Stadium wave pop-up cards...

After watching Sam Calcott's video tutorial here on how to make stadium wave cards, I made a few for family birthdays.

This card was made for my daughter who fosters dogs for a local rescue agency. I have a die that is a row of little pups, all hooked together. I simply cut them apart to use on my card.

These cards are a nightmare to photograph, so please excuse the bad images I'm sharing with you. I hope you get the idea.

I used pink vellum and some strong double-sided tape for the wave mechanism in this card. It worked well and wasn't as thick as cardstock.

Here's the sentiment panel on the inside, which I created with my computer. My daughter is always cuddling on the couch with two or three dogs, so this was perfect for her.

This is a stadium wave card I made for my aunt. All of these cards were A2 in size. I cut the cardstock at 4 1/4" X 11" and scored them at 5 1/2", so they were top-fold cards.

The butterfly was very glittery, so I also added glitter to the small white circles that had been die-cut, signifying the butterfly's trail.

On the inside there was a rainbow of butterflies. I added a die-cut oval with a stamped sentiment on it and a blank oval (on the lower left side) as a space to write a personal note and sign the card.

As you can see in the photo, I used the same paper for the wave mechanism as I had used to decorate the inside and front of my card. This paper was not cardstock, but more like a good quality printer paper. It seemed sturdy enough for the wave mechanism and didn't make the card so thick that I had to add a belly band to keep it closed.

I was with my aunt when she opened this card, and she really loved it!

I made this card twice - for two of my grandsons. They were not the same age, so the statistics used on the inside were a bit different on each of them.

The sentiment on the front of the card was created with my computer. The balloons were die-cut and the middle one was popped up on foam squares.

In this photo you can see that I've added die-cut ovals to each section of the "wave." Each oval has a statistic on it that is equal to 14 years. The stats included were seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and, finally, years.  I used a good quality printer paper to make each piece of the wave mechanism and because I had only seven ovals/statistics, I scored and folded my paper strips a little differently to give them a wider spread.

Both of the grandsons who received these cards really seemed to like them. The stadium wave mechanism is such a fun surprise when the card is opened.

I hope you'll give these cards a try. Once you get the hang of it, they're not hard at all. I think a Christmas card with all different kinds of die-cut snowflakes on the wave mechanism would be great. I may have to give that a try.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl