Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the April 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 Mother’s Day and/or Baby cards. You’ll find eighteen inspiring projects below from the DC team.
A few weeks ago we attended the Collins Rep Group Spring Training event in Boston. We decided to release a new die as part of that show. The House Pivot Card Die (#902) is shipping this week to stores who ordered it at the show. Starting next week the orders will go out to stores who didn’t attend the show but ordered the die.
For my project I decided to use the new House Pivot Card die for a Mother’s Day card. In addition to the House Pivot Card die (which comes with the pivot card die plus 7 accessory dies) I also mixed in decorator pieces from three other Pop it Ups dies; the All Seasons Tree, Fancy Accordion and the grass from the Garden Bench.
Watch this video tutorial to learn how to use this die as I create the following Mother’s Day card. If you watch till the end you’ll also see additional House card samples.
For my card I kept the front pretty simple, with just a couple of clouds, an extra chimney and some grass.
The card’s interior features the All Seasons Tree (the “cloud” dies that come with the tree can be used for clouds or for foliage), the grass from the Garden Bench die, and the Fancy Labels from the Fancy Accordion die. I computer-generated the greeting in the style of the inspiration item (a mug) that I purchased for Mom.
In this next photo you can see a close-up of the details on the house. The brick emboss is created by the House decorator die by rolling it back through a die cutting machine with an embossing sandwich. (Watch the video to see this done) The little window frames have built-in window boxes which will also look like awnings if they are turned to the top. (Wouldn’t this die make a cute little bakery?) The extra fence picket can also be used as a birthday candle.
Some of the footage that ended up on the cutting room floor showed a couple of variations for using the House Pivot Card die, where you can make a double house pivot card or a double fence pivot card. However, I know that Raquel Mason has some examples of this technique coming up soon on this blog, so stay tuned for that!
Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs Products
- 902 House Pivot Card Die set (call your local store to order!)
- 781 All Seasons Tree
- 780 Garden Bench (grass die only)
- 771 Accordion Fancy Label (decorator labels)
- 7018 Glitter Dots – Black/Silver
- Die Snips
- Die File Set
- Detail Fine Pointed Tweezers
- Detail Fine Pointed Scissors
Other Supplies – Bazzill cardstocks, My Mind’s Eye “Lost and Found Market Street” Papers, pop dots, fine line glue, Copic E47 marker (back of white pickets for distressed bleed-thru look), computer-generated greeting
Time to see how the Designer Challenge team interpreted the Mamas & Babies 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 MAMAS!
Fran Sabad has created the mother of all Mother’s day cards! This three-page Circle Accordion album, with matching Frame Edges, knocks my socks off! Such a pretty and spectacular card. As I would say . . . Frantastic!
Frances Byrne also created a stunning Mother’s Day Accordion album by mixing two Circle Accordion pages with one Fancy Accordion page. She explains how to do it on her blog and the results are amazing. Love the use of the coordinating Frame Edges dies for each page and the beautifully glittered and colored Roses Peel-off Stickers.
Summer Hills-Painter just had her third little boy, so I was expecting to see a Baby card from her, but she went with gorgeous Mother’s Day cards instead. Both of her creations feature bold striking colors that work so well together. First up is her Oval Accordion card featuring the Oval Flourish Frame Edges. The Roses in Oval Peel-off Sticker has been glittered and colored to match the red/white/black color scheme. Love this!
Now let’s look at what Helen Cryer created with the same Oval Accordion die. This is the beauty of die cutting, where YOU choose your colors, textures and theme. This is also a Mother’s Day card, but with more of a homespun country feel. I love Helen’s choices of embellishments for her Mum.
With no prior consultation the designers managed to make cards with all three Accordion Album shapes and all four Pivot Card shapes (my House card is the fourth Pivot Card). Let’s check out the designer creations using the other three Pivot Card shapes, the Katie Label, Butterfly and Heart.
First up, Shelly Hickox with a drop dead gorgeous Mother’s Day card using the Katie Label Pivot Card. She’s added some decorator dies from the Butterfly Accessory die and the Agatha Edges. On the front of her card (click over to see!) she’s done a brilliant whitewash technique with the Damask Embossing Folder. You can also see this card in action on Shelly’s blog courtesy of a short Vine video.
