Slimline Fall Coffee Pop Up Card

Hello crafty friends ...

I'm back today with another card for the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop, and I have a walk through of my pop up card on YouTube. 

I had so much fun making this card and the front uses a stencilled background, a sticker and a digital stamp. 

Here is a peek at the pop up inside, with a stamped sentiment, a Stamploration Coffee word die at the top of the white panel, and a to-go cup on one of the pop up arms from the Upsy Daisy Pop Up by Karen Burniston. I also added a little more stencilling using a Slimline Stencil from Stamplorations. That is where the fun clear sticker on the card front came from too.

This 'to go' cup by Stampin' Up is long retired but I still love it and continue to use it. I really like all the height and dimension you get with the Upsy Daisy Pop Up and I'm having fun using it with Slimline cards these days. 

I will be back tomorrow with another coffee themed card for the Blog Hop.  😊

Supplies:
Stencil (Flair) - STAMPlorations
Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes
Shimmer Mist
Card stocks - stash
Slimline Pull Tab Dies - Heffy Doodle
Ohuhu markers
Copic markers
Clear sticker - Coffee Heaven, STAMPplorations
Coffee rings - Java Spills, Stamping Bella
Glossy Accents
1/2 Vellum Doily - Stampin' Up
Stitched Mini Scalloped Ovals - MFT Stamps
Wink of Stella
Coffee Digital stamp - Coffee & Love, Graciellie Designs
Coffee Cafe - Stampin' Up (retired)
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop Up - Karen Burniston
Hot Coffee - CAS-ual Fridays
Coffee Die - STAMPlorations
1150 Slim Frames (heart) - Karen Burniston
Majestic Confetti - Studio Katia
Card size: 3.5 x 8.5", fits in a #10 Business Envelope

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Wobbling Skeleton Halloween Slimline Card

Hello crafty friends ... Happy Halloween!

Today I'm sharing my last Halloween card for the year - and it's probably my favourite one. I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube with all the details so I'll keep my comments here to a minimum.

The skeleton had been in my stash for many years, and this year I actually assembled it and got it onto a card! The striped patterned paper has lots of sparkle, and the bats are also shiny. Just for fun, I added the skeleton to a (trimmed) Action Wobble and he bobs and wobbles on the front of the card. So fun!

Inside, I used one of the arms from the Upsy Daisy Pop Up to animate the cat & pumpkin. Those elements are stickers that were adhered to white card stock and fussy cut.

Supplies:

Various card stocks - stash

Skeleton - Cricut cut many years ago, cartridge unknown

Patterned paper - Making Memories

Shimmer Spray

Clear Resin Heart - Stampin' Up

Action Wobble

Sassy Pants Spooktacular - MFT Stamps

Banners Pick a Punch - Stampin' Up

Stickers - stash

Bat Confetti - stash

1055 Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1047 Upsy Daisy Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

Greeting - Spooky Cat, Stampin' Up

Card Size - 4 x 8.5", fits in a #10 Business Envelope

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Cactus Christmas Slimline Pop Up Card

Hello crafty friends ...

Today I'm sharing another sneak peek of the new release by Karen Burniston! I used the Long Nature Edges to create the curvy edge on my Slimline card. This die has stitching lines above and below the cutting line so one pass through your machine gives you two curved edges both with stitching marks. 

I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube:

The Holiday House set has a cute holiday lights die and I used half of it at the top of the frame after colouring it with Ohuhu markers. Then I added glossy accents on those as well as on the fussy cut cactus lights.

I cut the patterned paper about 3 x 8.5", then used the 'ground' die from the Long Nature Edges about 1/3 of the way down the card. The top portion was adhered right to the top edge of my card base, and the bottom portion was adhered right along the bottom edge. This gave me a ~1/2" area to add a sentiment. Of course, I gave the front of my card a spritz with a shimmer spray! Then I adhered the Seasons Greetings die cuts.

The Slim Frames are made to work with Slimline cards, and here I cut one from some coordinating patterned paper from the pad and I added a piece of acetate to resemble glass. I fussy cut one of the cactus images from a leftover piece of the patterned paper and popped it up on top of the frame. I knew I wanted to add glossy accents to the holiday lights otherwise I would have added it under the acetate.

Inside, I used one of the arms from the Upsy Daisy Pop Up. I've been playing with those arms lately and I love how well they work inside a Slimline Card. It's always great when you find even more uses for an older die set!

 

The sentiment is a cutapart from the patterned paper pad, as is the border and fussy cut barrel cactus inside.

Below is a better look at how much dimension you get using the Upsy Daisy Pop Up but it still fits inside a 3.5" deep Slimline card!

 

I have lots of ideas with this 'split' technique, including having a bright rainbow striped patterned paper showing through a subtle print or solid card stock. Small images can be placed in the space as well - remember you can make that opening as wide or narrow as you wish!

Supplies:

Patterned paper & cut aparts - Holiday Bash, Recollections

1152 Long Nature Edges - Karen Burniston (Shipping early November 2020)

1150 Slim Frames - Karen Burniston (Shipping early November 2020)

1151 Crosshatch Long Rectangles - Karen Burniston (Shipping early November 2020)

1044 Holiday House - Karen Burniston (Shipping early November 2020)

!022 Word Set 3 Holiday - Karen Burniston

1047 Upsy Daisy Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Acetate

Card stock - stash

Shimmer spray

Ohuhu Markers

Gold gel pen

Glossy Accents

Card size - 8.5 x 3.5", fits in a #10 Business Envelope

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Harvest Pop Up Card

Hello crafty friends ...

Today I'm sharing a Thanksgiving card that is also a pop up. I have a YouTube Video for you as well.

When I'm finished making my Thanksgiving (or Halloween or ...) cards for the year, any leftover embellishments etc go in a baggie or container to be used the next year. Trouble is, I don't usually open that container! This year though, I used up a bunch of items from the Thanksgiving baggie, including this pretty copper embossed foiled 4 x 6 panel! It came to me several years ago on a recycled card and this year I decided to actually USE it. After adhering it to patterned paper and adding a sentiment, the whole card front got a blast from a shimmer spray.

Inside, I used one 'arm' from the Upsy Daisy Pop Up for the pop up action - a die set by Karen Burniston. I've been playing a fair bit with those arms, including using them for Slimline pop up's. But of course I rarely post things in the same order I create them so those cards will be shared in the coming weeks.

The pumpkins are Peel Off's from Elizabeth Craft Designs, added to double sided adhesive then sprinkled with their Silk Microfine Glitter and burnished really well. They were done so long ago though, I can't remember if I used Copic markers or Tombow's and a blender pen! 

It's hard to see in the photos, but I also sprayed inside the card with the Shimmer Spray - but you can see the sparkle in the video. 

Supplies:
Cream Card and Envelope - Michaels
Recycled piece from an already recycled card!
Patterned paper - Harvest Delight, Recollections
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop Up - Karen Burniston
Shimmer Mist
1055 Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
Peel Offs, Silk Microfine Glitter - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Copic markers
1054 Rectangles Cross Hatch - Karen Burniston
Various card stocks
Inside sentiment - Give Thanks, Echo Park
Banners Pick A Punch - Stampin' Up
Mini Strips Harvest - Taylored Expressions
Mini Strips Die - Taylored Expressions

Card size - 5 x 6.5" came with the envelopes

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Celebrate Spring Pop-Up Card

Hello my crafty friends

Welcome to Karen Burniston's April 2019 Designer Challenge, with the theme: "EASTER OR SPRING" - incorporate the Easter charms, Spring animals or Happy Spring into your project with an Easter or Spring theme.

Here is the front of my card. The patterned paper has embedded sparkle in it and I added a double layer of the Crosshatch circles. The top layer was actually cut from white card stock and I added the soft polka dots with a stencil.

I coloured the die cut chick and eggs with Chameleon Color Tone markers, for a nice gradient colour. Snipping off the 'Happy' from the Happy Spring I was able to change the greeting on the front to read "Celebrate Spring".  When I was looking at the photos though, I wish I had cut away the explanation mark from the Celebrate but it is glued down now and I didn't want to risk messing up the card by attempting to remove it.

Inside I used the Upsy Daisy Pop-Up to animate a polka dot egg on each outer panel and a little Easter scene on the centre panel. The eggs each got the same polka dot stencil using soft colours.

The chick from the Easter Animals is SO cute - I just love him! Rather than use Bakers Twine to tie the three panels together, I added a white card stock square turned on the diagonal  & adhered to one of the egg panels.

The Happy Easter was also coloured with Chameleon markers, this time I used the Color Tops to get both pink and orange from a single marker. Then I went over the die cut with a glitter pen for some pretty sparkle and shine.

Below is a side view so you can see the dimension you get with the Upsy Daisy Pop-Up.

Finally, for those that like to pin fronts and insides to their Pinterest boards, here you go.

Check out what the rest of the Design Team came up with for the challenge - their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her project and a group post on her blog tomorrow (Wednesday).

Supplies:
1074 Spring Animals - Karen Burniston
Yellow, White, Blue, Kraft, and pink card stocks
Chameleon Color Tones markers
Dot Stencil - MFT Stamps
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Patterned paper - Doodlebug
1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston
1045 Outdoor Scene - Karen Burniston
Distress Oxide Inks
1084 Happy Spring - Karen Burniston
1067 Celebrate - Karen Burniston
1057 Circles, Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
Sakura white gel pen
Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen
1078 Easter Charms (Happy Easter) - Karen Burniston
Bling - Queen & Company

Card size - 5" square, which fits in a 5 x 7" envelope

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Designer Challenge Upsy Daisy Pop-Up Card

Hello my crafty friends

Welcome to Karen Burnsiton's February 2019 Designer Challenge! The theme is: 

"LOVE, SWEET LOVE!" - let's add a twist to our usual February love cards and add . . . chocolate! Incorporate a chocolate element into the card.

I saw 'chocolate' and immediately thought of donuts. HA - there is no reason for this, as if I ever DO get a donut, it's typically the honey glazed and not a chocolate glazed or chocolate donut.  At any rate, since I had donuts on the brain that is what I went with for my card.

I used the new Border Blends Party as well as the 'You're Sweet' ... since donuts are sweet, right? I also kept the front nice and simple because all the FUN is on the inside.

I always say that all the dies by Karen Burniston 'play nicely together', so I combined some of the new release with some older dies and everything goes together seamlessly. Love that. The Upsy Daisy Pop-Up gives a lot of dimension, and it's always such a fun surprise for the recipient to see the dangling centre rectangle.

I added more of the Border Blends Party to the inside top, as well as the new 'Love You'.

 I used black card stock and the owl's eye die for the black 'dot dot dot' at the end of the 'love you so the greeting inside reads "Love You...  ... more than DONUTS!" .

I added two owls from the new Feathered Animals, one on either side square. Each one looks a little different as I added the extra feathers to the right owl's head and lengthened the feet on the left owl. They are each holding a donut from the Sweet Treats Charms and I added Nuvo Crystal Drops so the entire icing part is raised and shiny with a touch of glitter. I also inked the edges of the kraft donuts so they would look more like chocolate donuts.

The donut embellishment on the centre was actually fussy cut from a piece of patterned paper from the stack. I added the same Nuvo Glitter Drops to the hearts and sprinkles as well as a black glaze pen detail on the eyes and mouth so they are nice and shiny.

I penned the 'more than DONUTS' with a black marker on one of the Crosshatch Ovals, and plan to write 'even the chocolate ones' when I go to send the card.

For some added interest, I twisted together two of the 'twigs' from the Border Blends and added some pink foil sequins. The sequin die comes with the Rockin' Rectangle, which is also part of the new release.

Below is a side view so you can see the pop-up a little better.

Finally, for those that like to add 'fronts and insides' to your Pinterest boards ... here you go!

Be sure to check out all the SWEET projects from the rest of the Design Team -- their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her card and a group post on her blog tomorrow (Wednesday). 

Supplies:

1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

Turquoise, Pink, Yellow, Black, White, Brown, Green and Kraft card stocks

1091 Border Blends, Party - Karen Burniston

Patterned paper - Doodlebug

Fine point markers

Corner Chomper - WeRMemory Keepers

1009 Twist Panel Pop-Up (stitched border for grass) - Karen Burniston

1075 Feathered Animals - Karen Burniston

1050 Sweet Treats Charms - Karen Burniston

Copic marker

Nuvo Glitter Drops

1055 Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1087 You're Sweet - Karen Burniston

1083 Word Set 9 Love - Karen Burniston
1089 Rockin' Rectangle (sequins) - Karen Burniston
Pink foil card stock - Stampin' Up
Sakura white gel pen

Bakers Twine

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Mouse and Flowers Thank You Lever Card

Good morning friends

For some reason this year, I just could not get into Autumn themed colours or cards. I'm just craving bright and happy colours, so when I needed to make a Thank You card I pulled out this sheet of patterned paper. I also grabbed the Lever Card die set and Lever Card Layering dies from Our Daily Bread Designs.

The panel with the Thank You pivots from the front to the inside when the card is opened.

I added the cute mouse from Karen Burniston's Christmas Animals, the flower from the Upsy Daisy Pop-Up die set, and a stitched cloud from the Outdoor Scene set. The Thank You is also from Karen Burniston and is one I get a lot of use out of.

I trimmed the right leaf off of the flower stem so it would fit better in between the mouse's paws, and also had to trim off the tail and rearrange it so that it would fit on the card panel without sticking out.

I can write my message on the white Fishtail banner area, which I matted with turquoise and added some Bakers Twine at the top edge.

Supplies:
Turquoise, pink and white card stocks
Patterned paper - American Crafts
Lever Card and Lever Card Layer dies - Our Daily Bread Designs
Stitched square die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
1066 Thank You - Karen Burniston
1061 Christmas Animals - Karen Burniston
Fun foam
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up (flower) - Karen Burniston
Dashing Rectangle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched fishtail banner dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs
1045 Outdoor Scene (cloud) - Karen Burniston
Copic markers
Sakura white gel pen
Bakers Twine

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Paper Pro's Apple of my Eye

Good morning friends

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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Happy July Pop-Up Card

Good morning friends

Every July there was a parade in the small town my Mom grew up in, and after the parade her dad would take her for an ice cream soda. So every July we make a point to get together for ice cream, and I always make her a card to celebrate our 'ice cream in July' day. For my card this year, I pulled out a country print paper stack with silver foil accents and the Upsy Daisy Pop-Up by Karen Burniston.

I used the new Alpha to cut the "M"'s for MOM, using the silver foiled heart for the 'O'.

Inside I used the new Beach Charms, Sweet Treat Charms and the the Alpha again. I like how you can personalize a card with the Alpha die set. And the Upsy Daisy is so fun - and different than anything else out there.

It looks like I will be hand delivering this card - and the ice cream - to my Mom in hospital, as she has been there since June 28th and it looks like she will have to remain there until they can find somewhere with full care to place her. (Insert sad face here)

Supplies:
1050 Sweet Treats Charms - Karen Burniston
Scraps of brown and pink card stocks
Sakura white gel pen - Karen Burniston
Stickles
White card stock
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Bakers Twine
1053 Alphabet - Karen Burniston
Pink metallic gel pen - Sakura
1051 Beach Charms - Karen Burniston

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