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Graduating Poppy

Fran

May 14, 2016

Big Shot Large Numbers, Cards, Graduation, Number of Years, Poppy

It’s graduation time and I have a few to send out. Karen Burniston’s Poppy the Owl seemed like the perfect character to grace a graduation card! The numbers are the Stampin Up’s Number of Year stamp set with matching die. One of my graduates had blue and white as their school colors. I used the Schoolhouse Designer Series paper for this one.

Poppy’s cap is made from the bowler hat in Props 1. Karen has a diagram on her blog showing how to cut it to make it a cap. The hassle and diploma are hand cut.

Another graduate’s school colors are red and gray. I simply copied the same design and changed up the colors. These card are large – 4 1/4 x 9 – and will easily accommodate a check 🙂

Here he is in Smoky Slate. He looks so smart! The Number of Years set makes this a easy card to put together. Hugs, Fran

Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper
$11.00

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set
$27.00

Large Numbers Framelits Dies
$31.00

Timeless Love

Fran

May 12, 2016

Big Shot Beautiful Butterfly, Birthday Blossoms, Cards, Timeless Texture

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I saw this pretty layout by Sage Kimble on Pinterest and decided to change it up just a bit. I loved the color combo (Wisteria Wonder, Mint Macaron and Crumb Cake) and bottom design so I shrunk it down a bit, added some color to the card base and added a sentiment.

I continued the color block to the inside. The sentiment is from Birthday Blossoms. I also added some rhinestone 🙂

Here you can see some detail with some linen thread and an In Color flower. A card for almost any occasion! Hugs, Fran

Birthday Blossoms Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$27.00

Birthday Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$19.00

Timeless Textures Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$28.00

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$20.00

Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies
$17.00

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Wedding Wishes Pop It Ups

Fran

May 11, 2016

Cards, Hanging Charm Pull Card, Wedding

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It’s almost the wedding season and these new new bride and groom Hanging Charms from Karen Burniston for the Pop It Ups Hanging Charms Pull cards are perfect!

This card is 6 x 6 and the middle square is edged in pearls. The bride and groom are separate charms, so you can use them as you need them! The sentiments are from Karen’s new Best Wishes Clear stamp. I kept my card “postcard style” – with a white back so I can write a nice message.

PIU Hanging Charm PUll Card 06 detail

The card stock is the beautiful Irresistibly Yours from Stampin Up! and it has beautiful patterns embossed on them – hard to see. It’s all tied off with white satin ribbon. Hope you’ll find lots of uses for these darling charms. I will! (hint, hint!) Hugs, Fran

Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper
$6.50

Sneak Peek Pop of Paradise

Fran

May 7, 2016

Cards, Pop of Paradise, Sneak Peek

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Something new! Pop of Paradise stamp set and the Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series paper. Stampin Up show this basic design on a gift bag. I turned it into a card with very little fuss. The leaves are embossed in gold – which is hard to photograph! This cute, flamingo set will be in the new catalog starting June 1 🙂 Hugs, Fran

Congrats to the New Vet

Fran

May 6, 2016

Barn Pop Stand, Brownie the Cow, Buster the Dog, Cards, Cocoa the Horse, Graduation, Whiskers

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This card is for a sweet young woman who just finished vet school! So of course I had to corral some Karen Burniston animals to congratulate her 🙂 They are posing in front of the Barn Pop Stand. The card is 4 1/4 x 9 and will easily accommodate a check or gift card.

The idea is that all the animals have come to wish her well. Check out the bandages on each one.

Looks like everyone is healing nicely! Enjoy! Hugs, Fran

Farmers Market Designer Series Paper
$4.90

Creative Circle May Blog Hop

Fran

May 5, 2016

Cards, Challenges, Creative Circle, Grateful Bunch

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The May Creative Circle Blog Hop is a Mother’s Day card.

My card is a 5 x 5 1/2 base. (When I want a larger card I simply check on the Envelope Punch Board to make sure I can easily create a matching envelope.) I started by stamping and masking the flower down the left side of a piece of watercolor paper, plus one extra flower. I watercolored them using a Clear Wink of Stella brush, Delightful Dijon, Crushed Curry, So Saffron and Cajun Craze ink.

After the flowers dried, I fussy cut just the left side, trimmed the watercolor paper to fit the card and adhered it over the patterned paper. The paper on the left side is from It’s My party Designer Series paper pack. I stamped the sentiment on Crushed Curry, attached it to the front and added the single flower on a Dimensional. Then I coated the centers with Crystal Effects.

I added another piece of DSP to the inside of the card.

Make sure to hop along with us!

Sandra Mott

Liz Holloway

Barb Stencel

Fran Cassidy Sabad – You are here!

It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack
$26.00

Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set
$21.00

Watercolor Paper
$5.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush
$8.00

Happy Mail

Fran

April 26, 2016

Cards, Conversations

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Thought I’d share some happy mail that I’ve received from some great crafters!

A birthday card from Mary Anne. Check out the background!

Roses from Julie!

And tea from Amy! Aren’t I a lucky girl? Hugs, Fran

Let’s Hang Out

Fran

April 25, 2016

Cards, Jinx the Monkey, Stencil

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This card is Karen Burniston’s Jinks the Monkey hanging out as a cowboy. The card is large – 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 – and the background is stenciled with stencil paste over a patterned paper. (Retired SU)

I used several piece from the Props 6 dies for the hat and bandana to finish him off. Hugs, Fran

Picking Flowers

Fran

April 21, 2016

Cards, Embossing Folder, Flower Shop, Stencil

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Pick a flower (card!) Both of these cards use Flower Shop and the same colors. One background is embossed with the Honeycomb embossing folder and the other

uses a stencil and Soft Sky ink to create the background. Which one do you like better?

Hugs, Fran

Flower Shop Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$24.00

Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
$5.25

Happy Patterns Decorative Masks
$3.00

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Day 2

Fran

April 19, 2016

Cards, Challenges, Hot Air Balloon, Tin of Cards

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Today is Day 2 of the Great Outdoors Challenge. Today I’m heading to the skies with the Elizabeth Craft Design Rainbow Skies die, Karen Burniston’s Partly Cloudy stencil and Stampin Up’s Tin of Cards sentiment. The base is Daffodil Delight – bright and sunny!