Hello! Happy Friday! Are you ready for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge?

This week we have a technique challenge for you. We’re asking that you create a pop-up card using a digital image. There are many different pop-up card tutorials easily found online. You don’t have to use a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image, but we do enjoy seeing our participants use them (and you get the chance for extra perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!).

I decided to make a sliding pop-up card, using a tutorial I found at Splitcoaststampers.com.  I had never made one before and I’ll concede that it was a good learning experience.  🙂  I added a piece of designer paper in a subtle paisley print to the back piece of the card.  That really wasn’t a good idea in the end.  It made it more difficult for that back piece to bend and stand the way it’s supposed to.  It also added an extra layer of thickness to punch through when I needed to punch the thumb notch.  So if you decide to make a sliding pop-up card, I suggest that you decorate your back piece differently, either with stamping or dry embossing.  The image I chose this week goes along with the pop-up theme, which my 13-year-old will probably think is really corny if and when he sees this card and blog post.  (Ha – see what I did there?  Yeah, my son would definitely roll his eyes at that!  He doesn’t like puns.)

So my first photo shows the card standing up.  The back piece doesn’t stand up as straight as I’d like, probably because of that extra layer of designer paper.  I free-hand cut around the popcorn box image.  The sentiment was cut with a cloud die, but I trimmed some of it to make it look more like a popped kernel of corn.  I added some sponging to both the sentiment kernel and the popcorn in the image to make it look “buttered”.

The thing that I really liked about this style of pop-up card is how nicely it folds flat (or relatively flat), so that it can be mailed in a standard A2 envelope.  The part you’d write your message on (which is extending out the front on the first picture) slides back behind the part with the image.  Here’s a photo of it flattened out:

So, now it’s your turn to try a pop-up card!  Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, September 20.  Remember that for every card you submit throughout September, you will get one entry to be eligible for winning 3 digital images of your choice from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps store!  Be sure to play along every week, and to go visit the rest of the design teams’ blogs for more inspiration.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Poppin’ By (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: So Saffron, Real Red, Prints designer series paper, Delicate Dots designer series paper (Stampin’ Up); Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: printer ink; So Saffron (SU)
Other: Clouds & Raindrops die (SNSS); sponge; 1/2″ circle punch (SU)