Pop up card - Pedestal Lord Ganesha Card

Quilled Flowers and Ribbon Flower

This is another celebration card celebrating the festival of Lord Ganesha.Living in Bangalore this time of there are beautiful idols of Lord Ganesha everywhere on the streets and the Ganesha festival is celebrated with such fervor and festivities.

Here is a closeup of the quilled daisy flower and hand looped leaf [ though I have the comb or onion holder as it is called I dislike using it and prefer to loop by hand]

Quilled Flower and Leaf

These ribbon rose is super easy to make and involves no sewing. I wanted a big flower so stuck the ribbon rose onto a base of scallop circles. The leaf is also a ribbon- foil creation. Here is the link to the simple ribbon rose and ribbon leaf tutorial

Ribbon Rose

Though I wanted to keep the focus on the ribbon rose , I couldnt resist drawing some golden glitter glue swirls at the borders to add to the festive mood of a celebration card.

Quilled Flowers and Ribbon Flower

The inside of the card is a Pedestal Pop up card with a Punch craft Lord Ganesha designed by my 5 year old daughter.

Pop up card Lord Ganesha

I bought the pear punch recently on impulse thinking I would use it make flower petals .Imagine my surprise when my daughter made this wonderful punch-craft depiction of Lord Ganesha using the pear punch and a scallop punch.

Pop up card Lord Ganesha

Our Punchcraft Ganesha is pretty straightforward to assemble but if anyone wants help I can post a step by step for our Punch Craft Ganesha.Added some quilled tear drop shapes, pearls and sequins at the border .

Pop up card Lord Ganesha

Sharing a tutorial on making a Pedestal Pop up card which is a simple and versatile pop up mechanism to pop up a special image.

Its easy to work freehand too but here is a template I made to guide you in case you want to make this type  of pop up quickly.The yellow star is the pedestal .

Pop up Card Template

The first rectangular strip will be the base of your pedestal. The blue and red shaded portions are your glue tabs.Your strip will have 3 mountain folds as shown

Pop up card Tutorial

While sticking a pop up strip first stick the tab going at your center fold, then fold your strip, apply glue to the other glue tab ,close your card and your pop up strip is ready.

Pop up card Tutorial

Stick your 2nd pop up strip as shown [ blue tab goes on to vertical surface and red tab to horizontal surface]

Pop up card Tutorial

Now your pedestal Pop up card mechanism is ready and you can stick your image.

Pop up card Tutorial

I went a step further and popped up our Punch craft Lord Ganesha again using a similar strip as the 2nd pop up strip.

Pop up card Lord Ganesha

So here is the side view showing the pop up card layers

Pop up card Tutorial

Here is the closeup of  a punch craft flower and metallic leaf

Punch Craft Flower

If you don't want to design tabs here is a Kirigami Pop up card template I designed for this Pop up card -Bold lines -cut,small dotted lines-valley fold,long dot line-mountain fold.

Pop up Card Template

We made this simple pop up card Lord Ganesha Card for my daughters teacher

Pop up card Pedestal Card

Its embellished by my daughter and she was so proud to take it to school!

Pop up card Pedestal Card

You can adapt the pop up cake card tutorial to make this card or use this Kirigami pop up card template I designed to make this simpler version of the Pop up Pedestal Card.

Pop up Card Template

Have fun-- I hope I am not overwhelming you with pop up cards--they are just so much fun to make and so only I am sharing some of the tips and tricks I learn while I make them. Do tell me how you like our cards.

Awards

I love to get awards but take an awful lot of time to accept it and pass it on

I got the Butterfly Award from

Pam of http://craftycards4u2.blogspot.com/ - Pam is a kind soul and a dear friend who always cheers me up with cheerful and I must say flattering comments! She makes such sweet and lovely cards.Do check out her blog.
Cindy of http://cindysantics.blogspot.com/ - she makes such lovely cards that are a feast to the eyes!Her latest Butterfly card is a visual buffet!
Jani of http://papercompulsions.blogspot.com she shares wonderful tutorials to make flowers
Khushboo of http://crafterkhush.blogspot.com/ - My dear friend who shares my love of making different types of card folds.
To accept the award link back to the person who gave you the award-answer these questions and pass it onto 10 bloggers.
Name your favorite color? -Pink
Name your favorite song?-Gambler- by Kenny Rogers
Name your favorite dessert?-Tiramisu
What worries you off at the moment?- My daughters Hindi Recitation Competition
Your favorite pet?-Dogs
Black or White?-Black
Your biggest fear?-That I die before by daughter grows up
Best feature? I try to do my best for my daughter
Everyday attitude? Varies from day to day
What is perfection? A family holiday
Guilty pleasure?-FerroRocher,Buying books-- I cant resist a good book
When you're upset you?- I Call up my mother 
Passing this special award on to 

