White Christmas Tree Pop-Up Card, Paper Pro's Challenge

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It's time for the Paper Pro's challenge, and this month the theme is "Holiday Cards". Ever since I saw Paul Peterson's lovely card on the Karen Burniston Pop-Up Peeps Face Book page I've wanted to make a white Pop-Up Christmas tree. That is what I used for my card today, but first here is the outside:

The patterned paper has gold and champagne foiled prints and it just shines when it catches the light. I added some additional gold details with the crosshatch vertical border, punched sprig and die cut Merry Christmas then added gold Glitter Dots as well.

Here is the card inside, with that pretty white tree.

I also added some borders from the Outdoor Scene, cutting them from white then dabbing on white glimmer paint on just the deer and tree portion. I used the same paint on the Pop-Up Christmas Tree pieces before assembling, because I tried to finger dab the paint through the stencil feature on the dies and had myself a big mess. I should have just used a sponge dauber to start with!

I added a gold embossed sentiment to the left side of the card, being careful that it was positioned so it wouldn't be a catch point for the tree. The Outdoor Scene borders were adhered directly to the card inside for the same reason and the card opens and closes smoothly.

I added a lot of gold glitter dots to my white pearlized tree.

It's amazing that this card folds completely flat for mailing, and will only need a single stamp. Since there was very little dimension other than the Pop-Up tree, I added foam tape under the front greeting rectangle. You don't want to add too much foam tape on the card front though, as then it doesn't lay flat open for display.

Finally, for those of you who like to pin card fronts and insides together, here you go:

Thanks for the inspiration Paul! 

The Paper Pro's challenge is a casual one with a varying number of participants each month. This month we have:

Karen Aicken (that's me!)

Frances Byrne

Caz Counsell

Fran Sabad
Sandy Diller
Raquel Mason
Kelly Booth

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up

White card stock

1020 Christmas Tree Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

1054 Rectangle Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1045 Outdoor Scene - Karen Burniston

Shimmer paint, white - Stampin 'Up

Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Words - Peaceful Poinsettias, Stampin 'Up

Gold embossing powder

Gold foil card stock - Scrap from tash

1022 Word Set 3 Holiday - Karen Burniston

Sprig punch - Stampin' Up

Fun foam

Card size - 6 x 4-1/2" 

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Holiday Cheer Challenge Card

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Today's card is for the Paper Pro's Challenge. Usually we have our Karen Burniston Design Team challenge on the first Tuesday of the month, but because KB is away on a teaching cruise we swapped dates with the Paper Pros for this month.

The challenge is "Holiday Cheer".

Once Canada Post finally co-operated and I received the THIRD holiday catalogue my Stampin' Up rep sent to me, this "Signs of Santa" set and coordinating patterned paper were the first things I added to my on-line shopping cart. I was thrilled to see the paper when my order arrived, as there are lovely flocked areas. So cool, and nearly impossible to photograph.

I used this new red card stock and ink from Stampin' Up as well - Poppy Parade. Love this red! The Merry Christmas is one of Karen Burniston's newest releases and here I adhered it over a stitched fishtail banner die to separate it a bit from the fun patterned paper background. While there are dies that work with the stamps AND the patterned paper, mine were backordered and I didn't receive them in time to make my card ... so I did a bit of fussy cutting from the patterned paper. I also added two of the 'fallaway' trees from the inside onto my card front, simply die cutting two additional trunks and adding some pen stitching.

I adore the expanding trees in the new Christmas Tree Pop-Stand die set by Karen Burniston. This is a re-release of a previously retired licensed die and it's great to see it back again. I added white pen stitching around all of the interior trees, then topped off the tree with a pretty red bow instead of the traditional star.

I used more of the patterned paper for the interior and if you look closely at the photo below you can see some of the raised, white flocked snowflakes on the paper. The little elves were fussy cut from a different sheet and adhered to each end of the largest tree.

For even more fun, I added the fussy cut snowman/sleigh piece to a white die cut circle and attached it to the card with an Action Wobble. It bobs and wobbles around as the card is opened - I just love that.

