Envelope: This card fits into a #10 business envelope.
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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for December 2024 using the theme of “Happy New Year.” For this challenge I chose to make a top-fold A2 size card with pop-up fireworks and the sentiment “Happy New Year” on a wobble spring.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
(Most of the instruction on how to make this card is in the video, but I’ve listed some measurements and sets used below.)
Card Back
Cardbase: Take an 11×4.25-inch rectangle and fold in half to create an A2 size top-fold card. Cover all four panels with decorative paper.
Sentiments: “Good Bye 2024” was made using four different sentiment die sets –Good Luck, Happy Birthday, Happy Easter and Mini Alphabet and Numbers. (See video for the word surgery used to create Good Bye.) “Happy New Year” has separate dies to cut out each word and a shadow die. I used four different foil and glitter cardstocks.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. To decorate, cover the back flap with matching card papers and stamp with the “Made with Love” from the Special Delivery stamp set. (I wasn’t paying attention and stamped the sentiment with the “Love” upside-down on my envelope.)
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This card was made for Craft Roulette #243 whose parameters included a a belly band, cottage colors, coat(s) element, and upcycled.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The cardbase is a top-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch).
Sentiment: “Hooray it’s your birthday” are printed with the Spellbinder’s BetterPress system, specifically Paint The Town press plates on bisque cotton card panel with BetterPress Black ink. The inside sentiments of “Happy Birthday” and longer rhyme, come from the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
Envelope: This card fits into an A2 envelope with it’s back flap stamped with “HBD” also from the Craft Roulette stamp set.
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Materials Used:
Dies & Press Plates
Spellbinders – BetterPress of the Month – Paint the Town
This is the fourth in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.
This card was made with Waffle Flower dies, stamps and stencils.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The outer cardbase is an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) made from an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle of lightweight white cardstock. The outside is covered with panels of decorative paper.
Pop-Out Shelves: For the popout shelves cut an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle of either patterned cardstock or lightweight cardstock with decorative paper covering it. Mark the center of the rectangle at 4.24-inches at the top and bottom of the cardstock and place the Inside Pop-Up Shelves die’s dotted center line on the center marks. Run through a die cut machine and work the fold-lines to make the shelves pop-out. Die-cut just the shelves from a woodgrain paper. Cut the shelf sections out and glue to the large pop-up panel. Decorate with plants from the Shelf Add-Ons die set.
Cats: Add to the shelves, cats die-cut from black cardstock using the Cattitude die set. Stencil cats using the Birthday Kitties Stencil set onto white cardstock and fussy cut out for use on card front.
Sentiments: Using the Purrfect Sentiments stamp set, stamp “Everyday is caturday” on white cardstock and “Have a purrect birthday” inside the card. Add “You’re the cat’s meow” diecut Subsentiments Cat to the inside shelves.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope which has a cat stamped on its back flap from the Cattitude stamp set.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Die – Cattitude
Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Die – Inside Pop-Up Shelves
This card was made for Craft Roulette #242 whose parameters included a gatefold card, produce aisle colors, fence element, and crumpled paper.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The cardbase is 4×6-inches of double sided patterned paper.
Sentiment: “hello Winter” is a fussy cut sentiment from the paper collection. The back side of the card has space to write a personal message.
Envelope: This card fits into an A6 envelope with it’s back flap covered with patterned paper to hint at the playful squirrels inside the envelope.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Leane Creatief – LeCrea’Combi Dies – Garden Gate
Papers
Ciao Bella Paper – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Papers – Memories Of A Snowy Day
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Starting with a 5.5×8.5-inch rectangle of white cardstock folded in half to form a 4.25×5.5-inch side-fold A2 cardbase, the card was covered with colorful glassine paper inside and out. The inside panels were cut with the largest die in Karen Burniston’s Rectangles-Crosshatch set.
Monsters: Monster Gallery stamp set is used as a front panel cut out as separate squares for the inside pop-up feature. The images were colored with watercolor pencils and then waterbrushed to even out the color.
Photo Fan Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Photo Fan Pop-Updie.
Sentiments: The inside sentiments of “Celebrate your big awesome super day” and “Happy Birthday to You” are from Karen Burniston’s Photo Memories stamp set. The “Monster Wishes” on the card front and “Monster Hugs” on the card back are from the Monster Gallery stamp set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. On the back flap there is a “M” cut from scrap paper and glued there.
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This card was made for Craft Roulette #241 whose parameters included a z-fold card, scarecrow colors, bake element, and crinkle inkle technique. This card is also the fourth day in my shelf card series.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The cardbase is an A2 size but is 1/2-inch thick. The z-fold base is made from a 5 1/2×11-inch rectangle folded at 5 1/2-inches and 2 3/4-inches. The buffet easel is made from two rectangles (4 1/4×6 1/2-inches and 4 1/4×3 3/4-inches) each scored and folded at 1/2 and 1-inch of the 4 1/4-inch side. Watch video for how to fold and glue.
Lights: Watch video for how to install the EZ-lights.
Sentiment: “Merry Christmas” is die cutting three layers of cardstock and PoppyStamps dies. It is popped-up on think foam squares to act as the easel stopper. The card back is left blank for a personal message.
CRX Sheet: The Card Recipient Experience (CRX) Sheet is a set of instructions on how to open and set-up the card and turn on the lights.
Envelope: This card will be hand delivered or mailed in a box.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Anna Griffin – Metal Dies – Slimline 3D Mantle & Fireplace
This is the third in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.
Today’s card is a tri-fold house card with a cozy room scene with a bookcase made using dies by My Favorite Things.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The cardbase is a slimline size made from a 7 .75×8.5-inch rectangle folded in half and a 4.25×6.5-inch rectangle. Watch the tutorial video to see the details of the cardbase assembly.
Sentiment: The “hello” on the card front is a die in the Concord & 9th On Display Pop-Up die set. There is a third panel that a personal message can be added to the card.
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business envelope. The back flap is decorated with a coffee mug from the My Favorite Things Be Your Own Barista die set.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Concord and 9th – Metal Dies – On Display Pop-Up
My Favorite Things – Premium Steel Die – Be Your Own Barista
My Favorite Things – Premium Steel Die – Décor and More
My Favorite Things – Premium Steel Die – Fundamental Furnishings
My Favorite Things – Premium Steel Die – Picture Window
My Favorite Things – Premium Steel Die – Potted Plants
My Favorite Things – Premium Steel Die – Room Decor
My Favorite Things – Premium Steel Die – Take A Seat
This is the second in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.
Today’s card is a pop-up set of shelves made with On Display Pop-Up die set by Concord and 9th.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The cardbase is an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) side-fold made by folding an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle in half.
Sentiments: The “hello” on the card front is a die in the On Display Pop-Up die set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a die-cut plant on the back flap.
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