Chipboard Merry Christmas Pop-Up Card

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***NOTE:  I will be moving my cards and paper crafting to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year. I've been thinking about it for a long while, and the New Year seems like a good time to make the change. I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

Today I have another Pop 'n Cut Christmas card to share - made using one of the many card bases I cut out a couple of years ago. The front has a sparkly candy-cane border sticker and a chipboard Merry Christmas embellishment.

Inside there is a bit more of the sparkly candy canes, and the words stamped on the Pop-Up portion.

The patterned paper is quite sparkly as well.

Supplies:
Sparkly Patterned paper - stash
Pop 'n Cut A2 card base with Wavy Label Insert - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Wavy Label Thinlets - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Cream card stock
Clear Double Sided Adhesive - 1/8" - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Border embellishment - K & Company
Chipboard embellishment - K & Company
Scallop Card base - Sizzix

Card size - 4-1/2  x 6"

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C4C 361 Strawberry Challenge Crd

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog, and since it's a new month we also have a new Hostess! Our November 2016 Hostess is Maryann Einam and our Guest Designer is Doreen O'Brien from Doreen's Dream.

Maryann's challenge is:  Who resist fresh fruit that is in season, for me it is strawberries, so add some to your card. You don't like strawberries, just add you favorite fruit.

My knees had been really painful and filled with fluid so not working that well at all. I needed to do things that required little walking so I went through my bin of stamped, die cut and Cricut cut embellishments. Haven't looked in that bin since we moved and that was over two years ago! Found lots of fun goodies I look forward to creating with in the near future. One was a couple of these Cricut cut barrels, all inked and assembled and ready to go. Perfect timing for Maryann's challenge!

I chose a Centre Step card and some strawberry stamps & dies that I got when I belonged to the Stamps Of Life Die Hard club. I only used them once or twice so the challenge also worked for me trying to use some of my older products as well. The cute little fence? It's a Sizzix original die that I've had almost since I got my first Big Shot and it still makes me happy.

A little hand lettering inside and my card is ready for my Mother in Law's upcoming birthday.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C361.

Supplies:
Strawberries, stamps and dies - The Stamps of Life
Barrel - Doodlecharms cartridge
Brads
Stickles
Centre Step Card - Sizzix
White card stock
Fence - Sizzix
Kraft card stock

Card size - standard A2

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Olivia's Midnight the Bat Card

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Our Granddaughter loves PINK and PURPLE ... and she will tell you with vehemence if you ask her what her favourite colours are. I chose not to add pink onto her Halloween card, but did make a purple pearlized Midnight the Bat!

The background was lightly stencilled with the new Bats Stage it Stencil by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs, then the piece was cut with one of the new Labels and Circles dies. I added some black Glitter Dots on her eyes and stamped Trick or Treat from the Halloween Clear Stamps.

Inside is another stamp from the set. I was so happy that there were words to use inside the card. Everyone seems to make the titles or greetings, but never think of words for inside a card.

Supplies:
Purple card stock - Soft Finish Perfect Purple - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Purple metallic card stock
White card stock
Double Sided Adhesive - 6" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Copics
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White Soft Finish Card stock 85#
Bats Stage-it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Halloween Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Card size - A2

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Blue Bat Halloween Card

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This Halloween card is for our Grandson Ethan, who loves blue. Blue Blue Blue. Of course, I had to make Midnight the Bat in blue, just for him!

The blue and orange background was done with the new Stage it Stencil by Karen Burniston - stencils make it so easy to customize the colours of your background.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Supplies:
Midnight the Bat, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Blue, black and orange card stock scraps
Clear double sided adhesive, 6" and 1/8" width's - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fun foam
Iron Fence Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stripes/Plaid Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bat Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - Standard A2

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ROYGBIV Octobr 2016 Designer Challenge

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It's time for Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge, and this month it's: "ROYGBIV" - It's the monochromatic challenge but YOU pick your color from any of the colors of the rainbow. Make a card featuring predominantly Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo or Violet.

For last months Designer Challenge, Karen Burniston made the most amazing Twist Circle Panel Pop-Up card, with inspiration from her cousin Jessica. These Pop-Up panel cards have taken the paper crafting world by storm so I was pretty excited that she had come up with a way to make this type of card with a Pop-it Ups DIE instead of complicated measuring or template. There is a link to Karen Burniston's card and video at the bottom of my post today.

For my challenge card this month, I chose YELLOW.

The front of my card uses clouds from the All Season's Tree, and the new Labels and Circles. The patterned papers were in my stash, which worked out well. Love using up things from my stash.

I added Stickles around the edges of the clouds, and outlined the scalloped ring and the word 'Hi' with a fine point marker.

Here is a peek at the card as it is unfolding ...

And here it is completely opened up. Amazing how different the Twist Circle Pop-Up looks simply by extending the arms. 

To create the large sun, I used the Circles and Labels set, and the rays are the triangle banners from the Anita Frames Pop-Up. I lightly doodled on each one then tucked it under the circle edges.

It's so much fun decorating all the little panels!

The first panel has Lucky the Rabbit. To keep it monochromatic, I coloured his ears, nose and feet with an orange pencil instead of pink.  I stamped words on the second panel and added glittered clouds to the third. The fourth panel has the little yellow woven basket from Props 7 with a heart inside, and a sun from the Oval Pull Card.

Note - because I love my foam tape, I popped the embellishments up. And I like the way that looks! However, it makes for a very thick card when folded up and one that will have to be hand delivered or sent with lots of extra postage. I'll have to remember to keep the images flat on the panels for mailing.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Designer Challenge team came up with for the rainbow of colours - their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow, Tuesday, on her BLOG.  

Here is the link to Karen Burniston's video tutorial for the Twist Circle Pop-Up.

Supplies:
Twist Circle, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Yellow card stock - Papertrey Ink
Sunshine Patterned paper - Bella Blvd.
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 1/2" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Hello polka dot paper - American Crafts
Anita Frames (triangle banner & labels), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Happy stamp - Taylored Expressions
Staedtler fine point marker
Zutter corner rounder
All Seasons Tree (clouds), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Spiral Circle Pull Card (circle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Fine point tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Lucky the Rabbit, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pencils - Prismacolour
Xyron
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Oval Pull Card (sun), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 7 (basket), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stickles

Card size - 6 x 5"

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Eyes for Halloween

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This is a card that looked WAY better in my head, ha ha. While it did not turn out as planned, I'm still happy enough with it.

The bright green is actually a layer of fun foam - the various eyes (cut from different Pop it Ups Characters) were cut from the black card stock which was backed with the green fun foam panel. The Happy Halloween is orange sparkle embossed, and I traced bats from the Bats Stage it Stencil with a purple gel pen.

Since I've become a huge fan of wiggly eyes, I had to add various sizes to this card.

Here is a peek at the inside ... loving that spooky branch in Karen Burniston's new Halloween collection.

The spider was die cut from green fun foam and I added the eyes with a Sharpie.

Supplies:
Rocky the Crab (eyes), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Hoppy the Frog (eyes), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Midnight the Bat (eyes), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Black card stock
Embossing powder - Stamp a Mania
Halloween Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fun foam
Black sharpie
Bat Stencil, Stage it Stencils - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Gel Pens - Sakura
White Gel pen (- clogged and made a bit of a mess)
Orange card stock
White card stock
Halloween Scene, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pencil Crayons - Prismacolor

Card size - standard A2

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Ghosty Halloween Card

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Today's share is the Halloween card I made for my parents to give to our Grandson Ilai. I used a couple of the new Stencils by Karen Burniston for the card front, then doodled some lines between the bats with an orange fine point marker.

The ghost is a glittered sticker from my stash that was adhered to white card stock then popped up on the card front. I did some hand lettering inside, and for this one I remembered to take a photo!

Supplies:
White card stock
Stickers - stash
Stripes Stage-It Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Bats Stage-It Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fun foam
Staedtler Fine Point Markers

Card size - A2

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Apple Themed Thanksgiving Card - (NEW RELEASE!!)

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I have a Thanksgiving card to share today - I wanted to use up the rest of the apple printed paper from THIS card posted earlier this month.

The little apple on the circle embellishment is from the Props 7 set, and I think it turned out so cute! The stitched circle and 'chain' are decorator dies that come with the Twist Circle Pop-Up.

This card uses the Twist Circle Pop-Up, one of Karen Burniston's NEW RELEASE dies for Elizabeth Craft Designs. See how the embellishment is on it's side as the card is opened?

It twists and pops up in the centre of the card when it is fully open - so cool. I added a gourd and apple embellishment into the Basket (from the Barrel/Basket Pop-up), then attached the whole thing to the circle in the centre.

Two more of those cute die cut apples were added to the inside.

Into my Thanksgiving card stash with this one.

