Birthday surprise

For the next few posts, I am going to focus on projects that have Stampin Up product that will be retiring soon. It is so sad that they are going away but exciting to see what great new items Stampin Up will have instore for us. So if you see something you like you will want to order it right away

Today's project I made for a special friend for her birthday. She is one of my crafty friends so giving a store bought gift just wouldn't do. This project is an explosion box/card.

When the box is closed it looks like a beautifully wrapped present. However when you carefully pull the lid off......

Surprise!!! The bottom of your box unfolds and the inside is revealed.

An explosion box can have layer upon layer of scrapbook pages, but for this one I was originally going to just make it into a card with cute stamped messages. However, knowing my friend, I thought it would be even better if I gave her a gift she could actually use so I left the pages open to add pictures of her special day. Therefore I just added one birthday greeting on top of the popped up cake.

Let's talk about this lovely cake... It was made by using one of Stampin Up's soon to be retired Big Shot XL dies, an embosslits die, a border punch, and some Designer Series paper. The three tier cake can be so versatile, you could use it to make a birthday cake, a wedding cake, a holdiday cake, whatever occasion you want. Changing the colors, the Designer Series paper, and the accesories will make this cake perfect for so many occasions. One of the other great qualities of this cake is the center piece of paper that holds the cake together can attach to the fold of your card or even a scrapbook page and by carefully closing the card or scrapbook after the cake is assembled, it will transform into a pop up cake when reopened. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post and if you love this cake and do not own the die cut for it you should defintely order it because it will only be available until June 30th, 2011.

Color scheme used: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink, and Whisper White

Lid size: 8" X 8" Designer Series paper from the birghts collection scored at 2" all the way around

Box/ page size: 12" X 12" Textured card stock scored at 4" all the way around.

Stamp Sets used: Party Hearty and So Happy For You