog posts. Below, you’ll find the supply list for the products used on today’s blog post. And, if you get inspired by today’s project, be sure to tag me on Instagram ➝@cardsandcraftsbyyaz I’d love to see what you’re creating.

Thank you and happy crafting.
Stay Awesome & Beautiful
— Today & Always —

Love,
Yasmin

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