C4C 364 Cake Day!

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our November 2016 Hostess is Maryann Einam and our Guest Designer is Doreen O'Brien from Doreen's Dream.

Maryann's challenge is: According the days of the year calendar today is cake day, please add some cake to your card.

I had just purchased this pretty gold foiled washi tape, so I wanted to find  away to use it on my card. Folding it over the spine on the card front seemed like a good place to start. I added Stickles to the patterned paper for some Birthday Bling.

Inside is where you will find the cake for the challenge. I used the Cake Pop-Up by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs for my cake, gold glittered card stock for the icing and candles, and more of that pretty washi tape on the cake layers.

This is a larger card, but I will be tucking it into the Christmas parcel that will be heading east so I don't need to worry about all the extra postage.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C364.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - K & Company
Cake Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Washi tape - Recollections
Stickles
Words - Papertrey Ink
Gold glitter card stock - Stampin' Up
Stitched Oval - MFT stamps

Card size - 6  x 6"

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C4C363 Sketch, a 60th Birthday Pop-Up Card

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our November 2016 Hostess is Maryann Einam and our Guest Designer is Doreen O'Brien from Doreen's Dream.

Maryann's has a sketch for us this week:  

Here is my card - I wanted to make a family friend a 60th Birthday card and when I saw this sheet of double sided paper I knew what I wanted to do. The sketch is on the front - I actually stayed pretty close to it!

I added the Happy Birthday from Karen Burniston's Happy Birthday Pop-Up, and the flowers & vine re from the Flower Pot Pop Stand. I put gold glitter dots in the centre of the flower for some birthday bling.

Inside is the Lorna Label Pop-Up, to which I added a die cut '60'. The numbers were also decorated with Glitter Dots.

The flowers from the Flower Pot Pop Stand is SO pretty, and comes in really handy when you want a little somethin' somethin'.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C363

On a personal note, we are now back in Canada. We took three days so the longest stretch I had to be in the car was 12 hours. Quite long enough. When I look at the bruising I have from the IV sites and blood work as well as around all four incisions - it's easy to understand that same bruising is throughout my belly. All the jostling that comes with highway driving for hours on end took it's toll. I am SO happy to be home, and I don't plan on getting anywhere near my vehicle today. Hubby has offered to go get groceries so I can stay home. What a keeper.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Photo Play
White card stock
Stitched ovals - MFT Stamps
Flower Pot Pop-Up (flowers & vine), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Happy Birthday Pop-Up (Happy Birthday), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Number dies - Stampin' Up
Blueprints #12 (banner) - MFT Stamps
Words - MT Stamps
Wink of Stella
Ring Frame Edges (open scallop 'banner'), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Card size - 6 x 5"

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'Hats Off To You' Twist Circle Panel Pop-Up Card

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It's time for the Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge for November 2016 - "Hat Attack" - there are 8 different hat choices in the Props/Charms/Anita sets - use one (or more) on a card. Characters are optional - it's all about the hats!

This card did not photograph well ... it is SUPER sparkly in real life! The hats and embellishments, and large label were all cut from glitter paper and I added Glitter Dots as well.

Inside, for the third Designer Challenge in a row, I used Karen Burniston's technique of adapting the Twist Circle Pop-Up to create a Pop-Up Panel card.

Inside there are more glittery hats. So fun!

To create the little scalloped borders, I used the ECD Dotted Scallop Rectangles. They were cut from white glitter paper.

The banners were created with one of the Ring Frame Edges, cut from glitter paper and decorated with Glitter Dots. The little fishtail banner is from the Anita Frames Pop-Up and I decorated it with the bow from the Props 1. I also added the Celebrate from the Flourished Gift Frame cut from blue glitter paper.

Finally, a stamped greeting from the Occasions Clear Stamps and the coordinating Labels and Circles.

I think this card is my new record for the most Pop it Ups dies used on a single card - 14 different sets! They all play so nicely together.  :-)

Be sure to check out the rest of the Designer Challenge Team Blogs to see what they came up with for the challenge. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Tuesday) on her blog.

Supplies:
Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Yellow card stock - Papertrey Ink
White card stock
Patterned paper - Echo Park
Blue card stock - Bazzill
Pull Card Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sparkle paper - Recollections
Props 6 (Cowboy hat), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 9 (Witches hat), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 7 (Flowers), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 2 (Party), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 1 (Bowler hat and bow), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 5 (Santa hat pom pom), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Props 8 (Bakers hat), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Fine point tweezers - Elizabeth Craft Designs
White sparkle card stock - Stampin' Up
KB104 Damask embossing folder, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Dotted Scallop Rectangles (for borders) - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Clear double sided adhesive, 1/8 and 1/2" widths - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Sakura Stardust Pen
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft dEsigns
Flourished Gift Frame (celebrate), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Anita Frames Pop-Up (banner and labels), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Occasions Clear Stamps, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Lyra water colour crayons
Sakura gel pens
Staedtler markers
Wink of Stella brush pen

Card size - 6 x 6"

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C4C 361 Strawberry Challenge Crd

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It's Saturday so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog, and since it's a new month we also have a new Hostess! Our November 2016 Hostess is Maryann Einam and our Guest Designer is Doreen O'Brien from Doreen's Dream.

Maryann's challenge is:  Who resist fresh fruit that is in season, for me it is strawberries, so add some to your card. You don't like strawberries, just add you favorite fruit.

My knees had been really painful and filled with fluid so not working that well at all. I needed to do things that required little walking so I went through my bin of stamped, die cut and Cricut cut embellishments. Haven't looked in that bin since we moved and that was over two years ago! Found lots of fun goodies I look forward to creating with in the near future. One was a couple of these Cricut cut barrels, all inked and assembled and ready to go. Perfect timing for Maryann's challenge!

I chose a Centre Step card and some strawberry stamps & dies that I got when I belonged to the Stamps Of Life Die Hard club. I only used them once or twice so the challenge also worked for me trying to use some of my older products as well. The cute little fence? It's a Sizzix original die that I've had almost since I got my first Big Shot and it still makes me happy.

A little hand lettering inside and my card is ready for my Mother in Law's upcoming birthday.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C361.

Supplies:
Strawberries, stamps and dies - The Stamps of Life
Barrel - Doodlecharms cartridge
Brads
Stickles
Centre Step Card - Sizzix
White card stock
Fence - Sizzix
Kraft card stock

Card size - standard A2

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October 2016 Team Designer Challenge

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This month, Summer has the theme for our Designer Challenge "Boy oh Boy" ... think rough and tumble, boys will be boys, masculine or manly - no girls allowed! 

Once again I used the Twist Circle Pop-Up with Karen Burniston's adaptation to create a Pop-Up Panel Card for the challenge. (Link to Karen's video at the bottom of the post).

How fun is this type of Pop-Up! I decorated each of the little panels with various clear stamps by Karen Burniston, and stickers from the same package as the boy themed patterned papers.

I'm going to save this card for our Grandson Zachary's birthday as it's just perfect for him.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Designer Challenge Team came up with for the challenge. Karen Burniston will have her post on her BLOG tomorrow (Tuesday).

If you would like to see Karen Burniston's video where she shows how to adapt the Twisted Circle Pop-Up (inspired by her cousin Jessica) - click HERE or check out her YouTube channel.

Supplies:

Brown card stock

Patterned paper and stickers - My Minds Eye

Twist Circle Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Fine point scissors - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Zutter Corner Rounder

Clear double sided adhesive, 1/2" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Washi Tape

Occasions Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Farm Greetings Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Confetti card stock

What's Up Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Accordion Rectangle (rectangle), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Card size - 6 x 5"

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60th Birthday Flower Pot Card

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I wanted to make a card for my friends special birthday, so turned to the Flower Pot Pop-Stand. The front has Suzanne Cannon's gorgeous calligraphy Happy Birthday Die and some 3-d stickers.

