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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Dressed Up Pumpkin Halloween Card

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This is probably one of my favourite Halloween cards - even though it isn't a Pop-Up. I made it very soon after we received Karen Burniston's new Halloween Collection, but saved the card to post closer to Halloween.

The Halloween Props (Props 9) are so much FUN! Love that little broom.

I decorated the inside as well - thinking it would be a fun surprise when the card is opened.

Supplies:
Props 9, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bats Stage it Stencils - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Deisgns
Stripes Stencils - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Iron Fence Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Midnight the Bat (small bat), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Halloween clear stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Staedtler fine point markers
fun foam
Coloured pencils
Orange, white, beige, hello, black, purple, kraft and green card stocks

Card size - A2

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Olivia's Midnight the Bat Card

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Our Granddaughter loves PINK and PURPLE ... and she will tell you with vehemence if you ask her what her favourite colours are. I chose not to add pink onto her Halloween card, but did make a purple pearlized Midnight the Bat!

The background was lightly stencilled with the new Bats Stage it Stencil by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs, then the piece was cut with one of the new Labels and Circles dies. I added some black Glitter Dots on her eyes and stamped Trick or Treat from the Halloween Clear Stamps.

Inside is another stamp from the set. I was so happy that there were words to use inside the card. Everyone seems to make the titles or greetings, but never think of words for inside a card.

Supplies:
Purple card stock - Soft Finish Perfect Purple - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Purple metallic card stock
White card stock
Double Sided Adhesive - 6" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Copics
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White Soft Finish Card stock 85#
Bats Stage-it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Halloween Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Card size - A2

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Blue Bat Halloween Card

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This Halloween card is for our Grandson Ethan, who loves blue. Blue Blue Blue. Of course, I had to make Midnight the Bat in blue, just for him!

The blue and orange background was done with the new Stage it Stencil by Karen Burniston - stencils make it so easy to customize the colours of your background.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Supplies:
Midnight the Bat, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Blue, black and orange card stock scraps
Clear double sided adhesive, 6" and 1/8" width's - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fun foam
Iron Fence Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stripes/Plaid Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bat Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - Standard A2

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Wobbly Pumpkin Card for Zachary

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I may have mentioned this, but our Grandson Zachary is a bit of a wild man. The last card his Mom gave him, lasted only seconds before it was torn up. With glee, but still. So his Halloween card this year is fairly simple. He will flick that pumpkin a couple of times then ... off it will come. Zachary is very good at being two.

The pumpkin sticker was added to one of Karen Burniston's Labels then on an Action Wobble. I pounced three bats from the Stage it Stencil onto the centre patterned paper strip - a fun way to customize your patterned paper.

A little bit of hand lettering inside, and a bat from the Bats Stage it Stencil.

Have at it, Zachary.

Supplies:
Sticker - Stash
Black card stock
Circles and Labels, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Blueprints #23 - My Favorite Things
White card stock
Patterned paper - Recollections
Action Wobble
Bic Markers
Bat Stencil , Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Card size - standard A2

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'Love Ya' Twist Card

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This card popped into my head and I had to head straight to the craft room and make it. I started off with Karen Burniston's Stripe/Plaid Stage it Stencil in grey and red.

The All Season's Tree is done in white and the foliage in white with grey sponging on the edges. I finished off the front with the Beach Edges, Bakers Twine and three hearts from the Oval Accordion. I adore the shape of those hearts.

Here is the card as it opens ... the circle embellishment is sideways.

When it is opened all the way, it twists and pops up into the centre! It's created using the Twist Circle Pop-Up, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs

I'm still having fun with Lawn Fawn's "Into the Woods" set, which is where the deer and heart speech balloon are from.

I also used my new Lawn Fawn tree border, sponging the foliage as I did on the card front. The tiny hearts are from the Merry Christmas Pop Up, also by Karen Burniston.

