Pop it Ups Upcoming Classes

It's a busy time around here as I gear up for a bunch of upcoming teaching trips.

First up I will be teaching at Kept Creations in Whitman, MA on Thursday, March 27th from 6-9 pm with this card class:

*Note* the Funky Cakes Peel-off Sticker sheet includes 5 different styles of birthday cake, so each kit gets one cake, not necessarily the one photgraphed, but equally nice!

Next, I head to Framingham, MA for The Collins Rep Group Spring Retailer Training Event, where I will be teaching two classes, a Make 'n Take, and co-teaching a Workshop with Els van de Burgt.

The first class, Easy Pop it Ups Pivot Cards, is sold out. We will be making a card with each of the three Pivot Card dies in the first Pop it Ups release - the Heart, the Butterfly and the Katie Label. Two of the cards feature new Embossing Folders that have just shipped out to stores.

The next class has a few spots left, at last check. This is the General Pop it Ups card class, where we focus on the three general pop-ups, the Garden Bench, the Lots of Pops and the Lucy Label. Again, you'll see some of the new embossing folders used on these cards as well.

*Note* the Ladybug card was hard to photograph because of the Shimmer Sheetz but in person the two large ladybugs are very shimmery red - quite striking.

I do not have photographs yet of the Workshop projects, but it is also sold out. Els is in Australia, but before she left she designed two brand-new Peel-off Sticker sheets to coordinate with the Fancy Accordion Album and the Katie Label Pivot Card. Those two Peel-offs will be debuted in the workshop, along with a third project that I cannot reveal yet! (ooooh! suspense!!!)

The Store Class #1 (Birthday, Butterfly, Smile Bench Card, Roses Oval Accordion) will be taught at these upcoming stores and events:

• April 10, 2014 - Scrapbooks Plus, Chantilly, VA
• April 11, 2014 - Photo Scraps, Eldersburg, MD
• April 12, 2014 - Angela's Happy Stamper, Reston, VA 
• April 13, 2014 - The Queen's Ink, Savage, MD
• April 26, 2014 - Scrapp'n Savvy, Spring, TX (Butterfly, Birthday, Wedding and mystery card!)
• May 2-4, 2014 - The Great Yosemite Stamp Escape, Bass Lake, CA 
• May 23-25, 2014 - Clipper Street Scrapbook Company, Langley, BC, Canada (Class #2 = Ladybug, Bee, plus two more cards to be revealed soon!)

Hope to see you at one of these events!

Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge - Spring & Easter Cards

I'm blogging on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today with the March Pop it Ups Designer Challenge for Spring & Easter cards. You'll definitely want to check out the eighteen amazing projects by the Designer Challenge team plus a guest designer.

 

In addition to the Spring/Easter creations by the team, I have a new video tutorial for this Easter Garden Bench + Lots of Pops card. I had a lot of tips to share for this card, and I listened to those of you who requested that I slow down a bit. I'd love your feedback on whether this video length is better - around 15 minutes instead of under 10 minutes. 

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The video covers a variety of subjects including:

• How to fold the Garden Bench and Lots of Pops dies.
• Cutting the Lots of Pops die into separate platforms to add next to the Bench.
• The sponge-around-a-template technique for the sky and grass, including inlaid grass and cloud details.
• Tips for using the All Seasons Tree.
• Suspending the Butterfly Accessory dies on wires.
• How to get the black/white texture on the Poles
• How to extend the length of the Fancy Frame Edges to fit a 6x6 card, plus add glitter.

Right? Everything but the kitchen sink! Here are some photos:

 

 

 

Here are some supply links for the products used in the video:

Pop it Ups Garden Bench 780 Pop it Ups Lots of Pops Pop it Ups All Seasons Tree 781 Pop it Ups Butterfly Accessory Dies Pop it Ups Fancy Frame Edges Pop it Ups Oval Accordion 772 Pop it Ups Katie Label Pivot Card #768 Elizabeth Craft Designs Fine Point Tweezers ECD Happy Easter Peel Off Stickers Elizabeth Craft Designs Glitter Peel-off Dots ECD Flowers in Pot Peel-off Stickers Elizabeth Craft Designs Double-Sided Adhesive Sheets Elizabeth Craft Designs Warm Diamond Glitter ECD - White Silk Microfine Glitter Elizabeth Craft Designs Basic Black Microfine Glitter Xyron X adhesive My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart papers Sizzix Big Shot machine Sizzix Magnetic Platform

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