Interactive cards

You Rock! – A Thank You Card

| ullycatdesigns

It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s June 2024 release of new dies and clear stamps. For this Thank You card I used several of the new sets including:  Music Charms, Fancy Solid Frame and Thank You Shadow die sets and the Music Sentiments clear stamp set. The new release will be available on July 1, 2024. The new release will be available on July 1, 2024.

(Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Fancy Label Accordion before starting.)

Cardbase: Three Fancy Label Accordion frames were cut from heavy black cardstock and the fronts were decorated with Fancy Solid Frame cut from a one-sided paper of records with a definite top and bottom to the pattern. (I cut three sets of frames going horizontal on the decorator paper and three sets going vertical on the paper to have enough frame pieces to have the pattern work.) Don’t glue the back side frames on until the three frames are joined together.

Decoration of Fancy Labels: The labels were cut using the Fancy Label Accordion set’s frame and largest decorator label dies. I used printed vellum on all three panels. The end panels had an additional frame cut out so the vellum could be framed. My original plan was to let light go through them. (I later changed my mind and glued white labels on the back side for personal messages.)

See the photos for how I taped the frame and additional black cardstock label piece together and die-cut matching frame pieces. The center panel was decorated with a full-size label of vellum topped with a smaller label and music staff and notes from the Music Charms set.

Sentiments:  There are three sentiments on the card – “Turn up the volume,” “You Rock!” and “Thank You.” The first two were stamped using the Music Sentiments clear stamp set with clear ink and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder onto a piece of vellum and a frame piece of cardstock. (The frame piece is hard to see in the photos. It is in the right-hand corner below the “Thank You.”) The Thank You is die cut using the new Shadow die for it. It is coated with a glitter gloss for more sparkle.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 size envelope.

___________________________________

Thank you for reading this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

___________________________________

Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Anna Griffin – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Cardstock & Vellum – Musical-Records
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 Thick Cardstock – Basic White
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Thick Cardstock – Black

Ink & Embossing Powder

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Heat Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Tweezers

Spring Pop-Up Birthday Card

| ullycatdesigns

It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s June 2024 release of new dies and clear stamps. For this birthday card I used several of the new sets including: Tree Add-Ons and Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons die sets and the Birthday/Belated clear stamp set. The new release will be available on July 1, 2024.

Watch the YouTube video below to learn how the card was made.

Cardbase: I used double-sided patterned paper and cut a 4 x 12-inch rectangle and folded it in half.

Trees Pop-Up: From coordinating patterned paper, I cut the Tree Add-Ons main die and scored it at 6-inches from either end. The tabs created by this scoring are what will be glued onto the card. To attach the pop-up, train all the folds and flatten them out. Place the center fold of pop-up over center fold of card. Fold back tabs and glue in place. Decorate pop-up using dies in the set. A white fence was added to the center of the pop-out using a die in the Farm Edges set.

Sentiments: The “Happy Birthday” on the card front is from the new Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons die set. Inside is a stamped and heat embossed sentiment “It’s your birthday. Hope it is wonderful” made up of four different stamps in the Birthday/Belated clear stamp set. The middle size crosshatch die in the Labels – Crosshatch set was used to created the inside sentiment and personal message labels.

Envelope: This card fits into an A6 envelope which was decorated with a border strip from the patterned paper collection.

___________________________________

Thank you for reading this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

___________________________________

Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Anna Griffin – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Papers – Paisley Papers
  • Green Envelope Scrap Paper
  • Red Coated Cardboard Packaging
  • Black, Blue, Brown, Pink and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A6 Envelope – White

Ink & Embossing Powder

  • VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad
  • Recollections – Detail Embossing Powder – Ebony
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Heat Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Tweezers
  • Ball Shaping Tool
  • Foam Packaging as Flower Shaping Mat

Gone Fishing – A Pop-Up Birthday Card

| ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette #220 whose parameters included for a card for a dude, dragon colors, basket(s) and chart(s).

I chose to make a fishing lure pop-up birthday card using stamp and dies by Stampin’ Up, HoneyBee Stamps, Karen Burniston and Waffle Flower.

Cardbase: I started with an A6 (4 1/2 x 6 1/4-inches) sized purchased cardbase with matching envelope.

Pop-up Mechanism: Watch the assembly video and tips video located towards the bottom of the linked page for Karen Burniston’s Photo Collage Pop-Up. These will help you understand where catchpoints can happen with this mechanism.

Card Front
Card Back

___________________________________

Thank you for reading this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

___________________________________

Materials Used:

Dies & Embossing Folders

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics
  • HoneyBee Stamps – Clear Stamps &Dies – Lucky Lures
  • Stampin’ Up – Photopolymer Stamps & Dies – Gone Fishing
  • Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Sweet Sentiments

Papers

  • Stampin’ Up – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Papers – Let’s Go Fishing
  • Silver Matte Paper Envelope
  • Clear Plastic Packaging
  • Colored and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A6 Cardbase and Envelope – Ivory

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Frayed Burlap
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Crushed Curry, Pacific Point, Pear Pizzazz, Real Red & Soft Suede
  • StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Metal Ruler
  • Craft Knife
  • Craft Mat
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Paper Masking Tape

Baking For The Holidays

| ullycatdesigns

It’s time for the Karen Burniston June 2024 Design Team Challenge with the theme of using border dies.

I wanted to get a jump on my end-of-the-year holiday cards by making a baking themed card with pies and gingerbread men from the Baking Borders and Christmas Borders 1 set. The rolling pin and chef’s hat are also in the Baking Borders set. Additional die sets used were:  Oven Pop-Up, Tiny Gnomes, and the Fancy Label Accordion. (A 1 3/4-inch square die was used from the Frame Pull Pop-Up set, but any 1 3/4-inch square die could be used. This was the one I had handy.)

Watch my tutorial YouTube video to see how the card was made.

(TIP: Access the assembly videos for any of the dies used by clicking on the die link and scrolling towards the bottom of the linked page for the video.)

Cardbase: Cut three of the largest die in the Fancy Label Accordion set from a butterscotch-colored heavy cardstock. Work the scored fold-lines.  Wait to until after making and attaching the oven shaker to glue the frames together.

Shaker Oven: Cut ten ovens from red cardstock and two additional ovens from coated red cardstock using the oven die from the Oven Pop-Up set. Trim off stove top section on all 12 pieces. From the two coated cardstock stove top pieces, trim off the back where knobs go and save. Layout oven with stove back on one panel of the cardbase. Mark the outside edges of oven lightly with pencil. Center 1 3/4-inch square die within the oven square and die cut. (You may want to use a ruler to find the center of the fancy label and center the die left to right with the center line. The die will be below the true center up and down because of the stove back piece.)

Glue five of the plain cardstock oven pieces to either side of the cardbase over the square opening. This will form the shaker base. Cut two 2-inch square pieces of clear acetate/plastic.  Attach one piece of acetate/plastic with double-sided tape to the top of stacked oven pieces. Turn over and fill shaker with confetti and tiny cookie shapes from the Oven Pop-Up set. Attach the second piece of acetate/plastic with double-sided tape to seal up the oven shaker.

Cut two 1 1/2-inch square pieces of clear acetate/plastic. Adhere to the back of oven doors on the remaining two coated oven pieces using double-sided tape. With more double-sided tape added to the outer edges of the oven pieces, attach them over the shaker acetate/plastic. Glue the stove back with knobs attached to the cardbase above the ovens on both sides.

Pies, Gingerbread Men and Rolling Pins: Cut two strips of pie bases from the Baking Borders set. Color one strip all red .(I used a red glitter brush.) Color four orange and four baked apple yellow on the other strip. Cut out four of each of the pie tops. Ink the pie top to look like browned crusts with maybe some burnt tips of the crusts. Glue lattice pie crust to apple yellow pies, the open ring crust onto the pumpkin orange pies and the flower shaped crusts onto the red pies. Cut all the pies into separate circular pieces. Glue pies to the top and bottom of the front and back panel frames of the card base.

