Cute Kitties Pop Up Birthday Card

A cat loving friend celebrated her birthday recently, and this is the card I made for her. The papers and chipboard elements have been in my stash for a couple of years. One of the problems with buying online I guess - you can't really see the all papers in a paper package, and I didn't pay enough attention to the description of the elements or I wouldn't have bought them. They are darling, but chipboard can make cards a little more expensive to mail. 

Since I have them, I got them out for this 5 x 7" card which was hand delivered when we had dinner together.   My first play with Opal Glimmer Foil and I loved how it looked on black cardstock. 

Inside, I used Karen Burniston's Paper Frames Pop Up cut from more of the patterned paper and added some sweet stamps from Honey Bee. The border dies are from Scrapbook.com and I linked as much as I could for you.

Below is what the card looks like when viewing from the top.

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 56 Cards

Additional Supplies:

5 x 7 card blank and envelope

Patterned paper & chipboard elements - Circle of Love, Stamperia

Stickers on envelope - stash

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Mini Slimline Cards for St. Patrick's Day

I actually made these cards last year, as I like to send the grandkids cards for St. Patrick's day as they love happy mail. But I often run out of time to get them made and in the mail so this year I am ahead of the game. Ha. I pulled out a Slimline patterned paper pad from Whimsy Stamps, some puffy stickers ($ Store) from my stash and this is what I came up with.

There are SO many elements in those Odds & Ends packages by Doodlebug ... it was fun going through the package and adding some to my cards. Two of the cards are Pop Up's made with a folded cardstock strip.

Lots of sparkle and shine from the gold foiling on the stickers and ephemera, and I added gold  Peel Off stickers too.
 

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 55 Cards

Additional Supplies:

3D Stickers - Dollar Store, old from my stash

Gold circle Stickers - Dazzles

White cardstock

Shamrock Washi tape - Doodlebug

Green fine point markers

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

'Hi Ya' Easel Card

When I was ordering a couple of Funny Bones stamps from Riley & Company, I also added a couple of their Cut Ups dies to my order. One is this 'Hi Ya' die and I like that it also comes with a shadow die.

For my card today, I made an easel card using some bright and happy papers, and added some sparkly. butterflies for good measure. Below you can see how the card looks on display.

Here is a peek at the inside, and the label where we can write a personal message.

The card folds down flat and fits in a standard A2 envelope for mailing!

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 50 Cards

Additional Supplies:

Patterned paper - Spring, Echo Park

Green Fine Point Marker

More Essential Sentiments - MFT Stamps

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

St. Patrick's Day Slimline Card Duo

I am late posting these cards, as our internet has been on the blink. They were supposed to send someone to fix it this afternoon, so I was just going to wait and post after our internet was up and running again. Well nobody showed up and now they won't be here until Sunday. So I'm hot spotting with my iPhone and using data to get this done. AARRGGHH - so frustrating!

Both of these cards started with the St. Patricks Day Slimline paper pad, and I added ephemera elements from Doodlebug and lots of stickers from my stash.

The first card is a Pop Up using Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop Up and a stamp from Riley & Company. 

For the second card I trimmed down the Slimline panel and added it to an apple green folded card.

The shamrock dies on the inside of my cards are also from Riley & Company - their Cut Up lines.

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 49 Cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Corner Rounder - Creative Memories

Shamrock stickers - old, from my stash

Green card stock - Spring Green Soft Finish, Elizabeth Craft Designs (discontinued)

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

'Let's Be Mermaids' Magic Iris Card

Today I'm sharing the second edition to my "Magic Iris" series, and I used several dies from Karen Burniston's new release.  I'll be back next month with another Magic Iris card!

I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube: 

When you slide the lever with the arrow, the shutters open to reveal what's underneath. This card has a stamped sentiment, which you can start to see in the photo below.

Below you can see the full sentiment. After stencilling the Sea Charms, I painted them with Lawn Fawn's Liquid Starburst. That was the first time I'd done that and I was so surprised at the shine!

