Tea Solves Everything, a Pop-Up Card

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Last week I shared two cards using a pretty metallic striped and a floral patterned paper (see HERE). I was able to make seven cards from these two 12 x 12" sheets, including this Pop-Up card.

Inside I used Karen Burniston's April 2016 technique of turning a Pop Stand into a Pop-Up. You can see her card, instructions and video HERE. It worked like a charm - and is a technique I'll use again.

I used the scalloped edge from the Pull Card Edges on the flower paper borders and also added scallops to the cup's top edge. The heart was sitting on my stamping area from a different project, but after I added some pen work with a copper gel pen I added the heart and coloured it with the same pen.

The words were stamped on a label from the Katie Label Pivot.

Supplies:
Cup Pop Stand, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pink card stock - Stampin' Up
Patterned paper - American Crafts
Copper pen - Sakura
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Katie Label Pivot (label), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Coffee & Tea Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stamp inside - Stampin' Up
Cupcake (heart) - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fine point tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Soft Finish Card Stock, 100# - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Easel die - Elizabeth Craft Designs, with black card stock.

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2"

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Doggie Father's Day Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog and I have a Father's Day card to share today. I have several sheets of cute dog stickers in my stash so decided to use one of the dogs for a cute Father's Day card.

Seriously, how cute is that sticker? I just added some shading under him and added him to die cut circles.

The words inside were done on the computer and I added a large die cut bone as an embellishment.

Supplies:
White card stock
Patterned paper - Echo Park
Dog sticker - Paper House
Black card stock
Stitched Circles - My Favorite Things
Computer printer
Dog bone - Paper Smooches

Card size - 5" square

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Green Joyful Tidings Holiday Tags

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Today's share is another set of holiday tags made with that open tag die by Hero Arts. The tags were cut out of heavy green Stardream which has a lovely pearlized finish.

The words come with the die set, and I white embossed them on the front. Then I used a banner from the Blueprints #12 set on the back. This gives me a place to write the person's name on the back, and adds a bit of white decoration on either side of the words from the front.


Supplies:
Green Stardream
Ornament die and stamps - Hero Arts
MISTI
White embossing powder - Ranger
Bakers Twine
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Clear Double Sided Adhesive - 1/4" width
White card stock
Blueprints #12 (Banner)

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C4C338 Teacher Thank You Pull Card

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It's Saturday and that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Barbara has this week's challenge for us: the end of May signals the end of the school year in the US. Let's make a teacher thank you card this week. If you don't have a use for a teacher thank you card feel free to make a generic thank you card instead.

We want to thank our awesome guest, Wanda Cullen of Cullen-ary Creations for joining us this month--we've enjoyed having you so much, Wanda!!

I used the Oval Pull Card by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs to make a thank you card for our Granddaughter's Ballet Teacher.

I had these glittered chipboard sticker in my stash and they worked perfectly with the oval shape!

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 C4C338.

Supplies:
Oval Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Chipboard stickers - Recollections
Patterned paper - DCWV
White card stock
Staedtler fine point markers
Copics

Card size - 5 x 7"

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Circle Pull Card for the Holidays

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You know how much I love the Spiral Circle Pull Card by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. Well I was trying to get myself out of a major mojo slump and usually the Spiral Circle Pull Card is the die to to it.

I completely changed gears to help the lack of creative juices and decided to work on a holiday card. Then I had a brainstorm, and used the largest circle from Els Fitted Frames Circles to cut the SCPC into a large circle card! I'm so happy with how it turned out!

I trimmed off a sliver from the bottom so it will still stand on it's own.

 The notches still hold the card in the closed position until the sides are pulled to reveal the inside.

I think there are lots of ideas to use with this initial one! This has inspired me and it's good to feel inspired again.

Supplies:
Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fitted Frames Circles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned paper - Basic Grey
Red card stock
Deer stamp and die - Tim Holtz
White card stock
Words inside - Verve
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

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Layered Snowflake Card

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It's Throwback Thursday here on my blog and I have an older Christmas card to share today. It was made using bits from my 'Odds & Sods' pile.

