Pop Up Anniversary Card

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This is one of those cards that are just better in real life. The gold just POPS! Since hubby and I both like to visit Arizona, I used Southwest papers, stamps and dies, and the pop up inside is Karen Burniston's Raising Platform Pop Up.  I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube:  

I was happily surprised at how well I liked the cactus pieces cut from gold!

I added an extra fold inside the pop up heart, for even more hearts. 

The sentiment is just perfect for our Anniversary. 🥰

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Golden Desert, Prima

5 x 6.5" card & envelope - Michaels

Gold foil card stock - Recollections

Hearts Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Raising Platform Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Cactus Builder dies - Mama Elephand

Douple Stitched Circle dies - Divinity Designs

Sentiment inside - Green Thumb, Catherine Pooler

Stamps - Boho, Michaels

Woodgrain & Dogs Birthday Card Duo

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It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, and today I'm sharing two dog themed Birthday cards I made using this fun Loops Cover die set from Studio Katia. I didn't plan on making two cards, but after I die cut the Loops Cover die from the woodgrain patterned paper for the shaker, I saw all those woodgrain fallaway circles with their pierced edges and decided to use them for a second card. I used the die cut as a 'place holder' for the second card so I could adhere the circles to the tan woodgrain panel and keep them even. Once they were down nice and secure, I lifted off the original panel and saved it for the shaker card shown below this one.

The dog stickers are so cute and I've had them for a long time so it was fun to use them. The one on the card below came with a black felted nose! I stamped the Yappy Birthday onto a Fishtail Banner and added it below the dog sticker, which had been adhered to one half of a Katherine Label die from Karen Burniston.

Here is a peek at the inside.  Both cards were done the same inside, with a stamped sentiment and I used a Paw Print die from Echo Park to cut into the white panel revealing the black card base underneath.

My second card is a shaker card and I only used one layer of foam tape since the sequin filler has enough room to move around with a single layer. If I were adding balls or gems, I would have added a second layer of foam tape.

I added a narrow strip of foam tape across the centre of the card when I was assembling the shaker, so not all the sequins would fall behind the dog. The ones on the upper half remain there.

Finally, here is a closer look at the shaker filler.

These cards were fun to make, and they will be in my stash until it's time to mail or gift them.

Supplies:
Loops Background die - Studio Katia
Woodgrain paper - Wood Necessities, My Minds Eye
Stitched Rectangle dies - Studio Katia
Acetate
Microbeads
Sequins form my stash
Various card stock & scraps from my stash
1011 Katherine Label Pop Up (label) - Karen Burniston
3-D Dog stickers - Recollections
Sakura white gel pen
Happy Birthday - Party Dogs, Mama Elephant
Wonky Stitched Rectangle die - MFT Stammps
Inside stamp - Pawsome, Taylored Expressions
Pawprint die - Bark, Echo Park

Card sizes, both - Standard A2, 4.25 x 5.5"

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Puppy Box Card

Good morning friends

Today's share is a card I sent to a friend. She is really good at sending out cards, but said she doesn't often receive hand made ones. I also felt like making a box card, so pulled out my Sizzix BigZ Extended die for the card base.

I purchased this sweet stamp set in the Spring - dogs and letters ... how could I not? The dogs have shiny eyes and noses thanks to a Glaze Pen. For the card base I decided to use one of my (many) water coloured backgrounds, done with Colorbursts and Magical Shakers. The stitched circle was done with Distress Oxide inks then sprinkled with water for the speckled effect.

I added Karen Burniston's tree die to the back wall, and the grass from her Nature Edges adds the filler inside. The flowers that are included with the Tree Pop-Up cut 6 at a time, so I had enough for my tree with one pass through the Big Shot. Gotta love that.

Often these cards are stuffed full and take AGES to make. I'm trying to simplify them so they don't take quite as long to make and I think it still looks cute with the different layers. The box folds flat for mailing in a standard A2 envelope.

On a side note, we had dinner guests last week from Israel. She is an artist who works in acrylics and I enjoyed seeing photos of her many paintings. She wanted to see my craft room and was in AWE of the cards I showed her, simply because they were interactive. Both her and her husband couldn't get over the precision of Karen Burniston's dies. Of course she immediately picked up on some of the water coloured backgrounds and asked about them.

I gave them both a quick demonstration and loved seeing their faces when I spritzed the powders with water. I'm sure I had the exact same face when I saw them for the first time. In face I still make that face when I use them, ha ha.  I gathered up nice selection of colours and an extra spray bottle and gave them to her to play with when she returns home. Looks like I'll have to order some replacement bottles!

Supplies:

90# Water colour paper

Colorburst - Ken Oliver

Magical Shakers - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Box die - Lori Whitlock (Sizzix)

1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston

1005 Tree Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

Tan, purple, white card stocks

Zig clean colour markers

Black glaze pen

Dog stamps & dies - Mama Elephant

Nuvo Crystal drops

Distress oxide inks

Banner stamp & die - the Stamps of Life

Stitched heart dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stitched circle die - MFT Stamps

Copic markers

Wink of Stella

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