More Triple Twist Impossible Cards for 1 Year YouTube Anniversary Celebration!

I am celebrating my one year anniversary of making and sharing cardmaking videos on my YouTube channel with a huge giveaway valued at almost $200! I share the details on what and how you can win on my new video here. I also share how to make a triple twist impossible card in the video and this is the Christmas version I showed. On all three samples I used the cute CAS-ual Fridays Tutu (this one is called Sugar Plum Fairy) stamps and matching dies. On this card I also used an older snowflake border punch from Martha Stewart, a snowflake tree die from Simon Says Stamp and a Joy stamp and die set from Hero Arts. Here is a look at the back of this fun pop up card:

Yesterday's blog post included a picture of the template and a link to where I learned how to make this "impossible" card. The YouTube anniversary giveaway huge and easy to win - just leave a comment on my video here stating if you are a returning or new subscriber there before August 11, 2018 at midnight CST and have an USA mailing address. So come watch, comment and maybe win!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Video: Doing My Happy Dance Triple Twist Impossible Card and Anniversary Giveaway!!

 In the video I posted today on YouTube I am sharing how to make several versions of a fun Happy Dance Triple Twist Impossible card AND a HUGE giveaway valued at almost $200 that you could possibly win! I am doing my happy dance and celebrating because it is my one year anniversary of making and sharing weekly YouTube cardmaking videos! I am still having fun sharing my cards that way (as well as here on my blog) and so am celebrating my one year anniversary with a huge giveaway of many dies and stamps. You will want to watch the video to see how you can win and what you can win just by leaving a comment on this video letting me know if you are a returning or new subscriber before August 11, 2018 at midnight CST. (Comments here on my  blog while appreciated do not qualify you for a chance to win the prize. And you must have a USA mailing address to qualify for a chance to win.) This one version of  the card I show how to make: 

I learned how to make a Triple Twist Impossible card watching this video and my versions feature the CAS-ual Fridays Tutu stamps and matching dies. I also used a Congrats die from Tonic Studios and a pretty floral border die from Penny Black. You will want to watch the video to see how to make the triple twist impossible card, but here is a picture of the template I show:

 Here are some pictures of the version I make in the video: 

The sentiments are from a set by Penny Black called Sprinkles and Smiles, the pretty border punch is from ek success, and I also used Nuvo pink and purple glitter Crystal Drops and glitter embossing Shimmering Pearl Embossing Powder. I show step by step how to make this card in the new video and then I share all the stamps and dies you can win just by subscribing and commenting before August 11th at midnight.

 I appreciate every minute you spend watching my videos and subscribing and sharing. It is the only way I can continue to grow and that is why I am saying Thank YOU with this giveaway. So click the link, watch, subscribe and share with your friends so they will earn a chance to win too!

I am entering the second card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

CASED Thankful cards With New SU Products

Once in awhile I see a card on Internetland that inspires me so much that I have to immediately buy the products used in the card and then make a card similar to one that blew me away. Here is a link to the blogpost and video I watched to make these subtle and gorgeous cards. The Stampin' Up products used are the Subtle Dynamic Embossing Folder and the Springtime Impressions large floral die. I also added a "thankful" sentiment cut with a Gina K Designs die to my cards. Here is the teal version the card as well as a close up that shows the lovely subtle dimension of the embossing: 

And here are the purple and white versions:

I love the subtle texture of that embossing folder and am happy I saw Jackie's cards with it or I would not have purchased it. I CASED her tone on tone color schemes and added some monochromatic gems and pearls to complete my thankful cards.

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Upsy Daisy Pop Up Card for my Adorable Grandson

Today I am sharing the second card I showed in my new YouTube video featuring Karen Burniston's Upsy Daisy die. My two year old grandson loves trucks of all kinds and knows the difference between a dump truck and a bulldozer, etc. So when I saw a set of dies from Spellbinders with three different trucks I just had to get it and make a card for him. I played one day with the fingernail polish technique where you dump fingernail polish in a tub of water, then lay pieces of watercolor paper in it to grab the mixed up colors and let dry. It is messy and smelly, but does create very vibrant colorful backgrounds perfect for kids cards. I die cut the word "vroom" out using Karen's new chunky Alphabet die set, raised it on foam and attached back on the colorful background. I die cut one of the trucks out of green cardstock and black foam and attached that to the front. Here is another view of the dimension and bright colors of the front of the card:

But Evan is going to love it even more when he opens the card and the Upsy Daisy die pops up three more trucks! 

