New Release Blog Hop ... Doodlebug Pop Up Surprise Ball Christmas Card

Hello my crafty friends

Today some of the Design Team is having a Blog Hop to share some amazing projects using Karen Burniston's new release. There are also PRIZES!! 

OMGoodness, the Surprise Ball Pop Up a fun die set! I had actually intended on sharing this card on the 4th, when we could start with the Sneak Peeks, but opted to go with the Parcel Pop Up in a coffee theme for the Coffee Lovers Blog hop instead.

When I received the dies I decided on a 5 x 7" holiday card, pulling out some cute patterned paper and stickers from Doodlebug Designs. The ball is held down with twine and brads, and when you unwind the twine the ball POPS UP. Along with the Surprise Ball die, I've used the new Flap and Closure die set as well.

I'm including a short YouTube video so you can see how cool this card is when it pop's up. Oh, and the ball also spins!!

I added a heart border using the Border Blends Argyle die set, and I think the 'Popping Up To Say' from Word Set 4 Just A Note is perfect for the Surprise Ball Pop Up. I adhered the stickers with glue so they would stay adhered, since they've been in my stash for awhile.

I made a flat, post card style card and this is the back. Lots of room to write our message when I go to send the card.

 Be sure to check out the links below so you don't miss out. And remember the Prizes? Each of the participating Design Team Members have a $25 Gift Certificate to give away. We will draw the names on November 15th 2019 - so be SURE that you have a valid email attached to your name when you leave a comment. Otherwise we can't get in touch with you.

Would you like to increase your chance to win? I'd love to have you subscribe to my YouTube Channel - and you can leave a comment there too. That gives you TWO chances to win. Yeah!  Click HERE to be taken to my YouTube Channel.

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak

Frances Byrne 

Karen Aicken (you are here!)

Fran Sabad

Sandy Diller

Kelly Booth

Helen Cryer

Supplies:

1117 Surprise Ball Pop Up - Karen Burniston (shipping mid November 2019)

1118 Flap and Closure - Karen Burniston (shipping mid November 2019)

1090 Border Blends Argyle - Karen Burniston

1027 Word Set 4, Just a Note - Karen Burniston

1065 Merry Christmas - Karen Burniston

Red and white card stocks

#16 elastic

Brads - Doodlebug

Patterned paper - Doodlebug

Stickers - Doodlebug

Scrap of snowflake print patterned paper

Green pearl card stock scrap

Bakers Twine

Gift element - my stash

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

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Coffee Gift Card Parcel Pop Up

Hello my crafty friends

I'm back today with another card using the COMING SOON Parcel Pop Up, which is part of Karen Burniston's newest release that will be shipping around mid month. This Birthday Card/Gift Card Holder is for my brother. I like to give him humorous birthday cards, so I turned to some Funny Bones stamps from Riley and Company for my card front.

Ahaha - so funny, right?

When I was looking at the mechanism of the Parcel Pop Up, it resembled the shape of a cup so that is what I went with! I nested two ovals together to create the cup handle and decorated my mug with the Border Blends Party and another Riley and Company stamp.

Here is a little YouTube video so you can see the card in action. See how the gift card slides in and out as the card is opened?

The coffee bean die is from the Coffee Cup Pop Up die set, and I cut it here from the crosshatch rectangle and let the brown from the mat show through the openings.

The Enjoy is from the Enjoy the Ride die set. My brother works shift work and often stops to pick up a coffee either on the way to or on the way home from work. I know he will appreciate the gift card as well as the card.

This card is also for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, and you can find all the details HERE. Be sure to check it out - there is always a ton of inspiration!

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Coffee Break, Stampin' Up (retired)
Brown, white and blue card stocks
1116 Parcel Pop Up - Karen Burniston
1089 Rockin' Rectangle (oval) - Karen Burniston
1019 Gift Card Label (oval) - Karen Burniston
1082 Ice Cream Sundae Pop Up (spoon) - Karen Burniston
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
1040 Coffee Cup Pop Up (beans) - Karen Burniston
1091 Border Blends Party - Karen Burniston
1103 Enjoy the Ride - Karen Burniston
Crabby til Coffee - Funny Bones, Riley & Company
Sound Effects - Funny Bones, Riley & Company
Word Bubble dies - Riley & Company
Puzzled Jack stamp - Riley & Company
Bling it On Sparkly Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp
Blueberry Blitz - Your Next Stamp
Dot stamp - Stamps by Judith

Card size - 5 x 5", fits in a 5 x 5" square envelope, which I decorated with some of the patterned paper to match the card. Square envelopes cost more to mail (in Canada, anyhow) so if I were mailing this one I would put it in a 5 x 7" envelope and it would mail for a single stamp. 

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Space Ship Surprise Ball

Hello my crafty friends

I'm back today with another Sneak Peek of Karen Burniston's new release and I'm using the Surprise Ball Pop up for a fun Birthday Card.

Here is the front, where I used the new Flap and Closure with bakers twine to keep the card in the closed position.

When you unwind the twine and release the closure, the Surprise Ball Pops up. My hubby inspired me to make it into a space ship, and I think it turned out SOOO cute.

Below is a short YouTube video so you can see the card in action. 

For assembly, I had to trim corners of blue side tabs or they would have shown through window. The windows are backed with acetate and then I added larger charcoal circles in behind them with foam tape for added dimension inside. I really like the depth this gives the space ship.

I also added flames and moon from the Rocket Pop Up to add some details to this fun space scene.

The background was done with wide washi tape, and Enjoy the Ride is perfect for this card!

I'm just tickled with how well this idea turned out!

Supplies:

1117 Surprise Ball Pop Up - Karen Burniston (shipping mid November 2019)

1118 Flap and Closure - Karen Burniston (shipping mid November 2019)

1109 Space Charms - Karen Burniston

Orange, grey, aqua, yellow, white, and coral card stocks

Rocket Patterned paper - Reach for the Stars, Starships - Moxie

Wide Washi Tape - Altenew

Acetate Scraps

Silver metallic card stock - stash

Black pen

1105 Rocket Pop Up (flame) - Karen Burniston

Brads - my Stash

Bakers Twine

1103 Enjoy the Ride - Karen Burniston

1116 Parcel Pop Up (rectangle) - Karen Burniston (shipping mid November 2019)

1030 Happy Birthday - Karen Burniston

Nuvo Drops

Card size 5 x 5", fits in a 5 x 7" envelope or a 5" square one. Square envelopes usually require extra postage though.

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Ho Ho Ho Greetings - Designer Challenge Card

Hello my crafty friends

Welcome to Karen Burniston's November 2019 Designer Challenge, where KB asked the team to use either the Fancy Label Accordion or the Charm Accordion to make a holiday card. I adore the Charm Accordion die set so that is what I used for my card and I have a lot of photos and a short YouTube video for you!

Let's start with the card front. Even though I used the Charm Accordion, I used it a little differently and added a journal card made for pocket scrapbooking on the front. The bear from the Winter Animals is so darned cute, I used him for the front of the card and added a red foil hat and tree.

The journal card I used on the front has red foiled bits in it which tie in with the bears hat and tree.

I like to show you different ways to use your dies - so I have a couple of 'twists' with the Charm Accordion. I cut the Charm Accordion base twice, joining the two pieces together with the included hinge. Then I sandwiched the far left and far right pages in between two foiled journal cards! I did this a couple of times when the Charm Accordion was first released and I'd forgotten how much I like it. I used journal cards from an old Project Life kit but a lot of 12 x 12 patterned paper packs often come with them that you can cut out and adhere as I did here.

Instead of joining the pivoting centre squares, I snipped one completely away and dangled a red foil tree charm in the opening. That tree is from the WINTER CHARMS but I also used trees from the Evergreen Pivot Panels as embellishments on the card.

I cut a larger, 6 x 4" journal card in half and added one half to the left and the right sides of the card. I like that when you open the first panel, it looks like the red foiled tree is on an accordion panel, when in fact it actually hags from the opening where I snipped away the accordion piece on that second panel. When you open the card to the next panel, the dangling tree is revealed.

The third panel has a stamped Ho Ho Ho ...

... and the panel on the far right has thee trees with red foil bows and white gel pen details.

Here is a look at the back side. The white panel is where we can sign our name when we send the card this year.

I hope you will check out what the rest of the Design Team has created for the challenge - their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her project tomorrow (Wednesday) listed on her blog. 