Raquel Mason used the Heart Pivot Card die perfectly for this sweet Mother’s Day card featuring a suspended chain of hearts and the included key die. She has a ton of clever techniques in this card and you’ll definitely want to click over to her blog post to read them all. Fabulous!
Summer Hills-Painter made a second Mother’s Day card, this time with the Butterfly Pivot Card die. She also used the Agatha Edges and the Katie Label decorator dies for her greeting. The colors again are non-traditional, but work so well together. The edging effect is very striking.
Kelly Booth made this sweet Mother’s Day card for her daughter. The Lots of Pops die is perfect for creating layered pop-up scenes like this one, featuring glittered and colored Peel-off stickers. The die set includes the pole and a few banners as well.
Donna Wright went with bright bold colors for this Mother’s Day card, using the Lucy Label pop-up die and Agatha Edges, and embellishing the front of the Lucy Label with the Katie Label decorator dies. (In real life Katie and Lucy are only marginally good at playing nicely together, but in die form they blend spectacularly) I love her use of other ECD dies to create the vase of flowers.
Karen Aicken made this adorable birthday card for the challenge. How does it fit the theme? Her daughter was born on Mother’s Day! Karen has used the Lots of Pops die and the Agatha Edges flourish along with some adorable stamped, glittered and colored bird stamps to celebrate the occasion.
Gretchen Schmidt made a lovely Mother’s Day card using an embossing folder and decorator dies from several Pop it Ups dies, but not for a pop-up card. What a perfect illustration of the possibilities (not just pop-a-bilities) with the Pop it Ups collection. This uses the Butterfly Embossing Folder, Butterfly Pivot Card and Fancy Accordion dies.
Next up: BABIES!
Kelly Booth knows a thing or two about color, that’s for sure! Check out the ombre mottled coloring on the onesie, created with an ink/water splash technique. So perfect! She’s used the Lucy Label Pop it Ups die to create her little scene, but also embellished with decorator dies from the Katie Label Pivot die.
Helen Cryer created an explosion of celebration with her Lots of Pops new baby boy card. The pole and banners come included with the Lots of Pops die and she’s used the clouds from the All Seasons Tree in the background. I particularly like her choice to use big bold letters and have them hang off the edges. What a great celebratory feel!
Once again the designers (with no consultation) represented all three Accordion Album shapes into their baby cards. Karen Aicken has this stunner using the Fancy Accordion Album for a 3-page baby boy card for her new grandson Zachary. What amazing details! The Fancy Frame Edges are also used on this card.
I like to refer to the cards made by Frances Byrne as “downunderful” (because she’s Australian and her cards are wonderful – you dig?) and this Oval Accordion baby card is no exception! She incorporated the Oval Dots Frame Edges on the album and super cute perfectly colored stamped images. Downunderful!
Fran Sabad created this soft and lovely baby card using the Circle Accordion die with the Square w/Circle Frame Edges. All of the Accordion Albums will work with any number of pages. I am super impressed with Fran’s attention to detail on the Frame Edges for the striped page – she made the pattern line up!
Caroline “Caz” Counsell was recently featured in the Daily Mail for her awesome craft shed (crafty palace). You’ll definitely want to click to Caz’s blog to see photos of our resident celebrity! For her DC card she used the Trendy Tiles 1 Embossing folder on the edge of a sparkly Heart Pivot Card celebrating baby. Click to her blog to see the inside.
Donna Wright used the Katie Label Pivot Card for this adorable baby girl card with the Agatha Edges. Check out that cute clothespin holding up the onesie! I really like that Donna illustrates that card size is completely up to the crafter – here she’s used a short long card.
Thank you to the amazing team for posting incredible creations every month. Join us on May 21, 2014, for the next Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge. The theme will be “FLY” and the designers may interpret the theme any way they choose. This will make for some fun cards, I’m sure!
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Love love love the house die, and love seeing all of the creative cards so far with it. Can’t wait to get it! Thank you Karen for designing such awesome pop ups and dies, you’re the BEST!
Amazing projects by you and your DT. Your house die is sure to be another hit!
Love your new house pivot die! Can’t wait to get one from our local craft store!
I love your Mother’s Day “house”. Your Mom is going to be very happy with her card and cup. Have a great Mother’s Day also.
I love the embossed brick on the House on your card Karen! Keeping it all white just sets this house apart!
What creative ways to use the house die! Love the vest!
Wow a great new die, I just love it. The house is great but the picket fence n tree are the cream on top.
Wow! Great cards. Love the new house die.
Fantastic cards from everyone. Love the house die. Love it. Fantastic to have detailed pivot dies. Off to find me a house. Hugs
So many uses for this new die – house warming, open house, new house. Your card is so adorable. And the mama’s & babies cards are stunning.
Oh my what a fabulous little “house” die it is. I have also seen it used as a shirt…fantastic
I love these dies! Can’t wait toale a sweet little house card for someone I love.
Love all the cards created by the talented DT. My favorite is the house card. That die is a MUST have!!!!
This new house die is such fun.there will be so many opportunities to use this house collection in a variety of projects.Thanks for all the inspirational examples!
This is a great pop it, would love to have it.
Love the house die. Would make a fantastic xmas card……
Love the new house die. Who would think a house would fit so many themes?
I love the vest made with your house die. It is the cutest. A must have die.
Amazing projects and such diversity! You really have an exceptional DT. There are going to be a lot of very happy mom’s. Love how the house and gate pivot. So clever.
The house pivot card is so cute. I can’t wait to get one so I can make gingerbread house cards for Christmas.
The House is adorable! The level of creativity is amazing and so inspiring.
Loving the card with the pivot die and added accessories – the HOUSE on the card is lovely! The other DT creations are just as lovely as well – have a blessed day! Gail
I love your new “house” die. Please enter me in your contest. Have a great day!
I love ti new house die. Hope I get one.
Love the new House die Karen! You are SO awesome and love, love, love the pop it up dies!
The pivot house die is amazing.
Very cute house creation! Clever! The house doi is awesome but your design additions make it special, amazing.
Karen,
The “house” that you made with the Pivot House Die” is just adorable!
Carol B
I Love the new pop it up dies. The house pivot Card, the garden bench and the tree are very nice.
from my house to your house would like to say all the designs are great. each members cards are to die for ideas. the house die would make lots of great ideas.
Trust you had a wonderful Easter at your house! TFS all these great projects!!! Hard to even pick one favorite!!!
Hugs,
Jan
I would LOVE your pop up house to pop over to my House
Thanks for a chance to win this fantastic prize :):)
These cards are super fragilistic !!! Would love to have the house in my craft room!!!!
The new pivot House die is on the top of my must have list. A perfect companion to the tree die. Terrific tutorial. Thanks, Karen.
Such a cute HOUSE. Love the pivot too.
The house card is just what you need to make a card feel “homey”. Love the gingerbread house and your mother’s day card. After all where would we be without our mothers.
A great HOUSE pivot die! What’s next?
Another creative and beautiful die! I am sure I can store one more in my house! 🙂
A great collection of cards, but the little house die cut card really caught my eye. So sweet.
Love the new ECD dies! As always Karen, you ROCK the house!
I hope that I can get your new “House” into my house soon! So many possibilities :).
Love the house–can’t wait to do it!
The house die has so many possibilities. Can’t wait to make my own house creation
Love the house die. The cards are beautiful.
I would love to win anything from karen I live in a remote part of australia called Western Australia where no one gets anything here first second but usually last haha
OMG….these are all amazing projects.. The secret word is house. Thanks for a chance to win. I love my ECD dies! Got lots too but none of Karens yet.
Oh my gosh, Karen, this house die is so cute. The pivot dies look a bit easier than the pop up house die from Sizzix. I hope my local craft stores start carring these dies.
I wish Karen Burniston and Els would come visit me at my house!!! They are my favorite crafters, an I will find this new house die somewhere!!!
Love the house die and there are so many ways to decorate it. LOVE IT, LOVE IT.
Holy Cow Ladies! These cards are fabulous. I can’t wait to hop over to Elizabeth Craft Designs for my very own HOUSE die. I love it.
The house die is so cool and can be so many things, a house, a doghouse, a birdhouse, a gingerbread house, and even a vest. It is definitely a must own! I’m am loving seeing all the things that can be done with it. I also loved all the great Mama and babies ideas from the design team. They did a great job, very inspiring.
Creative genius – love the house pivot die!!!
Love the dog house!!!
