Pop-up notecards give you the opportunity to transform one-dimensional elements into 3-D delights. The easy step-by-step instructions and photos in this free project download show you how to add a third dimension to images, words, and sayings. The best part is all you need is cardstock and a few basic cardmaking supplies. Ready to put on your “paper engineer” hat?
This project is an excerpt from Pop-Up Paper Structures by Heidi Pridemore which includes 12 pop-up techniques and 7 complete projects perfect for novices.
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March is National Craft Month and we are celebrating by posting one project every day this month! If you are joining us late, click here to see the full list of Craft Month projects that have been posted so far.
When we put a call out to our Creative Troupe we never know what we’ll get in return. Trouper Kathleen Brown surprised us with this fun string of décor lights made from our Ready-to-Go!® Blank Board 3” Blocks and Timtex, These could easily be altered for any occasion. Read on for project instructions. Continue Reading…
Our Creative Troupe just keeps on surprising us with the most incredible pieces of art using our products. Look at how Susan I. Jones has transformed this Ready-to-Go!® Blank Board Book! The title says it all…”Ars Gratia Artis” which means “Art for Art’s Sake.” Read on for the project instructions. Click here to see more Creative Troupe projects on our Flickr page.
Whether gifting, serving or hunting for treats, these various sized petal pots transform into ghoulish containers. Have fun with this new project!
Materials
• Ready-to-Go® Blank Board Petal Pots– Assorted pack of 3
• 9 qty cardstock ½” x 1” rectangles
• Scissors
• Paper Adhesive
Pumpkin Party Favor
• (The 3.5” petal pot is also available in a pack of 3 Ready-to-Go® Blank Board Mini Petal Pots)
• Paper for side panels-Halloween theme
• Green crepe paper 10” x 20”
• Wire or pipe cleaner
• Die cut leaf or brown paper
Witches Licorice Holder
• 2 contrasting themed papers
• Black chalk ink or marker
Trick or Treat Pot
• Paper for side panels – Halloween theme – 6” x 9”
• Brown grocery bag or brown paper – 6” x 9”
• Window background paper 3” x 6” each, 3qty
• Black ink chalk & marker
• Ribbon approx. 13”
• 6 black plastic spiders
• Gauze
• Felt, black, white, gray
• Buttons – 2 qty (optional)
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Materials:
- Ready-to-Go!® Blank Board Mini Shadow Boxes
- Fantastiques Whimsies book
- Clearsnap Chalk Inks (in colors that correspond to those used in
Fantastiques book)- Yellow citrus, azurite, tangerine, wisteria,
Pink pastel, lipstick red, creamy brown, lime pastel, charcoal
- Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry paper glue
- 3″ x 3″ corresponding patterned paper of your choice for each favor you want to make
- Ribbon (optional)
- Brads (optional)
- Japanese hole punch or craft drill (only if using brads. Children will need help using the Japanese hole punch or craft drill)
Instructions
1. Choose a Fantastiques character, by selecting 1 head, 2 arms, and 2 legs from the book.
2. Using a corresponding chalk ink, ink the outside of the mini shadow box. Feel free to experiment with multiple chalk inks, making outside of box multi-colored, or color blends.
3. Attach Fantastiques pieces to outside of Mini Shadow Box with Zip Dry Glue or use brads. Use a Japanese hole punch or drill to make brad holes.
4. Tie ribbon around Mini Shadow Box torso for a finishing touch and don’t forget to stuff the party favor with candy or other goodies!
I came across this Project by Angela Daniels in Board Book Play and thought how perfect for Summer. My kids love anything nature related and are continually collecting various rocks, bugs, plants, you name it. These treasures inevitably end up on the car floor, bottom of a bag, or crushed in a pocket. Even if that butterfly wing successfully makes it to a shelf you know it’s a gonner.
The following project using the Ready-to-Go!® Blank Board Book 3″ x 3” would offer them a perfect take along place to safely keep and show their finds.
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My chorus was making a scrapbook for our retiring director. A page was requested from each of us. Augh! I’m a quilter – I’ve never worked with paper. What to do, what to do…hmmmm. Most of my friends were using photos as the foundation of their page. But I’m a relatively new chorus member and don’t have any photos of us yet. Hmmmm…what to do, what to do. I finally remembered my daughters’ 5th grade name acrostic projects. The teacher had each student use the letters of their name in words that described themselves: Marvelous Exciting Lovely Laughs a lot Intuitive Sunny Sweet Animated - Melissa; or Sensational Able Reasonable Active Humorous – Sarah.
Once I had an idea, I did the smartest thing possible: asked for advice! I talked to a co-worker, Sandy, and to one of our resident authors—Sue Astroth. They had a number of wonderful suggestions, plus I had done a class for Valentine cards recently with Lisa, so between the new ideas and the old lesson, I was ready.
I was a little nervous going into the craft store because I wasn’t sure what to buy, but once I got going, I had a blast. I bought papers and ribbon and letters and pens and glue and raised dots and little round shiny things; it was great. Then I went home and over the next few days put together a page I am really pleased with. I’ve gotten a little bit of the scrapbooking bug now and since I have leftovers—I’ll be making some homemade cards for birthdays and other events soon. Thanks, Sue, Sandy, and Lisa for the encouragement!
Author Shannon Mullen-Dennis recently created the most adorable brag book using our Ready-to-Go!® Blank Board Book Purse. She made the book to celebrate the birth of a new baby girl, but suggests it would also be perfect for weddings, birthdays and more. Keep reading for her step by step instructions to make your own brag book.
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These Gorgeous file Boxes created by Susan I. Jones and featured as a project in Beacon Adhesive’s booth at Winter CHA would make a fabulous Mother’s day gift. Cleverly hide a gift within this gift, perhaps jewelry or better yet a menu to choose her meal of choice (prepared by you of course!) Afterwards it could serve as a place for Mom to keep recipes, photos or ever-changing phone numbers, emails and addresses.
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Is your Mother a drama queen? Chances are, no. But we bet she would still enjoy an evening at the theater.
Check out how designer Daniela Costa transformed a Ready-to-Go! Shadowbox into a “Dramatic Theater.” How perfect an “envelope” this would make for your expression of love and appreciation as well as a place to tuck in some actual tickets. After all those years of sweeping after you it’s time to sweep your Mom off to say… dinner and a show?
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