A Gift For You - Sleigh Pop-Up Gift Card Holder

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I like to have pretty Gift Card Holders on hand over the holidays, so I pulled out Karen Burniston's Sleigh Gift Card Holder and made a couple. Today's share is one of them.

The front features 'a gift for you' from the Gift Card Accordion - it fits perfectly on the Labels and Circles die set!

Inside, I've added a Hudson's Bay Gift Card - I love those iconic stripes. So proudly Canadian! I filled the sleigh with a present sticker and springs from the ECD Candle die.

You can see how sparkly the patterned paper is in the photo below. The snowman is a sparkly sticker, that was adhered to white card stock and fussy cut.

Once the recipient slides out the gift card, they still have a pretty card to enjoy.

On a personal note, I am feeling good. Really good. All healed up and I have the OK from my Doctor to go back on the Enbrel. We are all hoping Enbrel is the drug that will kick my RA into remission. So far so good, even having to take two weeks off of it to recover from the surgery.

Also - I'd like to formally welcome little Alma Cohen to the world! She made her entrance quickly, arriving 15 days early at 11:13 Saturday night. 6 lbs 11oz. We brought Ilai (2) to meet his new baby sister yesterday and he was amazed at the baby. He was so sweet - he wanted to hold her and was stroking her legs. He checked out her ears, and touched her nose, then leaned down to cuddle her. He was whispering 'hello Baby' - it was very sweet. We are blessed indeed to have five wonderful Grandkids to love.

Supplies:

White card stock

Gift Card Accordion (a gift for you), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Sleigh Gift Card Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Patterned paper - My Minds Eye

Holiday Clear Stamps, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Stitched scalloped border - MFT Stamps

Candle (sprig) - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stickers - stash

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

Merry and Bright Clear Stamps, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Card size - 6 x 5"

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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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C4C 364 Cake Day!

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

Maryann's challenge is: According the days of the year calendar today is cake day, please add some cake to your card.

I had just purchased this pretty gold foiled washi tape, so I wanted to find  away to use it on my card. Folding it over the spine on the card front seemed like a good place to start. I added Stickles to the patterned paper for some Birthday Bling.

Inside is where you will find the cake for the challenge. I used the Cake Pop-Up by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs for my cake, gold glittered card stock for the icing and candles, and more of that pretty washi tape on the cake layers.

This is a larger card, but I will be tucking it into the Christmas parcel that will be heading east so I don't need to worry about all the extra postage.

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 C4C364.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - K & Company
Cake Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Washi tape - Recollections
Stickles
Words - Papertrey Ink
Gold glitter card stock - Stampin' Up
Stitched Oval - MFT stamps

Card size - 6  x 6"

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Purple and Pumpkin Halloween Flip-It

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a Halloween Flip-Its card to share today. I had a couple of smaller pieces of this fun Halloween print paper leftover, and they fit perfectly on the card.

The Trick Or Treat piece was trimmed from a different paper in the package, and I adhered an enamel dot on the end. The pumpkin embellishment is from my stash.

Inside I used one of Karen Burniston's Halloween Clear Stamps.

This card will be put away until Halloween 2017, but I didn't want to hang onto the pictures for a year.

Supplies:
Purple card stock
Patterned paper - Doodlebug
Pumpkin - K & Company
Square Flip-Its - Sizzix
Halloween Clear Stamps, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Enamel Dot

Card size - standard A2

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Red Christmas Tree Card

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I had another pretty card that needed finishing off ... the base was cut with the Sizzix Scalloped Card. I decorated the front with a red tree. I don't think I've ever done a red tree before and I really like it!

Because the patterned paper was fairly lightweight, I lined the inside with a folded piece of cream card stock then added a couple more red die cuts and a greeting stamped in red.

One more for the Finished Christmas Cards pile!

Supplies:
Patterned paper - my stash
Red card stock - Stampin' Up
Cream card stock
Scalloped Front Card Base - Sizzix
Sticker star - Paper Studio
Christmas dies - Papertrey Ink
Stitched Oval - My Favorite Things

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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Flocked Poinsettia Christmas Cards

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These cards have been in my 'in progress' pile for a few YEARS. The patterned paper has beautiful flocked poinsettia's - it doesn't show up well in the photos. But you want to reach out and touch them in real life.

I added Glitter Dots to the centre of each flocked poinsettia, and die cut the Merry Christmas from red velvet adhesive paper. The card bases are a pretty off white card stock with flecks colour throughout.

I made four identical cards, and they will go into my Mom's holiday card pile.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - unknown
Green card stock - Stampin' Up
Off White confetti card stock
Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Dotted Scalloped Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Merry Christmas - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Red Velvet Self Adhesive paper - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stamp inside - Verses

Card size - A2

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Santa Mail Pop-Up Card

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EEEK - after enjoying Doodlebug's Boos & Brews Halloween patterned paper & printed embellishments so much, I ordered a package of Christmas embellishments. They are SO flippin' cute.  My surgery put me back quite a ways in my card making, but I did manage to get this one made before everything went south. Good thing I'm able to work way ahead most of the time!

The front features cute stitched mountains and some of the printed embellishments.

Inside, I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Pop-Up for the hills, in addition to the mountains and tree-line. Then came the adorable embellishments ... they just make me smile.

I've only had a chance to use the Stitched Hillside Pop-up once, but I think it's going to be fun. I especially like that it cuts as a separate layer and attaches inside the card so there is no need for an outer card AND an inner card.

Supplies:
White card stock
Stitched Mountains - Lawn Fawn
Tree Border - Lawn Fawn
Stitched Pop-Up Hills - Lawn Fawn
Embellishments - Doodlebug Designs
Black Glaze Pen
Holiday Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stitched Oval - MFT Stamps

Card size - Standard A2

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