I am so impressed with your never ending imagination. This House Pivot Card is just one more example. The card is wonderful, I love the house and the picket fence, then all the extras that are provided to complete the house and the additional pickets for the fence make it all complete. Please don’t slow down in creating these wonderful things for us.
LOVE the house die..how fun would this house be…nothing like a new house!!!
This new House pivot die is Fantastic – so many uses, so many ideas – looking forward to playing with it soon!
Wow. We are planning to move to Texas next year. That house pivot die would be a fantastic way to let family and friends know our new address! Awesome.
My mind is swirling love the house die I have a lot of your dies & they just keeping getter better & better
Love the new House pivot die!!!
Every card is so pretty! I need the house die at my house!
Love your cards. Is this were I put my word? House
Karen! You’ve done it again. I love this House die and the tree too! A must have.
Thanks for the chance to win.
I love all of the House cards. You make it so easy for us to be creative.
My head is spinning with all the great inspiration. You have a great design team! The new House die is great too ;- ) Thanks for all the great creativity.
What an amazing designer team, love all the cards and the new house pivot die is so cool.
Maria V.
If this die came to live at my house I most certainly would give it some love!! Great die.
Love, love the house … so cute. Love how you did the fence. I’ve watched the video twice; such a neat idea. Thanks!
So going to get this house die to make my granddaughter a card for her new house house warming
I so look forward to your email and videos. The house is another great die. Thank you.
At my house…if mama ain’t happy, no one is happy. I absolutely love the new house pivot card die set. I can’t wait to make a pivot card using this new die set at my house.
Loved all the beautiful creations by the design team and I’m looking forward to getting the new house die and the other soon to be revealed ones too!
Oh dear did not read my message and how I hate predictive text. My comment should read ….The Pivot House die will be fun to use, I especially liked the shirt made from it using the house upside down to create the shirt front, I am sure with a little time there will be heaps of other uses too. Thanks
Just ordered my House die and can’t wait until it comes so I can use it with the tree die I already have. I just love all the new dies…keep them coming!
Absolutely beautiful, I love all the dies, especially the pivot card house, I hope to have everyone in my collection.
I don’t recall seeing a house die or punch before, and now to have one by Karen that is a pop up is a dream come true. It’s an adorable house, complete with fence and trimmings. LOVE IT!
That house pivot die is fantastic. I see so many versatile ways to use it. Your creativity nevere ceases to amaze me.
The Pivot House die will be fun to use, I especially liked the shirt made from it using the house upside down to create the shirt front, I am sure with a little time there will be heaps of isotherm uses for it too.
I’ve fallen in love with all of the KB Pop Up dies! Would love to have all of them in my house!
I have never seen so many wonderful beautiful cards all in one place!!!! I especially love the house card!! It makes me think of my childhood house. This is an amazing blog and thank you for all the wonderful inspiration!!
I really like the pivot cards and can’t wait to actually use one. The tutorials are wonderful and the house is so versatile! Thanks for the opportunity.
Kare, I know my house would just love those new dies. Loved meeting you at Dorothys last year. Fun girl and classes. Thank you.
I just recently found you on the internet and I love your designs. I thought it was really interesting the way your design team used the house pivot die to make all kinds of houses – bird house, dog house, gingerbread house and regular house – so creative!
Love the “house” die. Can’t wait to get my hands on this beauty. All of the cards are
Just gorgeous. Thank you Karen and Elizabeth Crafts for you beautiful inspirations
WOW! This die is amazing! Such great ideas too! WOOHOO!
UGH! I hit the enter button before I finished! This house die would be great for realtors and welcoming someone to the neighborhood! Or even announcing moving to a new house!
Love the house die Karen! Reminds me of my house….full of papercrafting supplies! Bet your house is nice and neat!
Mary
OMG Karen. When I first saw the house die used by Helen, I was smitten! It is a must have! Can’t wait to get it into my house!
This house die is just wonderful! I can’t wait to see what you come up with next.
Although my house is filled with papercrafting supplies, I would LOVE to have this die in my collection. It is so cute and versatile.
OMG, what a cute die! I was hoping for a house die, and here you’ve gone and designed one with a matching die as well! I’m headed off to Mexico til the first of next month, so I guess I should get used to saying “casa”!
The new house pivot die is wonderful! “House” about my winning to die this time? LOL!
