Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge – Red, White OR Blue

November 12, 2014

Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the November 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 challenge was to make monochromatic cards using three possible color schemes – all red, all white or all blue. The designers were given the option to mix in some neutrals if needed.

Several of the designers elected to do more than one of the colors and many of them did all three color schemes, so you are in for a treat when you scroll down to their amazing creations.

For my project I wanted to teach a fun technique for doubling the Pivot Card dies. This is a technique that will work with any of the Pivot Card designs and to prove the point, I did three cards (all three color schemes) with three different Pivot Card dies and a video tutorial for each card! (Go me!!!)

For my all-white card I chose to use the Evergreen Pivot Card. Here are some photos of the finished card:

One thing I forgot to mention in the video is that I took a white Sharpie paint pen to the silver bows and the glitter dots to add more white accenting on the card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

Other Supplies: 7gypsies patterned paper, Duck shelf liner, white acrylic paint, Bazzill Salt Dotted Swiss cardstock, Sharpie white paint pen, corrugated paper, ribbon

Next up, my all-blue card, featuring a Katie Label Double Pivot Card

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

Other Supplies: Powdered Blue Shimmer Cardstock – TPC Studio, Grasscloth (stash item), “What’s the word?” stamp – Texana Designs, “Just Popping Up” stamp – Rubbernecker, black ink

And last for me, my all-red card, featuring a Heart Double Pivot Card

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

Other Supplies: “Merriment” Paper Stash – Advantus, Metal heart charms (stash item), Bazzill Pomegranate Cardstock, red brads, baker’s twine

Ready to feel incredibly inspired by the Designer Challenge Team and Guest Designer? Make sure you click on the name of the designer to head to her blog post for each card. You’ll find additional photos, supply lists and additional instructions on the individual blog posts.

RED CARDS

Kelly Booth made this crisp Ring Accordion featuring Shimmer Sheetz, embossed accent panels and glittered frame edges.

Karen Aicken used the Spiral Circle Pull Card die plus the Outdoor Edges to make a rich red card and then embellished with a Honey the Bear Character, also cut from red. Adorable!

Fran Sabad chose the perfect combination of red patterns, stamps and the Lorna Label Pop it ups die for this fun Happy Christmas card. An all-red card calls for the man in red!

Frances Byrne chose gold ornament peel-off stickers to accent her all-red card and the results are very rich and elegant. She used the Katie Label Pivot Card and ECD Merry Christmas and Happy New Year dies.

Donna Wright used the Lorna Label pop-up die for the structure of her card and then turned the decorator dies from the Ring Accordion to make the fun ornaments. The combination of different red tones and patterns is so festive!

Caz Counsell made this card for Remembrance Sunday, coloring a single red poppy in the stamp. The Lorna Label pop-up die is perfect for any occasion since it is completely generic.

WHITE CARDS

Caz Counsell shows off Honey the Bear styled as a glittery polar bear for her all-white card. She cleverly pressed the “Happy” die from the Happy Birthday pop-up into the cardstock using a silicone mat underneath so it would only emboss, not cut. How clever!

Frances Byrne has combined textures perfectly on this all-white Spiral Circle Pull Card with glittery snowflakes. So elegant and beautiful!

Fran Sabad used the Evergreen Pivot Card with the tripling technique for this beautiful all-white card. I love her combination of different embossed patterns for texture.

Helen Cryer has many amazing skills and crafting in all white is clearly one of them. This wonderland of white layers is amazing. She used the Evergreen Pivot Card, but also the Clouds Embossing Folder, Holiday House and Outdoor Edges.

Karen Aicken also used the Evergreen Pivot Card but chose to use an embossing folder on the trees instead of the built-in embossed texture. Her striking glitter dot snowflakes and patches of glitter make for a sparkly elegant scene.

Kelly Booth combined the Clouds Embossing Folder with the Oval Clouds Frame Edges on this wintry Oval Accordion card. Her use of white Shimmer Sheetz is fun, as they catch the light in interesting ways. Poppy the Owl, Evergreen Pivot Card and Outdoor Edges completed the scenery.

Raquel Mason did something very cool with the Holiday House die for her all-white card . . . she remodeled and enlarged it! Who doesn’t need a bigger house for the holidays? The die used for her pop-up is the Lucy Label and she also embellished with the Agatha Edges.

Shelly Hickox made this stunning 3-page Circle Accordion with Square w/Circle Frame Edges and then suspended little 3D Evergreens in the outer panels. Wow!

