Inkspirational Challenge #357 - Designer's Choice - COLD - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Inside Pop-up Panel using SSD Forever Frost)

Hello, 

Welcome to Inspirational Challenge #357. Can you believe it? This is our final challenge of 2025, carrying us right over the threshold into 2026. Where did the year go?

For the next two weeks (December 20–January 2), Marlena invites you to explore her Designer’s Choice theme: COLD. A timely pick for many of us in the Northern Hemisphere; indeed, as I write this post, the thermometer reads a brisk –27°C! 🥶 Winter has truly arrived.

What does cold spark for you? Frosty textures, icy palettes, snow-covered scenes, frozen treats or perhaps a humorous take on shivering critters or bundled-up figures? So many options, right!

Today, I'm using the Forever Frost collection from Simply Stated Design. The frost themed papers and ephemera certainly convey cold in the most lovely fashion.

 

This beautiful snowflake and sentiment featured on the front of my card make for a simple design.

The 'real' magic happens when the card is open, revealing a 'hidden' panel that pop-up from a carefully constructed 'feat of engineering' (at least for me it is!).

Below is a top view of the 'mechanism'.

Here is a view of one side of the card once opened, followed by...

the view from the other side.

 

A selection of ephemera - snowflakes and icy winter roses - adds to the card's wintry vibe.

I won't pretend this was easy to make; a couple of 'sloppy copies' happened first. Once I had the mechanism - or more specifically, the mechanism's opening - figured out, the card came together quickly. I'm pleased with the result and, despite the finagling and fiddling, I'll certainly be making more.  Hope this brings you a smile.

Please head over to the main blog to see wonderful inspiration from my talented team. Then, cozy up in your craft room and design a COLD themed card to share in the gallery.

On behalf of my team and myself, we wish you and your loved ones all the joys of the festive season.

Thank you for dropping by!