• Susan of http://expressionavenue.blogspot.com
• Melissa of http://createdbysunshinehoneybee.blogspot.com
• Lavina of http://lav-art-craft-food.blogspot.com
• Letillia of http://divaof5.blogspot.com
• Diana of http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com
• Merry of http://merrymadecardscrafts.blogspot.com/
• Shakthi of http://sahajshakti.blogspot.com/
• Lulu of http://luluquilling.blogspot.com/
• Lori of http://lorisartsyobsession.blogspot.com/
• Priya of http://priya-n-papers.blogspot.com/
• Shubra of http://kraftography.blogspot.com/

I got the Versatile Blogger Award from
Melissa of http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.blogspot.com/ - such a dear blogger friend who is supercreative too.
Lakshmi of http://www.adithisammasews.com- If stitching is your forte hop over to her blog she shares such lovely tutorials to sew dresses,cushions what not!
Carla of http://carla-writes.blogspot.com/- such lovely cards and projects on her site- do check it out
To accept the award  link back to the person who gave it to you and Share 7 things about  self

1. I often eat breakfast and lunch in my car at traffic signals!
2. The most relaxing books are Mills and Boons!
3. I love to play scrabble
4. I love to wear matching earrings and necklaces
5. I am not fond of gold!
6. TV programs I love: Lie to Me, Masterchef Australia
7. I got my love of pop up cards after visiting Robert Sabudas site

Passing it on to

• Amy of http://amyscraftingspace.blogspot.com
• Kavya of http://nkavya.blogspot.com
• Syaz of http://syazcards.blogspot.com/
• Archana of http://handmadecardsbyarchana.blogspot.com/
• Rachel of http://rwkrafts.blogspot.com/
• Linda of http://turtleinthesand.blogspot.com/
• Mrs A of http://itsanalienlife.blogspot.com/
• Mira of http://my-hobby-lounge.blogspot.com/

I got this new   award from Nisha of http://nishaslifestyle.blogspot.com/-some inspiration home ideas
Passing this on to

• Carol of http://chocolatecraftsandbearsohmy.blogspot.com/
• Monica of http://handmadecardswithlove.blogspot.com/
• Ujjwal of http://ujjwal-handmadewithlove.blogspot.com/
• The serenity scrappers of http://serenityscrappers.blogspot.com/
• Glenda of http://glendascards.blogspot.com/
• Karuna of http://www.craftingqueen.in/

I got 7 awards from dear Diana of http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com- she is super super creative.Do drop in to her blog.
I got 6 awards from Lisa of http://indymermaid.blogspot.com
Lisa makes the most amazingly detailed cards and every now and then she shares such wonderfully unique tutorial. Dear Lisa you gave me this award in July-- took me so long to accept it.

I also got a very special award
from Jacki of http://cardsbyjacki.blogspot.com/
Passing this on to Khushboo of   http://crafterkhush.blogspot.com/
She is the one who is super super supportive and never fails to leave a comment to whatever I may be posting! Thank You so much for being there for me Khush please do accept this award.
Thank You dear friends for thinking of me when you get an award. 

Simple Pop Up Cake Card Tutorial

Pop up cake card

A pop up cake is a versatile insert suitable for most cards be it birthdays, anniversaries, and any form of celebration.

Embossed Celebration Card

The pros say you should keep the outside of a pop up card simple ! So only used a paper rose,some plastic butterflies and pearls on this lovely embossed white paper .Since my theme is celebration the embossing reflects party baubles and ribbons. 

Heart Punch Handmade Flower

I made the paper rose using my heart punch and here is the link to the Heart punch Rose Tutorial.

Here is the closeup of the Pop up cake. Its simple to make and fun to embellish

Pop up cake card 

The Felt flower is handmade by using a circle of felt , cutting it in a spiral and rolling  just like you make a spiral paper rose. Only difference from a paper spiral rose is its difficult to hold a felt rose using white glue so I used a glue gun.The shiny metallic green leaves were bought from a local fancy store.

Handmade Felt Flower

This is one of the simplest Pop up Cake cards you can make.Why I like it so much and am sure you would too is that you don't have to use a scale to measure . You dont need a Craft knife and it can be made in a jiffy to beautify any card!

