Hap-bee Birthday Card using Karen Burniston's Oval Frame Pop-Up!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! I recently purchased Karen Burniston's Oval Frames Pop-Up (I know, there are still some dies I don't have yet! Lol) and just had to try it out. I found it very easy to install into my card base and I love how I could have it raise up or down. I wanted to make a bee themed card and thought this pop-up would be perfect for that!

I started with an 5x5 card base using Bazzill cardstock in Sunbeam yellow. Then I added three smaller squares of patterned paper. I used Echo Parks Bee Happy patterned paper (one of my favorite packs from them) for the inside and front of my card. 

I die cut the pop-up mechanism from the same yellow cardstock. This wasn't a thick cardstock so it didn't bulk up the pop-up. I also followed along with Karen Burniston's instructional video (as this was my first time using this die set) which you can view by clicking here. 

I knew I wanted to have two bees kind of floating in the centre, so I die cut two bees from the Flutter Charms die set, from heavy weight smooth white cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers. I also die cut the back of the bee body from black cardstock, this was so I could run my clear thread behind the bee and secure it to the body without it coming off. I also die cut the frames that attach on to the pop up a second time and trimmed them out so I could sandwich the thread in between the frames. I used an "invisible" sewing thread to do this. 

I die cut several flowers and leaves from Karen Burniston's Fun Flowers, Flower Pot Add-On, Fence Add-On and Flutter Charms for the honey comb. I cut everything but the honey comb from heavy weight smooth white cardstock and colored everything with Copic markers. I die cut the honeycomb from Lawn Fawn Number 2. Pencil cardstock. 

Lastly, I added some sentiments to the two outer frames using Simon Says Stamps Sweet Birthday stamp set. I thought this worked perfectly with my card. 

For the front of my card, I die cut two circles using Karen Burniston's Circle - Crosshatch die set. Then I used Gina K - Beautiful Bees stamp set to add a sentiment to the smaller circle. I added these to the front of my card using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in my fine tip bottle. 

I added more flowers and leaves and another bee to carry the theme from inside the card to the front. 

I think this card turned out beautifully! The Oval Frames Pop-Up is perfect for any theme of card, which makes it a very versatile die set to have. I also really loved how easy it was to install. There was no guesswork because as long as you stay inside the card you can place the pop-up anywhere along the seam! It would also fit into many card sizes. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. All the products I used to make this card is listed below (unless they are no longer available). Happy Crafting!!

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