Karen Burniston - October challenge part 2

Here is the second offering for the October challenge - I had hope maybe one more today but not feeling the best today so this will have to do.

Once again I have used the Sassy Pop N Cuts and couple of decorator dies too.  I cheated a bit and teamed it up with a Stampendous Snowman that I happened to have already cut and coloured :)

This jolly fella looks like he is just plonked in the middle of the card, with the

pop n cut cut in the clear material you cant see how he is attached.

Here is what I used :  Crafts U Love

Karen Burniston Sizzix - Pop n Cuts Sassy 3d

Karen Burniston Sizzix - Banners and Borders 

Stampendous Top Hat Snowman

Coloured with Gelato's

Hoping you enjoyed my two cards.  xx

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - October - Clear Creations

Hi Bloggers

This month playing along with the Karen Burniston Designer challenge and the brief was "Clear Creations aka Defying Gravity"  that is any card creations using the ever growing collection 
of dies from Karen and using a clear materials to look as those something is just "there" and not 
actually on something.  I have made two pop and cuts designs both using the New Sassy Pop n
Cut and some stamps too.

I will share one today and one tomorrow. :)

Today's offering was made as I said using the Sassy Shape Pop n Cut which I cut from the
packaging from some other Sizzix dies, I never throw this stuff away, its handy for cards like this. 
This plastic is strong so you do need to crease on the crease lines very firmly and it will need
a bit of a squidge down but I must say using this stuff means that the card sits lovely open and 
would be nice to display.  I used the clear material to cut the pop and cuts base to sit the bee 
hive on and I also suspended the buzzy bees on some clear strips to look like they are flying!

Those eagle eyed Karen Burniston fans will notice that I have used

two other dies from her collection.  I will link all the materials I used to my 

favourite UK Pop N Cuts Supplier Crafts U Love

XL Horizontal A2 Card base die

3D Sassy

Hello Sizzlet Set

 and from Sizzix

Label Trellis

The stamps are an old Stampin Up! set from my stamping stash.

What a fun card!

Pop n cuts flower die

I have not played with this pop n cuts for a while so it was nice to re visit an old friend:)

I was trying to stay up late last night so I needed something to keep me awake so I chose a bright and happy card using some lovely imaginisce papers.  My late night played dividends and I saw 11 shooting stars :) and a few wishes were made too.  Wow what a show it was.

I used the companion set for this pop n cut die and also another companion set with had the Hello and flourish. I brought mine from www.craftsulove.co.uk in the UK


Used : 3d poinsettia flower, hello sizzlet die set,

In the garden

My next card for the Pop N Cuts is one looking outside with the garden chair.  I was inspired to cut into my chair by a card I saw on Pinterest by Calla Lily Studio  her card is beautiful.  I didn't have the same dies as her to create my chair so I looked at all my other dies to find the perfect chair and managed to find a basket to use.

Lots and lots of other dies later I created this little scene.

I always struggle to get the photos right on these cards but I think you can see everything on it

 (everyfink if you are SuzieQ) Remember if you are in the UK you can get your dies from www.craftsulove.co.uk  Tell them Caz sent ya!

In my Garden shed

Once again I am honoured to have been asked to join in the Pop N Cuts fun with Karen Burniston and her fabulous group of designers.  Pinch myself time!

This time around we have been asked to use any of her Imagery designs.  How scary that out of the 
10 imagery inserts I have 9 - opps how that happen?  Just that Stampin Up! one I need to get my mitts on (need to find a Stampin Up! demo sponsor!! or some spare pennies to get it)

Well I think you all know what is in my shed.  But have a look at this little shed scene that I made with the Karen Burniston Pop N Cuts dies from Sizzix.  You can purchase the whole Pop n Cut collection from Crafts U Love - apart from the dress form which is a Stampin Up! one

Here I have used the 3d Chair to create an "inside" scene.. a very woody shed with a cozy chair, tassle blanket and a cute little scene through the window too.  I have used various other items to create this scene as well as using real mud for the little muddy pile inside shed too.

My next card I used the 3d Butterfly Window die and the companion set Butterflies and

Labels die.  I found this one last piece of Bo Bunny paper that would be perfect for it.

These Pop n cuts Label and Butterfly dies are really easy to use and make real

WOW cards in a matter of minutes.  The Chair can be quick too but I like to really

add the details to make these cute little scenes.

Pop n Cuts snippets

I have some more pop n cuts cards to show off next week. But for now here are a couple of little snippets.

