Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the March Pop it Ups Designer Challenge. Each month I challenge my Designer Challenge team to use Pop it Ups dies for a specific theme. This month the theme is Spring or Easter cards. You’ll find eighteen inspiring projects below from the DC team plus one guest designer.
The Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Team is a group of eleven designers who were already participating in my challenges for a previous company. When I made the leap to Elizabeth Craft Designs I was thrilled that the team came with me and we were able to pick right back up again with monthly challenges.
Recently, an Elizabeth Craft Designs Design Team was formed and five of those designers are participating in both teams. The KBDC team focuses primarily on Karen Burniston dies for the monthly challenges, mixing in whatever other products they like, including (and encouraging) other ECD products. The Elizabeth Craft Designs Design Team promotes ALL ECD products and will post many types of inspiring projects, not just Pop it Ups cards. Hopefully this will clear up any confusion about the teams.
OK back to the Spring/Easter challenge. For my project I decided to combine the Garden Bench with the Lots of Pops die to give me additional platforms for creating my Easter scene. Then I started mixing in decorator pieces from many other Pop it Ups dies, like the All Seasons Tree, Butterfly Accessory, Katie Label Pivot Card, Oval Accordion and Fancy Frame Edges.
The video tutorial will show you how to extend the length of the Fancy Frame Edges to make a frame to fit a 6×6 card:
The video will also show how to use the Garden Bench and the Lots of Pops dies together, plus how to get the black/white texture on the Poles.
The butterfly is suspended on a wire attached to one of the “pops” of the Lots of Pops die:
Supply List:
- Pop it Ups Garden Bench die set, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Pop it Ups Lots of Pops die set, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Pop it Ups All Seasons Tree die set, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Pop it Ups Butterfly Accessory dies, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card die set, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Pop it Ups Fancy Frame Edges die set, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Pop it Ups Oval Accordion die set, by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Happy Easter Peel-off Stickers #380B – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Flowers in Pot Peel-off Stickers #356B – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Fine Pointed Tweezers – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Double-Sided Adhesive – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Glitter Dots – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Basic Black Silk Microfine Glitter – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- White Silk Microfine Glitter – Elizabeth Craft Designs
- Jillibean Soup “2 Cups of Confetti” patterned paper (backing card)
- My Mind’s Eye “Follow your heart” patterned paper (tree foliage)
- Bazzill Cardstocks
- Green and blue inks with blending tools
- Copic Markers
- Xyron “X” Sticker maker
- Jump rings, twine
Time to see how the Designer Challenge team interpreted the Spring/Easter challenge. I will share one photo of each project, but know that the designers have full blog posts on their blogs (linked with their names) for these projects, including supply lists, instructions and additional photos. I encourage lots of clicking to fully experience the beauty.
Let’s start with six more Garden Bench projects.
Fran Sabad found the perfect girlfriends Art Impressions stamp to sit on the bench. She did some clever work with support boxes to hold the ladies in place just perfectly. I really want to know what’s so engrossing to these best friends – could it be talk of their favorite Pop it Ups cards?
Summer Hills-Painter, who just had baby boy #3 a couple of weeks ago, created this absolutely lovely walk in the park. I love the meandering path and the fish pond!
Sandy Diller joins us again this month as a guest designer. For this card she used the Garden Bench Floating Floor template to add a floating floor to animate her dog stamp and grass. I like the use of the All Seasons Tree with the foliage clouds glued over the branches instead of behind. Great idea!
Karen Aicken used photo-realistic stickers to add animals into her Garden Bench card that really make it look like a scene from nature. I love the doubled and staggered All Seasons Tree grouping in the background and the wooden bench.
Frances Byrne made this adorable Garden Bench card featuring some very cute rubber stamps. I love the Easter eggs in the All Seasons Tree! Frances also used the Garden Bench Floating Floor template to be able to animate her sign and grass.
Frances Byrne made another Garden Bench card for the challenge, swapping out the stamps and the styling of the tree for a completely different, but equally adorable, card.
