Crop & Create Delivered Inspiration from Jennifer McGuire

The GOAT Jennifer McGuire taught the Pinkfresh Studios class this fall in the Crop & Create Delivered Cardmaking weekend of classes. As always, she shared many unique ways to make cards including this gatefold card that opens to a top folding card inside. I loved the ribbons that were part of this kit and chose fall colors for my cards. 

Here are the other two cards she taught:

The first card above has acetate on the bottom to see through to the inside which I embossed. I also chose my own embossing folder for the last card and look what happens when the card is opened:

After teaching, Jennifer McGuire also does a video full of other cardmaking ideas mixing and matching products from many of the companies who participated in this 3 day event. I was inspired by her video to make these two cards:

The window pops up in the first card and I added a Clear Views transparency in mine. The second card showed a cool closure idea and I decided to add fairies and a sentiment from the Pink & Main kit. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Crop and Create Delivered Cardmaking Fall 2026 Favorites

One of my favorite weekends of the year happened last weekend when my Brewers were in the middle of their amazing World Series. SCT Crop and Create Delivered Cardmaking was 3 days of amazing classes creating cards with the huge box of supplies we received. I just  now finished all my cards and am sharing them in three blog posts, so be sure to stop back.

My favorite of all the products we received were the amazing dies, stencil and stamps from Concord & 9th. The first two are shadow box cards and the third stands up in the inside. 

Another favorite of the classes and products we received was from Trinity Stamps. I made the Christmas card as was taught, but then created the other two cards on my own:

And here are the cards I created with the kit and class from Altenew: 

These SCT classes happen twice a year and all include classes and kits from 12 different companies.We also get inspired by cards and ideas posted in the Facebook group, and I have to give credit to Bette Manning for the first Altenew card and someone else who suggested a baby card with Mama and Papa Salt and Pepper shakers. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Karen Burniston June Zoom Class Finally

Several friends and I wanted to make the cards from Karen Burniston's June Zoom class but life got in the way and we finally made them this week. Karen teaches classes every month with new amazing ways to use her pop up dies. Once in a while she revisits an older pop up die and in this class that die was the Rockin' Rectangle die set. I had not used it in a very long time so it was fun to be reminded of how easy and fun this die set is to use. 

The second card added another pop up on top:

It is hard to show the amazing movement when these cards are opened, so here is a reel showing just that:

You  can purchase the class kits either with or without the dies (if you already have them) at the KB Riley website or at stores like Creative Pals in Milwaukee.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Go Brewers! World Series Fun Fold and Class Card

What a great day!! My Milwaukee Brewers are in the World Series and I learned a new fun fold to make a great card! I took classes on line last weekend in an event called Creativate. Look at how this card pops when it is opened:

 

Win our Way is the Brewers slogan, and I just printed some images off the computer to decorate this World Series card. The fun fold was taught by Sharon Armstrong, and I just changed it to be a top folding 4.25 x 11. It is hard to show the magical movement of the secret pop up in still pix, so here is a reel showing that: 

Here is another card I learned how to make in the Creativate classes. It is a quilt block card taught by Jackie Bolhuis. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen

Blue Knight Rubber Stamps and Stencils Class Cards

This is the easiest of the cards I taught last week at Harts N Scraps featuring Blue Knight Rubber Stamps products. I chose a scenery paper, feather stencil and scenery stamp and that is all it takes to make this lovely card! Here are the rest of the cards I taught:

The first two cards feature a background technique with an iron, wax paper and inks I learned from Gina K. The last card taught a faux eclipse technique with stamping and strips of cardstock. As always, we had fun in the classes and I had fun sharing ideas and techniques with the awesome stencils and stamps from Blue Knight Rubber Stamps.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Special Bitty Ball Class Cards and Pix

I taught a special limited class recently at Harts N Scraps where I taught the students how to make cards with Karen Burniston's Bitty Ball dies and add-ons. This is a picture of the fronts of the cards. But of course the real magic happens when the cards are opened:

First we made a single ball pop up dog and then we made a double ball pop up elephant. The class had great fun. Here are some pictures taken after the dog card was done:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Fall Cards with New Toner Card Fronts from Deco Foil and Therm O Web

I was blessed to receive a package from Therm O Web with the newest Toner Card Fronts and foils, and I had so much fun creating with all of them. This card was created with the new Forever Flannel Toner Card Fronts and Cranberry Foil. I never want to waste any of the gorgeous foil so I run it through the MINC with either a white or black toner sheet and the leaves you see where cut out of that piece. I also embossed and added some red ink on the card front. 

I love foil that sparkles so Sparkling Cider is a new favorite foil from Deco Foil. Below is another card I created with it and the second generation foiling. I never want to waste any of the gorgeous foil so in addition to doing 1st and 2nd generation foiling, I created a fun inside of the card with left over pieces. 

This Deco Foil Tone Card Front is called Whimsical Fall. All of the new Toner Card Fronts and foil shown here are available on the Therm O Web website here.

One more cute and easy to make Halloween card featuring the new Ghouls and Grins Toner Card Front and Birch foil. Of course I ran the foil that was left over after the first time through the MINC again with a black toner sheet, and then cut and raised a couple cute ghosts on the card front made with Waffle Flower Postage Frames dies. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen