Monday, October 13, 2014

Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge - Make it Masculine

This month Karen Burniston challenged her Design Team to "Make it Masculine"!  I must admit that I do find masculine cards harder to create, BUT this card was the exception!
I mean look at how fun the front is!  I love that the Katie Star Frames fits perfectly around the front of my 4.25 x 5.5 base card.  Those peel off stickers I have had a while and they go perfect with the paper....which I have also had a while.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I learned this mirror technique from a class that Karen Burniston taught a while back.  I made the poles from Lots of Pops longer to hold the Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz up.  To make the poles longer, don't put your cut plate all the way to the end of the die, then simply cut the length with scissors.

Happy Stamping,
Raquel

To purchase Karen Burniston's Pop It Ups designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs, please visit your local independent craft store or online.

Supplies
Dies: Happy Birthday PopUp, Agatha Edges, Katie Star Frames, Lots of Pops, Lucy Label (Karen Burniston designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Brocade Blue (Stampin' Up!); Basic Grey & from my stash
Other: Double Sided Adhesive, Blue Bell Silk Microfine Glitter, 7062 Gold/Silver Stars, Silver Metallic Shimmer Sheetz (Elizabeth Craft Designs); stickers from my stash


Friday, October 10, 2014

Fun Photos!


From the left: Joep, Joset, Karen, Els & me at the Collins event a few weeks ago.  I had SUCH a blast!

Karen Burnitson & I holding her newest characters Honey the Bear and Dutch the Fox.

Honey the Bear


I made this card for my local store, Stamp Boutique, using one of Karen Burniston's newest Character dies called Honey the Bear.  I used Props 2 to accessorize Honey - so many fun pieces in this set - you just have to have it!

Isn't the Happy Birthday PopUp fabulous?  There are so many great accessory pieces in this die set that you can make a fabulous card just with this set.

Happy Stamping,
Raquel

To purchase Stampin' Up! products, please visit my online store.

To purchase Karen Burniston's Pop It Ups or Elizabeth Craft Designs' products, please visit your local independent craft store or online.

Supplies are Karen Burniston designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs unless noted
Dies: Honey the Bear, Happy Birthday PopUp, Props 2, Katie Accordion, Evergreen Pivot Card
Paper: from Stamp Boutique

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Dutch gets ready for Halloween


Spoiler Alert!!! New Pop It Ups and Elizabeth Craft Designs!
I've used Elizabeth Craft Designs' new Sea Glass embossing folder to create lots of texture on the front of my card.  I swiped Black Tuxedo on the inside of the embossing folder & embossed as usual.  The "Happy" is from Karen Burniston's new Happy Birthday PopUp die.

I created the tombstone using Elizabeth Craft Designs latest Tags & More dies.  That is Dutch the Fox in his bat costume.  To make Dutch into a bat, I cut off his tail & cut one more then attached them behind his back.  Can you see Chilly the Penguin in his ghost costume?  Love the eyes on the All Seasons Tree!  The eyes were cut from the Characters eyes.

I have attached Chilly to the top bump of the Lucy Label.  The All Seasons Tree was cut a little shorter & adhered with Dimensionals to the top of the box shelf.  The tombstone was adhered to the front of the Lucy Label.

Happy Stamping,
Raquel


To purchase Stampin' Up! products, please visit my online store.
To purchase Karen Burniston's Pop It Ups or Elizabeth Craft Designs' products, please visit your local independent retailer or online.

Supplies
Dies: Happy Birthday PopUp, Dutch the Fox, Chilly the Penguin, All Seasons Tree, Agatha Edges, Lucy Label (Karen Burniston); Tags & More (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Cardstock: Basic Black, Going Gray, Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Vellum, Whisper White, Real Red (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Black Tuxedo
Other: Sea Glass embossing folder (Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

October Stamp Camp


These are the cards we'll be making at my Stamp Camp on Saturday October 18th.  Please email me for more information or to sign up.

Happy Stamping,
Raquel

Monday, October 6, 2014

Ruby Rock-It & Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog Hop



Hello Ruby Rock-It and Elizabeth Craft Designs Fans! We are very excited to be partnering together this month, and to bring you this fun blog hop!

Each of our companies is offering a beautiful prize! Here's all the fun details on how you will be eligible to win!

Start at the beginning of our hop right here! And then simply follow the order listed below, making sure you stop and leave some love in the comments section for each designer! Please make sure to include your email in the comments section, so we will be able to contact you should you win!  

For additional chances to win:

"Like" Ruby Rock-It and Elizabeth Craft Designs on Facebook, and leave a comment, letting us know you came from our blog hop.

