Hi Crafty Friends,
It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.
According to the Days of the Year website, the 11th November was Sundae Day ... doesn't that sound like a delicious day! Create a card that features ice cream of some sort.
For my card this week, I pulled out Karen Burniston's Ice Cream Sundae Pop-up die set ... it's the perfect set for this challenge.
I used the "Sweet" from the "You're Sweet" die to create the first part of the sentiment and then added the "birthday wishes" which is from MFT Stamps Bitty Birthday Sentiments and then die cut the sentiment using Honey Bee Stamps Banner Builder die set.
In the lower right hand corner of the card I added the sentiment "Life is like an Ice Cream ... Enjoy it before it melts". This is from Darcie's Heart & Home Stay Cool stamp set, I purchased this stamp set earlier in the year specifically for this sentiment to use with the Sundae die.
For the front of the card I used the "Happy Birthday" die also from Karen Burniston. I also added another Sundae below the sentiment.
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:
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Hi Crafty Friends,
Today I am sharing a Christmas project I created recently. I am helping out to organise our Christmas party for a club I belong to, where we will be doing a Secret Santa present. Sometimes people forget to bring along a present but they still want to participate, so the club normally decorates a few envelopes for them to put in money to the value everyone was supposed to spend. Well that is my job this year, after thinking about it I thought envelopes were pretty boring, so decided to create a few boxes ... this way when the recipient receives their gift they are getting something a little nicer than an envelope.
This is number 1 of 6 boxes I have to make.
For my box today I used Elizabeth Craft Designs Pillow Box with Handle die set. This die makes a really quick and easy box and then it is just a matter of decorating however you want.
To decorate the box, I die cut Elizabeth Craft Designs Santa die. I die cut this from white cardstock and then colored the individual pieces as need. Once Santa was assembled I layered it onto the box using ovals underneath.
I added a ribbon bow and a sentiment to the handle of the box.
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Hi Crafty Friends,
Today I am sharing another Surprise Ball Pop-up Card that I made for my daughter's birthday at the end of October. My daughter loves super heroes, so I just had to make a Super Hero Surprise Ball Pop-up for her.
If you don't already know the Surprise Ball Pop-up and the Flap and Closure die sets are both new dies released by Karen Burniston (KB Riley LLC) yesterday.
Here is a quick video to see my card in action. One thing I have learnt while making these that the thicker your cardstock, the more pop you will achieve when the card pops up. My black cardstock is a little less weighty than my colored and white cardstocks, so the bounce isn't as pronounced as my others ... but it still does have the surprise bounce when you open it.
To decorate the ball, I used stamps from Sunny Studios stamps, one or two of the sentiments on the ball are from a MFT Stamps stamp set.
Along the edge of the card just above the flap, I added a City Scape die.
Here is an over head view of my card, so you can see the whole card. I used a die from Frantic Stampers for the birthday sentiment on the top portion of the card.
Here is a closeup shot of the ball, as you can see I alternated an image and a sentiment around the ball.
I kept the front of the card simple as the action is all on the inside. I added another of the super heroes and added a sentiment, using the Heffy Doodles "Super" die.
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Hi Craft Friends,
Today I am sharing another Christmas card with you.
For the background of my card I used Concord & 9th's Holly Berry Turnabout stamp. I stamped this onto white cardstock using Catherine Pooler inks in Sage; Seafoam; Eucalyptus; Spruce; Polished; Rouge; Rockin' Red; Peppermint Scrub.
I added a snowbank to the bottom of the card using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Border and glittered cardstock.
I added three gnomes from Honey Bee Stamps Gnome Place Like Home.
At the top of the card, I added a sentiment using MFT Stamps Bitty Sentiments - Holiday stamp set. I die cut the sentiment using Honey Bee Stamps Banner Builders die set.
For the inside of the card I added another snowbank using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border die set.
I added another of the gnomes and a tree which are both from the Honey Bee Stamps Gnome Place Like Home stamp set.
I finished off the card by adding two sentiments. The "Gnoel" sentiment if from the Honey Bee Stamps stamp set and the other is from MFT Stamps Bitty Holiday Sentiments stamp set.
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Hi Craft Friends,
Today I am sharing a Christmas Card using some of the new dies being released tomorrow by Karen Burniston.
I combined the Gift Pivot Panels die set with the Twist Panel Pop-up die set to create this card.
I used MFT Stamps Ho Ho Ho Background stamp to create my background, using the emboss resist technique and Distress Oxides inks in Festive Berries, Candied Apples and Barn Door.
I added Santa & his reindeer to the bottom left hand side of the card which is from MFT Stamps Christmas sELFies stamp set.
Along the top edge of my card, I used the new flip from the Flip and Closure die set and added the Merry Christmas sentiment.
On either side of the pivot panels I added sentiments using MFT Stamps Bitty Holiday Sentiments.
Here is a look at my card as it is closing, you can see how the 4 panel fold in the centre folds up and starts to turn to the side.
For the front of the card I used another of the images from MFT Stamps Christmas sELFies stamp set.
I created a polaroid frame by die cutting a square to the top part of a rectangle and trimming down the sides of the rectangle to make it look like a polaroid.
I added a sentiment to the bottom part of the polaroid which is from MFT Stamps Bitty Holiday Sentiments stamp set.
And finally a look at my card when it is closed. It may look a little thick, but it does flatten down a little more and will fit into an envelope easily.
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