I die cut three trucks and another VROOM out of the fingernail polish backgrounds and followed Karen's instructions attaching the three scalloped squares to the apparatus and each other. I added Evan's name to the top of the card. I think maybe I will bring this card when we go visit them in August so I can see his sweet face when he opens it. Here is a peak at that sweet face:

Thanks for visiting and watching, subscribing and sharing my videos, and thanks, too, for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

Video: Karen Burniston Upsy Daisy Cards for Any Celebration

I make Christmas cards all year round and share how to make this one in my newest video here. The front is lovely with Memory Box's Stitched Circle die over a sunrise scene created with Distress Oxides, Versamark ink and glitter embossing powder. The wish for peace was created with a die from Quietfire Design. But as with all cards I make with Karen Burniston's dies, the real fun happens when the card is opened: 

It is easier to see in the video how the Upsy Daisy die set works to pop up both sides of the center. I die cut two squares using a stitched snowflake die from Poppy Stamps and attached those to sparkly blue cardstock squares. The center circle features another beautiful word die from Suzanne Cannon and Quietfire Designs and is held up with a strip of strong acetate. I stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts and added a large stitched snowflake die cut from Memory Box to the top. The center pieces fold down to mail and pop up when the card is opened. 

I am entering this card in the Christmas in July challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday.

To see how easy this lovely holiday card is to make, click on this link and watch the video. I appreciate every minute you spend watching my videos at my YouTube channel and also your visits to my blog!

Christmas in July Challenge and Blog Hop Celebrating Send a Smile 4 Kids' 175th Challenge!

We are celebrating Christmas in July and our 175^th Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids with a huge blog hop with over 30 prizes you could win by commenting or participating! My first card for the blog hop features Fred She Said’s Dancing Penguin colored digi and Sprinkle N Sparkle’s “Jingle All the Way” sentiment in an “impossible card” fold. Here is another look at this fun fold: 

The theme of our blog hop is Christmas in July 4 Kids because it is never too early to start making holiday cards for all the kids in the many children’s hospitals we now serve. We would love for each child to receive a holiday card as well as be able to pick some for special medical staff or loved ones they are missing during the holiday season.

We have 17 stops in the blog hop and at each stop you have one or two chances at winning just by leaving a comment. You can also earn a chance to win a prize by commenting on the blog post on our SAS4Kids blog and also by entering the Christmas in July challenge which starts July 21^st and runs through August 3^rd at noon.

Here is a list of all our wonderful sponsors and the prizes that you could win:

Kitchen Sink Stamps $25 gift certificate
Sparkle N Sprinkle  $5 gift code
Fred She Said $10 gift certificate
Motion Crafts by Uchi's Designs 3 prize packages each with 1 die set and 1 stamp set $35 value each
Bugaboo $12 gift code
Tonic Studios USA Six Tonic Studios Paper Trimmers (159e)
Stampendous Five prizes: CRS5101/DCS5010 Rose Garden Cling Stamps and Dies, CRS5067/DCS5067 Hydrangea Garden Cling Stamps and Dies, DCP1009 Spring Borders Cutting Dies Set, DCP1007 Build a Wreath Cutting Dies Set, DCP1008 Pop Up Stages Cutting Dies Set
Paper Nest Dolls Two prizes of 3 digis each of the winner's choice plus one free digi for a commenter on each blog that uses a Paper Nest Dolls image
Doodles Paper Playground Four prizes of one package of Fairy Dust Sparkle Blends sequin mixes
White Rose Crafts  Gorjuss Tweed Craft Card Compendium (makes 24 cards - retails at $16.99)
Dies R Us $15 gift code
Cheapo Dies (owned by an American I know) $15 gift code
All Dressed Up Stamps - two digital stamps
Janet Bailey - three Stampin' up  Stamp Sets

Here are the rules for this blog hop:

**You do not need to comment on every stop of the blog hop to have a chance to win a prize. One comment on any of the blogs or on the main SAS4Kids blogpost qualifies you to win one of the prizes on that blog. If you leave a comment on each stop, you will have earned 17 chances to win a prize, and if you enter a card in the Christmas in July 4 Kids challenge, you will also earn a chance to win one of 8 random prizes there.

**You MUST have an USA mailing address to qualify to win any of the prizes. We apologize to any of our readers outside of the USA, but this is a requirement to win any of the prizes in this blog hop and in the Christmas in July challenge.

**The blog hop will start July 21^st at 8:00 a.m. CST and continue until July 31^st at midnight CST. When the blog hop is done, all the winners will be drawn randomly from the commenters on each blog and on the main blog, and announced on the SAS4Kids blog on August 4th and on each individual blog. If your name is listed as a winner, you must contact Karen at khasheck@gmail.com BEFORE August 18^th at midnight CST with your NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS AND MAILING ADDRESS. If you do not contact Karen before August 18^th at midnight CST, your prize will be forfeited.

**The Christmas in July 4 Kids challenge at SAS4Kids will run from July 21^st until August 3^rd at Noon CST (as is typical of our two week challenges.) You can qualify for one of 8 prizes by entering a Christmas or holiday card appropriate for a child following the rules of all of our challenges found in the page above. The prizes will be awarded by random drawing and announced with the rest of the winners on August 4^th on our blog.

We are so happy to have some of the volunteers who collect and distribute cards to our many children’s hospitals as well as some TEAM SAS alumni and previous Top Three winners join the SAS4Kids TEAM SAS in this blog hop!

Here is the list of the participants in the blog hop with links to their blogposts:

SAS4Kids Blog (six prizes awarded here) 

Karen Hasheck (YOU ARE HERE)

Hilde Marsh

Mary Draper

April Story

Sybrina King

Janet Bailey

Anne Slattery

Cathy Cusson

Jill Blasche

Cindy Amaya

Ina Grehan

Deonna Bemish

Berni Cutttino     

Mary Moisan

Donna Wakefield
Dena Hughes

My second Christmas in July card for our kids features a super cute colored snowman digi from Sparkle N Sprinkle and some oval dies from Gina Marie Designs. Here is a look at the inside with another digi from that set:

Thank you so much for supporting Send a Smile 4 Kids and our wonderful sponsors of this blog hop. Good luck in the drawings! Leave a comment here and hop for more chances at many prizes. The prize you can win just by commenting on my blog is a die and stamp set from Motion Crafts by Uchi's Designs valued at $35! 

THE NEXT STOP IS: Hilde Marsh. 

Doodles Paper Playground Peacock Pizzazz Foiled Alcohol Ink Card

 I recently had a play session with alcohol inks and gold Deco Foil and then I made a card with favorite new dies and the finishing touch of a new Sparkle Blend sequin mix called Peacock Pizzazz from Doodles Paper Playground. I love how this card turned out! 

I started by applying several aqua blue colors of alcohol ink onto Yupo paper quite heavily so there were areas that remained sticky after drying a little while. To those sticky areas, I rubbed on gold Deco Foil and the result is the gold marbling you see. Here is another look:

I die cut Jeanine's Art Floral Hexagon die out of the piece and attached that to a square white card base. I die cut "HI" using Kat Scrappiness Condensed Uppercase Alphabet out of the center of the diecut and then created a shaker with acetate and the beautiful Peacock Pizzazz Sparkle Blend sequin mix from Doodles Paper Playground. 

I am entering this card in the Add a Little Sparkle challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday and the Use a Die or Punch challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

 

Hello Sweet Summer with Dies from Karen Burniston's New Release Video

Today I am sharing the second card I show in my newest YouTube video that features the Circle Charm Pop Up Die from Karen Burniston's recent release.  This is the front and shows a pivoting circle with a Circle Crosshatch die, flip flops charm and "hello" from other sets in this Karen Burniston release. But as in all cards I make with Karen's dies, the real fun happens when the recipient opens the card:

The die set creates a pivoting front circle that attaches to a center circle with a hanging ice cream cone charm and the back has another Crosshatch Circle with more sweet treats and the words "sweet, sweet summer." You can choose to attach the charms with a brad or jump ring as I have done and also to cut off the charm part and use them as I did for the popsicle and watermelon. Here is a closer look at the inside: 

I am entering this card in the "Fun in the Sun" challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

I am loving all the new dies in this release at Karen Burniston's website and next Monday will be sharing the 3rd in my series with more of the dies. Please take a minute and watch the new video here and thanks for helping me share the #joy of creativity!

Video: Circle Charm Pop Up Cards with Karen Burniston and Birch Press Design

Today I have posted my 2nd video in my series featuring the new release of dies from Karen Burniston on my YouTube channel. The cards I show in the video are made with Karen's new Circle Charm Pop Up Die and a new die set from Birch Press Designs called Kaleidoscope Layers A, B and C. The front is pretty with the Kaleidoscope flower and die cut words from Memory Box and Karen Burniston, but wait to you see the inside!

You can see the card better in the video as well as how easy it is to make this pop up floating circle and pivoting front circle with the dies in this set. I am loving the layered floral die set from Birch Press Designs and show how easy it is to layer the three colors of purple to make both of these floral circle images. Here is a closer look at the inside:

I appreciate your visits here and any minutes you spend watching my videos, sharing them and subscribing. Thanks, too, for helping me #share the joy of creativity!