Next let’s look at some Spring and Easter creations using Pivot Card dies.
Gretchen Schmidt created this simple elegant Butterfly Pivot Card with soft vellum layers and Agatha Edges. I especially like how she outlined the butterfly shape with a fine black pen. Neat touch!
Helen Cryer used the Katie Label Pivot Card along with a variety of other ECD dies to make this stunning white-on-white Easter card. She used her impressive calligraphy skills for the greeting and offers tips on how to glitter it.
Let’s look at some traditional pop-up cards next, using the Lots of Pops and Lucy Label dies:
Donna Wright has an impressive card using the Lots of Pops die where she left most of the “pops” in the collapsed position and used just one platform to animate her stamped girl. Her styling of the umbrella and impressive shadow photography are fantastic!
Donna Wright also made this impressive Lots of Pops card, this time using all the “pops” on the die, to animate her wild daffodils. She created the flowers quite cleverly from star and flower dies!
Shelly Hickox used the Lucy Label Pop it Ups die for this soft vintage Easter card. The front of the card is equally impressive so you’ll definitely want to check it out. Love how she used the extra stair step platform at the top of the Lucy Label to animate her stamped chick.
Karen Aicken illustrated perfectly with this next card that you can slide the Pop it Ups dies anywhere along the fold of the card. Here she’s shifted the Lots of Pops dies to the left side to leave room for the bamboo trellis die on the right. Such fabulous details in this card.
Caz Counsell has an absolutely beautiful and clever Lots of Pops card where she styled the ECD Birdie die to look like a chick and used oval dies from the Oval Accordion set to resemble eggs and a basket. She also incorporated the Butterfly Accessory dies an the Agatha Edges.
The All Seasons Tree die can also be used for card fronts, as Helen Cryer shows here with this beautiful vision of a pink Spring tree. I gasped when I saw it.
Finally, let’s look at some Spring and Easter ideas using the Accordion Album dies.
Guest designer Sandy Diller made this birds of Spring 4-panel Fancy Accordion Album, which also uses the Fancy Frame Edges. Love all her different colors and birds and the clever use of the Agatha Edge on the front of the album.
Raquel Mason also used the Fancy Accordion Album and Fancy Frame Edges for a 3-panel Easter card using both the positive and negative portions of the Peel-off stickers. This is a great technique and you’ll find more information and a link to Els’ video on the transfer sheet technique by visiting Raquel’s blog.
Summer Hills-Painter made this next card – a delightful 3-panel Oval Accordion card with a pieced bunny and peek-a-boo windows. She used accessory pieces from four other Pop it Ups dies on this card, illustrating how well the dies can work with each other.
And finally, check out this amazing 4-panel Oval Accordion Easter card by Kelly Booth. She’s used the Oval Flourish Frame Edges and glittered colored egg Peel-offs, suspended by threads in the openings. This is a beautiful project.
Well I hope you are as inspired as I am to make some pop-up and interactive Spring and Easter cards using Pop it Ups dies.
Thank you to the amazing team and to our guest designer for posting incredible creations. Join us on April 16, 2014, for the next Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge. The theme will be Mamas & Babies – the designers can choose to make a baby card or a Mother’s Day card. (I’m sure a bunch of them will choose both!)
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Karen: I very much enjoy your video tutorials but not the written ones. I get on the wrong lines when reading off the computer and it gives me a headache. So my request is to make them all video tutorials and have the written copy available to print out. I have seen some beautiful panels for your new dies and would like to watch the video’s a couple of times before I buy one of the accordion dies. They look interesting, but reading the directions doesn’t do it for me, sorry. once I see it a couple times then the written directions would be helpful.
These are all so amazing and inspiring! thanks to everyone for sharing
Just found your site and signed up for Karen B.’ newsletter. Love all the pop up cards and esp. what Karen A. did with the birds – Wow!!!
So much good stuff on this post. My best friend Deloris would enjoy a pop up card for her birthday.
Karen, you are a genius! What a clever idea! The DT did a fantastic job. My sister is having one of those big “O” birthdays, that definitely deserves a pop-up card. Thanks to everyone for all the great inspiration.
My friend Trina would love a Pop It Up Card. She is always impressed with my work. Love the designs
Love all the gorgeous projects – My friend with a St. Patrick’s Day birthday would love a Pop It Up card, and so would my sister for that matter! Since I bought the entire release at Scrap’n Savvy already I have no excuse so heading off to get cracking on those! Your entire line here just blows me away – love them all!
WOW! I always get so many ideas from your posts, but this one has me on overload. I have a friend who loves to garden and her birthday is in April. Now that I see what can be done with the Garden Bench, I simply must make a card for her–she’ll adore it! Karen, I absolutely love the your new dies from ECD.
My co-worker always appreciates the cards I make. This package is something I really am looking at to get.
Wow, these are so inspiring, my family loves to get cards made with your dies.
My husband was just released from the hospital after being very critically ill and I am planning on sending all the wonderful Drs. and nurses thank you cards. I think they might enjoy getting a card made with these dies.
Thank you for the fun ideas. I can now think of so many great ways to use the garden bench die. I can use this die for all my grandkids, no matter what age, and adjust it to make it fit each one. Love it!
Gorgeous cards, loads of inspiration….oh, the possibilities are endless! My sister Kyna is over the moon when I make cards like this for her or her family; I especially like to surprise my older relatives with a special card, even for just a great day. Thank you for all you do to equip us with the Tools of Awesomeness; I rocked the 15th birthday card for a young lady last week, using the park bench. As friends and family see cards, they want to be on my list, too. Keep up the great work!
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It is impossible to choose only one person who would enjoy receiving one of the pop up cards. Many members of my family and my friends love to get these cards. I, too, love them and love to make them. All of the cards that you show are so pretty and clever and just make me want to make more and more of them. I love the garden bench and so will have to add that one to the extremely long list of the dies that I want or I should say NEED. Your imagination is endless.
Ooops! I meant my dad (not day)
My day commented how clever he thinks pop-up books are, so I’m pretty sure he’d be impressed if I made him a pop-up card.
My grandkids would be so disappointed if I didn’t give them pop-up cards and there are so many fantastic ideas here! Thanks you!
my very best friend who is signed off work with work related stress would love to receive a pop up card from me.
I am going to make a special pop up card for a co-worker, Pat, who will be 70 at the end of the month. She will appreciate the fun pop up design.
My sister who is 65 next month would love a garden bench card as she love her garden 🙂
Oh wow… These cards are absolutely amazing and beautiful.. I know my sister-in-law and mother would be so surprised and wonder how in the world I made a card like the pop up card!!
Hi Karen! The ladies you challenged had so much creating with these dies!! My Aunts, Mom, daughter, DIL and cousins would love recieving a pop of card with that precious bench on it! Thanks so much for a chance to win some of these fabby dies. Awesome tutorial, you did great slowing down. LOL You have to go fast to get it all in, or used to with the time limit on YouTube videos, thankfully I’m past 15 minutes for being in good standing. Takes a bit of the pressure off. I’m glad we can move the slider and re-watch parts of the video, if we need to. Happy Spring! and Happy Easter!
I love all the cards. My sister has a birthday coming up and I know she would love these cards
Awesome cards by all. My one year old granddaughter would love playing with a pop-up card. Thanks for sharing all the ideas.
I love all of these pop-up card designs. They are amazing. I will be
taking a class at KEPT CREATIONS in Whitman, Ma on March 27th.
I love making cards of all kinds and give them to family and friends, especially to my daughter and son-in-law. It is such a relaxing hobby. I can’t wait to use the bench die in class. It’s beautiful !!!!! Can’t wait
To meet you Karen and learn from your creativity………
All these cards are so inspirational and make me want to create something more adventurous like these examples with these wonderful dies.My sister’s Birthdat is this montheand I am making her a Butterfly Pivot card to illustrate my new found inspiration!
