Flood Update, Family Messes and a Valentine’s Update

I think I posted pictures of our house flood a few months ago.  Well, putting the basement back together has been another story in itself.  Let’s just say that it’s causing a lot of stress.  Part of the problem is that we hired my BIL to work on part of it, and his marriage (to my SIL) is crumbling and unfortunately he cannot separate us as his family, from us as his clients.  So let’s just say we finally had to fire him and hire someone else.  Needless to say, Brad is busy trying to do a lot of the work himself.  Last weekend he tiled the basement and then I helped him grout it the next day.  We have flipped 3 other houses, but this was supposed to be our final move, and this house was not supposed to need work right away – but sometimes fate just takes these decisions right out of your hands.

The biggest stress in our house right now is financial, as I’m sure many of you have experienced lately.  Starting on Monday, the Teachers Union in British Columbia is going on strike.  My hubby is a teacher too, so it’s a big financial hit.  And although we have house insurance, the flood uncovered some other major repairs that were not covered.

And to top it all off, our cat nearly died.  He ate a bird and it somehow made him very sick.  He may look like a cat, but he’s actually a dog in a cat’s body.  How many cats do you know that come when you whistle?  He’s a really important part of our family and he’s only 9 years old.  But it looks like he’s pulling through so that’s a relief.

Firstly, I wanted to post up some photos of how I put together the heart pop-up card that was included in my free Valentine’s Unit. 

Oh, BTW, apparently I cannot spell Valentine’s properly and I’ve fixed up a few spelling mistakes, so now you can get the updated version. I know Valentine’s Day has passed, but if you are a super organzied person, you just might want it for next year.

Now on to the pop-up card.  I apologize in advance if you find it confusing.  I took photos of several different cards so they are all different colours.

Here are the two pages from the Pop-up card  One is the blackline master (below) and the other is the instruction sheet. (on the left)

First I copied the  blackline master onto coloured paper.  The children coloured the heart as brightly as they could with a red crayon.  Then they cut it out.

Then I helped them fold the card as in the instruction sheet above.  To the right is a photo of the yellow card folded closed.  The missing corner is where the heart folds in.

Then I attached the colured paper card to a white cover.  You need to fold the larger white cover in half and then line up the folds (as with the pink card below).  I glued down one side at a time.

So when the card opens, the heart pops up!  Below you will find a few more photos to show you exactly what I mean.

 

I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial.  Please leave a comment as I love to hear what you think!