Creative Circle April Blog Hop -#Imbringingbirthdaysback

Balloon Celebration, Big Shot Cutie Pie, Birthday, box, Cards, Challenges, Creative Circle, Embossing Folder, Occasions Mini, Picture Perfect, Spring Mini
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In honor of Shannon West’s (from Stampin Up) campaign – I’m Bring Birthday’s back – this month’s Creative Circle Blog Hop is a darling, perpetual calendar!

Creative Circle 4:2016 group

The box has two cubes that can be rotated for the days of the month (remember that the 6 is also the 9), a flip top for the months, and a space int he back to hold your birthday cards so you can actually mail them out!  (I am the worse!)

Creative Circle 4:2016 side

I used the Whisper White Heavy card stock and the It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Pack to make mine.  This paper stack has 48 sheets of double sided paper in it!  My balloons on the front are from Balloon Celebration and are punched out with the matching Balloon Bouquet Punch.

Creative Circle 4:2016 Rose Wonder

This card uses the bow from the Cutie Pie Thinlit, more It’s My Party paper and the Elegant Dot embossing folder.

Creative Circle 4:2016 Picture Perfect

This card uses the Picture Perfect stamp set and Blushing Bride.

Creative Circle 4:2016 Happy Birthday Everyone

And last, but not least, this card uses the Bokeh technique.  You can find it on Splitcoast here.

You can get the pattern here:

To see all the other wonderful designs for this pattern, follow along on our hop!  One lucky person who leaves a comment will win the pattern 🙂  Hugs, Fran

 

Sandra Mott

 Liz Holloway

 Fran Cassidy Sabad – You are here!

Barb  Stencel

Creative Circle 4:2016

Very Bright Sunburst Sayings

Big Shot Sunburst, Birthday, Cards, Sunburst Sayings
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Whoa!  It’s bright!  I was just messing around with the Sunburst Thinlit Die and thought I’d see what it looks like embossed.  So here it is – in all it’s bright glory!  I die cut the sunburst first and then ran it through the Big Shot with Tiny Triangles embossing folder.  The stamp set is Sunburst Sayings and the paper is from It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Pack.  Hugs, Fran

Trust God

Everything Eleanor, Gorgeous Grunge, Sympathy, Trust in God
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Trust in God 01

This card is a re-do of an oldie but a goodie.  I originally saw the layout from Sandy McIver several years ago.  This recreation is done in Marina Mist and So Saffron.  The stamp sets are Gorgeous Grunge and Everything Eleanor  – with Trust God as the sentiment.  It’s such a nice, flat card, even with the butterfly, making it easy to send.

Hugs, Fran

Pyramid Boxes

Big Shot Flower Fair Framelits, Big Shot Pyramid Box, box, Flower Patch
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Pyramid Box strawberry side

There is a cute, little pyramid box die in the Occasions Catalog that matches the Playful Pals stamp set.  But the box die can be used for so much more.  Here are few animals I made using both the stamp set and the die. For this post, I made a few other things – first a strawberry.  Done in Real Red and Old Olive with the Basic Black marker for the seeds.

Pyramid Bos strawberry

The leaf part is made with the Flower Patch stamp set and matching die.  I punched a hole through the top sections and tied a ribbon to make a hanger.

Pyramid Bos Strawberry top

Then I coated each “seed” with Crystal Effects to make them shine.

Pyramid Box chicken

This little chick was cased from an ad I saw in a magazine – that was not in English!  At first I thought it was a Stampin Up ad – but I’m not sure, since I couldn’t read it and Google couldn’t translate what was written on a photo.  (I tried)  The red part is a retired Boho Hearts punch (not sure that’s really the name – 3 hearts on a whale punch).  The beak is a small heart.