A big shout – out for my friend in the UK who is just into Breast Cancer remission. I have ordered a whole heap of these fantastic dies -Can’t wait to get started – she’d love getting a card made with these new designs.
What a wonderful die! A shout out to my Mom who loves to get these type of cards and enjoys showing them off to her friends at the assisted living facility. My biggest fan.
I was just informed by my friend Jaz that she expects an awesome birthday card from me and now I know just which die to use – thanks for all the ideas!
OMG What AMAZING inspiration on here today!! My boyfriend sure would love to receive a SHOUT OUT card!! He thinks my cards are the bomb lololol he doesn’t know that I get my inspiration from here!! Please don’t tell him any different. Lololol I love your blog and appreciate all you do for us.
I almost lost my son to a heart attack, so now I send him cards all the time. his birthday is on St. Patrick’s day. he keeps saying I’m getting better at making cards. thanks for a chance to win. HUGS
Wow, the cards from the designers are fabulous. My Grandma is my greatest cheerleader when I send her homemade cards. She would LOVE to see some ‘springtime’ since MN is having one of their worst winters on record.
AMAZING work by all!!! Who wouldn’t love to receive a card like these? I know my bestie would love to open up a card like this!
Hi, Karen. Yolanda and I worried when you left Sizzix. We had to quickly purchase all those dies and NOW you have all these new amazing dies. Can’t wait to start using them. Congrats…and love the new video format! XOXO
My friend would love it if I made one of these cards as I am a total dud at doing anything imp0ressive;she would assume I was and imposter.
I always am drawn to pop-out cards. It is the pizzazz of something unexpected when you open it up.
Beautiful cards ladies! Great job!
Wow, these are great! My 90 year old aunt woulld absolutely love onee of these cards.
I love the pop up cards and I will be making them for my daughter’s reveal party. I hope you have some lamb ideas you can post.
You are all amazing designers. I really like this die and it is on my wish list. Oh to be rich, I would have them all. Looking forward to the next challenge.
No one had signed and I thought i was in the wrong place so I waited to tell you, all 500 of my people LOVE it when I send them a pop up card. They think I’ve worked overtime!!!
After a long struggle this past fall, my brother and I had to bury our mother. I would like to send cards to the doctors and nurses who took care of my mother. I am sending a card to her physician as well. I know there are times that they go unnoticed.
I love making pop up cards. My non-crafty friends think I am so inventive but the dies make things easy. I especially love to make pop ups for my family.
Carol b
I have a 12 year old granddaughter who LOVES to play in my craft room and is always asking me what is new in there. I would love to surprise her with a card that is so fun and interesting. And I’m sure she will be asking me to help her make one herself.
Love all your cards-they are amazing. What a great teacher!
My Mother in Law would love one of these Pop Up cards for her 84th Birthday next month! She keeps all the handmade cards I give her.
One of my best friends has been very sick for over a year and she loves my hand made cards. A pop up Spring card would be just perfect!
I so love your pop up cards and the dies you’ve created seem to make it so easy. I would so love to make one for my hubby. I haven’t been making cards long and he loves every one I’ve given him. I’m sure he would love to receive a card made with one of the dies.
These pop up cards are stunning. My 9 year old nephew adores interactive cards and he’d be thrilled to receive a special handmade one from me.
I am so in love with your new line of dies! Can’t wait to make more cards with these wonderful supplies. My mother in law complains she doesn’t know what to do with the cards I make her since she can’t get herself to toss them 🙂
Just loving all the beautiful cards and I would love to SPOIL my niece with pop up cards! Her smile and laughter just MELT my heart. Thank you. 🙂
Karen, my grandchildren ooo and aaah when I send them a pop up card!! They love them. You are Amazing!
My grandchildren would think that Nanny can make cards like their popup books!! They get such a giggle when we turn the pages and something pops up for them
My sisters and friends would love a pop it up card. These are so cute dies!
I would love to impress my granddaughter with a pop up card on on birthday. Thanks for the fabulous inspiration.
