Floating Kitty Pull Card

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Today I'm sharing a card for the Fun Friday Challenge #117 at Your Next Stamp ...  TRIO - Use Three Of Something. All the details for the challenge can be found HERE.


I had coloured up this sweet floating kitty and three beach balls for one day of the 30 day Colouring Challenge I'm participating in on Instagram. Another day for the challenge I inked up this cool splash background - so I combined those two and one of my favourite older dies, the Spiral Circle Pull Card!

I adore the flamingo floatie! I added the three beachballs and three gumdrops for the challenge.

The notches hold the card in the closed position, but it opens easily when the recipient pulls on the sides.

Here is the inside:

I made this card for our Granddaughter Olivia. If you follow my blog, you know that Olivia (age 8) suffers from advanced Pulmonary Hypertension, which is a degenerative disease with no cure. She was diagnosed when she was three and the doctors didn't expect her to live to see four. But she is holding her own against this disease and this week she in ICU at our Children's Hospital as they are going to try a new and different medication. Which means, she will come off of the pump she has been on since she was three. Which also means she will also be able to have bath's and even swim. She is SO excited! We are all holding our breath and crossing her fingers that it all works out ... but at least if it doesn't and she crashes - she will be in the right place to get immediate help. Such an emotional time around here.

Supplies:
Just Keep Floating, stamps and coordinating dies - Your Next Stamp
Black Olive Ink - Your Next Stamp
White card stock
Marvy LePlume II markers
Sakura black glaze pen
Sakura white gel pen
Water Brush
Spiral Circle Pull Card - Karen Burniston (retired)
Splash Stencil - Taylored Expressions
Catherine Pooler inks
Chameleon Colored Pencils
1038 Tropical Scene - Karen Burniston
Circle Infinity Dies - Hero Arts
Black fine point marker
Matgcal Pastel Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp
Wink of Stella

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Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Card #7 (Cactus and Coffee Spiral Circle Pull Card)

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog and today's share uses an old favourite (retired) die set to make a Z-fold card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

There were lots of random circles on my stamping table from making Circle Charm Pop-Up cards, either off-cuts or they were not needed for the card I was working on. They layered so nicely on the Spiral Circle Pull Card I decided to use several of them on my card today.

The 'hello' die is from Karen Burniston's new release, which will be shipping this week! I picked up the cactus & cup stamps last year and have been enjoying them again for the hop.

Notches hold the card closed until the recipient pulls the sides to open the card and I left the white circle blank as an area to write a note and sign our names.

I have - yet again - been amazed at the inspiration on this hop. Thank you to all the sponsors and participants - it's been a fun week!

Supplies:

Spiral Circle Pull Card - Karen Burniston (retired)

Patterned paper - Recollections

Pink, yellow and white card stocks

Cactus stamps - Newtons Nook

Water Colour Crayons - Stampin' Up

Water brush

Wink of Stella

Word stamps - Letter It (Ranger)

Enamel hearts - Doodlebug

1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up (banner) - Karen Burniston - shipping early June 2018

Banner punch - Stampin' Up

1052 Word Set 6 - Summer (hello) - Karen Burniston - shipping early June 2018

Sakura White Gel Pen - Karen Burniston

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'Chill Out' Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a wintery pull card to share today.

I used the (discontinued) Spiral Circle Pull Card for my card base, cutting the patterned paper 2" wider than I wanted my finished card. I scored 1" down either side then folded it to the back of the card and adhered the folded strips to the back. This gives the card additional stability when the patterned paper card base isn't quite as heavy as a card stock one.

The pretty snowflake dies come with the Spiral Circle Pull Card (SCPC) and these ones have pink Nuvo Crystal Drops added to the centres.

The notches hold the closed in the closed position until the recipient pulls the sides of the card to open it, which is my favourite part of this die set.

I added some additional fussy cut embellishments -- the large mitten label inside actually started as a 6 x 4" journal card for pocket scrapbooking.

I only had these few bits and pieces left in the package, so now I can say it's used up! There is still an almost untouched letter sticker sheet remaining, but I'm not counting that.

Supplies:
Spiral Circle Pull Card - Karen Burniston, Elizabeth Craft Designs (retired)
Patterned paper etc- Fancy Pants
Nuvo Crystal Crops

Card size - 5 x 6"

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Halloween Flip-its and a Pull Card

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Happy Halloween! Today I'm sharing the cards I made for our three Grandsons. I had so much fun making these Flip-It face cards! These were all over Pinterest several years ago and since I decided to finally make them I chose the October 2013 post at Paper Ecstasy for my inspiration.

