Howdy, I'll Get To The Point

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a birthday card I created recently using one of Concord & 9th's new Turnabout stamps from their January release and an old favorite ... the Katie Label Pivot Card die set.

It has probably been at least 2 years since I made a card using Karen Burniston's Katie Label Pivot Card die set which used to be available from Elizabeth Craft Designs. This used to be one of my most used die sets, and of course I miss using it ... so I decided to pull it out to play with for my card today.

To decorate my card I used Concord & 9th's To The Point Turnabout Stamp and coordinating die set. This stamp does allow you to ink up the image with at least 8 different colored inks, however seeing I was just using a 2 inch panel on each end of my card, I couldn't get the panels to look similar with that many colors. So I decided to stick to 4 different colors which for this card looks much better, although I do like the look of 8 colors on a finished card when you are only using the one panel.

I decorated each of the three panels (front & two ends on the inside) using the cactus and pot from the coordinating die set.

The "Howdy" sentiment is also included in the die set and I added the smaller sentiment which is included in the stamp set.

As I always need birthday cards, I added a birthday sentiment on the right hand side label.

Here is a look at the back of the card. As you can see I added another of the turnabout stamped background to the edge of the card and of course the birthday sentiment can be seen.

Supplies:

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Katie Label Pivot Card Die Set - Elizabeth Craft Designs (discontinued)

Just for Mother's Day

Hi everyone,

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 the second week in May is Wildflower Week. Include some flowers on our cards today.

As it is Mother's Day on Sunday and I needed a card to give to my Mother I decided to use this challenge to make a Mother's Day card.

I have created another Z Fold card using the Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card die set. To decorate my card I used Susan's Garden Garden Notes Gerbera Daisy and Pottery Pitcher.



This is the front of my card when it is closed. I added the sentiment "Mum" to the front using MFT Stamps Well-Connected Alphabet. I also added Prills to the centre of my gerberas.



Here is a close up on the pivot portion of my card. I added two Mother's Day sentiments and another gerber in the corner of the card. 

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

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Stamps: Well-Connected Alphabet - MFT Stamps; Just for Mother's Day - Print Blocks; A Mother Holds - Print Works

Paper: White; Pink; Dark Pink; Orange; Tinsel DP - We R Memory Keepers

Dies: Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card; Garden Notes Gerbera Daisy; Garden Notes Pottery Pitcher - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other ECD Products:  Prills; PanPastels; All Metal Tool Kit; Leaf Pad

Other: Black Ink; Foam Tape

All Aboard!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to our Paper Pros challenge for May. This time round our challenge is hosted by Caz.

For our challenge this month Caz has given us the theme .... "A few of my favorite things".

Everyone knows I love Pop it Ups dies, one of the most used of my dies would have to be the Katie Label Pivot Card, and one of my favorite ways to use it these days is to create a Z Fold Card. Another of my favorite things is my Grandson (and Granddaughter too of course). So for my card today I have created a birthday card for him.

To decorate my card I used the Kraftin Kimmie Stamps All Aboard stamp set. I also added train tracks from Taylored Expressions and also added the MFT Stamps Border It Numbers along the train track ... a little like carriages of a train.



Here is a closer look at the front of my card when it is folded. As my Grandson will be 7 this year, I added the number 7 to the front of the train. I also used the small clouds from All Seasons Tree for the smoke and added the All Aboard sentiment from the stamp set to the first two clouds of smoke.



Here is a closer look at the 'pivot' portion of my card.

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

Caz Counsell

Donna Wright

Fran Sabab

Helen Cryer

Karen Aicken

Karen Burniston 

Kelly Booth

Sandy Diller

Raquel Mason

Shelly Hickox

Summer Hills-Painter

Stamps: All Aboard - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Paper: White; Red; Thumb War DP - Basic Grey

Dies: Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card; Pop it Ups All Seasons Tree - Elizabeth Craft Designs; Train Track Border - Taylored Expressions; LLD Border It Numbers - MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

A Little Bird Told Me

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Our challenge hostess Joanne Grzelak finishes off the month with one last challenge.

Joanne says ..... When she thinks of April she also thinks of flowers….spring is here and flowers are blooming. That is probably why April is National Garden Month. Make a card that includes floral or garden images.

My card today uses some new stamps I just received which I have been trying to get my hands on for a few months now ... I finally found a shop who had them in stock. This uses the Spring Tweets stamp set from Stampendous. 

I decided to create a Z Fold Card using the Katie Label Pivot Card die set for the last to pages of the card. 

When the card is folded this is the front of the card.

And a close up look at the two pages that have the Katie Label Pivot Card. I also made use of a freebie set I got recently from a magazine for the sentiments which turned out to be perfect for these images.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Stamps: Spring Tweets - Stampendous; Hummingbird Collection - Apple Blosssom

Paper: White; Blue; Carefree Flowering Vine DP - Heidi Swapp

Dies: Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card; ModaScrap Stitched Fishtail Banners - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; Tumbled Glass Distress Ink; Orange Candy Dots; Foam Tape; Copics

Mother's Day

Hi everyone,

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

In honor of “Old Stuff” Day, make a card or project making use of some of your earliest stamps of your collection, or make use of old supplies in your stash, or a vintage image of something from the past. 