Here is a look at the card as it is opened:

Fully opened, it becomes this amazing 3-d Pop-Up!

I added more of the floral stickers, and die cut numbers inside the flower pot. Labels from the Circles and Labels are layered on either side of the card, with stamping and room for a signature.

I added the Ring Frame Edges as banners along the top edge, covering the joins with the little banners from the Anita Frames Pop-Up.

I love being able to make special cards like this, especially when the recipient is a fellow paper crafter and just gets it.

Supplies:
Dots & Plaid patterned paper - Lawn Fawn
Flower Pot Pop Stand, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White card stock
Embellies - K & Company
Green card stock - Stampin' Up
Green dot patterned paper
Blue card stock
Happy Birthday - A Way With Words, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Labels and Circles, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Ring Frame Edges, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Anita Frames, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Bakers Twine
Topics
Stamps - Papertrey Ink
Numbers - Stampin' Up

Card size - 6 x 5"

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Zentangle Center Step

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Note: This is a cross-post with my Zentangle Blog (alteredzen.blogspot.ca).

I wanted to do a special Zentangle tile for my friends birthday, so used a 60 as the string. When the tile was complete, I decided that I wanted a nice presentation and the Centre Step die by Sizzix has an area large enough for the tile.

 I've said it before, but I have asked Karen Burniston for a Square Pull Card ... one that will fit a 3-1/2" Zentangle tile. FINGERS CROSSED!! Meanwhile, I'm happy to be able to use this card base to make an interactive card as they are a little more special, don't you think?

Supplies:
Centre Step card - Sizzix
Zentangle Tile - Zentangle.com
Cream card stock
Black card stock
Patterned paper - K & Company
Clear Bag for the tile - Clearbags.com

Card size - standard A2

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C4C357 A Colour Challenge

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It's Saturday  so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our October 2016 hostess is Caz Counsell and our Guest Designer is Heidi Green - The Crafty Goat Girl

Caz's challenge is:  "Colour wheel mix up... find your favourite 2 colours on the wheel and use the 2 colours on the opposite side of the wheel …. this will challenge you to maybe use colours you would usually shy away from."

Given the choice, my favourite colours to work with would be blue and green. The opposite colours are pink and orange. I was going to use pink and orange card stocks to make my card, but found this patterned paper looking for something else and ... well, there was enough pink and orange on it to grab my attention.

I used the Rectangle Pull Card by Karen Burniston to create a 5 x 7" Pull card. There is lots of added glitter glue and this card is quite sparkly in real life.

When you pull the sides, the card opens and the cupcake spins up. The Rectangle Pull Card comes with this optional spinner and it's great for animating all kinds of things.

I used Joset's sweet cupcake die and added lots of glitter to that too!

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd  love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C357.

Supplies:
Stitched Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Dotted Scallop Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Patterned paper - DCWV
White card stock
Rectangle Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Metallic gel pens - Sakura
Cupcake - Joset, Elizabeth Craft Designs
Orange card stock
Inside stamps - Avery Elle
Outside (front) stamps - My Favorite Things
Stickles

Card size 5 x 7"

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Dinosaur Pop-Up Card

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Today's share is the birthday card I made for my parents to give Ilai for his birthday.

Inside is a Pop-Up, using the Lorna Label Pop-Up by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I knew I had to get those fun dinosaur stamps when they came out (Stampin' Up). Living in Alberta and having three grandson's ... they will be well used.

Ilai went to Drumheller this summer and LOVED it, so I knew this card would  be perfect for him. When Kelsey opened it to show him, he smiled and said RAWR.  Happy heart.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Craft 'n Craftin
Lorna Label Pop-Up, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Beige Astroparche
Green card stock
Green Stardream card stock
Dino stamps - Stampin' Up
Staedtler fine point markers
"2" - Sizzix

card size - 4-1/2 x 5-1/2"

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C4C 355 Birthday Pull Card

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It's Saturday  so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our September 2016 hostess is Raquel Mason and our Guest Designer is Fran Sabad.

