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Joe's tree pop-up card
Single page birthday card for a friend, based on the first page of Brava Strega Nona! by Tomie DePaola, popped up by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart.
The birthday loomed and there I was idea-bereft, empty of any ideas building pressure for expression so I pulled a few pop-up books off the shelves and thumbed through them for inspiration.
There was nothing particularly apposite about a tree but then I thought, there doesn't need to be. Just make something cute. So I used crayons which would permit a great deal of childlike carelessness in execution. The background is my least favorite part of any card. This background very closely mimics the art in the book. So does the tree with certain modifications to make it easier. I am very lazy sometimes. Somehow the idea lodged that I would not be doing anything more than once. If I messed up, and I did, then I will just have to make adjustments and live with the mistakes. If I would do this again it would come out much better, but I don't care. I'm not trying to win any awards over here and I am not striving for perfection.
Go on, have a look at the rest of the photos that describe this card in more detail and see if you could do better yourself.
This card is also posted on another site that has listed all of the pop-up cards. At least most of the pop-up cards beginning from the time I started listing them here.
bear thank you pop-up card
Thank you card for invitation to a cocktail party.
8.5 X 11 card stock with 2 inches trimmed off both sides, so that would be 6.5 X 9 then folded in half resulting in 4.5 X 6.5 inch card . An envelope was fashioned with the same card stock sealed with an identical fish sticker, except much smaller.
Both bear arms are cut directly onto a "V" mechanism glued across the central fold that works as a broad upward scoop. So the arms are in the down position when the card is closed and they lift up as the card is opened. Fir is scribbled on both sides of the arms. The fish is glued at two points, one glue spot on each paw and the fish is placed at a slightly different angle from the arms which forces the paws downward slightly when the card is fully opened and the whole fish slightly up off the bear's arms, tilting toward the viewer more than the arms do. It really does look like the bear is passing off the fish. The viewer is supposed to notice the fish has a bite taken out. It's rather like being handed a piece of pie with a big ol' chunk missing and obvious teeth marks.
A personal message of warmth is written on the bottom right, not shown.
Another description here.
All pop-up cards here.
Faiyum boy with a frog pop-up card
Astromoths pop-up card
Trannysaurus Rex pop-up card
This is a one-page pop-up card. More photos here along with a thorough description.
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop-uppagestransitiontank.
two dogs pop-up card
This is a three-page pop-up card. More photos here along with a thorough description.
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop-up transition tank.
polar bear and penguins pop-up card
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop-up transition tank, here.
anteater pop-up card
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop-up transition tank, here.
meerkats pop-up card
This is a six-page pop-up card. Many more photos here along with a thorough description.
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop-up transition tank, here.
mushroom log pop-up card
Described in detail here.
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop up transition tank..
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop up transition tank..
Egyptian celebration pop-up card
Described in detail here
You can view all of the pop-up cards and their support pages at pop-up transition tank.
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