Pop-Up Butterfly Birthday Card

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Today is Fun Fold Friday here on my blog.  I used some pretty patterned paper and butterfly dies from my stash to make a pop-up birthday card for a friends Mom. 

I added some card stock sequins from the new Rockin Rectangle die set by Karen Burniston and added glitter here and there as well.

Inside I used the new Oval Frame Pop-Up and once again, I used it differently than it was intended. I chopped off the outer ovals and adhered my layered butterflies to the centre portion.

Love these sweet stitched banners from the Circle Tag Book Pop-Up and I added small punched butterflies with some more glitter.

The fancy label is from the Katherine Label Pop-Up and I added the scalloped frame and solid oval decorator dies from the Oval Frames Pop-Up.

Here is a side view so you can see the Pop-Up a little better.

Supplies:
1054 Rectangles, Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
1079 Oval Frames Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Green, pink and white card stocks
Patterned paper - K & COmpany
Butterfly dies - Stampin' Up Big Z die
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Stickles
1081 Circle Tag Book (banners) - Karen Burniston
Bakers Twine
Happy Birthday stamp - MFT Stamps
Fishtail banner die - MFT Stamps
1011 Katherine Label Pop-Up (label) - Karen Burniston
1089 Rockin Rectangle (sequin dies) - Karen Burniston
Nuvo Glitter Pen

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Kraft and Red Flip-It Valentine

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Challenge #104 at The Male Room is "Love Your Man". You can find all the details HERE. 

I think kraft and red works well for a masculine card, so today I'm sharing a Valentine card using dies by Divinity Designs. They are usually at the Mesa Rubber Stamp show in early March so I'm hoping to visit their booth. I have a small Wish List, and they still have another release before then so my list might just grow!

I've had the patterned paper and embellishments in my stash for a couple of years, and I think I can say I've used up the last of this patterned paper.

On the flip side, I added a die cut heart, an envelope embellishment, and then a fish tail banner with some bakers twine.

Supplies:

Kraft, red and white card stocks

Vintage Label Flip-Fold die set - Divinity Designs, formerly Our Daily Bread Designs

Double Pierced Vintage Label dies - Divinity Designs, formerly Our Daily Bread Designs

Patterned paper - Recollections

Chipboard jar emellishments - Recollections

Enamel Hearts - Recollections

Envelope embellishments - Recollections

Banner embellishments - Recollections

Bakers Twine

Gold heart on front (from my stamping table)

Sakura Stardust Pen

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Four Pink Cupcake Fold-It Cards

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I have had this Cupcake Fold-Its die set for awhile, so it was time to pull it out again and make some cute Birthday Cards.

I added sparkling sequins and a little bit of glitter glue, and the patterned paper is nice and sparkly too.

Rather than cut the base with a fold at the top, I cut two bases and scored the back one about 1" down from the top edge. Adhesive was applied ABOVE the score line, then the card front was adhered to the back panel.

These went together quickly, and I put two aside to donate to my Mom's nursing home and the other two will go to our daughters for when the grandkids to go birthday parties.

Supplies:

Cupcake Fold-Its - Stephanie Barnard, Sizzix

White, pink and green card stocks

Patterned paper - DCWV

Stamps - Stampin' Up

Sequins

Stickles

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Designer Challenge Upsy Daisy Pop-Up Card

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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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Sliding Tag Valentine Card

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Today's share is a Valentine Tag Slider Card I made using Lynda Kanase's "Tag Pocket with Phrases" stamp and die set. The slot comes with the tag die, but is separate so you can use the tag die without the slot, or move the slot up or down the height of the tag as you wish.

Here I added the slot towards the top, leaving room for the tag topper which was crated with stitched circle dies. I added a sweet scalloped circle and stamped bear to decorate the tag, and layered everything with more patterned paper and white card stock to my red card base.

Love these little Doodlebug enamel hearts!

The slider piece was cut from white card stock and I added little tabs at the bottom back so it doesn't pull right out of the slot when the recipient slides the tag up to reveal the message. I added the red tri-dots with a fine point marker.

Inside I cut a smaller white panel and stamped all around the edges with one of the included stamps in the Tag With Phrases stamp and die set. Then I added a paper sentiment fussy cut from one of the patterned papers.

Supplies:

Patterned paper and Cut Apart - Doodlebug Designs

Tag Pocket with Phrases (stamps and dies) - Lynda Kanase (Sizzix)

Bear and heart, Lawn Fawn

Sakura Black Glaze pen

Sakura White gel pen

Stitched Circles - MFT Stamps

Pull and Arrow - Lawn Fawn

Dashing Rectangle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Fine point marker

Enamel Hearts - Doodlebug Designs

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Valentine's Waterfall Card

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I absolutely love Karen Burniston's adaptation of her Frame Pull Pop-Up die set to create a Waterfall card and I made another one to share today. This one is in a Valentine's theme and a vertical orientation.

I have had these stickers and embellishments in my stash for several years, so I enjoyed actually USING them! You will notice that I also added hearts instead of squares to the pull strip. Just another variation that shows how versatile the Frame Pull Pop-Up can be! The laser cut patterned paper is also from my stash.

When you pull the tab at the bottom, the hearts each flip up one by one to reveal another sticker.

The final heart is larger, and has a cute printed acetate embellishment in the centre.

Here is a side view ...

I like to make this type of card 'Post Card style' and keep the back embellishments nice and flat. But I also like to decorate the back a little, so here I used  some more of the laser cut patterned paper, the Border Blends Argyle, the Crosshatch Rectangles and the XOXO which is from the new Word Set 9 Love.

Supplies:

Laser cut patterned paper - Recollections

Red and white card stocks

Red glitter card stocks

1070 Frame Pull Pop-Up - Karen Burniston 

Stitched heart dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Brads - Stampin' Up

Acetate Embellishments - stash

Enamel heart - Recollections

Stickers - Jolees Boutique (STASH)

Washi Tape - Unknown

1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

1090 Border Blends Argyle - Karen Burniston

1083 Word Set 9 Love - Karen Burniston

Distress Oxide Inks

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C4C469 Llama Love Circle Tag Book Pop-Up Card

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It's Saturday and that means a new challenge at the Crazy4Challenges Blog. It's a new month and our February hostess is: Kathleen Adams. Kristine Reynolds joins us as our Guest Designer this month  and you can find her blog at:  Stamping and Scrapping in California

This week Kathleen's challenge is: 

" Today is Ground Hog Day! If you don’t have an image of a ground hog then put any other ground critter on your card this week!"

I had this package of gold foil rimmed Llama stickers so I pulled out this pretty patterned paper by Lynda Kanase and the new Circle Tag Book Pop-Up die set by Karen Burniston. This is one of her new releases and it makes a really cool pop-up card.

I kept the front nice and simple, because all the fun is on the inside.

Here is a look at the inside ... there is so much dimension with the Circle Tag Pop-Up!

These Llama stickers are so cute! They are shiny so the card shimmers and shines when they catch the light. Hard to see in photos though.

Finally, for those that like to pin 'Front and Insides' to their Pinterest boards, here you go!

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 C4C469.

Supplies:

1081 Circle Tag Book Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

Green, white, black card stocks

Patterned paper - Lynda Kanase (Sizzix)

Llama stickers - Paper House

You are loved stamp - MFT Stamps

Fishtail banner die - MFT Stamps

1057 Circles crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Bakers Twine

Nuvo Crystal Drops

Copic markers

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Oval Frames Valentine Card

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It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog, and I'm sharing another Sneak Peek of Karen Burniston's new release which should be shipping SOON!.

For the card front, I added several different borders using the Border Blends Argyle die set, the XOXO is from the Word Set 9 Love, and of course the sweet owl from the new Feathered Animals.

Inside I used the new Oval Frames Pop-Up to animate a pair of heart-holding-owls. The Oval Frame piece can either Pop-Up when the card is opened, as I did here - or Drop Down depending on how you adhere it inside. So even more versatility in a die set, which I love.

With all the small dies, I was able to use up a whole bunch of card stock scraps!!

Note - be sure of the orientation before decorating the ovals. I had intended on making this one a 'drop down' version, but my decorated ovals were upside down when I went to adhere them. Either way is fine, it still works perfectly and it all depends on how you want to display the card. I just wanted to give you the heads up about paying attention to the orientation.

Supplies:
1079 Oval Frames Pop-Up - Karen Burniston 
1075 Feathered Animals - Karen Burniston 
1076 Tiny Accessories 2 - Karen Burniston 
1083 Word Set 9 Love - Karen Burniston 
1090 Border Blends Argyle - Karen Burniston
Pink, white, aqua, green, black, grey, red and kraft card stocks
Patterned paper and journal cards - Doodlebug
Sakura pink and white gel pens

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