Raquel's son Jake celebrates his birthday today, so her challenge is to make a Birthday Card for someone you love. Our son had a birthday this month, so this is the card I made for him using some fun beer stickers from my stash.

I started my card with an A2 patterned card - pattern on the right side and and the solid coloured back on the left. These cards are white inside, and they are perfect to use for any of the Pull Cards by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. 

As is, it would create a 5-1/2" square card. I trimmed 1/4" off each side for a 5 x 5-1/2" card which fits perfectly into a 5 x 7" envelope for mailing.

I stamped the banners with Karen Burniston's new Occasions Clear Stamps, then die cut them with the coordinating die in the Anita Frames Pop-Up. The banners were strung with bakers twine.

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd sure love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C355.

Supplies:
Patterned A2 card - Craft Smith
Oval Pull Card, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Beer Bottles - Jolee's
Anita Frames Pop-Up (banner), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Occasions Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bakers Twine
White card stock
Oval Landscape Accordion (Stitched Oval), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Words - My Favorite Things

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2"

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Birdcage and Doily Birthday Card

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Today's share is another birthday card that is going into the package for my Dental Hygienist, Anne.

I added metallic pen bits to the printed embellishment for some shimmer and shine, then stamped a greeting inside.

Supplies:
White card stock
Patterned paper - Basic Grey
Front panel shape - Sizzix Bigz Card Fronts die
Doily - My Favorite Things
Birdcage embellishment - Pebbles (cut down from a larger journal card)
Fun foam
Clear Double Sided Adhesive, 1/8" width - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Wink of Stella
Metallic Pen - Sakura
Words inside - Avery Elle

Card size - A2

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C4C-353 Any 10 Items

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It's Saturday and so that means a new challenge at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog. Our September 2016 hostess is Raquel Mason and our Guest Designer is Fran Sabad (Stampers Blog)

Here is Raquel's Challenge:  Let’s make this really easy or it could be hard.  Put any 10 things on your card, it can be buttons, brads, die cuts, layers of card stock, flowers, rhinestones etc.  The items could also be a stamped image that has 10 things on it.

Such a fun challenge, and it could be interpreted several ways! I made a Flower Pot Pop Stand Birthday Card for our eldest daughter using older papers from my stash. There was a snippet left over, so I punched the top to create a bookmark and will include it in the envelope for her.

I did some hand lettering, then added a couple of die cut flowers and leaf from the Flower Pot Pop Stand to give the front a little dimension.

The card folds completely flat for mailing, but look at what happens as you open the card ...

Ta Daaa ... I swear this never gets old. It is this completely 3 dimensional flower pot filled with cute embellishments. What a great way to celebrate any occasion!

I photographed several different views so you can see the dimension.

I went with using 10 different items on my card, and they are listed below ...

1  -  Patterned paper
2  -  Bling
3  -  Hand lettering
4  -  Stamping
5  -  Die cut leaves
6  -  Die cut flowers
7  -  Die cut banner
8  -  Pop Stand Flower Pot
9  -  Bee embellishment
10 - Die cut, layered butterfly

Check out the C4C blog to see how the Crazies have been inspired by the challenge. We'd sure love to see your take on it, so be sure to stop by the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and link up your creations. If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C353.

Supplies:
Patterned paper - Heidi Grace
Flower Pot Pop Stand, Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Kraft card stock
Occasions Clear Stamps - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
White Soft Finish Card Stock 85# - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Anita Frames Pop-Up (label), Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Bee - K & Company
Bling - Jolee's
Punch for bookmark - Stampin' Up
Bakers Twine

Card size - 5 x 6" - fits in a 5 x 7 envelope for mailing

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