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Jingle Bells Pop Out Card

I received my new Anna Griffin Bell Pop Out dies this week. I missed almost all of the Christmas in July work, so now here I am in August late to the parade. Thankfully, there are plenty of sketch challenges to get my inspiration going.

Over on Atlantic Hearts, they provided a sketch that I thought I could work with. Here's the sketch in question:

I went a different route than I usually go with a card like this. Normally, I would cut out squares and follow the sketch as closely as possible, but now that I own a Cricut Maker 3, I thought I would try something different.

With Jingle Bells as my theme (because of the pop out), I decided to deboss my paper with my Maker 3 and then I found some bells I liked and cut them out and added a bow to give it a little dimension. Here's the end result:


Of course, the real star of the show is in the inside of the card is the pop out. Here's a still of the pop out:

But in case your curious, here's what the card looks like in action:

The Pop Out Bell looks fantastic. I did need to use the traditional emboss method (instead of A plate, magnet, A plate) to get all the details to show, but that's pretty typical of the pop out dies. 

Currently, the Anna Griffin Bell Pop Out die is only available for those with the auto-ship from HSN, but I'm sure you'll see Anna Griffin selling these beautiful dies in the next month or two. 

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Comments

  1. Love the colors, and the debossing is just beautiful. Very clever take on the sketch. And the inside pop out is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week.

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  2. Such a great take on the sketch, love your jingle bells! Thanks for playing with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

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  3. Fabulous....I love the different take on the card, super job! Thanks for playing along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (AHSC).

    Brandi R.
    DT member AHSC
    crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca

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  4. Thank you for including Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week!

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  5. This is really clever! Love the embossing and die cuts. Thanks for joining in the fun at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

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