Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 71 - Collection Pack Creations
July 05, 2023
Welcome to our 71st monthly Designer Challenge and this one represents a first. It's the first one that I've had to skip.
I'm under the weather and my voice is a croak. Unfortunately this means I've had to sit this one out.
So this month you get to peruse the wonderful creations of our Design Team with a theme of Collection Pack Creations. I sent each DT member two 12x12 Collection Packs of coordinating papers and sticker sheets and challenged them to use them for a card of any theme also featuring at least one die from our latest release. Their creations are marvelous, as usual!
In each case you can click the designer's name to open their blog post in a new window. On their blog posts you'll find additional photos, supply lists and, in some cases, even videos!
Frances Byrne created a triple Twist Flower slimline card also featuring the new Fun Flowers die set. I just love the way she styled the centers of the big flowers with the white pen detailing and the fun wavy edges to the background. Gorgeous!
Sue Small-Kreider created this marvelous summer themed card featuring the new Small Scenes Bam Box Pop-up plus the Fence, popping it up using the mechanism from the Fireplace. I love how Sue has made perfect use of the stickers in the collection pack to create a festive summery scene.
Nicky Foden created a triple-fold card featuring two Twist Flower mechanisms to animate her summery elements. I love everything about this card, from the delightful collection pack elements to the fun reveal-within-a-reveal.
Sandy Diller altered the Iron Fence Pop-up to create a pop-up vase and then filled it with the new Fun Flowers die set. What an amazing transformation of that die set into something completely different. Beautiful and clever!
Fran Sabad created a slimline card featuring the Twist Flower mechanism to animate the flamingo stickers. Once again, the collection pack is being used to its optimum, with coordinating elements that are perfect for animation using pop-up dies. Lovely!
Suzanne Smit is celebrating a birthday today. Happy Birthday, Suzanne! This 4-page Charm Accordion is a wonderful mix of colors and elements. I love the use of the ice cream cones form the Sweet Treats charms in these soft colors. Gorgeous!
Jen Webster has an explosion of color and elements in this fun Rockin' Rectangle card. The mix of patterns and colors is perfectly balanced and anyone would smile to get a fun card like this. Wonderful!
Lois Bak shows off the new House of Cards Pop-up to perfection in this amazing summer-themed sculpture. The House of Cards works so well as a generic sculpture in any theme. The addition of stickers to the die cut cards adds pizzazz and fun visuals to this impressive card. Love it!
Well we hope the team has inspired you to look at collection packs and stickers in a new way. Join us next month on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 for our next Designer Challenge with a theme of ACCORDIONS - we'll be showing off cards made with any of our three accordion die sets.
Also be on the lookout for the Mission Poppable challenge for July. It will go up mid-month. Check out the June Mission Poppable challenge here - you still have time to add your cards to the album to be in the running for website cash!
Happy Crafting!