Poinsettia Pop-Up Card

I created this card for Christmas Card Throwdown's September Technique Challenge: "Pop Up Card." I followed a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.com for the pop-up mechanism.

I began by creating my card base & flower pot, as per the instructions in the tutorial. I did that first, so I could have a sense of how large each flower could be & how many I would need. I used a plaid patterned paper from the Recollections "Christmas Plaids" 6x6" pad for my base, since it made me think of a holiday tablecloth. I found a dark green cardstock in my scrap stash for the pot itself.

I die cut a total of 8 poinsettias (Poppystamps "Blooming Poinsettia") from Bazzill "Cherry Splash" cardstock, & used Bazzill "Caramel Apple" cardstock for the green background leaves on the poinsettias. I found a super bright yellow-green cardstock in my scraps, that I used for the flower centers. For the filler greenery in my arrangement, I used 3 dies from the "Mini Holiday Greens" set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix. I cut the holly leaves from "Caramel Apple" & the sprigs from a slightly darker green scrap.

I glued the layers of my flowers together, & after the glue set up, added the flower centers. I used glue dots to adhere the flowers themselves to the acetate support pieces I'd added to the pot. For the greenery filler pieces, I just kind of stuck each one into the arrangement & added a bit of glue to each to stick them to the flowers. It was enough glue to hold everything in place, while still keeping the whole arrangement full & "fluffy."

Detail photo of greeting strip

I heat embossed the greeting, from Hero Arts' October 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit stamp set (discontinued), with Ranger Gold Super Fine Detail embossing powder. I used an "Essential Stitched Sentiment Strips" die to cut it out. The die was a bit too long, so I had to do partial die cutting to shorten it. I added that to the card base with foam adhesive squares, leaving a space with no adhesive for the belly band to fit under the right end.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #121: "Punch It Out"

The Paper Funday Challenges #45: "Anything Goes" (not playing the twist)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: "Emboss It" (heat embossed greeting)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: "Anything Goes"

Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero September Challenge: "Die-lightful"