Comments will close Friday, October 10th at 11:59pm PST, and we will announce our winners the following week! Be sure to come back next week to see if you have won!

Raquel Mason    ------(you are here)

Ruby Rock-It is offering our beautiful Essence Empire Bebe collection to one lucky winner!


And the Elizabeth Craft Designs prize is a package full of fun Peel-Offs from their new collection, Stand Up Helpers Set 2 and a pack of Watercolor paper.
I've made 2 cards for the hop, my first card is a Pop It Ups featuring beautiful paper from Ruby Rock-It's Handi Scandi collection.
For the card front  I've used some tea cups from the Die Cut Pack, a Wood Veneer tea cup that I colored with alcohol based markers, a gold peel-off sentiment placed onto a tag from the Tag Pack.
The inside was cut using the Lucy Label Pop It Ups designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Pop ups are so much fun!  I used the Lucy Label to animate a pretty glittered flower from the Die Cut Pack & a tea pot peel-off sticker.  Using peel-offs are easy.  Apply Double Sided Adhesive to white cardstock, remove release sheet to reveal the adhesive, now place your peel-off sticky side up onto the release sheet, then place your adhesive sheet on top to transfer the peel-off sticker.  Now cover the adhesive with Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter, polish with your finger and color with desired medium (I used alcohol based markers).  To the left of the flower I adhered another glittered flower from the Die Cut Pack.  I added Gold Border Lines at the top and bottom of my card for a bit of extra glam.

For my second card, I made a center step easel using Elizabeth Craft Designs' Stand Up Helpers and Ruby Rock-It's Handi Scandi card stock.  Here is my card flat.
The inspiration for this center step easel came from a card Karen Aicken posted on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog.  I followed her directions but made all portions into an easel by die cutting the Stand Up Helpers 3 times.
I used Handi Scandi Tag Pack, Die Cut Pack, 3-D Sticker, Twine Pack & Droplets from Ruby Rock-It to decorate the front of my card.  The boots are cut from Elizabeth Craft Designs' Rainy Day using Light Blue Metallic Shimmer Sheetz & paper from Ruby Rock-It.
Thanks for stopping by & I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and the hop.  

Happy Crafting,
Raquel

Supplies
Card 1
Dies: Lucy Label (Karen Burniston designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Paper: Handi Scandi collection (Ruby Rock-It)
Other: 842 Gold Border Lines, Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter (Elizabeth Craft Designs); Handi Scandi Wood Veneer, Handi Scandi Tag Pack, Handi Scandi Die Cut Pack (Ruby Rock-It)

Card 2
Dies: 792 Stand Up Helpers, 928 Rainy Day (Elizabeth Craft Designs); 903 Katie Accordion, All Seasons Tree (Karen Burniston designed for Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Paper: Handi Scandi collection (Ruby Rock-It)
Other: SS0203 LIght Blue Metallic Shimmer Sheetz (Elizabeth Craft Designs); Handi Scandi Droplets, Handi Scandi Tag Pack, Handi Scandi Twine Pack, Handi Scandi Die Cut Pack, Handi Scandi 3-D Sticker (Ruby Rock-It)

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Happy Birthday Pop It Ups


This card is for my son's 8th birthday and it was inspired by a series of books called Frog & Friends that we have had the pleasure of reading together.  I modified Hoppy to have his arms up to hold the balloon aka "Thing" as Frog has named it.  I needed to make a new tummy because that's where I cut his arms out, so I cut the shadow layer again and cut his tummy to fit the shape.

I sponged Crumb Cake onto Hoppy.  I added a Spring Peridot Silk Microfine Glitter Agatha Edges to the bottom of my card.  The balloon is an Elizabeth Craft Designs die called Balloons.

Wow, awesome and fantastic.......Karen's new die called Happy Birthday PopUp.
And it comes with lots of fun companion dies including "Happy Birthday" in script to match the die cut!  Can you tell I am excited about this die?

My son already seen his birthday card even though his birthday isn't for several weeks & he loves it!  Thanks Karen Burniston for designing such fun dies.

Happy Stamping,
Raquel

To purchase Stampin' Up! products, please visit my 
online store.
To purchase Karen Burniston's Pop It Ups or Elizabeth Craft Designs' products, please visit your local independent retailer or online.

Supplies
Dies: Happy Birthday PopUp
, Agatha Edges, Hoppy the Frog (Karen Burniston); Balloons (Elizabeth Craft Designs); alphabet (Sizzix); number (Cuttlebug)
cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Green Galore, Basic Black, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise (Stampin' Up!); pattern paper from my stash
Ink: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!)
Other: 7010 Blue/Gold Glitter Borders, Spring Peridot Silk Microfine Glitter (Elizabeth Craft Designs)