The snowflake was punched from glitter paper for holiday sparkle.

Card size - A2
Snowflake punch - Martha Stewart
White card stock
Red card stock
Patterned paper - scrap
Glitter paper - scrap
Snowflake embossing folder

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Thinking of You Card Duo

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I'd bet if you stacked my patterned paper the pile would be taller than me. Twice. So I try to pick away at using some of it up instead of always just adding to the collection. I do pretty good until I find a great deal and then I come home with 6 new 12 x 12 paper stacks like I did in Arizona this Spring. I'm weak and I love patterned paper and I love a deal on patterned paper.

These two sheets from my stash were purchased to use together and made SEVEN cards! These are the first two I'm sharing, but they were the last two I made as I wanted to use it up. The paper has a pretty metallic sheen.

I added some copper lines with a gel pen, on either side of the decorative panel ...

... and the same pen to write Thinking of you inside.

So my patterned paper stack is now fully two sheets less and I have no leftover bits to try to work into another card. Win Win.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - American Crafts
White textured A2 cards - DCWV
Stitched Circles - My Favorite Things
Stickers - K & Co
Metallic Pen - Sakura

Card size - both A2

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Floral Card Set

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Earlier this Spring I bought a holiday gift tag die that I just love. I decided to splurge on their 'every day' tag as well (Hero Arts) and used it here on a set of cards I'm packaging up as a little gift.

Two of the cards are birthday cards ...

These next two cards don't use the gift tag die, but a floral stamp set that hopped in my shopping cart when I was buying the gift tag die,  :-)  also by Hero Arts. You stamp each portion in a separate colour and end up with this lovely bouquet!

The final two cards in the set are Get Well Soon cards.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - American Crafts
White card stock
Blueprints #12 - My Favorite Things
White linen A2 cards - DCWV
MISTI - My Sweet Petunia
Stitched Circles - My Favorite Things
Words on circles - Just Rite
Words on banners - Stampin' Up
Fun Foam
Words inside - Papertrey Ink
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card sizes - A2

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Happy Cacti Centre Step 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 a friend in Arizona.

I used my snazzy new embossing powders, then penned the happy faces with a sharpie marker.

Since the inside cactus wasn't embossed, I stamped the happy face on that one.

Supplies:
A2 Centre Step die - Sizzix
Kraft card stock
Patterned paper - Studio Calico
White card stock
Stamp inside - Papertrey Ink
Coloured embossing powder - Stamp A Mania
Southwest stamps and dies - Lawn Fawn
Black Sharpie

Card size - A2

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Steampunk Birthday Diorama

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Today's share is another project I sent to Els for the Collins show this Spring. I wanted to use the (coming soon) Steampunk charms in a different way so chose a diorama. Below is the card flat, just out of the envelope.

The charms hang from the centre panel with Baker's Twine and jump rings.

This card looks complicated, but is simply a matter of scoring the backing piece to give you the side panels. The Fitted Frames Circles dies and the Circle Accordion make easy work of the rest. The card folds completely flat for mailing, then stands on it's own for display.

Supplies:
Through the Lens, Stone - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Circle Accordion, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fitted Frames, Circles - Stone - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Jump Rings
Steampunk Stamps, Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Soft Finish Card Stock, 85#Stone - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Steampunk Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Adhesive 1/4" width
Hardware 1 - Hinges - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Sharpie

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C4C337

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It's Saturday, and that means there is a new challenge on the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our May Hostess is Barbara Anders and Wanda Cullen will joining us as our Guest designer this month.

Here is Barbara's sketch for us this week:

I decided to use a new guitar stamp & die and make a masculine Birthday card. I first saw this company (Local King Rubber Stamps) at the Mesa Rubber Stamp Show this Spring - and it's a Canadian company! I managed to pick up a couple of sets and I'm really looking forward to playing with them.

