Photo Fan Pop Up Birthday Card

I had SO much fun making this card and I couldn't wait to give it to my hubby for his birthday.  I used Karen Burniston's new Photo Fan Pop Up die set - actually all the dies I used on this card are hers. 🥰

We had been visiting Arizona, so I followed Karen Burniston's video instructions on having the collage photos printed at Walgreens. I don't know if we have the same options at photo places in Canada, but I'm going to have to check because ... how FUN!!  I kept the front nice and simple because all the fun is on the inside.

Ta Da!  Honestly, I looked at the dies and thought those little 1" photos would be almost invisible ... but nope - everyone is easily recognizable and each picture brought back such happy memories.

Needless to say, he loved his card. I haven't had much crafting time lately but I look forward to more playtime with this die set in the coming months.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Prairie Hill, Pink Paisley (old, from my stash)

5 x 6.5" card and envelope - Michaels (old, from my stash)

Photos - Walgreens

Black glossy card stock

Photo Memories stamps - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons - Karen Burniston

Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Inside Out Birthday - Catherine Pooler

Holiday Dog Card

I guess this will be my last holiday card share for the year and it's the card I made for our veterinarian. We love her, and her clinic staff. I had also ordered them a Christmas gift back in November, which ended up shipping the day before Canada Post went on strike. So the package is sitting somewhere and hopefully it will turn up one day. 

Gifts for our daughters were in the same package, so I'm not impressed. Also not impressed that I didn't get to mail my Christmas cards. The strike is 'over' (postponed until the Spring) so I could actually mail then now. But with the backlog of mail in the system already, and potentially grumpy workers that were forced back to work - I am not taking a chance with my hand made cards getting lost or not delivered until the middle to end of January.

Anyhow, since this card would be hand delivered, I ended up making a 6" square card and was able to use up two 6x6" panels that were in this older paper pad. The stamped images are by Your Next Stamp.

One more look ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Holiday Bash, Recollections

Stickles glitter glue

Alcohol markers

Simple Strips Christmas, stamp and die - Taylored Expressions

Holiday Hello stamps & dies - Your Next Stamp

Pops of Color, Scrapbook .com

Inside stamps - Paws-liday Pups, Your Next Stamp

Santa Mail Pop Up

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! Today I'm sharing a Christmas card made using Karen Burniston's new Postage Pop Up die set and older papers from my stash.

I was tickled at how well the papers work with the theme, as I've had them for a couple of years. I was just flipping through the remaining papers in the 6x6" package and saw these ones in there. Serendipity 😊

Here is a close up of the postage part of the pop up. The mechanism is completely generic and can be used to pop up all kinds of things, but since the postage theme is so hot right now - I used the included decorator dies and her coordinating stamps to complete the card.

Our Canada Post strike is 'over' - after over 4 weeks of no mail service - but I have decided not to send out our Canadian Christmas cards. With the backlog of mail they have in the system already, and grumpy workers forced back to work ... I'm not taking the chance. Plus, I don't want people to receive their holiday cards towards the end of January. Instead I will send out some Happy New Year cards and will send out extra Valentine's. The cards I made for this year will be sent out next year 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Letters To Santa (6x6"), Cartabella

Postage Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Season of Cheer stamps - Karen Burniston

Special Delivery stamps - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

Heart from Cupcake Add-Ons, Karen Burniston

5 x 6.5" card base & envelope - Michaels (old)

'Having Surgery?' Pop Up Card

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today I'm sharing my first play with Karen Burniston's Photo Fan Pop Up. We had a friend who had surgery so this is the card I made for him. 

We were in Arizona at the time, & I had only brought a few craft supplies down with me so I was fairly limited in embellishments, sentiment stamps etc etc. However this fun (and years old) paper package seemed perfect and I was able to fussy cut feathers from one of the sheets to decorate the squares. I used markers to create the custom sentiments and he really liked his card.

Once again I wish I'd watched the assembly video before I got to work on it - but instead I followed the directions on the package. Karen B always has great tips in her videos - like adding a backing square to the two outer fan squares, and I wish I'd done that. 

I was not expecting to like this die as much as I do - it's so fun! 

Supplies used:

Photo Fan Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Rectangle Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Patterned paper - Tribal, Scrapbook Customs

Sheetload Birthday Cards with Stars

Since I'm still trying to build up my Nursing Home Donation Card stash, I pulled out an older Sheetload and even older patterned paper for these six cards. It's the February 2020 Sheetload and I have used it multiple times.

The sentiments were stamped on leftover strips of cardstock then I added a stitched star cut from black card stock. Six more cards done!

