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Let’s Be Pirates – A Pop-Up Map Card

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It’s time for the July 2024 Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge with the theme of SET SAIL.

“Let’s Be Pirates” is the theme of this card made with Karen Burniston’s June 2024 release of new dies and clear stamps. For this card (which could be used for birthdays, Father’s Day, and just for fun), I used several of the new sets including: Pirate Borders, Pirate Ship Add-Ons and Boat Pop-Up die sets and Pirate Sentiments clear stamp set.

Cardbase: Cut a piece of kraft card stock 7-inches x 12-inches. Score and fold at 3 1/2-inches and 8 1/2-inches to form a gate fold cardbase with overlapping flaps. Stamp map onto cardbase. Use map’s stencils to ink in map. Stamp sentiments using the new Pirate Sentiments stamp set. Tear off and distress the card edges. Crumple up the cardbase flatten and crumple again. Spritz the cardbase with water. Lightly spray brown inks and splatter watercolor paint onto cardbase. Spritz again to allow inks to soak into the cardstock. Crumble cardbase while still damp. Dry flat over paper towel. (You may want to practice all the distressing with ink and water on scrap kraft cardstock before distressing your cardbase. I sprayed water to the back of the map as it was colored with Distress Inks which would run.)

Pirate Characters: Watch the video above to see how the pirate characters were made. The pirate captain’s hat was switched out with one from the new Pirate Borders. The treasure chest and captain hat borders are also from the Pirate Borders set.

Ship: (Refer to directions on packaging of both the Boat Pop-Up and Pirate Ship Add-Ons.)

Train the folds on the ship’s body piece cut from the Boat Pop-Up die set in black. Glue the small side tab while the piece is folded flat. All of the following pieces are cut using the Pirate Ship Add-Ons set. Cut the boomerang shaped bow piece from black. Glue to the narrow-tabbed front of the ship while folded flat. Cut the back railing from black and glue to inside of ship back while folded flat. Cut 10 of the small circles in black and 10 of the larger circles in pale yellow. Glue small circles on top of large circles and attach them to ship body as show in photos.

Cut two sets of wave pieces. Ink blue. Glue to the sides of ship body, but not to the front or back flat panels. (The waves stick out in front to a point while the back jut out two wave points.) The tiny edge of the wave pieces match-up at the center side folds.

Cut the deck and seat pieces from the Boat Pop-Up die set in brown. Train folds. Trim off the front edge of the seat piece. (See red circle in photo.)

Cut two of the u-brace pieces from the Boat Pop-Up die set in black. Train folds and fold edges of tabs to fit through slots in the deck piece as shown in photos.

Cut two sets of masts from the Pirate Ship Add-Ons set in a thick back cardstock. Glue the mast pieces together matching up the different sizes to form two smaller masts and one taller mast. Slide the tallest mast through the center slot of the deck down between the two u-braces. (See red circled photo.) Glue to one of the u-brace sides. Add the second mast through one of the end slots and check alignment of the two masts in the folded position. Glue to u-brace. Repeat with third mast.

Test placement of seat (referred to as deck in photos) between center mast and back mast. Glue the deck front tab between the center tab and the mast. Glue back deck tab to back mast tab.

Cut three sets of the two sail dies from the Pirate Ship Add-Ons set in black. Cut three of the smaller sails from white and one of the large sail from white. Attach one of the small white sails to cover one small black sail. Do the same with the large white and black sails. Center the remaining two small white sails to the remaining two large black sails. (I used white label paper that had adhesive on the back.) Cut the sail decorations also from white and use the stencil feature of the skull die. Color the sword handles red. Attach decorations to smaller sails. Cut two of the crow’s nest basket from brown. Ink them brown. Cut the two flags from yellow. Starting with the tallest center mast, glue the flag at the top of the mast, the mast between the two pieces of flag then attach the basket in the same manner. Next attach the all-white small sail followed by the all-white large sail. For the smaller masts glue a decorated sail at the top and then a large sail.

