Amazing Rocky

Banners for You, Big Shot Bunch of Banners, Big Shot Swirly Bird, Cake Pop Up, Rocky the Crab
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PIU Rocky the Crab 02

Guess what I watched last night?  The opening ceremonies of the Olympics!  And it inspired me to make this card.  Whoever was the first person to figure out how to make the flag using the Swirly Bird dies is a genius and I salute you!  I used it for the front of my patriotic card.

PIU Rocky the Crab 02 open

Inside I used Karen Burniston’s Cake Pop It Up die to make a platform for Rocky – who has clearly won the gold!  The bottom of the stand is just covered with a piece of Real Red. The sentiment is from Banners for You with the Bunch of Banners Framelits.

PIU Rocky the Crab 02 detail

The Olympic circles are and medal are punches and circle dies.  (The punch for the circles is the 1 1/4″ with a circle die to the outside.)  Doesn’t he look happy to win!  Hugs, Fran

Weather Together Shaker

Uncategorized, Weather Together
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Weather Together 01

Let’s shake up the weather!  This card uses Weather Together as a Shaker card.  I started by die cutting a circle and used the adhesive foam strips around the circle to make the holder for the sequins.  The easiest way to do this is to remove the paper from both sides of the strips.  Then it goes around any shape without any cutting or stress.  Add a window sheet to the back and stamp your sentiment in Stazon.  Stamp and die cut the umbrella and place it on top.  Use more adhesive foam strips around the edge of the front piece and adhere it to your card base.

Weather Together 01 detail

Then shake it!  So cute and easy!  Hugs, Fran

Flower Pot Surprise

Flower Pot Stand
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PIU Flower Pot Pop Stand 01 front

This simple 6 x 6 card holds a fun surprise –

PIU Flower Pot Po Stand 01 inside

A Pop It Up Flower Pot Stand coming soon from Karen Burniston!  You really have to see it in action – the pot folds flat and practically explodes when you open the card!

PIU Flower Pot Pop Stand 01 detail

I used some retired Stampin Up paper to create this pot.  The butterflies are on wires and everything fits nicely inside the card.  What a wonderful way to surprise a friend!  Go to Karen’s blog or Facebook page to see what else is coming soon.  Hugs, Fran

Midnight the Bat

Halloween, Labels and Circles, Midnight the Bat, Stage It Stencils
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PIU Midnight the Bat 01

Karen Burniston has a new Pop It Ups release Coming Soon and it includes some very cute Halloween dies!  This is Midnight the bat and the new Bat Stencil – LOVE!  To make this card, I used the stencil with embossing paste and Stampin Up’s black ink refill to color it.  I stenciled on some retired Stampin Up Halloween patterned paper.  The moon is a punch with some Smoky Slate ink sponged across it.  Midnight the Bat is done in Basic Gray card stock with a red glitter bow tie.  And the stamp is die cut with Karen’s new Labels and Circles dies.

PIU Midnight the Bat 01 side

The best part of this card?  Midnight the Bat is on an action wobbler!  He’s so cute wobbling on the front!  There are a lot of fun dies in this release!  Pop over to Karen’s blog or Facebook page to see what else is coming!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Stretch it Out

Challenges, Oval Accordion, Rocky the Crab, Thankful Thoughts, Uncategorized
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PIU ROcky the Crab 01 front

This challenge is Stretch it Out – which means accordion albums to me!  I chose the Pop It Up Rectangular Accordion die and Rocky the Crab along with Stampin Up’s By the Shore Designer Series paper.

PIU Rocky the Crab 01

PIU Rocky the Crab 01 left

I used Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter on Very Vanilla card stock for the sand.  The “Thanks” dangling from the top is stamped on both sides so you can read it open or closed.  I also used Pop It Ups Palm Tree and Pail, Oval Pull Card, and Props 3 to create the different scenes.

PIU Rocky the Crab 01 right

The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Thankful Thoughts.  Don’t you wish you could stretch out summer like an accordion?  Check Karen’s Facebook page to see all the Stretch it Out designs!  Hugs, Fran