Supplies used:

February 2020 Sheetload of cards

Patterned paper - DooWop Diddly Wink. - the Paper Studio

Washi tape sentiments - Your Next Stamp

Star from Circle Charm Pop Up die set - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

Inside - Special Sentiments - Penny Black

Four Silhouette Birthday Cards

Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog!  I need to get a bunch of my nursing home donation cards done, so pulled out these sports themed panels and got these four cards  made. The panels are from the Big Book of Sports by Hunkydory, and I don't think it's available anymore. But there are a ton in the pad so I'm all set. 😊 

They are a UK size so I trimmed them down to 4x 5.25" then added them to a white A2 card base. The stamped sentiment was added with foam tape for a little dimension. I have a plastic envelope filled with these sentiments, so I can just go through and pull some out when I'm ready to complete a card. 

The insides are very simple ... all done the same.

Supplies used:

Little Book of Sports -  Hunky Dory

Happy Birthday sentiments etc - from my stash

Inside - Birthday Blowout, Poppy Stamps

Heart Flip Anniversary Card

I love this little heart-flip die set (Studio Light), so pulled it out again to make an Anniversary card for friends.

Rather than use the included layering dies to add patterned paper to the card base, I die cut the card base from this sparkly metallic printed paper. I did cut the two side pieces from white card stock with the layering dies and added them on the back. That made the card a little sturdier - if you follow me you know I don't like 'wussy' cards.

The flip side of the heart has a gold foil mat ... the stamps I've had for many years and I was happy with how well they fit on this card. Finally, some gold foil flat gem stickers and my card was ready to pop in the envelope. Folded, the card measures about 4" so it fits in a standard A2 envelope.

Supplies used:

SL Heart Essentials - Studio Light

6x6" patterned paper - Metallic Shimmer, Stampin' Up

Inside Out Anniversary - Taylored Expressions

Metallic gem stickers - either Dazzles or Stamp On It

Postage Themed Pop Up Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for our Great Nephew and I used Karen Burniston's Postage Pop up for the inside.

It's a quick and easy pop up to assemble and you can use it as a base for all kinds of things, not just the included cool postage dies. I also used three of her new stamp sets as well - I love that they are sized perfectly for those spaces.

It's hard to see in the photo's but the black postage 'base' was cut from glossy card stock and I like the shine that gives. This was my first play with the die set, and I probably should have watched KB's assembly video first. The little paper airplane actually folds - which I should have known it would, I mean - she thinks of everything - but I sort of creased mine on the folds and added a light pencil line in those folds. 

Supplies used:

Postage Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Stamps - Photo Memories, Special Delivery and Sweet Treats - Karen Burniston

Baking Borders - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday and shadow - Karen Burniston

Circles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Patterned paper - Crafts (old, from Dollar Store)

Black Glossy card stock

Wink of Stella

Card size - 4.25 x 4.25"

Birthday Cards from Note Cards!

Last winter I cut down a box of printed note cards so I could use the card fronts to make Birthday Cards for my Mom's old nursing home. I cut them down because they were printed on a very lightweight cardstock and I do not like 'wussy' cards. I must have found the note cards on sale for a good price, but I cannot remember where. Ha. 

I pulled the card fronts from my 'In Progress' bin and got them all finished and ready to donate.

The card fronts had been cut down with stitched rectangle or square dies and I added them to folded white cards. The prints were dressed up with Stickles glitter glue for some shine and a stamped sentiment was added to some of them.

For the insides, I wrapped a white panel with washi tape from my stash and stamped a greeting before adding them inside the cards. I saved the card backs to use for matting and sentiment stamping etc, so there was very little waste.

This cute sloth panel was cut into a square as there must have been just too much pink background for my taste.

Here is another peek at the inside - each group of four got a different sentiment stamped inside.

Supplies used:

Note cards - unknown, possibly Paper Studio? I didn't end up keeping the supply list when I initially cut down the note cards.

Stickles glitter glue

Stitched Rectangle dies

Sentiment - MFT Stamps

Banner dies - MFT Stamps

Washi tapes - old, from my stash

Essential Birthday Sentiments - LDRS

Birthday Blowout - Poppy Stamps

Catherine Pooler inks

Bar Mitzvah Pop Up Card

Our daughter asked if I could make them a Bar Mitzvah card and this is what I came up with. The card started with gold foiled blank cards that I got from Stampin' Up last year, and I added some gold foil card stock and gold foil tape to tie it in. I love the coordinating gold envelope!

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up (which has become such a favourite of mine) to animate a die cut stitched circle. The circle was decorated with a gold foil Star of David and a stamped Mazel Tov. More gold foil tape to complete the inside of the card and give them lots of room to write a message.

Supplies used:

Card & envelope with gold foiling - Stampin' Up

Gold foil paper - Recollections

Stitched Rectangles, set 1 and 2 - Pink & Main

Swiss Dots embossing folder

Tiny star stamp - 8 Happy Nights, CAS-UAL Firdays

Gold gel pen

Words - Mazel Tov, Papertrey Ink

Twist Flower Pop Up - Kren Burniston

Star of David - Hanukkah, MFT Stamps

Double stitched circle dies - Divinity Designs

Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca