Pop-Up Card with JoFY products Halloween {by Etsuko Noguchi}

Hi everyone, nice to be back with you again

Etsuko My favorite things here with you today.

This year on the blog, we have free rein to do a deep dive into a PaperArtsy product ranges of our choosing. For this post I have been exploring JOFY's products.

Today I'm looking forward to sharing with you what I figured out when working out how to combine her cute Halloween design using 'Pop-Up Card' techniques.

For this project, I decided to use Mattints for the characters, and I added highlights with coloured pencils.

I'm sure you're all looking forward to JOFY's wonderful Christmas stamps and stencils, which are released every year. However, this time I decided to use the Halloween stamp set that I had been interested in for a while, thinking that combining its cute characters, tools, and words with the recently released monster series would create a new kind of fun, so I used it for this project. Since this project focuses on characters,  These stamp set are JOFY stamp set 141 and 83 (JOFY141 and JOFY83). and PaperArtsy Stencil by JoFY (PS461, PS410 and PS309). I used Mattints for colouring. From the left edge of the photo - PaperArtsy Mattints- Ash, River Deep, Greenstone, Bellflower, Glow, Hight Viz and Ladybug. Also I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic - Turquoise (Seth Apter), Steel Grey (Seth Apter), Little Black Dress. For the papers Smoothy (Heavyweight) A4 white stamping card. And highlighted with coloured pencils. (I'm sorry that the lower part of JOFY83 is not visible. I will upload the entire image in the photo below.)

First, create the main pop-up base, prepare three pieces of paper as shown in the photo. The thick brown craft paper at the bottom is a 16 cm square. The second (white paper) and third (Black) papers  are the same 13 cm squares size, , with 2 cm left on the top, bottom, left and right sides, and cut out a 9 cm square in the centre of the paper.

Next, I will make a pop-up stand to display the doll and other items. First, cut out three pieces as shown on the white paper on the left. I painted mine Little Black Dress, but you can use any colour you like. An enlarged view of the white paper is shown in the figure below.

This is the zoomed photo of the pop-up stand dimensions, the red lines indicate cutting and the dotted lines indicate folding.

After cutting the red line, fold both ends as shown in this photo. I coloured the adhesive parts that in red and blue for clarity.

From here on, my explanation may not be sufficient, so I will provide the URL of the original site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIwatzqCyo Pop Up-Tutorial by Duncan Birmingham

Attach the pink part of the pop-up stand to the back of the 13 cm square white frame. (In this photo, there are two pop-up stands, but in reality, all three are glued together.)

Next, the white frame upside down and only glue the blue parts to the craft paper base. When doing so, place the white frame in the centre of the craft paper, leaving a 1.5 cm margin on all sides.

Seen from the side.

Align the base of each ornament with the base of the stand and glue them together. If the base protrudes, it will hit the craft paper and not stand up properly.

Pull the white paper forward and the ornament will rise up. Success!

The main characters of the ornament are three characters, one of whom is Dracula. I used the JM52 boy mini stamp for him and added hair and a cape. I used Mattints - Hight Viz, Ladybug, River Deep, and Ash for colouring and added coloured pencils for highlights.

When creating the latter two characters, I made some changes to their specifications. At this point, the pop-up panel was already complete and the photos had been taken. While editing, I noticed a mistake in the photos and was surprised to find that the two characters had become twins with the same face... Sorry, I'll continue as is.

I lightly painted the pages of the book with a mixture of Seth Apter's new colours, PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic - Pumice and Snowflake, to create a worn-out base, and then added two or three items.

I stamped images of JOFY83's large pot, the cross grave marker, and the gravestone behind the girl onto book pages, coloured them with Mattints Ash, Shadow and Glow, attached card stock to the back, and cut them out.

Pumpkins are essential, so I searched for JOFY stamps to see if there was anything good, and I found this JOFY37. What do you think? I think they're great! Apply Tango and Nougat to the Stamp Heavy Card and to create the face by a black gel pen. So I placed them around the large pot.

I doodled ghosts and bats and arranged all the ornaments on three stands each. I tried several times to create a cool layout when they were raised.

I stamped three kind of the stamps Seth Apter mini stamp - EM54 and EM40 and JOFY83 onto 16cm square the craft paper. Also I make two 3 cm wide strips of the craft paper, stamp them with the same stamp, glue them to the front and back of the white frame, and pull the stand.

As shown in the photo, glue the strips to the front and back of the white frame, and attach a slightly larger black piece of paper to the back of the 16 cm square craft card.