Fold the deck up and add glue just to the front u-brace bottom. Slide folded deck into flatten ship body matching the front body narrow tab with u-brace. Repeat with back u-brace and body tab.

Test opening ship. You may have to help train it opening all the way. Flatten to glue into the cardbase. Add glue to one of the ship body tabs and attach with end of tab being in the cardbase fold. Add glue to other ship body tab and fold cardbase flap over to attach. Wait until glue has dried to open.

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Sentiments:  Stamp all sentiments before distressing the cardbase using Pirate Sentiments stamp set. On the front flaps are “It’s A Great Day to be a Pirate!” and “You arrr an absolute treasure.” Inside is “Let’s Be Pirates” and “Yo Ho Ho!” There is space inside for either a personal message or a die-cut sentiment such as Happy Birthday or Happy Father’s Day.

Envelope: This card will fit into an A7 (5 x 7-inch) envelope. (I choose to hand deliver the card because of the wax seal on the back of it.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps & Stencils

Papers

  • The Paper Studio – 12×12 Cardstock – Kraft
  • Black, Brown and Yellow Cardstock
  • Colored Cardstock and Packaging Scraps

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Gathered Twigs, Lost Shadow, Mermaid Lagoon, Mowed Lawn and Saltwater Taffy
  • StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
  • Altenew -Artistry Watercolor Brush Marker – Spring Garden – Dusk Blue and Evening Gray
  • Nuvo Sparkle Spray – Cocoa Powder
  • Tsukinek -Antiquing Solution – Walnut Ink and Java
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Chisel Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black and Red
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Recollections Opaque Marker – Snow
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Tweezers
  • Craft Mat
  • Craft Clips
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Wax Seal Stamp Kit
  • Honey Bee Stamps – Bee Creative Wax Stamper
  • Mister Bottle of Water

Miscellaneous

  • Natural Hemp Cord

A Mary Poppins Pop-Up Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #221 whose parameters included an A2 card, doughnut shop colors, dolly element and purse or pocket.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Papers – Practically Perfect Collection Pack
  • Stamperia – 8×8 Cardstock – Background Selections -Christmas Greetings
  • Gold Foil Candy Wrapper
  • Black, Blue, Brown, Pale Pink and White Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Baker’s Twine

Enchanted Forest Pop-up Card

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s June 2024 release of new dies.

For this card, I used one of the new sets – Tree Add-Ons along with a previously released die set – Fancy Label Accordion. This card is based on a card design that Karen Burniston had taught in a class with the Hearts Add-Ons die set. (Click on link to get a PDF of the instructions.)

Cardbase:   Cut an 11x 6-inches rectangle of lightweight cardstock and fold in half to create a 5 1/2 x 6-inches card base with a side fold. Cover with decorative paper on the outside and inside of front panel before cutting with largest square die from the Squares – Crosshatch. Once the square has been cut, attach inside back decorative paper matching front design.

Accordion Frame: Die-cut two Fancy Label Accordion frames from a decorative print cardstock as directed in PDF instructions. Make sure you add the decorative label die inside the pivot panel before you die cut, so that you will make the pivot panel into a frame.

Attach to card base as directed in PDF instructions. Use tree trunk and hearts dies to decorate tree panel.

Tree-Add-On Panel: Replace the Trees Add-Ons for the Hearts Add-Ons in the PDF instructions. I cut out tree frames on the first and third panels by first die cutting the whole panel and then die cutting twice more with the cloud shaped tree leaves dies and tree trunk dies in the Trees Add-Ons set. I cut two more of the tree shaped frames to cover and reinforce the back side of the tree panel.

Attach to pivot panel and card as shown in PDF instructions.

Sentiments & Decorations: I used printed sentiments and border strips from the paper collection to finish decorating the card covering all of the green cardbase.

Envelope:  Fits into a 6×9 catalog envelope with a back flap decorated with decorative paper strip.

