Wishing You a Merry Pug-mas!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for dropping by my blog today . Recently I purchased this cute Pugalicious stamp set from There She Goes as my daughter loves pug dogs and I knew it would be fun to create a card for her using this set. For my card today I have decided to make an Accordion card using Karen Burniston’s Sizzix Accordion Flip Album … these are so simple to create but look like it has taken ages to create!

I also used the coordinating Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket die and the Sizzix Labels & Stitched Framelits set to I could get the layers and also the designer paper frames.

Here is my card closed with the cute pug looking at us .

Stamps: Pugalicious – There She Goes

Paper: White; Red; Green; Gingerbread DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Accordion Flip Album; Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket; Sizzix Labels & Stitched Framelits; Glitter; Foam Tape; Copics

Noel

Hi everyone,
It’s time again for another Karen Burniston Designer Challenge, the theme for October is CLEAR CREATIONS (aka Defying Gravity).
I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to create an Accordion Dies or Pop N Cuts dies for the challenge this time round … so I used both and made two cards. I will share my second card on my blog tomorrow.

As you can see for my first card I decided to create an Accordion card using Karen Burniston’s Sizzix Accordion Flip Album and Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket dies.
I die cut the three panels using the Sizzix Accordion Flip Album bigz die from acetate and then covered the frames using designer paper which were die cut using the Sizzix Frame & Labels Bracket Dies.
To decorate the centre panels of each piece I used the Karen’s Sizzix Noel Set Sizzlits set which includes the poinsettia die and Noel word. I also die cut the Flower from the Sizzix Pop N Cuts Poinsettia Insert for each of my flowers. After I had created both flowers I added Mustard Seed Distress Stickles over the flowers.
The Noel was die cut from gold shimmer card twice so that I could adhere the word on the other side of Noel to hid any adhesive.

Here is another photo of my card this time from the front when the card is folded.

And one last photo … this time folded completely flat ready for mailing.
I really loved this challenge, I have been wanting to play with acetate to create an accordion card for a while so this was the push I needed .
If you are looking to purchase Karen’s Sizzix Pop N Cuts in Australia you can find them at Photo Continental.
Don’t forget to check out the Sizzix blog on Thursday when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month.

Dies: Accordion Flip Album Bigz  Die; Frame & Label Bracket Bigz Die; Noel Set  Sizzlits; Poinsettia Pop N Cuts Insert – Sizzix

Paper: December Documented DP – Simple Stories; Acetate

Other: Mustard Seed Distress Stickles

When Pigs Fly!

Hi everyone,
I have another accordion card to share with you today using Karen Burniston’s Sizzix Accordion Album and Frame & Label Bracket dies. I love making these fun cards!
The pigs that I used to decorate my card are from There She Goes “Oh Crop” stamp set.

I have also used one of Karen’s new framelits sets from the latest Snippets release to create this card. It’s the Sizzix Labels & Stitched Frames Framelits. The thing I love about these framelits is that the stitching is a completely separate die to the label die, so you have the option as to whether you add the stitching or not.
For the white panel I used the accompanying label that fits with the stitching … but of the dark pink panel I cut the label from the Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket Die and then used the stitching from the Sizzix Labels & Stitched Frames Framelits set.

Here is a close up of the first two panels of my accordion card.

And here is a close up of the middle (again) and last panel.

Stamps: Oh Crop – There She Goes

Paper: White; Pink; Dark Pink; Sweet Girl DP – Echo Park

Sizzix Dies: Accordion Flip Album Bigz Die; Frame & Label Bracket Bigz Die; Labels & Stitched Frames Framelits

Other: Black Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

Swinging By…..

Hi everyone,
It’s challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  Lois Bak our challenge hostess for the month of September continues to bring us some fun challenges.
Lois loves fun folds, so this week our challenge is to make a card using some kind of a “fun fold.”
Well it is no big surprise that I love fun folds too and this week I used Karen Burniston’s Sizzix Accordion Album and Frame & Label Bracket die to create this fun accordion card.
The little girl swinging is a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp called Summer Swingin’. As I wanted this to be a birthday card I used my computer to create the sentiment used on the right panel.

Here is my card all closed up … as you can see I added a few flowers and flourished to the front 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:

Charlene Merrick (on a break)	Joanne Grzelak	Shirley Quarry	Anne Harmon	Lois Bok	Vicky Gould
Sabrina Friel	Kathy Bradley	Amber Hillman

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Stamps: Summer Swingin’ – Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Paper: White; Peach; Tangerine DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Accordion Album; Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket; MFT Die-namics Leaf Filled Flourish; Flowers; Foam Tape; Copics

It’s a Riley Blog Hop!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to Riley and Company’s blog hop! Come join us as the Riley and Company Design Team take you on a journey discovering all sorts of Riley fun! If you didn’t start at the beginning of this hop, you might want to head on over to the Riley and Company blog so that you don’t miss out on anything.

