Tropical Bitty Ball Pop Up Card

Hello crafty friends ...

It's time for the October 2020 Designer Challenge, and Karen Burniston had a fun challenge for us:  "Theme: "INSPIRED BY" - I put our names in a hat and drew them out in random order to determine who is each person's muse. Choose any project, color combo, technique, etc. by your muse as inspiration and then link to that person's project in your blog post with your inspired creation." Karen Burniston was my Inspiration and let me tell you - that was a CHALLENGE! Just narrowing down what card to make - because she does such amazig work that I couldn't decide! Then I realized that I had never tried her Billboard technique with the Surprise Ball - and I will add a link to her blog post at the end of my post.

I have a video walk through for you on my YouTube video HERE - and there I share a funny story about this card. (Which has already been through the mail system twice with a third trip on the horizon, he he he).  

After the card was done I decided that I didn't want to use a Belly Band, so pulled out the Flap & Closure die and a couple of magnets. While part of the CELEBRATE is hidden with the flap is closed, I like that it's a hint for the recipient to lift the flap and see the rest of the card.

Here is the peek at the inside - where the ball pops up to display an clear 'billboard' decorated with leaves from the Landscape Scene.

The Birthday words are from Riley & Company and the patterned paper & cut aparts are by Lynda Kanase. 

Below is the back side of the ball ...

HERE is the link to Karen Burniston's amazing project!

I hope you will check out what the rest of the Design Team came up with for this fun challenge. Their blogs are linked on the right, and Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Wednesday) on her Blog. 

Supplies:

1131 Bitty Ball Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Various card stocks

Patterned paper & Cut Aparts - Tropical Vibes, Lynda Kanase

Acetate - Judi Kins

1057 Circles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1030 Happy Birthday - Karen Burniston

1141 Landscape Scene - Karen Burniston

Water Brush

Black pen

Happy Birthday stamp - Riley & Copmpany

Holographic stickers - Dazzles

1134 Flip Frame Pop Up (flowers) - Karen Burniston

1118 Flap & Closure - Karen Burniston

1067 Celebrate - Karen Burniston

Sakura white gel pen

1051 Beach Charms - Karen Burniston

Nuvo Glitter Pen

Card size - 4.25 x 6", fits in an A6 envelope

 

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Batty Bitty Ball Pop Up Card

Hello crafty friends ...

It's time for Karen Burniston's September Designer Challenge, and this is KB's challenge  for the Design Team:  Theme: "IN THE WILD!" - make a project incorporating an animal made by stacking the Bitty Ball on the Surprise Ball.

I have a YouTube video for you where I go over the details of this fun Pop Up Halloween Card! 

Instead of the other way around, I stacked the larger Surprise Ball on top of the Bitty Ball for a 'big headed bat'. I'm not really a fan of bats, but this fella is pretty cute!

I went over all the details in my YouTube video, so won't put them here as well - but I did hand cut the wings and my #16 elastic had 5 knots to make it work for the Bitty Ball.

I didn't add google eyes or any other bulky element to my card, and it really does fold down flat enough to go through the mail with one extra stamp!

The Design Team is posting all of their fun projects for the challenge and you can check them out on the right of my blog, where I have their blogs linked. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Wednesday) on her blog:  https://karenburniston.typepad.com

Supplies:
1131 Bitty Ball Pop Up - Karen Burniston
1117 Surprise Ball Pop Up - Karen Burniston
Brad
#16 Elastic bands
Sakura white gel pen
Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels
1139 Animal Add Ons 1 - Karen Burniston
Patterned paper - Anna Griffin
Seam Binding
1118 Flap & Closure - Karen Burniston
Large Puffy Brad - Recollections
Bakers Twine
1058 Halloween Charms - Karen Burniston
1055 Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
Vellum
Black brush marker
1014 Halloween Scene - Karen Burniston
Wink of Stella

Card size - 7 x 5"

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Unicorn Bitty Ball Pop Up

Hello craft friends ...

My card today uses Karen Burniston's new Bitty Ball Pop Up, and since these are lots of fun to SEE in action, I have a YouTube video for you where I talk about some of the details too.

The Surprise Ball Pop Up is VERY popular, and this new addition is about 20% smaller. Which means it fits in a standard A2 card, which this card is. That is going to make a lot of people happy. It also works WITH the Surprise Ball for stacking (think smaller head and larger body for an animal).  

In my Unicorn Flip Frame Card video I mentioned that I wanted to make a similar single Bitty Ball Unicorn card, so that is what I did for today's share. 

Here is the top view ...

This cute Rainbow tail is from the same Doodlebug Odds & Ends package as the other embellishments. It had a star on the one end that I cut off so I could make it into a Unicorn Tail.

The cute stitched wavy circle is from Your Next Stamp, and makes a good place for a stamped sentiment!

I chose to make a Belly Band to hold the card closed, and you can see in the video how easy it is to slide off.

Supplies:

1131 Bitty Ball - Karen Burniston

Elastic - 5 knots

text weight shimmer paper

1127 Safari Animals (Hippo Tutu) - Karen Burniston

1039 Animal Add On's 1 (Ears) - Karen Burniston

Various card stocks

Copic Markers

Gold Glitter card stock - Tonic Studios

Printed Elements - Odds & Ends Hello, Doodlebug & Odds & Ends Fairy Tales, Doodlebug

Patterned paper - Americal Crafts

1054 Rectangles Cross Hatch - Karen Burniston

Brad

Elastic band

Stitched Wavy Circle die set - Your Next Stamp

Magical Day stamp - Magical Day, Taylored Expressions

Sparkly flower stickers - Dazzles

Stickles

Card size - Standard A2 (4.25 x 5.5")

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