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Evening guys and girls,


well I was lucky enough to spot Debbees new Blog page, as it went live, and on her blog she has a challenge, you can find all the details Here.


So here is what I have created from the sheets debbees has kindly put up for us........

Basically I made a Gatefold pop up Easel card!


So I imported the jpegs into My Craft Studio, my Graphics program of choice, and they didnt distort, which was wonderful!! And decided which of the 4 sheets on offer I wanted to use...........That done, now to print them out, and start sticking together.


I had 2 main images, and some little people, and as I sat there looking at them it seemed to me that as one was holding a "Charge Card", that she was treating the other little person, which decided which image I was going to use.


So Images trimmed, it was time to start making the base card. (I would like to add that I would hate to post this one, as I have some wonderful Xerox card, which goes though my printer as easy as pie, so most of it is printed onto card, then mounted onto card, so the weight is a little on the heavy side!!)The images are slightly rectangular so the main image as mounted on a piece of card measuring 11 1/2"x 5 1/4", remember this is a gatefold, hence the length of the card, the second piece to form the easel measures 9 1/4" x 5 3/4".
I measured to the center of the largest piece to find the centre, using Hougie, then place the Topper on top, and measure to each side to find the score lines for the Gatefold, do leave yourself a little bit of room, just in case its slightly out, you can always trim it later. Next add the easel, I dont place YET another full piece of card behind and easel Gatefold, as it becomes quite cumbersome, though its also as sturdy as anything, so I only place enough to fix securely.
So now we have a gatefold card, with a flap that falls down when you open the gatefold. Next mount the image over the join of the card on the inside, so main image in place.


Then I wanted something a little bit different, so I cut small Rhombus shapes from some of Debbees paper, which, lucky for me, I had actually printed on paper, and made small Bunting with, which I threaded onto some invisible jewelry cord, and then added some lettered peel offs in Purple, to make the words "Happy Birthday", separated them into the 2 separate words, and leaving a bit of slack, fixed it across the gatefold, and then split the second main image in two, and mounted that over the ends of the cord. 


Next came the pop up part, this is easy as its a tube of card, in a square or rectangle shape, fixed to the back of each figure, the lengths can vary as you want to make some perspective, but make sure that it doesnt stick over the edges of the "pop-up". Then glue it securely to the front of the main image, and the floor of the easel, so it is glued in 3 places. At this point I would suggest using a wet glue, one that bonds the surfaces properly, as you dont want the bits to fall off!! (I use the My Craft Studio Everyday glue, but thats my preference, as I havent found another wet glue that works as well as yet!!, You can get that here .)


On the back of the card, I placed 2 strips of the remaining papers, and then stamped and embossed the sentiment, onto some of the remaining Easel card, and then used my Happy Cut with the Spellbinders Classic Postage Stamp edger die, around all four sides, edged it with a Pine promarker, as its just not possible to get an ink pad in those little gaps, and mounted it over the join.
Right I am entering this in Debbees January Challenge, and if I spot anywhere else on my trawl around Blog world tonight, that suits, I'll maybe add a few more Challenges to the list!!