'Pop it Ups' Butterfly Pivot Card

The Butterfly Pivot Card die makes card making very easy! (It's from Karen Burniston's new Pop It Ups range for Elizabeth Craft Designs.)

I covered some card stock with patterned paper, then ran it through with the Pivot die on... et voila!

I used some of the additional dies in the set, and also from the Butterfly Accessory set, and just layered them up.

 I also enclosed the opening left by the pivoting butterflies with some more cardstock.

This is the card front.

The wording in the card is from an old Heidi Swapp stamp, which I hand cut around. I added the 'birthday' onto a banner from Karen's 'Banner & Borders Framelits' set.

The papers are from Crate Paper's 'Flea Market' 12 x 12 pad, and also their 'Maggie Holmes' 12 x12 pad.

 Even the card back looks pretty good with the Pivot cards!

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Circle Accordion 'Pop It Ups' Thank You Card

I just wanted to show you a quick card, using Karen Burniston's new Accordion Circle die set, from her Pop it Ups collection for Elizabeth Craft Designs. (I managed to resist making those circles into Minion eyes, this time!!)

I made this card for some people who let us stay in their house over Christmas, while they were away, so we could be near my Mum and Dad - really generous of them!

I used American Craft's 'Front Porch' range for the papers and chipboard.

 I also used the 'Square with Circle Frames Edges' to cut the border pieces in patterned paper.

The left inside circle swings to the front when the card is closed, so it looks nice on the outside too.

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Another Stephanie Barnard for Sizzix CHA 2014 Sneak Peek!

I have some more cards to show you today, all made with another of Stephanie Barnard's fabulous new dies for Sizzix - this time from her 'Framelits Die Set (19pk) Elegant Stand-Ups Card'.

The base die is such a lovely shape, which folds down flat, and can also fully open up, so that a message can be written inside. 

It is one of three new Stand-Ups die sets - the Elegant, the Regal and the Royal - each of which come with loads of brilliant decorator dies, including ones which make perfectly shaped layers for both parts of the top of the card, as well as one or two border dies, and (my favourite!) some word and shadow dies.

The 'Elegant' set includes the 'thanks' shown on the card below.

Also on this card below I used one of the matching Elegant Labels Framelits dies. All three new Stand-Ups sets have matching Framelits die sets available to purchase separately.

This version of the card uses the 'take care' and one of the borders from the same set.

The tag and stamp are from another of Stephanie's new sets - 'Framelits Die Set (10pk) with Stamps - Flowers & Tags'.

This one again uses the border and 'thanks' from the Elegant Stand-Ups set, and some flower petal stamps from the 'Framelits Die Set (10pk) with Stamps - Flowers & Tags'

Another card using the same Elegant Stand-ups die set, which the 'sweet' and border also come from, as well as a cupcake made from Stephanie's new 'Framelits Die Set (8pk) with Stamps - Ice Cream'.

Another version of a Thank You card, with border and 'thanks' included with the Elegant Stand-ups set,

and finally, one which uses some ice-pops ('popsicles' in America?!) from Stephanie's new 'Framelits Die Set (8pk) with Stamps - Ice Cream', which I embossed with extra thick clear embossing powder, to make nice and glossy!

The yellow border is cut from a new set of seven Thinlits Border dies - a really versatile and lovely set!

Pop It Ups (by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Deisgns) Heart Pivot Card

Time for a card made with another of Karen Burniston's new Pivot card dies from her new 'Pop it Ups' range for Elizabeth Craft Designs... this time the Heart Pivot Card.

I again used the challenge from Crazy 4 Challenges to have my card front measure 3.5''x 5.5, and I used the heart from Karen's Sizzix Movers and Shapers Heart & Wing set to cut windows in the two large hearts.

The blue polka dot hearts are cut with one of the dies which comes with the Heart Pivot set.

I covered the windows with acetate sheeting, and stuck smaller hearts (again from the Movers and Shapers die) onto them.

 For the decoration at the bottom of the card, I used a flagpole and banner from Karen's new Lots of Pops set, and a little heart from the Oval Accordion set.

The papers are from Crate Paper's Flea Market 12x12 pad, and the stamp is from Stampin' Up.