Cut two strips of gingerbread men using the die in the Christmas Borders 1 set. Using a white gel pen with a fine tip, trace the icing onto the men using the stencil feature of the die. Cut men apart and glue to sides of the front and back panel frames of the card base.

Cut two strips of the rolling pins from a kraft colored cardstock using the die from the Baking Borders set. With a red fine-tipped marker stencil on the hearts and color all the handles. Trim the strips to fit the top and bottom of the middle panel frame. Save one of the leftover rolling pins for the chef to hold.

Chef: From the Tiny Gnomes set, cut two of the body piece and one mustache from white cardstock. From flesh colored cardstock cut the head, nose and hands. From black cardstock cut the shoes. With a fine tipped pen, trace the eyes using the stencil feature of the head die. Color the mustache brown or gray. Cut one chef’s hat from white using the die in the Baking Borders set. Using the rolling pin die to stencil a red heart onto the chef’s hat.

To assemble, cut one body piece to have an apron in the center and an arm on either side. (See video for visuals of this.) Glue apron onto other body piece and then head. Added mustache then nose to head. Glue arms onto back of body wide enough to hold a rolling pin. Glue rolling pin to end of arms and then add hands on top of rolling pin handles. Attach shoes and hat.

Sentiments: “Happy Holidays” comes from Word Set 3-Holidays. The labels behind it and the chef are from the decorator dies in the Fancy Label Accordion set. Personal messages can be written on the back of the panels.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 size envelope decorated with leftover pies and rolling pins on the back flap.

___________________________________

Thank you for experiencing this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

___________________________________

Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 inch Cardstock – Cranberry Bliss & Oatmeal Cookie
  • Grafix – 8.5×11 Dura-Lar Acetate .005 – Clear Film
  • Keep It Simple – 6×9 Double-Sided Coated Cardstock – Back to Basics – Ruby
  • My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 inch 110 lb. Cardstock – Butterscotch
  • Stampin’ Up –8.5×11 inch Cardstock – Copper Clay
  • Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Browns, Tan and White Cardstock

Ink

  • Creative Craft Products – Dual Tip Alcohol Markers -mWG1 – Warm Grey
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Antique Linen & Gathered Twigs
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Orange Juice, Red Shimmer and Sunshine Yellow
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black & Red

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Tombow – Mono – Sand Eraser -512A
  • Craft Mat
  • Craft Clips
  • This Calls for Confetti – It’s No Secret Anti-Static Powder Tool

Miscellaneous

  • This Calls for Confetti – Gen Xer – Dazzle Dots

Birthday Card For A Coffee Lover

| ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette #217 whose parameters included for A2 Project, French cafe colors, June element and polka dots.

This is a card for a coffee lover with a June birthday and also celebrates the USA Flag Day on 14th of June. 

Watch the process video for how it was assembled.

Card Front
Card Back

Cardbase: The paper pad is 8 x8-inches, so the base piece was trimmed to 5 1/2 x 8-inches and scored 4 1/4-inches from the left edge.

Sentiments: The tag sentiments were cut from the paper collection. Gold junk mail was used to cut the “Happy Birthday.”

Envelope: A tag sentiment was glued to the back flap of the A2 envelope.

___________________________________

Thank you for experiencing this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

___________________________________

Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Stamperia – 8×8 Double-Sided Paper – Coffee and Chocolate Scrapbooking by Caistina Aaddvan
  • Gold Junk Mail
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Crystal Drops – Metallic – Dirty Bronze

Watermelon Pop-Up Card

| ullycatdesigns

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.

__________________________________

Thank you for reading this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

__________________________________

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

Winnie-The-Pooh Card

| ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette #216 whose parameters included for A2 project, baseball game colors, number(s) element and charm(s).

After I completed the process video I added thin strips of decorated paper to even out the borders of the front background paper as well as adding a second jump ring to the charm to have it hang more in the center of the frame.

___________________________________

Thank you for experiencing this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

___________________________________

Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Echo Park – 6×6 Double-Sided 65 lb. Cardstock – Winnie-The-Pooh
  • Echo Park – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Papers and Sticker Sheet – Winnie-The-Pooh Collection Kit
  • Echo Park – Frames and Tags – Winnie-The-Pooh
  • Cardstock Warehouse Paper Co. – 12×12 inch Solid Textured Cardstock Value Pack
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • We R Memories – Piercing Tool

Miscellaneous

  • Two Round Jump Rings – 6 mm

Birthday Treats

| ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette #215 whose parameters included for Project – Happy Birthday, petting zoo colors, scoop element and tab(s).

This card uses Karen Burniston’s die sets of Big Birthday Charms, Waterfall Card, Sweet Treats Charms, and Word Set 2 – Birthday. The Confection paper collection by Authentique is also a star of this card.

Cardbase: Use a 5.5 x4.25-inch white piece of cardstock and cover front with confetti sprinkles patterned paper. Die cut half round notch from Waterfall Card die set at center bottom of short side of card.

Waterfall: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Waterfall Card. I cut the mechanism pieces (pull strip and base) from yellow cardstock. The largest square die was used to cut four double-sided patterned paper pages. Assemble waterfall as shown in video.

Food Pop-Ups: Cut and assemble the ice cream cone from the Sweet Treats Charms set. The slice of cake and large candle are made using the Big Birthday Charms set. Cut off the charm loops on both. Cake icing has Glossy Accents clear gel on it. Candle flames have glitter gloss on them.

Cut small strips of patterned cardstock and fold in half and then fold the ends to the center fold to form a pop-up cube to glue into the first two pages. Once these pop-up cubes’ glue has dried, attach the food elements to cubes. The large candle is popped-up with two strips of cardstock behind it.

Sentiments: “Celebrate!” and “Happy Birthday” are from Word Set 2. The balloons and streams are from the Big Birthday Charms set. The quote by Iris Murdoch was in the paper collection. The back of the pull tab was stamped with “Inspired by Craft Roulette. Made by” and signature and CR episode listed.

Envelope: The back flap of the envelope is decorated with leftover strips of patterned paper.

__________________________

Thank you for reading this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

__________________________

Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics

Papers

  • Authentique – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Confection Paper Pack
  • Black, Blue, Brown, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • Silver Mirror Cardstock
  • A2 Envelope – Cream with flecks

Ink

  • Hero Arts – Alcohol-Marker Friendly Ink Pad – Intense Black
  • Creative Craft Products – Dual Tip Alcohol Markers -mWG1 – Warm Grey
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Blue, Green, Orange and Red
  • Spectrum – Tri-Blend Alcohol Markers – Bright Pink, Ice Blue and Orange
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light Daffodil Delight
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Craft Clips

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Cream Drops – Golden Shimmer
  • Ranger – Glossy Accents

Pop-Up Father’s Day Card

| ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette #214 whose parameters included for Project – appreciation, candlelight colors, “Leave it to ….” element and retiform.

Cardbase: My finished card only used two rectangles of 9×3 3/4-inches (scored at 1/4-inch) and 8 3/4×3 3/4-inches. (Skip making the small panel.) After decorating front of tabbed rectangle, glue tab to back of smaller rectangle. Cover the card base in patterned paper.

Dancing Letters Mechanism: (Watch Karen Burniston’s Designer Challenge video for my inspiration for my card.) I did not reverse the Tea and Coffee Pop-Up mechanisms as Karen did. I folded all of my mechanisms as they were designed. My strips of plastic were the equivalent of two of the mechanism arm die glued together. Use glue dots or double-sided tape when attaching items to the plastic.

Sentiments:  The front sentiment was computer generated and printed on copy paper. Then fussy cut into two lines of words. And glued in place.

Envelope: This card would fit into a #10 business envelope.

______________________________

Thank you for reading this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

______________________________

Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Core’dination – 12×12 inch Textured Cardstock – Vintage Collection-Teal Blue
  • Stampin’ Up – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Designer Series Paper – Let’ Go Fishing
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Thick Basic White
  • Clear Plastic Packaging

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink- Mustard Seed and tumbled Glass
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Scissors
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Blending Brush
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights