Peek A Boo Gear Stenciled Designer Challenge Card

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Welcome to the Karen Burniston's May 2016 Designer Challenge - Stage it Stencils. The fun thing about stencils, is you get to choose the colour and mediums you use and they are good for all kinds of genre. After yesterday's artsy card, today's card is decidedly cute and made for our Grandson Ilai.

I used the Oval Pull Card and blue card stock for the card base, and then cut the white panels with the Pull Card Edges. Those were then pounced with die ink through the Gears stencil to create my own patterned paper.

I also cut gears from the Clock & Gears set as well as the new Steampunk Charms and added them to the card front and stuffed them into the barrel too along with a dog bone from Props 4.

Over the holidays I received a catalogue with a beautiful rustic wood textured cover. I saved that and used part of it to cut the Barrel/Basket. It looks so realistic!

Using the included slot and slider, I added the filled barrel which hides Buster the Dog. Buster  is revealed when the card is opened. 

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Designer Challenge Team has come up with for this fun challenge, and Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Wednesday) on her BLOG. 

I'm going for some yucky dental work today, and expect to be out of commission for a day or two because of the pain meds. I'm a slow healer because of the RA drugs.  Fun and games!

Supplies:
Oval Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Gears Stencil, Stage it Stencils - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Barrel/Basket with Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Buster the Dog, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 4, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Clock and Gears (gears), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Steampunk Charms, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Baker the Beaver (cupcake), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Blue card stock
White card stock
Sharpies
Wood paper - from back of a catalogue
Black stencil packaging packing
Red card stock scrap
Kraft card stock scrap
Kraft card stock
Sakura Glaze Pen
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 6" Width
Soft Finish Card Stock, #100, White - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size 5 x 6"

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Karen Burniston May 2016 Designer Challenge, Card #1

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Today's share is my first card for Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge ...  Stage it Stencils - Make a project of any theme incorporating one or more stencils. 

I'd been itching to use black card stock and metallic paints with the Stage it Stencils, and I'm really happy with how the card turned out. And it's WAY prettier in real life, where the light catches all the metallic.

I used the Rectangle Pull Card to create a 5 x 6-1/2" card and then I randomly pounced metallic paints through the Swirly Flourish Stage it Stencil.

I had these pretty 3-d stickers in my stash, so added them the front along with a heart brad.

Inside the stamp was gold embossed and coloured with metallic gel pens. The die cut flourish is actually the steam from the Cup Pop Stand, cut from black and outlined with a gel pen.

I hope you will check out the rest of the Designer Challenge Team - their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her post on her blog on Wednesday May 18th. I'll be back tomorrow with my second card for the May Designer Challenge.


Supplies:
Swirly Flourish Stencil, Stage it Stencil - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Rectangle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Rectangle Accordion (Rectangle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Just a Note Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Cup Pop Stand (flourish), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Metallic paint - Recollections
Gold paste - Arto
3-d Stickers K & Co
Metallic Markers - Sharpie
Metallic Gel Pens - Sakura
Heart Brad
Gold embossing powder
Pink card stock
Stickles

Card size - 5 x 6-1/2

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Baking Buster Pull Tab Card

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I owe someone a very belated Birthday Card, so decided to use Buster the Dog and the Hanging Charm Pull Card together.

Love that Bakers hat from the Props 8 set (all by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs) and you can find all kinds of reasons to add a slice of cake to a card.

I stamped the words from Just A Note Clear Stamp Set and added colour with pencils. Since the blue polka dot paper isn't very sturdy, I added narrow support strips to the back arms of the pull tab mechanism.

I usually make my Pull Tab cards flat, postcard style - and I like to decorate the back a little. I will write my message below the scalloped circle.

Supplies:
Buster the Dog, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 8, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Oval Pull Card (small circle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Ring Accordion (scalloped circle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Just a Note Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Kraft card stock
Chalks
Charcoal Stardream card stock
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 6" and 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Soft Finished Card Stock, white and a scrap of blue - Elizabeth Craft Designs
White card stock
Scrap of pink polka dot patterned paper
Brown card stock scrap
Patterned papers (dots) - Bo Bunny
Pink patterned paper - DCWV
Glaze Pen - Sakura
Stickles
Coloured pencils - Prismacolor

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

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C4C336 - A 65th Birthday Card

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It's Saturday, and that means there is a new challenge on the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our May Hostess is Barbara Anders and Wanda Cullen will joining us as our Guest designer this month.