I just loved the shadow in this picture below!!

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(Pop It Ups will be available from Elizabeth Craft Designs in the next couple of weeks)

   

Karen Burniston's New Oval Accordion Album Card

I love Karen Burniston's Sizzix Accordion Album die, and so was delighted to see in her new range of dies for Elizabeth Craft Designs, some Accordion dies in new shapes!

This card uses the Oval Accordion Card die, plus dies from Karen's new All-Seasons Tree set.

I also used Karen's Sizzix Bigz Fancy Frame die, with a stamp from Melissa Frances.

The papers are from American Crafts 'Front Porch' range.

 I love how on the Accordion cards, the left-hand panel swings round to become the card front when the card is closed.

The grass is from the Pop it Ups Garden Bench set, and the mini butterfly is from the Butterfly Pivot Card set.

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(Pop It Ups will be available from Elizabeth Craft Designs in the next couple of weeks)

   

Crazy 4 Challenges 'Skinny Cards' Butterfly Pivot Card

 The challenge today on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog is 'Skinny Cards' where the card front measures 3.5'' x 5.5''. (This is the size of card stock left over when you cut a 5''x 5'' card from an 8''x 11'' piece of card stock.)

I've not really tried making cards this small before, and as I am playing with the dies from Karen Burniston's new Pop it Ups collection for Elizabeth Craft Designs, I thought I would experiment with her new Butterfly Pivot die. 

The new Pivot dies and Pop-up dies allow you the flexibility of choosing from many card base sizes (as long as it fits through the Die Cutting machine), and I found it worked just fine in my little 3.5'' tall card!

I used butterflies from the same Butterfly Pivot Card set, and also from the Butterfly Accessory set to decorate the card.

 All the papers are from Crate Paper's Flea Market collection.

 I also used the banner from Karen's 'Banner & Borders' Thinlit set, from her Sizzix Snippets collection.

I glued twine onto one side, and added little bunting flags on foam pads, plus a sentiment from a Tim Holtz stamp.

The left-hand butterfly pivots round so that it shows through to the card front, making the front really easy to decorate.

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Happy News! Purple Onion Design Team

I have the happy news that I have been invited to extend my 'Holiday 2013' Design Team spot with Purple Onion Designs, into a permanent place! 

I just love their stamps - they have a variety of different styles, which are all just great! If you aren't familiar with the company, I highly recommend you going and having a look.

I'm sorry I'm not sharing new cards here, but the stamps on these previous cards of mine are all from P.O.D.

Extra Stamp Set Release at The Stamps of Life

 I have a whole heap of cards to show you, each featuring one of two new stamp sets which are being released at The Stamps of Life today!

I love both the sets - one is 'wordsquares2stamp', and features lots of solid square sentiments, and the other is 'label6stamps', which includes lots of lovely label shaped stamps with either sentiments or patterns. Both the sets are really versatile, and co-ordinate beautifully with Stephanie Barnard's Sizzix products.

My first card uses one of the wordsquares2stamp stamps, along with Stephanie's new 'Ornate Flip-its 2' die, and the co-ordinating 'Labels, Ornate 5 Framelits' set.

 Inside I used The Stamps of Life's crayons2stamp set, and matching die, which I coloured with Copics... I think the crayon sets goes great with this paper!

For my next card, I used the same stamp set and dies, but this time used one of the Framelit dies to cut a window, then I stamped the sentiment on acetate, with Staz-On ink.

I also used The Stamps of Life's lovely banner dies, and dictionary4me definition stamp.

My last card using the wordsquares2stamp set, also uses Stephanie's wonderful new 'Square Flip-its 2 Framelits' set, which cuts the card base, the patterned paper layers, and also the cream dotty-edged square (plus loads more).

My next card uses a couple of the label6stamps, and some 'Labels, Fancy 6 Framelits'.

I used Sizzix's 'Rose Vines' embossing folder in the background.

Another of Stephanie's new Sizzix dies is this lovely Fancy Flip-its die, which matches perfectly with the Framelits and new stamps!! 

And finally, a simple card using the label6stamps, 'Labels, Fancy 6 Framelits' and a couple of Sizzix embossing folders - 'Trellis', and Tim Holtz's 'Woodgrain'.