"Blooming Good Day" Card with Tonic Studios Cardmaking Kit #5

Today I am sharing the 3rd card I made recently with the dies and stamps I received for free with Issue 5 of the Tonic Studios Craft Essentials Series Magazine from the Coupons, Sales and Bargains section at Scrapbook.com. Unfortunately this issue is sold out, but I am keeping my eyes open for the next one. This issue cost only $19.99 and included two large die sets, an embossing folder, a floral stamp set and lots of papers in addition to the magazine full of great ideas! I die cut the Floral Cuff die out of pink and black and layered them on a white square cardbase. I die cut some flowers, embossed them with the floral embossing folder, sponged them pink and added some black gems. I stamped the vase and flowers and paper pieced the flowers in a pink dp and the vase in a silver dp. 

On the inside of the card I added a "With Love" die cut with another of the lovely dies from this kit.

All Tonic Studios and Nuvo products are on sale at Scrapbook.com right now so be sure to click the link and shop soon!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

Thanks a Bunch Tonic Studios Cardmaking Kit Issue 5 Card

Today I am sharing a second card I made with the dies and stamps in the Tonic Studios Cardmaking kit that I found in the Bargains and Coupons section at Scrapbook.com a while back. There are always great sales and promotions there but this kit is now sold out as I explained yesterday. I cut the Floral Cuff die set from the kit out of a white card front, rounded the corners and layered it on a blue cardbase. The flowers were die cut from a sheet of Alcohol Ink cardstock that I colored with several colors of Distress Oxide inks and then applied Distress Glaze to as I show how to do in this YouTube video. I stamped the sentiment(from the kit) and die cut another flower and added some pearls to complete the card.

All Tonic Studios and Nuvo products are on sale at Scrapbook.com right now so be sure to click the link and shop soon!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

Tonic Studios Cardmaking Collection Issue 5 Cards

I often shop at Scrapbook.com and when I am at their website looking at all the fantastic crafty goodies, I always check out their Coupons and Featured Deals and Sales page. They always have great sales and a while back I found an unbelievable bargain there. They had the Tonic Studios Cardmaking Collection magazine with over $70 worth of free dies, embossing folders and stamps included for only $19.99! Before you rush off to check it out, I am sorry to say these kits are limited edition and this one has sold out. I am going to keep my eyes open for the next one and recommend you do the same. One of the  dies included in this kit and magazine alone is worth the $19.99, and the kit contained two large die sets, an embossing folder, a set of stamps and a bunch of paper along with a magazine full of ideas! I created three cards with the dies and stamps from this bargain kit and will be sharing them this week here on my blog.

My first card above features the "With Love" die set from the kit cut in white and layered on a brown rose specialty cardstock also from Tonic Studios. I die cut some of the flowers in the kit out of peach Formiran, sponged on a darker peach ink and heated with my heat gun to create the dimension in the flowers. I added some pretty antique brads to the larger flowers and some Nuvo Copper Penny Crystal Drops to the smaller flowers.

All Tonic Studios and Nuvo products are on sale at Scrapbook.com right now so be sure to click the link and shop soon!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

Video: Love You S'more Pop Up Surprise Card

In a new video I posted today, I am sharing how to make this "Love You S'more" card with a fun pop up surprise in the inside of the card using many dies from the Spring Release at Karen Burniston's website. I love interactive pop up cards and this card was so fun and easy to make using Karen's new dies. I also love s'mores and so does my grandson so I know he is going to love this card! The card front was created with kraft cardstock cut out with the largest of the new Rectangle Crosshatch dies. I added a s'more and marshmallow on a stick from several others of the new dies and "love you" layered using a new die set from Honey Bee Stamps. 

As usual when I make a card with Karen Burniston's dies, the best part is opening the card and seeing the surprise pop ups on the inside. I show how I created this tent and campfire pop up in the new video and you will see it is not hard to do at all. Here's another look at the tent and campfire close up:

I die cut the SMORE using the new Alphabet Die Set which is a perfect size - not too big or small and great for eclipse cards too. I added a crosshatch rectangle to sign the card and another marshmallow ready to roast on the fire. The card folds flat to mail easily and is sure to delight the recipient with its pop up camping scene.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

My new video is the first of a series of three featuring Karen's new dies so be sure to stop back the next two Mondays for more pop up fun. Thanks for watching my videos, subscribing, sharing and helping me share the joy of creativity!