Pop N Cuts - Tropical Kitty

Washed up on a beach of buttons this tropical mix card is

sure to make someone smile :)

Once again I used the Karen Burniston/Sizzix  Pop N cuts 3D Suitcase to create

the pop up in this card.  I used it with the NEW A2 Horizontal card base

I used a selection of other stamps and dies to decorate

Penny Black Cat in shades

Imaginisce Crab

Sparkley Queen & Co Gooseybump

Marianne Flower and Leaf and also Marianne Decorated Circle (part used)

Pop N cuts - London!

Today I have teamed my Karen Burniston Pop n cuts Sizzix 3d suitcase with the Penny Black London cling stamp and the Penny Black clear set called "Love London" to make a very patriotic card :)

Luckily I had squirrelled away some of my Portabello Road

papers.  And look see those cute little colourful dots at the front, they are

called Twinkle Goosebumps and toooooo cute!

And I have another suitcase coming later too, I have been a busy pop n cutting girl!

Cazx

We loved Butlins :)

My family and I went on holiday to Butlins recently, the kids loved it.  The weather was really kind to us and the it was sunny all weekend.  With the absence of Spain this break will have to do this year.

 I wanted to use my newest pop n cuts die, the Karen Burniston 3D Suitcase die and matching Bigz die.  I got mine from Crafts U Love.

I have another one or two samples of the same die to share soon :) 

So please pop back tomorrow

Cazx

Pop N Cuts - Cosy Chair

Hi there me again.  Today I am sharing a card I made for my Mums birthday.  Again for this card I used the fantastic Pop n Cuts chair from Sizzix designed by Karen Burniston.  I used the main pop up die with the Foyer embossing folder set.

I used the bottom of the light to become a vase and I added a photo of my boys 

to make it very special to my Mum.

All materials are from Crafts U Love

Pop n Cuts - Coffee Break

Today's card was made using the Karen Burniston / Sizzix Pop n Cuts 

die called 3D Mug and Heart.

 I got mine from Crafts U Love (of course)  

I also used the NEW XL Horizontal A2 Card base die with Square Decorated Edge

and the the new Coffee Textured Impressions embossing folder and a 

collection of my very old but treasured House Mouse stamps.

So if you've got to make a coffee date why not make the perfect "lets do coffee" card

sure to impress!  This of course can be made into a "lets do tea" card too as it is a 

very generic mug.

Karen Burniston Pop n Cuts - Chair

Karen Burniston has another release of Pop n Cuts dies with Sizzix and I could not wait to get
hold of them, its been a long long time since seeing them.  Crafts U Love have them in stock :)

Here is my second "chair" card, the first one I cant share yet :) as it may be for someone specials birthday coming up soon.

Planning these little room scenes makes you look at your stash in another way! trying to work

out if I have all the props I need.  On this card I used one of the Brand New Penny Black

stamps.  This little dog is in fact a dog bouncing a football on his nose, but I at once recognised

that pose as one of a sleeping dog since my Milo sleeps like that all the time.

The floor was stamped with the Hero Arts Stamp, the rug and table are part of an embossing folder

set by Sizzix.  The Newspaper is an old Stampendous Stamp, as is the little bone propped up on the chair leg.  The dog in the frame was made using some Imaginesce paper and the shape was made using a Stampin' Up! punch and a square punch.  The vase was made using the same embossing folder set as the table and rug and by Sizzix, this is actually a lamp but I just cut it down and added some Joy! foliage. 

I hope you have enjoyed looking and I will be back soon with another card.

First card for 2013

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christm.....   Oh Valentines Tree......

I received this adorable Pop N cuts in the post yesterday, unfortunately this tree die didn't hit the UK stores in time for Christmas and although I thought it destined for the Christmas drawer for another year Karen Burniston (the designer of the Pop n cuts) said to me she could see it being used with hearts for valentines.  So armed with my new die and my Downton DVDS (oh wow fab series) I snuggled into my shed last night and made this.  I was thrilled with how it turned out, even though it looks like it's been hit by the "pink fairy".