First up is Franken Flip-It. EEK.

I drew his stitched mouth and scar with a black glaze pen, so they are slightly raised and shiny.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Next up is Dracula ...

Seriously, these were fun. I was grinning the whole time. Finally, here is a Ghost Flip-It. For this one I chose Karen Burniston's older Spiral Circle Pull Card for the card base, and I liked the way it worked for this type of card.

When you use the SCPC, it doesn't cut into the card back and I liked that look better. You can compare the inside of the Ghost card with the Frankenstein and Dracula insides above.

Oh, and when I cut the ghost, I chose not to cut the notches that hold the SCPC in the closed position which gave me a clean base to add the face to.

Supplies for Franken Flip-It

Circle Flip-It - Stephanie Barnard (Sizzix)

Green white and black card stocks

Circle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stitched circle dies - MFT Stamps

White gel pen - Sakura

1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston

Black Glaze Pen - Sakura

Happy Halloween stamp- Simon Says Stamp

Supplies for Dracula Flip-It

Grey, black, red and white card stocks

Circle Flip-It - Stephanie Barnard (Sizzix)

Stitched circle dies - MFT Stamps

Circle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Chalks - Stampin' Up

Black fine point marker

White gel pen - Sakura

Happy Halloween stamp - Simon Says Stamp

Supplies for Ghost Flip-It

White and black card stocks

Spiral Circle Pull Card - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs - discontinued)

Oval dies - Spellbinders

Circle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stitched circle dies - MFT Stamps

Signo White Gel Pen

Stamps - Simon Says Stamp

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Pumpkin Spinner Pull Card

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I have a fun spinner card to share today, using one of Karen Burniston's older licensed dies (and truly one of my favourite dies ever) the Spiral Circle Pull Card. This time though I didn't cut the notches that hold the card closed.

Note, I first tried this with a Sizzix Flip-Its die and it does not work nearly as well as Karen Burniston's Pull Cards.

After cutting the card base, I nested two circle dies to cut the frames and the circle from the centre. The pumpkin stamp actually comes with a front and a back image, so after they were stamped, coloured and cut out I adhered them back to back with a piece of bakers twine in between the layers.

The ends of the bakers twine were attached to the top and bottom of my circle opening with a glue dot, then I attached the black card stock frames over the twine ends. Ta Da - spinner portion completed!

To make the spinner work, you wind it up then close the card and put it in the envelope. When the recipient opens the card, the pumpkin will spin around and around. So fun! Next time though, I will cut the notches that will up the surprise factor of the spinner with no chance of an accidental reveal.

Rather than add a stamped greeting inside, I added a stamped circle to the back along with another die cut spider. This kept the focus on pumpkin spinner on the front.

I'm so happy I ordered this black shimmer ribbon from Stampin' Up - it's so pretty! I also added a bit of shimmer to the die cut spider with a Wink of Stella pen.

This was a fun card too make, and had been on my radar for a long time. Glad to have finally done a Spinner Card and I will probably do more.

Supplies:

Pumpkin stamp (back and front!) - Stampin' Up

Copic markers

Wink of Stella

Bakers twine

Spiral Circle Pull Card - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs - discontinued)

Orange and black card stocks

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up

Shimmer Ribbon

Stitched circle dies - MFT Stamps

Happy Halloween stamp - Simon Says Stamp

1014 Halloween Scene (spider) - Karen Burniston

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Felt Turkey Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a quick and easy pull card to share today using one of my favourite Karen Burniston dies. Unfortunately the Spiral Circle Pull Card is discontinued, but I have my fingers crossed she will re-release it with her new company.

I decided I needed to simplify our fall cards for the Grandkids. There are 5 of them now, and I make my Mom's cards as well. So for any occasion I'm making ten different cards for them, and in October we have both Thanksgiving and Halloween. Which means TWENTY cards made for the grandkids in October!

I have had these felt embellishments for awhile now, and still have a couple left to use for the grands cards next Thanksgiving as well. For this card I actually covered the notches with the patterned paper, even though those pull card notches are part of the reason I love this die so much.

A little hand lettering and this card was done.

The Grandkids love receiving Happy Mail and they really do enjoy getting their cards. I'm certainly not complaining about making that many cards, I'm just going to make simpler cards for them in October.

Supplies:

Spiral Circle Pull Card - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs - retired)

Burgundy, white confetti card stocks

Felt embellishment - stash

Patterned paper - DCWV

Stitched circle dies - MFT Stamps

Hand Lettering
Chalks - Stampin' Up

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Snowman Pull Card

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I have a holiday card to share today and I made it with one of my favourite dies, the Spiral Circle Pull Card. This is an older licensed design by Karen Burniston, and can be hard to find now but I sill like using it.

