Stampin’ Up! Happy & Heartfelt Ladybug-Turned-Bumblebee Fold Back Pop-Up Fun Fold with Video Tutorial

Good morning and happy happy Friday!  Whatcha got planned for the weekend?  We’re planning a trip to the Costco/Sam’s – they’re right across the street from each other so it always seems silly to go to one and not the other!  I’m out of lettuce AND cauliflower rice so…that’s a borderline emergency here.

Who’m I kidding?!?  It’s a STRAIGHT UP Emergency!  😳😳😳😳  So…go we will!

So – I’ve got a fun fold for you today and if you were able to join me yesterday for my YouTube live, I appreciate you spending part of your week with me!  If not, but you’d like to see the replay – here ’tis!

I first saw this fold on the Splitcoast Stampers site – there was a good video by Robyn Rasset, which I watched to get the gist of the fold.  Then…I took off and used my fave new paper (no – I am sure you could NOT guess which one!) – the Daffodil Afternoon DSP (which has the not-insignificant advantage of being FREE during Sale-A-Bration!!) and the Ladybug Builder Punch.  To make a bumble bee! 🥰  Then I added a Happy& Heartfelt sentiment on the inside.  Take a look-see:

That’s quite the stack of punches!! 🙂

Now – the best and easiest way to see how to make this card is to watch the video!  Just sayin!

I started by scoring and folding the card base at 2 1/8″ and again at 4 1/4″ along the long side.  I folded the 2 1/8″ score line as a “mountain” and the 4 1/4″ as a “valley” – to make a “Z”.

I matted the two flower-design pieces of Daffodil Afternoon DSP (FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-a-Bration!!) on Basic Black and adhered them to the two narrow panels.

I cut each of the following squares into triangles (see the video for how to make sure you get a directional pattern right – or use a non-directional one so it won’t matter!).

• 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ Daffodil Afternoon DSP – the ones with the hearts
• 2″ x 2″ Basic Black squares

I adhered the DSP triangles to their Basic Black mats and then adhered them to the back panel of the card base.

I adhered one of the 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ pieces of Basic Black onto the back of the card base – tipped up as a triangle.

On a piece of Very Vanilla, I stamped the Happy & Heartfelt sentiment in Evening Evergreen and adhered it to the black mat.

Next, I made the bumble-bee.  I cut a ladybug body using the Ladybug Builder Punch.  With Liquid Glue, I adhered three narrow strips of Bumblebee colored paper from Daffodil Afternoon across the body.  Then I trimmed the excess with my Paper Snips.

I cut her wings, using the punch, from a piece of Pale Papaya 2021 – 2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum.  Then I embossed the wings in the leafy folder from the Greenery Embossing Folders set.  I curled them lightly with a Bone Folder and adhered them to the bee with a little piece of Foam Adhesive Strip.  I added a black Classic Matte Dot to the wings.  Boom.  Err….BUZZ!  She’s a beeeeeeeee! 🙂

To make the pop out mechanism, I scored on the diagonal on the second 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″ piece of Basic Black.  Then I put the score line on the 1 7/8″ mark on my Paper Trimmer keeping it in the “diagonal” orientation (I TOLD you it was easier to visualize on the video.  Didn’t I tell you?!? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️) and snipped the end off the corner.

I folded the square – then set it right over the back matted square.  I put Liquid Glue just on the left side of the square – then closed the card over the top of the glued side.

I adhered the striped 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ Daffodil Afternoon squares to their Basic Black mats in preparation for decorating the front of the card.

Using the Medium Daisy Punch, I cut two Very Vanilla and two Pale Papaya flowers (from the 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum).  I adhered the vellum flowers to the Very Vanilla flowers with Liquid Glue.

I used the Sprig Punch to cut two Evening Evergreen and two Pear Pizzazz sprigs.

I adhered two sprigs and a flower to each of the squares – then I adhered the squares to the front of the card with Liquid Glue.  Tip:  be sure to only get your adhesive on the LEFT side of the squares so they’ll “pop” out! 🙂

I colored a couple of Opal Rounds with my Dark Pale Papaya Stampin’ Blend marker and adhered them to the middle of the flowers.

I cut the 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ piece of plaid Daffodil Afternoon DSP into a two triangles and used Liquid Glue to adhere one of them onto the visible portion of the pop-mechanism.

Finally – I used a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the bee to the pop-mechanism, making sure that the wings didn’t interfere with the opening and closing of the card.  And..that was it for this fun card! 🙂

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got the Happy & Heartfelt stamp set “congratulations” sentiment stamped several times in Evening Evergreen on the front…

…and more of the Daffodil Afternoon DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  Look.  It looks – and SOUNDS! – hard when it’s written out.  I PROMISE it’s not – trust me.  If I can make it work, you for sure can!  USE the video! 🙂  I love that we can make a totally adorable buzzy bee with the already-pretty-stinkin’-cool Ladybug Builder Punch, don’t you? 🙂  And she’s perched on Medium Daisies and…DAFFODIL AFTERNOON DSP!  Yes – I YELLED that!  It’s FREE.  And GORGEOUS.  And you NEED it! 🙂

I hope you like!

If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts are listed below!

And…I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project.  You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:

Missed any tutorials?  You can check out my past projects right here!

TTFN