Summer Hills-Painter made this vision of shimmery loveliness using the Happy Birthday Pop it Ups die and the Trendy Tiles 2 Embossing folder.

BLUE CARDS

Fran Sabad made this wintry vision of a Birthday card combining the Garden Bench, a snowy All Seasons Tree, and the script Happy Birthday dies arranged along a curved edge. So pretty!

Caz Counsell used her clever idea for pressing dies into the cardstock instead of cutting them to make a flower border for the left side of her card. This Katie Label Pivot Card is perfect in its simplicity.

Frances Byrne is the master of mixed accordions. Here she has combined two Circle Accordion pages with a Fancy Accordion page and used the dots Frame Edges for each respective page. I love how she swaps the light/dark colors when she does this. She also used the Crystal Flowers dies – gorgeous!

Helen Cryer made this vision of loveliness using the Butterfly Pivot Card and the Butterfly Accessory dies. She really captured the movement with her layers of butterflies. So pretty!

Karen Aicken created one of my favorite all-time KA cards with this blue winter scene. She used the doubling technique with the Lorna Label die and then filled in with wintry All Seasons Tree and a blue-silver Dutch the Fox.

Kelly Booth used the Evergreen Pivot Card for her all-blue card and used Shimmer Sheetz for the decorator pieces. She mentions in her blog post that this design is easily reproducible for multiples. It’s very striking!

Raquel Mason crafted the perfect card for when you’re feeling “blue” and missing someone. She placed her blue Honey the Bear on the Garden Bench die and embellished with clouds from the All Seasons Tree.

Sandy Diller is guest designing again this month and made this super fun all-blue double Spiral Circle Pull Card featuring the gears from the Clock and Gears die and Hoppy the Frog, complete with gear eyes! Check out her blog post for a tutorial.

So there you have it – plenty of inspiration for making monochromatic magic! Join us next month when the Designers are taking on the Pop it Ups for Every Month challenge. You will see at least one idea for every month of the year. All of their creations, plus a new card and video from me will be posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2014.

Happy Crafting!

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Watercolor Butterfly Sympathy Card

August 13, 2014

I recently lost a friend, a fellow board gamer and foodie. He was such a bubbly young man; my heart aches for his family. I wanted to make a card that represented his spirit. I came up with this watercolor rainbow and butterfly card that feels colorful, light, and free.

Created by Mary Dimercurio Prasad for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Making the Card

1. Cut white card stock 7 x 10 inches. Fold in half to form a 5″ x 7″ card base. Trim a small amount off the card front’s long edge.

2. Lay out the four base butterfly dies on the card front as shown. Put a small piece of removable tape on each die to keep die in place. Run card stock through your die-cutting machine.

3. Cut two lace butterflies using Small Butterfly and Butterfly Accessories Dies from yellow and purple dot paper respectively. Cut two small solid butterflies from vellum.

4. Cut a piece of watercolor paper 5 x 7 inches. Starting from the top and working down at a diagonal, watercolor a rainbow across the paper (repeat as often as necessary to cover the entire sheet). Let paper dry. When dry, flick white and black acrylic paint (optional) across paper to create speckles. Let this dry as well.

5. Stamp the sentiment in black ink as shown.

6. Adhere rainbow paper behind the card front as shown.

7. With alcohol markers, color the vellum butterflies (top two) in colors similar to what will be behind them once they have been adhered to the card. Stamp a fancy design on the wings using a nonporous surface black ink (e.g. StazOn).

8. Adhere die cut butterfly overlays to the card as shown. Only use a small piece of adhesive to the centers of each butterfly so you can still bend the wings. Bend wings carefully.

9. (Optional) Add clear Wink of Stella to all the top butterfly wings.

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies

Other Supplies

White Card Stock
Watercolor Paper
Watercolor Paints or Watercolor Pencils
White and Black Acrylic Paints (Optional)
Vellum
Alcohol Markers
2 Sheets of Patterned Paper (Purple w/Dots and Yellow w/Dots used here)
StazOn or Other Black Ink for Non-Porous Surfaces
Sentiment Stamp, Design Stamp
Wink of Stella, Clear (Optional)

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Glittered Butterfly

June 27, 2014

Hi everyone,

It’s Frances here. For today I created a card using a number of Elizabeth Craft Designs dies, Shimmer Sheetz, Velvet Adhesive Sheets and Glitter. I created a slightly larger card than a normal A2 since I wanted plenty of room for my trellis, leaves and butterfly. I still wanted it to be a top folding card, so I will also share with you how I was able to do that.

