C4C405 Colour Inspiration Pop-Up Birthday Card

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog.  Rebecca Ednie is our hostess this month and our Guest Designer for September is Teresa Kline. You can see Teresa's blog HERE. 

This is Rebecca's challenge: Inspiration Challenge - be inspired by this photo. Please use a cake or mint/aqua, coral, gold and white or ivory. Brownie points for doing both!

Here is the inspiration photo:

When looking through some patterned papers to use, I found this one and decided it was pretty close even though the teal/blue isn't as vibrant as the photo. I used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-Up for my card today, cutting a window from the front and lining it with frosted vellum. When the card is closed, you get just a peek at what is inside.

I used the same patterned paper inside the card, and added a cupcake from the Cupcake Pop-Up decorated to match.

I love all the different hearts that are included with the Katherine Label, so used them here for embellishments.

The bow on the cupcake got some shading with a Copic marker, then a coat of Glossy Accents. I used coordinating colours of Nuvo Crystal Drops on the cupcake icing and the cherry also got some Glossy Accents.

Below you can see how dimensional the Katherine Label Pop-Up is. You can place it anywhere you want on the fold and I like that I get to choose the size of card to make. This one is one of my go-to sizes ... 6" x 5", which fits nicely in a 5 x 7" envelope.

This card will probably go to my SIL for her birthday.

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 C4C405.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - K & Company

Frosted vellum

Gold foil card stock - Stampin' Up

1011 Katherine Label Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

1008 Cupcake Pop-Up (cupcake) - Karen Burniston

Blue, peach and white card stocks

Sakura white gel pen

Nuvo Crystal Drops

Chalks - Stampin' Up

Glossy Accents

Metallic gel pen - Sakura

1003 Word Set 2 - Birthday - Karen Burniston

Card size - 6 x 5", fits in a 5 x 7 envelope

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Holiday Flip-It Card Duo

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a pair of holiday cards to share today that I made a couple of years ago but never did get posted. In fact, I have about three more card groups where the photos have been in the file and I vow to get them posted this year!

I don't have a record of my supply list for these anymore, but I do know the Flip-It card die set is by Stephanie Barnard for Sizzix. The photos are watermarked with my old blog but I can't change that now!

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Cheerful Critter Thanksgiving Accordion Card

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I am crazy about Karen Burniston's new Charm Accordion, and used it here with some double sided papers and the Woodland Animals to make a cheerful Thanksgiving card. 

When you open the card, the panels pivot to the inside and reveal a frame with a hanging charm. The die set comes with a JUMP RING die, which makes attaching the charms easy peasy. This one was cut from brown card stock.

Love these cutie patootie Woodland Animals. I cut a narrow slit in the spine of the card so I could thread the red seam binding through just one side of the card.

This year Stampin' Up came out with Mini Dimensionals (foam tape) so I thought I'd try them. I use the regular Dimensionals all the time and swear by them. Every Stampin' Up order I place has at least one package in it because I can't imagine running out. They hold really well and the liner comes off easily - I highly recommend them. Well these Mini Dimensionals are fabulous. Like the regular ones, I cut them in half to use them and their small size works perfectly for items like I've used here on this card. Even the tiny leaves work with half a Mini Dimensional!

Supplies:

1007 Charm Accordion - Karen Burniston

1001 Woodland Aimals - Karen Burniston

Black glaze pen

1009 Twist Panel Pop-Up (border) - Karen Burniston

Patterned papers - Doodlebug

White card stock

Chalks - Stampin' Up

Seam binding

1011 Katherine Label Pop-Up (label) - Karen Burniston

Word stamp - Stampendous

1005 Tree Pop-Up (leaves) - Karen Burniston

Copic markers

Zig clean colour markers

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Scalloped Thanksgiving Card With Acorn

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Today I have a quick and easy Thanksgiving card to share.

The Happy Thanksgiving die is supposed to work as a Pop-Up card, but I have used it here as an embellishment inside. The ombre colouring was done with chalks.

I actually made two identical cards while I had the supplies out and they are ready to send out for Thanksgiving.

Supplies:
Scallop Card Base dies - Sizzix
Brown card stock
Patterned Paper - Recollections
White card stock
Acorn stamps - Reverse Confetti
Beige Astroparche card stock
Wink of Stella
Tweezers
Happy Thanksgiving die - Sizzix
Fun foam
Stitched Circle - MFT Stamps
Chalks - Stampin' Up

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Skeleton & Tombstone Halloween Card

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Today's share is a fairly quick and easy one that started with the Lawn Fawn Tree Backdrop die cut from black. Then it was just a matter of adding paper & card stock in behind it before adhering it to a card.

I added a punched circle for a moon, and a die cut bat and raven. The bat got a glitter treatment from my Wink of Stella pen.

