A little Halloween Baker’s Box to fill with treats! The Baker’s Box is so easy to put together! The spider is an svg file from Miss Katie’s Cuttables with some extra circles added to the eyes – and some fun google eyes! On the bottom, I used the scallop border punch and added more eyes. The ribbon on the top is tied to one of the handles and the clothespin keeps the box shut. That way you can open it without having to untie the ribbon. Just something fun 🙂 Hugs, Fran
Is it too early for Halloween?
1. Cut a piece of black card stock 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 and fold it in half to create your base.
2. Cut 2 pieces of Happy Haunting DSP Halloween paper (Holiday Mini catalog!) 3 3/8 x 5 1/4 and adhere to the inside.
3. Place your Rectangular Pull Card die, matching the alignment tab, and cut out.
4. Die cut and assemble Poppy the Owl making him as cute or scary as you’d like. Die cut 2 All Seasons Trees from black card stock. Cut two 2″ circles from white or vanilla.
5. Trim off most of the branches from the trees (do them at the same time so they match) and adhere one to the front of the card to create a branch. Add the circle as the moon and place Poppy on the branch.
6. Make 5 “bats” from the bow tie die in Props 2. Die cut the bow ties and use a hand held punch to punch the bottom of the wings. Karen also has a little tutorial on creating bats from Cocoa the Horse’s hair!
7. Match up the second branch to the inside left of your card. Adhere a moon to the spinner on the inside and decorate with bats and die cut words using Alphabet 1 or Peel Off stickers!
Cute or scary, it’s fun! Hugs, Fran
One more Inspiration Challenge card! This one is inspired by Frances Byrne (and her amazing scenes!) I did a mixed Circle/Ring Accordion Album using some Mo Manning digital stamps, Stampin Up sentiment, punches and paper.
I also used some Ring Frame Edges on the middle pieces. The flag at the top is shown on both sides and makes the card measure 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.
Then I sprinkles stars all around – various punches and dies 🙂 Make sure to hop over to Karen’s Facebook page to check out all the challenge pieces! They really are inspiring!.
Hugs, Fran
This card is fashioned after one Caz Counsell made when these dies were first introduced. I used the Merry & Bright stamp on the front and…
2 Jollys on the inside! They are loading Santa’s sleigh – with a gift card behind them. This Sleigh die is so much fun and I just love Jolly! On the right “Jolly”, I snipped off his tail (“cut off his tail with a carving knife” – sorry, couldn’t help it!) and tucked it in behind him so it wouldn’t stick out of the card.
I could have made a card for each member of the team and hopefully we’ll do something like this again. In the meantime, check out everyone’s creations on Karen’s Facebook page! Hugs, Fran
This month’s challenge for the Karen Burniston Design Team may be the hardest challenge we’ve ever done – select another DT member’s card to case! There are SO many great cards and it was so hard to make a choice! For today’s card, I chose one from the Red, White or Blue challenge that Shelly Hickox did in all white!
I did it up in color using the same Circle Accordion Album die – but I used the new Merry Christmas Pop Stand die to create the trees in the middle.
When you open it up – there’s Ruby waiting to greet you! The wreath in the middle is Stampin UP’s Wondrous Wreath, stamped twice so it shows on both sides.
The little trees are hanging from fishing line and there is lots of Crystal Effects on the wreath, Rudys’ nose and wreath.
I also added a banner to the last panel so you can write a greeting. The stamp is Karen’s Merry & Bright!
Make sure you check Karen’s Facebook page to see all the creations this month! Hugs, Fran
I have more family birthdays coming up and so I got out Celebrate Today and the matching die to make this card. The Designer Series paper is Schoolhouse and I love the color combo in this paper. I used Karen Burniston’s Agatha Edges to add an accent.
Inside I used the Pop It Ups new Sleigh Gift Card – without the sleigh! I simply added a piece of window sheet in the opening so the balloon basket would have a little more support.
Here’s what it looks like from the side. I love that this die can be used on it’s own! So versatile! Hugs, Fran
Owls in Love! Today on the Elizabeth Crafts Design blog, I have this card with directions. It’s a Katie Label Pivot using the Paris Edge die on the sides. This card fits in a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 envelope.
I used Stampin Up’s new English Cottage Designer Series paper and some of the heavy white card stock. You can find the directions here. Hugs, Fran
The mice are still decorating! Today is day 2 of Karen Burniston’s Design Teams Christmas in July and I’m still playing with Jolly the Mouse. This card is a 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 card in Real Red with the little mice stacked up high to put the star on top of the tree. The tree is from the Christmas Trees Pop Stand. I just die cut and embossed 4 of them and stacked them off the side of the paper. The present is from the Evergreen Pivot card and was cut in Merry Moments Designer Series paper. The Santa hat is from Props 5 – lots of cute, cute, cute props!
Inside I used the same stamp set, Christmas Messages, as yesterday. There are so many great dies in this collection. To see more amazing creations, go to Karen’s Facebook page! Hugs, Fran
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – a new collection of dies from Karen Burniston! This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2″ card. Big enough to hold all the wonderful Christmas joy inside 🙂 The sentiment is a retired SU stamp, Christmas Messages, and the paper is the new Merry Moments Designer Series paper. The swirl across the front is from the new Merry Christmas Pop Ups die.
And inside meet Jolly the Mouse! He and his friend are decorating the new Pop It Ups Christmas Trees Pop Stand! The tree is so much fun to put together! You can use it alone – or with any of the new characters as I’ve done here.
This is a better view of the mice. I snipped off their tails and tucked them behind them so they wouldn’t stick out of the card.
Head over to Karen’s Facebook page to see what the rest of the team is doing with these new dies and get a head start on your Christmas Pop It Ups! Hugs, Fran
Coming soon – New friends on the farm! Farm 2 Collection has 6 new dies and a clear stamp set. Hanging out on my 4 x 9 card, meet Cocoa the Horse and Snowball the Sheep! They are getting the Barn decorated with Cheepers the Chicken, Brownie the Cow and Virgil the Pig. Cute banner made with Stampin Up’s Flag punch!
And inside – William the Goat (decidedly NOT helping!) He’s in the new Pop It Ups Fence Pop Stand!
This is such a fun collection – on it’s own or in addition to the Farm 1 Collections 🙂 Sneak Peeks of all the new dies are on Karen’s blog today! Hugs, Fran