This snowman is fun - it's one of Karen Burniston's new release. You can adjust his height by moving the head further down on the body and his arms can be in different positions as well. The little green buttons? They are the centre pieces that fall out of the little wreath's from the House & Fence Pop-Up.

I used the scarf from the Winter Animals, another set in the new release.  It was too small, but cutting it twice and piecing the ends worked perfectly.

The notches hold the card in the closed position until you pull the sides to open the card. Here is a peek at the inside. On the left circle, I added a tree from the Winter Charms die set with a snowflake on top.

I'm still working on that clearance rack paper I purchased from Stampin' Up. It's amazing how many cards I've been able to make from that one package of double sided papers! Into my holiday stash with this one.

Supplies:

Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

White, black and brown card stocks

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up

Pull Card Edges, , Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

1017 Snowman - Karen Burniston

Orange marker

1016 Winter Animals (Scarf) - Karen Burniston

1012 Snowman Twist Circle (circles) - Karen Burniston

Snowflake embossing folder - Cuttlebug

fun foam

1018 Winter Charms (tree) - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Words - not sure, possibly Hero Arts or Posh.

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2"

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Get Well Floral Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog and I have a Pull Card to share today using Karen Burniston's Spiral Circle Pull Card. I used the rest of this beautiful floral patterned paper as the card base, and some fun stamps & dies I purchased earlier this Spring. You can see the other card I made from this pretty sheet of paper HERE.

The notches hold the card in the closed position until you pull the sides to open it.

These pill bottles are SO cute!

Another card I mailed to my Mom while I was away. She went through a lot, and I wanted her to know she was being thought of.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Kaisercraft

Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Clock & Gears (lg circle) , Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Feel Better Stamps & dies - MFT Stamps

White card stock

Copic markers

Stitched Circle dies - MFT Stamps

Wink of Stella

Stitched Fishtail Banners - Elizabeth Craft Designs

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Lotsa Hugs Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a Circle Pull Card to share today using Karen Burniston's Spiral Circle Pull Card for the base. It's no secret I LOVE that die!

The notches hold the card in the closed position until the sides are pulled to reveal the inside. The flower is one of Krista Schneider's stamps (fussy cut) and coloured  with Copics & Twinkling H2O's.

The white circle is where we will write our message.

I filled the left side with Hugs die cuts - I haven't done that before but I like the look and will likely do it again.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - We R Memory Keepers

Spiral Circle Pull Card , Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Flower Power Clear Stamps - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Copic Markers

Twinkling H20 paints

Hugs die - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Stitched Circle die - MFT Stamps

Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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Pretty Floral Card Duo

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have both a Flip-It card and a Pull Card to share today.

I had this pretty sheet of floral paper and when I couldn't decide which style of card to make, I decided to make both. First up is the Flip-It card, with a layered butterfly and die cut 'hello'.

We can write our message on the flip side of that centre square, which has a white card stock layer.

The second card uses Karen Burniston's Spiral Circle Pull Card as the card base, and a bird/branch die I've had for a couple of years.

Here is the inside - the notches keep the card in the closed position until the sides are pulled to reveal the inside. Here I added a stamped and die cut banner.

Supplies:
Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Patterned paper - Photo Play
Orange textured card stock
White card stock
Stitched circle dies - MFT Stamps
Bird and branch die - Marianne Designs
Green card stock
Gitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Thinking of you stamp and banner with die - The Stamps of Life
Copic Markers

Fancy Edge Flip-It's - The Stamps of Life
Butterfly die - Sizzix
Black card stock
Rectangle Accordion (hello), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Xyron
Doily - Recollections
Stickles

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'Jug of Flowers' Pull Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog and my card share today is a Pull Card using Karen Burniston's Spiral Circle Pull Card. The cute flower stickers I've had in my stash for YEARS. I'm enjoying the pretty doily's from Stampin' Up, and added a couple of scribble butterflies as well as the stickers.

The notches hold the card in the closed position until you pull the sides to reveal the inside.

I've been needing a bunch of Thinking of You cards lately, so this one goes into the stash.

Supplies:

Blue card stock - Stampin' Up

Doily - Stampin' Up

White card stock

Stitched Circle die - MFT Stamps

Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Spiral Circle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

3-d Stickers - my stash

Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Scribble Butterfly die - Stampin' Up

Patterned paper - DCWV

Yellow card stock
Thinking of You dies - Elizabeth CraftDesigns

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