Here’s how I created my card:

1. Cut two pieces of light blue cardstock that measure 6 1/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches.

2. Cut one piece of cream cardstock that measures 6 inches x 5 1/4 inches.

3. Cut a piece of Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz 5 3/4inches by 5 inches and emboss using the Swirly Curves Embossing Folder. You will need to emboss one half of your Shimmer Sheetz first and then overlap the embossing folder slightly on your already embossed piece and complete the rest of the sheet. Use a sanding block to reveal the white core from the raised areas of the Shimmer Sheetz.

4. Die cut the Bamboo Trellis from cream cardstock.

5. From Green Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz, die cut three of the Flourish with Flowers.

6. From Purple Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz, die cut Butterfly Silhouette & body.

7. Add a piece of Double Sided Adhesive large enough to fit Butterfly Overlay (705). Remove release sheet from one side and place onto a piece of designer paper. Die cut paper using the Butterfly Overlay die. Remove release sheet from the other side of the adhesive and cover butterfly with Lavender Silk Microfine Glitter. Carefully polish the glitter into the wings with your fingers.

8. Assemble the glittered Butterfly Overlay to the Purple Shimmer Sheetz Silhouette adhering them only at the body section of the butterfly. Adhere the Butterfly Body on top.

9. Using the two small flowers from Flower Set 3, die cut 5 of each size from Pink Velvet Adhesive. Die cut 5 flower centers from Beige Velvet Adhesive. Assemble the flowers using foam adhesive between the two flower layers to create dimension.

Assembling the Card:

10. Adhere Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz panel onto the cream cardstock, and then adhere this onto one of your pieces of blue cardstock.

11. On the remaining piece of blue cardstock, score 1/2 inch down along the long side of your card and fold this both ways. Add adhesive to one side of the 1/2 inch scored section and then attach this to the back of your card. You now have a top folding card.

12. Add pieces of foam tape to the back of the Trellis and place this on your card as per photo above.

13. Place your Flourish with Flowers pieces through the Bamboo Trellis as per photo. Use liquid glue to adhere the flourish to the trellis in a few places were they touch.

14. Adhere the pink flowers over the flowers on the flourish using foam tape. To achieve a bit more height to a couple of the flowers you may want to add a couple of layers of foam tap under the flourish to secure to card. I only secured the three flowers on the left of my card. The two at the top didn’t need adhering.

15. Adhere the butterfly to the card using foam tape just under the body section only. Bend the wings slightly on both the Purple Shimmer Sheetz and the Glittered Wings.

The Inside:

16. Cut a piece of cream cardstock 5 1/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches and adhere to the inside of your card.

17. Using Pink Velvet Adhesive Sheets, die cut the word Happy Birthday (783). Adhere to the lower section of the inside of the card as per photo.

Thanks for stopping by today!

SUPPLIES:

Elizabeth Craft Designs
Butterfly Overlay 1 (705)
Butterfly Silhouette (704)
Flourish with Flowers (797)
Bamboo Trellis (727)
Flower Set 3 (725)
Happy Birthday (783)
Swirly Curves Embossing Folder (E119)
Purple Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz (SS 0106)
Green Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz (SS 0107)
Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz (SS 0103)
Double Sided Adhesive (502)

Lavender Silk Microfine Glitter (620)
Pink Velvet Sheet (409)
Beige Velvet Sheet (404)
Metal Adaptor Plate (803)

Other
Cream Cardstock
Light Blue Cardstock
Sanding Block
Foam Tape

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Stand Up Butterfly Card

June 23, 2014

Good morning, friends! This is Rita here.

Every year we make plans to take a trip to Pacific Grove in California to see the Monarch butterflies. Finally this year we saw them – What a magnificent wonders they are! So today when I was thinking back on our trip I knew right away what I wanted to include in my card, butterflies!!

To create the card:

1. Take out your Daisy Frame Peel-off stickers, a sheet of transparent Double Sided Adhesive and a clear sheet of acetate.

2. Peel off the release sheet from the Double Sided Adhesive Sheet and adhere the adhesive side to the clear acetate sheet. Peel off the other release sheet and set aside.

3. Place a large daisy and a daisy circle frame facing down (sticky side up) onto the release sheet and place the Double Sided Adhesive Sheet on top.

4. Cover the adhesive with Vintage Pink Silk Microfine Glitter, rub the surface with your finger and brush off the extra glitter.