Inside I added two stickers from the same package as the paper - I thought the sentiment was funny. This is a card that I will be sending to a friend for Happy Mail!

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 47 Cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

5 x 7" Card and Envelope

Purple cardstock

Paintbrush

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Mountain Flip It Card

This card is the February edition to my series 'Throwback Fun Fold Dies'.  I pulled out the 5 x 7" Square Flip-Its die set which was sold at the Stamps of Life a few years ago when I purchased it. I checked though and it is no longer available so I can't link it for you. NOTE - this die requires a die cutting machine with a larger than 6" opening.

We see the beautiful Rocky Mountains from where we live in southern Alberta so I have an affinity for mountain themed patterned paper. I picked up this particular package last Spring and realized that I needed to get it out and play with again.

I like that so many companies are now coming out with dies to cut out their sentiments, as that allows you to add foam tape for dimension as I did on the front.  For this card, I added the birthday words onto the back and that is where we will sign our name.

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 46 cards

Additional Supplies:

Square Flip-Its Plus, Stephanie Barnard (Sizzix) - Discontinued

In The Pines - Stampin' Up

Blue cardstock

White cardstock

5 x 7" envelope

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Karen Burniston New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC February Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 6 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

• 1 new Charm die sets
• 1 new Word set
• 1 new Tiny House Add-Ons sets
• 1 new Pop-up die sets
• 1 new Crosshatch die sets
• 1 new Border die set

Dies are available to order now on the website.

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone's blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, 27th February 2023. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don't forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!

For my card, I combined the new release with previously released items for an ocean themed card that is 5 x 7"***    All the dies used are linked below for you and later this morning I will post a quick video here so you can see the card in action.

I was excited to see that frame for the Label Charm Pop Up - it finishes off the front opening as well as gives you even more label sizes for layering.

I think my favourite of the new borders is the crab one ... they snip apart so easily that you can add little crabs wherever you want them. And that Jellyfish? ❤️

***NOTE:  I did use a larger die cutting machine but if your machine will only accept a 6" width you can always make your 5 x 7" card in two pieces. For that, the front would measure 5.5 x 7", scoring 1/2" down the left side. The back of your card would be 5 x 7". After die cutting, simply add adhesive down that 1/2" strip and adhere it to the back side of the back card panel!

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak

Sue Small-Kreider

Karen Aicken -- that's ME!

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Frances Byrne

Suzanne Smit

Sandy Diller

Fran Sabad

Nicky Foden

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 45 cards

Additional Supplies:

Beach Borders - Karen Burniston (Shipping now!)

Rectangle & Labels Crosshatch - Karen Burniston (Shipping now!)

Patterned paper - Mermaid Tails, Kaisercraft

5 x 7" card blank and envelope

White cardstock

Black & green fine point markers

Grey alcohol marker

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Bear and Trees Birthday Card

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today I'm sharing a fun fold card using the 4 Panel Fold Card with Layers from Divinity Designs. It's the perfect die set to feature scenic patterned paper, so I pulled this birch tree sheet and got to work on my card.

The bear and party hat - they are from Taylored Expressions and every time I use them I remember how much I love them. I even did some colouring using alcohol markers - something I have not been doing much the past year or so. The party hat pom pom and the bears nose got some shimmer and shine because it IS a birthday card. 😊

Below you can see all the panels and how the card looks on display.

Cutting the tree border from Karen Burniston's Long Nature Edges twice, I trimmed them down and added one to each of the two centre panels. I felt like they just needed a little somethin' somethin'.

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 44 cards

Additional Supplies:

Patterned paper - Photo Stack, DCWV (Old - from my stash)

12 x 12" Brown cardstock - stash

4 Panel Fold Card with Layers - DD

Alcohol markers

Black marker

Bear - Look Who's Talking stamps and dies (Taylored Expressions)

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

'Easy Gated Fun Fold' Cards

Today is the second edition of my series New Fun Folds. I was SO excited about this one, I went a little (ok, more than a little) crazy and made SIX different cards to share and a full video tutorial.  You can find my tutorial HERE:   

Since I went into all of the details in my video, I'll keep my comments here nice and short. 