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Sneak Peek of new Stephanie Barnard dies for Sizzix!

I'm really excited to give you a sneak peek of cards using some of the lovely new products which Stephanie Barnard is releasing at CHA, for Sizzix!

I've said in the past how much I like Stephanie's Flip-it dies, and especially her more recent ones which are Framelits, and come with loads of decorator dies... well, amongst lots of other gorgeous goodies being released are some beautiful new Framelit Flip-its shapes, like this 'Elegant Flip-its Card' (with 10 dies) below.

I love how the set includes dies for cutting the patterned paper layers either side of the centre piece - it makes for such a quick and easy card each time.

There are also some fabulous new Elegant Labels Framelits (with 7 dies) which co-ordinate perfectly with it.

For the card centre here I used some of Stephanie's new felt from The Stamps of Life, which cuts really well in any dies, including the wafer thin ones. I made the cupcake using dies from another of Stephanie's new sets for Sizzix, 'Framelits Dies Set 8pk with Stamps - Ice Cream'... so much fun!

I also have to tell you about another fabulous new set of Thinlits Border dies which are coming out... one of which I used for the pink border here.

 I also wanted to show you another card made using the same Elegant Flip-its Framelits set, but this time in a slightly different way. The front of the card looks normal, but as you open it there is an extra panel. 

I made it by first folding over the top third of a piece of card stock, and placing it (still folded) under the Framelit die with the folded over edge just inside the vertical blade, before cutting.

You may then need to trim some of the extra folded over piece, so that it fits perfectly up against the middle panel when the card is closed.

 I used some petal dies from another of Stephanie's new Sizzix sets 'Framelits Die Set 10pk with Stamps -Flowers & Tags' to decorate the front, and added some twine and bunting.

Another exciting new addition to Stephanie's Sizzix range are word dies!!!! (LOVE!!)

They come as part of three new Framelit Stand-up Card sets, and I love them all!

Here, I used 'thanks a bunch' from the 'Framelit Dies Set 19pk - Card, Elegant Stand-ups'. The word dies also come with shadows, which I didn't use here, and there are other words as well as these in the set.

And one last card for now... again using the same Elegant Flip-its Framelits set, and also the Icecream Framelits and Stamps set, mentioned above.

Well I hope I have given you a slight taste of the delicious things to come from Stephanie Barnard for Sizzix, this CHA!!

'Lucy Label Pop-up' Thank You Card from Karen Burniston's new Pop it Ups

Yesterday I showed you the new 'Garden Bench Pop-up' die from Karen Burniston's new 'Pop it Ups' range for Elizabeth Craft Designs, and today I want to show you a card made with another of the new Pop-up dies - this time the 'Lucy Label Pop-up'.

It's a lovely feminine label design, which also has an extra pop-up part incorporated onto the shelf.

Karen's new Pop-up dies let you put the pop-up mechanism into any card, so I chose to use a pre-scored card from Pebbles' 'From Me to You' collection for my card base. (More things from my lovely new Christmas stash!!)

I just wanted to show you close up what one of the die sets looks like when all the pieces have been snipped apart. You can use snippers (which will also be sold by Elizabeth Craft Designs), or strong scissors for the job. If the little bumps left over from snipping bother you at all, they can easily be filed off. (I think a file will also be available from ECD.) 

Each of the dies comes with extra decorator pieces included!

I wanted to cover the whole of the popped-up label in a different paper, so I used the mechanism part again to cut the big label shape, and then used one of the decorator dies for a smaller label.

Before adding a couple of stickers from the co-ordinating Pebbles card stock sticker pack, I cut down the top edge of the inside card layer with one of Karen's new border dies from the 'Agatha Edges' set.

I finished off by backing the card in some plain card stock, and adding a washi tape border with another of the decorator dies and a heart from the Sizzix Owls#2 Bigz die.

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(Karen's new dies are with Elizabeth Craft Designs, who retail in many countries including the UK and Australia, so when they start reaching the shops later this month look out for them, or ring up your local retailer now and request them. Elizabeth Craft Designs will be at booth #441 at CHA, so if you are going, have a look first hand at the dies, and lots of wonderful sample cards.)