'Run Wild' Tag Book Pop-Up

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Today's share uses both new and new-to-me products - the brand new Tag Book Pop-Up by Karen Burniston, and the Adventure series paper, stamps and journal cards by Wild Whisper Designs.

I fussy cut the title from a sheet of patterned paper in the package, layering it over one of the journal cards. I loved how perfectly the journal card fit on the Tag Book card front.

This die set creates such a dynamic pop-up inside. Below you can see the card as it opens ...

Just look at all those awesome folds!

I'm crazy about the Wild Whisper Adventure stamps, which includes this bear. It is in two parts, the outline and the solid - and both can also be used independently of each other. Then there are the wood ring stamps, which are hands down my new favourites.

I added a stamped greeting, a die cut heart, a fussy cut word (adventure) from the same patterned paper as the one on the card front, and fussy cut arrows.

I've actually had this card finished for several weeks, but had to wait until the Tag Book Pop-Up was officially released to share it here. You are going to see lots of these cards, as the whole Design Team has been using it very creatively.

Supplies:
1023 Tag Book Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Patterned paper, and journal card - Wild Whisper Designs
Adventure stamps - Wild Whisper Designs
1009 Twist Panel Pop-Up (small rectangle die) - Karen Burniston
Bakers Twine
Copics
Twine

Card size 6 x 3" which fits perfectly in a 4 x 6" envelope or a 5 x 7" envelope.

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Handful of Gingerbread Tags

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It's time for Karen Burniston's November 2017 Designer Challenge, which is "Gingerbread".  I knew I wanted to make some tags with the wonderful Winter Charms die set, and this is what I  came up with:

After I took the photos below, I realized there was no scale to show the tag sizes ... so hubby offered to hold onto them while I took the above photo.

These are the five tags all together, fronts and backs are decorated.

For this first tag, I used the largest decorator tag from Karen Burniston's new Tag Book Pop-Up so not counting the ribbon it is a full 6" long and 3" wide!

I like my tags to be really sturdy, so I cut a second large tag from white card stock and adhered them back to back. The patterned paper has red foiled bits which catch the light.

I ADORE this Gingerbread charm. I was able to make him into a regular gingerbread man by snipping off the hang hole. The large hearts are also from the Tag Book Pop-Up and the tiny heart is from the new Cat and Dog animals.

Tag #2 is 3-1/4" square, not counting the ribbon. The Gingerbread man is holding onto a wreath from the Sleigh Pop-Up.

Both the large stitched circle and beaded ring come from the Snowman Twist Circle Pop-Up. I love that all Karen Burniston's dies work so well together and it's fun to mix and match dies from the different sets.

This is the back of the tag. The gingerbread man was stamped on the kraft stitched circle with watermark ink.

This third tag uses more elements from the new Tag Book Pop-Up, including the tag, hearts and rectangular beaded frame. The Gingerbread man embellishment is the smaller one from the Winter charms, and his details were added on with a white gel pen. The die has this stencil feature, which makes it really easy to do.

Once again, I like sturdy tags so I cut three of them. One from the foiled patterned paper and two from white. One white tag was adhered to the back of the patterned paper one, and then the second white tag was attached with bakers twine through the hole. I like the way the white one shifts around and you can see it from the front as well.

I added some Washi tape, a die cut heart and stamped words to the back.

Tag #4 is circular, and about 3" across. I used the circle dies from the Snowman Twist Circle and the tree from the Winter Charms.

The tree also has the stencil feature which is how I added the details with a white gel pen. Another tiny heart from the Cat and Dog die set sits on top of the tree with a bit of Wink of Stella.

The back side is decorated with a kraft zig zag circle that is actually the centre of the beaded frame on the front - nothing got wasted!

The 5th and final tag was made with the Gift Card Label. I cut it twice from white card stock, sandwiched the ribbon in between the two layers then adhered them together. I'm loving that tree trunk ring stamp from Wild Whisper and am having trouble not stamping it on EVERYTHING!

This tag has another tree and two small gingerbread men - all cut from kraft card stock and embellished with a white gel pen.

The back side has a stamped two & from, another wood ring stamp and a strip of the foiled patterned paper.

I hope you have enjoyed my tags, and that I've inspired you to use your Pop-Up dies for other things too.  I used bits from SIX different Karen Burniston Riley die sets for these tags!! Our dies are an investment and anytime you get more mileage from a die set it's a good thing.

Please check out the rest of the Design Team - their blogs are linked to the right. Karen Burniston will  have her project tomorrow (Wednesday) on her BLOG. You won't want to miss it!

General Supplies:
Patterned paper - Recollections
White, red, green, kraft card stocks
Sakura White gel pen
Ribbon - Stampin' Up
Bakers Twine
1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston
Xyron
Fun foam
Copic
Wink of Stella
additional supplies listed below:

Large tag:
1022 Word Set 3 - Holiday - Karen Burniston
1024 Dog & Cat (small heart)
1023 Tag Book Pop-Up (large tag and hearts) - Karen Burniston
1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston
From me stamp - MFT Stamps
Wood disk stamp - Wild Whisper Designs


Square tag:
1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston
3-1/4" square
Watermark ink
Gingerbread stamp on reverse - Stampin' Up
1023 Tag Book Pop-Up (hearts) - Karen Burniston
1012 SnowmanTwist Circle Pop-Up (Stitched Circle, beaded frame)
1021 Sleigh Pop-Up (Wreath)


Small tag:
1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston
1023 Tag Book Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Washi tape - Michaels
No peeking stamp - MFT Stamps


Circle tag:
1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston
1012 Snowman Twist Circle Pop-Up (Stitched circles, bead frame)
1023 Tag Book Pop-Up (hearts) - Karen Burniston
Do not open stamp - MFT Stamps

Fancy Label tag:
1019 Gift Card Label - Karen Burniston
1024 Cat and Dog (small hearts) - Karen Burniston
1023 Tag Book Pop-Up (hearts) - Karen Burniston
Wood disk stamp - Wild Whisper Designs

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Sweater Weather Pop-Up Card

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I have a cheery Christmas card to share today.

The pattern paper has sparkly glittery bits - very festive. I've had this paper stack for several years, and it's another one that must reproduce in the cupboard because I rarely make a dent in it.

I created a little winter scene for Riley with trees from the Winter Charms set and an inked 'ground line'. The circle dies come from the Snowman Twist Circle, including the beaded circle! I love how all Karen Burniston's dies work so well together. The Pop-Up was created with the Cupcake Pop-Up and I trimmed the very tip of the icing off so it didn't show above the circle. That allowed me to nestle the decorated circle right down near the fold.

I used Basic Riley coloured with water colour pencils and a wet brush. I guess it wasn't dry enough when I dotted the eyes with the black glaze pen so it bled a little but I ended up liking the look. The dress-up set is called Winter Accessories for her scarf and ear muffs...

... and also the mittens holding the greeting and the sweet little mug.

The word stamps I've had in my collection and I was pleased with how well they worked with Dress Up Riley.

Supplies:

Basic Riley

Winter Accessories

Sakura black glaze pen

Derwent water colour pencils and water brush

White, green and red card stock

1008 Cupcake Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

Patterned paper - My Minds Eye

1018 Winter charms - Karen Burniston

1012 Snowman Twist Circle (circle) - Karen Burniston

Warm & Cozy - MFT Stamps

Snow much joy stamp - Hero Arts

Grey Copic

Card size - 4-1/2 x 5-1/2

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Christmas Tree Pivot Card

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I have a holiday pivot card to share today, using Karen Burniston's older Evergreen Pivot die set and patterned paper from Stampin' Up.

The decorator dies come with openings for embossing or stencilling, I used them here with a white gel pen to decorate the tree layers.

When the card is opened, the trees pivot to the inside.

While it's hard to see in the photos, I also added gold foil papers and Peel-Off's.

Into my holiday card stash with this one!

Supplies:
Evergreen Pivot, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Green, white, red card stocks
Patterned paper - Stampin' Up
Gold foil card stock - Stampin' Up
Peel-Off border stickers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched Fishtail banners - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Merry & Bright clear stamps, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Seam binding
Circles & Labels, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sakura White Gel Pen
Stickles

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C4C - 410 Layer it up

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It's Saturday and a new month - so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog, a new hostess (ME!) and new Guest Designer (my friend and design team sister Kelly Booth).  My challenge this week is an easy one ... “Layer It Up” Go ahead and pile on the layers for your project this week."

I wanted to use these pretty water colour looking stamps from Hero Arts that I've had for many years, and ended up making three identical layered sympathy cards with matching envelopes.

The embossing folder is also one I've had for ages - and I paired both these older products with newer stitched rectangle dies.

Inside I used an Avery Elle stamp set. The flower was coloured with kids Crayola markers then stamped on the envelope. After huffing on the stamp to reactivate the ink, I stamped it again over the words inside. That second generation stamping matches the card and envelope perfectly, but is paler and doesn't detract from the sentiment.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C 410.

Supplies:

Flower stamp - Hero Arts

Crayola Markers

White card stock

Stitched rectangle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Wink of Stella

Inside Stamps - Avery Elle

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Bird Sympathy Card

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It's Flip-It Friday here on my blog, and I have a Z-fold sympathy card to share today. It was hard to make this card - it always is when you are making a sympathy card for someone you care about. This one is going to Grandparents who's tiny grandchild recently passed. Sniff sniff.

Honestly, I couldn't bring myself to use any baby images, but decided a sweet bird would be appropriate. This one is coloured with Copics and I added a little shimmer with a Wink of Stella pen.

I added a circle to the centre panel, and that is where we wrote a note and signed our name.

Even though it's a terribly sad situation, it was comforting to make a card for this couple and they will know it was made with love.

Supplies:

White and blue card stock

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up (many years old)

Bird stamp - Stampin' Up

Copic markers

Stitched circle dies - MFT Stamps

Stitched rectangle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

With Sympathy stamps & dies - Simon Says Stamps

Wink of stella
Black Glaze Pen - Sakura

Leaf stamps - Wild Whisper Designs

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Riley Snow Much Fun card

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Tanya, who owns Riley & Company and is in partnership with Karen Burniston, offered to send Karen B's Design Team a couple of stamps from both Riley & Company and Prickley Pear Stamps. I didn't have any Riley stamps at all, and have to admit it was hard to choose just a couple!

I've really been enjoying playing with Riley --  this is the first card I made with the stamps/dies. Riley is so cute, and quite the character.

This particular Riley is actually only part of the stamp - Riley is playing with Percy the Penguin but I cut the stamped images apart and used Percy inside.

I also chose Basic Riley stamps and the Winter Accessories to 'dress him up', which is where the snowball on my card comes from.

I made a Pop-Up inside, using the floating floor from the House & Fence Pop-Up.

You can now see Percy, Basic Riley wearing a warm scarf and skates, and one of the other stamps I chose - Hockey Riley. I mean, how could I not choose Hockey Riley? The critters were all coloured simply with kids Crayola markers scribbled on a piece of plastic. I picked up the marker colour with a water brush and painted away.

I also added a bare tree from the Tree Pop-Up and snowflakes from the Winter Charms. The Nature Edges form the puffy snowbanks and I added hand lettering to the front and back. Then I had fun adding additional snowballs.

Below is the side view so you can see how the floating floor works.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my first Riley card - because there will be more for sure!

Supplies:

White, brown and green card stock

Patterned paper - Brenda Walton

1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston

1015 House & fence Pop-Up (floating floor) - Karen Burniston

1005 Tree Pop-up - Karen Burniston

1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston

Hockey Riley - Riley & Company

Basic Riley - Riley & Company

Winter Accessories - Riley & Company

Riley & Percy Snow Dancing - Riley & Company
Crayola markers and water brush

Hand lettering

Sakura black glaze pen

Hologram stickers - Stampendous

Wink of Stella

Card size 5 x 5-1/2"

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Winter Deer Twist Panel Pop-Up Card

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I confess that this card has been done for months. One day this summer I found myself in the area of a fun little scrapbook store "The Scrap Yard".  I hadn't been there in over a year, so I enjoyed some time poking around. The store owner made a point of showing me a new line of paper she'd brought in by the artist Alexandra Renke. I fell in love with the soft water colour looks and picked up several different sheets.

I chose this particular sheet because it had rectangles of lovely water coloured images that I was pretty sure I could cut to work with Karen Burniston's Twist Panel Pop-Up die set. This was the first card I've made with the patterned paper.

The front has a burlap ribbon wrapped around to the inside and one of the printed rectangles from the sheet that was die cut with a rectangle die in the Twist Panel Pop-Up die set. After inking the edges of both, the printed rectangle was adhered to the largest Katherine Label, which is also by Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company.

This type of pop-up card has been very popular but before this die set you had to to a fair bit of measuring and scoring, and/or use a template that you had to create. The Twist Panel Pop-Up die set allows you to just cut and assemble - all the measuring and scoring etc has been done for you. No wonder it completely SOLD OUT of it's first run and there was a waiting list for the next shipment. They should be available again where you shop and if not be sure to ask for them to be brought in!

I used Karen Burniston's Nature Edges, which has the stitched line above and below the cut line so you can use both the positive and negative portions as I've done here at the top and bottom of the card. I had picked up the deer stamp and die set at the Mesa Rubber Stamp Show a couple of years ago so it was fun to pull it out to add some interest to the bottom of the card.

These water colour images are so pretty. Living in the country, seeing deer, elk and other forest wildlife is a regular occurrence so to me these pieces are meaningful to me as well.

There are lots of dies in this Twist Panel Circle die set - you really get your money's worth! One of the additional dies is this fun heart pop-up. I adhered one here between the last two panels.

I just love the soft colours of this card, paired with the dynamic Twist Panel Pop-Up card. It will fold flat and easily fit into a standard A2 envelope.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Alexandra Renke

Peach, grey card stocks

1009 - Twist Panel Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston

Stamps - c.c. designs

Deer stamp and die - Local King

Jute ribbon - Stampin' Up

Copic markers

1011 Katherine Label Pop-Up (label) - Karen Burniston

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