Category: Holidays

Cake Crazy

Big on Birthdays, Birthday, Cake Crazy, Cards, Occasions Mini
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I have a “thing” for tall, skinny cards!  ( 4 1/2 x 8 1/2) I’m not sure why I love them, but I do.  And this new Cake Crazy set makes them!  I used Cake Crazy and Big on Birthdays with the Party Animal Designer Series paper to make this.

Cake Crazy is a builder type of set – you use the different pieces to make any style cake.  I wanted the cake in the background so the sentiment would be front and center.

Once the cake and sentiment were stamped, I went over some of the details with some left over Dazzling Details.

And added some banners and a button to the top.  You can kind of see on the left where I stitched the Pacific Point card stock with my sewing machine.  Must be for someone special since I had to practically dig out my machine 🙂

Tomorrow is the day that the Occasions Catalog goes live and Sale a ration starts!  Big day! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – All I Want For Christmas

Birthday, Birthday Fiesta, Cards, Challenges, Twist Circle
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This is challenge is to use the die that you would most like to see under the tree (if you didn’t already have it!)  I have to say that my current favorite Pop It Ups die is the Twist Circle!  Now before I show you the card I need to say that not only do we celebrate Christmas during December – we also have 5 birthdays!  That’s right – 5!  So with that in mind………

Happy Birthday!  This card is 4 1/2 x 8 1/2, featuring SU’s Birthday Fiesta stamp  and coordinating paper.  The balloon is coated with Glossy Accents and the llama and balloon are popped up with fun foam.

 

The llama is holding the hand drawn balloon string in his mouth (almost looks like a mustache!)

But the magic happens when you open the card!

The center balloon flies up into place creating a happy scene!  It’s a wonderful die!  Check out what the other designers are doing on Karen’s Facebook page or her blog!  Happy times!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Charmed, I’m Sure!

Buster the Dog, Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Hanging Charm Pull Card
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This challenge is all about charms – Karen Burniston’s Hanging Charms!  There are lots of charms available and I chose the Holiday Charms for this card.  But I didn’t hang them…..

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I used Buster the Dog and the Holiday Charms to create a Christmas card.  The snowflake is hanging from a die cut circle and the package and tree charm decorate the background.  The house is fussy cut from Stampin Up’s Candy Cane Lane Designer Series paper.

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The snowflake is suspended on some fishing line.

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Inside I finished it off with some paw prints from Props 4.  Head over to Karen’s Facebook page to check out all the other charming card for this challenge! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Team Challenge – Boy oh Boy!

Birthday, Lorna Label, No Bones About It
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This team challenge is Boy oh Boy! – masculine cards!  I chose Stampin Up’s No Bones About It set and Fiesta Birthday Designer Series paper paired with Karen Burniston’s Lorna Label Pop Up die.

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The Lorna Label dies have matching pieces that create the center section.  I used them on both the front and inside!  It makes it so easy to put this card together.

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Make sure to check out the other cards on Karen’s Facebook page!  Hugs, Fran

Haunted House

Cookie Cutter Halloween, Halloween, Holiday Mini, Spooky Fun
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Time for little spooks and ghouls!  I needed a simple treat for some little boys so I used a file from svgcuts.com called Santa’s Sweets to create a Halloween house filled with lollipops.  The stamp set is Cookie Cutter Halloween and the house is made with Halloween Night Specialty  DSP.

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The windows have images from Spooky Fun peeking out on vellum card stock.

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Happy haunting!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Team Challenge – ROYGBIV

Birthday, Cards, Challenges, Endless Birthday Wishes, Labels and Circles, Twist Circle
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Time for another Karen Burniston Team Challenge – ROYGBIV!  The colors of the rainbow only monochromatic.  I chose the color Pink 🙂

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I started with a retired Stampin Up sentiment from Remembering Your Birthday and used Karen’s Labels and Circles die for the front.  Lots of pink and a little bling finish it off.

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The inside is a Pop It Ups Twist Circle Panel card with lots of cake and presents.  The cake is from Stampin Up’s Endless Birthday Wishes.  And more bling – of course.  The video on how to make this card can be found here.

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To see the rest of the rainbow, hop over to Karen’s Facebook page!  Hugs, Fran

 

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Team Inspiration

Adirondack Chair, Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Evergreen Tree Pivot Card, Hanging Charm Pull Card, Holiday Mini, Jolly the Mouse
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This challenge for Karen Burniston’s Design Team is to take inspiration from another person on the team so I chose Karen Burniston and Karen Aiken – a Karen and Karen card!  I made a Cascading Tag card using Karen B’s video tutorial and taking inspiration from Karen Aiken’s Cascading Tag card using patterned paper. I started with Stampin Up’s Presents & Pinecones Designer Series paper and Karen’s new Holiday Clear Stamp on the front.  The little present is from her Evergreen Pivot Card.

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The inside is made with the Adirondack Chair die and the Tag dies – featuring Jolly the Mouse as Santa.  There are some of the new hanging charms dangling from the points. You can click on the picture to make it larger.

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Now hop over to Karen’s blog or her Facebook page to see all the inspired designs and make sure to check out her Tuesday post for  even more fun!  Hugs, Fran

Cray 4 Challenges – Celebrate

Baker Beaver, Birthday, Birthday Banners, Birthday Fiesta, Build a Birthday, Cards, Challenges, Crazy 4 Challenges
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Today the Crazies are Celebrating!  This is Raquel’s son’s birthday so the theme is celebrating those special people in our lives.  I chose Karen Burniston’s Baker the Beaver to star on my card.  This card is 4 x 8 1/2  so it can hold Baker’s enormous cake!  (Looks like he needs some help!) Baker and the cake are on an action wobble.

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I used several Stampin UP sets on this card – Build a Birthday, Birthday Fiesta and Birthday Banners!  Enjoy all the celebrating going on with the Crazies!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Halloween

Cards, Challenges, Halloween, Hanging Charm Pull Card, Holiday Mini, Labels and Circles, Twist Circle
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Halloween!  Spooky or cute?  That’s today’s Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

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I started with a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card the Karen Burniston’s new Labels and Circle die and her Halloween Clear stamp with the new Stampin Up Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper.  I stamped the sentiment on 3 layers of the Labels and Circles dies and re-stacked them for the front.

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And when you open the card –

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A cute little Trick or Treat scene featuring the Twist Circle Pop Up die.  The ghosts and pumpkins are from the Halloween Charms die set.  I left the ghost as 3-D pieces so the pop up (!)

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The little Trick or Treat bags are hand cut.  So I guess my answer to the challenge question – spooky or cute – is cute!  Make sure to check out the rest of the designer cards by going to Karen’s blog or Facebook page.  Hugs, Fran