Beach Themed Wedding Card

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A sweet co-worker of my husbands eloped to Hawaii and I wanted to make a card to congratulate the happy couple.

The majority of my stamps are still in disarray in our garage from the move. Now that I am feeling better and have more mobility I hope to have them unpacked and organized by the end of the summer. Without my 'Overwater/Underwater' stamps, I turned to these pretty gold Peel-Off stickers by Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I used silk microfine glitter and coloured them in with Copic markers. They are so sparkly and pretty!

Inside I added more shells and a gold Congratulations Peel Off ...

... and the Lorna Label Pop Up by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. That die has become my go-to Pop Up die these days!

Supplies:
915 Lorna Label Pop Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
972 Rectangle Accordion (Heart), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
2575 shell Peel-Off's in gold - Elizabeth Craft Designs
2578 Congratulations Peel-Off in gold - Elizabeth Craft Designs
642 Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter - Elizabeth Craft Designs
509 Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive 152mm (6")
Patterned paper - Recollections
Washi tape - Stampin' Up
Copic markers
White card stock

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Sympathy Card for a Special Dog

Sympathy cards are always hard to make, and this one was no exception. Our friends had to suddenly say goodbye to their furry kid, and I wanted to make them a card to let them know we understood how hard it is and that we were thinking of them.

Their dog was black, so I fashioned Buster the Dog to resemble him and added a little heart on his collar. Their dog had the biggest heart - he was an absolute sweetheart.

The card base was created using the Rectangle Pull Card by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I also used the spinner that comes with it to animate the paw print heart. Below you can see how I positioned the spinner:

We wrote our note on the white panel on the right.



Supplies:
974 Rectangle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
972 Rectangle Accordion (Rectangles), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
984 Buster the Dog, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
910 Poppy the Owl (Heart), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
914 Outdoor Edges (Grass), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
508 Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive 64mm  (2-1/2")
7018 Glitter Dots in Black - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Heart Paw Print and Bone dies - Paper Smooches
Patterned Paper - heidi grace
White card stock
Charcoal pearlized card stock - Stardream
Black card stock
Black Sparkle paper scrap (Buster's nose) - Michaels
Red card stock scrap
Bakers Twine - American Crafts
Washi Tape

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Smile Stand Up Card

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My brother gave me this Stand Up die set for my birthday! It comes with the layers, but not one to mat the centre label. For this card I layered the flowered label onto white card stock and fussy cut the mat.  Below is the card ready to pop in the envelope ...

... and here is is in the easel position.  The front is held open by the little notch that cuts with the card base.

Just for fun I decorated the inside as well ...

Supplies:
Royal Stand Up - Sizzix
Smile die - Taylored Expressions
Patterned paper - Graphic 45
White card stock
Butterfly punches- Stampin' Up
7018 Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
508 Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive 64mm (2-1/2")

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C4C280 Daisy Mother's Day Card

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for a new challenge at the Crazy4Challenges Blog. Since it's a new month we have a new hostess ... Lynn Put is our hostess for April and her Guest Designer is Vicki Burdick ( www.itsastampthing-vicki.blogspot.com )

Here is Lynn's challenge:   The flower of the month of April is the daisy. Create a card or project using a daisy/daisies. Be creative, think stamped, die cut, punched or paper pieced but your project must have a daisy on it. 

I decided to use Daisy embellishments to make our middle daughter her first Mother's Day card.

Inside, I made a pop up (no surprise there!).  I also used the new fence die in the Susan's Garden line at Elizabeth Craft Designs. I actually purchased the fence to use with Karen Burniston's new release, which is coming soon - but it worked perfectly for this challenge too.

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 C4C280.

Supplies:
779 Lucy Label Pop Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
914 Outdoor Edges (grass), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
990-CountryScapes - Country Fence 1 - Susan Tierney Cockburn (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Blue and Green card stocks - Stampin' Up
Daisy 3-d Stickers - K & Company
Copic marker
Patterned paper - DCWV

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Robot Love Flip Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a cute Robot Love card to share today. I was looking through my paper stash for something and this patterned paper caught my eye. So I decided to drop everything else and make a card with it.

This Robot stamp is SO cute and I love that you can change up the colours to match whatever you are working with. I coloured this one in with Copic markers.

Here is a look at the flip-side.  I added some punched hearts with foam tape for some dimension.

This card made up really quickly, and I decided to hang onto it for next Valentine's Day. It will be perfect for one of the Grandkids!

Supplies:
Circle Flip-Its - Sizzix
Circle dies - Spellbinders
Patterned paper - K & Company
Robot stamps and words - The AlleyWay Stamps
Red card stock
White card stock
Heart punch - Stampin' Up

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Cherry Label Birthday Card

It's Throwback Thursday on my blog, and I have a birthday card that was donated to Seniors Secret Service.

I used some older dies by Karen Burniston, and paper from my stash to create this sweet interactive card that I hope made a senior smile on their special day.

Supplies:
A2 Pop 'n Cut Base with Label Window Insert - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Scroll and Edge - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Patterned paper - Crate Paper
Birthday stamps - Stampendous
Flower PUnch - EK Success
Glimmer Paper - Stampin' Up
Sakura Gel Pen

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Butterfly Pull Card

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I wanted to try a different (for me) colour combination and this is what I came up with. I used a new (to me) technique and several of Karen Burniston's Pop it Ups dies. The card base was die cut with the Rectangle Pull Card, I added Butterflies from the Butterfly Pivot and Accessory dies, and rectangles from the Accordion Rectangle.

The tuck slot keeps the card in the closed position but when the recipient pulls the card open, the large inside butterfly spins up and into view.

The 'new to me' technique I used, shows on the butterfly bodies and on the silhouette base from the front butterfly. I covered a piece of transparency with the new Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Adhesive Tape. Then I sprinkled on the Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter and polished it in with my fingers. When the pieces are die cut, they are still transparent!

The inside butterfly overlay was cut from a white sparkly card stock.

I was so happy with how this card turned out!

Supplies:
974 Rectangle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
972 Accordion Rectangle (Rectangles), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
767 Butterfly Pivot (Butterflies), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
773 Butterfly Accessories, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
915 Lorna Label Pop Up (Stitched Label) - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
508 Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Tape 64mm (2-1/2")
506 Elizabeth Craft Designs Transparent Double Sided Tape 6mm - 1/4"
639 Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned paper - DCWV
Charcoal Stardream card stock
Stamp - Avery Elle
White card stock
White glitter card stock - 
Black Seam binding
Transparency
Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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