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I had a great time making this tent card using dies from Karen Burniston - I've never made a tent card before, but I love the design of them! For the pieces, I used the Accordion Oval die set to cut a singe panel, then cut two more plain pieces of card stock to the same size (not including the flap part of the accordion panel). One of the plain pieces I folded in half lengthways, then folded over the two outer long edges by about 1cm. I also cut out two chickens, and two lots of chicken wire (links to all the die sets are at the bottom of the post.) I glued together the two chicken wire pieces, and glued them to the back of the oval accordion panel (which I stamped with a woodgrain Stampin' Up stamp). I then glued one of the folded up edges of the folded plain piece of cardstock, to the back of the oval accordion panel, as shown below. Next I hand cut a little branch for one of my chickens to sit on, and tied a piece of twine to each end of it. I made holes in the flap of the a...

I wanted to show you a few simple cards I made using Stephanie Barnard's new range of Drop-ins die sets for Sizzix. This first uses the 'Card with Flowers Drop-ins', and all the flower and word layer dies are included in the set. This second card is made with the lovely 'Card, Scalloped with Gifts Drop-ins' set. There is the choice of three interchangeable central pop-out parts - the gifts, 'Surprise' and 'Happy Birthday'. The balloons are from the Sizzix Balloons Step-Ups die set. And this third card is made using the 'Card, Scallop with Flowers and Sentiments Drop-ins' set. This set is different from those above, in that there aren't any pop-out parts on this one, but there are loads of phrases and flowers which drop in and become an integral part of the frame. Product Links:    

I need to get round to showing you the third card in my 'Cocoa the Horse & Lorna Label' set!! This time Cocoa is still just a horse! I used cowboy papers from October Afternoon, and a couple of Karen Burniston's lovely new Western themed dies - the barbed wire, and mountain range both from her Western Edges die set. I put Elizabeth Craft Design double-sided tape on the back of my chicken wire pieces, layering a glitter card die cut on top of a black card die cut. The label die cut is from the Lorna Label set, and the stamp is from a Tim Holtz set. I used labels from the Lorna Label set, Happy Birthday from the Pop it Ups Happy Birthday PopUp die set, and used stars from Tim Holtz's Crescent Moon Biqz die. On the card front I used the horse silhouette die also from the Western Edges set. So here is Cocoa as a horse, unicorn and zebra ! Product Links:    

Only one more day in the Purple Onion Designs 25% off sale!! I made this cards with a variety of stamps by designer Stacey Yacula , which are available from POD. I coloured everything with Copics, and layered a few of the images which I cut out by hand, onto small foam pads. The Hello die is from WPlus9. Product links:    

I love the Card in a Box Sizzix die, which also includes die cuts for the pinwheels and clouds! This was such a quick card, using Tanya Whelan 'Bella Rose' papers by First Edition. I also added on a little sunshine from Lil' Inkers. I attached the pinwheels on acetate strips, and decorated the front of the box with a Spellbinders die (Decorative Labels 8), and Sizzix nesting labels. Product Links:    

Just to let you know there are 4 more days of Purple Onion Designs ' 25% off everything sale! Here's a card I made with a stamp set from POD, which I really like, called the Traveler Set . I just coloured the images with Copics, cut them out and popped them on the Triple Circle Flip-its card. The papers are from Stampin' Up, and I drew the wooden sign post myself, and added another stamp from the set for the sentiment. Product links:    

Purple is not a colour you will find me using all that often - I don't seem to own much purple crafting stuff, or be particularly drawn to it, but I do quite like how this Accordion card turned out! I used stamps from Purple Onion Designs , and dies by Karen Burniston from Elizabeth Craft Designs - the Katie Label Accordion set. Papers are from Stampin' Up. And in case you didn't know, Purple Onion Designs have a whopping 25% off ALL their stamps at the moment!! Take a look! I coloured the flowers with Copics, cut around them, and wrapped a bit of paper around the stems, tied with twine (from Stampin' Up). I added Ranger Crackle Accents to the flower centres for a bit of extra interest. Product Links: