Snappy Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun pop-up card using some of the new dies from the Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC November release.

 Here is a quick video to see my card in action. 

I love the animals and characters that can be created using the Bitty Ball Pop-up die set and the Animal and Character Add-on die sets that Karen Burniston has release. With the November release, Karen has designed another die set Animal Add-ons 4 which allows you to create a Crocodile/Alligator; Frog and Octopus.

As I live in Australia and we have crocodiles not alligators I am calling mine a crocodile.

I created a 5 inch x 7 inch card as I needed to make room for the crocodile's snout and tail. 

I used the alphabet dies to add the word "SNAPPY" and then added the stamped "birthday" which I stamped onto white cardstock and then cut out and adhered under the die cut sentiment.

I used the Rectangles - Crosshatch die set to add the rectangle panels to the back panel of my card. This allows room for the die cut sentiment and a place to write a hand written greeting. The "Sending Hugs" sentiment is from the new Word Set 14 - Hugs die set.

I added the flap from the Flap and Closure die set to the bottom panel of my card, adding magnets behind the patterned paper to allow the card to stay closed when needed.

As the focus of this card is on the inside, I kept the front simple. I used the Ovals - Crosshatch for the layers to which I added the "Smile" sentiment which is also from the Word Set 14 - Hugs die set.

I added the cute little crocodile from the new Bayou Animals die set.

I also added a border along the top of the card which is from the Border Blends - Trims die set.

Reindeer Christmas Crackers

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful day yesterday!

Each year for the past forty odd years or so I have been creating my own Christmas crackers to use on Christmas Day. This year knowing that I would be having to make for a large number of people as my daughter was hosting Christmas this year, I decided to purchase my Christmas cracker and then just decorate them. That seemed a lot easier than having to make about 24 crackers. I purchased some left over crackers at the sales after last Christmas day for 1/2 price.

To decorate the crackers, I used dies from Karen Burniston's Animal Add-Ons 3 to create the reindeer. I used an oval from Hero Arts Infinity Ovals  die set to create the reindeers head, and then used the dies from the Animal Add-ons 3 die set for the nose, antlers etc.

This year I didn't need to worry about who was getting which crackers like I normally have to do as with so many I was just putting in a generic gift we would all receive.

Oh My Whiskers

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

t's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  As challenge hostess for the month I finish off the month with one last challenge.

October is Black Cat Awareness month, incorporate a cat of any color on your card this week.

For my card today I decided to used Karen Burniston's Bitty Ball Pop-up and Animal Add-Ons die sets. Rather than add the cat to the inside of a card, or have it in a pocket card, I decided to create this stand alone Cat Pop-up Card. This way the recipient can have this on display after their birthday.

Here is a quick video to see my card in action.

As you can see I decided against creating a black cat and went for a brown/ginger colored cat instead.

After creating the bitty balls and adding the brown layers to each panel, I then die cut some panels from dark brown cardstock and cut triangles to create stripes for the cat.

I used vanilla cardstock to add the tip of the cat's tail and also the belly of the cat.

The cat is attached to the green circle (grass), using a brad which is inside the bottom bitty ball. The circles are die cut using the largest circle die in the Crosshatch Circles die set.

The cat bitty ball pop-up folds down flat, so it can be placed in a envelope.

I added a birthday sentiment to the base of my circle panel the cat is attached to. This sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps Purrrfect Sentiments stamp set. This is also a place to write a hand written greeting.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Kelly McKown-Santi

Hazel Estibeiro

Manal Habib

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Go Wild Elephant Pop-up

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a birthday card I created using some of the new dies released by Karen Burniston this month.

Here is a quick video to see my card in action.

Following the success of the Surprise Ball Pop-up die set, Karen Burniston has released a slightly smaller version of the die ... the Bitty Ball Pop-up plus two Animal Add-on die sets. Having the two different sized balls allows you to use them in many different ways, including the smaller head and larger body; using two small together for a baby animal or two large for a mother/dad version.

I was excited when I saw that one of the animals included in the Animal Add-ons 2 die set was an elephant, as my sister loves elephants and her birthday was coming up. So this is the card I made for her birthday. 

As I wanted a smaller card, I used two of the Bitty Balls to create my elephant.

I created a tri fold card to hold the elephant, placing the elephant in the centre of the card.

On the left hand side of the card, I added the "Go Wild" sentiment, another new die set. I added the stamps "It's Your Birthday" which is from MFT Stamps Bitty Birthday Wishes stamp set.

I added a blank circle down the bottom of the card, as a place to add a hand written sentiment.

I also added the cute little elephant from the Safari Animals die set to the left hand panel of my card.

The elephant is attached to the centre panel using a brad, so it can rotate on the card.

As the focus of this card is on the inside, I kept the front of the card simple.

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.