Supplies:
1007 Charm Accordion - Karen Burniston
1018 Winter Charms - Karen Burniston
1016 Winter Animals - Karen Burniston
1102 Word Set 10 Thinking of You - Karen Burniston
1022 Word Set 3 Holiday - Karen Burniston
1062 Evergreen Pivot Panels (trees & bow) - Karen Burniston
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
1089 Rockin Rectangle (sequins) - Karen Burniston

Journal cards - Project Life, Becky Higgins (stash)
Patterned paper - Comfort & Joy, My Mines Eye
Red glitter washi tape - Recollections
Red mirror card stock - Tonic Studios
Bakers Twine
Black pen
Sakura white gel pen and sparkle pen
Nuvo Drops
Ho Ho Ho - Gift Tag Greetings, MFT Stamps

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Baby It's Cold Outside Pop Up Card

Hello my crafty friends

Today is the day the Design Team can start to share projects using Karen Burniston's new release!!! This is not the card I planned on sharing today, but since the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop started on November 1st I moved things around so I could share this with you and also with the Blog Hop peeps.

I kept the front of my card nice and simple ...

Here is a quick YouTube video so you can see the card in action. I used the COMING SOON Parcel Pop Up and I love how the elements slide in and out from behind the word label as the card opens and closes! There are so many options for this die, it's just amazing.

This paper/element package is one of the three I picked out to use for our holiday cards this year. I have a huge stack of patterned paper for Christmas so vowed this year to try to use UP some of them. By choosing only 3 packages to work with I'm actually making a dent in them. Yeah!

Karen Burniston's Design Team will have projects to share today as well! The new release is so much fun and you will continue to see them used in the coming months as well.

Be sure to check out the fun inspiration for the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop as well. You can find all the details HERE.

Tomorrow is Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge, but after that I will be sharing more sneak peaks from the new release! It's a smaller release but SO amazing. Most of the Design Team have been having SO much fun!

Supplies:
Red, white, charcoal and black card stocks
1116 Parcel Pop Up - Karen Burniston (shipping mid November 2019)
Patterned paper and elements - Comfort and Joy, My Minds Eye
Scotch tape
Snowflake punch - Martha Stewart
1021 Sleigh Pop Up (snowflake) - Karen Burniston
Ovals - Hero Arts
Word stamps - Hug in a Mug, MFT Stamps
Brrrrrrrr die - A Way With Words, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Card size - 5 x 5", fits in a 5 x 7" envelope for mailing

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Ten Fun 'One Sheet Wonder' Birthday Cards

Hello my crafty friends

I enjoyed my first One Sheet Wonder (OSW) cards last month so much I couldn't wait to make another set. I used the same template and some older paper & embellishments from my stash to make these cards which I will be donating to my Mom's old nursing home. I like that they are all different enough to be included in the same month! The template I used is linked at the end of my post.

Because I've had the paper stack for several years there were lots of bits and pieces in it.  I was able to use up most of those as well, adding another partial sheet to the OSW layouts on a couple of the cards. Now there are only TWO full 12 x 12" sheets left and a few scraps!. I will wait a few months to use the last of the paper up for my nursing home donation cards and then I will have used up the entire paper pack.

Below you can see all ten cards grouped together.

These four each have a pinwheel embellishment but are different enough that I won't worry about two residents getting an identical card that month.

The large stitched banner with the wavy cut out was one of the scraps in the package, obviously not needed for an earlier project. I backed the opening with some of the yellow patterned paper and it was ready for my card!

Who doesn't love an ice cream cone on a birthday card?

The final three cards use a few more printed embellishments and I added Nuvo Drops to all of the cards when I was done assembling.

There are a couple of residents on the younger side, so I thought this card might work well for them. I like to think the recreation staff enjoys choosing what card each resident will receive each month.

Each of the cards has a stamped white panel inside, and I used my MISTI for perfect placement on each one.

Seongsook's template calls for double sided paper, which is always fun. You can find her template HERE.  

Supplies:

Kraft, cream and rust card stocks

Patterned paper - Cloud 9 Design (old, from my stash)

One Sheet Wonder template - Seongsook Duncan

Embellishments - Save the Date, Kaisercraft

Happy Birthday 2 You - Cool Tag Banner Sentiments, Your Next Stamp

Fishtail banner die - MFT Stamps

Black pen

W-1 Copic marker

Large Stitched Banner - Pink & Main

Stitched Wavy Circle die - Your Next Stamp

Nuvo Drops

Words Inside - Perennial Birthday, Stampin' Up

MISTI - My Sweet Petunia

Card Sizes - A2 (4-1/4 x 5-1/2")

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'Coffee & Mittens' Pop Up Christmas Card

Hello my crafty friends

Today I'm sharing another card for the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop. Since I used sentiments from Your Next Stamp, this is also for their Fun Friday Challenge #126 - Holiday Wishes!  This is not what I had in mind when I went into my craft room to make the card. I knew there was some Buffalo Plaid  in the paper package I had out, so my plan was to use that for the coffee cup but I ended up distracted by some of the smaller scraps in with the papers and this is what I ended up with.

There was also a string of mittens in the coordinating embellishment package that I could have used on the card front but I decided to save that for a different card and instead I pulled out some older mitten dies and used them on the card front. 

Here is a quick YouTube video so you can see the Pop Up inside a little better ...

The mittens have a white glittery cut and glittered trees as well.

I knew I wanted a Pop Up inside, so chose the mechanism that comes with Karen Burniston's Explosion Pop Up. It's a versatile little die - and gives you this nice sized pop up platform and a smaller step on top if you choose to use it. Which I didn't use this time, so just left it flat. It's hidden behind the coffee cup. The Washi Tape Sentiments from Your Next Stamp worked perfectly!

I paper pieced the Stamps of Life To-Go cup and added a mitten sticker that came with the package, It needed something else though, so out came the sequins, Nuvo Drops and this pretty 3-d holly sticker. 

Since I normally hop from paper pad to paper pad, this year I challenged myself to use only three different packages and hopefully use them up. Or at least make a good dent in them.  This package is by My Minds Eye, there is one with lots of sparkle and pinks also by My Minds Eye, and a fun print package from Doodlebug. I'm happy to say that other than a few scraps and one 12 x 12" sheet of the Buffalo Plaid, this package is almost used up. Yeah!

Be sure to check out all the amazing creations for the Blog Hop ... there is always a ton of inspiration. You can find the details HERE, or if you are looking for the Fun Friday Challenge at YNS, click HERE. Your Next Stamp is also one of the sponsors in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Supplies:
White and red card stocks
1069 Explosion Pop Up (pop up mechanism) - Karen Burniston
Patterned paper, elements & stickers - Comfort and Joy, My Minds Eye
To Go cup - Coffee4two stamp, Stephanie Barnard at the Stamps of Life
1038 Tropical Scene (scalloped border) - Karen Burniston
Holly 3D sticker - K & Company
Stitched Strip die - MFT Stamps
Mitten dies - MFT Stamps
Sparkle card stock - scraps from my stash
Black marker
Washi Tape Sentiments and die - Your Next Stamp
Clear embossing powder
Sakura white gel pen
Copic markers
Verse inside - More Merry Messages, Stampin' Up (retired)
Sequins
Nuvo Drops
Oval die - Hero Arts
Snowflake punches - Martha Stewart

Card size - Standard A2 (4.25 x 5.5")

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Coffee Themed Diagonal Trifold Card

Hello my crafty friends

Today I'm sharing a card for the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop! You can find all the details for the hop HERE. 

I used some retired patterned paper from Stampin' Up, along with fussy cut images from the papers. The word stamps are sure to make someone smile, and I added some sparkly Gum Drops as well.

This Z Fold Card with Layers die set is from Divinity Designs, but I am calling it a Diagonal Trifold Card. It's also referred to as a Zig Zag Card.  :-)

I think I will send this to our middle daughter, whose dealing with a toddler that is determined to make 3:30 am the start of her day. Yikes!

Here is the view from the back, where there is lots of room to write a note.

I am really enjoying this Z Fold die set!

Supplies:
Z-Fold card and layers die set - Divinity Designs

Brown and white card stocks

Patterned paper - Stampin' Up (retired)

Circle dies - Hero Arts

A yawn stamp - Funnybones, Riley & Company

Fun foam

Decaf stamp - Funnybones, Riley & Company

Ice Ice Baby Sparkly Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Enchanted Garden Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Sakura while gel pen

Card size - 4 x 5.5", fits in a standard A2 Envelope

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