You Mean a Latte To Me - Coffee Cup Pop-Up Card

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. My card for you today features Karen Burniston's brand new Tea and Coffee Pop-Up.

For this card, I started with an A2 sized card base using a olive green cardstock. I die cut three rectangles using MFT - A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX dies in the largest sized rectangle. I used a cream colored heavy weight cardstock because I wanted to color the background using Copic markers. 

I used Concord and 9th's Coffee Blend Turnabout stamp to create the background, stamping it using Lawn Fawn's Jet Black Ink. Then I colored the images in with Copic markers. 

I dug through my stash of scrap patterned paper and found this brown lined pattern paper and thought it would work well with my card, so I used it to create borders for the top and bottom of my card. I then die cut the coffee bean border using Karen Burniston's Tea and Coffee Borders. 

I die cut the pop-up mechanism from the same cardstock as the card base and added it to the card. Then I die cut the coffee mug. I added Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen, then I die cut a second mug from the same green cardstock as my card base and added some trim to the mug. I stamped the sentiment "You Mean a Latte to Me" using MFT - Coffee and Conversation stamp set. 

I die cut the spoon from a mirrored silver cardstock and added to the bottom of the card, by the mug. Using Karen Burniston's Cupcake Add-On die sets icing die, I die cut a piece to be whipped cream on the top of the coffee. I die cut a couple of coffee beans and added them to the whipped cream. 

I also used Karen Burniston's Word Set 2 - Birthday Die Set to die cut the Happy Birthday from gold cardstock and add it to the top of card. 

I felt at this point it needed a little something, so I decided to use MFT - Sweater Weather in the Woods stamp set to add some coffee drinking critters. I stamped the images, colored them and then added them to the card. 

Lastly, I die cut a small rectangle using Karen Burniston's Rectangles - Crosshatch dies, to use as a place to sign the card. 

For the front of the card, I added half the background from the inside of the card and half a white background. 

I stamped the sentiment on the front using the same stamp set as the inside of the card. 

I also added another coffee bean border and added a couple of more critters to the front. 

This is a great card for that coffee drinker in your life. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release - Blog Hop Day!

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC December Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 12 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

• 2 new Pop-up Die Sets
• 1 new Ball Add-on Die Sets
• 4 new Border Die Sets
• 2 new Sentiment Die Sets
• 1 new Word Set Die Set
• 1 new Tiny Accessory Die Set
• 1 new Stand Alone Die Set

Dies are available to order now on the website.

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone's blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday,26th February 2024. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don't forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!

My card for you today features the tea cups from the new Tea and Coffee Pop-Up to create this Alice in Wonderland themed card. 

For this card, I started with an A2 sized card base using black cardstock. I die cut three rectangles using the Rectangles - Crosshatch dies. Then using a checker board stencil and Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink, I created the chess board background. I added Distress Ink in Vintage Photo around the edges to create an aged look to the backgrounds. 

Then I spent an entire day creating all my Alice in Wonderland characters. This was a lot of piecing die cuts together, creating clothing and altering some of the die cut characters. But to summarize, the Red Queen and Alice uses the Princess die set. The Card Guards use the playing cards from the Game Charms. The Mad Hatter was created using the Knight die and added the Hat from the Tiny Accessories 1. The Cheshire Cat is from the Cat and Dog die set and last but not least, the rabbit is from the Spring Animals die set. 

I used the Flip Frame Pop-Up for this card. I die cut three tea cups using the new Tea and Coffee Pop-Up. I cut these using different colored cardstock and added some detail using Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated ink in corresponding colors. 

For the inside of the card, I added the sentiment "un-birthday to you". I had to do some word surgery to create this, but it went with the theme of the card. 

I added the tea pot border using the new Tea and Coffee Borders. 

For the front of the card, I added another tea cup and die cut the steam from an heavy weight opaque vellum. 

If you would like to see how I created all the animals, let me know. I would love to make a how to video on how I did this. 

Thank you so much for stopping by for our Blog Hop! Be sure to leave a comment with an email address that you use with Karen Burniston's website for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate. Below is the links for the other Design Team members, so be sure to check out their blogs and hop along leaving comments for more chances to win! 

Happy Crafting and Good Luck!!

Karen B  

Lois Bak

Sue Small-Kreider 

Frances Byrne

Jennifer Webster ----- you are here!

Fran Sabad 

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller 

Lawn Fawn Challenge #166 - Interactive Cards: Double Slider Surprise!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My card today was created for Lawn Fawn's Challenge #166 - Interactive Cards. I have made several cards using their Magic Picture Changer and Magic Iris, but I have only made one card using the Double Slider Surprise. So I decided to use this die set for my Interactive card. I also used their "Yappy Birthday" stamp set. 