This time round Riley and Company will be releasing 35 new Funny Bones sayings to go with the Riley stamps you already have! 


Here are this month’s specials:

Special #1:  Buy ONE unmounted sheet of the new Funnybones for $50, get the second for only $40! (reg. $5.50 each). That's a savings of $102.50! This offer expires July 31st,  2013. (Offer not available to wholesale customers.)

 Special #2:  You can also get a set of 3 FREE Funnybones stamps (our choice) during this release by simply placing an order of $25 or more (before tax) in the first 24 hours of the release! (One per customer please.)

  

Special #3:  But wait - there's more! As an added bonus, we are giving EVERYONE FREE SHIPPING from Thursday night at 9 pm CST until Sunday night at midnight CST! Just enter FREESHIP in the coupon code section!

BLOG CANDY!

We will be choosing two lucky winners from the comments on RILEY's blog! ..... to win a $20 Gift Certificate to the Riley & Company online store!!! So make sure you head on over to the blog and leave a comment to be eligible to win.

For my first card today I used Miss Muffett Sophie with the new “Seeing a Spider” funny bones sentiment to create an Accordion Flip card. As you can see from the photo at the top of my post Miss Muffett Sophie can be seen from the front of the card when it is closed and then again when it is opened up. I also added a plastic spider to the lower right hand side of my card when it was opened.

Stamps: Miss Muffett Sophie; Seeing A Spider Funny Bones Saying – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Pink; Cambridge Court DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Accordion Flip 3D Album Die; Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket Die; Flowers; Plastic Fly; Foam Tape; Copics

 

For my second card today I used the new “God Made Us Sisters” Funny Bone Sentiment.



Here is the inside of my card … this time round I used the “We’ll Always Be Best Friends” Funny Bones sentiment.
Well that is about it from me for today, now it is time to hop on over to Kelly Santi’s blog and see what stunning creations she has install for you today.
Enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for dropping by! Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs, so that you have a chance to win some blog candy.

Stamps: God Made Us Friends Funny Bones Saying; We’ll Always Be Best Friends Funny Bones Saying -  Riley and Company

Paper: White; Navy; Green; Oxford Lane DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Framelits Labels Ornate #4; MFT Die-namics Botanical Beauty;  MFT Die-namics Leaf Filled Flourish; Button; Foam Tape

It’s A Boy!

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. This week our challenge hostess for the month Brenda O’Rear brings us another fun challenge.

Brenda has challenged us to Make a baby card/girl or boy (bonus points if you add in some soft green or soft yellow colors)

Well  as you can see I went for the bonus points this week using the colors soft green and soft yellow haha!

For my card I decided to created an Accordion Album using Sizzix Accordion Flip 3D Album die designed by Karen Burniston … love her dies! The Baby is one from Lili of the Valley.



Here is my card when it is opened, you can see the image which was shown on the front when it is open. On the other side I added a sentiment and some baby related 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:

Charlene Merrick	Joanne Grzelak	Shirley Quarry	Anne Harmon	Brenda O'Rear	Lois Bok
Vicky Gould	Sabrina Friel	Kathy Bradley

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Stamps: Baby with Teddy – Lili of the Valley; Sentiment (inside) – Printworks; It’s A Boy – Imaginisce; Pins & Buttons – Papercraft

Paper: White; Yellow; Bundle of Joy Boy DP – Echo Park

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Accordion Flip 3D Album Die; Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket Die; Foam Tape; Copics

With this Ring ….

Hi everyone,
I attended the wedding of my good friends youngest daughter yesterday so of course I needed to make her a card for the occasion. I recently had purchased the Sizzix Album Accordion Flip so of course I had to use it to create the wedding card.
This is how the card looks when it is closed. I used a really old Precious Moments stamp from Stampendous called Bless & Keep You.

Here is my card when it is opened out into an Accordion Album.

Here is a close up of the first two panels of the card. The Bride and Groom  also show on the front when it is closed.

And here is a close up of the last two panels.

My Wedding card wouldn’t fit in an envelope so I created a box for it instead. This is another old stamp this time from PSX.

And one last photo of my card this time in the box with the lid of the box on the side.

Stamps: Precious Moments Bless & Keep You – Stampendous; Happy Wedding Day – PSX; Now and Forever – PSX; Cake from Going to the Chapel – Dove Craft; With This Ring – Papertrey Ink; Tim Holtz Background – Stampers Anonymous

Paper: Sweet Tooth; Grapsicle; Grape Jelly – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Pretty Petunia Versa Magic; Sizzix Album Accordion Flip; Sizzix Bracket & Frame Die; Spellbinders Die; Foam Tape; Copics