After I made the pop up box card for my friend’s birthday, I immediately knew I wanted to make another one — this time for my dad, who’s turning 85 next week!<\/p>\n

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For my dad’s card, I paired the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop Up Die Set<\/a><\/span> with the Mama Elephant “Tiny Ninjas” stamp set<\/a><\/span> (WINK: there’s much less time-consuming coloring with this mostly solid stamp sets). To simplify the coloring while still making the card colorful, I stamped the ninjas with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink<\/a><\/span> and Copic colored each of the ninja’s with the same skin tones and shadows but added different colored sashes:
\nSkin: E50, 51, and with shading of ninja uniforms with C7
\nSashes (from left to right):
\nNinja 1: BV02, BV04, and BV08
\nNinja 2: Y11 and Y19
\nNinja 3: G02, G17 and G29
\nNinja 4: B21, B24 and B28
\nNinja 5: BG11 and BG15
\nNinja 6: B66 and B69
\nNinja 7: YR21 and YR24
\nI also colored all the throwing stars with Y11 and Y19<\/p>\n

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Then I moved on to the pop up box card structure: I used some pale green card stock for the base and then I die cut a sheet of “Mystical Masterpiece” from my most hoarded Graphic 45 “Bohemian Bazaar Collection”<\/a><\/span> patterned paper. I took care to center the stitched square and rectangle dies on the pattern to perfectly frame the octagon or cross shapes, and I must say I loved the classic, balanced look. Then for the “happy birthday” that would show when the box card was closed, I die cut the words using the Tim Holtz Sizzix “Script Celebration Words”<\/a><\/span> three times from white, pale green and sparkly navy cardstock and stacked and offset them for interest and dimension.<\/p>\n

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For the inside layered snow-capped mountain backgrounds, I used white, pale plue, teal blue, royal blue and black cardstock (going dark to light as I went further back into the scene) with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Mountain Borders Dies<\/a><\/span>. I printed the sentiment, “May the Stars Always Shine on You!” on my computer using a free downloadable font called, “Bonzai”, and matted it with a scrap of teal card stock to coordinate with the teal colored mountains that I extended out to the side wings of the pop up box card.<\/p>\n

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The most tedious part was the detailed fussy cutting and inking the cut edges (with a Memento Tuxedo Black Marker<\/a><\/span>) of all the ninjas and throwing stars, but it was all worth it in the end. Using scraps of clear plastic packaging cut into strips and Ranger Multi Medium Matte<\/a><\/span>, I popped up 7 ninjas and 9 throwing stars. When my dad opens up this card, there will be a surprise explosion of little ninjas and stars to wish him a wonderful birthday!<\/p>\n

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Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked. Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!<\/em><\/p>\n

PLEASE CLICK the following picture to watch the process video:<\/p>\n

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This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional 2 Designer Papers Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nMFT Peek-a-boo Surprise Birthday Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThe Male Room Challenge Multiple Layers<\/a><\/span> – WINNER<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create More than One Fold Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Monday Make Your Own Background Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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