Make A Splash

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline card using products mostly from Hello Bluebird. I love their Slimline Scene dies, so when a few more were released in August I had to add them to my collection.

For this card I have used Hello Bluebird's Ocean Floor Slimline Scene die along with the Sea Friends stamp set.  I love how easy it is to create a scene using these products.

For the inside of my card, I created a pop-up using Karen Burniston's Mini Pops Pop-up die set. I added the two pop-ups on either side of the card to pop-up the narwhal and mermaid.

I used elements from the Ocean Floor Slimline Scene die to add the rocks, seaweed and coral to my card. I also uses the Sea Friends stamp set. to add the different sea creatures.

For the sentiment I added two sentiments using Your Next Stamp's Little Darling Mermaid stamp set. I wanted a birthday sentiment and the sentiment seemed to work with the one on the front. of the card.

Here is another view of the inside of my card, this time taken at a different angle so you can see the pop-up portion of the card a little better.

Hot Diggity Dog

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Lois Bak our challenge hostess for the month, continues to issue the challenges.

Apparently yesterday (21st July) was National Hot Dog Day, so include this national treasure on your card. If you don’t have a hot dog image, you can use any kind of fast food item. 

For my card today I pulled out a large Hot Dog stamp I was given about 20 years ago. The stamp is designed by Yvonne Albritton. 

I created a Slimline card, using slimline dies from Picket Fence Studios. The sentiment is part of a sentiment stamp by DRS Designs.

For the inside of the card I created a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Mini Pops Pop Up die set. I added another of the hot dogs that I used on the front of the card. The sentiment on the hot dog is the other part of the sentiment on the front of the card.

Along the edges of the card I used a Slimline die from Dare 2B Artzy.

The sentiment on the base of the card is from a Hello Bluebird stamp set.

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

Life's a Picnic

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Being a brand new month it's time to introduce our new challenge hostess which is ME!

Apparently July is Picnic Month and the 4th of July is Barbecue Day, so for our challenge this week, create a card incorporating either a picnic or barbecue theme.

For the challenge today I created a Slimline card (big surprise I know LOL!). To create the slimline portion of the card I used Lawn Fawn's Large Slimline with Sliders & Slimline Stitched Hillside Borders die sets.

To decorate my card I used three Lawn Fawn stamp sets ... Crazy Antics; S'more the Merrier and Tree Before & Afters stamp sets.

For the inside of the card I created a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Mini Pops Pop-up die set to pop up the owl and the fox. 

Along the bottom edge of the card I added grass using Lawn Fawn's Slimline Stitched Hillside Borders die set.

The large sentiment is Lawn Fawn's Giant Happy Birthday To You die set which I die cut from both red and white cardstock and then layered the two together offsetting slightly.

 

I added the picnic basket to the back of the card, I didn't pop this up.

Along the top edge of the card I added a cloud border using Honey Bee Stamps Slimline Horizon Borders die set.

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

Karen Ostergard

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Lois Bak

 

Plant a Garden

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Kelly Santi, our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenges.

June is Great Outdoors Month. Create a card/project showcasing something fun outdoors - camping, hiking, biking, picnics, etc.

I just received an order from Hello Bluebird,  so my great outdoors this week is all about gardening!

As you can see I created a Slimline card using Hello Bluebird's Summer Woods Scene die, I already had the winter version of this die so it is good to have the summer version now.

I used the new Bloom and Grow stamp set to decorate my card which is also from Hello Bluebird.

I used Distress Oxide inks to add color to each of the difficult pieces from the slimline die..

For the inside of the card I created a pop-up card using the pop-up die set from Karen Burniston's Mini Pops Pop-up die set. 

Along the bottom edge of the card I used the grass border die from Karen Burniston's Long Nature Edges die set. The clouds along the top of the card are from Honey Bee Stamps Horizon Slimline Borders die set.

For the pop-up panel, I used a sentiment stamp from Stampendous Stamps called Friends Add Color. I stamped this onto white cardstock and then used MFT Stamps Stitched Dome Frames Die-namics to create my pop-up panel.

