Altenew Kinetic Class Cards That Move!

I recently took a class from Altenew to learn how to make kinetic cards that move in different ways. I also received a box of new products to play with and learn along with the instructors. My first card combines a great sketch from one of the classes with a hidden movement that swings a cable car through the mountains. 

The Mountain Peak was created with layering stencils from Altenew and I added some glitter paste to the last layer for some snow. The cable car is a new die from Altenew called Aerial Cable Car. I die cut a stitched cloud and added a new favorite stamped sentiment both from Karen Burniston.

I also received the Let's Scoot scooter made with Altenew's amazing Key Hole System so it was easy to figure out where each piece goes in what order. I created a Swinging Doors card with a die set from Hot off  the Press. I decorated the front and inside pieces with Concord & 9th Splash Stencil Pack. Here is another look at this card with the doors are swung open:

It is difficult to capture the movement in both of these cards in still pictures, so I created a reel showing that motion:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Flower Fun Folds With Dies From My Favorite Companies

Sunflowers and blue bonnets are two of my favorite flowers, and they are so cheerful on this fence fun fold card made with a new die set from Karen Burniston and featured in my newest video here. Just look what happens when this card is opened:

It stands up with three rectangle accordion folds for a cheerful display in the recipient's home! The Fence Add-Ons die works with Karen Burniston's Landscape Rectangle Accordion die to easily create this fantastic card. The grass and crosshatch rectangle dies are also from Karen Burniston and the sunflower dies are from Penny Black. 

Another favorite company where I get very reasonably priced dies from is Hot off the Press at Paper Wishes and when I saw the video and cards they made with this die set, I didn't even try to resist it! It is called Paper Artist Inside/Out Flowers and here is another picture of this pop out flower card:

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at the Karen Burniston Pop Up Peeps Facebook page. 

On The Edge Cardmaking With Edger Dies and Patterned Papers

I recently discovered the Made To Surprise Creative Cuts Collection by Sam Calcutt at the Paper Wishes website and had so much fun creating cards with these edger dies and patterned paper for my newest video! There are so many ways to create unique cards with these edger dies and I share many tips for cutting them in the standard 6 inch platforms on most die cutting machines. The easiest way to add unique borders on a card is to simply cut, tuck and attach a strip of two sided paper as I did in this card I made in the video:

All of the two sided patterned paper on my cards in the video are from 6 x 6 paper packs available here at Paper Wishes. This paper pack is called Blue Persuasion and I cut the strip on the side with the Tall Arrows Creative Cuts die. I also show how to make the floating elements circle in the video which I attached over an embossed background. The sentiment die is from Tonic Studios and the leafy sprig die is from Gina Marie Designs. 

These edger dies from Made To Surprise can be cut in the center of a piece of two sided paper and folded in half to create a unique border on our cards. I made two mini slimline cards that way with 6 x 6 paper which does fit through my diecutting machine. I again used the Tall Arrows set on the card above and added a bow and sentiment from The Greetery on both cards. I also created a blue mini-slimline envelope with a die from Kat Scrappiness. The mini-slimline card below features the Circles Creative Cuts die on the edge:

I love how these cards turned out and show how to make them as well as many other cards with edger dies in my new video here. I hope you find time this week to play and be creative and then send some joy out into the world. 

I am entering the 3rd card in the Feminine challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Facebook Live Bridge Card with Tonic Header Dies and Paper Wishes Romantic Florals Paper

I love how this bridge card turned out and you can still watch me make it and maybe win it by watching the Live video from yesterday (3/17/22) here on my Karen's Kreative Kards Facebook page, and leaving a comment before 3/23/22. Here is another view of the bridge card I made:

Isn't that paper gorgeous? It is from a 6 x 6 pack called Romantic Florals by Hot Off The Press at Paper Wishes. The beautiful "congratulations" sentiment die and the rose header dies are from Tonic Studios. I cut two of the roses and couldn't decide where to put the second one, but I decided to put it on top of the first fold in the bridge card. That may have been a mistake because then the card I made did not fit into a 5 x 7 envelope or a 6x6 square envelope which were the largest I own. But I solved the problem by making my own envelope in my WeRMemory Keepers Envelope Board. I am going to make a video soon using the Envelope Board again, but I can share that if you take a 12 x 12 piece of lighter weight patterned paper and use the score line of 4 7/8" on all sides, it makes an envelope just big enough to mail this card perfectly (6 1/2" x 6 1/4".) Whew! 

Here are the view of the card from the back (where I did add another piece of the lovely patterned paper over the bottom of the back of the rose header die as I said in the Live) and also the template picture I promised to post. As you can see you can choose to put the bridge on the top or bottom and also make the bridge piece a little taller or shorter than the 1 1/2" on the template. 

I hope you like the card I created in this week's Live on Facebook and will watch it on replay and leave a comment for a chance to win it (USA mailing addresses only please.) I also shared some new and exciting cardmaking products I will be playing with soon. 

I am entering this card in the Favorite Things challenge at Simon Says Stamp because fun folds are my favorite thing to do:)

Learn A Totally Different Way to Use the Products from Monday's YouTube Video

Remember this card from Monday and my YouTube video where I showed how to use the Panoramic Die Set from Hot Off The Press and Paper Wishes the traditional way as a 4 sided panoramic card? I love to find totally different ways to use the same dies and products to create a totally different card, and that is what I showed in this week's Facebook Live you can find here on my Facebook page. (Look for the 2/16/22 Live Video.) 

I learned on the Paper Wishes webisode about this die set how to put it on the inside of a card as a pop up from Teresa of the Paper Wishes design team. Here is a link to that video. I used the same awesome set of dies and stamps from Concord and 9th called Love You More to decorate this card but this time I am making the card for an adult female. We love our french fries and ice cream too, but also love our coffee and naps! And that's a lot of love! 

I framed the pillows and sentiments with a perfect ruffled frame cut with a die from Dies...To Die For at Shopscrapbook101.com. 

I love how this card turned out and hope you do too. I might send the card to you in the mail if you watch the Live here and comment before next Wednesday (2/23/22) and if you have a USA mailing address.

I hope you are finding time this week to be creative and then spreading that joy out into our world!

Spec-Taco-Lar Fun Fold Cards For Kiddos

Is that possible? Sure is! In my newest video I share 5 different fun fold cards perfect for any kids of any age and I show how to make this fun panoramic card step by step:

As I show in the video, it is super easy to make this stand up panoramic card with the Panoramic Card Cutting Dies set from Paper Wishes and Hot Off The Press. The adorable sentiments and pizza, ice cream and french fries dies are from a bundle set by Concord & 9th called Love You More. 

I am going to make a version of this card for adults showing a very different way to use the Panoramic Card Cutting Dies and the Love You More bundle on my Facebook Live this week at 11:00 a.m. CST Thursday on my Facebook Page here, so be sure to watch that either live or on replay. I always give away the card I make in the Live and you could be that winner! 

Here is another fun fold mini-slimline card I shared in the video. The front dies including the matching envelope are from Kat Scrappiness. I put a tiny slide in message for my grandson in one of the envelopes. Here is a peak at the inside of the card:

That sure is Happy Mail! The grass was created with the Nature's Edges slimline die from Dies...To Die For at Shopscrapbook101.com. The Pop Up Mailbox is a new set from Karen Burniston. But still pictures do not do this card justice so here is a mini-movie showing the action as the card is opened:

Isn't that fun?! Evan is going to love his interactive card with the surprise on the inside. There are several more cards to share on the new video so be sure to watch here.

Cardmaking and sharing cardmaking ideas brings me great joy and I love to send my cards into the world to spread that joy! My challenge to you is to try something new, and then send your handmade cards out to spread joy too!