Pop 'n Cut with BLING

Good morning friends!

I have an older card to share today, one that I made for my cousin for her 65th birthday in October. This lady likes bling. Loves it - in fact, her grand-daughter caller her "Grandma Bling".  So you know I had to add lots of bling to her card.

The 6 & 5 were cut with a Sizzix die, and I added chunky glitter. Then the numbers were popped up on a fancy frame with gem stones. You can see all the sparkly glitter in the floral patterned paper as well.

I used the Funky Label insert in the Square with Ornate Edge Pop 'n Cut base.  I added a computer printed verse that was matted onto purple card stock and added punched butterflies and gems.

I cut a scroll from the sparkly patterned paper to decorate the inside as well.

The envelope has two additional scrolls with even more bling - and I outlined the label on the left side with my Sakura sparkle pen.

This is one shiny, sparkly card!  And she loved it.

Supplies used:
Patterned paper - K & Co
Funky Label Pop 'n Cut Insert - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Square Card with Ornate Edge Pop 'n Cut card base - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Sakura sparkle pen
Self adhesive gems - my stash
Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart
Label die - Stampin' Up
Fancy Frame Die - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Number die - Sizzix
Chunky glitter - Martha Stewart

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Kraft Birthday Card

Good morning friends!

Today's share is my 2nd post for Karen Burniston's Sizzix Designer challenge "Pop 'n Cuts Anything Goes" {BUT each designer is to use a different insert}.  I chose to use the Sassy Label insert and made a masculine birthday card.

I started by cutting the Square Base with Ornate Edge, and the Banner from Kraft card stock. I inked the edges of everything before attaching the layers and pieces together.  I added a strip of patterned Kraft paper across the center of the card, then cut 3 more banners from the turquoise polka dot paper. I cut the banners in half, then splayed five of them out across the patterned piece, attaching them at the top edge when I was happy with the layout.

The Kraft banner was embossed using Karen's Sassy Label Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and I tied button twine around the center before popping it up over the turquoise banners. Wish Big was stamped on a scrap of white card stock, punched out then attached with foam tape.

Look at how cool the embossed insert piece looks - the embossing folder embosses the Sassy Label insert and the background all with one pass ... brilliant!

I added one of the leftover banner pieces to the inside, with another PTI stamped image and hand cut the candles from scraps.

The patterned Kraft papers were cut with the Square Base with Ornate Edge (no insert) and trimmed to fit.

(Remember you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)

Supplies used (Sizzix links are clickable)
Square Pop 'n Cut Square Base with Ornate Edge (and scroll) - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Sassy Label Insert - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Banner and Borders set - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Sassy Label Embossing Folder - Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Sassy and Circle Label set - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Word stamps - Papertrey Ink 
Kraft card stock and Kraft patterned paper - Michaels
Button Twine - Papertrey Ink
Turquoise patterned paper - Crate Paper

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Sparkly Flip-It Birthday Card

It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and today's share is a birthday card I made to donate to Seniors Secret Service.

I used some glittery card stock that I've had for a couple of years - and the CREASE PAD when I cut my Flip-It.

The card made up really quickly, and I love how cheery it is with the bright colours and bling.

(Remember you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)

Supplies used:
Patterned Paper - DCWV
Circle Dies - Spellbinders
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Circle Flip-It die - Stephanie Barnard (Sizzix)
Birthday word stamp - Stampin' Up
Bling - Michaels

Karen Burniston's November Sizzix Challenge

This month Karen Burniston offered to let me play along again with her  Sizzix Designer Challenge: Crafting RED with Stitched Framelits.  THEN she offered to send me her Snippets Collection, so I would have lots of her 'Stitched Framelets' to play with! (THANKS Karen B!!).

For some reason, when she said 'RED' I immediately knew I wanted to pair it with Kraft and also use the Tim Holtz Old Jalopy die for a birthday card. 

The card base was cut using Karen's Square Pop 'N Cut Base with Ornate Edge, and her Sassy Label insert. I have a new favourite insert - move over Wavy Label.  :-)))

The red and black card stock I used is Stardream, so it has this beautiful pearlized finish to it. Even though it is fairly heavy weight, the Framelits cut through them with no issue at all, and I LOVE the look of the stitched edges. I especially love that the stitches are on their own die, so can be used independently. Brilliant.

To get the black 'mat', I cut a Sassy Label Framelit three times. Once from Kraft card stock and twice from black Stardream. Then I off-set the black ones behind the Kraft one for a matted, shadowed effect.

I cut two more of the same sized Framelits from red Stardream, ran them through the big shot again with the Sassy Label Stitched Framelits, then cut the centers away from both. That gave me two 'hinge' pieces for the front and two for the inside.

I'm so happy with how the Jalopy looks when cut out of red! (I think I may cut and assemble a bunch of them to have on hand to use for  Senior Secret Service birthday cards!)

There is a lot going on with this card, so I took lots of photos. 

First, I embossed the top edge of the Kraft inside piece with one of Karen's new embossing folders - Sassy and Circle Label Textured Impressions Embossing Folders  These are meant to emboss around the edge of the insert piece (again, I say ... brilliant), but I just wanted the top edge embossed with the chevron pattern. I liked that it gave me that embossed semi circle at the top center.

Since I'm a paper hoarder, no WAY could I just toss all the little bits that pop out when you cut Karen's new Chevron Border.  I added two of them at the top to mimic arrows pointing to the birthday words.  The words were stamped on my very FAVOURITE label in the Sassy Label and Stitched Framelit set ... the smallest one. I'm going to get a LOT of use out of that one!

I added two corduroy brads to the remaining two 'hinges' and attached them over the embossed area at the top of the card. Then, I cut one of her borders (Banner and Border Thinlit set) from red Stardream and 'hung' it from the brads. I had also cut a black Stardream border which I didn't end up using, but I DID save the little bit that came out of the center and popped it up inside the red border with foam tape.

The Jalopy has a transparency behind the windows - backed with a piece of Kraft card stock and I like how it catches the light when the card is turned. 

The Chevron border tucks nicely under and around the Sassy Label pop up portion. then I attached the Jalopy with Glue Dots.

While it's hard to see in the photo, I didn't want the white background of the Kraft printed paper showing through the inside openings for the pop up. I cut a piece of Kraft card stock large enough to cover the opening and embossed it with the Chevron embossing folder - same one as at the top of the card.

This card will be going into my stash for one of the special men we have in our life.

Supplies used: (note, the Sizzix links are clickable)
Pop 'n Cut Square Base with Ornate Edge - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Sassy Label Pop 'n Cut Insert - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Embossing Folders - Sassy Circle and Labels set  - Karen Burniston (Sizzix) 
Sassy Label and Stitched Frames Framelits - Karen Burniston (Sizziz)
Patterned paper - Michaels
Kraft card stock - Michaels
Red and Black Stardream card stock - my stash
Chevron Border Die - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Old Jalopy die - Tim Holtz (Sizzix)
Brads - Stampin' Up
Border - Banner & Border Thinlit Dies - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Birthday Stamps - Stampendous and Papertrey Ink

(Remember you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)

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Vintage Thinking Of You

Good morning friends!

I have another Pop 'n Cut card to share today, this one uses the Square Base with the Flower insert.

The papers are so pretty, and it was the first time I used the flower punch and stamp set from Stampin' Up. They work pretty good with the flower insert!

On the front the lovely ornate scroll cuts with the square base, and I stacked the labels after stamping the top one. All the flower centers were stamped and punched out with a 3/4" circle punch.

I stamped a rectangle and the same flowers on a 5-1/2" square envelope to tie it all together.

Into my stash ... 

