Dinning Room

It's Karen Burniston's Design Team Challenge day today, with the theme of 'G-G-G-GHOST!' - yep, Halloween cards! I don't make many Halloween cards, but I really enjoyed doing this one, using dies from Karen's super-cute Halloween Elements Die Set , with the Charm Accordion Die Set  for the background card. I used papers from Echo Park's 'The Apothecary Emporium' 6x6 pad, and on the first panel used the hedgehog from the Winter Animals  die set. I drew a little pumpkin for the hedgehog to hold, and decorated the bottom of all the panels with fence die cuts from House & Fence Pop-Up set, and grass from the Nature Edges Die Set . I used a raven from the Halloween Elements set to make the charm in the first charm frame, and the ghost is from the same set. For the third and fourth panels I used more dies from the Halloween Elements set - they're the perfect size for the Charm Accordion floating panels! I also used an old stamp for the sentiment, ...

This is the second card which I made in this set...  I used the Flip-its Scallop Oval Card die set , along with the rabbit, this time, from Sizzix's 'Animal Portraits' Thinlits die set. I used loads of foam pads for dimension, hand cut the bunting flags, and used Reverse Confetti's 'Hello' die. The background papers were old ones from my stash, and  the stripey rabbit paper was from a My Favorite Things 6x6 pad. I just enjoyed making these cards so much!! Some of products used:    

For this card I used Karen Burniston's Tree Pop-Up Die Set , to create a soft coloured card with a really dimensional tree. I also used the Nature Edges Die Set for the clouds and grass. I used all papers from Tim Holtz's Memoranda 12x12 pad . For the tree, I used the leaf layer die behind the tree trunk, and cut smaller leaf portions to layer with foam pads, on top of the branches. For the sentiment, I used the Thanks die from Word Set 1: Greetings Die Set , and a label from the Katherine Label Pop-Up Die Set . The tag and heart are from the Twist Panel Pop-Up Die Set . The card front is quite simple, with more papers from Tim Holtz's Memoranda 12x12 pad. Other products used:    

This was such a happy card to make, and is why I love Sizzix - fast, easy Flip-its card base, and big, bold, simple dies. This card literally took about 15 minutes to make, and it makes me smile! I used the Flip-its Scallop Oval Card die set , along with the bear from Sizzix's 'Animal Portraits' Thinlits die set. I used loads of foam pads for dimension, hand cut the bunting flags, and used Reverse Confetti's 'Hello' die. The patterned papers for the card panels were from Stampin' Up, and the stripey bear paper was from a My Favorite Things 6x6 pad. I'll have a couple of future blog posts giving more details of the other two matching cards I made! Some of the products used:    

So, if you hadn't already heard, Karen Burniston of Sizzix Pop 'n Cuts and Elizabeth Craft Designs Pop It Ups fame now has her own die company, KB Riley LLC ! All of Karen's new die designs are as ingenious and fun to use as ever!! I'm happy to say that I'm on the Design Team for Karen's new company, where we will be having a Design Team Challenge on the first Tuesday of every month. The theme for our first ever challenge is 'Signature Style', so I decided to use a mixture of patterned papers, and create a little scene, incorporating bunting somewhere! I used Karen's new House & Fence Pop-Up  die set, which includes all the dies for creating this gorgeous little house. I used some paper backed hessian, and papers from Crate Paper's 'Oh Darling' 6x6 pad. I created some greenery in the front garden using the Nature Edges die set, and added flowers from the Tree Pop-Up die set, with Bubblegum Blush Nuvo Crystal Drop centres. I also use...

Here's a card I made using die sets from Karen Burniston's new company  - with the Charm Accordion die set used for the card base, and  Woodland Animals die set. The Charm Accordion die set cuts a double panel, of which I used two for this card. I used a folded over strip of card stock along the back of the central fold to join the two halves of the card. For the first two panels, I used a 'Hello' die from the Word Set 1: Greetings Die Set . I used the squirrel from the Woodland Animals set, and patterned papers from Pink Paislee's Cedar Lane 6x6 pad. For the second two panels, I cut a window with a die from the Charm Accordion set, a heart charm and jump ring also from the same die set, plus a fox from the Woodland Animal set. The corner decoration die also comes with the Charm Accordion set. For the card front I added a panel of patterned paper and some bunting. I used a Fineline glue applicator to stick Bakers Twine to little cardstock triangles I cut out by ha...

It seems to happen every year, that while I'm away over the summer and have no access to crafting stuff, I take to looking at craft products online and do a 'little bit' of online shopping! One of my favourite new sets which I arrived home to, was the 'Happy Day' stamp set from Concord & 9th and matching die set.  I stamped it out a couple of times in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured one in with Copic pens, and coloured just the larger flowers in on the other stamped image. I cut out the larger flowers I'd coloured, by hand, and stuck them onto the other image with foam pads. The stamp set gives you loads of sentiment options for putting in the banner, and I made this card for Scott's Aunt, who we went to a big party for at the weekend, to celebrate her 60th. For the banner, I just chopped cocktail sticks to the right length, and glued them on, using a Fineline glue applicator (nice and precise glue application!), and added the banner on foam pad...