The white stripes on the border papers are also raised and flocked, and I added the stamped greeting to a white crosshatch circle. Then a few more fussy cut elves were popped up below the words.

Finally, for those that like group shots for their Pinterest boards .. here you go!

The Paper Pro's challenge is a casual one with a varying number of participants each month. With an out of town guest, then babysitting two of our grandsons, then being at the farm for a couple of days (no internet there)  I didn't have a chance to update my post with all who are participating.

Supplies:

Green, white, brown and red card stocks

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up

1064 Christmas Trees Pop-Stand - Karen Burniston

Sakura white gel pen

Action Wobble

1057 Circles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Lots of smiles stamp - Lawn Fawn

1062 Evergreen Pivot Panel (bow) - Karen Burniston

Stitched fishtail banner die - MFT Stamps

1065 Merry Christmas - Karen Burniston

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Paper Pro's Apple of my Eye

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Today I'm sharing the card I made for the Paper Pro's Challenge "Seeing Spots". I added sparkly polka dot paper strips to my card front, and I think the apples in the basket inside could even count towards the challenge.  I love making challenges my own!

I cut two sprigs from the new Autumn Elements and adhered them over the burlap trim with a white bakers twine bow. Both the fussy cut apple element and the recipe patterned paper layer have shiny embossed bits.

Inside I used one of the arms from the Upsy Daisy Pop-Up to animate the fussy cut "I pick you" barn wood element and added a couple of apples from the Autumn Elements.

I also added 'welcome fall' from the new Word Set 7 Autumn. Love it cut from red!

Our signing block is on the right side, accented with another die cut apple and a bit of burlap trim. You have a better look at the shine on the apples in the photo below.

The Paper Pro's challenge is a casual one, with a varying number of participants each month.

Supplies:

Red and cream card stocks

Patterned paper - DCWV

1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

1042 Spinner Square Pop-Up (squares) - Karen Burniston

1059 Autumn Elements - Karen Burniston

Prisma Colour Pencils

Burlap Trim - Stampin' Up

1060 Word Set 7 Autum - Karen Burniston

Copic marker

Bakers Twine

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Paper Pro's Challenge Pop-Up Card

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It's time once again for the Paper Pros challenge, and this month the theme is 'Anything Goes'.  Since my Mom was recently moved into a nursing home, I wanted to make a card to send through the mail. She loves getting Happy Mail!

I haven't used my chalks in a long while, so pulled them out here and rubbed them onto a butterfly embossed panel. It's hard to see in the photos, but I also added some glitter.

Inside I used Karen Burniston's  Katherine Label Pop-Up to animate the pretty butterfly which was also coloured with chalks. I had done a second embossed/chalked panel so cut it in half and added one panel to each side of the card with a stitched scalloped border from the Tropical Scene set.

Since I had everything out anyhow, I ended up doing a second card. This time it's a flat card to put in with the stack I'm giving our eldest daughter for her birthday next month.

This is a casual challenge with a varying number of participants each time.

This round we have:

Karen Aicken - that's me!

Frances Byrne

Caz Counsell

Raquel Mason

Fran Sabad

Supplies:
Embossing folder - unknown
White, green and pink card stocks
Chalks
Hairspray
Stickles
1038 Tropical Scene (scalloped border) - Karen Burniston
1011 Katherine Label Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
White pearl card stock
Butterfly dies - Stampin' Up
Word stamps - MFT Stamps
Thank you stamp - Your Next Stamp
Stitched Fishtail Sentiment Banners - MFT Stamps

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Paper Pro's Challenge Pop-Up Card

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Hello and welcome to our  Paper Pro's challenge for July. The Paper Pro's are a group of creative friends that used to make up the Designer Challenge Team when Karen Burniston was a licensed designer at ECD. We continue to share and challenge each other and this month Raquel issues the challenge:  In A Name - Use a die that has a letter from your name or names.

Of course, I used the Katherine Label (K for Karen) for my card! The Narwal stamps were in my recent Pink and Main order so I wanted to use them as well. Since Narwals are often called 'The Unicorns of the Sea' I went with a whimsical colour scheme.

I'm actually giving you a bit of a sneak peek as well. The circle background stamp is by Darkroom Door and I received it for an upcoming blog hop. I'll give the details on how I made the background on the 24th, which is when we are doing the hop. But I had a leftover panel and decided to use it for my card today rather than find something else to use and hang onto this panel until after the blog hop card is posted. The colours worked so well with my fun Narwals!

As the card is opened, the Narwal that could be seen through the front window pops up and you also see an additional two Narwals!

I used a stencil inside, just random areas, picking it up and moving it around to add colour.  Once it was done though I decided I wasn't crazy about the random overlapping. I'll use it 'properly' the next time.

These Narwal stamps are so cute, all decked out in party gear.  They were a lot of fun to colour.

You get such a lot of dimension with the Katherine Label - it's a fun Pop-Up and one I get a lot of use from. In the photo below you also et a better look at the fun Pink and Main stencil.

The Paper Pro's challenge is a casual one with a varying number of participants each month

Karen Aicken (that's me!)

Frances Byrne

Raquel Mason

Fran Sabad

Sandy Diller

Supplies:
White & teal card stocks
1011 Katherine Label Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Narwal stamp set - Pink & Main
Four Point Stars stencil - Pink & Main
Circle background stamp - Darkroom Door
Magical Shakers - Lyndy's Stamp Gang
Zig clean colour markers
White embossing powder
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
Acetate scrap
Stickles
Sakura White Gel Pen
Sakura Black Glaze Pen
Staedtler fine point markers
Crayola markers
Water brush
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up (banner) - Karen Burniston
1042 Spinner Square Pop-Up (word bubble) - Karen Burniston

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Popping Up To Say ... Make A Wish

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Today is our Paper Pro's Challenge, and this time Caz's theme is 'Food and Drink'. Of course I just had to use the new Sweet Treats Charms for my card! I found some older paper in my stash and I have lots of circles and frames on my stamping table these days because of the new Circle Charm Pop-Up and Crosshatch Circles.  I grabbed some white circles & a frame, a pink frame, then cut the cute scalloped edge from the Nature Edges set in red.

I used the new Upsy Daisy Pop-Up for the fun inside, along with Karen Burniston's 'Slide Technique'. The centre layered circle is adhered to the one on the right, and SLIDES over the left circle as the card opens and closes. After I saw her Diamond Slide Technique card, I just had to try it with circles.

The fishtail banner die from the Upsy Daisy set is so handy for adding just a little something extra. I cut the popsicle from a scrap of the striped paper from the same paper pad.

I die cut the word SWEET three times, then adhered them on top of each other for a nice chipboard type embellishment, and layered a bunch more circles and frames onto my centre circles. Then I discovered that the centre circle was getting caught under the left one and I didn't like that catch point. To remedy that, I added the red fishtail banner on each side of both outer circles. The die cut wasn't long enough, but a quick snip through the centre let me adhere them to the back of the circles where I wanted them to hang over.

The centre circle still caught occasionally, but adding the fussy cut sunglasses remedied it completely and made for a smooth transition. Next time I do this, I will use slightly larger circles (or another shape) on the outer arms as the initial problem was that my circles were too small.

The other 'fix' is from Karen Burniston's assembly video for the Upsy Daisy die. She says to 'let your card determine which arm is going to slide under and which is over and that it could be different each time'. I bet it was the one on the left that wanted to go underneath but I didn't think to check for hat and just adhered the centre circle over the right one.

The Ice Cream Cone is adorable, and I added some glitter over the gel pen sprinkles, then added the same glitter glue over the Happy Birthday die. The script dies from all the Word Sets can be curved a little so here I had it follow the line of the red scalloped border.

I really like my Upsy Daisy cards displayed at 90 degrees - but for this one I did open it a little further  to show you the banners on the inside of the circle & little sunglasses

We will sign our name on the longer, white fishtail banner and I added a sweet donut to that as well.

I hope you will check out my fellow Paper Pro's, where we have a casual monthly challenge with a varying number of participants each month.

This month we have:

Karen Aicken (that's me!)

Kelly Booth

Frances Byrne

Caz Counsell

Summer Hills-Painter

Sandy Diller

Fran Sabad

Karen Burniston

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Carta Bella
White, red and kraft card stocks
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Crayola markers
Water brush
Black fine point marker
Signo white gel pen
1050 Sweet treats Charms - Karen Burniston
1052 Word Set 6  Summer - Karen Burniston
1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston
1012 Snowman Twist Circle (circles. beaded frame) - Karen Burniston
1046 Circle Charm Pop-Up (circles) - Karen Burniston
1027 Word Set 4 Just a Note - Karen Burniston
1003 Word Set 2 Birthday - Karen Burniston
1034 Word Set 5 Royalty (longer fishtail banner) - Karen Burniston
Stickles

Card size - 5" square

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Paper Pro's Twist Panel Pop-Up Challenge Card

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It's time for the March Paper Pro-s challenge - 'GREEN'. Since I have an elderly Irish friend that I send a St. Patrick's Day card to every year, I made this for her.

I used these cute stickers by Doodlebug for the decorations, and lots of green for the challenge. Below is the card front:

Inside I used the Twist Panel Pop-Up, by Karen Burniston. This is a hugely popular die set, and it's easy to see why. What a dramatic pop-up when the card is opened!

It had been awhile since I made one, so I wanted to watch the assembly video again. Karen Burniston makes it easy - the video's are right on her website with the product (karenburniston.com) so they are always quick to find. They can also be found on her YouTube Channel, which you can find HERE.

You have to watch out for 'catch points' when you make any kind of twist card, and using stickers keeps everything flat and also keeps the bulk down for postage. I'm also enjoying this stitched scalloped border die by Prickley Pear so used it again on this card.

I've had the stamp for several years, and use it every single year.  Last year I picked up this cute shamrock Washi Tape and I'm going to be using it for several years to come as well.

 The Paper Pro's challenge is a casual one, with a varying number of participants each month. This month we have:

Karen Aicken - that's ME!

Frances Byrne

Raquel Mason

Kelly Booth

Caz Counsell

Fran Sabad

Karen Burniston

Supplies:
Bright green Soft Finish Card Stock - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned paper - Elizabeth Craft Designs
White card stock
1009 Twist Panel Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Stickers - Doodlebug
Stitched Scalloped border die - Prickley Pear Stamps
Washi tape - Doodlebug
Dashing Rectangle die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched circle die - MFT Staamps
Happy St. Paddy's day stamp - the Stamps of Life
Marvy LePlume II markers
Sakura black glaze pen

Card size - 4- 1/2 x 6"

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Paper Pro's February Challenge, Pop-Up Valentine

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It's time for the Paper Pro's monthly challenge, and for February Caz Counsell gave us the theme "Love".  So I made a Valentine!

The paper has metallic bits to it. :-)

Here is the card as it is opening ... you can see there is an adorable pig coming into view ...

But what is that? An owl? Something else is coming into view as the card continues to open.

When the card is fully open, the surprise is also fully revealed - a trio of Valentine critters! I have had this die & stamp set for over a year now, and these little critters just crack me up. I used Karen Burniston's new Spinner Square Pop-Up to create the animation.

I added a cut-part from the same paper stack. The stamped greeting image comes with the critters.

This is a casual challenge, with a varying number of participants each month. This month we have:

Karen Aicken (that's ME!)

Frances Byrne

Raquel Mason

Kelly Booth

Karen Burniston

Shelly Hickox

Caz Counsell

Fran Sabad
Sandi Diller

Supplies:
1042 Spinner Square Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Pink and white card stocks
Patterned paper - Recollections
Quick Critter dies and stamps - Taylored Expressions
1011 Katherine Label Pop-Up (hearts) - Karen Burniston
Blueprints #29 dies (tab) - MFT Stamps
Marvy LePlume II Markers

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2", fits in a 5 x 7 envelope

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