Pop-Up Slimline Father’s Day Card

In Canada, Father’s Day was back in June but I am very behind in posting so wanted to share this card and not hang onto the photos any longer. Since it’s Fun Fold Friday here on my blog, it seemed like a good time to share this card, which I made for my hubby. 

As you can see, it’s a Slimline card and I started with this printed Slimline card panel by Whimsy Stamps. I die cut the bears and popped them up with foam tape, then stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of white card stock with brown ink. I used a stitched circle die to cut it out, attached it to the card with foam tape then trimmed off any overhang.

Inside I used the Little Twist Panel die set by Karen Burniston for the pop up inside as well as her Outdoor Edges for the details. The beaded border was an old sticker I found in my stash and I thought the colours were perfect.

Supplies Used:

Patterned paper - Enchanted Forest, Whimsy Stamps - Slimline …

Little Twist Panel Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Long Nature Edges - Karen Burniston

Outdoor Scene - Karen Burniston

Double Stitched Circles - Divinity Designs

Words - Something for Everyone, Catherine pooler

Sticker - the Paper Studio (Old, from my stash)

Brother Label Maker

Twine

Bear Family Fancy Dies - Hero Arts

Four SW Themed Pop Up Cards

I pulled out an older paper pad and decided to use two of the sheets to make four 5x7” Birthday Cards. Two use the Katherine Label Pop Up and the remaining two use the Twist Flower Pop Up - both die sets by Karen Burniston.

I love that the patterned paper has gold foiled bits! I wanted to keep the fronts nice and simple, so die cut ovals then stamped them before popping them up with thin foam tape.

Here is what the inside looks like using the Flower Twist Pop Up, and I chose one of these to go to a friend earlier in the month.

… and these two use the Katherine Label Pop Up. Both of these die sets are favourites, and looking at the labels on the right side of my blog you can see I have used the Katherine Label Pop Up NINETY times, and the Twist Flower Pop Up TWENTY THREE times. That makes me happy!

There was some leftover patterned paper, so I used those on A2 cards and will share those another day.

Supplies Used:

Patterned paper - Desert Dream, Recollections (old from my stash)

Katherine Label Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday Many Ways - Catherine Pooler

Cultivated Cacti - Newtons Nook

Stickles glitter glue

Inside Out Birthday - Catherine Pooler

5x7” card bases & envelopes - Ohuhu (Amazon .ca)

Bar Mitzvah Pop Up Card

Our daughter asked if I could make them a Bar Mitzvah card and this is what I came up with. The card started with gold foiled blank cards that I got from Stampin' Up last year, and I added some gold foil card stock and gold foil tape to tie it in. I love the coordinating gold envelope!

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up (which has become such a favourite of mine) to animate a die cut stitched circle. The circle was decorated with a gold foil Star of David and a stamped Mazel Tov. More gold foil tape to complete the inside of the card and give them lots of room to write a message.

Supplies used:

Card & envelope with gold foiling - Stampin' Up

Gold foil paper - Recollections

Stitched Rectangles, set 1 and 2 - Pink & Main

Swiss Dots embossing folder

Tiny star stamp - 8 Happy Nights, CAS-UAL Firdays

Gold gel pen

Words - Mazel Tov, Papertrey Ink

Twist Flower Pop Up - Kren Burniston

Star of David - Hanukkah, MFT Stamps

Double stitched circle dies - Divinity Designs

Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca

Sparkling Pop Up Christmas Card

Back in October I shared a Slimline holiday card (you can see it HERE).  This is the second card I made - both cards came from the bottom portion of a  12 x 12" sheet, which had a glittery scene printed all the way across. This paper pack is several years old and at the time I also purchased the coordinating ephemera. I used some of that for my cards as well. 

Just like with the Slimline card, this one is a Pop-Up but I used the Twist Flower Pop Up by Karen Burniston inside.

The sentiment was stamped on a punched label, and both the 25th and the glittered church are from the ephemera pack. 

One more look ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper & Ephemera- Sugar Plum, My Minds Eye

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Sentiment - Christmas Classics, Stampin' UP

Label Punch - Stampin' Up

Sakura stardust pen

August '24 Sheetload of Cards

Today I'm sharing my take on the August 2024 Sheetload of Cards. I actually finished these cards on the 2nd, but it took awhile to get the photos taken and I also have a walkthrough on YouTube.

This month's Sheetload yields eight cards, and I used the leftover patterned paper for two more. So I ended up with 10 cards! (Note - the bonus cards are shown in the video, but I didn't take photos of them).

Above you can see how I made six of the cards - these ones will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home. I took two of them to make pop up cards for my stash, using dies by Karen Burniston.

The Twist Flower Pop Up is such a fun pop-up die set, and works on a variety of card sizes. I made my cards into wide A2 (5.5 x 4.25") since I don't like top folding cards for my donation cards as they tend to collapse.

Supplies used:

August Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Patterned paper - Desert Dreams, Recollections

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday & Happy Birthday Shadow die - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday sentiments - Pinkfresh Studios

Floral Pop-Up Birthday Card

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! The pretty floral bouquet on this card was made using a stamp/layering stencil set from Taylored Expressions, called Autumn Array. I die cut it using Karen Burniston's Squares Crosshatch and added it to a 5x7" card that had a floral paper panel mounted to the front. Since it's a birthday card going to a friend, of course I made it into a pop-up, too!

The sentiment is from my plastic envelope - I do a bunch of different birthday greetings at a time and store them all together so I just need to poke around in that envelope to find the one I want to finish off my card. So I'm not sure who makes that stamp!

Inside I used the Twist Flower Pop-Up die set by Karen Burniston, which is definitely one of my favourites. This time I actually used the included decorator dies, which was also fun. I took a 4 x 6" strip of leftover patterned paper and cut it in half at 2". Then I adhered each piece right up to - but not over - the fold. The daisy borders were also cut from the patterned paper, but since it's double sided I used the blue print side instead of the floral. 

The leaves were die cut from scraps of green pearlized cardstock and I added Pops Of Color (sparkly thick glitter glue) on the daisy border centres and the focal flower centre as well.  Finally I added a stamped sentiment on either side of the card and got it photographed and ready to mail.

Supplies used:

Autumn Array stamp and stencil set - Taylored Expressions

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Blending sponges - Ranger

Twist Flower Pop Up die set - Karen Burniston

Squares Crosshatch dies - Karen Burniston

Scraps of green pearl cardstock

Shimmer Spray

Patterned paper - Miss Caroline, My Minds Eye

Happy Birthday (stash)

Pops of Color, Snowflake - Scrapbook .com

Birthday Wishes stamps - Honeybee Stamps

5x7 Card base and envelope

Pop Up Wedding Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday on my blog! ItOur daughter-in-law's brother is getting married this month and I offered to make a wedding card. The bride loves pink, orange and yellow so those are the colours I went with - along with lots and lots of white.

I love a larger card for a wedding, so this one is 5x7". The patterned paper had the right colours, and since it's such a 'loosey goosey' print, I scribbled more pink, orange and yellow onto the flowers with alcohol markers. I knew I'd be covering the paper with vellum to soften the paper, but it would have been OK without. The Foliage Frame was die cut from white pearl cardstock and the Happily Ever After was cut from rainbow holographic cardstock. Actually I cut it three times - twice from white and once from the holographic. I adhered the three layers together so it would be nice and sturdy - like a chipboard element, and since the card is being hand delivered I didn't have to worry about bulk. Finally, I added a trio of mirrored heart confetti pieces and filled in the open heart on the sentiment with glitter glue.

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up. I sure get a lot of use out of that one having made over 15 cards with it already!  

The wedding charms are also by Karen Burniston. When you snip off the hanging hole, they become cute little elements you can add to your cards. I love the embossed feature on the brides dress.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Meandering Meadows 6x6", Stampin' Up

5x7" Foliage Frame - Kat Scrappiness

Rainbow Holographic cardstock - Recollections

Vellum - Stampin' Up

White pearl cardstock

Nuvo Glaze

Happily Ever After - Karen Burniston

Mirrored hearts - Kat Scrappiness

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Sentiment - One in a Million, Stampin' Up

Nesting hearts dies - Hero Arts

Wedding Charms - Karen Burniston

Congrats (stamp and die) - Pinkfresh Studios

5x7" card base & envelope

Scenic Birthday Pop Up Card with Owls

Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog!

Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for my brother's birthday. Once again I pulled out the Winter Owl bundle (Stampin' Up) and some scenic patterned paper (Paper Rose). The owl was cut from white pearl card stock and popped up with foam tape.

The owl was die cut from white pearl cardstock for some slight shimmer and I added narrow gold tape along the left side.

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up for that circle that raises up when you open the card. I wanted to carry the feeling of the scene from the front patterned paper, so did that with a cloud mask/stencil, torn paper strips and a blending sponge. The tree trunk and tree branch dies were included in the Winter Owl bundle. The stamp (Catherine Pooler) is one I have been using a lot for my nursing home donation cards as well.

