Happy New Year Pivot Card

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When I was putting away the Christmas embellishments, I found a package of New Years stickers! I made yesterday's card with them but wanted to use the rest of the sheet and not store them for another year.  This is what I came up with:

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Happy New Year, everyone

Supplies:
White card stock
Katie Label Pivot, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Silver metallic card stock
Stickers - Jolee's Boutique
7051 Glitter Border Peel-Off - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Gel Pens - Sakura
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Gold metallic card stock

Card size - standard A2

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Sparkly Happy New Year Flip-It Card

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***NOTE:  I will be moving my blog to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year. I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog and I have a sparkly New Years card to share.

I found this package of stickers in my Christmas embellishment box - I didn't get around to using them last year.

I added some hand lettering with a gold gel pen. The gold glitter paper is by Stampin' Up - I love that stuff.

Supplies:
Circle Flip-It's #   - Sizzix
Stickers - Jolee's Boutique
Charcoal Stardream card stock (Pearlized black)
Gold glitter paper - Stamping' Up
Gold gel pen - Sakura

Card size - standard A2

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Designer Challenge Happy New Year Card

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Welcome to the second Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge for December 2016 - this time teammate Sandy Diller issued the challenge:   Team theme - Sandy Diller - "Party Animals" - use any of the Character dies for a card celebrating the New Year or anything else!

For my card, Jinks the Monkey is off to a Black Tie New Years Eve Party where he has just tossed his top hat into the air so he can catch a glass of pink champagne. 

I used this cool patterned card stock with embedded glitter, along with kraft and red card stocks. Love this colour combination!

When you pull the tab, the oval slides up for display, revealing a penned greeting underneath.

Jinks is popped up with three layers of foam tape, but I still needed to curve his hand and the top of his head up slightly, to slide the oval back into place.

This is a flat, post-card style card, but I did add some pattern and colour onto the back where I'll write my note & add our signatures.

Another peek at Jinks ... his black bow-tie and snazzy glasses are embellished with Glitter Dots. I cut his face piece 3 times from kraft card stock then layered them together for dimension. The top layer got some glitter from a Wink of Stella pen - because any monkey going to a New Years  Eve party should wear some glitter. Ha! Jinks also has a sparkled bow on his tail.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Designer Challenge Team, which are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Tuesday) on her BLOG.

***NOTE:  I will be moving my cards and paper crafting to Painted Mountain Cards in the New Year. I will leave this blog open, as there are frequent hits from Pinterest and over 5 years worth of cards etc to reference.

Supplies:
Hanging Charm Pull Tab, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Evergreen Pivot - Stars, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Flourished Gift Frame (Celebrate), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Wedding Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Steam Punk Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Jinks the Monkey, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Midnight the Bat (small bow), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 1, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 2, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - Recollections
Kraft, red, black and white card stocks
Fine point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Numbers & More 1 - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Fitted Frames 3 - Curvy Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Fitted Frames - Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Water colour pencils - Derwent
Dove Blender pen
Wink of Stella
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width
Heart hold punch
Fitted Frames - Ovals
Metallic Gel pens - Sakura

Card size - just over 5 x 7"

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Pop-Up Christmas Card for our Vet (and a second card!)

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I always bring our Veterinarian's office some goodies and a hand made card over the holidays. It works out that one of our dogs ends up needing a vaccination or something else close to Christmas so it works out well.

This years card uses the new Twist Circle Pop-Up by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs, and also the new Labels and Circles.

Here is the card as it is opening ...

... and when it's fully open the centre circle twists and pops-up in the centre of the card!

I used a couple of different stamp sets for the dog, and penned the words inside. The circle was stencilled with the Petite Stage-it Stencil for a subtle background.

I was about to pack up from the card, when I decided to go ahead and make a second card that uses almost an identical layout and the leftover paper from the first card. This one has a fun clear sticker on the front.

Inside is a glittered snowman and several snowflakes.

The Twist Circle Pop-Up makes a really cool interactive card, but it's easy peasy because the die does all the hard work for you!

Supplies:
Patterned paper - My Minds Eye
Anita Frames Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Red card stock
Dog stamp & dies - Taylored Expressions
Santa hat - Lawn Fawn
Copics
Blossom stage-it Stencil -  Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stickles
Glaze Pen
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Paw Print and Bone - Paper Smooches
Bakers Twine
Snowman Embellishment - K & Company
Word sticker - Stash
Clear double sided adhesive - 1/2" width
Believe stamp - Taylored Expressions
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Snowflake Punch - Martha Stewart
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - 5 x 6"

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'Hats Off To You' Twist Circle Panel Pop-Up Card

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It's time for the Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge for November 2016 - "Hat Attack" - there are 8 different hat choices in the Props/Charms/Anita sets - use one (or more) on a card. Characters are optional - it's all about the hats!

This card did not photograph well ... it is SUPER sparkly in real life! The hats and embellishments, and large label were all cut from glitter paper and I added Glitter Dots as well.

Inside, for the third Designer Challenge in a row, I used Karen Burniston's technique of adapting the Twist Circle Pop-Up to create a Pop-Up Panel card.

