Welcome to February’s Creative Circle Blog Hop. This month is all about hearts. 
I chose Groovy Love and Hello Life stamp sets with the new Watermelon Wonder ribbon for my card. The background is the Happy Hearts embossing folder. This is a cute Valentine – but can also be used for any other occasion.
Make sure to check out the rest of the Creative Circle – and find more ways to use hearts! Hugs, Fran
Fran Cassidy Sabad – You are here!
A Coffee Gift Card holder card!
This is the front and….
This is the inside.
To make the inside of this card-
For the front of the card –
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
Or “Jinx in the Jungle!” This 6 x 6 card features Karen Burniston’s new character, Jinx, on an action wobble. He’s backed by some awesome banana embossing! Doesn’t everyone need a banana embossing folder? The paper is Stampin Up’s Botanical Garden and Botanical Gardens washi tape.
Inside, he’s joined by a barrel of his friends! Tossing bananas, no less! They are sitting in Karen’s new Barrel Basket die on the Lots of Pops die. The Barrel Basket die comes with a Pop Stand if you want the card to open flat. The banana embossing at the top is done on the new Pull Card Edges.
Hop over to Karen’s blog to see all the fun designs this month featuring her new dies. Hope you have a happy day! Hugs, Fran
It’s Day 1 for the Karen Burniston Design Team – and it’s Anything New! For this card I choses the new Oval Pull Card die and the new Hot Air Ballon die. The card size is 5 1/2 x 7 and uses Stampin Up’s Bloomin’ Love stamp set and Love Blossoms Designer Series paper.
I also used the new Pull Card Edges. Wow do these dies make decorating your card easy! The mechanism that makes this card move can be placed wherever you choose to put it. As you pull the card open, the Hot Air Balloon moves – cute! All the Design Team cards will be on Karen’s blog this month! Hugs, Fran
Everyone is coming for Christmas! Today my card features all the farm critters (plus Jolly) in true Home for Christmas style. This 6 x 6 card is big – but so’s the family 🙂
Brownie is sporting a Santa-stash and glasses. Cheeper is holding a candy cane. And Jolly is bringing a present of cheese. To attach the characters, the bottom layer (Brownie) is flat on the card. The next layer is (Cheepers) is attached to Brownie. And then Jolly is up on pop dots. This gives it looks of dimension without being crazy.
William is helping with the garland and Snowball is wearing his Santa hat. All the presents are popped up. The sentiment is from Project Life by Stampin Up Seasonal Snapshot 2015.
Inside, Cocoa the Horse is already home! The garland – which is pieces from the wreath in the Sleigh Gift Card die set – surrounds the Agatha Edge at the top.
The barn is decorated! The little candle is the chimney from the House die. The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Cozy Christmas!
Make sure to check out all the other Home for Christmas cards on Facebook – Karen Burniston, Designer.
This month the Karen Burniston Design Challenge is “Home for the Holidays.”
For my first card, I went with the House Pivot die and did a triple pivot. The papers are EDC Shimmer Sheets on the left and Stampin Up’s Holidays Fancy Foil Designer Vellum. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the two greens matched perfectly! Since each paper is delicate, I started with a white card base and adhered them to that. And yes, on the foil vellum I added the tiniest bit of glue under each tree and let it dry! It’s Christmas! The greeting is Lots of Joy. The bottom “snow” is EDC Cool White glitter.
It’s very shiny! That’s my reflection in the center 🙂 On the inside we find the neighbors – Jolly and Jolly – singing Christmas carols!
The neighborhood has an embossed tree. Very fancy for these parts!
The mice live in brick houses- no plain mice holes around here!.
Each Jolly sports a Santa Hat with a sequin and a hand cut music book.
The Doily is made with the Paris Edges die. The Jolly’s are ready for a fun evening!
Make sure to check out all the other Holiday Designs by visiting Karen Burniston’s Facebook page – Karen Burniston, Designer.
I can’t believe I forgot to show you this yesterday! This Christmas Countdown tree was part of our Creative Circle group for yesterday’s Blog Hop! I made mine with Always Artichoke card stock and Home for Christmas Designer Series paper. My base is a box lid 🙂 I thought I’d use the entire box – but it seemed too tall. All the numbers were done in My Memories Suite and punched out with a 3/4 circle punch.
I hot glued Christmas ornaments in-between the boxes – very random. Use hot glue because it will allow you to angle the Christmas balls up off of the boxes.
I topped it off with a wooden star!
Glad I remembered that I forgot to share this! Hugs, Fran
Welcome to the Creative Circle December Blog Hop. This month we did a darling box that holds a pop up gift card!
I used the absolutely beautiful Gold Foil paper, Winter Specialty Designer Series paper and the Jolly Christmas stamp set. It’s so shiny!
I used a Starbucks gift card and filled my box with some special coffee lovers treats – and an ornament. This will make a sweet gift. It’s really fun how the gift card pops up!
My insert is also made with the Gold Foil – and it has a good “heft” for this project!. You can find the pattern and tutorial here.
Make sure to check out all the other designs for this pattern!
Sandy http://www.thescrapnstampshop.blogspot.com
Barb http://www.beelinestamping.com
Fran http://www.fransabad.com (You are here!)
Liz http://www.lizhollowaydesign.blogspot.ca
Today I used Karen’s Confetti Tunnel card video to make my card! This was fun!
I started with the Gift Card Accordion die and the Flourishes frame. Whiskers the Cat is celebrating with a hand cut cake that is spilling over into the confetti tunnel.
Here’s the open card. The paper is a retired (very retired) Stampin Up paper.
You just can’t help shaking this card! To coincide with the November Designer Challenge, every purchase made over $40 of Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups will receive a FREE $10 Gift Card. You will receive your Gift Card with your order in the mail and your Gift Card can be used on the Elizabeth Craft Designs website. This offer only applies to purchases made on our website between Tuesday 17th November and Thursday 19th November.
Hop over to Karen’s Facebook page to enjoy all the other amazing creations for this challenge.
This month’s challenge was to use one of Karen’s videos as the start of our cards! I chose Karen’s Pop It Ups Spiral Pull Card video for this one.
Here is Jolly the Mouse waiting for Christmas on the front of a Spiral Pull Card and a clock using the Clock and Gears die. The paper is Stampin Up’s Season of Cheer Designer Series paper. The card size is 6 x 8.
When you open the card, candy canes spiral out! The canes are “double sided” so it looks nice on both sides.
Even though Jolly is on both sides, he’s got a candy cane on the front and…..
a present on the other side. Doesn’t he look excited! Make sure you check out the other ideas from the team on Karen’s Facebook page.
