Coffee Cup Cards

Karen Burniston had a Virtual Class earlier today in which she showed us two different cards using the Coffee Cup Pop-up.   I haven't used that particular die set a great number of times, so I took advantage of the class to expand my horizons.  As I have an abundance of patterned paper in my stash, I decided to make use of my own supplies for the cards.

The first card has some faux Polaroid photos on the front, which I thought looked pretty cool.

The inside of the card can be made with or without a gift card.

The second card is a 4 1/2" square get-well card.  On the front of the card are a couple of die cuts from the Get Well Charms die set.

With a little surgery, the "coffee cup" on the inside was transformed into a cup of soup.

Again, there are a few die cuts from the Get Well Charms.

I enjoy Karen's classes.  Her engineering background shines through the designs.  By the way, if you are interested in trying to make these cards, the video will be posted to Youtube shortly.

CCEE2238 National Coffee Day

Kelly's final CCEE Stampers challenge this week is celebrating National Coffee Day.  She considers it a definite holiday in her eyes!  Not so with me.  I'm not a coffee drinker, but I like to make coffee-related cards for the rest of my family.  The card I made today is actually a gift card holder -- and it will be given to someone at Christmas.

As you can see, the gift card slips in behind the coffee cup.

 Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for more coffee inspiration.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Black, White and a Pop of ?

 It's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Day, and Karen had a cool challenge for us this month.    We were to make a card of any theme that is primarily black and white, with just a pop of color.  I had a cyberfriend (Joanne Gryzlak) who died several years ago.  Her favorite color combination for cards was black/white/red, so I made my card in her honor today.

Years ago, when the book series/movies of Twilight were very popular, I bought some patterned paper in red/white/black to make Twilight-related cards.  I still had some of it in my stash and thought it would be perfect for my card.  I pulled out several Karen Burniston dies:  Long Rectangles - Crosshatch; Circles Crosshatch; Cupcake Pop-Up, Word Set 2 - Birthday, Mini Pop-Ups and Happy Birthday.

I "met" Joanne Gryzlak on Splitcoaststampers many, many years ago and have been on several design teams with her over the years.  In fact, fellow Karen Burniston-DT member, Frances Byrne, was also on a team with us.  It's funny how someone you never met in real life can become your friend through the internet.  I miss her creativity.

CCEE2013 Caffeine Awareness Month

Apparently, March is Caffeine Awareness Month; so Maryann concluded her month as hostess for the CCEE Stampers with a coffee-themed card challenge.  I'm not a coffee drinker, but I do have some coffee-related craft supplies. I made a gatefold card using some dies, a nice big stamp, and coffee-cup patterned paper.  Karen Burniston had made a pop-up billboard card a couple of months ago, which I thought was a brilliant design.  It used her Surprise Ball Pop-Up.  I pretty much CASEd her card, adding some of her other dies (Coffee Cup Pop-Up and Coffee Charms).

Take a coffee break and check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more caffeine!

Sesame Street and Karen Burniston

My daughter recently asked me to make a couple of birthday cards for her friend, who is celebrating his 50th birthday.  He recently became a big fan of Sesame Place at Sea World, Orlando.  I used two different Karen Burniston pop-up dies to create these fun cards.

The first one (Cookie Monster) is made with the Cake Pop-Up die, but using only the bottom layer.  Karen Burniston has a video showing how to make one of these.  I googled "Cookie Monster Free Clip Art" and found several images.  I used his face on the front, adding some googlie eyes for some whimsey.  The sentiment was made with Word Set 2 - Birthday.

Following Karen's directions for the one-layer stage, I made the inside -- scattering some cookies around.  I also used the Border Blends - Party, Numbers, and Word Set 8 - Congrats sets.

Here's a close-up of the main stage.

The second card featured Oscar the Grouch.

Again, I googled some free clip art for Oscar's image, and added the "50" to the front.

For the inside I used the Coffee Cup Pop-Up, cutting off the lid to make the garbage can.

Another piece of free clip art gave me this image of Oscar along with the garbage scattered on the ground.  I added another border, using Border Blends - Argyle, at the top, and just the word Celebrate.

Here's a close-up of Oscar in his garbage can.  The corrugated piece emulates the look of a real garbage can, don't you think?

The birthday party was this past weekend.  I hope the "birthday boy" enjoyed these cards!