Supplies:
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stripe/Plaid Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Stamps - Lawn Fawn
Glaze Pen - Sakura
Wink of Stella
All Seasons Tree, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Beach Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bakers Twine
Oval Accordion (heart), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Merry Christmas Pop-Up (tiny hearts), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Anita Frames Pop-Up (labels), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Red card stock - Bazzill
Xyron
Grey card stock
Black and red markers

Card size - 6 x 5"

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Eyes for Halloween

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This is a card that looked WAY better in my head, ha ha. While it did not turn out as planned, I'm still happy enough with it.

The bright green is actually a layer of fun foam - the various eyes (cut from different Pop it Ups Characters) were cut from the black card stock which was backed with the green fun foam panel. The Happy Halloween is orange sparkle embossed, and I traced bats from the Bats Stage it Stencil with a purple gel pen.

Since I've become a huge fan of wiggly eyes, I had to add various sizes to this card.

Here is a peek at the inside ... loving that spooky branch in Karen Burniston's new Halloween collection.

The spider was die cut from green fun foam and I added the eyes with a Sharpie.

Supplies:
Rocky the Crab (eyes), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Hoppy the Frog (eyes), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Midnight the Bat (eyes), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Black card stock
Embossing powder - Stamp a Mania
Halloween Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fun foam
Black sharpie
Bat Stencil, Stage it Stencils - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Gel Pens - Sakura
White Gel pen (- clogged and made a bit of a mess)
Orange card stock
White card stock
Halloween Scene, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pencil Crayons - Prismacolor

Card size - standard A2

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Spider Halloween Card

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I have a flat Halloween card to share today, using some of the new Halloween Collection items by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

The Graveyard scene is fabulous for Halloween projects. Here I cut it out of white card stock, and used it as a mask to stipple purple ink through it. Then I stamped my favourite dot stamp (Stamps by Judith) through the mask as well.

The Bats stencil makes a great background, but you can also isolate a few of them as I did here. The sky and moon were also sponged or stippled onto the white panel.

I had these cute black web embellishments in my stash so added one then cut a Spider from green to adhere to the web. The 31 was stamped in black then cut out with the oval from the Anita Frames and adhered with yellow brads.

Here is a peek at the inside - loving the new clear Halloween stamps! Also the Labels and Circles are ones that I seem to be turning to again and again.

Supplies:
Bats Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Fired Frames Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Halloween Scene, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Spider web - American Crafts
Stamps by Judith (dots)
Black Sharpie
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Wink of Stella
Halloween Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Prisma colour pencils
Gamsol
Dotted Scallop Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Black card stock
Anita Frames Pop-Up (Oval), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Yellow brads

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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Ghosty Halloween Card

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Today's share is the Halloween card I made for my parents to give to our Grandson Ilai. I used a couple of the new Stencils by Karen Burniston for the card front, then doodled some lines between the bats with an orange fine point marker.

The ghost is a glittered sticker from my stash that was adhered to white card stock then popped up on the card front. I did some hand lettering inside, and for this one I remembered to take a photo!

Supplies:
White card stock
Stickers - stash
Stripes Stage-It Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Bats Stage-It Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fun foam
Staedtler Fine Point Markers

Card size - A2

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90th Birthday Pop-Up Cake Card

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My Mom asked me for a special 90th Birthday Card for a friend, so I grabbed the Cake Pop-Up by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. The patterned paper is one of those sheets that I ordered 30 of instead of 3 ... I'm slowly using it up. Good thing it's so pretty!

The front of the card has this darling slice of cake on a plate, cut from glittered card stock. The fork was cut from a scrap of silver card stock.

Inside is the pop-up cake!

The inside is lightly stencilled  and I added a 'happy' banner and 90th fishtail in addition to the glittery cake.

Remember to check out Karen Burniston's BLOG this morning for the first July Designer Challenge post!

Supplies:
Pink card stock - Stampin' Up
Patterned paper - Basic Grey
Glitter paper - Recollections
White card stock
Cake Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stitched scalloped border - My Favorite Things
Stitched Ovals - My Favorite Things
Banner dies and stamps - Spellbinders (Our Daily Bread)
Petite Flourish Stencil, Stage it Stencils - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Numbers & More 1- Elizabeth Craft Designs
Blueprints #18 (Banner, trimmed) - My Favorite Things
Staedtler fine point markers
Distress Stickles
Clear Double Sided Adhesive tape, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Words - Papertrey Ink
Props 8, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2"

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Karen Burniston's July 2016 Designer Challenge

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Today is the first Designer Challenge for July. Karen Burniston is trying a new format, where she issues a challenge for the second Tuesday of the month and one of the Designer Challenge Team issues a challenge on the fourth. The Team will be posting their cards on the Monday and Karen Burniston will post her card and team post on the Tuesday.