What wonderful, wonderful cards!! I have several friends & my daughter who would love getting a pop up card. Three of my friends save all of the cards I make them. So sweet & so complimentary! Thanks for all of the ideas & the hard work!
Love the bench and all the samples in today’s post. My friend Stacey (who introduced me to stamping) would be so impressed so receive a pop-up card from me.
Thanks for the inspiration! I could spend hours looking at all the beautiful samples made with your dies. My son would be very impressed if I sent him a card like this! TFS
Great inspiration. My next door neighbor would love a card with the pop-up bench. She has a bench in her yard and saves all of the I make for he ;- )
I absolutely love these great cards. My granddaughter is such a little diva that I know would love to have me make and give her a card like one of these.
Karen
Lovely cards so much fun fun fun, love your videos they give so much inpiration
Karen, you make it easy for us to make and send beautiful cards. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. My mom likes to receive the cards I make for her. She displays them for everyone to see.
Pop it up cards are THE best cards ever. My daughter would be tickled pink to find one in the mail from me. Love EC dies and glitter.
Karen these are so awesome! My aunt would love one of the pop it up cards, she thinks my cards are so neat! Hubby likes the cards my friend and I create!
Would love to win:)
Wonderful selection of cards….my grandson would love to receive a pop-it card….I can imagine him opening it over and over…after all, 7 years old is a magical numbed..LOL! TFS!
Both of my sisters love my “Karen Burniston” interactive cards and would LOVE to receive one using the garden bench .. or maybe the butterflies.
I’m really enjoying the new Pop It Up designs. My mother would love a card with the Garden Bench on it. We had a white bench in a corner of our yard when I was growing up. Mom always loved that bench.
Beautiful dies. I love them all.
My MIL would LOVE to get one of these …..they would definitely cheer her up, especially after her illness! I know looking at these cards definitely cheered me up. thanks!
Karen, your pop-ups are outstanding. My aunt would be so thrilled to receive the garden bench card if I were to make it. Keep up your fabulous designs. We LOVE them!
I think my since high school would be tickled pink to receive such a beautiful card. Such a beautiful card.
My mother’s birthday is at the end of the month. She’d be so impressed with a beautiful pop up card like this. She never misses sending a card out for every holiday.
I am so excited about the garden bench! I know my oldest son will love receiving a card from me with this neat pop-up — he says these kinds of cards are “by far the most creative”. I am so happy you two have teamed up and I thank everyone for the beautiful cards in this post!
My mother would love to receive one of these. She had a stroke a year ago and has been doing really well in Physical Therapy. I could make her a congratulatory one using these dies.
Golly Jee Me…I love it all…My 8 year old kids class would love to receive a “Shake it don’t break it card”. That’s what they call the mechanical cards….and oh what fun is class would be to show them how to make their own…crossing my bunny ears…
My husband thinks I’m very creative when I make a pop up card for him, especially when I do a multi-level one.
Carol Bu
I know all of my friends and family would love to get a POP UP card. I Love all of your new dies.
Loving the garden bench cards! My mother would love a card made with this die as she actually has a garden bench in her garden.
Wow x3! I love how easy the dies make the DT’s work shine! If i were to win one, yes one, my skeptical hubby would be in awe and maybe that might change his mindset about my crafty madness! Brava Karen!!! YOU really stepped the crafty world with this!!!
My fellow artist friend, Linda, was soooo impressed with my Pop It Up cards that she asked me to make and send a special Easter to her, My challenge is to choose the best one to send to her.
OH MY – I have tons of friends that love the pop up cards but I would certainly make one for my granddaughter who will be 15 on June 5th – so I if I win – that is going to be my very first creation – a nice Birthday card for Taylor Marie – my first born grandgirl – thanks for the chance to win – have a happy day!
I try to send my sister and my husband’s sister-in-law a card each week. If it is a pop-up my sister takes hers to work with her to show it off. Thank you for all the ideas and helps.
This is just what I needed. My daughter always expects me to top the last creation. I can always count on you Karen to help me out. My granddaughters will love cards made with these products. Thanks!
