Category: Big Shot

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C304 – Sketch

Birthday, Brownie the Cow, Cards, Challenges, Crazy 4 Challenges, Rectangular Pull Card
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 Time for another challenge with Crazy 4 Challenges group!  This time it’s a sketch – one of my favorite type of challenges.  Here’s the sketch.
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And here’s my card –

PIU Brownie 04

 

Good ol’ Brownie the Cow on a Pop It Ups Rectangular Pull Card!  He’s celebrating !  The background stamp is Stampin UP’s Hardwood.  Love the barbed wire – it’s the Pop It Ups Western Edges.

PIU Brownie 04 open

 

The party’s gotten out of control and Brownie’s having a good time!  His costume is from the Pop It Ups Props 1 and 2.  The stamps are Karen Burniston’s  Farm Greetings and the balloons are from the Spiral Pull Card.  Check out the other cards for this challenge – and play along!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Design Challenge Day Two

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Gift Card Holder, Sleigh Gift Card
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PIU GCH Accordion 01 open

 

Let’s Celebrate!  I used the Sleigh Gift Card die flat on the front of the soon-to-be-released Gift Card Holder Acordion die.  The beautiful frame fits as one piece on the front.  The sleigh is done in Stampin Up’s Silver Foil and Red Glimmer paper.  It really shines.

PIU GCH Accodion 01

 

The inside holds a gift card!  The tabs to hold the card are built in so there’s no guess work involved.  I love to give gift cards!  Pop over to Karen’s Facebook page to see the rest of the designs for this month.  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston September Challenge Day One

Cards, Challenges, Halloween, Haunt Ya Later, Holiday Mini, Katie Label Accordion
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Haunt Ya Later 05

 

This month’s Karen Burniston’s Design Challenge is Celebrate – with Frame Edges! I chose the Katie Label Accordion Album with the matching Katie Stars Frame Edges – and it’s a shaker card!  This “too cute to be scary” vampire is from the Haunt Ya Later set in the Holiday Mini.  He’s surrounded by Black Glimmer paper stars – the same stars from the frame – sequins, and some long glitter.  (I”m not really sure what to call it!)  The vampire is colored with Copics. I used the retired SU bat punch with more Glimmer paper and a BIG jewel!

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The colors are a bit muted in the pictures because of the glare from the window sheet on the shaker.  The purple is Elegant Eggplant.  I love how the space on the Katie Label die accommodates so many things!  Check out Karen’s Facebook Page to see the rest of the team’s designs!  Hugs, Fran

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C303 – Grandparent’s Day

Bloom WIth Hope, Cards, Challenges, Oval Accordion
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PIU Oval Accoridion 05

 

It’s challenge time with Crazies!  This week the challenge is to create a card to celebrate Grandparents Day. I used Karen Burniston’s Oval Accordion, Saturated Canary’s Hair image and Stampin Up’s Bloom With Hope sentiment and English Garden Designer Series paper.

PIU Oval Accordion 05 open

 

The image was colored with Copics and the Happy Grandparents Day was computer generated.  Make sure to check out the other cards for this challenge!  Hugs, Fran

All Ye Faithful

All Ye Faithful, Big Shot Ornament Thinlit Die, Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini
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All Ye Faithful 01

 

This is a new set in the Holiday Mini called All Ye Faithful.  I saw several cards using the image in a an ornament – all beautiful – and using this piece of vellum from the  Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack.   Using Night of Navy, I made things a bit more “stream line” since we will be doing this card in the September Stamp and Stack.  Hugs, Fran

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C302

All Season Tree, Brownie the Cow, Cards, Challenges, Cocoa the Horse, Crazy 4 Challenges, Lots of Pops, Stamp Sets, Wetlands, William the Goat
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I’ve been asked to be the guest designer with the “Crazies” over at Crazy 4 Challenges this month!  The first challenge is to make a card showing how you’re going to celebrate Labor Day.  I will be spending time at our farm having a bonfire – and that means s’mores!  I thought I make a card for my niece who won’t be able to join us.

PIU Brownie 05

 

I used Karen Burniston’s Brownie the Cow (we raised black angus!) and Agatha Edges on the front with a SU sentiment from Wetlands.  The leaves are from Karen’s All Season Tree.

PIU Brownie 05 open

 

And here’s the inside – Lots of Pops with a computer generated sentiment.

PIU Brownie 05 detail

 

The logs are from the Pop It Ups Fence Pop Stand and the flames are Cocoa the Horse’s mane and tail and Wiliam the Goat’s goat-tee!

So that’s where I’ll be – sitting with the cows making s’mores!

Check out all the other Crazy’s designs for this challenge and play along!  Hugs, Fran

Halloween Gift Bag

Big Shot Lots of Labels Framelits, box, Gift Bag Punch Board, Halloween, Holiday Mini, Witch's Night
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Witche's Night 01

 

And last but not least, my Halloween version of this bag!  I used the Witch’s Night stamp set and Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper.  The image and matting were cut with the Lots of Labels Framelit die.  This one is my favorite 🙂  Hugs, Fran

Dashing Through the Vellum

Cards, Christmas, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Versatile Christmas
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Versatile Christmas 01

 

This is a case of a card in the back of the Holiday Mini,  Fun to do – but I had to do some “figuring” to get the look I wanted.  The new Sleigh Ride Edgelit Dies are cut in Vellum card stock.  With the way the card ended up – I think I’d use the Holiday Fancy Foil Designer Vellum that is the first mat on the card.  But……Then I cut the Edgelit dies in Whisper White and just cut off the small images and adhered the to the card behind each image.  Does that make any sense?  I used Versatile Christmas for the sentiment. This will be my “go-to” set this season!  The little embellishment is small and light.  You’ll love them!  Hugs, Fran

Embellished Ornaments

Big Shot, Big Shot Delicate Ornaments, Cards, Christmas, Embellished Ornaments, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Sneak Peek
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Embellished Ornaments 01

 

Here’s my Holiday catalog case of Embellished Ornaments.  I used Mossy Meadow and Red Foil to make the ornaments – and the new Precision Base Plate.  Wow!  It’s amazing!  Just a forward and back pass through my Big Shot and all those tiny pieces in the ornament die cut clean.  The bottom piece on the card is the new Holidays Fancy Foil Vellum.  Hint – it’s thin.  Be careful to only have one sheet in your hand when you cut it!

Crafting today will be at a minimum so I can clean out the garage for our upcoming Rubber Stamp Garage Sale!  Once a year my garage gets a good cleaning 🙂  Hugs, Fran

Halloween Baker’s Box

Big Shot, Big Shot Baker's Box, box, Halloween, Holidays
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Baker's Box 01

 

A little Halloween Baker’s Box to fill with treats!  The Baker’s Box is so easy to put together!  The spider is an svg file from Miss Katie’s Cuttables with some extra circles added to the eyes – and some fun google eyes!  On the bottom, I used the scallop border punch and added more eyes.  The ribbon on the top is tied to one of the handles and the clothespin keeps the box shut.  That way you can open it without having to untie the ribbon.  Just something fun 🙂  Hugs, Fran