Clear fancy accordion books and shoes quote card...

Hi all, this acetate card was inspired by one I saw on Karen Burniston's blog recently.

 

I had a little bit of a glue crisis and the design team ladies from Karens challenge blog really helped.
They advised me to stick my card stock to some wide double sided tape before running it through the big shot with the flourish edging die. Thanks guys:)
The other part of my glue crisis was that I used a clear runny glue to stick the happy birthday on but because I'd been using glitter, the words became 'gunked' up with glitter. :(. The words dies I use can be found on Elizabeth craft designs online store if you click on any of the first three pictures links belong it will take you there.

So that this card was not relegated to the rubbish pile I simply cut out another happy birthday and stuck it over the top of the original words using a quickie glue pen.

I found trying to capture the sparkliness of the shoes on this card very hard especially as I seemed to be playing cat and mouse with the sun this week, but I finally managed it today:). To achieves the sparkliness I copies Els YouTube video in which she shows you how to the use double sided adhesive and microfine glitter that can be bought from Elizabeth craft designs online store. ( If you click on the links belong they will take you there.). I then coloured the shoe using my letraset promarkers.

 

 

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Karen Burniston April design challenge...

This months design challenge was a Mamas and Babies theme. The briefing was to use Pop it Ups to celebrate Mom for Mother's Day OR make a Baby card. I made a Mother's Day card yesterday and today I chose to make a baby card.

I used Karens Katie label die for this card with one of her agatha edges die.

The sweet sentiment stamp was one of my bargains I bought for half price from the local garden centres closing down sale.

The babygrow is a freebie stamp from the front of a magazine from about a year ago. I coloured it using my letraset promarkers and used a cute little baby pink peg to secure it in place.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my card, don't forget to check out the other designer challenge cards on Elizabeth craft design blog on Thursday.

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Karen Burniston April Challenge.

The Karen Burniston monthly challenge is here again and this time we were asked to create a card with either a mama or baby in mind. As it's Mother's Day at the end of March over here, I chose to make a card for my mum.
I used Karen Burniston's agatha edging die and left the card front clean and simple.

The inside of the card was made using Karens Lucy label pop it up die. The last time I visited my crafty friend Helen I used her Elizabeth craft designs flowers, leaves, ladybird and bee dies and a lot of her lovely plain coloured card so was able to make this lovely vase of flowers to display inside too.

I made the vase for the flowers to sit in using Elizabeth craft designs teapot die and simple cut the spout and handle off before recreating Els technique with double sided adhesive, microfine glitter and promarkers. The ladybird die is definitely on my wish list it is just so cute.

I hope you like this card, don't forget to check out the other design team cards too:)
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welcome baby card...

My sister recently had a baby boy and we are hoping to visit them this week, I say hoping as I think my youngest May have contracted chicken pox!!

Anyway here is the card I made using Elizabeth craft design stand up helpers following a tutorial from Elizabeth craft design team.

I used Karen Burniston's Elizabeth craft design lot of pops flag pole die for the washing pole and her Sizzix gift card holder to write the message on.

The wording was made using tim Holtz inside out decorative strip die.

 

The cute baby clothes and teddy bear on the washing line are from a cottage cutz die set I bought on eBay. I used bleedproof paper and my promarkers to colour the dungarees and the teddy bear. I then added a heart shaped gem for the bears nose and pearl gems for buttons on the clothes.

 

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Wedding Pivot card...

I was commissioned to make some wedding invite cards a while ago. Now that the happy couple are due to marry, I thought I would make them a similar congratulations card using the leftover ribbon and rings as well as the same embossing folder.

 

 

I used Karen Burniston circle pivot die with her fancy frame edges for this card.

 

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