Explosion Card for Karen Burniston's Birthday Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends ...

Yes, Karen Burniston's Design Team is back with ANOTHER Blog Hop! This one has been in the works for a long time, so when Karen & Tanya decided to have a New Release Blog Hop we were so relieved that they didn't choose this date as we really wanted to surprise Karen!

I have a YouTube video that goes over some of the details of my card:

Because I like to work ahead, this was actually the first Slimline card I made with the Explosion Pop Up. Then, since I knew I wouldn't be posting it until today I did make another that I could share immediately. I was so excited at how well the Explosion Pop UP works in a Slimline card I wanted other's to know too so they can make some as well.

I used the Alpha dies for the word CELEBRATE, and again I was pleased with how well they worked on a Slimline. What a fun way to personalize a card, if you were to add someone's name! 

Here is  a peek at the inside, with the Explosion Pop Up. I also used the Border Blends, Cupcakes from the Cupcake Pop Up, and the swinging banner is from the Paper Frames Pop Up.

The words are from Word Set 2 - Birthday and I cut them from black card stock that had double sided adhesive on the back to make them easy to adhere to the card.

I didn't want the red card base to show through the opening behind the pop up piece, so I adhered a folded piece of the same patterned paper inside as shown below. 

I hope you will hop along and see the fun inspiration we have for you as we celebrate Karen Burniston's Birthday from around the globe.

Frances Byrne  

Kelly Booth 

Karen A  (You are here)

 next stop on the hop is Fran

Sandy

Lois

Supplies:
1069 Explosion Pop Up - Karen Burniston
Polka dot patterned paper - Happy Trails Hot Dots, K & Company
Coral, white, yellow and teal card stocks
1091 Border Blends Party- Karen Burniston
1008 Cupcake Pop Up- Karen Burniston
White pearl card stock
Copic markers
1057 Circles Crosshatch- Karen Burniston
1053 Alphabet- Karen Burniston
Blending Brushes - i-crafter
Sakura White gel pen
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch- Karen Burniston
Stickles
No Hole Sequins - Cat's Pajamas
Bakers Twine
1122 Paper Frames Pop Up (Banner pieces)- Karen Burniston
Charcoal Stardream card stock
1003 Word Set 2 Birthday- Karen Burniston

Card size - 8.5 x 3.5", fits in a standard #10 Business Envelope

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