This stamp comes from the Occasions Mini set Hello Life. My card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 and the heart on the sentiment is filled with Dazzling Details. It sparkles! But then you open it up and….
It’s Karen Burniston’s new Pop It Ups Eiffel Tower die! This die has a “stand” that die cuts directly into the card. The doily is another new Pop It Ups – Paris Edges. Perfect!
I hope You have a happy day today! Hugs, Fran
Here’s a set that’s perfect not only for Valentines, but any occasion. It’s called Hey, Valentine – but as you can see, I masked off the Valentine part and just used “you’re a treasure.” The bag is made with the new Mini Treat Bag Thinlit. This is a great die that can be used as a flat or standing bag.
I matted my little image on a “sailor’s wheel” made with a circle punch and Word Window punch. The image is colored with Blendabilities. This would work for Valentine or birthday treats – or any occasion calling for candy! Hugs, Fran
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My brother recently had a birthday and this is the card I made for him using the upcoming set Cheerful Critters. I colored the images using Blendabilities and fussy cut them out. On the middle banner I stamped a sentiment from Something to Say. On the inside I used the Happy Birthday Pop It Up from Karen Burniston and spelled out his name with SU’s Little Letters. The DSP is coming up in the Occasions Mini – Birthday Bash Specialty DSP.
This was a fun card to make! Hugs, Fran
Happy New Year everyone! Today’s card uses the Photopolymer stamp Bombs Away Birthday This set can only be found under the Photopolymer link on the web site – but it’s worth the search! It’s hard to tell in the photo but the fringe on the side is cut from Silver foil paper and really shines!
The base is Whisper White with Silver dot Vellum over the top. Then I added some In Color sequins. The ribbon was the White Satin ribbon – colored with the lightest Coastal Cabana Blendabilities marker. To make the record, I punched a 2 1/2″ circle and then traced several Circle Framelits to make the “grooves.”
Can you see them? This card completes a Creative Crew challenge on Splitcoast to use the fringe scissors 🙂 You can play along too by adding the keyword CCREW0115CF, CreativeCrew, SUO. Hugs, Fran
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Time for a sneak peek! This is From the Herd – a set coming out in the Occasions Mini starting January 6th! (Can you believe we’re talking about a new year?) This fun set has a main image and lots of cute, cute sayings. I chose to make a window card with the Oval Framelits so the animals could peek through. The Crumb Cake card stock was stamped with the Hardwood background stamp. I used a ruler to draw lines and add “nails.”
Since the image is large, I added the inside greeting to the opposite side of the front greeting. The animals were colored with Blendabilities – there are new colors in the catalog!!
Aren’t they funny? This will be a fun set! Hugs, Fran
My second card for Karen Burniston’s Design Team challenge is for Thanksgiving. I used her Circle Accordion die and lots of punches to create a turkey! My turkey is punched from Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso and Crushed Curry. The Designer Series paper is SU’s Color Me Autumn. I went around the circle with the KB Rings Frame Edges 1 and lots of Cajun Craze Candy Dots. The leaves are punched from the SU Bird punch and finished off with an Early Espresso button and twine.
Inside shows off a greeting from Mingle All the Way (Holiday Mini). I hope you’ll jump over to Karen’s Facebook page to see an “entire year” of ideas from all the designers!
Today starts the Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge for December. We were challenged to pick a holiday and make a card. I chose New Years and Thanksgiving. So here is New Years!. For New Years, I used Karen’s Katie Label Accordion die turned from portrait to landscape. The video instructions can be found here. The wonderful thing about this technique is that I could easily use Stampin Up’s Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series paper! I embossed the stars and sentiment from Bright & Beautiful in gold embossing powder and die cut them with the matching Framelits.
For the middle panel, I just omitted the line about Christmas. The little stars come from the negative part of Karen’s Star Edges. It makes a very shiny New Year’s wish!
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My oldest daughter had a special birthday yesterday – 30! This is the card I made her using Karen Burniston’s Spiral Pull Card die, Poppy the Owl character die and lots of star stamps. The sentiment on the front is from Pictogram Punches and Poppy’s little camera is from Project Life Point and Click. I added Crystal Effects to the lens.
Pull cards are so much fun to make and receive! I used the spiral included with the die and added lots of stars! To make Poppy on both sides, I simply copied an idea from Karen Burniston and made two, glued back to back. The inside sentiment is from Really Good Greetings – which is a perfect name for this set.
Beach House Washi tape is across the bottom of the card. We celebrate 4 birthdays in December so I better get busy! Hugs, Fran
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Just in case you’re celebrating National Bathtub Day tomorrow, I thought I’d share a card! The challenge is to make a card for “another” holiday in December – and I chose this one. Using the Bokeh technique, I created a bubbly background with Island Indigo, Marina Mist and Pool Party inks. The sentiment is from Amazing Birthday. To make the bubbles on the tag, I used my Stampin Mist and Dazzling Details bottles as stamps. Then, since it was out, I added Dazzling Details to some of the bubbles.
The inside sentiment was created in My Digital Studio. To play along with the Creative Crew, upload your own “holiday” card using the keyword CCREW1214HF CreativeCrew SUO. To see all the projects for this month, head over to the Splicoast Creative Crew Gallery. Hugs, Fran
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Another challenge card for the December Creative Crew on Splitcoast! This challenge was to create a window on your card. I used the Window Frames Collection Framelits – perfect! The card size is a 5 x 5 and has Ornamental Pines stamped behind it.
The candle on the front was hand cut and the flame is from the Bird punch. I “dripped” Dazzling Diamonds down the side of the candle.
The garland under the candle is made with he branch in the Bird punch – just like the flame. Tie a bow with the Cherry Cobbler seam binding and you have a pretty window card. Play along by using the keyword CCREW1214CF, CreativeCrew, SUO. Hugs, Fran
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