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Dies

Papers

  • Graphic45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Papers Collection Pack – Enchanted Forest
  • 6×9-inch Catalog Envelope – White

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors

Orange Ornament Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #219 whose parameters included an anniversary project, salad colors, “new” element and a folded corner.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Altenew – Die Set – Orange Blossom
  • Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – Fluted Classics Circles

Stamps

  • Altenew – Clear Stamp and Die – Mini Delight: Bee Kind
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics
  • Riley & Co – Funny Bones – Rubber Stamp – Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun

Papers

  • Greens, Oranges and White Cardstock

Ink & Embossing Powder

  • Simon Says Stamp – Pawsitivity Saturated Ink – Sunbeam
  • StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Green and White Gingham Ribbon
  • Florist Wire

Pirate Characters

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Making characters for cards can be fun. Several people have asked for a video on how I made the pirate characters on my 2023 pirate ship birthday card. These characters were inspired by ones John Watterson had made and shown on Karen Burniston’s Facebook Pop-Up Peeps page. Here is a video showing how I made them.

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Dies

Papers

  • Colored Cardstock and Packaging Scraps

Pens

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo Crystal Drops – Bright Gold

Watermelon Pop-Up Card

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Watermelon Pop-Up Card

Inspired by a new Graphic 45 paper collection – Sunshine On My Mind that features watermelon papers, I created this A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) sized card using Karen Burniston’s Ovals and Heart Collage Pop-Up die sets.

Cardbase: Fold an 8.5 x 5.5-inch rectangle of card stock in half to form a top fold 4.24 x 5.5-inch card (or use a purchased A2 cardbase.) Tape the largest oval die so that the top of the die overhangs the fold. Die cut to form an oval folded cardbase. With a red marker color the inside edges of the cardbase. Repeat with green marker to the outside edges.

Using the same oval die, cut two ovals from green watermelon rind paper and two more ovals from red and black watermelon paper. Glue one of the red ovals inside the cardbase, fold cardbase in half and trim off red paper at fold. Repeat with the second red piece. Glue one green oval to the back side of cardbase. Trim at fold. Glue the last green oval to front of card.

Inside
Outside

The card front will be the only complete oval. All other panels should have been trimmed to allow the cardbase to fold. (Note in photo that a hint of red shows on the back of the card.)

Back of card

Decorate the outside of the cardbase with sentiments cut from the collection pack papers.

Mechanism unlocked
Mechanism locked

Collage Mechanism: (Watch the assembly video for the Heart Collage Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page.) Cut the mechanism from red cardstock. Train folds and glue inside the cardbase. Allow the glue to dry before connecting the locking tabs. Cut sentiment panels from paper collection. Round the corners. Play with positioning of the panels onto the mechanism before permanently gluing in place. (I found that my side arms needed to be thin pieces and the top and bottom arms could handle larger panels.) Take the largest panel and fold in half before gluing over locking mechanism tabs.

Add other decorations to cardbase always checking for catchpoints to avoid.

Envelope: Decorated the back envelope flap with decorative strips from paper collection.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Collection Pack – Sunshine On My Mind
  • Red Cardstock
  • A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) Cardbase
  • A2 Envelope – Neon Green

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Red Shimmer
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Red

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Tweezers
  • Corner Punch

Happy Meowther’s Day from the Cats

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A few times a year, I get commissions from a pair of cats for cards to their humans. For Mother’s Day this year they picked an Anita Jerem illustration of two cats sleeping in bed under a heart dotted comforter. They like to use every year the sentiments from a Simon Says Stamp set Happy Meowther’s Day.

Cardbase: I used a purchased A2 (4 1/4 x 5 1/2-inch) plaid printed cardbase and matching white envelope. The image panel was adhered with double sided tape and the sentiments were stamped directly onto the image panel or cardbase.