Inside there are more glittery hats. So fun!

To create the little scalloped borders, I used the ECD Dotted Scallop Rectangles. They were cut from white glitter paper.

The banners were created with one of the Ring Frame Edges, cut from glitter paper and decorated with Glitter Dots. The little fishtail banner is from the Anita Frames Pop-Up and I decorated it with the bow from the Props 1. I also added the Celebrate from the Flourished Gift Frame cut from blue glitter paper.

Finally, a stamped greeting from the Occasions Clear Stamps and the coordinating Labels and Circles.

I think this card is my new record for the most Pop it Ups dies used on a single card - 14 different sets! They all play so nicely together.  :-)

Be sure to check out the rest of the Designer Challenge Team Blogs to see what they came up with for the challenge. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Tuesday) on her blog.

Supplies:
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Yellow card stock - Papertrey Ink
White card stock
Patterned paper - Echo Park
Blue card stock - Bazzill
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sparkle paper - Recollections
Props 6 (Cowboy hat), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 9 (Witches hat), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 7 (Flowers), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 2 (Party), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 1 (Bowler hat and bow), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 5 (Santa hat pom pom), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 8 (Bakers hat), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fine point tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
White sparkle card stock - Stampin' Up
KB104 Damask embossing folder, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Dotted Scallop Rectangles (for borders) - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8 and 1/2" widths - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sakura Stardust Pen
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft dEsigns
Flourished Gift Frame (celebrate), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Anita Frames Pop-Up (banner and labels), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Occasions Clear Stamps, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lyra water colour crayons
Sakura gel pens
Staedtler markers
Wink of Stella brush pen

Card size - 6 x 6"

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Cute Halloween Card Duo

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After I made the Halloween cards for three of our Grandkids, I knew I had to make cards for the other two as well. Only Grandbaby #5 isn't due until next month so it felt a little funny making the card. Then it felt funny to not make her a card. So I went with making a card for the babe without adding her will-be name or anything too personal.

Again, I cut pre-printed panels from the paper stack (Boos & Brews) and adhered them to card bases. This scientist one is SUCH a perfect image for Ilai. I added the same glaze pen treatment to the panels for some shiny bits as on the first three (see November 1st post for those).

And here is babe's ... the Hi Pumpkin was fussy cut from a sheet of paper in the stack and one end was notched. Then it was popped up with fun foam.

Into my stash for next year. That's 5 of the 10 Halloween Cards I'll need to make for the grandkids done.

Supplies:
White card stock - Bazzill
Patterned paper - Doodlebug
Fun Foam
Glaze Pen - Sakura
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Tombow Markers
Black find point marker

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6" and standard A2

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C4C 361 Strawberry Challenge Crd

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog, and since it's a new month we also have a new Hostess! Our November 2016 Hostess is Maryann Einam and our Guest Designer is Doreen O'Brien from Doreen's Dream.

Maryann's challenge is:  Who resist fresh fruit that is in season, for me it is strawberries, so add some to your card. You don't like strawberries, just add you favorite fruit.

My knees had been really painful and filled with fluid so not working that well at all. I needed to do things that required little walking so I went through my bin of stamped, die cut and Cricut cut embellishments. Haven't looked in that bin since we moved and that was over two years ago! Found lots of fun goodies I look forward to creating with in the near future. One was a couple of these Cricut cut barrels, all inked and assembled and ready to go. Perfect timing for Maryann's challenge!

I chose a Centre Step card and some strawberry stamps & dies that I got when I belonged to the Stamps Of Life Die Hard club. I only used them once or twice so the challenge also worked for me trying to use some of my older products as well. The cute little fence? It's a Sizzix original die that I've had almost since I got my first Big Shot and it still makes me happy.

A little hand lettering inside and my card is ready for my Mother in Law's upcoming birthday.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  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 C4C361.

Supplies:
Strawberries, stamps and dies - The Stamps of Life
Barrel - Doodlecharms cartridge
Brads
Stickles
Centre Step Card - Sizzix
White card stock
Fence - Sizzix
Kraft card stock

Card size - standard A2

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Cute Halloween Card Trio

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Yes, I know Halloween is over. But I wanted to make some quick Halloween cards with this ADORABLE paper pack by Doodlebug (Boos and Brews) before I put everything away.  And I didn't want to hold onto the photos in the file for an entire year. These will be our Halloween cards for three of our Grandkids next year. 

Eek - these printed panels from the package were just too cute not to use. I simply cut them to size and attached them to card bases.

I did add a glaze pen detailing though so there are some nice shiny bits on the cards.

Also the inside is personalized for each of them.

The 'Can I Be Frank?' word strip was trimmed from a sheet of patterned paper in the same stack and popped up with fun foam. Honestly, how CUTE is that Frankenstein?

And here's the third card ...

It's been awhile since I've found some Halloween paper that I really enjoyed using and I REALLY enjoyed using this one. 

Supplies:

White card stock - Bazzill

Patterned paper - Doodlebug

Glaze pen - Sakura

Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Tombow Markers

Black fine point marker
Fun Foam

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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