Little Ladybug Pop-Up Card

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I have a Pop-up Halloween card to share today, that I made for our Granddaughter Olivia. The embossed card front has a stamped label and sparkly cat sticker.

Inside I used another Karen Burniston embossing folder - the clouds. I embossed them on the black inner card top and swiped the raised edges with a white pigment ink pad.

The words and cat are rub-on's that I've had for years. Time to actually USE them!

I hand wrote the BOO on the stitched die cut banner, and the Little Ladybug was attached to the Lots of Pops die, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Our daughter had a small kitchen fire with extensive smoke damage, so they have all moved in with us for the next month or so. I gave the grandkids their cards this morning and they were so excited! Ok, they were more excited about the chocolate marshmallow pumpkin that came with the card. They played pretend Halloween all afternoon, and all the Halloween Cards were in their treat bags.

Later,  Olivia wanted to make her own Pop it Ups card and we had fun doing that. I would take a picture but she gave it to her Mom to keep 'forever and ever' and no way I can get it back to snap a shot. Ha!

Supplies:
Lotsa Pops Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
KB 105 Embossing Folder - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Rust card stock - Papertrey Ink
Black card stock
Double stitched edge - My Favorite Things
White pigment ink - Colorbox
Stitched Banner Die - La La Land Crafts
Stitched label - Paper Smooches
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Pumpkin and cat - K & Company
Rub-Ons - All My Memories
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Tape - 1/8" width
KB103 Trendy Tiles 2 Embossing Folder - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Trick or Treat Pumpkin - Michaels
Bat Stamp ?

Card size - standard A2

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Halloween Box Card

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My friend Sue and I have started back popping something in the mail to each other on the first of each month. I had this set of Chipboard Halloween stickers and really wanted to use them for her project. So for our October First mailing I made a Card In A Box!

The stickers that overhang were brushed on the back side with baby powder. I have lots of photos to show, both of the flaps and the decorated box base under each flap.

I added a few more chipboard stickers on the back panel, which was coloured with Pan Pastels and is where I wrote my little note to her.

Supplies:
Card In A Box die - Sizzix
Black card stock - Stampin' Up
Confetti card stock
Halloween Chipboard - My Mnds Eye
PanPastels - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Hairspray (to set the pastels)
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Tape, 1/8" width
Baby Powder

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Little Mummy Pop-Up Card

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Today's share is the Halloween card I made for our Grandson Zachary ...

The clouds were fussy cut from a different paper in the stack, glittered and popped up with foam tape.

Inside I used the Lots of Pops to animate the cute little mummy. These were clear stickers that I adhered to white card stock then fussy cut.

Since the paper was cracking at the folds, I reinforced each of the pop-up bumps on the back with Scotch Tape.

Supplies:
Patterned Paper - Recollections
Stickers - the Paper Studio
Beige Astroparche card stock - Office Depot
Lotsa Pops Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stickles
Trick or Treat - Michaels

Card size  - A2

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Four Halloween Cards

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I have some flat Halloween Cards to share today, that I made for my parents to give the Grandkids.

For the speech balloon, I traced a Stampin' Up die ...

The characters on the first three cards are attached with an Action Wobble. I love how they bob and wobble around and I know the Grandkids will have fun with them too.

The little skeleton was attached with foam tape instead of an Action Wobble, as Zachary would just pull it off otherwise.

Supplies:
Stickers - the Paper Studio
Purple card stock
Patterned paper - Recollections
Beige Astroparche card stock - Office Depot
Spiral Circle Pull Card (Circle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Action Wobbles
Green card stock - Papertrey Ink
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Speech Balloon - Stampin' Up
Black card stock

Card size - all, standard A2

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Halloween Accordion Card

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I have another Gift Card Accordion to share today, but this time I am using it as a regular accordion card.

Yesterday's Gift Card Accordion used the little rectangle die as a base to write the words Gift Card on - today shows it cut from the PanPastel coloured background rectangle. This allows the background colour through the window, and for a spooky feel I added eyes from Chilly the Penguin and Lucky the Bunny Characters.

The Flourished Frame is gorgeous - it cuts in once piece and easily lines up with the accordion's outer edges. I cut mine from glitter patterned paper which adds a lot to the look as it catches the light. I also used an ECD Transfer sheet and the negative image of pumpkin Peel-Off's for the card.