I love to use things a bit differently if it means you can make a seasonal crafting item something you can

use all the time. Wondering what I can do with this next ;)

As people in the States are gearing up for CHA the big trade show in the USA I can't wait to see

what is on its way to the UK in a few months, its an exciting time of the year for crafters :)

Last one of 2012

Can't believe another year is nearly out.  2012 hasn't been a bad year really, not a great one, not a bad one as years go.  Thankful for so much my kids, my hubby, my family, my friends, my pets,  my health (of sorts) and my job.  My kids continue to get older even though I distinctly remember telling Harvey at 7 years to stop growing now but he defies me and will be 10 in March!  Caiden is my cheeky 6 year old who makes me laugh and shout daily!  They both do really :)  Darren my long suffering hubby doesn't mind when I disappear in the evenings to play in my palace (some would say he's flippin lucky!)  either play or watch some sort of dvd (Twilight, Vampire Diaries or my newest love Downton)

So what will 2013 bring?  who knows.... more of the same I suspect.  I am not one for making resolutions, I think they are utter tosh, if you want to change you change whenever not on a certain date.  You have to be totally ready for that change and not forced as the calender says so.  I am hoping that it will bring happy and heathly kids and everyone (including me)  I hope that I have a great year at work and look forward to the year ahead with Crafts U Love.. of course a lottery win wouldn't go amiss! LOL  We've got a trip to Butlins to look foward to in May and I really hope a trip to Spain later in the year but that might be pushing it.  I hope to continue my one woman crafting mission to see if I can explode my shed through the sheer weight of "stuff"  LOL!!   Not really, but I certainly can't wait to see what Penny Black, Sizzix and many others bring out for 2013.  Sometimes I do wonder what I would be doing if I hadn't found crafting?!

So waffle aside here are my final makes for 2012... Using the lovely Penny Black stamps from Crafts U Love  and lots of dies and papers I made these Penny Black creations.

This cute little guy is zooming off to show his love!

This hedgie has love to share and fits perfectly onto the label 

pop and cuts die this also from Crafts U Love  Lots of other dies

have also been used.

Lastly I have made this mini pizza box ideal for stuffing

love heart sweets and maybe your last rolo for someone you love.

Well I hope I haven't bored you to death with this post?  Have a wonderful New Years Eve whatever

you will be doing and 

HAPPY 2013 to EVERYONE  XX

A double pop n cuts

Karen Burniston over on her blog posted some fantastic cards using this clever technique to create a double base for the pop and cuts and I decided right away I wanted to try.  I just grabbed the first papers next to me and got making this card.

Now you have seen mind you  can go and see Karen's instructions HERE, her lovely cards

and if you make one let me see yours :)

As you may have noticed I have a bit of a sizzix addiction right now!

Not taking away anything from my Penny Black addiction which will be fed

very soon with their new releases that will be at Crafts U Love soon.

 There are some adorable "lovey" designs needing re-homing to my palace.

Have a lovely weekend.

Cazx

Pop n Cuts - Poinsettia to Flower

Hello Strangers!

Sorry its been like a ghost town here.  What can I say, its been busy!

Tonight I made a card for a work colleague who's birthday it is tomorrow.  I used the Karen Burniston Pop N Cuts Poinsettia insert to make this floral and butterfly card.  The butterflies are from the fantastic Paula Pascual Sizzix Stamps.  You can get the stamps and dies from Crafts U Love.

Right my feet are freezing in my palace tonight so I had better go before my feet get so cold they never warm up or I might need to go to bed with my boots on :)

Cazx

NEW Pop N Cuts

A few of the new Pop N Cuts have hit the shelves at Crafts U Love and of course I was first in the queue.

This one is the star and some of this release are ones that stand right up when you open the card.  I have also used the companion set with this which includes the word PARTY (that matches a different pop up) the STAR (that nestles with this pop up) and the STREAMER (which just decorates it fabulously).

What a fun card?!

Cazx

Pop N Cuts Owl

Playing along and celebrating the amazing Pop n cuts dies from Sizzix.  Sizzix have been themselves celebrating Karen Burnistons dies and I of course had to join in.

Here I have used the circle die, this is the one that comes with the starter tray.  I also used the very lovely dies and stamps from Marianne.

I hope you enjoyed my card.

Cazx

Pop N Cuts Snowman

Me again back with a Sizzix Pop n Cuts card using the circle card, a floating base (see tutorial HERE)
The Sizzix Basic Grey Snowman and a Hero Arts stamp for the tree.

Its my first attempt at it, its not perfect but its a start!  The trees are a bit floppy and my slits made are a bit untidy but I am sure with practise I can get something half decent.

The papers I used are Marianne papers - Scandinavian Christmas and all the materials

can be brought from www.craftsulove.co.uk

Enjoy!

Cazx

Pop n Cuts - Clown Birthday

Today I have a pop n cuts card to share.  I haven't had the time to make one for a while, just not enough hours in the day to play with all I have to play with but when I needed a card for one for Caidens friends I

thought this was perfect.

I have used the fantastic Pop n Cuts system to make this central pop up and gone made decorating inside with punches, stamps including this cute clown from Penny Black and the wording from Woodware.

Cazx