This was the first card I made and the one that got me all excited about the this technique I had seen on Pinterest. It was a lovely Christmas card by Frenchie and I will link her video below if you are curious. Of course, I added my own spin to it since I'm not a Stampin' Up demonstrator I'm free to use anything I want to play with!

Both of these cards used half sheets of 12 x 12" patterned paper that I had leftover from previous projects. I loved using them up completely! The cactus card went to my Brother in Law for his birthday last month.

Then I pulled out a full 12 x 12" sheet and made two cards with it. I think it was the only sheet of that particular print I had - usually I purchase two when I buy a 12 x 12" sheet but for some reason I only had one of these. Instead of hoarding it (since I only had the one) I USED it up! Now I have two lovely fun fold Birthday cards for my stash.

Finally here are the two cards I assembled in the video tutorial. I thought this patterned paper would make lovely sympathy cards, and brought one to a friend as a gift when we went over for dinner. Turns out she needed a special sympathy card right away so I'm glad I brought it for her. 

While I do go over all the measurements in the video and also listed them in the video description - here they are again for reference:

Cut your double sided patterned paper 12 x 5.5" or 6" Score at 2", 4", 8" and 10" Inside layers for 5.5" height Mat layer 3.75 x 5.25" White layer 3.5 x 5" Inside layers for 6" height Mat layer 3.75" x 5.75" White layer 3.5 x 5.5"

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 43 cards

***** HERE is the link to Frenchie's Easy gated fun fold *****

Additional Supplies

White cardstock

Corner Rounder - Amazon.ca

Floral paper (Card #1) Fresh Cut - Basic Grey

Roses patterned paper (Card #2) - Sweet Fairy Collection, Romantique

More Essential Sentiments - MFT Stamps

Cactus patterned paper - Charming Adventures (Wanderlust) American Crafts

Green, red, teal yellow cs scraps

Cactus dies - To The Point, Turnabout - Concord & 9th

Sympathy4You - the Stamps of Life

Doily - Stampin' Up

Roses patterned paper - last cards, K & Company 

3-D floral stickers - K & Company

Cactus Washi Tape - Doodlebug

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

'Hello' Twist Panel Card - Another Sneak Peek!

Today I'm sharing another card featuring Karen Burnston's upcoming release ... this one uses the new Little Twist Panel and I wanted to show you how well it works in a 4-1/4" square card. This is a great size card, as it will still fit in an A2 envelope for mailing.

My card is held closed with a Belly Band, and since all of the dies by Karen Burniston work together pulled out some previously released items as well. The crosshatch label though? That's part of the new release - the Rectangles and Labels Crosshatch. We are pretty excited about this set, as the rectangles are sized to fit a 5 x 7" card!

This pop up set is a smaller version of the hugely popular Twist Panel Pop Up and it's quick and easy to assemble. Two of them fit side by side along a Slimline card, which you will see some of the Design Team have already come up with samples for!

There are also two slots that cut with the die and allow for an interlocking fishtail banner to go through for even more dimension. For my card today, I used the same red cardstock as the card base, and decorated one of the banners with a small enamel heart. 

The papers and 'Thinking of You' tag are all from Doodlebug, and the signing block uses the same Rectangles & Labels Crosshatch set as I used on the front. See the little frame around the signing block? That is sized to go around the outer edge of the Label Frame Pop Up which was previously released. Yeah! 

Below you can see the whole new release, which will be shipping on February 20.

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 37 cards

Additional Supplies:

Little Twist panel Pop Up, Karen Burniston - shipping February 20/23

Rectangles and Label Crosshatch, Karen Burniston - shipping February 20/23

White cardstock

Red cardstock

Red fine point marker

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