I've shown two Christmas cards made with the Cascade Pop-up (along with the Poinsettia die), but today I've got a Thanksgiving card made with the Cascade Pop-up (along with the Autumn Elements and Feathered Animals sets). This is a 5 1/2" square card.
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I was playing with the new Karen Burniston Postage Pop-up yesterday and pulled out several other sets to go with it. On the front of my 5" x 5" card I used both Autumn Elements and Word Set 7 - Autumn.
On the inside you'll find the new Postage Pop-up. I have found that I like the look of sponging through the openings in the main die so that there is a rim around the layering pieces. I again added pieces from Autumn Elements (the pumpkin), as well as Oven Extras (the cooked turkey), Picnic Elements (the pie), Feathered Animals (the other turkey), and Word Set 7 - Autumn. Celebrate is a die of its own, and the two small leaves are stamps that I found in my stash.
I wanted to make a quick Thanksgiving card for my long-time neighbor, so I pulled out the Karen Burniston Landscape Rectangle Accordion. I used some Photoplay fall papers that I had on my desk from having made another card earlier. I think if I had to do it over again, I might have used different background paper on the center sections, but what is done is done. I do like that little acorn from KB Autumn Elements on the front though.
I hope she likes this.
My card today uses the new Oven Pop-Up and Oven Extras sets. These sets are so cool with all their little bits and pieces. We're all cooking and baking in the fall -- especially when Thanksgiving rolls around.
But when you open the card, there is a fully stocked kitchen with upper and lower cabinets, drawers and even a brick backsplash. I brought some more of those Autumn Elements in from the front of the card on the "Happy Thanksgiving" sentiment oval.
By the way, the oven door opens to reveal a turkey roasting inside. My Thanksgiving oven doesn't look like that however because my son deep-fries our turkey!
I've seen several creative kitchens made by the rest of the design team. I hope you check them out. And be sure to check in on our Blog Hop next Monday. There are many chances for you to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston website.
I've got another House of Cards creation for you today, but this time I used something other than playing cards. A few weeks ago, USA Network had a Wizarding World Weekend; and, as an avid Harry Potter fan, I used the opportunity to watch the movies again. I also decided that a Harry Potter House of Cards would be fun to create. I had to do a bit of "word surgery" on this in order to get the correct sentiment. FYI - the "wishing" was made by adding the "ing" from Thanksgiving" (Word Set 7 - Autumn) to the word "wish" from Word Set 2 - Birthday. "You" and "a" are also from Word Set 2. "Magical" is a stamp from one of the Kindred Stamps Hogwarts-related stamp sets.
Some time ago I purchased some digital patterned paper from Etsy. I used that paper as the backs of my cards. Kindred Stamps has several Hogwarts-related stamp sets that I used for the faces of the cards.
This month's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge is "Just . . . ," We were to create a card with a theme of "just . . . something." This challenge is the perfect opportunity to use the brand-new word set -- Just Because.
I'm wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving . . . "just" a bit early. I used the new set, along with the Landscape Rectangle Accordion (a new favorite of mine), Autumn Elements, Feathered Animals, and a few different word sets. I did a bit of "word surgery" on the front. Word Set 2 - Birthday has the word "wish" but not wishing. So I cut the "ing" from "thinking" in Word Set 1 - Greetings and added it to the "wish to create my sentiment.
The inside of my card has all sorts of autumn/Thanksgiving images -- even a pumpkin pie!
For today's sneak peek, I am again using the new Karen Burniston Little Labels Pop-Up and showing a slimline Thanksgiving card. The front of the card is a piece of scrapbook paper with the sentiment from Word Set 2 (Birthday) and Word Set 7 (Autumn).
Again, the action is on the inside. Karen has lots of small dies that will fit on these cute little Labels. The pumpkins are from Autumn Elements, and the turkey is from Feathered Animals. You might notice the trim along the bottom of the pop-up. That, too, is from a new set of Border Blends. It's called Border Blends - Trims. And, of course, I used the new Crosshatch Labels for a place to sign.
It's time for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge again. This month's theme is "Window Cards."
One of my go-to dies from Karen Burniston is the Katherine Label Pop-Up because it's so versatile, and I used it on my card today. I cut the "window" using the Crosshatch Circles, making a frame with a couple of the circles as well. As Thanksgiving is this month, that was my theme -- you can see that cute turkey (from Feathered Animals) through the window.
I had added a leaf from Autumn Elements in the upper left-hand corner and carried it over to the inside as well.
Do you know that old saying "There are no mistakes in card-making, only opportunities for creativity"? Well this is a perfect example of that. I somehow got an ink smear on the inside of my card below the circle window. So I just cut a piece of the patterned paper that matched the front of the card and added it below the window. I think it works! There are more diecuts from Autumn Elements on the inside as well.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like my card.
