Pop up Floating Triple Panel Card

My inspiration for this card came from a Karen Burniston Card that I found on Pintrest. I love how the 3 panels float across the card base

There is a video up on YouTube Channel and you may find this useful especially for producing the mechanism 

Card Making Supplies

Made To Surprise All the Sentiments Stamp & Die Set

Made To Surprise In The Garden Stamp & Die Set

Nuvo Drops in Auburn Pearl, Sunlit Meadow and Honey Gold

Garden Twine

Card Making Supplies

I begin by creating the card base, This was done using a sheet of card measuring 11 1/2 x 8 1/4. On the longside this was scored at 5 3/4 and folded as a valley to create the card base

Mats and Layers were applied to both inside panels. These measured

Mats 5 1/2 x 8 

Layers 5 1/4 x 7 3/4

You need 2 pieces of card which measure 1 by 6 and score them both at 1/2, 3/4, 3 and 3 3/4

Fold these so they are all mountains. Add glue to the 1/2 inch tab and join this on the inside

To create the mechanism, you need 2 pieces of card measuring 1 x 2 1/4.

Draw a pencil line at 1/2 inch on both.

On the first one put a pencil mark at the top at 1/4 and 1 1/4 inch

On the second piece put a pencil mark at the bottom at 1/4 and 1 1/4 inch

On the first piece score from the 1/4 inch mark to the opposite edge at the 1/2 inch mark. Then score from the 1/2 inch point to the opposite edge at 1 1/4. Then from the 1 1/4 to the opposite corner at 2 1/4. Cut down this final score line. (See video for clarity)

 Do the same with the second piece this should give you a mirror image

Fold the score lines so they are mountains

Place glue on the end triangle and adhere onto the card base in the same position as the photo below. The point of the triangle is flush with the edge of the card and in line with the centre fold.

With the mechanism laid flat place glue on the parallelogram where my finger is pointing in the photo

Join this upto the score line on the bottom inside of the rectangle you created earlier (See video for clarity)

Do this on both sides. Then squash the rectangle flat and place glue on the small side closest to the centre fold. Close the card

You need 3 pieces of card which measure 3 x 2 1/2

Onto these I have added mats 2 1/4 x 2 3/4

Layers 2 x 2 1/2

Which I have decorated with the stamps and die cuts

I punch holes in all 4 corners, using a hole punch. I did this by lining up the corner of the silver card with the opposite edge of my hole punch

I decided which two I wanted on the outer edges and using a strip of scrap paper measuring 1 inch I line them up. The scrap paper was flush with the bottom edge of the card and the panel we are gluing was flush with edge. 

Gue was added to the short edge of the rectangle and the card closed

Twine was used to lace all 3 together

The sentiment an die cuts were added

The front panel of the card was decorated by adding

Mat 8 x 5 1/4

Layer 7 3/4 by 5 

a sentiment and uvo drops

Thanks for reading 

Claire