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It's the start of CHA today and I can't think of a better way to start off CHA by sharing a brand new release from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies featuring two new stamp sets by Nicole Wright Designs. Nicole has created a beautiful Fallen Blossom stamp set and a stunning Upstream Stamp set. I can't wait to create more projects using these stamp sets.  The stamp sets are available to order on the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies website.  For my project, I created a Pop Up Box Card featuring the two new beautiful stamp sets. 

Supplies Used: Emerald Creek Craft Supplies featuring Nicole Wright Designs - Cherry Blossom & Koi stamp set. Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot & Antique Linen. Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Carved Pumpkin, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Worn Lipstick & Spun Sugar. Tim Holtz Kraft Core - #13 & #19. Bazzill Cardstock - Black. 1 3/8" Circle Punch.

To begin making my card, I coloured two sets of the cherry blossom image with Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar Distress Markers. Once all the images were coloured, fussy cut them out and inked the edges using Black Soot Distress Ink on a blending tool.

After the Cherry blossoms images were fussy cut out and inked, I moved on to colouring the Koi. For the Koi you will need two sets of the Koi images. To colour them I used Carved Pumpkin, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade and Black Soot Distress Markers.  Once the I was happy with the colouring, I fussy cut all the Koi out and inked the edges using Black Soot Distress Ink on a blending tool.

For the saying, it is found on the Cherry Blossom set. I stamped it and then inked over top of it with Antique Linen Distress Ink on a blending tool. Once I was happy with the colour, I trimmed out the saying into two strips. Love this saying that Nicole Wright Designs incorporated into the set. 

To create the Pop Up Box card, I followed a tutorial the I found on the Split Coast Stampers website, here is the link so you can create it at home: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/popupboxcard/. Below is what the Pop Up Box Card will look like before assembly. 

Before attaching the box together, I cut out panels using Graphic 45's Bird Song Paper and Tim Kraft Core paper #19. Once these were cut I inked them using Black Soot Distress Ink on a blending tool. 

After the panels were cut, I adhered them to the small panel pieces to the small panels and the loong panel pieces to the long inside panel. Once the panels were adhered, place adhesive on the tab and attach the tab to the outside of the long panel. Once the box is adhered together, cover the outside tab using a piece of Tim Holtz Kraft Core #19. 

Before decorating the inside, you will want to attach the inside centre piece. This will allow for attaching the Koi and Cherry Blossoms to the inside of the card.

After the inside support pieces are in place, now it is time to decorate. I used a variety of the Koi images, cherry blossoms and the saying and placed them throughout the inside of the pop up box.   An extra piece I added was 1 3/8" circle lily pad out of the Tim Holtz Kraft Core #13. To top  off the lily pad add a cherry blossom petal to the top of it. Once I was happy with placement of all of the images, I adhered some pieces with adhesive and other pieces with foam squares, to give it some extra dimension. 

Supplies Used: Emerald Creek Craft Supplies featuring Nicole Wright Designs - Cherry Blossom & Koi stamp set. Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot & Antique Linen. Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Carved Pumpkin, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Worn Lipstick & Spun Sugar. Tim Holtz Kraft Core - #13 & #19. Bazzill Cardstock - Black. 1 3/8" Circle Punch.

Here is my Pop Up Box card with all the aspects together. 

This card was a ton of fun to make and with the beautiful stamped images from Nicole Wright Designs, it created the perfect combination!  

Make sure that you go and check out the rest of the Emerald Creek Dares Design Team as they have all created different pieces using the same stamp sets:

Julia

Karon

Cathy

Diana

Shilpa

Claudia

Don't forget to enter your project into our Emerald Creek Dares Challenge for your chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate for the Emerald Creek Store!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Pop Up Box Card. Make sure that you continue to check back over CHA week as there will be other projects featuring Emerald Creek Craft Supplies products.

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn