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Pop It Ups Design Team Challenge Day 1

Fran

May 16, 2016

Baby Charms, Big Shot Baby's First Framelits, Cards, Challenges, Rectangular Accordion Die, Something for Baby, Stage It Stencils

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The May Design Team Challenge is using the new Stage It Stencils by Karen Burniston! These stencils are super fun! They have 2 designs on each stencil that can be used as is or combined to make one darling design! Today I’m using the Baby Pajamas stencil and Baby Clear stamp, along with Stampin Up’s Something for Baby stamp set and matching die all on a Accordion Rectangle card. There’s also a surprise in the middle 🙂

This is the front. I start by stenciling the baby pajama in pink with red hearts on my paper and then die cutting the Accordion Rectangle pieces. The pram is stamped in Wisteria Wonder.

When you open it up, there’s a new matching baby pajama charm hanging in the center.

I sandwiched the Baker’s Twine between the patterned paper and the card stock. Then I added some elements from Something For Baby.

I found a sweet poem about baby girls to decorate the third Rectangle. So sweet! Make sure to check out Karen’s blog to see all the other amazing cards from the design team using her new products! Hugs, Fran

Something For Baby Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$4.00

Something For Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$4.00

Baby’s First Framelits Dies
$25.00

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

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!

The card size is 5 x 7 with the patterned paper being 5 x 5.

And inside is the wonderful Hot Air Balloon Pop It Up!

The front balloon has a cloud at the bottom of the basket – which is the top of the Pop It mechanism.

Fly over to Karen’s blog to see all the awesome creations for this month’s challenge! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Day 1

Fran

April 18, 2016

An Open Heart, Cards, Challenges, Garden Bench, Outdoor Edges, Tree for All Seasons

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Today is day 1 of the Karen Burniston Challenge for April – The Great Outdoors – and I’m doing something new. I saw a beautiful card here by Kittie Caracciolo and I’m casing it 🙂 Here is my version

I started by sponging the top of the card with Soft Sky and the bottom with Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz. The small flower are from Stampin Up’s Floral Wings and are in Rose Red. Then I took an Elegant Eggplant marker and started making the little dotted flowers around it. To soften things out I used a white gel pen and some Pink Pirouette and Daffodil Delight markers. The picket fence is a very, very old Sizzix die (I mean really old!) and the butterflies are an old SU embosslit. The grass is from Karen Burniston’s Outdoor Edges, cut is Pear Pizzaz and sponged with Old Olive. The flowers are a mix from an SU punch and the flower in the KB Garden Bench die. The gate swings open by just creating a score line. I added a banner and sentiment.

On the inside I repeated the sky, grass and die cut grass and flowers from the front. The tree is from All Season Tree. The focal point is the Garden Bench die (fav!!) and the bird from SU’s An Open Heart. More butterflies, more flowers!

Thanks to Kittie for the awesome inspiration and a chance to try some “new to me” techniques. Check out what the other designers have done for this challenge on Karen’s Facebook page and blog! Then stop by tomorrow for some challenge fun! Hugs, Fran

An Open Heart Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$24.00

An Open Heart Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$18.00

Creative Circle April Blog Hop -#Imbringingbirthdaysback

Fran

April 5, 2016

Balloon Celebration, Big Shot Cutie Pie, Birthday, box, Cards, Challenges, Creative Circle, Embossing Folder, Occasions Mini, Picture Perfect, Spring Mini

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In honor of Shannon West’s (from Stampin Up) campaign – I’m Bring Birthday’s back – this month’s Creative Circle Blog Hop is a darling, perpetual calendar!

The box has two cubes that can be rotated for the days of the month (remember that the 6 is also the 9), a flip top for the months, and a space int he back to hold your birthday cards so you can actually mail them out! (I am the worse!)

I used the Whisper White Heavy card stock and the It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Pack to make mine. This paper stack has 48 sheets of double sided paper in it! My balloons on the front are from Balloon Celebration and are punched out with the matching Balloon Bouquet Punch.

This card uses the bow from the Cutie Pie Thinlit, more It’s My Party paper and the Elegant Dot embossing folder.

This card uses the Picture Perfect stamp set and Blushing Bride.

And last, but not least, this card uses the Bokeh technique. You can find it on Splitcoast here.

You can get the pattern here:

To see all the other wonderful designs for this pattern, follow along on our hop! One lucky person who leaves a comment will win the pattern 🙂 Hugs, Fran

Sandra Mott

Liz Holloway

Fran Cassidy Sabad – You are here!

Barb Stencel

It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack
$26.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock
$15.00

Balloon Bouquet Punch
$18.00

Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set
$26.00

Elegant Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
$7.50

Cutie Pie Thinlits Dies
$35.00

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set
$27.00

Day 2 – Pull Cards

Fran

March 15, 2016

Cards, Challenges, Hanging Charm Pull Card, Occasions Mini

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I LOVE coffee! But more than that, I love drinking coffee with friends. Here’s a Hanging Charm Pull Card to celebrate friends and coffee! Using the new Karen Burniston Hanging Charm Pull Card die with the little coffee cup die and Stampin Up’s Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper, I did a simple card.

When you pull it up, you complete the sentiment. You can use this die to make flat cards (postcards) or decorate the front of a folding card – your choice. Today I did a folded card.

Make sure to pop over to Karen’s blog on Wednesday to see the other creations from the team. Or find Karen on Facebook and join the community! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston March Designer Challenge – Pull Cards

Fran

March 14, 2016

Cards, Challenges, Jinx the Monkey, Oval Pull Card, Rectangle Pull Card

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Pull Cards! The challenge this month is to use any of the Karen Burniston Pull dies to create cards. Today I’m using the Oval Pull Card.

I started with Stampin Up’s Hello Honey card stock base and the Botanical Gardens Designer Series paper. The cute palm tree is from one of Karen’s earlier collections called Palm Tree & Pail. The sentiment is from her new Cheeky Monkey Clear Stamp set. It’s easy to layer designer paper on the cards with Karen’s Pull Card Edges – and it’s fun!

On the inside I added Jinks the Monkey on the pop up piece from the Rectangle Pull Card. (The oval has a slider and the rectangle has a pop up – you need them both 🙂 )

Here’s a Rectangle Pull Card. This is such a great card because it has a nice, big front that can hold a good size image. If you like to color, this is a perfect place to show off your images. The girl is a Saturated Canary image.

Inside I added a piece using the Paris Edges. The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Make sure to pop over to Karen’s blog on Wednesday to see the other creations from the team. Or find Karen on Facebook and join the community! Hugs, Fran

Creative Circle Design Team March Blog Hop

Fran

March 5, 2016

Balloon Celebration, Challenges, Creative Circle, Occasions Mini, Tutorials for Sale

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This is a special blog hop! In April, the Creative Circle Team will be doing a Make the Rounds class the day before the Stampin Up On Stage event in Salt Lake City AND doing a Kit To Go option. Here’s a sneak peek of the class. It includes the box and 3 cards-

This is the card holder/box for the class.

For this month’s challenge I’m going to show you an alternate way to use the kit from the upcoming class.

For this design I used the box, fence and grass from the kit. The Birthday Bouquet Designer Series paper is from the Occasions Mini The eggs are made with the Oval Framelits. This is the side view –

The “flaps” are only attached on the bottom so the box opens like this –

I used a small piece of velcro to close the top of the box. Here’s another design –

The stamp set is Balloon Celebration from the Occasions Mini. I used the Balloon Bouquet punch for the balloons. It opens the same way.

Want to attend the class in Salt Lake or purchase the Kit to Go? Click here for event info and class to go details.

Make sure to hop over and see what the rest of the team has made! Hugs, Fran

Sandra Mott

Barb Stencel

Liz Holloway

Fran Cassidy Sabad – You are here!

Karen Burniston Design Challenge Day 2

Fran

February 9, 2016

Cards, Challenges, Easter, Fancy Label Accordion, Greatest Greetings, Lucky the Rabbit, Occasions Mini

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Lucky the Rabbit is getting ready for Easter! This month’s challenge is glitter and this card is covered with it! It’s a Fancy Label Accordion – and a lot more. Behind Lucky are some clouds stenciled with Karen Burniston’s Partly Cloudy stencil. Lucky is painting an egg from the Easter Egg die all done with Silk Microfine Glitter. His paintbrush is the spatula from Props 8. I cut down the handle and dipped it glue and several colors of glitter. The paint drops and splatters are from the Cake Pop Up (candle flames and strawberry tops.)

The edges are from the Star Fancy Edges and glittered too.

Here’s the card open!

The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s new Greatest Greetings. To make the paint bucket, I used Lucky’s basket cut in Silver foil with drops of glue and glitter. Make sure to check out the other cards on Karen’s Blog! Hugs, Fran

Greatest Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$33.00

Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge Day 1

Fran

February 8, 2016

Birthday, Cards, Challenges, Oval Pull Card, Rectangle Pull Card, Rocky the Crab

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Glitter! This month challenge is glitter. That wonderful, sparkly stuff (that stays with all day) and makes all our cards special 🙂 Today’s card is Rocky the crab on an Oval Pull Card. He’s out on the sparkly sand. His sunglasses are the Santa glasses from Props 5 covered in Crystal Effects. His bright, sunny paper is Stampin Up’s Schoolhouse Designer Series paper.