| Above is the view from our balcony. It was taken after a fierce storm one evening. The sun broke through and bathed the village in the most wondrous light |
It seems an age ago that I got my Robo, but it is in fact a year. It's amazing how much you can learn in that time. I have always loved pop-up cards and have enjoyed the challenge of learning how to design them.
Below are some of my creations, designed and then patiently put together by me.
3 Delightful Cards to Celebrate New Arrivals
| Baby Blocks | Baby's Cot | Baby's Pram |
3 Magnificent Buildings, wonderfully complicated designs.
| Knight's Castle | Fairytale Castle | Mansion House |
3 Designs based on the Garden
| Garden Bench | Flower Pots | Garden Shed |
Time to relax, on the beach, in the garden or in the country.
| Paradise Beach | Garden Hammock | The Water Mill |
Different modes of Transport
| An Old Car | Motorbike | Venice |
A girly one and 2 more romantic ones
| Wishoe Card | Romany Caravan | Princess Carriage |
3 Cards showing different pop-up lettering.
| Nice Sentiment | Graduation Congrats | A Photographers Card |
One for the boys and a party invitation.
| Layered Lettering | Pontiac Sedan | Celebration |
An Oriental pop-up with co-ordinating lettering. Santa's Sled!
| Pagoda | Lettering | Santa's Sled |
3 new designs, trying to find more ideas for men's cards.
| Yacht Scene | Winner's Trophy | DIYer's Birthday |
After many hours of experimentation, we have the new 'Framed Pop-up'
Ballet Stage | Flower shop | Manger Scene |
| A mother fairy sitting in a flower, cradles her baby. |
| A beautiful cot and box, complete with mobile. The perfect 3D card for a birth or christening. NEW, a pram, as an alternative to the cot. Strong enough for you to place a small gift in. |
| A simple and elegant wedding card. |
| Beautify | Boudoir | Lakeside Dreams |
| Same design, 2 different looks. A nice Valentine card, drama in black and red. Then a wedding or engagement card, elegant in cream and gold. |
Simple no frills vertical pop-up card. Great for men. Pop-up trellis rocking horse. makes a nice Birthday card for a special baby. |
A lovely lace corset on a stand. Cut from parchment and gently embossed. Used here as a wedding card. The wedding cake is cut from 2 colours of irridescent paper and mounted with 3d pads. |
| 3 new designs. Baby Boy pop-up as an arch with stork centre, there is of course a girl version. The birthday cake pop-up, which the photo doesn't do justice to. And finally the rose lattice medallion, a very intricate design with impact. |
LINKS
For some neat packaging templates free of charge look here
If you like pop-ups, here are a few sites worth looking at:
http://members.shaw.ca/woa/models.htm
http://www.geocities.com/vanesa_yo/mynewcasa.html
http://www.geocities.com/marivi_2/myhomenew.html