This is a card made with the Share What You Love suite which is a special for this month. The stamp set is called Love What You Do and I stamped the flowers in Calypso Coral and Grapefruit Grove (a new In Color) and matted it on the beautiful, beautiful, beautiful new Share What You Love Specialty paper. I also added some of the new Artisan pearls. It’s a lovely suite and you can get it now – to hold you over until the new catalog starts! Hugs, Fran
I needed a masculine card for a friend going through cancer treatment and Hold on to Hope was the perfect stamp set. I used an embossing pad to emboss the cross into the black card stock. First I inked it up with Versamark and then I embossed it with gold embossing powder.
I also added some little jewels to the cross and heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Everything is matted on gold foil.
The Designer paper is from the Occasions catalog – Petal Passions. I love any black and white paper 🙂 I also went over the cross with a shimmer pen for a bit more sparkle. Hugs, Fran
Stampin Up comes out with a new catalog in June and here is a sneak peek of one of the new stamp sets – Animal Outings. It has some super cute animals and sentiment to go with them. And when the catalog goes live, it will have dies to match 🙂 I played around with it and came up with some stacked framed cards.
The giraffe is held in place between the layers of the frame. The images are colored with Stampin Blends and the sky was done with a sponge dauber.
The kangaroo and koala sit on the outside of the frame.
For the hippo, the sentiment is on a separate piece of paper and mounted on top of the frame. The triangle background on this one was cut in the opposite direction. (Would you believe me if I said I meant to do that! – oh well!)
Here’s the inside of all the cards. This is going to be a fun set! Come back on June 1 and add it to your new catalog order. Hugs, Fran
From the Occasions Catalog – Mother’s Flair. I stamped the shoe across the bottom of the paper in Pool Party and colored in the flowers with Stamps Blends, The base of the card is a notecard from Saleabration (love those!) I add rhinestones across the bottom and in the center of the flowers for some bling 🙂 The sentiment is from Layering Love and was masked off so it goes across the top. This set does not carryover into the new catalog so grab it now! Hugs, Fran
It’s Spring! But unless I put some snow on this card, it’s hard to believe! The Paper Pros Challenge this month is spring flowers so I started with Karen Burniston’s Flower Pot Pop Up dies and the Flower and Bee die. The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s Beautiful Bouquet. The card is 5 x 5.
I die cut a circle and made a wreath with the flowers. The flowers are accented with white gel pen and Crystal Nuvo Dots in the centers.
Inside is the Flower Pot Pop Up and lots of flowers and bees. When you are adding things inside the Flower Pot and around it, you need to check that things aren’t hanging outside of the card and that the embellishments on the inside don’t keep the card from closing.
I embossed the pot with Stampin Up’s Basket Weave embossing fold and a bit of Crumb Cake ink. Very springy! Thanks for taking a look and make sure to check out the other Paper Pros to see what they did with the challenge theme. Hugs, Fran
Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com
Sandy Diller – http://sandydiller.blogspot.com
Donna Wright – http://oldredshed.blogspot.com
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca
Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com
Caz Counsell -http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com
Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com
Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com
This month the Karen Burniston Design Team is Hip to Be Square! I started with the Stampin Up’s Bubble Over stamp set and matching Designer Series paper and used the KB Riley Spinner Square die. The card is 5 x 5 and has a stack of squares on the front – each one die cut with an opening in the middle. Between the layers I put a piece of acetate.
Inside the bottles pop out and the sentiment swings forward. The bottles are covered with Wink of Stella and the caps and bubbles have Glossy Accents coating them.
I love this mechanism! It’s so much fun! Check out the other designers (Karen will post on Wednesday) to see how “Hip” they are! Hugs, Fran
Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca
Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com
Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com
This month’s challenge for the Karen Burniston Design is Coffee and Cake – which will you choose? I chose coffee (though I’m not opposed to cake with my coffee!) Using the Coffee Pop Up die and some retire Stampin Up patterned paper, I created 2 cards.
The sentiment on the front is from Garden in Bloom and featured the Pansy punch.
Inside is the wonderful Coffee Pop Up die that has little tabs on the cup to hold a gift card. The card then works with the Pop Up piece. A light weight paper works best with the cup and patterned paper is wonderful.
I decorated my coffee cup with the included die and another pansy. Make sure to check out the other designers! It’s a great coffee break 🙂 Hugs, Fran
Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca
Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com
Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com
This month’s Paper Pro challenge is Love. I used the new Karen Burniston Spinner Square Pop Up die to make a Valentine card. The front uses the Painted Love DSP and Gold foil papers along with Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Tangerine Tango card stocks. The little heart is Powder Pink, painted with a shimmer pen and cover with Glossy Accents. The row of gold hearts are die cut with Karen Burniston’s Cake Trim die. It’s all finished off with a Powder Pink ribbon.
The dies on the Spinner Square can cut an opening on the front. As you open the card, the message pops out!
Since I turned mine vertically, the message pops out from the bottom. The sentiment is from Sure do Love You. Hugs, Fran
This simple card is made with Jar of Love and the candy hearts in the Sure Do Love You set. I made some masks for the hearts and just masked them as I filled the jar. I used the matching Framelits to cut out the jar and tied it off with some Baker’s Twine. The colors are Flirty Flamingo, Powder Pink and Pool Party. You could easily make these as tiny cards. Hugs, Fran
Here’s a quick card with some easy Copic coloring. The set is from the Occasions Catalog and is called Fortunate to Know You. I made some simple masks of the cookies and stamped the scene. Then I did some quick Copic coloring and added some punched hearts. Of course I had to add some Wink of Stella shimmer pen and Glossy Accents on the hearts 🙂 Think of all the things you could do with this set! Hugs, Fran