I added some more of the stamps from the Bloom and Grow Stamp set. 

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

Other Supplies:

Stitched Dome Frames Die-namics - MFT Stamps (discontinued)

Happy Cupcake Day

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.

Apparently Monday 14th June is Cupcake Day, so for our challenge this week we are adding cupcakes to our cards.

I have created a Slimline card using Trinity Stamps Room Builder die set. Ever since I received this die last year I have been wanting to create a kitchen scene using the Art Impressions Whisk It stamp set. I finally found the perfect opportunity to make it.

I die cut the main die from the Room Builder die set from white cardstock.  I then used a black marker to turn the floor boards from a wood floor to a checkerboard floor. I added patterned paper to the top portion of the card.

The fridge, oven, bench and many of the other accessories on this card are from Trinity Stamps Cottage Kitchen Stamp set. To fill in the kitchen scene with cupboards, I just used a strip of white cardstock and a sliver of black cardstock on the top and then added rectangles for the doors. I used the inner rectangles from the window die included in the Room Builder die set to add the doors.

I added the "Happy Cake Day" sentiment to the front of the island bench which is from Honey Bee Stamps You Bake Me Happy stamp set. I added the "cup" sentiment seeing this card is for Cupcake Day.

For this inside of the card I added the patterned paper I used on the front for the top and bottom edges. I used Whimsy Stamps Slimline Zig Zag Edger die set to create the zig zag border on both panels.

The cupcakes are from Karen Burniston's Cupcake Pop-up die set which I popped up using the larger of the angled pop up mechanisms from the Mini Pops Pop-up die set.

The pop up in the centre of the card is from the Explosion Pop-up die set. I added the birthday sentiment to the pop-up panel which is from Honey Bee Stamps Baked with Love stamp set.

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

Karen Ostergard

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Lois Bak

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - June 2021

Welcome to our June Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ...  "SET THE SCENE!" - make a card featuring scenery of any type. 

I love creating scene for my cards and I also love making Slimline cards, so for today's challenge I decided to combine the two. I have created a Slimline Pop-up card that measures 3.5 inches x 8.5 inches.

For the inside of my card I die cut a panel of blue cardstock and four panels of green cardstock using the largest rectangle from the Crosshatch Long Rectangles die set. I used distress oxide inks to add some ink to the top portion of the blue rectangle panel. I used the grass die from the Long Nature Edges die set to create my grass panels, which I sponged using Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink. I then added the grass layers to the larger blue and green rectangle panel which was then adhered to the inside of my card.

I used the Tiny Trees Pop-up die set to create the four trees, two of which I adhered to the back panel. 

I added the clouds & birds from the Outdoor Scenes die set to finish my sky area.

I used the Mini Pops Pop-up die set to pop-up the remaining two trees to the outside edges of the card. In the centre of my card I created a picnic scene using the Picnic Elements die set. The picnic basket and jug were popped up using another of the pop-up elements from the Mini Pops Pop-up die set. No picnic is complete without ants, so I added them to my scene as well.

To finish off the inside of the card, I added the "Hello" sentiment which is from Word Set 6 - Summer die set.

For the front of the card, I repeated part of the scene I created on the inside of the card using the same die sets.

Play Ball

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  Being a brand new month it's time to introduce a new challenge hostess which is Liz Williams.

Apparently today is Willie May's 90th Birthday, so for our challenge this week we are to create a card with a Baseball theme in his honour.

Down here in Australia baseball isn't as popular as it is in the USA, most Aussies follow sports like Cricket  and a few different forms of football. Luckily I do have a few baseball themed stamps from back when I was designing from a few different companies.

For my card today I decided to pull out my baseball bugs and sports stamps from Alota Rubber Stamps. I had a number of those so I figured I could use them together create a scene for a Slimline card. Unfortunately Alota Rubber Stamps is no longer in business, but it was good to get these out and play.

