Category: Big Shot

Paper Pros May Challenge – No Socks Day

Birthday, KB Twist Panel Pop Up
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The Paper Pros have a fun May Challenge – No Socks Day!  I decided to use some cute Mo Manning fairies and Karen Burniston’s Twist Panel die for my card.

These cute images are enjoying the sunshine – and no socks 🙂  Colored with Copic markers with shimmer pen on their wings, the little fairies spread across the Twist Panel.  The pretty scalloped circle piece is a retired KB die.

Make sure to check out the other Paper Pros – and their toes 🙂  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com

Sandy Diller – http://sandydiller.blogspot.com
Donna Wright – http://oldredshed.blogspot.com
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com

Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca

Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com

Caz Counsell -http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com

Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com

Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com

Birthday Boy

KB Castle Pop Up, KB Fancy Label Accordion, KB Word Set - Royalty, Uncategorized
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This card for a birthday boy starts out with the Karen Burniston Fancy Accordion die and the Castle Pop Up die.  For the accordion, I started with Smokey Slate card stock and used embossing paste and the Stampin Up Decorative Mask brick stencil to make the background.

The knight, from the KB Knight and Dragon die, has a silver foil suit of armor and his castle is bright!  The “My Knight” is the Word Set – Royalty and is 3 layers thick so it stands out without flattening when folded.

The dragon is done in green with shimmer pen all over him 🙂

And some white gel pen details.  On the stone wall around the castle, I used the stencil feature right in the Castle Pop Up die.  Hugs, Fran

Happily Ever After

KB Cake Pop Up, KB Cake Trim, Wedding
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The wedding season is here and I have a pretty card for the newlyweds.  This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card made with the Karen Burniston Happily Ever After word die and her Cake trim die.  I used Gold foil paper and the Fabulous Foil Designer Series acetate.

Inside is the KB Cake Pop Up die done in gold.  The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Special Celebrations, heat embossed in gold. The acetate is attached under the trim, cake and sentiment boxes.

The cake uses the Bundle of Joy specialty paper and the beautiful trim is Gold foil using the KB Cake Trim die.  It’s a shiny card!  Hugs, Fran

 

Karen Burniston May Challenge – Paradise

KB Palm Tree, KB Tropical Scenes
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What do you think of when you think of “paradise”?  For today’s challenge I’m thinking of a vacation on a deserted island and, if it happened to have buried treasury, great!  I started with some digi stamps from The Happy Graphic and colored them with Copic markers.  Using the Karen Burniston Tropical Scenes dies, I made an island for the center mat and used the waves for the background.

The inside features the Karen Burniston Palm Tree Pop Up!  Isn’t it fun?  This top view gives you an idea of how it goes together.  The hammock is hanging from the tree with twine.

I love how this die practically explodes out the center of the card 🙂  Make sure to check out the other designers card (Karen will post on Wednesday.)  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com

Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com

Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com

Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca

Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com

Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com

Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com

Paper Pros April Challenge – Spring Flowers

Beautiful Bouquet, KB Flower Pot Pop Up, KB Flowers and Bee
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It’s Spring!  But unless I put some snow on this card, it’s hard to believe!  The Paper Pros Challenge this month is spring flowers so I started with Karen Burniston’s Flower Pot Pop Up dies and the Flower and Bee die.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s Beautiful Bouquet.  The card is 5 x 5.

I die cut a circle and made a wreath with the flowers.  The flowers are accented with white gel pen and Crystal Nuvo Dots in the centers.

Inside is the Flower Pot Pop Up and lots of flowers and bees.  When you are adding things inside the Flower Pot and around it, you need to check that things aren’t hanging outside of the card and that the embellishments on the inside don’t keep the card from closing.

I embossed the pot with Stampin Up’s Basket Weave embossing fold and a bit of Crumb Cake ink.  Very springy!  Thanks for taking a look and make sure to check out the other Paper Pros to see what they did with the challenge theme.  Hugs, Fran

 

Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com

Sandy Diller – http://sandydiller.blogspot.com
Donna Wright – http://oldredshed.blogspot.com
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com

Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca

Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com

Caz Counsell -http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com

Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com

Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com

 

Hello Friend

KB Palm Tree, KB Tropical Scenes
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Here’s a fun card using Karen Burniston’s Palm Tree Pop Up and her Tropical Scene dies and some cute StampingBella stamps.  The card is 5 x 5.  The images are stamped in Momento ink and colored with Copic markers. The sunglasses, sun, and seashells are coated with a Wink of Stella pen and then coated with Glossy Accents.

And inside is the Palm Tree Pop Up!  I have tied the hammock to the tree and added the little sunbather to the hammock.  On the bottom of the sentiment strip, I’ve added Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to the shells, glasses, turtle shell, umbrella and duck’s beak.

Here’s the sunbather hanging out in the hammock.  A fun card for a friend!  Hugs, Fran

 

Paper Pros March Challenge – Go Green

Cards, Challenges, KB Twist Panel Pop Up
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Green!  This card is for the Paper Pros March challenge.  I used Karen Burniston’s Twist Panel die and Stamping Bella’s Bunny Agenda for my card.  The front is a scene of bunnies, colored with Copic markers, getting ready for spring using the KB Cake Trimming die bows between the scallops.  The colors are Wild Wasabi, Wisteria Wonder, and So Saffron. I also added some retired dots as accents.

Inside the scene continues across the Twist Panel.  I used the clouds from the KB Castle die.  The sky is Distressed Oxides.

Check all the Green creations from the Pros!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com

Sandy Diller – http://sandydiller.blogspot.com
Donna Wright – http://oldredshed.blogspot.com
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com

Caz Counsell -http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com

 

Karen Burniston Design Team March Challenge – Coffee and Cake

Garden in Bloom, KB Coffee Cup
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This month’s challenge for the Karen Burniston Design is Coffee and Cake – which will you choose?  I chose coffee (though I’m not opposed to cake with my coffee!)  Using the Coffee Pop Up die and some retire Stampin Up patterned paper, I created 2 cards.

The sentiment on the front is from Garden in Bloom and featured the Pansy punch.

Inside is the wonderful Coffee Pop Up die that has little tabs on the cup to hold a gift card.  The card then works with the Pop Up piece.  A light weight paper works best with the cup and patterned paper is wonderful.

I decorated my coffee cup with the included die and another pansy.  Make sure to check out the other designers!  It’s a great coffee break 🙂  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com

Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com

Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com

Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca

Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com

Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com

Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com