Thanksgiving Pop up Panel Card

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Even though I've made several Pop-Up Panel cards using the Twist Circle Pop-Up, I wanted to try one with a regular pattern. But oh, the measuring and the templates were all so complicated as I like cards to be EASY.

My friend B had sent me a Pop-Up Panel card that she made using a YouTube video by Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. So I followed the video and this card went together much easier than I had thought it might. (Link to Dawn's You Tube Video at the end of the post.)

I just love how these cards fold completely flat for mailing!

But - WOW when they are open.

There is lots of gold on the card - I love the Stampin' Up Glitter Paper. The pumpkins & leaves are by Elizabeth Craft Designs and I used both the positive and the negative parts. They were cut from gold foil paper (also from Stampin' Up) and it's just so pretty!

Finally, I gold embossed the greeting and added a strip of glitter paper across the bottom.

Thanks to Dawn for coming up with all the measurements and the video, and making a complicated card much easier to manage. Click HERE to see the video.

Supplies:
Brown card stock
Patterned paper - DCWV
Gold gel pen - Sakura
Pumpkin die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
3-d sticker - Recollection
Gold foil card stock - Stampin' Up
Gold Glitter patterned paper - Stampin' Up
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 4" and 1/2" width's - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Orange Patterned paper - Basic Grey
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Words - Reverse Confetti

Card size - A2

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C4C 358 - Pop-Up Panel Card.

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It's Saturday  so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our October 2016 hostess is Caz Counsell and our Guest Designer is Heidi Green - The Crafty Goat Girl

Caz's has a sketch for us this week, which I used for the front of my card. The striped patterned paper has some glittered, embossed stripes and the squares were outlined with a gold gel pen. The centre circle was fussy cut from a piece of paper in the same stack and I added glitter dots for even more shimmer and shine.

Karen Burniston and her cousin Jessica came up with an amazing way to create these Pop-Up Panel Cards that have been all the rage in the card making community. Using the Twist Circle Pop-Up and extending the arms ... you get this fabulous Pop-Up card that folds completely flat for mailing. You can find Karen's video and instructions on her BLOG, HERE.

I die cut the leaves from this beautiful heavy weight burgundy embossed card stock, then added Glitter Dots. The patterned paper has either gold foiled bits, embossed & sparkly bits or both!

Another view of the pop-up portion, in case you haven't seen this type of card before.

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 C4C358.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Recollections
Brown card stock
Gold gel pen - Sakura
Clear Double Sided Adhesive - 1/2' width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fussy Cut embellishments
Leaves die - Stampin' Up
Zutter Corner Rounder

Card size - 6 x 5"

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Wobbly Turkey Thanksgiving Card

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I've had this turkey stamp for quite a while, and finally decided to use it. It's pretty large though ... so after it was stamped and die cut it sat on my stamping table a few weeks until I decided what to DO with it.

Finally, I added it to this scalloped card with an Action Wobble along with a word balloon. The beak and eyes are glossy because I went over them with a Glaze pen. Even though the turkey is so large, being on the Action Wobble gives him some character and I'm much happier with the card than I would have been otherwise.

Inside I did some hand lettering and stamped the tiny turkey from the same set.

Supplies:
Brown card stock
Cream card stock
Scalloped Card - Sizzix
Turkey and word stamps - Stamps of Life
Glaze Pen
Patterned paper (for the turkey) - K & Company
Action Wobble
Word Bubble die - Stampin' Up
Markers
Card size - Standard A2

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Deer & Acorn Card Duo

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I'm still having fun with Lawn Fawn's 'Into the Woods' stamp & die set ... not putting it away again until I've had my fill. Here are two more Thanksgiving cards I made for the Grandkids.

Once again, I added tiny wiggly eyes and mini Action Wobbles.

Honestly, this little deer just makes me happy.

Supplies:
White card stock
Stamps and dies - Lawn Fawn
Stitched Rectangle die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Wiggly eyes
Glaze Pen
Wink of Stella
Bic Markers
Watercolour crayons - Prismacolor
Coloured Pencils
Gamsol & blending stump
Mini-Action Wobbles - Art Impressions
Stitched circle - My Favorite Things
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fun foam
Patterned paper - Doodlebug
Stickers - Doodlebug
Words inside - The Alleyway Stamps
Brown card stock
White card stock
Staedtler fine point marker

Card size - standard A2

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Squirrel Thanksgiving Cards

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I have a couple of squirrel Thanksgiving cards to share today, that my parents can give to our Grandkids. I made two of each design. The squirrel is an older stamp/die that I hardly ever use. I don't like that you have to stamp ON the die cut, rather than stamp then die cut. There is such a tiny border and it's very easy to stamp off the edge. I've ruined more squirrels than I've ever used. And there are no ejection holes in the die, which I find irritating.

However, with the MISTI - it's much easier to line up the stamping on dies from this company and I'm enjoying using them. Still don't like that there are no ejection holes though. Seems like it should be a basic thing to include in a die.

Once the squirrels were die cut from patterned paper, I used the MISTI to stamp them then added colour with Copic markers and added a touch of shimmer with a Wink of Stella pen & some Stickles. The nose and eyes are glossy.

Supplies:
Blueprints #24 - My Favorite Things
Squirrel - Papertrey Ink
Copic markers
Wink of Stella
Tree - Marianne Designs
Tree branch - Paper smooches
Stickles
Garden Bench Pop-Up (grass clump), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Happy Thanksgiving - Reverse Confetti (not shown)

Card size - all, A2

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Thanksgiving Gourd Twist Pop-Up

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I was looking through my patterned paper stacks and this gourd paper caught my eye. I thought it would make a great Thanksgiving Card ... here is the front.

