Pop-up Block card – Greatest Journey

Today I have a fun-fold called a pop-up block card using the Greatest Journey stamp set and a blast from the past, Mountain Air.

I think this is one of the easiest cards I’ve ever made, fun-fold wise. It is a series of decreasing squares, scored and folded to create little blocks, or steps and it was such fun to make.

When Stampin’ Up! added the Enjoy the Journey DSP to its Sale-a-bration choices from 1-28 February, I knew I had to create something with it! If you want to redeem this pack of DSP as a Sale-a-bration item with a qualifying purchase of £45, you need to use this special code #164425 otherwise the system will not will register it as a free Sale-a-bration item and will log it as a normal catalogue item with its retail value.

Cutting guide

Imperial

1. Card base : Basic White (thick) 4 ¼ x 8 Long side score 1 ¼” and 2 ½”.
2. First block : 3 ¾” x 3 ¾”, score 1, 2 ¼” and 3 ¼”.
3. Second block : 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”, score at ¾”, 2 and 2 ¾”.
4. Third block : 2 ¾” x 2 ¾”, score at ½”, 1 ¾” and 2 ¼”
5. Fourth block : 2 ¼” x 2 ¼”, score at ¼, 1 ½” and 1 ¾”

Metric

1. Card base : Basic White (thick)10.5 cm x 20 cm Long side score 3 cm and 6 cm.
2. First block : 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm, score 2.5 cm, 5.5 cm and 8 cm.
3. Second block : 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm, score at 2 cm, 5 cm and 7 cm.
4. Third block : 8 cm x 8 cm, score at 1.5 cm, 4.5 cm, and 6 cm.
5. Fourth block : 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm. score at 1 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm.

Designer Series Paper

Each block or step requires a mat layer of DSP. It looks better when you have a continuous pattern for all the blocks or steps. In order to achieve this you need to cut equal amounts from the top and bottom of each strip of patterned paper.

Imperial

The overall size of the paper is 4 ⅛”x 5 ⅝”.

1. First strip for Panel 1 – full length 1 ⅛” x 4 ⅛”
2. Second strip for Panel 2 – cut ¼” off each end so overall length is 1 ⅛” x 3 ⅝”
3. Third strip for Panel 3 – cut ½” off each end so overall length is 1 ⅛” x 3 ⅛”
4. Fourth strip for Panel 4 – cut ¾” off each end so overall length is 1 ⅛” x 2 ⅝”
5. Fifth strip for Panel 5 – cut 1” off each end so overall length is 1 ⅛” x 2 ⅛”

Metric

The overall size of the paper is 10 cm x 12.5 cm

1. First strip for Panel 1 – full length 2.5 cm x 10 cm.
2. Second strip for Panel 2 – cut off 0.5 cm each end so overall length is 2.5 cm x 9 cm
3. Third strip for Panel 3 – cut 1 cm off each end so overall length is 2.5 cm x 8 cm
4. Fourth strip for Panel 4 – cut 1.25 cm off each end so overall length is 2.5 cm x 7.5 cm
5. Fifth strip for Panel 5 – cut 1.5 cm off each end so overall length is 2.5 cm x 7 cm

Back of card

Imperial

1. Mat layer 1 : Highland Heather cut at 5 ¼” x 4”
2. Basic White : Mat layer 2 cut at 5 ⅛” x 3 ⅞”.

Metric

1. Mat layer 1 : Highland Heather cut at 13.5 cm x 10 cm
2. Basic White : Mat layer 2 cut at 13 cm x 9.5 cm.

Video Tutorial

Here’s a visual aid to help you better understand how it all came together.

Supply list

Listed below is the supply list. Just click on the picture to take you directly to the item in my online store.

Product List

Enjoy The Journey 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164425]	Greatest Journey Bundle (English) [160594]	Mountain Air Photopolymer Stamp Set [151610]
Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]
Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010]	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103]	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099]
Stamparatus [148187]