5. Fussy cut around the two Peel-off stickers and use the remaining material to cut out “Thinking about You”.

6. Cut card base 6″ wide x 12″ high, score at 1.5″ and also at 6″ and fold. Cut 2 additional pieces 6″ wide x 6″high.

7. Keep the two 6″ x 6″ pieces together and die cut the middle with a circle die.

8. Cut clear acetate 6″ wide by 4″ high and adhere this piece in between the two 6″ x 6″ card stock pieces.

9. Adhere this layered 6″ x 6″ card stock to the 1.5″ high x 6″ slightly folded bottom portion of your card base. This will be the focal point of the card.

10. Cut one more 6″ wide by 6″ high card stock and die cut with the Stand Up Helper die. There are several (6) dies in the set, I chose the Flower Stand Up Helper. To guide better, keep a 6″ wide by 1.5 paper strip handy at the bottom and die cut two stand up helper portions.

11. Adhere the large daisy and the daisy frame onto the front of the card around the circle. Since the inside of our card has the same pattern as the front of the card, it is almost impossible to tell that there’s a layer of acetate sheet in between the front and back layer. Add glossy accents in the middle of each flower.

12. Die cut butterflies from Purple Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz.

13. Adhere the sentiment and the butterflies to the front of the card. Now your project is complete!

When we stand the card up, our center daisy is “floating” surrounded by all the gorgeous butterflies.

I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial as much as I enjoyed creating this card. I absolutely love how the Stand Up Helpers made this card so unique and the butterflies are just gorgeous. I hope you are inspired to try this technique yourself!

hugs, Rita

Supplies by Elizabeth Craft Designs:
– (792) Stand Up Helpers die set
– (713) Small Butterfly die set
– (789) Thinking of You die set
– (SKU 1130) Daisy Frame Peel-Off Sticker
– (501) 5″ x 12″ Double Sided Adhesive Sheets
– (617) Vintage Pink Silk Microfine Glitter
– (SS 0106) Purple Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz

Other Supplies:
– Paper Studio Blanc Boutique paper pack
– Clear Acetate

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Lacy Butterflies

May 22, 2014

Hi – it’s Karen Aicken here, and today I wanted to share a CAS (Clean And Simple) card. I absolutely love the butterfly dies at Elizabeth Craft Designs, and that they come in separate pieces:
a silhouette, an overlay and a body/antenna piece. They are so versatile and you can create many different looks with them.

1. Cut a piece of patterned paper, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2″. Score it in the center (at 4-1/4″) to form a side fold standard A2 card.

2. Cut a white card stock panel 3-3/4″ x 5″ and adhere it to the center of the card front.

3. Cut a 2nd white card stock panel 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ and ink the edges with a sponge and dye ink. Adhere this to the card front, centering it on the white panel below it.

4. Die cut five small butterfly overlay pieces and five bodies. Note, I cut them from the same watercolor-effect patterned paper I used for the card base, but I wasn’t happy with the colours when I laid them on the card. They were too muted for my taste, so I sponged each of the five overlay pieces with coordinating dye ink colours. I did not ink the butterfly bodies.

5. Die cut the ‘Hello’ from the same patterned paper and attach it as shown using a glue pen.

6. Attach a butterfly body to each butterfly, and attach a small strip of foam tape to the back of each butterfly.

7. Now comes the fun part! Lay out four of the butterflies onto your card front, and when you are happy with the arrangement peel off the backing from the foam tape and adhere them in place.

8. Gently fold the wings up, which creates shadows and gives the card even more interest.

9. Cut a patterned paper panel 4 x 5-1/4″ and attach this inside your card.

10. Cut a white card stock panel 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″, ink the edges with a sponge and dye ink. Then attach it inside the card centered on the patterned paper panel.

11. Attach the remaining butterfly inside the card as desired, gently lifting the wings.

Just think how quickly you could make a set of these cards to give as a gift! While I kept my card CAS … one of my favourite ways to use the Elizabeth Craft Designs Shimmer Sheetz is to cut butterfly and dragonfly overlay pieces and doing that would certainly take this card to a new level. As would adding Silk Microfine colored glitter to the butterfly bodies or cutting them out of Velvet Adhesive Sheets. What about using an embossed Shimmer Sheetz in place of the top card stock layer? There are lots of variations to this simple layout.

I hope you enjoyed my card, made quickly and easily using Elizabeth Craft Designs dies!

Elizabeth Craft Designs Products:

713 Small Butterfly die
787 Hello die

Other Products:

Big Shot
Patterned paper
White card stock
Dye inks and sponges
Glue Pen
Adhesive
Foam tape

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge – FLY!

