Paper · Pop-Ups

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Tons of Holly in the garden this year and more berries than I have ever seen on a bush- so must be we are going to have a hard winter.
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Stay warm,
Petrina

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Maybe next time I will actually string the Racket...oh my, do you think that is too much detail?
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Petrina
xxoo

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Front of Card
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Inside of card
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Watercolor and some photos before creating the greeting card:
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I am beginning to enjoy some of my photographs almost as much as my doing a watercolor.
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Do you think watercolors and photography should be in the same Art show?  I had read an article from an angry photographer as they were not allowed in an art show with oils and watercolors.  I need to think about this more.

Art is happiness, wherever you are.
Petrina

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Designing 'covers for Lavender seeds', now that I have harvested stems.
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Lavender is said to relieve stress and works well when put in with clothing.
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Wishing you a stress free day,
Petrina
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Halloween should be fun this year.  New Pop-Up cards are done, unless another idea comes that I have to make.
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Folds flat to mail.  As the card is opened the house or ghost Pops-Up 180 degrees.
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Boo.  What are you doing for Halloween?
Petrina

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Things that Fly Pop-Up Book...and some that should not.
My Pop-Up 2nd book finished.
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and the last page was the Flying Pig.
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Have had the drive, for about the last month, to do a 'Once upon a Time' Pop-Up Book- so I need to get writing.
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Did you ever have a 'once upon a time'?
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Rats- it's getting late.
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Petrina
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I think Stan Monroe- Artist is amazing.  Check out these wonderful buildings he has created- all out of tooth picks.
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I sure encourage you to vote for him, as if he wins, he will have his video produced to the Mutual of Omaha's 'aha moment'.:
http://www.toothpickcity.com/
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thanks,
Petrina.
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Yippie!  My Pop-Up Book is finished.  Story by Tammy L. Johnson
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I have 16 Pop-Ups in the book and 4 Mechanicals. 
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I will be interested to see how many pages are left after the Publisher has a wack at it.
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"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end. "
-Author unknown

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come. "
~Chinese Proverb
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Have fun today,
Petrina

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Needed a photo of my design under a glass dome.
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Would you love to go back to school?  What courses would you take?

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This was a fun one to design and make for a client.
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Little matchbook towers designed out of necessity. 
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I was tired of machine parts rolling about while trying to work on a project.

It is always fun to rifle through a drawer trying to locate the right part to modify a machine- but not very productive and it doesn't help at all while trying to meet a deadline.
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The smaller on is 3-1/2" High- a 2 page print out
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Let me know what labels you would put on your file drawers. PetrinaCase@gmail.com
Your thoughts will be entered in the August, 2009 give away:
4 card pack of my Pop-Up Cards.

Happy planning,
Petrina

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H 3"
W 2-1/4"
D 2-1/4"

I used a Battery powered Tea Light.  Wow, that was fun taking photos as the light flickered. 
The battery package says they last up to 100 hours.

Don't throw them out as they are not meant for the landfill.  You can get new batteries for them to go on and on...like wishes and dreams..
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What are you working on that is fun?

Happy todays, have a good one,
Petrina

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H   7-1/2"
W  5"
D   1"

I designed and fabricated these for my Paper Sculpture section  Handmade in my Studio.
Tic tic tic, they work.  The lower section of the clock lights up with the use of a Battery Powered Tea Light- the package says good for 100 hours.

Please note: Battery Powered Tea Lights are meant to use again and again -  Please do not throw them out when you have exhausted them.
DISCLAIMER: Open flame should not be around paper or paper products and may cause injury. This product is not intended for children.
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The bad news is that time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.
– Michael Alshuler.
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Happy day,

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What is this?

"Took 4 years to build by the Artist, a genius of the name of Wataru Itou (伊藤航), a young student of a major art university..."    If you like paper Pop-ups, see the rest of it here

http://tokyobling.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/a-paper-craft-castle-on-the-ocean/

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Finished a Tree House for a client.  Fun project.
Pop-Up Cards 180 degrees.  The door opens with a secret message inside.
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Think I'll add some brown to the Tree trunk and a couple sprigs of green grass. mmm maybe not.
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Petrina

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Finishing up on the Wedding and Love series Pop-Up cards- for now.
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Front and back of card.
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Next project is a Pop-Up Tree with a Tree House that has a moving door and windows...hopefully a rope ladder too.
Sure would love to stay up-
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'To sleep, perhaps a chance to dream"
~Shakespear

Dream some more :-), yippie!
Petrina
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Most Wedding I have been to have a custom where the guests clang on glasses to get the couple to kiss.  I designed these to lessen the noise.
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  3D Wishing Well
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Standing Card Wishing Well in the Free section at my website http://www.PetrinaCase.com
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I can only think of 2 stories that have a Wishing Well in them:
Cinderella
Three Coins in a Fountain
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Know of any others?
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May your wishes come true, whether you throw money or not.
Petrina
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Worth looking at. The July issue of Popular Science:
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Completed another Sculpture- Ships out tomorrow.  I can't imagine having to work so far off the ground- ahhhhhhh.
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Hope you get to stay grounded,
Petrina
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I am just thrilled.  Have 14 spreads completed and in the book- 5 more to go and I will be done.
I have a meeting in a couple of days and if all is well, I'll mail another copy off to the Publisher in California.

Keep your fingers crossed.
Petrina