After watching Karen Burniston's video on creating a double Bam Box Pop-up card, I decided to make a few adjustments and make one myself. As Valentine's Day is close at hand, that was my theme. I thought a slimline card would be a little different. And instead of using a magnet closure, as Karen did, I added the closure from her Flap & Closure die set.
They're hard to read in the photos, but the smallest hearts are actually conversation hearts from the Candy Hearts Box die set.
Happy New Year!!! The title of the first Designer Challenge of 2024 is "Raise It Up!" We were to make a card of any theme, using the brand-new Raising Platform Pop-Up die.
I had a request from a friend of mine to make a humorous birthday card for her 80-year-old friend. I took the opportunity of this month's designer challenge as a starting point. Art Impressions stamps has a line of humorous "Girlfriend" stamps which I love. They were perfect for this request.
Remember: the Raising Platform Pop-Up was to be used on today's card. Obviously, it's on the inside.
I confess that I used the Katherine Label die rather than the die that came with the Raising Platform because it's just a little bit bigger, giving me room for all those stars (part of the Raising Platform die set) and the numbers. I did, however, use the label from the Raising Platform set for the sentiment at the bottom, which sits on top of the border created using two of the borders from the Border Blends sets (Party and Trims).
Just as a bit of trivia -- I used red as the primary color for this card for a particular reason. I Googled "color for 80th birthday." While birthday numbers don't really have a particular gemstone, one of the responses I got back was: As ruby is the gem for an 80th anniversary gift, it could also be used for an 80th birthday.
Thanks for stopping by today to look at my Designer Challenge card.
Hi Crafty Friends,
Tomorrow is the big day; the new dies from Karen Burniston will be released. My final sneak peek was made with the Raising Platform Pop-Up and some Whimsy Stamps slimline patterned paper.
As it's a Valentine card, this cute little Tiny Gnome couple seemed appropriate, adding the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment.
Be sure to check out the new release blog hop tomorrow and comment on each blog in order to get many chances to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston store website. Each member of the Design Team is giving one away.
It is no secret that I am a big Harry Potter fan. My sneak peek project for today is the result of that. I used the largest of the new Topper Tags and some Stamp Anniething stamps I recently purchased to create it. There's not a lot of explanation needed on how I made these tags -- some Hogwarts paper and a lot of coloring.
I have a corner of my living room as my "Harry Potter Corner." I've added today's project to it. I made the box to hold my tags, using an old checkbook box and the Castle Pop-up die.
I must say this was a very fun project!
As mentioned in my previous post, my sneak peek project today coordinates with that card. I've used two of the new dies -- the Candy Hearts Box and the Mini Gift Bag.
As I mentioned yesterday, I've had two weddings in my family over the past month. Today's projects could be used as wedding favors. I put some jelly beans in mine, but you could put any kind of filler in them.
The little conversation hearts scattered in front of the bag and box are part of the Candy Hearts Box set.
Only three more days until Release Day. Be sure to check out the Blog Hop on Monday and comment on as many blogs as you can for multiple chances to win a $25 gift certificate to Karen Burniston's store website. Each DT member is giving one away.
I love Sneak Peek Week! The Design Team has been playing with the new dies for several weeks, and we can now show them off.
My card today is a wedding card, using the Raising Platform Pop-up.
As you open the card, the platform panel pops up and out.
I actually used two of the pop-up panels on this card -- a slimline gives you that option. The die set includes those little "squiggles" and stars attached to the lower panel.
This die set is very generic. You could use it for many different occasions. I've had two weddings in my family over the past month, so weddings have been on my mind.
Thanks for visiting my blog today. I hope you come back tomorrow for another sneak peek. Little hint -- tomorrow's sneak peek actually coordinates with today's card.
