Pop Up Card Challenge

It is time for another Elizabeth Craft Designs Challenge for the design team.  This month we were challenged to use the General Pop Ups die set for our card.  Pop Up cards are  easy to create and are always so fun to receive because you are not expecting the pop up element.

This is a fabulous die set for creating many different types of pop up cards.  Be sure to go over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog to see all the creative cards designed by the design team at this LINK.

As with all challenges, Elizabeth Craft Designs is giving you another chance to win a prize.

For the Challenge today, Elizabeth Craft Designs is giving away a $20 Gift Card to use on the Elizabeth Craft Designs website to 3 winners. 

To enter, simply leave a comment on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog post and tell them "What Elizabeth Craft Designs dies or stamp sets would you use with the General Pop Ups die set if you were making a Pop Up Card?"  
      

Elizabeth Craft Designs will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing.

The winners will be announced on Friday, November 24, on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

Good Luck!

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Here is how I created my Pop Up Card.

1.  Use a piece of red card stock 12 x 6 inches and score across the middle to create a 6 inch card.

2.  Cut a piece of the design paper from the White Christmas paper pack and attach to the front of the card.

3.  Use the Dotted Scallop Rectangle die set to die cut one red rectangle and one white rectangle for the front of the card.  

4.  Use the Winter Sentiments stamp set and stamp the sentiment in the center of the white rectangle, using VersaMark Ink.  Emboss using green embossing powder.

5.  Use a piece of dimensional tape to attach the white rectangle over the red one.  Center and attach on the front of the card.

6.  To create the inside, use a piece of white card stock 1/4 inch smaller than the red card stock.  Score down the center.  When folded this piece will be 5 3/4 inches square.

7.  Use the largest pop up die and place the small side tabs right on the fold line.  Tape down.  Use one of the smaller narrow pop up dies and tape on the right of the larger die. Use another small narrow pop up die and tape to the left side of the larger die.   Run through the die cut machine. Push out all the pop up tags and close card and press folds well with a bone folder.

8.  Use the Christmas Tree die set and die cut the tree and assemble.

9.  Use the Snowman & Gifts Clear Stamps and stamp the large gifts.  Color and die cut with the matching dies.  Use the same stamp set and stamp the Snowflakes, color and die cut.

10.  Use the Candy Land stamp set and stamp the candy pieces twice.  Color and die cut using the matching dies.  Add a little glue and sprinkle on Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter for a little shine.  Once the glue is dry, polish the glitter with your fingers. 

11.  Use the A Way With Words Wishing You A and the Merry Christmas die set and die cut the sentiments using red card stock.  Die cut all the words again, twice, using white card stock.  Glue all the words together with the red word on top.  This will give the sentiment some dimension.  

12.  Attach the Christmas Tree with Clear Double Sided Adhesive to the top pop up tab of the large pop up.  Add the Gifts to the lower tab.  Clear Double Sided Adhesive is strong and will hold your die cuts very well.  

13.  Attach the striped peppermint sticks to each side of the large pop up. 

14.  Attach the Sentiments as shown.

15.  Attach the die cut snowflakes to the upper corners of the card. 

16.  Attach the string of peppermint candies to the bottom of the card.   

You can shop for the products used at the links provided below.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to go over the the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog to view all the great Pop Up cards designed by the design team and also to leave for comment for a chance to win one of the $20 Gift Cards. 

Season's Greetings

 Today I have a Pop Up card I created using Karen Burniston's Anita  Frames Pop Up Die Set, Labels & Circles, Holiday Charms, Pop It Up Merry Christmas die sets and her Holiday Clear Stamp Set.  For the borders I used Els van de Burgt Studio Garland 2 die set.

This Pop Up card looks like it would be complicated to assemble, but it is so easy to create and is such a WOW card when opened!!  You can watch Karen's Pop it Ups 1206 Anita Frames Pop-up Die Set Video at this LINK.  

To decorate the inside of the card, I used the Pop It Up Merry Christmas die set for the die cut Christmas sentiment, and the blue flourishes. The Labels & Circles die set was used to die cut two blue labels and the Holiday Charms die set used to die cut the tree out of blue Shimmer Sheetz; also the snowflakes and the gift dies from the same set.  Along the edges, the Snowflake Holiday Garland 2 die was used to die cut two garlands, then Peel Off Sticker Glitter Dots were added to the center of each snowflake.

To decorate the front of this card, the A Way  With Words - Season's Greetings die was used.  The trees were die cut using the Holiday Charms die set.  Along the top, a small piece of the snowflake Holiday Garland 2 was used.   

I hope you will watch Karen Burniston's YouTube Video and have fun creating your Anita Frames Pop-Up card.

The following products can be purchased from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Anita Frames Pop-Up

Holiday Charms

Labels & Circles

Pop It Up Merry Christmas

Holiday Clear Stamp Set

Holiday Garland 2

A Way With Words - Season's Greetings

Shimmer Sheetz

Let's Have Some Halloween Fun

PopUp cards are always so much fun to receive!  Halloween is almost here and I thought I would show you a card I designed using Karen Burniston's Twist Circle Popup die set.  I am having a problem going to YouTube this morning to get a link for you, but you can go to YouTube and Search for Karen Burniston Twist Circle Popup, and watch her video for complete, easy instructions for creating this PopUp card.  The dies I used from Elizabeth Craft Designs to decorate the inside of this card include Karen Burniston's:

Twist Circle PopUp

Halloween Scene

Halloween Charms

Iron Fence PopUp

This is the front of the PopUp card.  The products used for this include

Karen Burniston's:

Labels & Circles

Halloween Clear Stamp Set

Also used are Black Peel Off Sticker Corners 

and black circles left on the Sticker Sheet, once corners are pulled off; these were placed on the label.

 Happy Halloween!

Gift Card Sleigh Pop Up

Sometimes you know someone who prefers to receive a Gift Card at Christmas time but you would also like to give them something else special.  You can do that when you create this cute Christmas card using Karen Burniston's Sleigh Gift Card Holder Pop Up die set.  Karen gives very clear instructions on her YouTube Sleigh Gift Card Holder Pop Up Video at this LINK.  I'm sure you will love creating this card for your gift cards.

You could leave the Pop Up Sleigh as a simple card, or you can add any embellishments you would like.  I have used Karen's Rudy the Reindeer die set, Outdoor Edges (at bottom of the card), Merry Christmas Pop Up and Iron Fence Pop Up die sets.  It is easy to use the die cut pieces from Pop Up Sets for other things other than just creating pop up cards.  The sentiment was stamped using two stamps from Karen's Merry & Bright Clear Stamp Set.   The Christmas tree was die cut using Els van de Burgt Studio 5-Part Pine die set and decorated with Peel Off Stickers.  Glitter Peel Off Stickers were also added along the bottom of the card across design paper..   

This is a side view so you can see how the Sleigh pops up.  The die cut also includes tabs to hold a gift card to hold it secure.

For the front of the card, I added a piece of design paper from a Christmas pad I have had in my stash.   I used the A Way With Words Merry Christmas die for the sentiment.  It was die cut with Clear Double Sided Adhesive on top of the card stock and Cool Diamond Silk MicroSoft Glitter added.

On the bottom of the card I added one of Els van de Burgt Studio Holiday Garlands 1 die cuts.  This is a string of Christmas lights so I wanted to add glitter to the lights.  A piece of Clear Double Sided Adhesive was used on top of White Soft Finish Cardstock and the Holiday Garland was die cut.  

There are two Elizabeth Craft Tools that are a MUST HAVE for all my card creations; they are the Fine Pointed Scissors and the Fine Pointed Tweezers.  I really don't know how I ever got along without them.  

To glitter the Christmas lights red, I used the Fine Pointed Tweezers to lift the the covering up off the light bulbs and snipped that piece off, leaving just the adhesive over the light bulbs exposed.  I did that for all the bulbs on one side.  I then sprinkled the Ruby Silk Microfine Glitter over the adhesive, then rubbed it in well.   