For this card, I started by die cutting all the pieces to create the interactive card. I added a cloud background, using MFT - Mini Clouds stencil and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. Then I die cut the pieces from green cardstock and die cut grass areas. I glued these on to each panel. Then I put the interactive pieces together. 

I then stamped my images using Lawn Fawn's Jet Black ink and colored them in with Copic markers. You may know this already, if you've been checking out my blog long enough, but I have a Bernese Mountain Dog named Angus. He's a big lovable, cuddly monster of a dog. So as I was coloring my dogs in from the Yappy Birthday stamp set, I thought it would be fun to add Angus to my card. With my pencil, I drew in the areas that would be white fur, tan fur and black fur and then colored them in with Copic markers. I love love love how he turned out. I die cut the images out using the corresponding dies. I then decided where I wanted all the birthday dogs to go. 

Once I had my idea in place, I glued the images down. I then did some sentiment stamping around the card. For some of the sentiment stamping, I used my MISTI. 

Then I cut a card base using smooth heavy weight white cardstock. I found some pet patterned paper in my stash and there was this awesome bright and cheerful patterned paper. I die cut two rectangles and added one to the front and one to the inside. 

I then added double sided adhesive to the back of my interactive piece and added it to the front of my card. I die cut a smaller rectangle for the inside and stamped a sentiment on it. 

I just love how this card turned out and having my own dog on the front makes it even better! Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release - Sneak Peek Week Day 4: Animal Add-Ons 5

   Hello Crafty Friends and welcome to Day 4 of our Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release Sneak Peek Week. This new release has 12 new dies in it and will be available for purchase on February 19th.

My cards for you today uses the new Animal Add-Ons 5. 

For these super cute cards, I used Karen Burniston's Pretty Springy Ball Box Template, Bitty Ball Pop-Up, Mini Gift Bag and the new Animal Add-Ons 5. 

I created two boxes, using smooth white cardstock and pretty Easter themed patterned paper. To download the template for this box, click here. 

I then die cut the pieces I needed to create the pop-up animals using the Bitty Ball Pop-Up die set. I used white cardstock for the bunny and yellow for the chick. For the bunny, I colored in a pink belly on the front using Copic markers. I then die cut the pieces from the Animal Add-Ons 5. I used Copic markers and some craft chalk to create the face and ears on my bunny. 

I added Glossy Accents to the nose of the bunny and once it was dry, I added some shine lines. 

I then die cut the basket with the carrot and eggs. I die cut everything from smooth white cardstock and colored everything in with Copic markers. 

I added the basket to the front of the bunny and then added the arms to hold the basket. 

I added the whiskers to the bunny, using the whiskers die from Animal Add-Ons 1 and opaque heavy weight vellum.

I made sure that everything fit perfectly when folded down into the box. The box is 4.5 x 4.5 so you really have to double check that the arms, ears, etc can fit into the box bottom. 

I glued the bunny down into the box using Lineco Neutral pH glue. 

I then die cut the Mini Gift Bag using the same patterned paper as the thin strips of the box. I folded it and glued it into the box so that there is a place for a gift card. 

I die cut the Happy Easter sentiment using the new Happy Easter die. I glued that into the box on top of the Mini Gift Bag. 

On the top of the box, I added a square panel that came with the patterned paper. 

I did the same thing for the chick pop-up box. I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated ink in Sunbeam and colored the edges of the Bitty Ball and all the little pieces that go around the pop-up. 

I also used the new die set to create the egg shell top and bottom. 

I added some blush to the cheeks of my chick using craft chalk. 

Lastly, I used a white ribbon for the front of the chick. 

These little pop-up animals are sure to be a hit for Easter. How adorable are they?!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to come back on Monday for Blog Hop Day for a chance to win a $25 gift card for Karen Burniston's website. 

Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release - Sneak Peek Week Day 3: Tiny Accessories 4

  Hello Crafty Friends and welcome to Day 3 of our Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release Sneak Peek Week. This new release has 12 new dies in it and will be available for purchase on February 19th.

My card for you today features the new Tiny Accessories 4 and the Beach Elements. 

This card was super fun to create! For this card I started with an A2 sized, top fold card using smooth white cardstock. 

I die cut a rectangle from smooth white cardstock, then created water using Distress Oxide Ink in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire. Then with my spray bottle, I misted water and dabbed it off, to create an ocean water look. I then added some white tips to the waves using Copic opaque white paint. 

I used the wave die from the Tropical Scene die set and cut a piece for the background of the card. I also used the die from Nature Edges to create the beach area. I die cut this from smooth white cardstock and then added Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen to create the beach look. 

I die cut two palm trees using the Palm Tree Pop-Up and the Beach Bar Tiny House Add-On. I colored the palm leaves using Copic markers. I added the beach umbrella using the new Beach Elements die set. I also added a beach ball using the Beach Charms die set. I colored the beach ball with Copic markers and added Glossy Accents to create a shiny surface. 

I added pop up waves on the bottom of the card using the Small Scenes Bam Box Pop-Up. I die cut the Chicken from the the Chicken, Pig and Lamb die set and added the snorkel and goggles from the new Tiny Accessories 4. 

For the front of the card, I created another water and beach scene, then added another chicken but this time, a added the chicken to the flamingo floatie that is part of the new Tiny Accessories 4. 

I added some more palm trees and a tiny crab to my beach area. 

Then I created the sentiment on the front using Word Set 2: Birthday die set and the Mini Alphabet die set. 

I am so happy with how this card turned out. It's so cute and will be a great birthday card for anyone. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, be sure to check out the other cards created by our fantastic Design Team. Also, be sure to come by on our Blog Hop day for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Karen Burniston's website. 

Happy Crafting!

Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release - Sneak Peek Week Day 2: Lorna Label Pop-Up

 Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Valentines Day and welcome to Day 2 of our Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release Sneak Peek Week. This new release has 12 new dies in it and will be available for purchase on February 19th.

My card today features the new Lorna Label Pop-Up along with the new Baking Borders. 

For this card, I started with a top fold A2 sized card base, using smooth heavy weight white cardstock. I had this great gingham patterned paper, which I used for the inside and front of my card. 

I die cut the new Lorna Label Pop-Up mechanism from a pink cardstock and added it into my card. I added a smaller white label to the pop-up and then added my details to the pop-up. I took the cupcake from the Cupcake Add-On die set to create a birthday cupcake. Then I die cut two Tiny Gnomes from smooth white cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers. I die cut the chef hats from the new Baking Borders and glued them onto the Gnomes to make them into little chefs!

I used the smaller rectangle label that comes with the new Lorna Label die set and stamped a sentiment onto it using VersaMark ink and white embossing powder. Then added it to the base of the pop-up. 

I die cut the cupcake border and the rolling pin border from the new Baking Borders using smooth white cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers. I added them to the card, covering the line between the gingham paper and the confetti paper. 

I used the Short Rectangles - Crosshatch die set to create a place to sign the card. 

For the front of the card, I continued the same theme, adding more rolling pin borders. I used the same labels that come with the new Lorna Labels to create fun piece for the front of the card. Then I used the word "Sweet" from the You're Sweet die and added it to the card. I used a shiny red cardstock for this. 

I stamped the "Birthday Wishes" sentiment onto black cardstock, using VersaMark ink and white embossing powder. Then I added another chef's hat to the front. 

How adorable is this card?! The Lorna Label is a great die set, very versatile and can be used for any kind of card. 

Thank you so much for stopping by on Day 2 of our Sneak Peek Week. Be sure to check out all the fantastic cards are very talented Design Team has created. Happy Crafting!

Karen Burniston February 2024 New Release - Sneak Peek Week Day 1: Beach Elements

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome to day one of Karen Burniston's February 2024 New Release! This new release consists of 12 new fantastic dies! The new release will be available for purchase on February 19th!

For my first Sneak Peek card, I used the new Beach Elements die set to create this rainy day card. 

For this card, I started with a 5 x 5 card base, using a bright yellow cardstock. I then cut out three square pieces from smooth white cardstock that fit just slightly smaller than the card base (4.875 x 4.875). I used Distress Oxide Ink in Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans to create my backgrounds. Once dry, I used a rain drop stencil from Spellbinders and VersaMark ink along with clear embossing powder to create the look of raindrops. 

I then used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-Up to create the pop-up for the inside of the card. I used a light blue cardstock for the pop-up mechanism. I then added a label to it using the same yellow cardstock as the card base. I also added a second label from the die set and made the same background as the card. I added the sentiment "Thinking of You" from Word Set 10 - Thinking of You, using a glitter cardstock with a black cardstock background. 

I die cut the tree from the Tree Pop-Up die set using smooth white cardstock and colored it in with Copic markers. I used the Woodland Animals die set to create a fox and squirrel. I die cut these animals twice from smooth white cardstock. One die cut I colored with Copic markers to create the animals. The second die cuts, I created rain coats, by penciling in the coat and cutting it out with my scissors. Then I colored in the coats with Copic markers and glued them to the animals. 

I used the grass die from the Nature Edges die set. Then I stamped the sentiment on to the grass using Spellbinders - I've Got You Covered stamp set. 