Today is the day we turn over our keys for our mountain home to the tenants. You can hardly move in our house without bumping into a box or bin of all the things we had to move out of there so the next few weeks will be spent unpacking and sorting.  I never ever thought we'd be going down this path and it's bittersweet. Very. Hubby and I are emotionally and physically drained, which is understandable considering what we've had to accomplish in the past three weeks. We had a lot of help from friends, and that made all the difference.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - K & Company
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Barrel/Basket Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper for basket - a scrap
Kraft card stock
Black fine point marker
Green card stock - Stampin' Up
Happy Thanksgiving - Verve
Cream card stock
Scalloped border - My Favorite Things
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Copic markers
Silver Sharpie
Fun foam
Give Thanks - TAWS
Props 7 (apple), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lucy Label Pop-Up (label), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stickles

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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Moose Birthday Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, and today's share is the card I made for my Mom to give my Dad for his 88th Birthday.

I love this moose stamp, and thought he would look especially good in a party hat.

I used the Props 2 by Karen Burniston for the Party Hat - it works for lots more than just putting on a Pop it up Character!

Dad doesn't have a lot of fine motor skills, but he sure appreciates it when he knows I've made him a card. This one made him smile.

Supplies:
Kraft card stock
Moose stamp - Stamps by Judith & Heather
Prismacolor Pencils
Gamsol & Blending Stump
Brown fine point marker - LePen
Copics
Cream card and envelope - Michaels
Patterned paper - Carta Bella
Fun foam
Props 2, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Blueprints # 28, Banners and hearts
Distress Stickles
Words outside - Papertrey Ink
Words inside - My Favourite Things
Staedtler fine point markers

Card size - 5 x 6-1/2"

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Holiday Card In A Box - (NEW RELEASE!!)

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The Designer Challenge Team was pretty excited when Karen Burniston showed us the Flower Pot Pop-Stand die set in her latest release. It's another completely generic die that can be used for many occasions and themes. It can be a stand alone card, attached inside a folded card so it expands as the card is opened, or as I like to do - add it to a circle base for a free standing card that's quite stable.

Without the base, this card fits into a standard A2 envelope for mailing. With the base it fits in a 5 x 7" envelope. I assembled the Flower Pot die as per the instructions, then added some chipboard embellishments from my stash to decorate the inner braces.  It turned out so cute!

After cutting the red scalloped base (using the included Pop-Stand die) I adhered the Decorated Flower Pot to that, then added a larger white circle of card stock. Note, the white one was scored in the centre but I cut along the score line then attached it to either side of the score line. Leaving that narrow gap along the score line allows the base to open completely flat and since it's on the back you don't see it.

I cut two identical tags and a reinforcement using Tag Pivot decorator dies, then fussy cut the white tag smaller leaving just the green mat.

See how it folds completely flat to insert into an envelope?

Note, the Flower Pot Pop Stand new release die is so popular, it is already sold out! It is expected to be back in stock around September 6th, which really isn't that far away if you are having to wait.

Supplies:
White card stock
Patterned paper - Lawn Fawn
Flower Pot Pop Stand, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Clear double sided tape, 1/4"
Embellishments - stash
Fitted Frames Scalloped Circles plus Fitted Frames Circles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Red card stock
Tags Pivot, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bakers Twine
Copics
Staedtler fine point marker
Santa Embellishments - K & Co

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Second August 2016 Designer Challenge - Girly Cascading Tag Card

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Today is the second Designer Challenge this month, and it comes from Shelly Hickox "Girly or Ghouly" - think pretty, shabby, feminine or French, OR think creepy, crawly, spooky or eerie."  As much as I wanted to play with the new Halloween release for this challenge, I had already completed this card and it was just too perfect not to use for GIRLY.

I chose to do a Cascading Tag Card, first introduced in June 2016 by Karen Burniston. We all love getting more use out of our dies, and when she turned the Adirondack Chair Pop-Up into a card like this? We were WOWED. Blown away. Totally amazed. 

The front of my card is fairly simple. This beautiful tea/coffee themed paper by Prima was in my stash and is meant for you to add your own colour to it. I loved the simple cream, black and greys though so simply added some gold metallic highlights and did a bunch of fussy cutting.

Here is the view from the top of the card, as it is opening. There is so much dimension in this card!

And here is the card fully open.

I trimmed the bottom of the cup portion off a little, so it would fit between the arms of the chair and I reinforced the Adirondack Chair arms from the back because with all the embellishments I didn't want to put additional stress on them.

I added gold pen work, layered Prima flowers, stamped scalloped circles and the tags were embossed with Karen's Damask embossing folder before attaching them to the chair bases. Gold metallic paper and a gold gel pen and seam binding were also used throughout.