The same process was done on the other side, having glitter on all the light bulbs. Make sure to rub the glitter with your fingers to bring out the shine. Next I used the Fine Pointed Tweezers to pull the center covering off the string of lights and added Regal Green Silk Microfine Glitter.  The String of Lights was added to the bottom of the card.

The following products can be purchased from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Pop Up Sleigh Gift Card Holder

Rudy the Reindeer

Outdoor Edges

Merry Christmas Pop Up

Iron Fence Pop Up

Merry & Bright Clear Stamp Set

5-Part Pine

Holiday Garlands 1

Peel Off Stickers

Silk Microfine Glitter

Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Soft Finish Cardstock

Fine Pointed Tweezers

Fine Pointed Scissors

Witches Brew

Pop Up Cards are always so fun.  Today I created a Halloween card using Karen Burniston's Flower Pot Pop Stand die set.

This Pop Up Flower Pot is so easy to assemble.  You can watch Karen's YouTube Flower Pot Pop Stand Video at this LINK for easy assembly.  If you follow Karen Burniston on FaceBook, you will see a lot of inspiration for using this die set.

For my card, I started with a 6x6 inch card.  I covered the inside with design paper.  After creating the box, following Karen's instructions, and attaching it to the inside of my card, I used several of her new die sets to create the Halloween Scene.  

I decided to go "wild" and created a witch falling down into a pot of boiling "something".  I used the dies in the Props 9 die set.  Once the hat was die cut and assembled, I attached it to a strip of clear acetate to attach it to the inside of the box.  Since I wanted it to look like the witch fell in the pot, I attached the shoes to two strips of design paper and glued the "legs" to the shoes.  They were attached on the right side in the Pop Up box.  The broom was put together and attached at the back of the box behind the Witch Hat.   All these pieces were die cut twice and glued together to make them sturdier.

 Now, I had to figure out what to use to make it look like "steam" was coming out around the witch.  I decided to use fluffy white feathers. I'm sorry that the picture does not look as good as the card.  Feathers were attached down in the box and is full of "steam", which does not show well in the pictures. 

I used the Graveyard die for the bottom of the card,  I used the Halloween Scene die set, using gray card stock.  A white opaque pen was used to decorate the grave stones.  Four trees from this set were die cut and glittered with Black Silk Microfine Glitter.  (The trees were die cut using Clear Double Sided Adhesive.)  The trees were tucked down behind the grave stones.  Two bats were also die cut, using this die set.  A "moon" was die cut using Els Van de Burgt Studio Fitted Circles.  It has Gold Silk Microfine Glitter added.

For the Fence, I used Karen's Iron Fence Pop Up die set.

Three fences had to be die cut to fit across the bottom of the card; the bottom of the fence was trimmed off.  Two Crows were die cut and added to the fence.

This is the front of the card.  

Karen's Labels and Circles die set was used for the frame on the front of the card.  

 

The sentiments used on the card were stamped using Black VersaFine Ink, and stamps from Karen's Halloween Clear Stamp Set.

This card will fold flat and fit into a 6x6 inch envelope.

The following products can be purchased from Elizabeth Craft Designs: 

Flower Pot Pop Stand

Props 9

Halloween Scene

Fitted Circles

Labels & Circles

Halloween  Stamps

Silk Microfine Glitter

Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Soft Finish Card Stock

Hot Air Balloon Pop Up Card

Good Morning.  I love to watch all the helpful YouTube videos showing how to use the different products available from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Today I watched one of Karen Burniston's YouTube Videos called Pop It Ups Hot Air Balloon.  Here is the LINK to this YouTube Video. I followed along with Karen, creating this pop up as she gives very clear instructions.  

Karen completed her Hot Air Balloon Pop Up for a very cute Baby Card.  I did not have all the products to make the same card, but it was very easy to create my own design.  

I am sure one of my grandchildren will love receiving this Pop Up Hot Air Balloon Birthday card.  On the front of the card I added another Hot Air Balloon with Celebrate for the sentiment.

I used Dotted Scallop Ovals to frame the two sentiments from Karen's What's Up and Farm Greetings Clear Stamps sets.

You will find so much inspiration when you start watching the Elizabeth Craft Designs YouTube Videos  found at this LINK.

The following products used can be purchased from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Hot Air Balloon with Pop Up

Clouds Embossing Folder

What's Up Clear Stamp Set

Farm Greetings Clear Stamp Set

Dotted Scallop Ovals

Bead Strings 2 (used for border around card)

Glittered Dots Stickers

Believe

As many of you know, I like to start making my Christmas cards early so I am not in a rush when the holidays arrive.

How cute is this card!!!!    I love to watch all the Elizabeth Craft Designs YouTube videos for ideas and complete instructions for using their products.  When I saw Karen Burniston's video for this cute Fireplace card, I had to give it a try.  Here is the LINK to Karen's YouTube Pop it Ups - Lots of Pops Fireplace Scene video.  Karen shows how to use the Lots of Pops die to animate this fireplace complete with Santa's boots dangling in the opening.  The boots and stockings are easy to create using Karen's Props 6 Cowboy Boots die set.  It looks like it might be complicated, but Karen's instructions are so easy to follow, giving all the details needed.  I'm sure you will have fun creating this delightful PopUp card.

I love how Karen created this fireplace.  You cut little strips of red card stock and layer them on gray card stock that is covered with a piece of Clear Double Sided Adhesive, then add Pewter Silk Microfine Glitter for the grout.  I was so impressed with how realistic it looks! This technique was used for both the fireplace and the chimney on the front of the card.

I basically created my card the same as Karen, but used my own design paper and added my own touches for the fireplace. Inside the fireplace, I have used Susan's CountryScapes Woods 2 die set.  I have added a piece of design paper to create a wood plank floor on my card.  I love Karen's idea on creating the hearth in front of the fireplace. For the sentiment, I die cut the A Way With Words - Believe using black card stock.

This shows the whole inside of the card.  Don't you love those Santa boots dangling in the fireplace!

This is the front of the card.  Again I used Karen's ideas for the chimney and Santa hat, but decided to use a piece of Els van de Burgt Through The Lens Wood Series Design Paper to create shingles for the roof of the house.  I used a marker to draw in shingle lines on the design paper.  The Elizabeth Craft Alphabet 2 Lower Case Letter die set was used for the ho, ho ho.  

This is the first PopUp Fireplace card I have created, but I had so much fun creating it, I plan to make more.  

To create this fun card, be sure to watch Karen's YouTube video, for complete instructions.

The following products can be purchased from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Lots of Pops

Props 5

Props 6

Sleigh Gift Card Holder Pop Up (for gifts)

All Season Tree (snowflakes)

Bark Embossing Folder (for mantel)

A Way With Words - Believe

Alphabet 2 Lower Case

Silk Microfine Glitter - Pewter

Silk Microfine Glitter - Cool Diamond

CountryScapes Woods 2 (for logs)

CountryScapes Backyard 4 (snow decor)

Through the Lens - Wood Series

Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Happy Birthday Cake PopUp

Today I wanted to design a "Fun" card for a birthday.  What better way than to use one of Karen Burniston's PopUp card die sets.  I used her Cake Pop Up die set on the inside of the card.  

On the front of the card,  I used Karen's Props 7 die set for the cute little basket of flowers; there are a few Leafy Branch leaves behind the flowers. For the gingham background, I used Karen's  Pull Card Edges die set.   Since this is a big  birthday wish for a special person, the large die cut A Way With Words - happy birthday was perfect for the front.   Els van de Burgt Corners 1 die set was used to die cut the two corners at the bottom of the card.

On the inside of the card, I watched Karen's Cake Popup YouTube Video for construction.  You can watch the video at this LINK.  My card was designed basically the same using design paper I had in my stash.

