Cut your papers to cover each of the chipboard pages.  This album calls for paper sizes of about 5” x 5” –justt measure whatever album size you’re using and cut accordingly.  To add more pages in-between the chipboard, now’s your chance – cut those too.  The 100 Days of Summer Vertical Journaling Cards are papers divided into 4”x6” rectangles and fit perfectly in-between this chipboard album, needing no additional decoration!

Decorate cover and back.
  Ensure that all holes line up and the rings go all the way through. 
Insert the rings.

 

Wow - the possibilities with Karen Burniston's Sizzix "Pop'n Cuts" dies are amazing!

We were sooooo fortunate to have Karen visit our store
and showcase her wonderful Sizzix dies and share her creative ideas with us.

Karen kicked off her weekend at Simple Pleasures with an eClips demo. She showed how she used the eCal software
to create images of your own, welding, grouping and the Tim Holtz Stamp2Cut cartridges.

 How about a make'n take featuring the Sizzix 3D EvergreenTree pop-up die? So cute and so easy to create.
Karen added the Basic Grey "Happy Holidays" message on inside of the card and added a bit of bling
with Elizabeth Craft red glitter dots, and a ribbon bow on the treetop as a final touch.

Here's another Evergreen Tree die cut and put on a card.

Here's a beautiful card, created by Els of Elizabeth Craft Designs. 
The card features Karen's Silverware die. The silverware was die cut and embossed
with Elizabeth Craft DesignSilver Shimmer Sheetz.

Isn't it lovely?!?

Now, how about some Pop'n Cuts Cards?

Pop'n Cuts cards are A2 sized cards, that feature a "pop out" component when you open the card.
The main element of all of the Sizzix Pop'n Cuts cards is the card base die.

The base die creates a score at the center of each card, and comes with a pop-out component.
Shown here are six of the different pop-out components available.

 

The truly great thing about the card base die is that Karen designed it to be simple AND interactive.
Simply switch out the inner pop out component from the base die with any of the many others Karen has designed,
for  many  other types of 3D pop out cards!!

There are more than 12 different pop outs that are available for the base die ....

AND

Karen has designed lots of additional accent to 
to accessorize your cards,
inside and out!!

Class attendees LOVED the cards they created in class ...

 eight different Pop'n Cuts cards.
Here they are - aren't they FUN?!?

The Halloween card incorporates the Tim Holtz Mover and Shaper pumpkin die and the Deena Bigz Picket Fence die.

Where did the cute dinosaur come from? Well, from the eClips "Boy and Girl" cartridge!

Are you likeing what you see ......

Mix'n match a variety of Sizzix dies with the
 Pop'n Cuts dies and the possibilities are endless. How about these ....

 See the wreath next to to Karen's Sizzix lamppost die on the Joy card?
That wreath is made from the Holly leaves on a Tim Holtz die.

LOVE IT!!!

We're having a hard time reigning ourselves in - so here are several more
Pop'n Cut card ideas for you, showing you first the outside of each card

 and then the WHAM, BAM - a Pop'n Cut card interior!

 Happy Birthday card front
with  Simple Stories papers

and card interior 

Birthday Wishes card front 

and card interior

Congratulations card front

and card interior

CELEBRATE ... all your card making with pizzaz

with Sizzix Pop'n Cuts dies

for distinctive card creations, inside AND out!

 Want to see Karen's You Tube showing you how her
Pop'n Cuts dies work?

http://youtu.be/rjqIOoknZGc

Just click the link and enjoy -
then hop on over to the store to get your
Pop'n Cuts dies ....

Remember, our Sizzix cutting dies are
Buy 1, Get 1 HALF PRICE every single day!!

"Card Crazy"
August and September Card Club Creativity

Wowsa, where has the time gone? Don't know quite how it happened, but we let August and September sneak by without sharing the great cards from those card exchanges. So, fasten your seat belts, and enjoy two months of card inspiration. Ready, Set, Here We Go ...

 August - Just "Fur" You

So you KNOW that fun times are in the mix whenever we can incorporate "Furry Friends". 

 Like this Sheepish Guy - cute how Jacque incorporated a late birthday wishes theme in this card!

 Here's a card featuring a Great Impressions border stamp with a kitty
and a couple of furry puppy dog friends.
The Dog Bone Tag is stamped "Just For You" and the ribbon
has cute little paw prints add just the purrfect touch!  

How about this cute litter stinker .....

 Here's another cute card, this one featuring man's best friend alongside a fire hydrant.
The designs were cut with the Silhouette Cameo machine.

These were just a few of the fun, furry cards from the August card exchange.
You can see all the cards from the August swap at the store.

For September's exchange, the theme was
"Oh, The Places We Go"

and was a great opportunity for participants to interpret the theme
in whatever direction their imagination took them!

This card evokes some nostalgia as it steps us back in time.

Or how about this card, titled "Enjoy the Journey"

 A stamped collage card was another of the cards in our September exchange

And as we mentioned, creativity in the interpretation of the theme
always makes for fun surprises .....

like this embroidered outhouse card!!!

So, how would you have interpreted and created with
the themes for August and September?!?

We've got a few more card exchanges coming up
that you can get in on before the year's end.

Come on, don't be shy - we'd love for you to join us!

               Drop Off, by 6pm             Month & Theme

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             Saturday, Oct 20             Exotic Oriental

                       Saturday, Nov 17            Eat, Drink & Be Merry!

              Saturday, Dec 15           White Elephant

             Thanks for hopping onto the blog to see the fun cards!

The ABC's of distinctive dies are definitely here -  Amazing, Beautiful and Certainly Delightful, not to mention Exquisite, Fun, and .... ok, you get the idea, we could go through the entire alphabet describing these new dies from Impression Obsession.  We're creating lots of samples to share with you, but for now, we thought you might enjoy seeing every single one of the new Impression Obsession dies for yourself.

Twig Wreath

Tree Line

This beautiful Fancy Round Ornament, comes with a topper and bow.
Cut it out completely as shown in the gold ornament in the upper righthand corner.
Or, DON'T completely cut it out and you'll get an embossed ornament,
like the red one on the left.

 Here are a few of the first Impression Obsession dies that came out earlier this year -

 Circle Shaker Frames

Butterflies
(and there's a matching same-size stamp to match)

 Square Shaker Frames

And here's a card made with Impression Obsession bird and nest dies,
used with their coordinating bird and nest stamps.

 Back to the fabulous NEW die arrivals ...

Halloween Hill

Mini Rectangle Tags Die013

Mini Rectangle Tags Die014

Mini Circle Tags

Mini Square Tags            

Another of the wonderful new Border Duo dies,
Die019

And another beautiful Border Dou Die
DIE017

Flags

Fence Trio

 Pennants

Fancy Tree Set

Now, for the final two new die sets ....
what do YOU think, did we save the best for last?

Mitten Set
including Mitten, Snowflake and Bow
(AND there are stamps to match also)

The mitten die is great in conjunction with the
Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card background stamps,
like the Nordic Christmas background stamp used
on the mitten in the upper righthand corner here.

Yeppers, we have the background stamps, too!

Snowflakes Dies Set

Not just "another" snowflake - these are so intricate,
wait till you see the project samples we are working on with these!

 We're making lots of samples to share with you using these new dies on cards, mini books
and scrapbook pages -  so stay tuned.
Thanks, Impression Obsession, for these super new dies!!!