Back to School Card

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

I think it turned out so cute! This will be for our Granddaughter Olivia - even though she has to be home schooled because of her disease Pulmonary Hypertension, she is still going 'back' to school in September.

The SCPC cuts notches that hold the card in the closed position until the recipient pulls the sides to open it - and this is what the inside looks like:

Supplies:
Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper and clip art - Lettering Delights
Twist Circle Pop-Up (Circles), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Xyron
Words - done on the computer

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2"

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C4C350 Sketch (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. 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 which means even more inspiration for you!

Yikes - not sure why the first photo ended up so washed out. The colours are more true with the second card photo.

Jessie's sketch is below - you can see I stayed fairly close to it, something I don't often manage.

Zachary is too young for school and he's only getting a card because his brother and sister will be getting one. Gramma doesn't want him to feel left out, so I added a hand lettered greeting inside his card.

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 C4C350.

Supplies:
White card stock
Patterned paper and clip art - Lettering Delights
Xyron
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fun foam
Chalks - Craft T
Bic Markers

Card size - 5-1/2" square

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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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Sending You Sunshine

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I have a fun card to share today, that I sent to my fellow Design Teammate Frances Byrne. I missed sending her a birthday card so sent her a happy card instead!

I loved this cheerful herringbone print paper - and I added some Washi tape, a stitched scalloped border and a die cut 'happy'.

Of course I had to make it a pop up card! I used one of Karen Burniston's newest dies - the barn - to create a dog house for the little digital dog stamp.

Here is a side view so you can see the pop up a little better.

Supplies:
Lorna Label Pop Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Barn Pop Stand, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 3, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Tape - 2-1/2"
Happy die - MFT
Sun die - QuickCuts
Stitched Scalloped Border - MFT
Blueprints 23 - MFT
Patterned paper for barn - MME
Yellow patterned paper - Elle's Studio
Orange and yellow patterned paper scraps
Herringbone patterned paper - Chickaniddy Crafts
Digital dog image - Tiddly Inks
Printer
Glossy Accents
Fun Foam

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C4C279 Think Spring Hybrid Card

It's Saturday and that means a new challenge at the Crazy4Challenges Blog. Our hostess for March is Anja de Regt, and her Guest Designer is Andrea Murdock (My Stamping Heaven).

This is not what I intended to create for this challenge. I was thinking more along the lines of the Pop it Ups Garden Bench ... but the new Adirondack Chair die is stored on the same magnetic sheet as the Garden Bench, so I decided to use it instead.  I also used a digital scrapbooking kit and some graphics to create the card.

I added the printed and fussy cut flowers around the pop up Adirondack Chair but the rest was printed as a single piece.

I printed an extra piece of the cloud background and also of the green, to slip in behind the openings created by the Adirondack chair. I like the seamless look this gives. The chair was die cut again from white card stock, and adhered over the original one, which had the blue clouds on the top and the green polka dots on the seat and legs from the original cut.

I added Stickles to the banners and pink Glitter Dots to the flower centers.

All in all, I was happy with how this turned out. I still need to work on my sizing, as it can be tricky (for me) working from the computer screen and visualizing how it will print out to assemble a pop up card.  LOVE the Adirondack Chair - it's going to be so much fun to play with and it's so easy to create. Karen Burniston thought of everything - look at the embossed texture on the arms of the chair! 

This card is going to my Mother-In-Law for Mother's Day.

Check out the 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 C4C279.

Supplies:
975 Adirondack Chair Pop Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
7018 Glitter Dots, Pink - Elizabeth Craft Designs
White card stock
Printer
Stickles
Digital Scrapbooking Kits 'Eat Cake' and 'Drift Off To Dream' -  Digital Design Essentials
'Vintage Charm Chipboard Stickers' by K Perteit -  Designer Digitals
'Butterflies & Blossoms' - Lettering Delights

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Shamrock Pull Card

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I had printed a couple of extra paper panels when I made my friends Birthday card (see HERE), so used them to make a surprise St. Patrick's Day card for my Mom. I don't usually send her a card for St. Patrick's Day but I know she loves to get Happy Mail.

I used the Spiral Circle Pull Card die for the card base, which is a Pop it Ups die by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I just happened to have some gold Washi Tape, so I added it along the fold.


I also decided to add a stamped, die cut dog to yesterday's Adirondack chair Pop Up. So cute!

Supplies:
916 Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
7018 Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned Paper - Digital kit, 'Bit o Blarny' Mary Fran (Nitwit Collections)
White card stock
Printer
Washi Tape - Stampin' Up

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Hybrid St. Patrick's Day Cards

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Today's share are the St. Patrick's Day cards I made for the Grandkids. I don't know that I will always send them St. Patrick's Day cards but this year I wanted them to get some Happy Mail Love Notes from Gramma.

I used a digital Scrapbooking kit, and printed everything out on white card stock.

There are two different styles for the card insides:

Supplies:
White card stock
Digital Scrapbooking kit - Bit O Blarney, Nitwit Collections.
Printer
Card sizes - all, standard A2

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Canadiana Rectangle Pull Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, and I have a hybrid birthday card to share today.

