Hi everyone,
Today I would like to share with you a set of 4 twist and pop cards that I have created using the Tropical Dreams Collection by Uniquely Creative. As soon as I opened the Creative Cuts I knew they were just perfect for clustering on the front of my cards. The VITAMIN SEA paper from this lovely collection is just perfect for the inside of a set of pop and twist cards. Continue reading if you would like to see how I created these beach themed twist and pop cards.

To create these cards, I followed the steps below:

• Take a sheet of Ivory Cardstock and cut 4x 14 x 14 cm squares
• Stamp elements from the Uncharted Waters Stamps in Kaiser Ink Pad- Flamingo or KaiserInk Pad- Peacock in the corner of each piece and ink the edges using a ink blending tool
• Take the small starfish stamp from the stamp set and stamp randomly over the white space of the pieces in Ranger Distress Oxide- Antique Linen

• Make 4 cards from one piece of Lipstick Cardstock and one piece of Peacock Cardstock (this is a deleted cardstock but could be replaced with Coastal Weave Cardstock)
• Adhere one stamped Ivory piece to the inside of each card (matching colours)
• Take SEASHELLS and cut 4x pieces at 14 x 14 cm and adhere to the other side of the inside of each card

• To create the mechanism, begin with cutting 4 pieces of spare card stock to 20 x 8.5 cm
• Measure 5.5 cm from each end of the long side and using a scoring board to create diagonal folding lines from these points

• Turn mechanism strip over and fold lengthways through the centre (this fold should be a valley when compared to diagonal folds as mountains)
• Fold along all the lines to bring mechanism into a house shape
• Repeat for all 4 mechanisms
• Measure 3 cm form the bottom of the right leg of each house and fill with double sided tape as well as the roof of the house
• Repeat on the other side

• Take 2x VITAMIN SEA papers and cut horizontally to from 6 strips
• Select four strips and fold into quarters with the rectangles on the inside

• Prepare the double sided sticky tape on the “legs” of the houses
• Slip the folded sections in between the house “legs”, making sure that the rectangles will open to point away from the mechanism

• Remove the backing from the double sided tape adhered to the “roof” on the back
• Adhere to the middle of bottom section, inside of the card, about 1 mm down from the fold

• Repeat steps above for the other side
• After closing the card, press on the mechanism firmly and open the card to observe the mechanism working
• The inside of the cards are now complete!

Time to create the front of these cards!

• Cut a sheet of White Cardstock into four squares at 13 x 13 cm each
• Select four different stamps to stamp onto the square pieces
• Stamp onto two, in Kaiser Ink Pad- Flamingo, and the other two with KaiserInk Pad- Peacock
• Ink the edges of all pieces

• Apply some Ranger Oxide Ink- Faded Jeans to an Inkssentials Craft Sheet, apply some water
• Dip the blue stamps pieces into the diluted ink and allow to dry
• Repeat the above steps using Ranger Oxide Ink- Antique Linen onto the pink stamped pieces

• Cut 2x squares at 14 x 14cm from UNDER THE SEA and adhere to the pink cards
• Adhere the pink stamped pieces on top of these
• Repeat the above steps with WAVES, the blue cards and the blue stamped pieces

• Create clusters of burlap and Creative Cuts, either directly onto the cards or separately and adhere to the cards

• For the final step, splatter KaiserMist- Gold onto the blue cards and KaiserMist-Candy onto the pink cards

I hope you have enjoyed reading about how I created these beach themed twist and pop cards! I definitely recommend creating some fun projects using the Tropical Dreams Collection, especially the Creative Cuts. Keep an eye out for the recycled layout that I have also created this month using this gorgeous collection.
Be safe, stay healthy and keep crafting!
Roxanne xX