Gift Stack Pop Up Birthday Card

My husband’s birthday is December 31^st, so I decided that this was the perfect time to create a birthday card with three of my favorite dies – two from Elizabeth Craft and one from Impression Obsession.

DIES:

• Elizabeth Craft 947 Birthday Pop UP Card 

• Elizabeth Craft 782 Agatha Edges

•  IO-DIE239-S Gift Stack Cutout

PAPERS

• Pebbles 751396 Black Dot Cardstock

• The Paper Cut Black Licorice

• Georgia Pacific White

ADHESIVE &  BLING

• 2.5” wide Scor-Tape

• Zva Self-adhesives crystals, small

•  Sparkle N Sprinkle Cloud Nine microfine glitter

 TOOLS

•  WeR Memory Keepers scoring paper trimmer 
• WeR Memory Keepers Evolution die cutting machine

The Birthday Pop Up card is a Karen Burniston creation and is absolutely brilliant. I started with a 4.25” x 11” black card base, scored it at the 5.5” and folded it over. I then took a 12” x 12” piece of American Craft’s Pebbles Black Dot Cardstock and cut it to 4” x 11”. This is part of the Pebbles Basics collection and features a gingham print on one side and polka dots on the other

I used both sides of the cardstock to create this card. I cut out the stars with a white cardstock background on Scor Tape and dipped them in my Microfine Glitter to add some twinkle to the project. Of course, the photo doesn’t do the bling justice, but it works great.

I love, love, love the Impression Obsession Gift Stack cut-out and discovered that it works well in a variety of format. I used it as a “window” cut on some of my Christmas cards. And I discovered that it works great as a 3-D pop up on this card. I can’t wait to use it on some scrapbook layouts!

Be sure to check out my grandbaby girl’s birthday card on January 28^th. Her Birthday pop up card looks totally different. Oh! And HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Morgan's Birthday Card

I made this A2 card for my granddaughter's third birthday. When I asked her mom what she wanted for her birthday, I hear my practically perfect grandbaby girl holler "purple!" So everything about her gifts from us is PURPLE!

I used cardstock from The Paper Cut -- Grape Jelly and Grapsicle. I wanted to decorate inside of the card as well as the outside, so a heart-balloon diecut seemed to be the perfect addition. I selected black and white ribbon is from May Arts for my decorative touch because it's a good neutral color. I used my Imaginisce ribbon cutter to cauterize the ends of the simple knot to keep them from raveling. My Heart Balloon is an Elizabeth Craft Die. I used two Memento inks --  Tuxedo Black and Smoky Plum. Copic Markers Used: E000, E00, YR00, R20, E97, YR18, E19, C1, C5, C7, V0, and V04.