May 21, 2014

Hi, it’s Karen Burniston with the May 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 challenge was to interpret the word “Fly” any way they choose using Pop it Ups dies.

For my project I’m using the Butterfly Pivot Card, Butterfly Accessory Die and Butterfly Embossing Folder (all of these products coordinate perfectly with each other) to teach a fun technique I’m calling a Triple Pivot Card.

Here are photos of the finished card from the video:

Interested in using some of the other Pivot Card dies for a Triple Pivot Card? Here are some examples using the Heart Pivot Card, Katie Label Pivot Card and House Pivot Card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies:

Other Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill, Patterned Papers: Glitz, Glossy Accents: Ranger, Clear stamp greeting: Lawn Fawn, Washi Tape: source unknown

Now let’s see what the amazing Designer Challenge Team plus three Guest Designers came up with for the theme.

Let’s start with the designers who chose to use Pivot Card dies.

Raquel Mason created an amazing Z-fold card with the Butterfly Pivot inside the card. Shimmer Sheetz on the butterflies give everything a bit of sparkle.

Summer Hills-Painter also used the Butterfly Pivot Card die and combined it with the Agatha Edges for a gorgeous look. The butterflies look so elegant cut all in white.

Summer Hills-Painter also made this fun card with the Katie Label Pivot Card. What a perfect interpretation of the theme!

Karen Aicken made two great House Pivot Cards for the challenge. On this first one the house is styled as a bird house and all the elements for the card came from a piece of patterned paper. Smart!

In Karen Aicken‘s second card, she’s used adorable stamps and the perfect sentiment. Notice the fun way she created a fence for the left half of the card by using the extra picket die that comes in the set.

I had a great time teaching earlier this month at the Great Yosemite Stamp Escape and it was especially fun to meet Jenn Dove. We really hit it off and I am in absolute awe of Jenn’s artistry and coloring skills. She agreed to join this month’s challenge as a guest designer and check out what she whipped up with the Katie Label Pivot Card. (Her blog has full instructions, so make sure you click her name to head over there)

We were also lucky enough to join our new Texas friends Joy and Deb for a quick trip into Yosemite after the retreat. Here’s a photo of Jenn and me in front of a little baby tree.

Helen Cryer has such a way with combining elements. This gorgeous Butterfly Pivot card is no exception. She’s added in the Butterfly Accessory dies and the Agatha Edges for an explosion of color and flight. Beautiful!

Remember how I said that the designers could interpret the word “Fly” any way they wanted? Leave it to Frances Byrne to have the perfect stamps to make a housefly bug card! This card features the Katie Label Pivot card.

Frances Byrne also made a second challenge card, this time with the House Pivot Card and some cute stamped kids floating in the sky with balloons. Frances bent the fence back in line with the card and extended it. This is a great alternate use for the fence side of the pivot card.

Fran Sabad created a stunning acetate Butterfly Pivot card with pretty floral elements. Click her name to head to her blog and see all the photos and angles of this breathtaking card.

This next batch of cards uses the general pop-up dies:

Caz Counsell sent hedgehogs into the sky for this fun Garden Bench card, complete with soft fluffy clouds and a fabulous mosaic-look grass. You can’t help but smile at a cute card like this!

Raquel Mason always comes up with clever ways to use the dies differently and this month her imagination flew (see what I did there?) to converting the Lucy Label die into a standing pop-up. She has full instructions and a short video on her blog.

By now I am thoroughly convinced that there’s nothing Kelly Booth can’t color to perfection! Check out her adorable Lucy Label pop-up card with adorable stamped and colored critters. That background is marvelous!

Fran Sabad pieced together a hot air balloon for a Lucy Label pop-up with bright colors and loads of fun. All of the elements work beautifully together . . . bravo!

Donna Wright also used the Lucy Label this month to make a tall skinny card (8″ tall by 3″ wide) to create a soaring kite scene. Pop it Ups dies can be used in any size card anywhere along the fold and Donna illustrates that perfectly with this pretty card.

Donna Wright also made another Fly card with the Lucy Label, this time mixing in the butterfly dies and embossing folder plus edging the card with the Agatha Edges. Such a pretty card!

My good friend and fellow crafter Jennifer Mock has recently started working with me one day a week making class kits. Having Jenn to help has been a life saver! I asked her to be a guest designer for the Fly challenge and she created this cozy little Coffee card to illustrate the expression “Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall?” (Notice the fly on the wall!) The friends, deep in gossip, are also “flying” on a clear Lucy Label platform. Check out that wood floor! Love this.

