Beach Days

One of the new Karen Burniston dies is the Purse Pop-Up, and  I've created several cards using this die.  Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night, can't go back to sleep, and a card design pops into your head?  I'm sure we've all done that.  My card today is the result of one such middle-of-the-night occasion.  I thought the purse would make a cute beach bag.  So, using several other KB dies (Beach Charms, Tiny Accessories, Crosshatch Rectangles, Natures Edges, Border Blends and Tropical Scene), I created this card.

I'm still trying to think of more ways to use this cute Purse Pop-Up.

C4C552 - Stripes

This week the Crazy4Challenge team members are creating cards that include stipes.  We could create our own striped background by using paper scraps, striped stamps, or patterned paper.  As I have a ton of patterned paper, I went that route.  I also used several brand-new Karen Burniston dies.  The front is a tree from the Landscape Scene . . .

. . . and the inside shows off the Flip Frame Pop-Up, along with some Backyard Charms.

Check out the Crazy4Challenges blog to see how the rest of the team handled this striped challenge.

CCEE2037 Slimline Cards

Frances continues as hostess for the CCEE Stampers and mentioned that slimline cards seem to be very popular at present, especially with a few companies releasing dies especially for the use of creating this style of card.  For our challenge this week, we were to create a Slimline card.  There are two popular sizes for Slimline cards:  8 1/2" x 3 1/2" or 4" x 9".  Actually, many of my Slimline cards are 8 3/4" x 3 3/4".

I recently purchased a couple of slimline die sets from Mama Elephant and used one of them for my card today, along with some stars of the silver screen from Kindred Stamps.  I love that filmstrip die!

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more examples of this popular card style.

C4C551 - Shaker Cards

Apparently September is "Shake Month."  Technically, this relates to Milkshakes; however, for the Crazy4Challenges team is going to shake in a different way by creating shaker cards.  My shaker card is also a slimline card.

Check out the Crazy4Challenges blog for some more fun shaker cards.

CCEE2036 Masculine Card

Frances takes over as hostess for the CCEE Stampers for September.  She told us that the 1st Sunday in September is Father's Day down in Australia, and our challenge this week is to make a masculine card.

Masculine cards are not always easy for me, but clocks seem to be a good choice of image for them.  I pulled out an old stamp set I haven't used in a long time to make my card.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more masculine cards.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- In the Wild

While the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge this month is called "IN THE WILD," my card is not too wild.  What we were to do was to use the Surprise Ball Pop-Up along with the new Bitty Ball Pop-Up to make an animal.  I did that, but my animal isn't very "wild."  In fact, he's pretty tame!  From the front of the card, you can get the idea of what is going to pop up at you when you open it.

And, sure enough, here's Mickey!

I think the use of the Bitty Ball for the head of your Surprise Ball critter makes the proportion better.

Scor-Pal "More Than One Score"

The theme of this month's Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge is school/storage.   For my project I chose an accordion card box, which you can use to store some greeting cards; but it could also be a nice little gift to someone.  I couldn't resist putting that Riley & Company stamped sentiment on the front because it is so true!

On the inside are three dividers to separate the various types of cards you could place into the box . . .

. . . which you can see here.  There are nine cards in my box, with room for a couple more.