Finally, I made a decorative frame to hide the strips. At first, I planned to use a turquoise blue frame and made a few, but when I assembled the whole thing, it didn't quite fit. So, I created a pattern on the Little Black Dress using PaperArtsy Stencil by JoFY (PS410) star stencil in Steel Grey (Seth Apter), and added Turquoise (Seth Apter) to the outside of the frame. The result was very satisfying.

The first two photos show the finished product before and after pulling the strip. Even a pop-up card with just one character is sure to be enjoyed by families with small children, so please give it a try. I had so much fun using JOFY stamps that I decided to make tags using the same characters for Halloween. I hope you enjoy today's project.

I used PaperArtsy Stencil by JoFY - PS329 to gel-printed gradient dots in Turquoise, Purple Wine  (Tracy Scott), Cerise (Tracy Scott), and Lemon Meringue on black paper for the background of the cards and tags. I used JOFY83, JOFY141, Jofy Mini Stamp JM85, JM86, and PS461 stencils for each card and tag layer. I used the same Mattints as for the pop-up card to colours the characters.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Etsuko xxx

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Get Ahead Tags with NEW JoFY products {by Keren Baker}

Hi everyone, nice to be back with you again; Keren here with you today.

I was thrilled to have been sent the new JOFY Christmas range. Today, I'm looking forward to sharing with you easy ways to create multiple tags using a few backgrounds.

I really hadn't intended to create 7 tags, but when you've got all the elements you need and multiple prepared backgrounds, the tags just kept on coming! I also loved the challenge of creating trees out of non-tree images!

I have always wanted to create my own tartan/plaid and thought that this would be a great background for JOFY's stamps and stencils. 

To create a tartan background you just need some paint and some not-too-sticky washi tape. If you to be really precise, do measure out your spacings before you start. I just eye-balled it!

The process is simple but leave yourself an hour or so to create the pattern.

Having removed a bit of the tape's stickiness on your clothes, lay out the washi tape leaving equally spaced gaps. I started with my lightest colour.

Now add the washi tapes at a 90 degree angle from the first stripes and paint between them in the same colour.

Now position the washi tapes to cover all of the white spaces so you end up with just some of the green squares showing. Paint with a darker colour and you'll end up with a gingham effect.

Next place the strips so there's a small gap between them, roughly in the centre of each green stripe. Add slightly smaller gaps for the gaps either side of these to add interest.

Now do the same again but rotated by 90 degrees and add the final colour. I used London Bus which worked particularly well as it's a translucent so added a little more depth to the finished result.

You can see in the previous picture where the paper ripped. My washi tape was really sticky, and it also helps if you leave the paint to dry really well. I didn't mind the finished look and the PaperArtsy Heavy Smoothy cardstock stood up to a lot of faffing with it! Below is my finished result.

You could create more traditional types of tartan, but I thought this went excellently with Jo's modern style of Christmas stamps and I just loved the colours!

Next I needed to create an inked embossed background, stamp and colour and try and get some trees created!

 

I wanted to use white embossing powder and stencilling on acetate to add layers to my tag.

Simply adding ink over the embossed lettering from JOFY 143 and flicking water over it provides a subtle background layer.

I simply love acetate and so using JOFY Stencil PS478, I taped it securely onto a sheet of acetate and daubed onto each section.

The end result is just lovely! 

Next up I grabbed some more acetate, a little Grunge Paste and used a palette knife to add over the JOFY PS479. I did try and add some mica powder to the Grunge Paste but it ended up thickening it, and after thinning it down with water, the mica sheen wasn't obvious, so I added that to my list of 'not quite successful experiments'.

Jo Firth-Young's images are always sized well to colour, and so I used my alcohol markers to add graduated colour and depth. I used a combination of different sets.

JOFY trees are always fun, but I also saw several new trees in the leftover images so set about arranging them.

All I needed was to compile all the different elements to create various tags...

I added lots of details using micro beads, twine, attaching acetate using eyelets and stacking elements together.

These designs are great for getting-ahead, ready for Christmas. I know it's months away, but honestly it creeps up so quickly and then you don't have time for those extra special details like handmade tags. I have a tag box that I add to gradually and by the time December rolls around, it's filled up in no time!

If you change up the colours, it will give such a different look and there's plenty of scope for glitter and ribbon too.

I've loved creating with Jo's new range and I just know you will too! Grab some friends and host a tag making day. These stamps are the perfect candidates for it!

See you soon!

Happy creating.

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