The skeleton/tombstone is a pre-made embellishment from my stash, which I adhered to the card front with an Action Wobble.

Inside - more patterned paper, another shimmery bat and a pre-printed greeting.

This is another card I made last year, but didn't get posted before Halloween - thus the old blog watermark.

Supplies:
Leafy Backdrop die, Portrait - Lawn Fawn
Black and grey card stocks - Stampin' Up
Patterned paper - Doodlebug
Action Wobble
Glaze pen - Sakura
Embellishment(s) - K & Company
White card stock
Wink of Stella
Iron Fence (Raven), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Halloween Scene (Bat) - Karen Burniston
Fun foam

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Southwest Birthday Card

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, and today's share is the Birthday card I made our nephew who lives in Arizona.

My friend "B" found a SW themed paper stack while I was away and was pretty sure I'd love it so she picked it up for me. She's awesome like that. And she was right! I do love it, in fact I covet it and for me to cut into two of the sheets for this card took some deep breathing. Because I'm crazy like that. Ha!

It was also a fun opportunity to use these older stamps again, since that is one of my goals this year.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Recollectiosns
Boots & Horseshoe stamps - MFT Stamps
Zig Clean Colour Markers
Bristol Smooth card stock
Fun foam
Copic markers
Sakura Glaze pen
Silver gel pen - Sakura
Words inside - done on computer
Signo white gel pen

Card size - 5-1/2 x 5"

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Christmas Envelope Gift Card Holder

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As soon as I saw Karen Burniston's Gift Card Label die set, I knew I wanted to try this idea. It is not a new one - we used to make these years ago and called them 'All In One Cards'.

It is held closed with Bakers Twine, but you could also use ribbon or make a 'belly band'. I am going to try that next!

I used the Envelope Punch Board for the envelope, sizing it for a 5" square card.  I really like the punch boards, and the envelope one makes short work of creating many different sizes of envelopes (and more!).

On the inside flaps I used the large snowflake from the Winter Charms die set, snipping off the hanging hole. The Gift Card Label is adhered inside the card so it's all ready to slide a gift card into. The smaller labels are included with the Gift Card Label, as are the flourishes and hearts.

I don't have any holiday themed gift cards yet, so added this one as a place holder.

I like to have Gift Card Holders on hand for the holidays, and hope to have a nice selection of them this year all finished and ready to go.

Supplies:

1019 - Gift Card Label - Karen Burniston

1018 - Winter Charms - Karen Burniston

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up

White card stock

Green star dream card stock

Dot stamp - Stamps by Judith

Envelope Punch Board - We R Memory Keepers

Bakers Twine

Red brush marker

Size - 5-1/4" square

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C4C404 Christmas Accordion Card

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog.  Rebecca Ednie is our hostess this month and our Guest Designer for September is Teresa Kline. You can see Teresa's blog HERE. 

This is Rebecca's challenge: Let's make an interactive card. There are so many cool dies out there for slider, shaker, pop up, spinner, lift-a-flap and so many more. If you don't have dies, many of these cards can also be built by hand the way we did it before all the dies! These cards bring so much joy to the recipient! And they are tons of fun to make!

I chose to make a Charm Accordion with several dies by Karen Burniston. These little accordion cards are addicting to make! 

This is one of those cards that looks better in real life, where you can see the glitter catch the light.  There are words cut from the glitter paper as well, that don't show up well in the photo but do when you hold the card. EEEK - love the new bear die! Here he is cut from white and is sporting a sparkly winter hat.

When you open the card, the panels from the front and back pivot to the inside and reveal a little frame where you can hang a charm. I used the new Winter Charms for my embellishments, snipping off the charm hanger when needed.

I added another Polar Bear, this time holding a small glittered tree. The words Happy Winter come from the newest Word Set and since the words are separate it's easy to combine them to create the sentiment you want.

I had purchased these metal charms awhile back and I'm thrilled with how well they work with the Charm Accordion. This one is tied on with 2 ply Bakers Twine. I simply pulled 2 strands from a piece of regular Bakers Twine, which leaves me with another 2 ply piece to use on another card.

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 C4C404.

Supplies:

1007 Charm Accordion - Karen Burniston

Blue and white card stocks

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up

Glimmer paper - Stampin' Up

1022 Word Set 3 - Holiday - Karen Burniston

1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston
1016 Winter Animals - Karen Burniston

Metal Charm - Stampin' Up

1019 Gift Card Label - Karen Burniston

Bakers Twine

Sakura glitter pen

Xyron

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Snowman Pull Card

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I have a holiday card to share today and I made it with one of my favourite dies, the Spiral Circle Pull Card. This is an older licensed design by Karen Burniston, and can be hard to find now but I sill like using it.

