Lotus Birthday Cards

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It's Throwback Thursday here on my blog, and I have a couple of older birthday cards to share. I made these to tuck into my Mom's stocking.

They are a large 5 x 7, and when I saw the water lily patterned paper while flipping through the stack for a different project, I knew just what I wanted to do for these cards.

The beautiful die is by Elizabeth Craft Designs, and I added Stickles around the petal bases for some shimmer & shine.

Here is a peek at the inside:

Supplies:
Cream card bases and envelopes - Walmart
White card stock
Water Lily patterned paper - K & Company
743 Lotus Flower die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Elizabeth Craft Designs Double Sided Adhesive 6" Width
Pink pearl card stock
chalks
Pink patterned paper - scrap
Elizabeth Craft Designs Fine Point Tweezers
Label die - Spellbinders
Stickles
Inside words - Just Rite

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Card size - 5 x 7"

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Masculine SCPC With An Extra Flap

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I was supposed to be on the  Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog this morning, but due to a glitch the post was mistakenly published on Wednesday You can find my post HERE. It's a masculine birthday Spiral Circle Pull Card with an extra flap, which gives you more room to write a message or add a larger greeting. Here is the card in the closed position;

Here it is part way open ...

And finally all the way open.

I added some gears from the Clock & Gears set, with red mini brads and fussy cut embellishments from patterned paper as well. The '4' was computer printed and fussy cut. For full step-by-step directions and measurements, be sure to check out Wednesday's post on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog.

This type of extra flap works for many different occasions, and all the Pull Cards! It's an easy way to change up the look of your cards in addition to giving you extra room for decorating. Try adding a spinner to that inner fold - or add the spiral to that side!

Supplies:
Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Clock & Gears, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Happy Birthday Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Alphabet 1 Caps - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 6" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned paper - Pink Paislee
White card stock
Black card stock
Red card stock
Red mini-brads - American rafts
Font - KG Happy

Card Size - 5-1/2" square

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Balloon Card Duo

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I had a little balloon patterned paper leftover from yesterday's Pull Card, so decided to make a couple of flat birthday cards to donate to Seniors Secret Service.

Inside I added a scalloped panel, a little flag held on with a brad and a stamped greeting.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Jillibean Soup
Blueprints Dies #1
Pink card stock - Papertrey Ink
Pink ribbon - Michaels
Pink Brads -
Words - CC Designs

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Strawberry Pull Card Duo

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog and I have a pair of Z-fold cards to share today using the Spiral Circle Pull Card. When I received my strawberry stamps and dies, I pulled out this paper and made four SCPC's. The other two I will share in the New Year.

Supplies:
Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - DCWV
Stamps - The Stamps of Life

White card stock

Seam binding

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Masculine Beer Card

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It's Throwback Thursday on my blog and I have an older masculine card to share today.

I made it with SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) and my Cricut ... back before Provo Craft decided they didn't want people using SCAL with their machine. Ticked me off so much I haven't bought a Cricut cartridge since. In fact, I don't use my Cricut hardly at all anymore. So this SVG set was from SVGCuts and I thought the case of beer would be a fun card for our son's birthday, and he really really liked it!

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Karen Burniston November 2015 Designer Challenge Card #1

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Welcome to Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge -  "Pop it Ups Video Techniques - Choose any technique from any of my Pop it Ups videos going back to the beginning and use it for a card of any theme. Put your spin on the video techniques and make them even better!"

I chose to do a Double Katie Label Pivot Card, and you can see Karen Burnston's video HERE. 

Here is the front. I used a lightly patterned paper for the card base,  and added colour with Pan Pastels. I cut the Western and Outdoor edge pieces from scrap white paper using them as a stencil.

Here is the card fully open!

I combined stamps from THREE different clear stamp sets on the labels. You can click on the pictures to enlarge them if you want to see more detail.

Howdy gorgeous ... it's your birthday, and yee haw ... kick up your heels are stamped on the first two labels.

Celebrate Baby, and Happy Birthday are on the final two.

I added a couple of extra horses to add some interest and to keep the border from looking too repetitive, since I used four of them.

I hope you will see how the rest of the Designer Challenge team has interpreted this challenge - they are linked on the right side of my blog. Karen Burniston will have her project on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog on Wednesday

Supplies:
Katie Pivot, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Western Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Outdoor Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Cocoa Western Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Farm Greetings Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Homegrown Greetings Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
PanPastels Kit #3 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Soft Finish Card Stock, 85# - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Tape - 6mm ( 1/4")
Patterned paper - Momenta
Kraft card stock

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Puppy Birthday Card

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Every once in awhile I like to pull out my older dies - and this puppy is one of them.

I cut her out of sparkly patterned paper, and added some of the ECD black velvet adhesive for her nose. The cupcake dies don't come with the shadow layer, so I attached them to black card stock and fussy cut it out. Otherwise it just seemed to disappear into the background of the card.

A stamped greeting inside, with a little Peel-Off candle and the card is done.

Supplies:
Card blank and envelope - Michaels
Puppy Dog die - Sizzix
Patterned paper - DCWV
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Tape
White card stock
Black card stock
Pink pearl card stock scrap
Black Velvet Adhesive sheet - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Black Sharpie
Cupcake - My Favorite Things
Black card stock
Beach Edges (hills), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Outdoor Edges (grass), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
MISTI - My Sweet Petunia
Birthday Words - My Favorite Things
0379 Candle Peel-Off - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - 5 x 6-1/2"

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1st Birthday In A Box Card

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Today's share is a card I made for our Great Niece for her first birthday.

I used lots of sparkly embellishments and the patterned paper is glittered as well. Fit for a little Princess!

I do love this die, and even though it's a BigZ die and takes up a lot of storage space - I'm glad I bought it.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - DCWV
Card In A Box die - Sizzix
White card stock
Sticker embellishments - Paper House
Cupcake die & polka dot patterned paper  - My Favorite things
Kraft card stock
Stickles
Flourishes - Quick Cutz?
Fine point tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
7018 Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

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Lucky Bunny Pop Up Gift Card Holder

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I have a scheduled post for today as we are on the road. I am loving Karen Burniston's newest Character - Lucky the Bunny, so I wanted to use her on a feminine birthday card. This card is also a Gift Card holder!

Lucky is on the front holding a bear balloon, which has been coloured with pearlescent PanPastels.

The Pop-up Sleigh Gift Card Holder is a great die set for making Gift Card Holders, and since the sleigh is independent of the Pop-Up mechanism, you can use it for any occasion! Here I used an Elizabeth Craft Designs cupcake die and mounted that on the Pop-Up platform.

There is even a set of clear stamps that coordinate with Lucky the Bunny Character, and I used them on the card as well. So fun! The stitched label is a decorator die that comes with the Lorna Label Pop-Up, and the little heart label is from the Lucy Label Pop-Up. The Pop-it Ups dies work together seamlessly.

Here is a side view of the Pop-Up so can can see the tuck slots for the Gift Card.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Crate Paper
Sleigh Pop-Up Gift Card Holder, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
715 Cupcake with Cherry - Elizabeth Craft Designs
White card stock
Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive, 1/4" Width
PanPastels - Kit #1 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fine point tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Hairspray (to set the Pastels)
Stickles Glitter Glue
Lorna Label Pop-Up (label), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lucy Label Pop Up (Small heart label), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lucky Birthday Clear Stamps, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Copics
Props 2 (Balloon & String), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lucky the Bunny, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Brown card stock - Stamping' Up
Cream card stock
Pearlized PanPastels
Pink seam binding

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Cowboy Poppy Birthday Card

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I found a half-completed card on my table, so used the new Props 6 by Karen Burniston to finish it off! Poppy the Owl got a cute PanPastel coloured cowboy hat with a wheat stalk tucked into the brim.

Inside, I added the cowboy boots & a wheat stalk from the same Props set, and a stamp from the Cocoa Western Clear Stamps.  The boots were cut from white card stock and coloured with PanPastels.

Supplies:
Poppy the Owl, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Cocoa Western Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pan Pastels #3 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Props 6, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Black card stock
White card stock
Patterned paper - Pink Paislee
Aqua card stock - Papertrey Ink
Birthday stamp - Avery Elle

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Morning Glory Flat BD Card

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I have a flat birthday card to share today, using leftover bits and pieces.

The pretty foiled paper remained from a Seniors Secret Service special birthday card, and the felt cupcake I've had in my stash for a couple of years. It was the last one on the sheet so it was good to use it up.

This card also went into my donation box for Seniors Secret Service.

Supplies:
Foiled patterned paper - stash
Olive card stock - Stampin' Up
Card and envelope base - Michaels
2577 Large Happy Birthday Peel-off in Gold - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Cupcake (felt) - Pebbles
Words inside - My Favorite Things

Card size - 5 x 6-1/2"

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