I opted for little banners in place of the buttons on the sketch.

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 C4C337.

Supplies:
Card base and envelope - Michaels
Guitar stamps and dies - Local King Rubber Stamps
Patterned paper - K & Co
Fitted Frames - Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Banner punch - Stampin' Up
Oval Punch - Stampin' Up
Words inside - PTI

Card size - 5 x 6-1/2"

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Banana's For You Pull Card

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Today's share is another card I made for Els to take to Collins. I used the coming soon Steam Punk Charms and her Through The Lens patterned papers, as well as the new Petite Flourished stencil, Fitted Frames and of course Baker the Beaver on the Oval Pull Card.

This was my first time using clear embossing paste with the stencils - and I like the tone on tone look!

For added fun, Baker is attached to the card with an Action Wobble.

When the card is opened, another Baker the Beaver pops up and into view using the spinner from the Rectangle Pull Card.

Supplies:
Oval Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Through The Lens - Stone - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Petite Flourish Stage it Stencil, Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs) (Coming Soon)
Ranger Gloss Medium
Fitted Frames 4, Curvy Ovals - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fitted Frames, Ovals - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Soft Finish Card Stock, Dove Grey - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Rectangle Pull Card (Spinner), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Baker the Beaver, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Cheeky Monkey Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 4" and 1/8" width
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Hardware 1 - Hinges - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Sharpies
Jinks the Monkey (banana), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Copics
Heart brad
Steam Punk Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs) (Coming Soon)

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6

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Cup of Hearts Valentine

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It's Throwback Thursday here on my blog, and I have a Valentine to share today. I just adore the shape of the cup from the Cup Pop Stand by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs, and when I cut it out of pink patterned paper I immediately thought of Valentine's Day.

The banner and puffy heart stickers were in my stash.

The inside was done on the computer, with some stamped hearts. This isn't for next year, it was mailed out for this past Valentine's Day.

Supplies
White card stock
Stitched Circle - My Favorite Things
Patterned paper - stash
Red card stock
Cup Pop Stand, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Banners - Recollections
Words inside - computer generated
Heart stamp - Stamps by Judith
Sending lots of love - Simon Says Stamps

Card size - A2

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Baby Boy Pull Tab Card

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Today's share is a card I made for Els to take to the Collins Retailers show, using the COMING SOON Baby Charms for the Hanging Charm Pull Tab. Of course, I'm sure you've seen all the wonderful ways the Designer Challenge team has been using the charms - there are three new sets being released... Baby, Wedding and Steam Punk.

This is  definitely one of those cards that is better in person. The largest panel is shiny embossed, and the houndstooth pattern is actually flocked. You just want to reach out and touch it, it's so sweet.

I added a little decoration to the pull tab with the COMING SOON Petite Flourish stencil.

There are going to be coordinating stamps as well - for each of the new charm sets!! While I wait for them I decided to add some hand lettering to be revealed when the tab is pulled.

My dentist appointment yesterday actually went differently than my dentist had hoped. I am now referred to an oral surgeon who will extract this abscessed lower molar. I'll be slow to heal because of the RA drugs - never mind the extra risk of infection with a suppressed immune system. So once the tooth is removed, we will just be letting my jaw heal until December when we can decide how to proceed. The good news, is that I'm not too sore today and functioning well!

This is actually the first time since I was diagnosed with RA that my immune system has been an issue so it's a little surprising to me at how everyone is reacting. Guess I should be taking it a little more seriously myself.

Remember to check Karen Burniston's BLOG today for her May Designer Challenge Post.

Supplies:
Hanging Charm Pull Tab, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Hay There Pop Stand (Rectangle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sharpies
Oval Pull Card (heart), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Ribbon
White card stock
Soft Finish Card Stock, white, 100# - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned paper - Me & My Big Ideas
Baby Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sakura Gel Pen
Bakers Twine

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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