I haven't made a hybrid card in ages so I pulled out the new Rectangle Pull Card, a Pop it Ups die by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I did pretty good printing the side panels, but the printer enlarged the rectangles for the centres on me. My printer and I have a love/hate relationship - mostly the latter. I keep saying I'm going to throw it out the window, but then I end up giving  it another chance.  The little ribbon below the moose is printed onto the glossy photo paper, but the corduroy brad is from my stash. It adds nice dimension to the otherwise flat card.

I was mostly happy with how it all printed, and that it worked when assembling. Then I went to attach the spinner inside. That photo paper grabbed the adhesive on the spinner and - well, there was no moving it. That is not where I intended to place it however you have to roll with it sometimes ...

I stamped and coloured the little marshmallows on the stick, then fussy cut them out to add a little something to the white cardstock rectangle which is where we will sign our names.

This is going to one of our friends in Arizona, and I know he will get a kick out of the Canadiana theme.

Supplies:
974 Rectangle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Glossy Photo Paper - Kirkland
Digi kit - Lodge Creek, Nitwit Collections
Corduroy Brad - Stampin' Up
White card stock
Brown textured card stock
Marshmallows on stick stamp - Paper Smooches
Copics

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Happy Bark-Day Flip It Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and today's share is a dog themed Flip-It Card.

I don't often use Digital Stamps (Digi's) but sometimes they come in really handy. This one was printed twice on white card stock and coloured with blended pencils & fussy cut. Then, I cut the head from one image and popped it up over the 2nd one with foam tape. I added Glossy Accents to the dog nose, which always makes me smile. The oval shadow below the dog is from a stamp set by Paper Smooches. I think that set will just live on my stamping area, it is good for SO many things. No point in putting it away and getting it out for almost every card!

Just for fun, I added a circle border using one of Karen Burniston's older dies and added some doodles with a white pen.

The little note paper die is also by Paper Smooches, as is the bone and paw print.

This card is going into my next donation card box for Seniors Secret Service.

Supplies used:
Circle Flip-It - Stephanie Barnard (Sizzix)
Dog Digi - Deasy Designs on Etsy
Coloured Pencils - Prismacolour
Gamsol and Blending stump
Note Paper die- Paper Smooches
Circle Border - Karen Burniston's Banner and Borders (Sizzix)
White Sakura Gel Pen
Circle dies - Spellbinders
Bone and Paw dies - Dog Icons, Paper Smooches
Glossy Accents
Happy Bark Day - Birthday Buddies, Paper Smooches
Bakers Twine

Dog Tag

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Today's share is a cute little dog themed tag. I usually bring treats to a friends dog when we visit but it seems a little much to actually wrap them as a gift. Plus the dogs want some RIGHT NOW as they know I always bring them goodies.

I don't use a lot of digital stamps (digi's) but I DO own some. There are times when I just cannot get to my stamps and these make it an easy way to access some images. This dog image is a digi, printed on white card stock, fussy cut and coloured with blended coloured pencils.

The tag die is from Elizabeth Craft Designs - I really like the shape of it. It's a good deal too, you get three different sized tags (I used the largest and the smallest here) as well as Fall and Christmas embellishment dies.  I embossed the largest tag with one of their new embossing folders and inked the edge.

Adding a dimensional tag takes it up a level from just handing them a box of treats, at least for the owners. :-)

Supplies used:
Kraft card stock
White card stock
Tag dies - 763, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Embossing folder - 106 Dancing Leaves - Elizabeath Craft Designs
Digi stamp - Melissa Bastow (Dorky Doodles on Etsy) 
Pencil crayons, Gamsol and blending stump
Bone stamp - The Alley Way Stamps

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Strawberry Girl Accordion Card

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I have an Oval Accordion card to share today ... I made it back in early February, when I first got the Pop it Ups dies from Karen Burniston. I didn't have a lot of supplies with me, so I relied on an adorable digital stamp from Tiddly Inks and fussy cut images from the paper for embellishments.

I cut one of the smaller ovals from the set, and folded it over the top corner as a place to add some fussy cut flowers and berries.

The image was coloured with pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits and a blending stump, then fussy cut out and popped up on the layered oval.

I added some more fussy cut flowers and Bakers Twine ...

 ... and some fussy cut strawberries.

The words were hand lettered, and coloured with pencils and a blending stump. I cut it out with another oval die that comes with the Accordion Oval and decorated with fussy cut flowers and a berry. I love that the Pop it Ups dies come WITH the decorator dies for layering.

This was one of the cards I brought to my Pop it Ups Demo at Paper Pastimes in Calgary, and everyone thought it was ... SWEET!

The Pop it Ups Accordion cards are hugely popular - they are such a versatile stamp. Having the larger space that the Oval Accordion provides is great for the images that don't work on the Circle Accordion or Fancy Label Accordion because they are too tall. Remember that you can add as many pages as you want to your Accordion card. While I tend to add two pages as I did here, some of the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Team generally add three or more.

Elizabeth Craft Designs have some lovely (LOVELY) Peel-Off stickers that are made to fit all three of the Accordion Card dies as well so our design options just keep on growing!

Supplies used:
Digital Stamp - Minnie's Berry, Tiddly Inks
Pencil crayons
Odorless Mineral Spirits & blending stump
Oval Accordion Card - Pop it Ups, Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned Paper - g.c.d.

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