Cylinder Pop-Up Card

Annie’s Ink-Lings

My, oh, my, have I got a fun card for you!  Besides being a style that is a first-time-ever for me, it is really an adorable owl card.  Who-who doesn’t like owls!  I saw a picture on Pinterest, but was very disappointed when I found there were no directions included in the posted link.  It took me forever to figure out how to make it.  Fortunately, with a little help from a video on YouTube, in centimeters and a much bigger card, I finally was able to draw a diagram, determine my measurements, and fit it all together.  Whew – what a challenge!  One of the things that is really fun about this card is the cylinder mechanism. The mechanism pattern is included in this post.  Hopefully, you will find it easy to make even though it takes a bit of time.  See what you think.

The blue leaf is embossed.  It makes a nice contrast to the plaid leaf.  The metal spiral paperclip really shows up on the ribbon.  I used a glue dot to hold the paperclip in place.

This is the pattern for the mechanism that makes the tree trunk pop up.  When you fold back on the score lines, the long pull strip crosses over the back side and will fit in the cutout on the left side of the trunk.

Brown Card Stock

Base – 8-1/2” x 6-1/2”

           Small Panel – 3-5/8” x 2-1/2” for embossing

Small Panel – 2-1/2” x 2-1/2” for behind tree trunk

Brown Trunk Panel – 5” x 3-1/2”

Blue Card Stock

Blue Panel – 6” x 3-7/8” – for Card Front

Blue Panel – 3” x 2” – for embossing (inside)

White Card Stock

Mechanism Panel – 9” x 5”

Small Panel for Card Front – 3-5/8” x 3-1/4”

Small Panel for Sentiment – 2-1/2” x 1-1/2”

Panels for Inside Card (cut 2) – 6-1/4” x 4-1/8”

Embossing Folders

Stampin’ Up Square Lattice

Tim Holtz/Sizzix Woodgrain

Punches

Stampin’ Up 3 Leaves

Stampin’ Up Bird Builder

Dies

Impression Obsession Leaves Dies DIE030-S

Karen Burniston #1027 Word Set

Lifestyle Nesting Circles #L-CC-001 –  the 1-1/4” die

Stamps

Great Impressions “Peeking Out” B197

Other Supplies

Distress Ink Pad Gathered Twigs, Tape Runner, ½” Score Tape, 

Foam Tape, Regular Tape, Glue Pen, 6” Blue Ribbon, Spiral Paperclip,

Glue Dots

Tools

           Stampin’ Up Take Your Pick Tool, Scissors, Paper Trimmer, Big Shot

A Few Notes

Fold mechanism on score lines.  With the folds in place, ink edges of panel with Gathered Twigs to cover up the white edges.  Cover the front of the mechanism panel with DS tape on all edges and several rows in between.  Adhere the brown embossed panel onto the white mechanism panel.

Once the white mechanism panel and the tree trunk panel are adhered together, die cut a 1-1/4” circle about ¼” above the pull tab.  Roll/curve the panel to soften it and make it popup more easily when the card is opened.

Use Foam Tape to adhere the sentiment panel on the inside of the card.

I hope you have fun with this card style.  Let me know if I can help you in any way.

Blessings,

Annie