What a treat to see the new house die. The house is cute by itself, but then when it and the fence pivot….wow! Enjoying all the card ideas shared….
What a wonderful card for your Mom. Always amazed at your creations. Every one gets better and better. This house card is one of your best.
Karen, love your pivot house die. Saw somewhere it was used to make a vest. thank you for sharing.
I LOVE these cards! I am needing that little house die, love the way they used so many different textures on the cards, and of course, my favorites were at the end…the new baby cards! I need the stamps, and the outsides, as I am expecting a new and first grand baby in July! Love, Love, Love the new lines and how they will work with my old dies too!
Love the new House Pivot Die. My magic wand would turn into a craft cottage!
I fell in love with the house die the first time I saw it. It’s not just a house but a bird house and a vest! Way to do DT!! Of course it’s on my wish list.
What fun could be had with the pivot house die!
Love the ‘house’ card and ‘house’ die. Yes, the ‘house’ would make an adorable bakery. Awesome job by the entire DT.
Karen as always a beautiful presentation with new dies. Love the House die. It’s one I will use over and over again and display within my house!
Love, love, LOVE! I {heart} this whole collection, but the “house” pivot card is definitely on my “need” list. I can see it done up as a gingerbread house for Christmas, as a new home card, baby, mom… and that vest that was done with it the other day! Wowsers.
Wonderful house design cards – I love them all and can’t wait to get a house pivot die set for myself!
I absolutely LOVE your new die with the pivoting HOUSE!! It’s amazing, Karen!!
I love all houses and this new diecut fits the bill and is super versatile! Love how it pivots and seeing all the possibilities for a house! Mary
Wow! So many awesome dies & cards!! I especially like the new house die w/ the trees & fence.
Love the new house die, it would be great for a new house card.
Love the house pivot card. I hope they come to the stores soon. I tried finding it at Michaels today and they do not have any Elizabeth Craft dies. I told them how wonderful they are and hopefully they will order them,
Your pivot dies are awesome. Have not gotten the newest ones yet, but the house is on my list.
This is just the cutest little house! Looking forward to adding it to my collection. Love all your dies, and I have most of them. Happy Easter!
Amazing creations, it’s also no surprise that they all used the great new pivot dies, I can’t wait to get mine in Canada.
Your design team did it again! All their cards are great. Love the new house pivot die. Thanks for sharing.
Hello again…One more question…can you please tell me where I can buy your new House Pivot die. Thank you. Vicki
Vicki, I’m not sure where you are located, but the die is shipping out daily to independent scrapbook/stamp stores, so you might have one in your area that just got them in and/or can order one for you immediately. If you don’t have a local store, you will be able to purchase one from our website ecraftdesigns.com soon.
Thanks again so much. I will call my local store and have them order it. 🙂
Job well done by the entire Design Team and you, Karen. I am going to order the house pivot die..just love it. Such great inspiration given by all. Thanks to everyone.
These are all so adorable. Great work.
love looking at what you have done with the cards it gives me lots of ideas and helps to figure out how to use your new dies. Thank you
My goodness, ladies!!! These creations are all so wonderful and gorgeous and creative, fun and sweet and the video was just so clever, Karen! Well done, everyone! Xxx Rita
Oh another amazing video from you Karen, love the House Pivot die…. Karen Brilliant it is hehe!
Love all you dies!! Question, can I use my Sizzix Movers and Shapers Dies Kit – Card, Horizontal A2, Window Panes 4….with pivot inserts? thank you…
Sure! You only need a card to use Pop it Ups dies – no base die. So if you use your M&S die to cut a card, simply line up the Pivot Card die over the fold of your resulting card and run back through the machine.
Love all your projects they are GORGEOUS! Can’t wait till Mother’s Day to get my new EC dies. TFS
Love the little house so cute
Perfect Video and Awesome Post just Love the little extras you always put into your cards!! Karen Brilliant it is 🙂
Hey – Raquel is right. Karen Brilliant is a perfect name. Love your new die, and the video was great. I liked seeing how it all comes together so easily.
Cheers,
Karen A
Awesome video as usual Karen. I love your quick way to white wash your picket fence, I don’t think I ever would’ve thought of that one – Karen Brilliant is your new name.
I’m honored to be showcased with such a talented team! Great job everyone.
Wow so many wonderful creations! Love all of them!