Floral Spray Card Duo

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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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Pretty Twist Pop-Up Birthday Card

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Today's share is the card I made for my Mom to give our middle daughter for her birthday this month.

It's hard to see in the photo unless you enlarge it, but the chevron background on the tag is embossed and puffy. The tag was included with the same paper stack as I used for the card.

Here is the card opening ...

Inside I used the Twist Circle Pop-Up by Karen Burniston, and added script word dies to the circle.

I get SO much use out of the Stampin' Up Banner Punch!

Mom can write a note and sign her name on the stitched hearts.

So happy with how this one turned out!

Supplies:
Patterned paper & printed embellishment- We R Memory Keepers
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stitched scallop border die - MFT Stamps
Seam binding
Happy Birthday dies - Lawn Fawn
Fun foam
Stitched Heart dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Banner punch - Stampin' Up
Stickles

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Floral Get Well Pop-Up Card

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While I was away, my Mom had cataract surgery. Which requires drops several times a day that she was counting on me for. Since I was unable to help, she was able to make other arrangements but I wanted to send her a card to let her know I was thinking about her.

Isn't that paper pretty? It was actually in a 'free with purchase' package. Score!

Here is the card opening ...

... and the card opened. I used Karen Burniston's Twist Circle Pop-Up along with some stamped images.

This is another card where I was able to add one of those sweet little banners!

Supplies:

Twist Circle Pop-Up , Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Patterned paper - Kaisercraft

Stitched Circle dies - MFT Stamps

Stitched Fishtail Banner dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Wink of Stella

Feel Better stamps and dies - MFT Stamps

Stitched Heart die - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Heart Banner - Taylored Expressions

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Twist Circle Love Note Duo

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I have a couple of quick Love Notes I made to send our Grandson's. It all started with the inside patterned paper. I was doing a sort & tidy-up and found this sheet of patterned paper. I'm pretty sure I've had it for over 10 years. Time to USE IT, wouldn't you say?

I used Karen Burniston's Twist Circle Pop-Up and kept the fronts nice and simple. The 'Hi' circles have the positive die cut on the second card, and the negative on the first.

Here is the first card opening ...

I used the bottom half of the patterned paper for this card. Sorry for the blurry photo though!

I had these boyish printed embellishments in my stash, so used them along with Karen Burniston's Beach Edges to create the waves on the Pop-Up circle.

The second card uses the top half of the patterned paper and an airplane printed embellishment.

Here is the second card fully opened.

These were so quick and easy to whip up - and I got to use up something from my stash. Win Win!

Note - they are watermarked with my old blog, but I'm not redoing all the card photos with the new blog watermark.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Hallmark

Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Green card stock

Embellishments - K & Company

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

Blueprints #24 - MFT Stamps

Clear Double Sided Adhesive - Elizabeth Craft Designs

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'Love Ewe' Valentine Card, and Valentine Treat Boxes

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This is a photo heavy post - but I wanted to combing the little treat holders with this post rather than give them their own, since the colours all match and the card will be given with one of the treat holders for Valentine's Day.

I had so much fun making this one ... in keeping with me trying to use older products in my studio, I pulled out this fun stamp set by Paper Smooches. After the lamb was stamped, die cut and coloured I decided to add the wiggly eyes. Ahahaha - they crack me up.

It's hard to see in the photo, but the lamb's nose also has some shimmer from a Wink of Stella pen.

Below is a peek at the card as it is opening ...

... and a look at the card fully opened.

I used the Twist Circle Pop-Up by Karen Burniston - I don't think I have done an A2 card with it before but it worked out just fine.

More older product ... the stamps and banner punch are staples in my studio even though I've had them for years. The lacy border is also an older die that I don't use nearly enough.

Another older die is this Shaker Box by Sizzix. It's a BigZ die and I cut it from patterned paper then decorated it with a punched bow. The sweet paper clip and tag are both by Karen Burniston ... yes, cut from card stock.

How fun is that paperclip?

When you slide off the Belly Band, you can see that I added Swiss Chocolates inside. Yes, I could have wrapped them in coordinating paper but chose not to. That just makes them harder to open and eat, ha ha.

Since it turned out so well, I decided to make a couple more ... the next two are identical. I used a ribbon tie instead of a belly band on these ones.

The layered hearts are from the Heart Pivot by Karen Burniston, and the X0X0 is a fairly new die by Lawn Fawn. I knew I'd get a lot of use from it when I ordered it last Fall. I also added one of the Swirly Scribble circles - love that it gives your project just a little somethin' somethin'.

These two have the XOXO across the transparency lined window.

Finally, here is a look at the three Treat Boxes all together!

Supplies:
For Twist Card:
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Stitched rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned paper - Recollections
Kraft, Red and White card stocks
Red seam binding
Lamb stamp & die - Paper Smooches
Wiggly Eyes
Banner punch and stamps - Stampin' Up
Lacy border die - Papertrey Ink
EWE letters - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Love die - Stampin' Up
Anita Frames Pop-Up (labels), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Wink of Stella
Card size - A2


For Treat Boxes:
Patterned paper - Recollections
Red and white card stock
Bow punch - Stampin' Up
Swirly scribble circle doe - Stamping' Up
Heart Pivot, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Tags Pivot (tag and paperclip), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Enamel dot - Recollections
X0X0 die - Lawn Fawn
Red ribbon
Puffy heart sticker - Recollections
Shaker Box die - Sizzix
Transparency
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8" width

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