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 

More Fall Cards with Therm O Web and Angie Blom Deco Foil Card Panels

Hello Fall Girls is a new Deco Foil Card Panel drawn by Angie Blom. It is designed to be foiled with Deco Foil toner foil. The delicate lines do not use much of the foil so after foiling each of her card fronts, I ran the leftover foil through with a black or white toner sheet to capture the rest of the foil to add more sparkle to my cards. Therm O Web has all the products used in these cards in their new section here.

This card is a side gatefold card with a vellum belly band. The leaves and the strip on the right were created with 2nd generation foiling. Here is a look at the inside of this card featuring the Whimsical Fall leaves, another punched leaf and a favorite sentiment from Karen Burniston. 

Angie's Witch Trio is featured on this pop out card and I dressed the witch on the right with a paper pieced 2nd generation foiled outfit. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Angie Blom Drawn Deco Foil Panels

Oh my -  have you seen the new Deco Foil foilable card panels from Therm o Web that were designed by Angie Blom?! They are fall and and Halloween scenes with her signature whimsy style and they are gorgeous! After adding Deco Foil by simply laying a piece on top and running through a MINC or laminator, the images are sparkly with gold or any of their colors. My first card features an Abundant Blessings Card Panel. 

The delicate images are perfect for coloring, but I will admit I am not a colorist and never will be. I made many foiled cardfronts with Angie's designs and after the first time through my MINC, there was so much gorgeous foiled color left I could not waste. So for each of the images I show, I did a second generation foiling with either Deco Foil's Black Toner Sheets or a white version like Gina K's White Poly-glaze Sheets. All of the products I am sharing in this week's blog posts are available here at Therm O Web.

The punched leaves are from the sheet of glittery gold foil captured with a second generation foiling with a black toner sheet. Then I simply die cut out 'hello", popped it up with fun foam and put them back in for an eclipse look. I raised another strip of foiled pumpkins up to hold up the front for an easel look. "Hello there" is an older die from Picket Fence. 

Here are two more cards I made with Angie Blom's designs called Hello Fall Girls and Boo To You:

I embossed the first card with a fall embossing folder and added some dark red ink to the edges. The second card features a background made with second generation foiling with Fairy Wings Foil and the cute trick or treaters fussy cut and raised. It is very difficult to take pictures of foiled backgrounds but I captured the spooky old building and the platinum foil. I added some die cut bats to finish this card.

I had so much fun playing with new fall products from Therm O Web and so be sure to stop back all week to see many more cards I made with them. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen