The Paper Pros challenge this month is all about Kids! I started with the Karen Burniston Castle die flat across the front of this card with the Sweet from Home Sweet Home as the sentiment. I also used the Nature’s Edge die for the grass.
When opened, you find the Photo Collage die with the Princess and Mermaid, Knight and Dragon, and Horse Unicorn and Zebra dies in the frame! Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
This is a perfect challenge for me because my youngest is getting married on our farm this fall! I started with the Happily Ever After die and a flower punch to create a shower card. This card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.
Inside I have the Barn die with the bride and groom from the Cake die on the doors. These doors are so much fun because the open and close. I also added a banner using the Cake Trim die and Birds from the Outdoor Scenes die.
The little wreath is from the Christmas Animals die. Lots of fun! Make sure to check out the other Farm cards for this challenge. And don’t miss Karen’s card which will be posted tomorrow! Hugs, Fran
It’s challenge time and it couldn’t be sweeter! I started my baby card with he Karen Burniston Tag Book die and the Mama Elephant Little Bear Agenda stamp set. After digging through my stash of paper, I added the two bears holding a heart (colored with Copic markers) and adhered them to a vellum heart. The sentiment is the KB You’re Sweet cut in half, leaving just the “Sweet.” “Baby” comes from the Baby Charm die set.
Inside the bears are celebrating! I added the Baby Charms and then filled the frames with bears:) So fun!
Here’s the left side close up. Bears are adhered to the top and bottom supports too.
And here’s a close -up of the right side. The back of the card has a nice, white piece for writing a message. The “boy” uses the B and Y from Baby and a circle punch to make the O. Check out the rest of team’s take on this sweet challenge! Hugs, Fran
This month’s Paper Pro’s challenge is Easter! I started with some Karen Burniston Crosshatch Ovals to make a focal point.
The greeting comes from the Easter Charms dies, the eggs from the Spring Animal die and the tulips from the Garden Charms die. The scallop is from the Borders Blends Argyle die set. I blended the the sentiment with Stampin Up inks to add interest.
Inside I used the Oval Frames die with the darling Spring Animals! I chose to have the frame lift up. (Watch Karen’s video on YouTube)
Here’s a look at how the mechanism works. It’s so much fun! Make sure to check out the other Pro’s and get ready for Easter! Hugs, Fran
Well the weather is “spring” but the Paper Pros group is ready for Spring cards! I started with the Karen Burniston Circle Tag book and Garden Charms.
I added some little pearls to the center of the flowers to make them pop.
Inside I continued to decorate with the Garden Charms.
I added some little details to the charms – gel pen on the glove and flowers and black ink on the watering can.
Make sure to check out the all the Pros creations. This will cure those winter woes! Hugs, Fran
I went on a crafting retreat last where Karen Burniston taught a lot of projects using her dies! It was at a beautiful retreat setting in Texas called Whitworth Ranch. Just lovely! So I thought I’d share the projects we did!
One of the projects was this cute Circle Tag Book featuring some Feathered Friends! Those are Party Border Blends decorating the sides.
Look at how cute it is opened! That Ostrich is my favorite!
We also did an Oval Frames card. Do you love the goat paper?
Inside is the cute Bunny from Spring Animals. I love how the elements can be placed on this card.
We also did a chipboard album!
The front piece is a waterfall album made with the Frame Pull die. Karen has a video on her channel on how to do this.
This is the second page with the sweet tag and bird fussy cut from the paper.
The third set of pages – it also holds a surprise!
A Twist Panel is enclosed under one of the pages! Is it pretty? Check back tomorrow and I’ll share the rest of the projects. Hugs, Fran
This month’s challenge for the Karen Burniston Design Team is to use the Tiny Accessories die. I started with a card stamped using Amazing Life from Stampin Up and the Gina K Wreath Builder template to create a circle of shamrocks.
Inside I created a scene using the Karen Burniston House Pivot die and lots of my favorite characters all dressed up!
I mixed and matched the Tiny Accessories die with the Props to come up with some of these outfits. The fox from Woodland Animals is a pirate and the Owl from Feathered Friends is wearing his glasses. The squirrel from Woodland Animals is a Duke in his top hat 🙂
The Ostrich from Feathered Friends is all dolled up for a day out and is standing next to the Cat Queen. The dog is the Sheriff!
And the raccoon is another pirate friend! I hope you check out all the other Tiny Accessories card and make sure to watch for Karen’s card tomorrow. Hugs, Fran
Since we did sherbet yesterday, we need to do Ice Cream today! I started with the Amazing Life stamp set from the Occasions catalog.
And inside we have the Karen Burniston Ice Cream Sundae die doing a full blown banana split!
The banana is part of a circle die! I added lots of chocolate syrup, a cone and a cherry on the top. For this sundae I used 5 scoops of ice cream. The banana and the first 2 scoops are adhered to the bowl.
This side view gives you a little better look at how it’s put together. Yum! Hugs, Fran
So how do you pronounce Sherbet? I have always said sher-bert, with an “r”! I think that’s incorrect 🙂 But it did give some inspiration for this Karen Burniston Ice Cream Sundae die. Some good comes out of anything! I used her Happy Birthday word die for the front, with ink blending to create the sherbet look.
On the inside we have a pretty, pastel bowl of ice cream – or sherbet. To make the bowl I used vellum. The ice cream is colored with Distressed Oxide inks and covered with glitter.
It sparkles! The little cookies are just strips of Crumb Cake card stock with hand drawn lines. Now I’m hungry! Hugs, Fran
I’ve been pulling out paper from my stash and making cakes – pop up cakes! I started with a 5 x 5 card base and some pretty, retired paper to make this one.
The Karen Burniston Cake die is a wonderful inside for this! There’s nothing like a pop up! I used a doily for the circle around the bottom of the cake. The sequins really add a sparkly touch to this one.
Here’s another! More paper from my stash 🙂
Isn’t it amazing how paper changes the look? Again I used the Karen Burniston Cake die.
Here’s a better look at the cake! Isn’t the trim from the Cake Trim die cute? Hope these inspire you to pull out some paper and get crafting! Hugs, Fran