(Remember you that you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)

Supplies used:
Square Pop 'n Cut Base with Ornate Edge - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
(NOTE: The ornate scroll on the front of the card cuts with the Square Base)
Wavy Label Framelits - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Labels - Estate by Prima (Sizzix)
Flourish - Tim Holtz
Patterned papers - K&Co
Flower Stamp and Punch set - Stampin' Up
3/4" hole punch - Stampin' Up
Rectangle stamp (on envelope) - Stamps By Judith
Word Stamps - unknown

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Masculine Birthday Flip-It Cards

Good morning friends!

It's Friday, so I have a couple of 'Flip-It' cards to share today! These masculine birthday cards went to Seniors Secret Service when I did my last delivery.

 

I cut two Circle Flip-It card bases from white card stock, then cut an additional two from coordinating patterned papers. The papers were trimmed & cut apart, then I used a piece from each pattern on each card. That gave me two cards with opposite patterns.

I'm sure the seniors will enjoy the 'flip action' of the cards, especially knowing that they were hand-made just for them.

(Remember you that you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)   

Supplies used:
Patterned Papers - Recollections
Happy Birthday stamp and die - Sizzix Banners 2
Circle Flip-It card - Stephanie Barnard - Sizzix
Circle dies - Spellbinders
Leaf die, words and label - Stampin' Up

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"Woof, Bark Bark" Birthday Card

Good morning friends!

I have a dog themed birthday card to share today, using several different Karen Burniston dies.

I love her 'Gift Card Holder' die, and used it on this card with a stamped image instead of a gift card. The little orange circles at the corners are the inside pieces of the Circles Border used on the inside.

This Pop 'n Cut card opens sideways, which gives the Pop 'n Cut a whole different look.  The banners were hand trimmed, and the inside dog & bone fussy cut after stamping.

I used Karen's new Circles and Labels, Stitched  dies on the pop-up portion, along with a circle die and foam tape.

I knew exactly who I was making this card for when I started, so into The Stash it goes until her birthday rolls around.  ;-)

(Remember that you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)   

Supplies used:
A2 Pop'n Cut base with included Circle Label Insert - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Patterned Paper - Colorbok
Dogs and word stamps - Inkadinkadoo
Birthday words - Stampendous
Circle border -  Banner & Borders - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Gift Card Holder die - Gift Card Holder -Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Bakers Twine
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'ONE IN A MILLION' Pop 'n Cut Birthday Card

Good morning friends!  Now that November has rolled around I really should be working on Christmas cards and tags. But I just had to share another Pop 'n Cut birthday card I made this week using items from Karen Burinston's Sizzix Snippets Collection. I'm just loving the dies AND the embossing folders!

The card was cut using the Pop 'n Cut A2 base with the new Sassy Label insert.  For the front I embossed a piece of white card stock with the Sassy Label embossing folder and used a paper trimmer to cut strips from the embossed piece for borders. Then I fussy cut around the edge of the label and inked all the edges.

I die cut a border (from the Gift Card Framelit set) from the teal/brown patterned paper, then cut it into thirds. Two of the pieces were attached to the Sassy Label for the front of the card and the third was attached inside.

I added one of Karen Burniston's Sassy Label and Stitched Frames to the insert, stamped the words on a strip of paper and notched the ends. I inked the edges of pretty much everything - I LOOOOOVE Stampin' Up's Tangerine Tango ink colour.

Finally I cut a white label and the circle border, inked the edges and stamped the words. The colours in this paper stack are just so warm and cozy!

Another finished birthday card for The Stash.  :-)

(Remember you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)

Supplies used:
Karen Burniston's (Sizzix) s A2 Pop 'n Cut Base 
Karen Burniston's (Sizzix)  Sassy Label Insert
Karen Burniston's (Sizzix) Banner and Borders Thinlit dies
Prima (Sizzix) Estate Label die
Karen Burniston's (Sizzix) Sassy Label Textured Impressions embossing folder
Patterned paper - Pink Paislee
Karen Burniston's (Sizzix)  Gift Card Holder Framelits
Stamps and Ink - Stampin' Up
Karen Burniston's (Sizzix) Sassy Labels and Stitched Frames

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