As the card is opened you get a glimpse of the Pop-Up, which is sideways.

When the card is fully open, the Pop-Up twists and pops up in the centre of the card!

I had a coordinating gourd embellishment in my stash, so added it and a leaf to the centre circle, then stamped and cut a banner. This banner is as wide as you would want to go or it will bend as the card is closed. The label where we will sign our names is on the left, as I didn't want any edges catching the banner.

The Twist Circle Pop-Up die by Karen Burniston allows you to make Pop-Up cards fairly quick and easy. This one didn't take any time at all!

Supplies:
Patterned paper - K & Company
Twist Circle, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Beige Astroparche card stock
Thanksgiving Greetings stamp - The Alley Way Stamps
White card stock
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Printed embellishment - K & Company
Labels and Stamp and Die - Reverse Confetti
Fun foam
Metallic Gel Pen - Sakura

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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Wobbly Squirrel and Deer Thanksgiving Card Duo

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I've been having fun with Lawn Fawn's 'Into the Woods' stamp and die set recently. I've had it since it first came out and I'm so glad I got it - those critters are just adorable. Here are the two cards I'm sharing today.

The squirrel is on a mini Action Wobble, and he has Wiggly Eyes. So when you flick him with your finger, he not only wobbles - you get the sound effect from the eyes. It's addicting!

Inside the card, I added stamping and some stickers from my stash.

The second card has the deer ... man, I love LOVE that little deer. This one has a wiggly eye and is also on a mini Action Wobble.

I had these cards out on my craft room counter for the longest time - just so I could flick and wiggle them as I went by. Ha!

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Doodlebug
Brown card stock
White card stock
Stamps and dies - Lawn Fawn
Stitched Rectangle die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Wiggly eyes
Glaze Pen
Wink of Stella
Bic Markers
Watercolour crayons
Coloured Pencils
Gambol & blending stump
Mini-Action Wobbles - Art Impressions
Fun foam
Stitched oval - My Favorite Things
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Words inside - The Alleyway Stamps
Stickers - Doodlebug

Card size - standard A2

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Squirrel Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog and I have a Z-fold card to share today. Once again I used a patterned A2 card, this time with the print on the left and the solid back on the right.  The Spiral Circle Pull Card is easy peasy to use - simply place the alignment nubs on the scored centre line and cut. A little Washi Tape decorated the edges.

I thought this little squirrel sticker from my stash was so cute!

When the sides are pulled, the card opens to reveal the hand lettered greeting.

Into my Thanksgiving stash with this card.

Below is a photo of all 4 of the cards I made using the brown patterned cards that were in the package. The other three were posted earlier. My friend "B" brought the patterned cards to Arizona with her when she came to visit and split the package with me. It was her idea to use the patterned cards with the Pull Card dies, and you can see I use it a fair bit! You can always search 'Pull Cards' on the right of my blog to see all of them.

Supplies:
Patterned A2 card - Michaels
Washi Tape
Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stickers - stash
Card size - 5 x 5-1/2", fits in a 5 x 7" envelope.

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Leafy Pop-Up Thanksgiving Cards

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Not only do I have dozens of Christmas Pop 'n Cut card bases cut and ready to decorate, I discovered these Thanksgiving ones in my 'In Progress' box as well.

There were 10 of them, all pretty much identical. I took  photo of four of them, as that was what 8 of the cards looked like. The other card uses up a narrow strip of the leafy patterned paper and there were 2 of those.

The brown layer is actually a pearlized card stock - and it catches the light. So pretty. On the two cards with the narrow strip of leafy patterned paper I embossed the entire panel before adhering it to the card front.

The cards were made with the A2 Pop 'N Cut Base and the flower insert. The whole inner card was embossed with a leaf embossing folder, then I just adhered a bunch of punched and die cut leaves.

Thanksgiving greeting stamps are hard to find so I was happy to add this one to my collection last year. Plus, the label stamp comes with them!

Supplies:
Beige Astroparche card stock
Charcoal Stardream card stock
Pop 'n Cut A2 base with Flowers insert - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Patterned papers - unknown
Various die and punched leaves
Flags - My Favorite Things
Thanksgiving Greetings - The Alleyway Stamps
Thanksgiving verse and labels - Reverse Confetti

Card size - A2

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Count Your Blessings

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I had a little bit of this beautiful textured pumpkin paper leftover, and made three Thanksgiving Cards with it. I only photographed one, since they are identical. The stamped fishtail banner is mounted with fun foam.

These will probably go to my parents to send out, as I make their cards as well as ours.

Supplies:
Beige Astroparche card stock
Patterned paper - K & Company
Blueprints #24 - My Favorite Things
Stamps - The Alleyway Stamps
Green card stock - Bazzill
Fun foam
Spiral Circle Pull Card (leaf), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stickles
Scalloped scissors

Card size - A2

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Felt Embellishment Thanksgiving Cards

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One day last fall, I was wandering around Hobby Lobby and saw these felt stickers. I snagged a package knowing they would make cute cards for the Grandkids. Here are four of the cards I made with the stickers.

Supplies:
Felt embellishments - Hobby Lobby
Blueprints dies #24 - My Favorite Things
Blueprints #23 - My Favorite Things
Patterned paper - K & Company and Echo Park
Give Thanks  & Happy Thanksgiving stamp - the Alley Way Stamps
Flourished Happy Thanksgiving stamp - unknown
Pan Pastels
Hairspray
Words???
Beige Astroparche

Card size - all, A2

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