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TLC614 ~ Let's Do The Twist (and Pop) ~ [11/28/2016}
Hello stampers - welcome to a new week! I hope that all those who celebrated Thanksgiving had a lovely time with family and friends.
I had samples made for a different challenge today - and then when I was researching ideas for Cathy's recent WT challenge, I came across the Twist and Pop card (which is also called Pop and Twist - I've also been seeing a few in the galleries recently. So, I made one for Toni's WT last week, and found it was so easy that I thought it would be a good new technique for many.
The inside fold requires a little scoring, but if you've ever made a Spring Card, you'll be familiar with the basic folds, and there's an element of the way a never-ending card is assembled in it too.
Here's a video tutorial:
Measurements for a US A2 card. Mechanism: 8 1/2" x3". Score in half along the 1 1/2" line, and score down the length at 2 3/4" and 5 3/4".
Score diagonals in the central square formed by the previous two scores. Centre pop-out: 10" x 3", score at 2 1/2", 5", 7 1/2". (I found a slightly longer piece will also work, I used 10 1/2". Card base: 11" x 4 1/4", scored at 5 1/2" to create a regular A2 top-fold card.
Measurements for a metric A5 card: Mechanism: 8 cm x 22 cm, score along it at 4 cm, and down at 7 cm and 15 cm. Score diagonals across the central square created by the previous two scores. Centre pop-out: 8 cm x 28 cm, scored at 7 cm, 14 cm and 21 cm. Card base: a regular sheet of card cut in half, scored to make a top-fold A5 card.
You can play around with the sizes a little. The key thing is that the height of both strips should be the same, and that the centre of the pop mechanism is a square - so to find the scoring measurements, subtract the height from the length and divide by two. For example, 8 x 22 cm means that 22-8 is 14, and 14 divided by two is 7 so you score at 7 and (7+8 )which is 15.
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Sabrina, this is a super technique and I have made two of them recently. It's also been called a pivot twist card. I will make a couple more, as they have such a WOW factor when opened.
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Has anyone seen the cute snowman twist and pop on youtube. She builds her mechanism right into the card, which is too much measuring for me, but just take a look at the first minute or two to see it. It could be adapted to work with our instructional
I'm having a little trouble with the mechanism getting stuck. Does anyone know if maybe I should move it up or down from the fold to fix this problem?
I think it needs to be butted right up into the fold as much as possible.
Because I had trouble with the one I was making for the Tickle a Teapotter tomorrow, and that's how I fixed it! I wasn't expecting problems after my first two and my trial run blank metric one all worked perfectly first off, but that seemed to be the problem. I think I was rushing!
Thanks sabrina. I think I had mine down just a tiny bit, but I had to tear it apart because I couldn't get it to clear the opening. Luckily I was able to save most everything so I'll try again. I didn't have as much trouble doing the 4x6 ones I did, but I really wanted this smaller size so I don't have to make envelopes.
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Sabrina - Thanks so much for today's challenge - I have been wanting to try this technique since I received a thanksgiving themed card like this from a friend. This card is super simple to put together . . .The hardest part for me today was deciding on a theme and filling up SO MUCH white space - LOL - Here's my card:Dance the Twist! by bubblestx4 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
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Well DUH! . . . Hours after posing my card, I wondered why it wasn't showing up in the gallery today . . . Guess it helps to put the right Challenge number on it!!!:oops:
__________________ Linda aka Bubbles
I'm not a Hoarder . . . I'm the Curator of an extensive collection of embellishments!!
Proud Fan Club Member Guest Designer Color Challenge July 2017 Favorites Notification Team
Well DUH! . . . Hours after posing my card, I wondered why it wasn't showing up in the gallery today . . . Guess it helps to put the right Challenge number on it!!!:oops:
Oh, I do that so often, Linda! I try to remember to click on the keyword in my upload when I'm done, to make sure that it takes me to the right gallery.
TLC614 ~ Let's Do The Twist (and Pop) ~ [11/28/2016}