I am so fortunate to own some of the new POP UP dies. I know my daughter would love to have one.
lovely inspiration here … I sent my mom a pop up card and she thinks I am a paper crafting genius … I keep telling her, it is not me, it is the dies ….. but she still says she loves my cards!
Sandra ltb
I love your videos and the Design Team did an amazing job. I can’t think of anyone that would’t want to receive a pop up card – but first on my list is a friend Laurie. It would make her day.
I have a dear friend that will be 96 this year and has a lovely backyard with garden benches. I would love to make her one of these lovely pop-up garden bench cards. She is a former teacher and would love to receive one.
I sure wish I could make cards like these. My friend Sammye sure would love one. I try but they just aren’t like the ones your design team make.
My Mother would love to receive a Garden Bench card for her 80th in April as she lives all the cards I make for her and shows everyone ( even taking them to the hairdressers to show off ) Thanks for the chance to win xx
Everybody makes such great cards with your dies and Els’ glittery stickers. My grandkids just love the accordion album cards I send. Thanks for making me look good, ladies.
Wow! I just signed up for your newsletter Karen. Just when I thought I had signed up for everything Karen Burniston there is a newsletter full of all kinds of inspiration! I cannot wait to get my hands on the pop it ups Garden Bench and All seasons Tree. My mother decorates for all the seasons or holidays and would just get a kick out of a card made with these dies. She loves all the cards I make and says “You are so crafty. I just love your cards”. Every time! LOL! Gotta have them and going to make her one soon!
SHOUT OUT to my SISTER MARGARET.. welcome to the 50’s club.. enjoy your bday
Love all the inspiration. My friends would love to get a Garden Bench card with the cute tree from me.
My friend keeps all my homemade cards and she has yet to get a pop up from you! She will love it!
A very deserving Military Hero stationed in Afghanistan would be thrilled to receive such an exquisite card.
Thanks for all of the inspiration. Peggy would be delighted to see a Garden Bench card form me.
My family sure loves getting handmade cards from me.
Ohhhh Emmmmmm Geeeeee! This has got to be my “most favourite” release of all of ’em! I love doing pop up/pop it up cards. Just love it and everyone I make one for is just thrilled. My parents especially. My Dad is just so over-the-top with his compliments on my cards and so a favourite to make special pop up cards for. He keeps everyone. My husband too loves my cards and especially the pop up ones. He’s got quite a collection in his office and he’s not shy about telling everyone about them. Thanks Karen and ELS for creating these special dies for us to enjoy!
I really like the video and all the cards. I would send one to several people but especially my daughter!!
Wow I want to shout out from the roof tops about all of the wonderful designs in this blog post!! When I go to supper at a friends house they love to receive hand made cards instead of. A bottle of wine as a hostess gift,!!
I love what u do… u r so inspiring… and here is to my fav peeps…. .
Finally got to sit and watch the video – Karen B you are AHHMAZING. What cool techniques you shared – I’m completely inspired. Love all the DT samples too!
What a fun collection of cards. They are lovely. Amazing designer team.
Wow, you have knocked it out of the park again with your amazing video … can’t wait to try that idea.
Your tutorial is as incredible as always. Love all the little tips and tricks you include each time. The glittered pole is one I’ll be using soon! Thanks!
I love each and every card in this post. And then that great Youtube! I am learning more every day and love it!
WOW!!! I’m amazed and delighted to see the creativity from all of you this month. My mind is whirling.
OH that was AWESOME! Lots of Pops AND Garden Bench on one card – you blew me away. Where to begin on the rest of the card except to say it’s fabulous! That mottled black/white SMFG, love it. WOW great video as usual!
WOW WOW WOW!!! Your Video is so Fun and Creative just Love the ideas….. and The cards for this month are over the top!! Love them all…..
oh my lord these cards are fabulous.
Thanks for sharing all the possibilities with the garden bench and the other pop-it-ups! You are so clever and always teaching us how to get the most out of our purchases! Thanks, too, for showing me how to fold these complicated pop-it-ups! I needed that!