DIY Network

Retro Pages: Pop Up Telephone (Closets of My Life) From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-520

Guest Jen Lowe joins host Sandi Genovese to demonstrate how to create an interactive '60s-style page with a retro pop-up paper phone.

Project by Jen Lowe.

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	Guest Jen Lowe creates a pop-up retro phone for an interactive 60's style page.
	PDF Download the pop-up telephone pattern.
	PDF Download the closet door pattern.
	PDF Download the 1950's style clothes pattern.

Materials:

Triple Powder Stripe
Tangerine Posie
Powder Blossoms
Rosey Posey
Lt. Powder Strip
Powder Strip
Triple Powder Stripe
Holiday Stripe
Nails--pink, white
Rivets--silver, cream
Wizard Personal Die Cutting System
Embossing Style Dies--rectangle, square, oval, circle
Terrifically Tacky Tape
Herma Permanent tape
Flower punch
Fun wire
Lace trim
Jolee's Embellishments
Velcro tape
1-1/2" rubber band

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

Pop Up Telephone

1. Use the template to create pop-up telephone. Start by cutting the stencil out of the template (figure A).

   
   

2. Score the lines on the template (figure B). Then, fold every score line.

   
   

4. Place receiver through the top slit. Loop rubber band through the hole in the receiver and the hole at the base of the phone (figure C).

   
   

5. The phone needs to be flat because when it folds down in the page, you don't want any lumpiness. Sandwich the phone and run it through a die cutting machine (figure D). If you don't have a die cutting machine, you could use a bone folder to go over all the folds.

   
   

6. Place double sticky tape on the bottom of the phone and then pull the rubber band out. Join the bottoms together with the rubber band in the middle. Pull the rubber band tight and tie it in a knot. Cut the ends of the rubber band off. It is the tension of the rubber band that creates the pop-up activity.

   
   

7. Adhere letters to spell "call me" on the rotary dial. Attach dial mechanism by layering D, C, E and fold F over in half. Bone-fold the phone in half. Attach the bottom front half of the base to the top side of the lower flap. The phone will fold flat when the door is closed and pop up when the door is opened. The rubber band acts as the spring.

   
   

8. Build the closet by cutting a center piece 9" x 9", two side flaps each 6-1/2" x 9" and a top and bottom flap each 9" x 6". Attach the flaps to the center piece by overlapping 1" on the back on each side. Fold to center. Attach a second 9" x 9" piece of paper to the back. Adhere to 12" x 12" paper. (PDF file, above opposite the Materials list.)

   
   

9. Add pockets to the doors using template as a guide. Punch flowers as decorative knobs. Attach with nails.

   
   

10. Die cut circles, ovals, squares, rectangles and create mini books, tags. Use rivets to hang earrings and other keepsakes.

    
    

11. Use the template (PDF file, above opposite the Materials list) as a pattern to paper piece dresses, shoes and banners.

    
    

12. Create hanger rod by shaping wire and looping through rivets. Shape hangers from wire.

    
    

13. Decorate the front of the closet doors with more pockets, photos, and lace trim.

    
    

14. Add Velcro closures.

RESOURCES :

Wizard Embossing Dies
Spellbinders Paper Arts, LLC
2717 W. Cheery Lynn Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85017
Toll-free: 888-547-0400
Website: www.spellbinders.us

Patterned Paper, Nails, Rivets
Chatterbox, Inc.
Website: www.chatterboxinc.com

Wireform Mesh Sheets, Art Emboss Copper Sheet, Copper Wire
American Art Clay Co.
Website: www.buyamaco.com

Terrifically Tacky Tape
Provo Craft
Website: www.provocraft.com

Flower Punch, Jolee's Embellishments, Herma® Dotto™ Permanent Tape, Zig Memory Writer
EK Success Ltd.
Website: www.eksuccess.com

Lace Trim
The Berry Patch
136 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO 80544
Phone: 303-652-1500

Velcro® Sticky Back® Tape
Website: www.velcro.com

Acrylic Metal Edged Ruler
Creative Impressions
Natalie Abbott, Owner
1205 Shasta Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80910
Phone: 719-596-4860
E-mail: sales@creativeimpressions.com
Website: www.creativeimpressions.com

Embossing Tool
Lasting Impressions
2241 S. 1560 W.
Woods Cross, UT 84087
Toll-free: 800-936-2677
Website: www.lastingimpressions.com

Xyron 900 Sticker Maker
Xyron
Website: www.xyron.com

Craft Knife (The Natural Cut)
The Pencil Grip, Inc.
PO Box 67096
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Toll-free: 888-736-4747
Website: www.thepencilgrip.com

One Brush System, Non Smear Decorating Chalk
The Stencil Collection
Website: www.thestencilcollection.com

Paper Trimmer
Fiskars
Website: www.fiskars.com

GUESTS :

Jen Lowe
Spellbinders Paper Arts Co., LLC
2801 W. Cheery Lynn Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85017
Toll-free: 888-547-0400
Website: www.spellbinders.us