Happy New Year ... and a farewell

I have moved to Painted Mountain Cards, where I will continue to share almost daily inspiration.

This blog will remain open but I won't be posting any new cards here.

I hope you will follow me to Painted Mountain Cards.

Happy 2017!!

Happy New Year Pivot Card

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When I was putting away the Christmas embellishments, I found a package of New Years stickers! I made yesterday's card with them but wanted to use the rest of the sheet and not store them for another year.  This is what I came up with:

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Happy New Year, everyone

Supplies:
White card stock
Katie Label Pivot, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Silver metallic card stock
Stickers - Jolee's Boutique
7051 Glitter Border Peel-Off - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Gel Pens - Sakura
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Gold metallic card stock

Card size - standard A2

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Sparkly Happy New Year Flip-It Card

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***NOTE:  I will be moving my blog to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year. I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog and I have a sparkly New Years card to share.

I found this package of stickers in my Christmas embellishment box - I didn't get around to using them last year.

I added some hand lettering with a gold gel pen. The gold glitter paper is by Stampin' Up - I love that stuff.

Supplies:
Circle Flip-It's #   - Sizzix
Stickers - Jolee's Boutique
Charcoal Stardream card stock (Pearlized black)
Gold glitter paper - Stamping' Up
Gold gel pen - Sakura

Card size - standard A2

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Gingerbread Man Card Duo

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***NOTE:  I will be moving my cards and paper crafting to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year. I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

I had big plans for Joset's Gingerbread Man die when I finally ordered it. Not sure what happened to the time though - I'm going to blame it on my surgery & recovery and our newest Grandbaby. But I did manage to make a couple of cards with it and look forward to playing with it more next year.

I love Kraft with red, so added red accents. The 'Hi' is from Karen Burniston's Circle Twist Pop-Up card - it's a little word that comes in very handy for lots of different cards.

The red borders come from a different card set, and I also got out Els' Curvy Ovals fitted frames. Another set I purchased and want to use more in the future.

Inside of both cards is the same ... stamped using Joset's 'Winter Sentiments' clear stamps - this one is my favourite in the set. Ok I admit it - I bought the set BECAUSE of this phrase. :-)

While I'd like to say this is the last Christmas card I'll be sharing till next year this time, I hope to work on holiday cards/tags etc throughout the year. But it is the last one for a little while! I still plan on cutting and assembling a whole bunch of cute little gingerbread men to have on hand.

Supplies:
White card stock
Patterned paper - DCWV
Gingerbread man - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Kraft card stock
Red card stock
Xyron
Border - Spellbinders
Curvy Oval Fitted Frames - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Twist Circle Pop-Up (Hi), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Winter Sentiments - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stickles

Card size - both, standard A2

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Stitched Mittens Christmas Card

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***NOTE:  I will be moving my cards and paper crafting to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year.  I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

I was so excited to get this mittens die when it was on the discontinued list at MFT. I had them sent to a friend in Arizona and had to wait a couple of months before I could play with them. Then ... I couldn't figure out exactly what I wanted to DO with them! So these were actually test cuts that I decided to make into a basic Christmas card.

I'm looking forward to some more playtime with these mittens for next year's cards.

Supplies:

White card stock

Patterned paper - DCWV

Mittens stamp and die set - MFT Stamps

Bakers Twine

Dotted Scalloped Rectangle - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stitched Ovals - MFT Stamps

Red card stock - Bazzill

Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Words - MFT Stamps

Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - standard A2

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Holiday Cards - From Bits & Pieces

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***NOTE:  I will be moving my cards and paper crafting to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year. I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

The name of the game has been to USE THINGS UP as I worked on our Christmas cards this year. I had several pieces die cut and ready to mount onto card bases, so I combined those pieces with some stickers etc from my stash and made these three cards. I still have some Christmas cards to share this week, then I promise you I'll be onto something different.

This first one has a super sparkly card base - I keep forgetting I have these, and they are perfect for holiday cards. The tree is a glittered foam tree sticker from my stash.

I had two panels cut for these next two cards, but that was before I had stitched rectangle dies (which I love, by the way). I re-cut the panels with a Blueprints stitched rectangle then mounted them to the dark red card bases.

The vintage red snowflake paper was too pretty to throw away anything but the tiniest scraps. I used a couple of the smaller leftover pieces for these two cards as well as 3-d snowflake stickers from my stash.

This week I've had all my blog posts scheduled so I can spend time with friends and family.

Supplies:
Folded cards - DCWV
Blueprints #1
Blueprints #???  with bracket
Snowflake stickers - K & Co
Tree stickers - Michaels
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stamps - Verve
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Cream card stock
Scalloped scissors
Bakers Twine

Card sizes - A2

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Designer Challenge Happy New Year Card

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Welcome to the second Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge for December 2016 - this time teammate Sandy Diller issued the challenge:   Team theme - Sandy Diller - "Party Animals" - use any of the Character dies for a card celebrating the New Year or anything else!

For my card, Jinks the Monkey is off to a Black Tie New Years Eve Party where he has just tossed his top hat into the air so he can catch a glass of pink champagne. 

I used this cool patterned card stock with embedded glitter, along with kraft and red card stocks. Love this colour combination!

When you pull the tab, the oval slides up for display, revealing a penned greeting underneath.

Jinks is popped up with three layers of foam tape, but I still needed to curve his hand and the top of his head up slightly, to slide the oval back into place.

This is a flat, post-card style card, but I did add some pattern and colour onto the back where I'll write my note & add our signatures.

Another peek at Jinks ... his black bow-tie and snazzy glasses are embellished with Glitter Dots. I cut his face piece 3 times from kraft card stock then layered them together for dimension. The top layer got some glitter from a Wink of Stella pen - because any monkey going to a New Years  Eve party should wear some glitter. Ha! Jinks also has a sparkled bow on his tail.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Designer Challenge Team, which are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Tuesday) on her BLOG.

***NOTE:  I will be moving my cards and paper crafting to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year. I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

Supplies:
Hanging Charm Pull Tab, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Evergreen Pivot - Stars, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Flourished Gift Frame (Celebrate), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Wedding Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Steam Punk Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Jinks the Monkey, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Midnight the Bat (small bow), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 1, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 2, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - Recollections
Kraft, red, black and white card stocks
Fine point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Numbers & More 1 - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Fitted Frames 3 - Curvy Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Fitted Frames - Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Water colour pencils - Derwent
Dove Blender pen
Wink of Stella
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width
Heart hold punch
Fitted Frames - Ovals
Metallic Gel pens - Sakura

Card size - just over 5 x 7"

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