Stamping with JoJo: Tulip Gardens

Mother's Day was last Sunday, and to honor four very special women, I made these Tulip Garden pop-up box cards! I couldn't share instructions before the holiday, but now that they have received their cards I wanted to take some time to show you all how I made these fun cards! Of course, they could be made for ANY occasion!!

Here are individual photos of all four:

Blushing Bride, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron

Blueberry Bushel, Seaside Spray, Garden Green

Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green

Blushing Bride, Highland Heather, Pear Pizzazz

These cards are much easier to make than you make think, once you have the dimensions for cutting and scoring. I've written out all the instructions for you below!

Cut and score with your paper trimmer:

Thick Whisper White cardstock 8/5" x 5.5", scored on the short side at 2.25" and on the long side at 2", 4", 6" and 8"
One ONE long side, cut in on your 4 score lines up to the long score line. Cut off the 1/2" tab on the same side of the score line, as pictured:

Burnish your 4 in-tact score lines on the long side
Burnish 3 of the 4 flaps that were created when you cut in on the 4 score lines. Be careful to leave the one attached to the little 1/2" tab un-burnished, you'll want this to stand up on the back side of your box.
Cut two strips of Thick Whisper White cardstock to .75" x 3.25", score at 5/8" from each end and burnish with your bone folder
Cut the following DSP pieces (for my examples I used various shades of green)

7 pieces of 1.75" x 2.5"
1 piece of 1.75" x 5.25"

Optional: If you wish to write on the back of your card, cut a piece of Whisper White to 1.5" x 5"

Assemble Card Base:

Adhere DSP panels as shown below
If you desire to stamp a "made by" marking, do so on the back of one of the flaps now, before creating the box

Use a piece of Tear And Tape on the 1/2" flap to adhere the flap to the furthest panel, creating a box like so:

Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere your two .75" x 3.25" strips inside the box - they should be in a "Z" format, so that the box can fold flat, as pictured

Stamp with the Timeless Tulip stamp set:

On a 5.5" x 4.25" piece of Whisper White, stamp 4-5 of each size of Tulip in your first chosen flower color
On a 5.5" x 4.25" piece of Whisper White, stamp 4-5 of each size of Tulip in your second chosen flower color
On a 5.5" x 4.25" piece of Whisper White, stamp 5-6 of each size of Leaf in your chosen leaf color

Cut your flowers and leaves:

Cut off the strips of the stamped images that will be punched - this way you will not accidentally punch into the image that need to be fussy-cut

Use the Tulip Builder Punch to punch out your large tulips and large leaves. Be careful to start from the correct side of your paper, so that the part of the punch you aren't currently focusing on doesn't accidentally cut one of your images

Build your Tulip Garden:

Cut approximately 10-15 strips of window sheets to .25" x 2"
Using your Multipurpose Liquid Glue, adhere some tulips and leaves to the tall back part of the pop-up box
Now, adhere a tulip to a window sheet and then adhere the other end of the window sheet to the cross-beams inside the box.
Continue adhering tulips and leaves to the strips of window sheets and into the box until you are happy with the fullness of the Tulip Garden. I prefer to work from the back to the front, using smaller flowers and placing them lower as I go
When complete, your box will lie flat for mailing - I have shown it below inside a clear envelope