For the final batch of cards, let’s look at what the designers did with the Accordion Album dies:

Caz Counsell made this bright and fun Oval Accordion card with some super cute flying bug stamps. The dotted border on the ovals adds a nice touch and the brightly colored bugs mirror the colors in the paper.

Gretchen Schmidt made this absolutely perfect illustration of the Fly theme using stamps on the Circle Accordion Album. She also used the companion Square w/Circle Frame Edges to add a mitered patterned paper frame to each page. I love her use of the little hearts for Houston and her family in Kansas.

When Helen Cryer creates it’s always incredible (or, as I like to say; Helencredible!) and this project definitely fits that bill. I love how she’s decorated the Oval Accordion album with the clouds from the All Seasons Tree and everything is done on a warm kraft color. The layering of the stamps gives them such dimension.

Sandy Diller has joined the challenges as a Guest Designer in the past and was available to add a Fly card this month. And what a fly card! She chose a “Time Flies” theme and created this stunning Circle Accordion project. The detailing and elements in this card really give it a vintage masculine feel.

And finally, check out this stunner from Shelly Hickox (a true Shellypiece!) using the Fancy Accordion Album and Fancy Frame Edges dies. Such a fabulous masculine card featuring Shelly’s signature faux finish techniques. She also has a Vine video on her blog post showing this card in action. You’ll definitely want to check it out!

Thank you to the amazing team and our three guest designers for posting incredible creations this month. Join us on June 18, 2014, for the next Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge. The June theme is to use the Accordion Albums to show off photos and I’m sure we’re in for a treat with the talent assembled here!

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Fluttering Bye To Say ‘Happy Birthday’!!

March 29, 2014

Hi Everyone, It’s Jackie from snowy Alberta once again. I’m getting real tired of all this snow, it’s suppose to be spring! Anyways I’m back with a spring like birthday card featuring Karen Burniston Butterfly Pivot Card. I cut out the butterfly pivot card using Early Espresso paper for the base and Bo Bunny’s ‘Primrose’ collection for the rest. For the front of the card, I cut out the “Happy Birthday” using a piece of Elizabeth Crafts Designs Black Velvet Adhesive sheet. I cut out the 3 silhouette butterflies using one of the decorator dies included in the Butterfly Pivot Card die set. I cut one butterfly out of double sided adhesive and applied Silk Microfine Glitter “Leaf Green” to it. I then die cut the overlay using the overlay die from the same set out of black velvet adhesive. I applied the overlay on top of the green glitter butterfly. I also cut out 3 butterfly bodies. I used a background technique that I found here for the other 2 butterflies.

For the other butterfly on the right I used the same technique but changed the colour of the glitter to Fuchsia. The other butterflies were cut out of the Bo Bunny paper called “Primerose Bliss” and again I cut out the butterfly using the black velvet adhesive. I cut 2 trips out of the background paper that I used for the butterflies on the front of the card and embossed these using the Butterflies folder by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I then sponged on some Victorian Velvet Distress ink to highlight the embossed areas.

For the tag on the right hand side I used a sticker by Bo Bunny Primrose collection and cut it out using Elizabeth Craft Designs die called “Tags”.
For the left hand tag I stamped the saying from stamp collection called ‘Occasional Quotes’ by Stampin ‘Up using black crafters ink and embossed using clear embossing powder. Again I cut it out using the Elizabeth Craft Designs die called “Tags”. I added some pink/brown satin ribbon by May Arts.

Supplies:

Black Velvet Adhesive sheets- Elizabeth Craft Designs

Dies: Karen Burniston Butterfly Pivot Card (767), Tags (763), Happy Birthday (738) – Elizabeth Craft Designs

Glitter: Leaf Green (634), Fuchsia (619) Silk Microfine Glitter by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Butterflies Embossing Folder by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs,

Paper: Early Espresso, Shimmery White- Stampin’Up, Bo Bunny ‘Primrose’ Collection,

Watercolor Hot-pressed 140 lb – Arches

Stamp: Occasional Quotes – Stampin’ Up!

Ink: Black Crafter’s Ink- Clearsnap, Victorian Velvet Distress Ink -Tim Holtz

Pink/Brown ribbon- May Arts, Clear Embossing powder – Clearsnap,

Gesso, Various Golden Paints – Golden, newspaper

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