This shows the inside of the card when opened.  I know you will have fun creating this cute PopUp card.  Karen's instructions on the video are VERY easy to follow.  You can decorate the card anyway you want.  I hope you will give it a try!

You can purchase these products from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Cake Popup

Props 7

Leafy Branch

Corners 1

A Way With Words - happy birthday 2

Pull Card Edges

Stitched Ovals

Just A Note Clear Stamp Set

Silk Microfine Diamond Glitter

Peel Off Line Stickers

Cute Oval Pull Card

I am going to be needing a few grandson birthday cards this summer. Sometimes it is hard to come up with something for a boy card, that they will get a kick out of.  Karen Burniston has a variety of very cute Character & Prop dies, along with very fun shaped dimensional card shape dies, that make this easy. 

I used the Oval Pull Card for my card base.  A piece of double-sided design card stock was used for this card.  You can watch Karen's YouTube Oval Pull Card Video at this LINK, for easy assembly.

The Character and Prop dies used include:  Jinks the Monkey, Palm Tree & Pail, and the Garden Bench - for the grass die cut.  Also used are the rope die cuts from Els van de Burgt Studio Ropes 1 die set. The sentiment, from Karen's Farm Greeting stamp set, was stamped on tan card stock and die cut with one of the dies from Karen's Gift Card Accordion die set. 

This is the front of the card when it is closed.  This die creates a notch at the bottom, to hold the card closed.

I think one of my grandsons will love receiving this fun card!

Products from Elizabeth Craft Designs include:

Oval Pull Card

Jinks the Monkey

Palm Tree & Pail

Garden Bench

Ropes 1

Farm Greeting stamp set

Gift Card Accordion

Pop Up Garden Bench

Today I am so excited to show you my new card.  I have been viewing Karen Burniston's, Elizabeth Craft Designs YouTube Video's.  She gives such clear instructions on how to use her Pop Up, Pivot, Pull, Accordion and Pop Stand dies.  It is fun to watch them all, because you can see many different ideas that you will be able to when creating your cards.

With Spring almost here, I couldn't resist creating a card using Karen's Garden Bench die.  You can go to this LINK for complete instructions for assembly.

It was so easy to create the Garden Bench Popup, and also to learn how to add the perfectly cut background paper, by watching the video. Once I had the Bench popped up and the background design paper attached,  I had a blast going through my dies and die cutting items to create a complete Spring scene.

Karen's All Season Tree die set was used to create a flowering tree. The dimensional clouds are also from the same set. 

Behind the Bench, I used Susan's CountryScapes Cloud Grass die to die cut two strips of grass.  I used the Elizabeth Craft  Fine Pointed Scissors to cut between each blade.  The two strips were glued together and added at the fold line on the top portion of the card.  The grass in front of the Bench legs is a die from the Garden Bench die set.  Next Susan's CountryScapes Garden Edges Tulip die was used to create the border of tulips in front of the grass.  

There had to be "critters" in this scene.  The CountryScapes Critters 1 die set was used for the Cat and Squirrel, and CountryScapes Critters 2 was used for the three birds.  The CountryScapes Woods 2 die set used for the die cut Birdhouse.    

 In the upper corners, Els van de Burgt Studio Corners 1 set was used to die cut the corner die cuts, out of tan card stock.  The decoration on the bottom of the card was die cut from Karen's Agatha Edges.  Last but not least, the A Way With Words - Friends die was die cut twice and glued together for a dimensional sentiment.

Pop Up cards are always so fun to receive, and with Karen's dies and all her helpful videos, they are very easy to assemble. The nice thing about pop up dies is you can get dimension, but they fold down flat, will fit into a regular envelope,  and will not require additional postage.   I hope you will give them a try.

Products from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Garden Bench
All Seasons Tree
CountryScapes Critters 1
CountryScapes Critters 2
CountryScapes Cloud Grass
CountryScapes Garden Edges Tulip
CountryScapes Woods 2
Agatha Edges
A Way With Words - Friends
Corners 1
 Fine Pointed Scissors
Soft Finish Cardstock