Thinking of You

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a card I created using some of the older Karen Burniston dies.

If you have been watching Hochanda over the weekend, you might have seen this card shown a few times. Earlier in the year, Karen asked the Design Team to help create some samples for the show. We could only use specific sets that were going to be shown during the shows ... which for someone who normally just grabs whatever she likes from any set is a little bit of a challenge. For this card I had to use the Circle Charm Pop-up along with the Flowers & Bee die set.

For my card today I have used the Circle Charm Pop-up die set to create the card base. I have been wanting to pull this die set out for a while now and have a play, and I finally have gotten around to doing just that.

To decorate my card I used the flowers and bee from the Flowers and Bee die set. I die cut the bees from both yellow cardstock and white glitter cardstock. I removed the wings from the yellow bees and then adhered the two together.

I added the butterfly which is from the Circle Charm Pop-up to the centre circle of my card.

Both sentiments are from Word Set 1 

Here is an overhead photo of my card, so you can see the folds a little better.

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Hello ... Seas The Day

Hi Crafty Friends,

Apparently today (8th October) is World Octopus Day, so of course I had to pull out Karen Burniston's new Ocean Animals die set that contains an Octopus and large Crab to create a card.

To create my card I used Karen Burniston's Circle Charm Pop-up die set. 

I created the background on each panel of the card by die cutting the largest rectangle from the Crosshatch Rectangles die set. I then added color to the panels using Shaded Lilac and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ... I then added some rays using Honey Bee Stamps Ocean Builder stencil set and white pigment ink.

Along the bottom of each panel I added sand using the Nature Edges die set and Crosshatch Rectangles adding color using Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress Oxide inks.

The sea animals were created using the Ocean Animals and Sea Animals die sets.

For the sentiments I used stamps from a Honey Bee Stamps stamp set.

Here is another look at the inside of my card, taken at a different angle so you can see the pop up parts of the card.

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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. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Spring Blossoms Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have a birthday card to share with you all today.

For the background of my card I used Altenew's Cube Builder Stencil, stencilling the front and inside of the card using three different shades of pink Altenew ink.

I used Karen Burniston's Circle Charm Pop-up die set to create the base of my card.

For the front of the card I added a birthday sentiment combining A Way With Words - Happy Birthday 3 die set and Altenew's Birthday Builder Clear Stamp set.

To decorate my card I used Honey Bee Stamps Spring Blossom Clear Stamp set with coordinating dies.

I added a birthday sentiment from a Mama Elephant stamp set.

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Wishing You a Fairy ....

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.

Our challenge this week is .....

Ombre 

Definition - a french word meaning "shaded". Ombre is the gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.

The ombre technique has become very popular in stamping over the past few years. Use this technique in some way when creating your card this week.

Here are a few links to YouTube videos for inspiration:

Ombre Stamping- Jennifer McGuire 

Easy Ombre Backgrounds– Jennifer McGuire

Ombre Stamping & Stenciling featuring Newtons Nook Designs – Jess Crafts 

Ombre Background Stamping– Yana Smakula

Misti 101: Ombré Stamping– Justine Hovey

Original I started making this card for tomorrow, as apparently it is "Fairy Day", however half way through I discovered this would fit for today's challenge so decided to use it for today instead.

I used Karen Burniston's Circle Charm Pop-up die set. To create the ombre background, I sponged on Tattered Lace; Warm Lipstick and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink in ombre fashion. And spritz with water from a Distress Sprayer. On the top half of the background I added hearts using Honey Bee Stamps Fall Showers Stencil set.

After creating the backgrounds, I die cut the panels using the Rectangles Crosshatch die set.

The circle frames around the opening and the back panel of the card are die cut using the Circles Crosshatch die set.

The fairy is an old one from my stash from The Greeting Farm.

I used Simon Says Stamp Center Cut Flowers stamp for the flowers, cutting out the flowers and adding to the bottom of each panel.

The "fairy" birthday sentiment is from on older Paper Pretties stamp set, which is no longer available.

Here is one more photo of my card taken from over head.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Anja de Regt

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Ednie

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Stamps: Center Cut Flowers - Simon Says Stamp; Chloe - The Greeting Farm; Fairy Special - Paper Pretties

You're Smokin' Dad

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our June Paper Pros challenge. This month our challenge is hosted by Caz Counsell who has given us the theme is "Food & Drink".

I decided to take the opportunity to make another Father's Day card to add to my stash to give to my daughter at Christmas so she has plenty to use next year.

For my card I used Karen Burniston's Circle Charm Pop-up die set which was released earlier this month. 

I used a checkerboard stencil from Catherine Pooler to create the background for this card using Rockin' Red ink also from Catherine Pooler.

Along the bottom edge of the card inside and out, I added a grassy border using the grass die from the Nature Edges die set.

I used two of the circles from the Circles - Crosshatch die set to create the circle frames on the card.

To decorate my card I added images from Lawn Fawn's Let's BBQ and Happy Summer stamp sets, I love the ants carrying away some of the BBQ items, this is something I CASED from a card I made last year.

For the dad on the first circle I die cut the word "birthday" from Word Set 2 - Birthday die set. I cut off the "day from the word, die cut a second word so I could cut a second day and lay that over the "y' cutting off any of the y that could be seen.

You can see what the other "Paper Pros" created for this challenge on their blogs:

Caz Counsell

Fran Sabab

Karen Aicken

Karen Burniston 

Kelly Booth

Raquel Mason

Shelly Hickox

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Enjoy Books

Hi Crafty Friends,

This week the Karen Burniston Design Team is collaborating with Brutus Monroe, they have lots of fun products which work well with Karen's die sets. 

Karen Burniston will be releasing 12 new die sets which will be available to purchase in June. You can see a sneak peek of the new dies being released here.  

Today I am sharing my second card using stamps from Brutus Monroe and one of Karen Burniston's new die sets. This time around I have used the Circle Charm Pop-up die set to create my card.

The Brutus Monroe Library Background is another stamp I have had on my wish list for some time now, so when this opportunity came I just had to add it to my list. 

To create my card I started with an A2 sized card and then used my MISTI to stamp this background stamp on the front and also onto both sides of the inside of the card. The image looks a little daunting to color, but it was really easy to color and didn't take much time at all. Some I colored while watching tv. 

I used Karen Burniston's new Circle Charm Pop-up die set to create the pop up portion of the card. The star in the centre circle is attached to the circle using fishing wire and is covered with gold  glitter.

The "Enjoy" sentiment is from the new Word Set 6 - Summer die set also being released this week. For the "Books" sentiment I created this by using parts of various words from both the Word Set 2 and Word Set 4 die sets.

To finish off the card I white embossed on black cardstock, sentiments from Brutus Monroe's Love Sailing and When I Grow Up - Astronaut stamp set. I thought all of these sentiments from these sets worked well to describe what books can do.

Here is an overhead photo of my card so you can see the pop-up portion of the card a little better.

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