I created a Slimline Card using Slimline dies from Lawn Fawn, I used their Large Slimline with Sliders and Slimline Simple Stitched Hillside Borders die sets to create the background on the front of the card.

I added a few trees to the top of the grass area using the tree border from Karen Burniston's Long Nature Edges die set. I also added a grass border along the bottom of the card using the grass border die included in the same die set.

To create the clouds on the blue cardstock, I used Pinkfresh Studio's Cloud Builder die set.

The sentiment at the bottom of the card is from MFT Stamps PI - Baseball Boy die set.

For the inside of the card I created a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Mini Pop Pop-up die set, I used one of the angled platforms to pop-up the baseball bugs on either side of the card. 

I used the Slimline Simple Stitched Hillside Borders die set from Lawn Fawn again to create the curve of the grass on the back panel of the card. I again added some trees along the edge of the grass area.

Along the bottom edge of the card I added a grass border using a grass border die from Karen Burniston's Long Nature Edges die set.

I added the seats to the back panel of the card, which is another of the stamps from Alota Rubber Stamps. 

To finish off the card I added a sentiment using two of the sentiments from MFT Stamps' PI - Baseball Boy stamp set.

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

Manila Habib

Other Supplies:

Slugger Bug - Alota Rubber Stamps (discontinued)

Pitching Ball Bug - Alota Rubber Stamps (discontinued)

Catcher Bug - Alota Rubber Stamps (discontinued)

Scoreboard - Alota Rubber Stamps (discontinued)

Seats - Alota Rubber Stamps (discontinued)

PI Baseball Boy (sentiments) - MFT Stamps (discontinued)

Mega Ovals - Spellbinders (discontinued)

Super Heroes Comic Slimline

Hi Crafty Friends,

It'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.

Super Heroes - Yesterday 28th April was Superhero Day. Include a superhero or two on your card this week. (Interpret Superhero any way you like.

Having a daughter who has always been interested in Super Heroes, I seem to have collected super hero stamps and dies over the years. My latest addition to my collection is Mama Elephants Little Superhero Agenda stamp set, so I decided to use that to create my card today.

Mama Elephant also recently released a Slim Comic Strip die set, which includes the comic strip frame and the speech bubbles that have the different words. So I created a Slimline card using this stamp set. 

I few years ago I purchased Sunny Studio Stamps Heroic Halftones paper pad which works perfectly with the die set and images.

I added the cityscape die from Mama Elephant's Slim Film City die set.

For the inside of the card I created a pop-up card. I used another piece of the paper that I used on the front of the card, which I added to the back panel and about an inch to the edge of the bottom edge of the card.

I used the cityscape die again to add to the back panel.

To create the pop-up portion of the card I used the smaller of the angled platforms to add the 4 little pop ups along the fold of the card. I then added the cute little superheroes.

I added the birthday sentiment to the base of the card using two sentiments from Penny Black's Wet & Wild stamp set.

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

Manila Habib

Beep Boop

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a birthday themed Slimline Pop up card.

For the background of my card I used Dare 2B Artzy's Slimline Gears Die. I die cut the die from silver  cardstock, for the background panel behind the gears background I used an old technique I used to do years ago using oil pastels/crayons. To do this I used black cardstock and then scribbled silver, copper and red oil pastels/crayons over the background and then used my finger to blend the pastels into the card.

The gear background made me think of robots, so I pulled out my Honey Bee Stamps Build A Bot stamps & dies. I added the addition gear/cog that comes in the die set which I added close to the sentiment using a screw brad.

For the inside of the card, I die cut the Slimline Gears die to create the borders at the top and bottom edges of my card. This die is not long enough to go across the entire length of my slimline card so I die cut a short addition piece, removed the side border and matched up the gears carefully. I then adhered the panel to another black panel that I used the Oil Pastel technique to and cut the panel down the length of the panel.

I added two of the sentiments from the Honey Bee Stamps Gears Up stamp set.

 

To create the popped up robots, I used the longer angled platform from Karen Burniston's Mini Pops Pop up die set.