Floral Pop UP Card

I LOVE how easy it is to make fun pop-up cards with the Sizzix Pop N Cut dies. Especially when I have such beautiful patterned papers in my stash.

Not to mention the gorgeous 3-d stickers by K&Co...

It's hard to see in the photo above, but I die cut and tucked in several tiny birds. I added a single bird to the white panel as well, where I can write or stamp a message/greeting.

Until I'm ready to send this off though, I'm leaving it blank.

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Nuts About You Love Note

I love getting 'Happy Mail'.

It's such a treat to look through the bills and junk mail and see something hand addressed to me. To look at the return address and smile with recognition. The anticipation of opening the envelope, and the comfort of knowing someone was thinking of me.  I want that for our Grandkids. I want them to be excited to get an envelope from Gramma.  Or Great Grammy, because she feels the same.  So, every once in a while I pop a 'Love Note' into the mail for them.

They are still very young ... barely 2 years and 10 months. So they aren't too fussy about what is actually on the card longer than about 2 seconds and that gives me a chance to use up some mismatched stickers and embellishments. And a chance to practice with my Sizzix Pop N Cuts dies.

So the felt bird on the front matches the patterned card stock but has nothing to do with the squirrel and large acorn inside.  The inside piece shifted when I was assembling it (which is why I need practice). That's OK.  They will be waving the card around and grinning and they will be happy until something else catches their eye.

BUT - on the way home from the mailbox, they will be excited to carry an envelope that is hand addressed to them. They will feel special, and that is the whole point.

I'm also thinking a little package of 'Love Notes' for the Great Grandkids might be a nice stocking stuffer for my Mom!

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Sweet Treat Gingerbread

I just happened to glance at the latest challenge at '52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown' and wanted to play along. It's a Theme Challenge this week, and the theme is "Holiday Goodies / Treats".  I pulled out the Tim Holtz Gingerbread Man die for my card this week:

I think I will put this aside for my Mom, as she will want 2 Christmas cards for the Great Grandkids.  I used a Sizzix scalloped card die for the card base, and added a white strip of holly embossed card stock. Instead of buttons I used a 1/2" circle punch and glitter glue. Much more mail friendly. The face stamp is by Peachy Keen.

The patterned card stock was in my stash ... and it is embossed & shiny. Finished size is 4.5 x 6".

I added a couple of panels inside and a sparkly punched circle to finish it off. Another Christmas card for my stash!

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Peeking Owl Card

I am becoming more and more enamored with owls. The Stampin' Up Owl punch is on my 'Wish List', but for now I have to be satisfied with my little Sizzlet Owl die.  I used it here with a Sizzix Movers & Shapers Card die to make this peek-a-boo card:

I'm happy with how it turned out - I used a couple of other punches and dies from my stash so the owl wasn't just 'floating' inside the card. 

After I took the picture, I realized I'd forgotten to stamp the words inside so I did that and took another picture:

I like that while the card is an A2 size, it is long but still opens from the side. I'm not a huge fan of top fold cards since they seem to fall flat and don't stay open when on display.

I'm also not a huge fan of trying to cut an 8.5 x 11" sheet of card stock at the 4.25 mark and keep it straight for the whole 11" length. The Movers & Shapers Card die makes it so easy to cut this size of card, and I can use any of my Movers and Shapers inserts to cut shaped windows from the front.

I am having SO much fun with my new dies, now that I can finally get into my studio again. 

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Red & White Christmas Card Colour Challenge

The current challenge over at '52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown is a colour challenge - Red and white.  I have a photo showing ten CAS (Clean & Simple) cards to share today. :-) 

The cards are all A2, with a red card stock base, a white embossed panel on the outside, and a white panel inside stamped with Christmas words. 

My Mom likes bright and cheerful Christmas cards, and usually orders about 50 from me. So these are going into her stash.  The words "Wishing you a beautiful holiday season" were stamped below the embossed village in red ink. 

I also added glitter glue highlights to every single one of those embossed dots.

Every. Single. One. 

I have been playing with my Sizzix Flip-It dies, and have three cards finished. These ones are for special occasions so they were a little more time consuming than most of my cards. I can't share them yet though. One I can share at the end of the month, but the other two have to be saved until August. 

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Birthday Flip-It Card

I used my new Sizzix Flip-It die to make a cheerful birthday card...

The paper is double sided, with the print on the front and the solid colour on the reverse. I love the effect the die gives, when you pull on the card and see the center portion flip open. I left the inside blank, and will pen a message when send the card.

I used a coordinating sheet from the same paper stack and my ScorePal, to create a square envelope for the card. While it could go through the mail with a label on the front to clearly write the address on, these square envelopes do require extra postage.

I have a dentist appointment today, and I always bring my hygienist (Anne) a package of my cards. This year she's getting a selection of birthday, get well, anniversary etc ... all previously posted on my blog. It was so nice to be able to chose the cards from my stash that I thought she would like.

I'm thinking that it would be fun to make her a selection of Sizzix Flip-It cards for my next visit!

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Scottie Dog Christmas Cards

I can get to almost everything in my studio again so I wanted to play along with a challenge this week. It's been a while since I've made a Christmas card, so I chose the "Merry Monday Sketch Challenge #62".  Of course I was itching to incorporate one of my new dies too, so went with the Sizzix Scottie Dog die.

Here is the sketch:

I used a paper punch on scraps of the polka dotted paper to make the little circles like on the sketch. That keeps it nice and flat for mailing. 

The fussy cut snowflake is adhered with a SU Dimensional over the knot in the Bakers Twine bow. That will keep the knot from punching through the envelope! The Scottie Dog is popped up with the same dimensionals - I love how they give dimension without too much lift.

Since the main words are on the front of the card, I added a bold Merry Christmas inside, as well as a patterned paper panel and a polka dot die cut bone.  :-)  Looking at the pictures, I'm thinking I might just tie a little piece of red Bakers Twine around the bone too.

Since I had everything out anyhow, I made two identical cards!  These are 6.5 x 5" cards, and are cream not white.

Into my Christmas card stash with these two!

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