Removing the heart lock and lifting up the top flap

Folding down the front acetate flap and showing a heart matt in the oval insertion point

Folding down the Oval page to reveal 2 pages ready for more photos

Opening the top page to reveal 2 more pages for photos.  I left these pages free so any size photos can go where ever you want to place them.

Once these 2 pages open out you see the photo layout with each measurement.  Once you place your photos down, you begin the process of 'Paper Piecing' - which is just trimming down paper pieces of different sizes and different papers to create a display.

Opening the bottom flap exposes you to a pop-up with side slots.  I have only partially die-cut a small butterfly on the matt on the slot at the top right, just to show you that you could incorporate an accompanying element to tie in your theme.

This is the A4 template I used for the mat sizes - I copied this twice for the layout.

These are the components that I used to create the heart lock - 2 die-cut heart frames (I used the 2 larger frames together from the Negative Hearts frames to get the outline hearts) I embossed the sentiment on acetate with white embossing powder then cut the acetate just a bit smaller than the heart shape, then glued it between the 2 heart frames.  I put glue on the leaf die-cut only where it touched the frame, not onto the acetate as I didn't want any glue showing through from the other side.

A closer look at the heart - with the heat embossed sentiment, gemstones and glitter card leaf.  I did put some glitter pen over the embossed inner heart, but it doesn't show up in the photo.

I used 6 sheets of A4 Ivory card for the pages.  The pages were:- A = Top flap - 5 1/2" x 4 1/2" - this included 2 x 1/2" folds B = Top Left page - 11" x 8 1/4" - this included a 1/8" fold on the bottom right half (I thought about it later and I probably would have added a hinge instead of the 1/8" fold as I think that would have been stronger) C = Top Right page - 11 5/8" x 8" this included a 1/2" and a 1/8" fold on the left side D = Bottom Pop-up page - 11 1/8" x 8 1/4" - this included a 1/8" fold down the centre and 2 x 1/8" fold on the top left half E = Front Bottom Flap - 2 pieces 5 1/2" x 7" this included a 1/4" then 1/2" fold at the bottom. On each of the hinged folds I cut an angled corner so the joins looked better once glued.

This was my pop-up template.  It measured 9" x 5 3/8".  The outside frame was 1/2", the pages were 1" from that frame and from the centre fold.  You can see where I made the cuts and the folds from the top picture.

The pop-up cut and folded

This is a look at all the folded parts.

I folded the pop-up then positioned it so it was centered and was contained within the page when it was closed.

To get a perfect alignment of the slots, put both paper pieces together in opposite directions and die-cut them together.  I die-cut 4 slots from the glitter card and glued them over the paper pieces slots.

To make it easy to glue the patterned paper, I glued down half of the Pop-up - added the paper pieces.  I added glue only to the frame part,then folded the pages together to get a perfect placement of the pop-up. I then glued the other half of the paper pieces to that side.

A better view of the pop-up with all the paper pieces in place.

To create an insertion point, I used my craft knife and cut around the flowers.  I then slipped a piece of scrap paper between this cut and traced around the cut line.  I used this guide to cut the same shape with a small margin from the Precious and Cantalaupe cardstock.

I inked the edges of both of these cardstocks with Salmon ink. I glued the Precious behind the flowers and the Cantalaupe onto the back cut - this creates a pocket for a photo.  I added glitter pen to the centres of the flowers and around the edge of the precious cut.

A Sideways view to show the heart locking element. Another option of adding a second heart lock.

ULT200077- Cardstock Precious- 250gsm
ULT200056- Cardstock Cantelaupe 250gsm
ULT200028- Cardstock Peridot 250gsm
CO724317A-A4 Acetate Sheet

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