One more look ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Water Color Landscapes 1.0, Paper Rose

Winter Owls bundle - Stampin' Up

White pearl cardstock

Inside Out Sympathy - Catherine Pooler

Succulent sentiments - Ellen Hutson

Momento black ink

Circle stickers - Dazzles

Narrow gold tape

Cloud mask - MFT Stamps

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Everybody Say Happy Sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Wink of Stella

5 x 7" card base and envelope

'You Are The Sweetest' Pop Up Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!

Today I'm sharing the 4th card made with Paper Roses' cardmaking kit "Bee Happy".  The layout is based on the August '23 Sheetload of Cards and I used some of the punch out ephemera on a die cut label to decorate the front.

Inside there is another ephemera decorated label that pops up when the card opens. I used the Twist Flower Pop Up die set by Karen Burniston, which is quickly becoming my new favourite pop up die. There is lots of room to write a personal message when I send this off for Happy Mail.

The flower centers are sparkly because I added Stickles glitter glue, and then I added a few glitter dots and a small bow made with bakers twine. 

Note - the twine was too bulky for this small element, so I unwound two strands from the cut piece which gave me a thinner twine to use. I kept the remaining piece to add to another card another day.

This little gnome was added to the left side and the right side was left blank so I can write in that area.

 

Supplies used:

Bee Happy Cardmaking Kit - Paper Rose

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Nested Hexagon dies - Pinkfresh Studios

Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca

August 2023 Sheetload of Cards

Stickles

Nuvo Glaze

White pearl cardstock

More Essential Sentiments - MFT Stamps

Glitter Dots - Ecstasy Crafts

Winter Owl Birthday Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!

This is the card I made for hubby's December birthday and I used my favourite scene in the paper pad for it. I bought this paper (linked below)  back in October and love that it can be used all winter long rather than just at Christmas. The 5x7" card was also perfect to feature this beautiful Winter Owl die. It was cut from white pearl cardstock and then the edges inked with a blending sponge for definition.

I stamped the sentiment with dye ink, but set it aside to dry for an hour or so since the paper has a glossy sheen to it. I could have clear embossed the sentiment as well, which I will have to do more of in the future.

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up with a stamped sentiment. I am just loving this die set and am getting a lot of use out of it. I also stamped a curved sentiment below the pop up label. 

One more look ...

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October - 51 cards & 5 Tags

November - 46 cards

December - 25 cards (& 16 simple tags)

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Frosted Forests & Falling Flakes, Hunkydory

Solids - Frosted Christmas, Hunkydory

Winter Owls bundle - Stampin' Up

Twist Flower Pop UP - Karen Burniston

White pearl cardstock

Blending sponges - Ranger

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Happy Birthday - Happy Birthday Many Ways, Catherine Pooler

Label die - Rectangles & Labels Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Inside sentiment - Inside Out Birthday, Catherine Pooler

Love you stamp - Something for Everyone, Catherine Pooler

5 x 7"  card blank and envelope

Four Pop Up Thanksgiving Cards

Today I'm sharing four Pop Up Thanksgiving cards that were inspired by the tree punched circles inside. I have all the details in my YouTube video:   

After years and years of seemingly endless paper pads, I am finally using some up. I love it! While I won't be sharing the Birthday cards made using this paper for awhile, between the birthday cards and these four - I used up one more paper pad. This one was from Pink & Main and is retired now.

Since I actually decorated the inside with the Twist Flower Pop Up and punched tree element first, I added a large die cut tree on the front of my cards. All of the dies I used are by Karen Burniston and they are listed at the end of my post.  The trees were cut from a Kraft card stock then dipped and dragged through ink puddles for some variation.

Here is the inside, with the punched tree element from my stash. I added a tiny pumpkin and some stamping as well.

I am absolutely loving the Twist Flower Pop Up and am already getting a lot of use out of it. These cards are 4 x 6" but the pop up works in a Slimline card with a 3.5" width as well. Yay!

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October so far - 12 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Pumpkin Spice (6x6"), Pink and Main (retired)

Twist Flower Pop Up die set - Karen Burniston

Tree punch - Stampin' Up (?)

Stardust pen - Sakura

Tree Pop Up die set - Karen Burniston

Halloween Elements- Karen Burniston

Haunted Tiny House Add Ons - Karen Burniston

Truly Thankful stamp set - Colorado Stamp Co

Scraps of cardstock

Give Thanks Sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Wink of Stella

September Sheetload Christmas Cards

Today I'm sharing my September Sheetload of Cards. This month is a special Sheetload - not just because it is for 5 x 7" cards (!!!) but it is also Alicia's 50th Sheetload! Amazing ... and I will have a link to the September Sheetload at the end of my post.

Even though I stepped down from the Sheetload Collaboration Team, I still enjoy doing the videos & have all the details of my cards on YouTube: 

I enjoy making 5 x 7" cards, so was particularly happy with the September Sheetload. I pulled out an older pad of paper and decided to go ahead and use full panels instead of the strips that following the Sheetload creates. I love that you can use the sketch as a guide and still create finished looking cards. I also wanted to USE UP as much of the paper a possible, as I have had it in my stash for too long. Two of the cards are pop up cards and I'll show those first.

As I said in the video, I added the pieces incorrectly on this first card but made it work anyhow. I also made it a pop up!

Inside I used Karen Burniston's new Twist Flower Pop Up to animate a flurry of die cut snowflakes.

The second pop up card is in a horizontal format since there was a 6 x 12" sheet of this patterned paper sitting in the package and I wanted to use it up. Love that you can rotate sketches to make them work for you!

Inside is another die by KB ... the Little Labels Pop Up. I added die cut snowflakes and a stamped sentiment inside.

The paper pad also had cut-aparts and I used a number of them on my cards. The one below was matted on gold to pick up the gold foiling in both the patterned paper and the cut apart.

Below is a peek at the inside, and all the remaining cards were done the same.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September so far - 40 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:

September 2023 Sheetload of Cards -

Patterned paper & Cut-Aparts, Holiday Bash - Recollections

Gold mirror cardstock - Hunkydory

Rainbow Holographic cardstock - Recollections

Snowflake/banner dies - Scrapbook.com

Snowflake dies - Scrapbook.com

Snowflake dies - Snowflake Trio, Impress (retired)

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Little Label Pop Up Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Short Rectangle Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Magic Holiday Messages - Lawn Fawn

Encircled in Warmth stamp set - Stampin' Up

Sentiment - Wonderful Christmas, Waffle Flower

Corner Rounder

Glitter Dots - Ecstasy Crafts

Singing stamp and Merry Christmas - Stylish Sentiments Holiday, Papertrey Ink (old)

Gift Tag Greetings - MFT Stamps

Simple Strips Christmas and die - Taylored Expressions

Snowflake Peel Off's - Stamp On It and Ecstasy Crafts

Mini Misti

Gold bow from my stamping table, leftover from a different project

Floral Spray Card Duo

Good morning friends

I was excited to receive my recent order from Pink and Main. I loved this floral spray stamp from the May release SO much I just had to place an order. And when it came I had to play with it right away. I have lots of ideas for it, and I think I will stamp and emboss several panels so I can have them on hand for quick card fronts. You can add so many different greetings & images in that centre space!

I pulled out my Zig Clean Colour Markers to add the colour with a water brush. I love how vibrant it turned out! The Pink and Main Smile die was one I picked up this Spring. There is a coordinating stamp set as well but I didn't use it on this card.

Below you can see the card as it is opening, where the words inside are sideways.

I haven't used the Snowman Twist Circle Pop-Up for awhile, so that is what I used for the card inside.  I stamped, embossed and coloured a second image then cut it in two and layered one half on each side of the card. The centre circle twists and pop's up as the card is opened.

I have a small stack of pretty backgrounds done with ColorBursts and Magical Shakers, and when I saw how well the colours of this one matched the card, I cut the beaded ring from that.

I immediately made a second card and since the colours are so similar I decided to post both cards together ... below is the second card using the stamp set.

White it shows dark in the photo, the gold scalloped panel and words are a much lighter gold - as is the embossing powder. Funny story - this gold embossing powder is about 20 years old. I had a devil of a time getting it to melt smoothly and it wanted to stick everywhere even though I used an anti static tool. So I'm thinking it's time to get some new gold embossing powder!

While the stamp set comes with a Thinking of You stamp, I decided I liked the dimensional look of a die cut greeting instead. Below is a peek at the inside. My Mom was recently hospitalized so this is the card I brought to her. There was lots of room inside to write our message.

Finally, here are the two cards together.

Supplies for 'Smile' card:
White and pink card stock
White Bristol Smooth card stock
Zig Clean Colour Markers
Water Brush
Smile die - Pink and Main
Gold foil card stock - Stampin' Up
Sequins
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
1012 Snowman Twist Circle Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Word stamp inside - Stampin' Up
Thinking of You Always stamp set - Pink and Main
MISTI - My Sweet Petunia
Brass embossing powder

Supplies for 'Thinking of You' card:
Pink and white card stocks
Bristol Smooth card stock
Gold pearl Star Dream card stock
Thinking of You Always stamp set - Pink and Main
Zig Clean Colour Markers
Spray bottle
1002 Word Set 1 Greetings - Karen Burniston
Stickles
Dotted Scallop Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Gold embossing powder

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