This first challenge is: "Up!" - Let's get things airborne with high-flying cards featuring the sky. 

There is no arguing with my inner Muse. This is what she wanted to make so I complied. Because the card is a Pop-Up, I kept the outside fairly simple. Using the Partly Cloudy Stage it Stencil, I outlined two clouds with a black pen adding some doodles and glitter.  The sun was done with glittered embossing paste, and when dry I went back in with the stencil and a fine point Sharpie and added the doodles.

Here is the inside - I like how bright and cheerful it is! The Lorna Label Pop-Up was die cut from white Soft Finish Card Stock, then stencilled lightly with the Partly Cloudy Stage it Stencil.

I added water colours to a piece of 90# water colour paper, then die cut the sun, clouds and oval when it was dry.

A little glitter along the bottom edge of the clouds and on the sunshine makes the card sparkle without being over the top. I added some hand lettering to one of the decorator labels that come with the Lorna Label Pop-Up and tied a yellow seam binding into a bow before adhering the inner card to the yellow backing card.

Supplies:
Partly Cloudy Stage-It Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lorna Label Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
All Seasons Tree (small cloud), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Hot Air Balloon Pop-Up (clouds), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Oval Pull Card (sun), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fun foam
Staedtler fine point markers
Sugar Glitter Paste - Bo Bunny
Yellow Seam Binding
Stickles
90# Water Colour Paper
Water colours - Peerless
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Soft Finish card stock - 85#, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Black Sharpie

Card size - 4-1/2 x 5-3/4"

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Cocoa the Horse Birthday Pull Tab Card

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Today I'd like to share the birthday card I made for our 'Daughter In Law' who loves horses. The first photo shows the card folded flat and ready to put in the envelope.

I used the Hanging Charm Pull Tab for the card base, adding a layered rectangle to cover the frame and make it a solid panel for embellishing.  When the tag is pulled, the Cocoa horse scene stands up and reveals a sentiment below. I did add extra card stock strips to the reverse of the 'arms' before assembling, so the weighty panel would be easily supported.

I like to add some decorating to the reverse of my HCPT cards, since I make them as flat post-card style cards. Here is the back of this one ...

Supplies:
Cocoa the Horse, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Western Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Hanging Charm Pull Tab, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stage it Stencil - Cloudy Day- Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs
Cocoa Clear Stamps- Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs
Lucky Birthday Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fitted Frames - Stitched Rectangles, Elizabeth Craft Designs
7048 Glitter Flowers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Charcoal Stardream
White card stock
Xyron
Copics
Blue card stock - Papertrey Ink
Green card stock - Papertrey Ink
Hills and fence - My Favorite Things
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Dot stamp - Stamps by Judith
Stitched circle - My Favorite Things
Bakers Twine
Words on back - Papertrey Ink

Card size - 5-3/4 x 4-1/2"

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Hot Air Balloon Pop-Up

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Today's share is a Love Note I made for our eldest daughter and husband. They deal with a lot for Olivia's Pulmonary Hypertension ... it's stress and juggling 24/7. I bought this awesome stamp set from Verve so used it for their card.

I stamped the words in light ink, then did the lettering with a water colour brush and Water colours.

Inside is a Pop-Up made using the Hot Air Balloon Pop-Up by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I used her Partly Cloudy Stage-It Stencil with the same water colours for the cloud background.

I also added some water colour touches to the Hot Air Balloon.

Supplies:
Hot Air Balloon Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - We R MemoryKeepers
Soft Finish Card Stock, 85# - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Partly Cloudy Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Water colours
Stamps - Verve
Katie Label Pivot (labels), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Blueprints #12
Washi Tape
Scotch tape
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 1/2" width

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