I was always fascinated by pop up books, I have a collection of Robert Sabuda ones and I look at them frequently. I love paper sculpting and cutting and piecing things together to create something really different and exciting.
I am working on putting together some directions for all of you in case you are interested in making one of these, but for now, I had fun making one! It was a little more difficult than I expected, but I think the light green paper was a good choice!
So, I made and fell in love with these super simple, and yet adorable cards. I used some papers I had from my scrapbooking stash and some die cuts and look how cute they turned out!
The front
And opened up
The front
And opened up
Ok! So the inspiration for these was actually spending the afternoon with these lovely young ladies.
Oh wait! That's not all of them!
These 4 young artists joined me in my studio for a Zentangle 101 class and the results were awesome.
Beautiful isn't it? I love to see the finished result but I also love how excited they get!
A few years ago I was really into pop up cards, I found a template and played with it a lot.
I've made a bunch of cute things, but this is still one of my favorites. Sadly the paper warped a little but the friend it's on the way to won't mind. She's leaving for a 2 year trip to Japan and she's a little nerdy. :D Plus I thought a change of pace from the studio pics etc would be good!
I learned to make this from here. :) It's pretty easy and a lot of fun. Plus I didn't have a lot of time to work on something and needed something cute and fun for her newest adventure!
So there you go. :) Something different that people will be awed by.
Are you making cool things?