I decided to opt for using some of my earliest stamps. They definitely aren't the first I purchased but some of what I used for my card today has been in my collection for about 22 years so I figure that is old enough right!

As you can see I have created a pivot card using the Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

For the front of my card I also used a stamp set called Sarah Jane, which consists of a head, arms and legs and you can then add anything you like in the middle. As you can see, here i decided to add a present to the middle.



As I said earlier I have had the Sarah Jane stamp set for a long time, but some time after I had the girl I discovered there was a boy version which I had to buy too ... his name is Joshua. So I decided to use both on the inside of my pivot card.

I thought this would make a fun Mother's Day card as my daughter has a boy and a girl, so this card can be used for a Mother's Day card for her in the future. I always need to make a fair few Mother's Day cards each year so this gives me a head start 😀.

Even the sentiments are fairly old ones I have had in my stash forever!



I love that pivot cards can also be pretty on the back view too. As you can see I didn't really decorate the back much on this particular card other than add some designer paper to the side.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Stamps: Sarah Jane; Joshua; A Mother Holds - Printworks; Present - Darcie Stamps;  Just for Mother's Day - Print Blocks

Paper: White; Pink; Dark Pink; Cotton Candy DP - Kaisercraft

Dies: Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

Dreams Come True

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Liz Williams our challenge hostess for the month finishes off the month with one last challenge.

We are finishing off the month with a tic-tac-toe challenge. Select three things on the tic tac toe board below either vertically, horizontally or diagonally for the elements to complete your  card.

I was playing with the new Susan's Garden Fairy dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. When I think about fairies, I also think about mushrooms etc so of course I had to combine both on my card today. 

As you can see I have created a pivot card using the Katie Label Pivot Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

As my card is a "Fancy Fold" and it also included "Blue" it was only a matter of figuring out how to include a ribbon on my card to make it work for the challenge. In the end I tied a ribbon around the fairies waist.

For the inside of the card I duplicated what I had done on the front adding a few extra mushrooms including a large one. I added two sentiments from the new Joset Designs Dreams Sentiments Clear Stamp set.

I love that the back of this style of card can also show a little bit of interest. As you can added the clouds to the blue cardstock as I did on the front & inside of the card using the Behind the Scenes Cloud & Grass Stencil also from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

As I had one mushroom left over from decorating the front and inside of the card I decided to add it to the back.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Stamps: Dream Sentiments - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Paper: White Soft Finish Cardstock - Elizabeth Craft Designs; Blue; Green DP - SU

Dies: Susan's Garden Garden Notes Fairy Rose Petal; Pop It Ups Katie Label Pivot Card; Pop It Ups Outside Edges; Joset Designs Mushroom - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other ECD Products: Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape; Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter; PanPastel Set 1; All Metal Tool Set; Mini Molding Pad; Behind the Scenes Cloud & Grass Stencil

Other: Black Ink; Picket Fence Distress Paint; Crushed Olive Distress Ink; Festive Berries Distress Ink; Pumice Stone Distress Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

I Love Us

Hi everyone,

It's my turn to post a Pop It Ups Wednesday tutorial on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today. I have been having fun lately creating Z fold cards using the Pop It Ups Pivot Card dies. Seeing Valentines Day is just under a week away I thought it might be fun to create a Valentine card using the Heart Pivot Card die set.

Here is how I created my card:

1. Cut a piece of red cardstock that measures 12 inches x 5 1/2 inches. Score at 4 inches and 8 inches.

• Cut a piece of designer paper that measures 12 inches x 5 1/2 inches. Score at 4 inches and 8 inches.
• Adhere the left hand panel of the designer paper to the left hand panel of the score red card.

• Place the centre nib of the heart pivot die to the score line on the right hand side of the card (see photo above). Run through die cutting machine.

• Carefully trim out the designer paper hearts from the heart pivot area so it reveals the red hearts from the cardstock below.
• Adhere the remaining two panels of the designer paper to the red cardstock.

2. From the Flower Pot Pop Stand die set, die cut the following:

• (4) Large Flowers from red cardstock
• (4) Medium Flowers from red cardstock
• (3) Large Flowers from pink cardstock
• (3) Medium Flowers from pink cardstock
• (5) Leaves from green cardstock

• Shape the leaves using the leaf tool and leaf pad. Add highlights to the leaves using PanPastels.
• Shape the flowers using the tools in the All Metal Tool set. Add highlights to the flowers using PanPastels.
• Adhere the medium flower into the large flower.
• Add Coral See Prills from the Flower Pot Prills set to the centres of each flower. 

