Arrr Matey! Treasure Chest Pop-Up Card

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! When I posted my first Upsy Daisy card, Karen showed me a picture of this great card using the Upsy Daisy die set along with the Treasure Chest die that created a pop up chest where the lid slides to the side to reveal the treasure. Well, I just had to make a card doing this and thought a Pirate theme was in order!

To start, I cut a piece of Ground Coffee cardstock 4.25x11 and scored it at 5.5. Then I used my bone folder to make a good crisp fold. I also cut two rectangles 1/8" smaller then my card base and created backgrounds for the inside of my card. I used MFT - Clouds stencil and Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers to create my bright cloudy background. 

For the Pirate side of my card, I used Karen Burniston's Ocean Edges to create two different waves. Then I die cut the Boat Pop-Up from heavy weight smooth white cardstock and trimmed it to just show the front of the boat. I colored in my boat using Copic markers. I used the Pirate Ship Add-On to create my pirate ship. I used MFT - Party Like a Pirate stamp set to add the Pirate Captain and First Mate. Then I also used this stamp set to stamp the skull that is on the flag. I stamped the Yo Ho Ho! sentiment using Karen Burniston's Pirate Sentiments. 

For the pop-up side of my card, I added a sandy beach background using Karen Burniston's Nature Edges die set and smooth white cardstock. I used Distress Ink in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo to create my sand. I also die cut the sand mound in the Treasure Chest die set and colored it in with Distress Ink as well. I also stamped a sentiment in the top right corner using the Pirate Sentiments and Detail Black ink from Pink Fresh Studios. 

I die cut the Treasure Chest from kraft and black cardstock, then used Distress Ink in Vintage Photo on the chest to make the woodgrain stand out. I also used a white size 10 Gelly Pen to create the rivets on the chest. I followed along with Karen's great how to video which you can check out by clicking here. 

I die cut two pop-up mechanisms from the same cardstock as my card base and glued them into my card using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle. Then I put my treasure chest together. I added two kinds of gold coins, mirrored gold and sparkly gold. I also die cut the lock and key from matte silver cardstock. I added the Treasure Chest to the pop-up mechanisms as Karen shows in here video. Then tested my card to make sure it worked well. Lastly I added two palm trees from the Beach Charms and Beach Bar Tiny House Add-Ons. 

For the front of my card, I created a treasure map. I cut a piece of Mermaid cardstock to the fit just 1/8" smaller than my card base. Then I die a piece of smooth white cardstock the same size and with a pencil, created two islands. I cut these out with my craft scissors. 

Then I colored them in with Distress Oxide Ink in Mowed Lawn and Distress Ink in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo. I glued these onto my background and stippled white dots to look like sea foam around my islands. I added the little trail using the windows die from the Cruise Ship Add-On, added the anchor from the Boat Pop-Up and the crab from the Sea Charms die set. I also added the Palm Tress from the Beach Charms die. Then stamped another sentiment from the Pirate Sentiments stamp set. I drew on the x marks the spot and I added some wave lines on my water. 

I just love how this card turned out. It also isn't as thick as I thought it would end up being and would probably only take a little more postage if I was to mail this. Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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