Category: Pop It Ups

Crazy 4 Challenges – 10 Things

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Clocks & Gears, Crazy 4 Challenges, Holiday Mini, Merry Mice, Twist Circle
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Merry Mice 01

Twas the night before Christmas and the mice were getting ready to Deck the Halls!  The Challenge today at Crazy 4 Challenges is to put 10 of anything on your card.  I started with a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card decorated for Christmas using Stampin Up’s Merry Mice.

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Inside you find 10 mice getting ready to celebrate along with Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Twist Circle and Clocks & Gears.

Merry Mice 01 left

I colored the little mice with my Copic markers – the left side is just stamped as is.   But the right side……

Merry Mice 01 right

was stamped on a window sheet and flipped over so they could all face towards the clock!  Have fun seeing what all the Crazies did for this 10 challenge!  Hugs, Fran

Crazy 4 Challenges All White

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Crazy 4 Challenges, Holiday House, Holiday Mini, Holly Berry Happiness, Iron Fence, Sleigh Gift Card, Tree for All Seasons
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PIU C4C All White 01

I am the guest player at Crazy 4 Challenges this month and the theme for today is “Don’t Wear White after Labor Day!” So we were challenged to make an all white card 🙂  I started with a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card base (5 1/2 x 11)  and embossed the background layer with Stampin Up’s Gently Falling embossing folder.  The beautiful layered sleigh from Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Sleigh Gift Card Holder and some snow flakes from her All Season Tree.

PIU C4C All White 01 detail

 

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Inside is a winter white scene adding in  Pop It Ups Iron Fence and Holiday House. The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s new Holly Berry Happiness

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It’s hard to see the sparkle but trust me, it’s there!  I went kind of crazy with the glitter!

PIU C4C All Wite 01 right

All the Crazies have created beautiful white cards so make sure to check them out!  And let me know if you follow the “don’t wear white” rule.  (I do – at least with shoes and purses!)  Have a great day – Hugs, Fran

 

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Girly or Ghouly

Cards, Challenges, Circle Accordion Album, Halloween, Halloween Scene, Hanging Charm Pull Card, Holiday Mini, Iron Fence, Spooky Fun, Stage It Stencils
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I say “Ghouly!”

PIU Circle Accordion 04 closed

This challenge is a Halloween challenge – Girly or Ghouly.  I started with the Karen Burniston Pop It Ups Accordion Circle Card die, the Bat Stencil, Iron Fence Pop Up AND the Halloween Scene die!  Yep – I went a little crazy!

PIU Circle Accordion 04 frontAnd as you peer through the card, you’ll see it just gets worse 🙂

PIU Circle Accordion 04 open

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On the left inside panel I continued with the fence and spider – cutting out the center of the Accordion Circle die.

PIU Circle Accordion 04 center

The center panel uses the Halloween Charms dies – ghost and pumpkins.  Love the 3-D ghost!

PIU Circle Accordion 04 right

The bats and spiders are cut from Stampin UP’s Black Glimmer paper and the sentiment is from Spooky Fun.  And it was fun putting this scene together.  Make sure you check out Karen’s Facebook page and blog for more spooky or girly inspiration!  Hugs, Fran

Cookie Cutter Pop It Ups

Anita Frames Pop It Ups, Candy Cane Christmas, Cards, Christmas, Cookie Cutter Christmas, Holiday Mini
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Cookie Cutter Christmas 02

I’ve combined some of my favorite things on this card – Christmas, Pop It Ups and Gingerbread Men!  The front of this card uses some of the new Stampin Up Holiday Mini sets – Candy Cane Christmas and Cookie Cutter Christmas and a new Pop It Ups die – Anita Frames Pop It Ups!

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Isn’t the Anita Frames Pop It Ups fun?  And it’s really easy to assemble – love that!  My gingerbread men are enjoying it too 🙂  They come with a matching punch that made this card super easy to put together!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Flower or Flour

Flower Pot Stand, Layered Labels
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PIU FLower Pot Pop Stand 02

Flower or Flour?  I chose flower.  The front of my card features the flower die from Karen Burniston’s Flower Pot Pop Stand surrounding at heart stamped with Layering Labels.  The card size is 5 1/2 x 6 1/2.

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On the inside I stenciled the flower pot with Karen’s flower Stage it Stencil.  The flowers are done in white with a So Saffron heart on a wire in the center.

PIU Flower Pot Pop Stand 02 detail inside

Check out all the other cards on Karen’s blog and Facebook page!  Hugs, Fran

Amazing Rocky

Banners for You, Big Shot Bunch of Banners, Big Shot Swirly Bird, Cake Pop Up, Rocky the Crab
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PIU Rocky the Crab 02

Guess what I watched last night?  The opening ceremonies of the Olympics!  And it inspired me to make this card.  Whoever was the first person to figure out how to make the flag using the Swirly Bird dies is a genius and I salute you!  I used it for the front of my patriotic card.

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Inside I used Karen Burniston’s Cake Pop It Up die to make a platform for Rocky – who has clearly won the gold!  The bottom of the stand is just covered with a piece of Real Red. The sentiment is from Banners for You with the Bunch of Banners Framelits.

PIU Rocky the Crab 02 detail

The Olympic circles are and medal are punches and circle dies.  (The punch for the circles is the 1 1/4″ with a circle die to the outside.)  Doesn’t he look happy to win!  Hugs, Fran

Flower Pot Surprise

Flower Pot Stand
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PIU Flower Pot Pop Stand 01 front

This simple 6 x 6 card holds a fun surprise –

PIU Flower Pot Po Stand 01 inside

A Pop It Up Flower Pot Stand coming soon from Karen Burniston!  You really have to see it in action – the pot folds flat and practically explodes when you open the card!

PIU Flower Pot Pop Stand 01 detail

I used some retired Stampin Up paper to create this pot.  The butterflies are on wires and everything fits nicely inside the card.  What a wonderful way to surprise a friend!  Go to Karen’s blog or Facebook page to see what else is coming soon.  Hugs, Fran

Midnight the Bat

Halloween, Labels and Circles, Midnight the Bat, Stage It Stencils
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PIU Midnight the Bat 01

Karen Burniston has a new Pop It Ups release Coming Soon and it includes some very cute Halloween dies!  This is Midnight the bat and the new Bat Stencil – LOVE!  To make this card, I used the stencil with embossing paste and Stampin Up’s black ink refill to color it.  I stenciled on some retired Stampin Up Halloween patterned paper.  The moon is a punch with some Smoky Slate ink sponged across it.  Midnight the Bat is done in Basic Gray card stock with a red glitter bow tie.  And the stamp is die cut with Karen’s new Labels and Circles dies.

PIU Midnight the Bat 01 side

The best part of this card?  Midnight the Bat is on an action wobbler!  He’s so cute wobbling on the front!  There are a lot of fun dies in this release!  Pop over to Karen’s blog or Facebook page to see what else is coming!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Stretch it Out

Challenges, Oval Accordion, Rocky the Crab, Thankful Thoughts, Uncategorized
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PIU ROcky the Crab 01 front

This challenge is Stretch it Out – which means accordion albums to me!  I chose the Pop It Up Rectangular Accordion die and Rocky the Crab along with Stampin Up’s By the Shore Designer Series paper.

PIU Rocky the Crab 01

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I used Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter on Very Vanilla card stock for the sand.  The “Thanks” dangling from the top is stamped on both sides so you can read it open or closed.  I also used Pop It Ups Palm Tree and Pail, Oval Pull Card, and Props 3 to create the different scenes.

PIU Rocky the Crab 01 right

The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Thankful Thoughts.  Don’t you wish you could stretch out summer like an accordion?  Check Karen’s Facebook page to see all the Stretch it Out designs!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Up, Up and Away

Bella & Friends, Cards, Challenges, Hot Air Balloon, Lots of Pops
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Bella & Friends 03

This month’s group challenge is “Up!” so I decided to work with Bella & Friends again to create an encouragement card.  I started with Karen Burniston’s cloud stencil on some Soft Sky card stock.  The image is watercolored.

Bella & Friends 03 front detail

I love the stencil on this color.  It creates such a soft, pretty background.

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Inside I used the Lots of Pops die – one of my favorites because it works with so many different situations.  I left the two side “pops” in and just used the ones in the center.  This Bella is the one with the turtle.  She’s riding in the Hot Air Balloon die (another very versatile die!)  with clouds floating in the background

Bella & Friends 03 open details

The banner is just scraps from the Subtles Designer paper pack.  Up, up and away!  Make sure to check Karen’s blog to see all the other designer’s cards!  Hugs, Fran