3. Die cut an oval from the Stitched Ovals die set from White Soft Finish Cardstock.

• Die cut an oval from the Dotted Scallop Ovals from gold cardstock. Layer the two ovals together.
• Attach the ovals to the centre of the far left panel using foam tape.

4.  Die cut the word "Valentine" from the Love Sentiments die set from gold cardstock that has Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the front. Remove the protective backing from the sentiment and cover adhesive with Desert Gold Silk Microfine Glitter. Polish the glitter into the adhesive with finger. Return excess glitter to jar.

• Adhere the "Valentine" sentiment to the centre of the ovals.
• Attach flowers to the card as per photo above.

5. Using the Heart Pivot Card die set die cut the following:

• (2) Large Hearts from gold cardstock
• (2) Medium Hearts from White Soft Finish Cardstock.

• Layer hearts together.
• Using the Best Wishes Clear Stamp set, stamp the " I love Us" and "You & Me" sentiment onto the white hearts using black ink.
• Adhere hearts to pivot hearts using foam tape.

6. Adhere remaining flowers to card as per photo above.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Heart Pivot Card

Flower Pot Pop Stand

Stitched Ovals

Dotted Scallop Ovals

Love Sentiments

Best Wishes Clear Stamps

White Soft Finish Cardstock

Flower Pot Prills

All Metal Tool Kit

Leaf Pad

Mini Molding Pad

PanPastel Flower Coloring Kit 1

Pan Pastels Flower Coloring Kit 3

Kids Choice Glue

Desert Gold Silk Microfine Glitter

Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape 64mm

Other:

Cardstock - Red; Pink; Green; Gold

Designer Paper - Graphic 45 Mon Amour 12 x 12 paper

Inks - Black

Multi Medium Matte

Foam Tape

Copics

Mother Goose

Hi everyone,

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

In honor of Library Lovers month, use a reading or book theme for your card this week. 

Most kids at one time or another have some sort of copy of Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes so I went with that for my card today.

I create a Z Fold Card that also included a Pivot Card using the Pop It Ups Tag Pivot Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Recently when I was looking for something I came across an old card I had created about 10 to 15 years ago which used the Darcie Rubber Stamps Book stamp. Back then I had also made it a Nursery Rhyme theme, but at that stage I didn't really have any Nursery Rhyme themed stamp sets like I do now so made do with what I had. For my card today I kind of CASEd my card substituting new stamp sets I had purchased that were a Nursery Rhyme theme.

Here is a look at my card when it is closed. For the front cover I used Mother Goose from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I also used some older stamps to create the grass and sky. The title of the book was computer generated.

As you can see my book opens to reveal two more Nursery Rhymes. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and Little Miss Muffet. Both of these stamp sets are also from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps. I placed tiny magnets at the back of the book and between the front panel so that the book would stay closed until you wanted to open it.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Stamps: Book - Darcies Stamps; Mother Goose; Mary, Mary Quite Contrary; Little Miss Muffet - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps; Grass - Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers; Sun - Posh Impressions; Flowers - Peddlars Pack; Clouded Impression - Mostly Animals; Shell Border - PSX; Flower Patch - Stampendous; Chalkboard Memories - There She Goes; Simply Enchanting - Amy R Stamps

Paper: White; Red; Sunkissed DP - Doodlebug Design Inc.

Dies: Pop It Ups Tag Pivot Card - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; Yellow Ink; Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink; Shabby Shutters Distress Ink; Tumbled Glass Distress Ink; Festive Berries Distress Ink; Red Hemp Cord; English Brick Wall Stencil - MFT Stamps; Silver Kirarina Wink Marker; Magnets; Foam Tape; Copics

Oh Happy Day

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.  Caz Counsell our challenge hostess finishes off the month with one last challenge.

Last week the 21st was Squirrel appreciation Day!  Show your love for these furry critters, I you don’t have a squirrel use any one of your favourite ferries. 

I do have a squirrel stamp but as you can see by my card I didn't use it as I wanted to play with a new stamp set from Avery Elle that I received for Christmas. 

I created a pivot card using the Katie Label Pivot Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

The trees I had to cut by hand, but all the animals I was able to stamp and cut using my Scan N Cut. 

I created a cloud stencil by die cutting the cloud from the CountryScape Clouds & Grass die set and then used the stencil to create the clouds on the blue card using Picket Fence Distress Paint.

One of the things I love about this style of card is that you can even decorate the back of the card if you want as I did here.

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.

Anja de Regt
Barbara Anders

Caz Counsell
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Maryann Einam
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Ednie

Tammy Hershberger

Lynn Anderson (January Guest Designer)

Stamps: Woodland Wonders - Avery Elle

Paper: White; Blue; Green

Dies: Pop It Ups Katie Label Pivot Card; Pop It Ups Outdoor Edges; Pop It Ups Katie Label Accordion; CountryScape Clouds & Grass - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; Picket Fence Distress Paint; Scan N Cut; Foam Tape; Copics