Halloween Pop up Bridge card

 Hi there.   I'm back to share my card for the final day of August at Die Cut Divas.   Our sponsor is Poppystamps and our challenge is Pop It Up

My card today used an older (now discontinued) Poppystamps die called "Cozy Kittens" and is a Bridge card.  As you take it out of the envelope it pops out! 

My background paper is a digital download I got from a magazine many years ago.  I printed it out and trimmed it to fit my bridge fold card.   To make the bridge, I used a Spellbinders die called "Wrought Iron"  I die cut it three times to give it stability.  I also die cut the cats three times and layer together and added on the fence.   I used my computer to generate the sentiment and added a second bridge across the top.   

Do come and join us - our challenge is open for till 9.00pm Pacific Time ( 3.00am 1st Sept NZ time) 

Festive Fancy Folds at Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

My second parcel has now arrived!  And other cold wintery day so what better to do than play with my stamps, inks, pencils, dies and having fun.    Hubby was helping a friend move this morning and I headed off to look for knitting patterns.  Well.... it's been years since I bought patterns and boy are they hard to find... mostly books of patterns at around the $30-35 range... so instead I look in the crafting section.  Picked up a new lightbox - was around $70 - down to $30 and only $18 at checkout!   Has three different light tones and up to 10 different strengths.   

Anyhoo.. decided that I wanted to try out the Bridge card design that Jennifer McGuire did a couple of weeks ago.   And as the challenge at Christmas Kickstart Challenge this month is Festive Fancy Folds...thought I make a Christmas card. 

I used my new Altenew Dotty Circles 3D embossing folder and some blue and white card to make the panels to add to the card.   I decided on using a die cut panel for the bridge.  This is the largest of the Spellbinder Labels Four set.  I keep the panel in the die and used whatever blue was on my Altenew blending brush to add some colour.  Love how this gives a little white border.   I had the stamped Couture Creations Ringing Bells and the Spellbinder's Yana's Christmas Sentiments (hot foiled in red) in my baggie of Christmas bits and bobs.... so a quick colouring with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and it was done!  

You can see the dimension here....

I also got to use one the new stamps from the latest parcel for my swap card....Here's a sneak peek

Once my partner gets it... I'll share.

Been a good day!