I was happy that this vintage tea kettle worked out right in the centre of the fold!

I also added the spoon from the Cup Pop Stand, and some brads with bling.

Note, you can see Karen Burniston's video for creating the Cascading Tag Card HERE. The rest of the Designer Challenge Team is linked on the right of my blog, and you will want to check out what they have come up with for the challenge. Karen's post will be tomorrow (Tuesday) on her BLOG.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Prima
Adirondack Chair Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fine point tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Clear Double Sided Adhesive - 1/8 & 4" width's - Elizabeth Craft Designs
KB 104 Damask Embossing Folder - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Heavy cream card stock - Hobby Lobby
Gold metallic card stock - Stardream
Stitched scalloped border - My Favorite Things
Cup Pop Stand (Cup), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Metallic gel pen - Sakura
Copper Sharpie
Jewelled Brads - Stampin' Up
Paper flowers - Prima
Cocoa Western Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Coffee & Tea Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Accordion Circle (scalloped and small circle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Ring Accordion (large scalloped circle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bakers Twine
Seam Binding

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C4C349 School Themed Twist Card (NEW RELEASE)

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It's Saturday and a new month so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog.  and a new hostess! Our August 2016 hostess is Jessie and our Guest Designer is Danielle Vincent and Alexis Crossland-Smith . Yes, we are happy to have TWO Guest Designers with us this month. Even more inspiration for you!

Here is Jessie's challenge this week:  It’s back to school time, so make a treat for your kid going back to school, a present for their teacher, or anything back to school related. 

I'm using the same die as I used for last week's baseball themed card, but it looks COMPLETELY different. The Twist Circle Pop-Up by Karen Burniston is completely generic and works for MANY themes and occasions. 

I thought I might have to pass on this challenge, as I don't have kids in school and I don't have any school themed supplies. Then I remembered that our Grandson Ethan is starting Pre-School in September and he is (in his words) SUPER EXCITED. So I checked out  my digital files and found this cute pencil crayon paper and clip art so I was off and running.

When you open the Twist Circle Pop-Up, you can see the embellishment is on it's side.

When the card is fully opened, it twists and pops up in the centre of the card

Ethan loves dogs, so this seemed perfect for him and I adore this coloured pencil patterned paper. I printed two sheets, so actually made a card for Ethan's brother and sister too. I will share them another day.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd sure love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C349.

Supplies:
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Xyron
Patterned paper and clip art - Lettering Delights
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fun Foam

Card size - Standard A2

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Hot Air Balloon Twist Card (NEW RELEASE)

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This is actually the first card I made with Karen Burniston's NEW Occasions Release, for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I love that the dies are completely generic and can be used for any occasion or theme. I had this sunny yellow piece of Soft Finish Card Stock sitting on my stamping table, and that was the jumping off point for my card.

When you open the card, you can see the hot air balloon on it's side ...

... and when it's fully open the hot air balloon twists and pops up in the centre of the card. SO cool!

There are lots of Decorator Dies included with the Twist Circle Pop-Up, including this cute HI circle. Here I cut it out of teal and white, then inlaid the white HI into the teal circle. I added banners from the new Anita Frames Pop-Up for some pizzazz. Banners and hot air balloons go hand in hand, don't you think?

The new Circles and Labels set is going to be very versatile - you will be seeing a lot of that set used by the Designer Challenge team for sure.

Supplies:
Soft Finish Card stock, Sunflower and Silver Grey - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Hot Air Balloon Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Patterned paper - Stampin' Up
Pilot fine point marker
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
What's Up Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Anita Frames Pop-Up (Stitched Label & Banners), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bakers Twine
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 1/2" and 1/8" widths - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Scrap of yellow Bazzill card stock
Copics

Card size - 5-1/2" square

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Father's Day Oval Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a Z-Fold Father's Day card to share today using the Oval Pull Card by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I had just received my Stampin' Up order and wanted to use this cool airplane stamp so this is what I came up with.

The Oval Pull Card comes with optional Slot and Slider dies and I chose to use them here to animate the plane. I added some pen lines on the card, including the little heart trail on the slider arm. There is a similar stamp in the set, but I wanted to doodle this one.

As you pull the sides of the card, the notch releases and you get a glimpse of the inside and how the Slot & Slider work.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Echo Park
White card stock
Oval Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Printer
Colored Pencils - TriColor, Koh I Noor
Fine line black pen
Fine point markers - Staedtler
Bling - Jolee's
Stamps - Stampin' Up

Card size - 6" square

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