Alcohol markers, not chosen
Watercolor markers, not chosen

Front Panel: The Snoozing Kitties stamp works best with a stamping platform. Because I used StazOn ink a solvent ink, I only got one chance at stamping the complete image. I stamped the image on three separate pieces of cardstock and watercolor paper. Some images were faint in areas, so I filled them in with a 01 black fine tip pen before coloring. I experimented with watercolor brush markers and alcohol markers. I had more control over the intensity of color with the alcohol markers as well as a wider range of colors to choose (80 alcohol markers to 12 watercolor brush markers.) My chosen panel was the first one I colored with alcohol markers. Yellow cat colored with 37 pastel yellow, 38 pale yellow, 163 green bice and 120 black. Gray striped cat used 120 black, WG3 warm grey and WG5 warm grey. The comforter’s hearts were colored with 70 royal blue, 144 pale baby blue and 185 pale blue light. The shadows on the bedding wrinkles is WG1 warm grey. 70 royal blue was also used for the wallpaper stripes, while 185 pale blue light was used for the headboard. “Happy Meowther’s Day” was stamped in black over the wallpaper.

Inside Sentiments: All the sentiments inside the card are from the Happy Meowther’s Day stamp set. They include “Thank you for feeding me, cleaning up after me, and loving me more than anything else in the world. The feeling is mutual.” And “from the cats” with tiny paw prints and a heart. The heart is stamped in red while all the words and paw prints are in black.

Envelope: “Happy Meowther’s Day” is stamped on the back of the envelope flap in black ink with a red heart underneath it.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps designed by Anita Jerem – Snoozing Kitties -AJ408
  • Simon Says Stamp – Clear Stamps – Happy Meowther’s Day – sss202293c

Papers

  • White 65lb Cardstock
  • CraftSmart – A2 Printed Cardbase and White Envelope

Ink

  • StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Lumber Jack Plaid
  • Creative Craft Products – Dual Tip Alcohol Markers – 37, 38, 70, 120, 144, 163, 185, WG1, WG3 &WG5
  • Altenew – Watercolor Brush Markers – Spring Garden Set

Adhesives

  • Double-Sided Tape -1/8-inch wide

Tools

  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool

Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Cards

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Just wanted to share the card fronts and light-up lighthouse card I made at workshops at the Orlando Stamp & Scrapbook Expo last week.

I took a class with Jennifer from Stamplistic on using the Spellbinder’s Better Press. We made a number of card fronts trying different techniques and papers. To get the letterpress look of an embossed plate, you need to use the thick cotton paper such as the Better Press papers. We learned to add sprays to the paper before stamping onto the paper for the crisp imprint and ink coverage of image. You can add a variety of ink colors to one plate, or use one of the new registration plate sets and print different colors in several printing passes. I found the Better Press to be a quick way to get professional and elegant looking images. The cost is more than rubber or clear stamps, but as long as you get enough ink on the plates, you get a professional looking image that you can then watercolor or color with alcohol markers.

Sabrina Leavell of Scrappy Tails taught a quick workshop on making a dimensional lighthouse with a Pear Blossom one light to make it light-up.

Lots of great and friendly vendors at the Expo too.

Caffeinated Fun!

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #210 whose parameters included Project must include action, Northern Lights colors, blackboard element(s) and oval(s).

Below is a recorded live video (37 minutes) that demonstrates how the inside-out card is made.

For a shorter experience watch the Craft Roulette process video below.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Crackerbox Stamps – Rubber Stamp – Coffee Cup
  • Riley & Co. – Funny Bones Rubber Stamps – Coffeeology
  • Riley & Co. – Funny Bones Rubber Stamps – If Your Eyes Hurt After Drinking Coffee

Papers

  • Memory Box – 8.5×11 Woodgrain Embossed Cardstock – Kraft
  • Black Cardstock

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Walnut Stain
  • VersaMark – Watermark Ink Pad
  • American Crafts Embossing Pen
  • White Gel Pen
  • Hero Arts – Embossing Powder – White
  • Stampendous! – Glitter Embossing Powers Kit –  Mermaid Sea

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Dry Brush
  • Tweezers
  • Craft Mat
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Heat Tool
  • Craft Knife
  • Scissors
  • T-Ruler
  • Metal Ruler/Straight-Edge
  • Pencil
  • Tombow – Mono – Sand Eraser -512A