The Celebrate die comes with the Flourished Frame, as do stacked rectangle dies. The largest one is pretty much the size of the inner rectangle, leaving just a tiny mat. But it covers up the notches for the gift card, so your Gift Card Accordion can do double duty!

I wrote on the back of the card with a gel pen, which showed up great on the black background.

Supplies:
Gift Card Accordion, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Flourished Frame, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lucky the Bunny, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Chilly the Penguin, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
2538 Pumpkins Peel-Off's - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Transfer Sheet - Elizabeth Craft Designs
PanPastels, Kit #3 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Metal Shim - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Black card stock
White card stock

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Vampire Hoppy Accordion Card

Good morning friends and welcome to my second card for Karen Burniston's October 2015 Designer challenge. Note, information on a sale and Give-away at the end of my post.

Because it's close to Halloween and the Challenge is 'Characters in Costume' - I HAD to make a Halloween card!

I chose the new Gift Card Accordion, which will available soon (make sure your favourite independent retailer has placed their pre-orders) with the matching Flourished Gift Frame. Hoppy the Frog has fangs ... made using the horns from Brownie the Cow. So fun!

I used another of the Coming Soon sets - Props 6 for Hoppy's Dracula cape. The die is actually a Western Scarf which was die cut twice from adhesive backed card stock. I reversed the one die, added black Silk Microfine Glitter and attached each piece to the back of Hoppy.

This is the front of the accordion ...

A close-up of Hoppy ... he was cut from white card stock and coloured with PanPastels. I added Glitter Dot eyes and attached him to the embossed panel with an Action Wobble. So he bobs and wobbles around on the front. Orange Glitter dots were added to the Flourished Gift Frame and I die cut a couple of orange flies to add as well.

Here is the Accordion opened - the frames were also cut from white card stock coloured with PanPastels.

On the back you can see the score lines that cut with the Gift Card Accordion. So you don't need to decorate it with a frame if you don't want to! I cut the postage frame from the PanPastel coloured rectangle, then added white eyes (from Lucky the Rabbit, also coming soon) to add a bit of a spooky feel.

All the Character and Props dies are on sale 20% off at Elizabeth Craft Designs this week, so if Hoppy isn't in your collection now is a great time to add him.

Also, remember the amazing Elizabeth Craft Designs give-away I posted yesterday! Click HERE to see my Purple Zebra Card and the details on how you can win Karen Burniston's Barn Pop Stand, Fence Pop Stand, Western Edges and Cocoa the Horse die sets. Hoofbeats don't always mean horses - sometimes they mean zebra's. Let's spread some Pulmonary Hyptertension awareness!!

Supplies:
Gift Card Accordion, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs) - COMING SOON
Flourish Gift Frame, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs) - COMING SOON
Black card stock - Stampin' Up
Hoppy the Frog, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Brownie the Cow, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lucky the Rabbit (eyes), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs) - COMING SOON
Props 6 (Western scarf), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs) - COMING SOON
White card stock
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 6", 1/8" and 1/2" width
PanPastels, Kits #1 & #2 - Elizabeth Craft Designs
KB Trendy Tiles 2 Embossing Folder - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Action Wobble
Trick or Treat stamp - Michaels
Rectangle Pull Card (postage frame), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
601 Basic Black Silk Microfine Glitter - Elizabeth Craft Designs
7018 Glitter Dots in orange and black - Elizabeth Craft Designs

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C4C307 Costume Fun

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It's Saturday and that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Jessie Rone is our Hostess for October, with Tangii Crain as our Guest Designer. Jessie's Challenge is: Costume fun - images of kids, animals, anyone in costume!!

Here is the front of my card - I thought the patterned paper of masked and caped critters was perfect for the challenge.

The patterned card stock I used for my card base was a little stiff though, so I tried spraying the centre score line with water before folding it in half. It still cracked. So to save the card, I applied Scotch Tape across the fold.

I used an older Sizzix Pop 'n Cut die for this Pop-Up card, also by Karen Burniston. I loved the Pop 'n Cuts, and still enjoy getting them out for card making.

The Pirate sticker was adhered to white card stock before fussy cutting out.  Here is a side view so you can see the Pop-Up portion a little better.  This will be our Grandson Ethan's Halloween 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 C4C307.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Recollections
Pirate Sticker - The Paper Studio
Sizzix A2 Pop 'n Cut Base with Sassy Label Insert
Beach Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Blueprints #23 (Scalloped border) - My Favorite Things
Stitched Oval - My Favorite Things

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