Here is Barbara's challenge this week: May's flower of the month is lily of the valley, typically white. This week's challenge is to use a white flower on your card. If you have a lily of the valley stamp, by all means use it, but as long as your flower is white, it's all good!  

My Mom needed a special birthday card, so I used the Oval Pull Card by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs and created a 5 x 7" Z-Fold card with this lovely dimensional white Iris sticker on the front. Note, because of my Mom's failing eyesight, I chose not to use the notch that holds the card closed.

I did use the optional Slot and Slider dies and added a second flower sticker on the end of the slider arm. I love the interactive somethin' somethin' it gives a card, even when it isn't a main focus.

I added a few Glitter Dots to the card, and since it is so busy inside there is a white oval on the back for her to write a nice message.

Check out the C4C 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 C4C335.

Supplies:
Oval Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - K & Co
3-d Stickers - K & Co
White card stock
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Number dies - Stampin' Up
Stickles

Card size - 5 x 7"

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Felt Birthday Cake Flip-It Card

Good morning friends.

I mentioned that I like to bring my wonderful Dental Hygienist a set of birthday cards when I see her. Well, I was on an 'on call' list and they let me know they had an opening this week if I could make it. Well yes! And I even had all Anne's cards ready.

The appointment didn't go well. I had had a toothache last month that seemed to resolve itself but I pointed it out anyhow. She was concerned. She took an Xray which showed a large abscess under a tooth that already had a root canal and a crown. Because I'm on immune suppressing drugs for my RA, I likely wasn't able to fight the infection. It's fairly serious - infection in the bone when you are immune suppressed is never a good thing. They got me started on antibiotics right away and the specialist saw me two days later. He determined that the infection has been there for a long time - & maybe some of how I've been feeling the past year has been because of that.

Now I remain in a holding pattern while the dentist and specialist figure out the best options. My new RA meds have also been put on hold. The insurance denied the next preferred drug, so now it's between them and the Rheumy. Obviously though, until the abscess is cleared up and my mouth has healed from whatever route we have to go - no new Rheumatoid Arthritis meds for me.

Meanwhile, it's Flip-It Friday and here is one of the cards I put in Anne's card pack ...

 The front has a fun felt birthday cake that I found on clearance somewhere. They were actually on clothespins, but I removed the cakes to use them as card embellishments.

Supplies:
Beige Astroparche card stock
Square Flip-It - Sizzix
Stickles
Felt cake - stash
Patterned paper - Carta Bella
Words - My Favorite Things

Card size - A2

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Gorilla Hugs Card

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Today's share is a card I mailed to a friend. She has been a Docent at our zoo for years, and is spending many hours sitting with Zuri, our very sick Gorilla.

The leaves across the bottom of the card are actually feathers, and she gave me that idea. She came to visit me in Arizona this Spring and we were sharing our supplies and new tools. She had purchased a fun set of leaf dies which I used on a card with Jinks the Monkey (see that card HERE). Then she spied my feather's and said they would work as 'jungle' leaves as well. And she is right!

Just a little Happy Mail to let her know we are thinking of her.

Supplies:
Centre Step card die - Sizzix
Gorilla stamp - Rubber Stamp Avenue
Patterned paper - My Minds Eye
White card stock
Black linen card stock
Fun foam
Hand lettering
Staedtler Fine Point Markers
Fine Point Tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Hugs die - Papertrey Ink
Feathers (leaves!) Paper Smooches
Water colour crayons - Stampin' Up

Card size - A2

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Beachy Gift Card Holder

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There was still a piece of this embossed shiny patterned paper leftover after I finished yesterday's Centre Step Birthday Card so I used my new Blueprints die to create a matching Gift Card Holder. I'm such a huge fan of the Blueprints dies from My Favorite Things, when they came out with the latest one I had to add it to my collection. It's going to be lots of fun and can be used for more than Gift Cards.

I used Karen Burniston's A Gift For You die that comes with the Gift Card Accordion set.

The front flap lifts up to reveal your greeting (and/or Gift Card underneath)...

Together with yesterday's card, they make a nice set!

Supplies:
Gift Card Accordion, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - K & Co
Blueprints #28 - My Favorite Things
Words - My Favorite Things

Card size - A2

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