Pop up cake card 

Materials required to make a Simple Pop up cake card

1. Card stock for base
2. Card stock for Pop up card Insert:Here I have used half of an A 4 card- You can use thin paper too to make this pop up cake card. Don't use too thick paper as it wont fold well.
3. Scissors
4. White Glue

How to make a simple Pop up cake card
Its simple so dont get daunted by the number of photos-- I just posted lots of photos to illustrate each step
Fold your card piece into half

Pop up cake card Tutorial

From the central fold line drop down 2 parallel lines around 2- 2.5cm long [make it as wide as you want].Join the 2 lines. Here you can see my latest toy-- its called a " Roll N Draw" I picked it up from a local stationary shop for 20 Rupees[ quite cheap!]Its a fantastic instrument -quite handy to draw parallel lines, circles,arcs,squares,measure angles!A useful tool for the paper engineer!

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Dont worry about erasing any lines as you are working on the wrong side of your pop up cake card.Cut the parallel lines you drew. 

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Fold the step you have cut in the manner shown

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Open the card and this is how it will look.

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Now reverse your fold by pushing at the central fold from behind and you have the bottom layer of your pop up cake card. 

Pop up cake card tutorial

Close you card.Drop down 2 parallel lines like you did earlier only make them smaller say around 1.5 cm long. Since you are making a cake ,position the lines so as to make the 2nd cake layer at the center of the lower layer.

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Cut only the top layer as shown. 

Pop up cake card tutorial

Fold and reverse your fold like you did earlier .

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Now you have made the 2nd layer of your pop up cake card.Stop there or go ahead and add one more tier to your pop up cake! 

Pop up cake card tutorial

In the similar fashion you can make as many layers for your pop up cake as you want.Only take care to make the length of your drop lines smaller than the previous layer's.

Pop up cake card Tutorial

This is one of the simplest pop up mechanisms and you can build all sorts of scenes on the steps.

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Add candles, flowers, faux icing what not!

Pop up cake card

One more tip I would like to share about making a pop up card is to take care while sticking your pop up to your base card.
Most pop ups look more effective stuck on a base card of contrasting color. Apply glue well to all the corners and edges and position the central crease flush on to the base card central crease. 

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Apply glue on one side at a time as shown.Dont use extra glue as glue seepage can spoil our pop up effect.Apply glue to the other side of the pop up mechanism and fold the base card over on to it.

The golden rules are to apply glue to all edges and corners, apply only a little glue ,test your pop up and then allow enough time for the glue to dry.

Pop up cake card 

Have fun making a simple pop up cake card. And do tell me how you like this celebration card.

Quilled Princess Card and Simple Pop up Cake

Quilled Princess Card

Though I do a lot of crafting with my 5 year old daughter I haven't really let her quill much.Recently I thought we would quill together! 

Quilling with kids

We decided to make a Princess in the garden card! Its a kiddy type card and I kept it fairly simple so that my little helper could help to stick the quilled flowers.Here is my Kiddo planning the card.

Quilling with Kids

She has very definite views on how to embellish a card and most of the times her ideas are awesome!

Quilled Princess Card

A tip if you want to let young kids quill- let them make tight coils or the green bottoms of the flowers like we have made here- then the imperfections dont show and it will still look lovely.

Quilled Flowers

 Oh this is my first card with stamping too! Used stamps won in dear blogger friend Jessica's giveaway.

Quilling and Stamping

This is a closeup of our quilled Princess. All little girls love Princesses and mine of course wanted a pink one!When I made the quilled princess I didn't have pink quilling strips so had to hand-cut the strips hence do forgive the imperfections.

Quilled Princess

Here is how we made our quilled Princess. There are a lot of quilling pros out there and I am just sharing  our simple quilled girl for the benefit of the "non-experts"! The face and body are loose coils.We made the skirt with 3 tear drops and added inverted hearts for the border of the quilled girls skirt.

Quilled Princess

To give the skirt volume and an added 3 D effect we added 2 large hearts and a small heart for a 2nd layer.

Quilled Princess

On top of the 2nd layer of the skirt we added a single heart and added pearls to glamorize our Princess's ball gown!

Quilled Princess

The eyes,nose and mouth of our Quilled Princess were drawn with glitter glue.I used tiny bindis for the gems on the crown. For the benefit of my non-Indian readers, bindis are stickers popularly used by Indian women to adorn the forehead and they come in a fantastic range of different sizes and shapes.

Quilled Card

As my blogger friends know I love to add an interactive element. Nothing elaborate this time just a simple pop up cake to celebrate a little Princess's birthday.

Pop up card Birthday Cake

Here is the link to the Tutorial for the pop up cake card .

Pop up card Cake

As always do leave me your comments on what you think about our quilled card and pop up cake.I know it has a lot of imperfections and I almost didnt post it then I thought --let it be! So do be kind!!

Edited: Our Quilled Princess card came in top 3 at Sentimental Sundays