This snowman is fun - it's one of Karen Burniston's new release. You can adjust his height by moving the head further down on the body and his arms can be in different positions as well. The little green buttons? They are the centre pieces that fall out of the little wreath's from the House & Fence Pop-Up.

I used the scarf from the Winter Animals, another set in the new release.  It was too small, but cutting it twice and piecing the ends worked perfectly.

The notches hold the card in the closed position until you pull the sides to open the card. Here is a peek at the inside. On the left circle, I added a tree from the Winter Charms die set with a snowflake on top.

I'm still working on that clearance rack paper I purchased from Stampin' Up. It's amazing how many cards I've been able to make from that one package of double sided papers! Into my holiday stash with this one.

Supplies:

Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

White, black and brown card stocks

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up

Pull Card Edges, , Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

1017 Snowman - Karen Burniston

Orange marker

1016 Winter Animals (Scarf) - Karen Burniston

1012 Snowman Twist Circle (circles) - Karen Burniston

Snowflake embossing folder - Cuttlebug

fun foam

1018 Winter Charms (tree) - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Words - not sure, possibly Hero Arts or Posh.

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2"

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Water Colour Succulent Card

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I love this card - I made the water coloured panel back in early July, sitting outside on our deck in the sunshine. So that is what I remember when I look at this card and it makes me smile.

I used Colorburst & Magical Shaker water colour powders over a white embossed image, and when it was dry I die cut the panels to mount onto a folded card. I decided to outline the stamped image with a light grey marker to give it more contrast.

Below you can see my work in progress ... yes, I have 5 more of these panels to mount onto cards which are in my 'In Progress Bin' until I get to them. You can see how each one is different - that is part of the charm of Colorbursts - you never know what you are going to get! And if you get something you like, there is a pretty good chance you will never get it again. You definitely have to be 'open' to the process or you will end up frustrated.

Supplies:

White 110# card stock

Purple, turquoise green card stocks

Succulent stamp - Waffle Flower

Color Burst - Ken Oliver

Magical Shakers - Lindy's Stamp Gang

White embossing powder

Wonky stitched rectangle - MFT Stamps

Copic Markers

Fun foam

Stitched Fishtail banner dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stamps - Stamps of Life

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Coffee Lovers Bloghop 'To Go Cup' Card

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I'm back today with my third card for the Fall 2017 Coffee Lovers Bloghop. I hope you have been able to check out the cool projects that are linked at the hop ... there are a couple of hundred great coffee/tea/cocoa ideas there!

I used a Stamps of Life 'to go' cup that I've had for ages. The cup body got a Wink of Stella treatment after colouring and I love how it looks.

The coffee bean embossing folder, words on the banner and words inside are all older (retired) stamps by Karen Burniston through Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I go through stages with coffee, and right now I'm in a coffee phase. With cream and sugar please & thank you. Actually, my favourite coffee right now is the new Tim Horton's Latte. Perfectly simple, just as the ad suggests.

Supplies:

White and brown card stocks

Coffee cup stamps & dies - the Stamps of Life

Embossing folder - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Wink of Stella

Fun Foam

Twine

Patterned paper - stash

Wonky stitched rectangle dies - MFT Stamps

Coffee & Tea clear stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Stitched Fishtail Banner dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Copic Markers

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Wobbly Ghost Halloween Card

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My card share today is another quick and easy one. I cut the Lawn Fawn Tree Backdrop twice from black card stock, then flipped the second one to give me a matching pair of trees on either side of the card.

I added glaze pen details to the printed ghost embellishment, then popped it up on the card with a Mini Action Wobble. I also added a printed label with foam tape.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Supplies:

Leafy Backdrop, Portrait - Lawn Fawn

Black and Grey card stocks - Stampin' Up

Patterned paper - Recollections

Embellishment(s) - K & Company

Mini Action Wobble

Glaze pen - Sakura

White card stock

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Owl Charm Accordion

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Today's share is a Thanksgiving accordion card made using Karen Burniston's Charm Accordion die and some stickers from my stash.

I was hoarding this owl patterned paper and the stickers - but this Charm Accordion was the perfect opportunity to use them. I used the included jump ring die to dangle the apple charm, and the words were stamped on a punched label.

I went over the sticker owl eyes with a black glaze pen so they catch the light when the card is turned.

Here is the view from the back - the owl patterned paper had this cheerful yellow polkadot print on the reverse side.

Supplies:

Patterned paper and stickers - Doodlebug

1007 - Charm Accordion - Karen Burniston

Teal and white card stocks

Banner punch - Stampin' Up

Glaze pen - Sakura

Label punch - Stampin' Up

Happy Thanksgiving stamp - Verve

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