Pyramid Box Chicken side

The wings are another retired punch – but could be done in any shape that’s fairly round.  Hugs, Fran

Thanks Stenciled

Fabulous Four, Stencil
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Do you ever play with stencils?  The background on this card is made with the Happy Patterns stencil on page 157 in the Annual Catalog, stencil paste, reinkers, and Dazzling Details.  The colors I used are Pear Pizzaz, Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Blushing Bride.  The stamp is Fabulous Four – which is fabulous!  The glitter really takes this over the top.  Hugs, Fran

Sparkly Pink Cake

Birthday, Cake Pop Up, Remembering Your Birthday
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Pretty Pink!  The sentiment on this card is from Remembering Your Birthday and it’s perfect for this card. I used the retired Hearts Framelits to make a series of hearts – one stenciled with Karen Burniston’s Flower stencil and glitter, one with the sentiment and one small heart.

PIU Cake 02 detail

Open it up – and you have a pink Pop It Up Cake with lots of glitter!

PIU Cake 02 open

PIU Cake 02 cake

Karen has a great video showing how to make this background.  But be careful – glitter is addicting!  Hugs, Fran

Spring Coffee Lover

Big Shot Botanical Builder Framelits, Cup Pop Stand, Helping Me Grow, Lucky the Rabbit, Occasions Mini, Sleigh Gift Card
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I thought I’d make a card for Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Can you see who’s hiding in my coffee cup?  Take a close look –

PIU Cup Pop Stand 02 front detail

I used Stampin Up’s Botanical Builder Framelits for the flowers, the bird punch for the leaves and the English Garden Designer Series paper.  The cup is from Karen Burniston’s Cup Pop Stand, stenciled with her Medallion stencil and some stencil paste. When you open it up –

PIU Cup Pop Stand 02 inside

Lucky the Rabbit pops outs!  🙂  The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s Helping Me Grow.  And hidden behind Lucky –

PIU CUp Pop Stand 02 side

Is the Sleigh Gift Card Holder Pop Up by Karen Burniston.  It’s holding a wonder Starbucks card!

PIU CUp Pop Stand 02 detail

To make Lucky’s arm hang over the cup, I simply snipped where it was attached.  Instead of using a large pearl on the inside, I punched a small circle in white and use Crystal Effects over top of it.  This will keep the bulk down.  Enjoy your coffee!  Hugs, Fran

 

Cutie Pie

Big Shot Cutie Pie, box
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Cutie Pie Box cake

I was playing around with the Cutie Pie Thinlits and the Pyramid Thinlits.  They both make triangle shaped boxes.  The Cute Pie die makes pie shaped pieces that can be put together to make a cake.  So I started with cake 🙂

Cutie Pie Box cake bow

It also has a bow that is super cute!  On this one, I one together and then added the “icing” pieces to the completed box.

Cutie Pie Box Cake Candle

There’s also a candle for the top.  Cut two and glue together all but the bottom.  The bottom flares so you have a base to hold it on the cake.

Cutie Pie Box Watermelon

Then I tried a slice of watermelon.  But this time I made 2 boxes and put them together to make one.  I like the way this turned out better.

Cutie Pie Box Watermelon side

I made the seeds with the punch that goes with the Ronald McDonald set.  Then I covered them with Crystal Effects.

Daylight Savings really bothers me – sorry I’m late posting!  Is anyone else affected by the change in time?  I feel like a slug!  Hugs, Fran

First Sight

Cards, First Sight, Mother's Day, Occasions Mini
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This is a case of the card on page 36 of the Occasions Mini – First Sight.  To make this card, I stamped the flourish image in Blushing Bride on a Blushing Bride card base.  Then I spritzed it with some shimmer spray (alcohol and shimmer paint. And since I can never stop when spraying stuff, I splattered some gold Encore ink over that 🙂

First Sight 01 detail

Using a banner framelit, I stamped half the sentiment on top in Crumb Cake and the rest of the sentiment on the bottom.  The heart is Calypso Coral stamped in Calypso Coral and punched out – with the Mother on a strip.  I wrapped gold thread behind the heart.  The stampin part is a bit fussy – get out your stamp a ma jig – but it’s not hard.  Try it!  Hugs, Fran