I die cut the clouds from two different die sets, the Castle Pop-Up and Landscape Scene. I used Copic markers to create the rain clouds. 

For the front of the card, I used the Umbrella from the new Beach Elements. 

I also used the animals from the Safari Animals die set, also creating them rain coats like I did for the inside of the card. 

I added more rain clouds and little spring flowers to the grass. 

I am so proud of this card. It turned out so beautifully and those little animals in their rain coats just make me smile. 

Thank you so much for stopping by on for the start of Sneak Peek Week. Be sure to check every day for the next card. Happy Crafting!

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge February 2024 - Oh My Hearts!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's Designer Challenge time and for our February 2024 challenge, we were asked to create a card with hearts!!! For my card, I used the Photo Collage Pop-Up to create this Valentines Day card. 

For this card, I started with an A2 sized card base using a heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I then dug through my stash and found this great heart patterned paper. 

I die cut the pop-up mechanism from a pink cardstock and glued it into my card. Then I die cut all my photo frames. I used a smooth white cardstock for the background and then two different colors of red cardstock for the polaroid frame. I used a heart stencil and Distress Oxide ink in Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry to create the heart backgrounds. 

I then dug out a bunch of my animal dies and started creating the animals for the photos. I used the following animals dies for this card:

• Monkey and Lion
• Safari Animals
• Chicken, Pig and Lamb
• Feathered Animals
• Spring Animals
• Cat and Dog

I also added some accessories to the animals, such as heart glasses and random hearts that came with different die sets. 

I die cut a white heart using the Hearts - Crosshatch dies for a place to sign the card. I also used Word Set 9 - Love to add the Love You and XOXO sentiments. 

For the front of this card, I continued the same theme as the inside, using the larger hearts from the Hearts - Crosshatch die set and adding the two extra photo frames. 

I also added the push pins and clips from the Photo Collage Pop-Up, making them more Valentines Day appropriate by adding hearts and making the push pins pink. 

How adorable are those animals? It took an entire day of creating the animals because I color them all using Copic markers, but it was well worth the time. I also added some glitter gel and Glossy Accents to some items to give them some dimension.

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!

Up With Love - Fancy Label Accordion Valentines Day Card.

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. My card today features Karen Burniston's Fancy Label Accordion and Mama Elephants Up with Love stamp set. 

For this card, I started by die cutting four Fancy Label Accordion panels using a light weight red cardstock. I then used a patterned paper and die cut frames to go around each panel. 

I also used Karen Burniston's Hearts Add-On, to create a heart pop-up center piece. I used a teal blue cardstock to die cut this add-on. Then I used my MFT - Lots of Hearts stencil and Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated ink in Seafoam to add some hearts to the Hearts Add-On. I die cut hearts using the patterned paper I used for the frames for this card. 

I used Karen Burniston's Hearts - Crosshatch dies to add some hearts to the first and last panel of this card. I used a plain cardstock for these hearts. 

I then stamped the little critters from Mama Elephants - Up With Love stamp set, using Lawn Fawn's Jet Black ink. I then colored in the images using Copic markers. I added Glossy Accents to the red balloons to give them shine and dimension. 

Once dry, I added some shine lines to the balloons, using a white Gelly Pen in size 10. I then glued the critters into my card. I stamped the sentiments from the stamp set using black cardstock, VersaMark ink and white embossing powder. I also stamped the second sentiment using Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink. 

This card turned out so cute!! Those little critters are perfect for the Fancy Label Accordion! Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Ewe Have My Heart!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My card today was created for the MFT (My Favorite Things) weekly sketch challenge. For this card, I used their super cute stamp set called Ewe Are The Best. 

For this card, I started with an A2 sized card base using smooth heavy weight white cardstock. Then I used a pretty hearts patterned paper from Doodlebug Designs called Lots of Love. I die cut the center piece from a blue cardstock scrap I had on hand and using my MFT Lots of Hearts stencil, stenciled hearts onto the center piece with Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Seafoam. 

I then stamped my images using Lawn Fawn's Jet Black Ink and colored the sheep in with Copic markers. I die cut the images out using the corresponding dies.

I placed and glued them down to the card where I wanted them, also based on the sketch and then I added red glitter Stickles and Glossy Accents to the heart and heart balloon. I used the heart balloon from MFT's Adorable Elephants stamp set and added that to the balloon the top sheep is holding. 

Lastly, I added some red hearts decals I had on hand. This was a very simple card, but super cute! Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Lawn Fawn Challenge 165: Lots of Hearts

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My card today was created for Lawn Fawn Challenge 165: Lots of Hearts. It's been a while since I joined in on one of Lawn Fawn's challenges so I thought I would get back into created cards for their fun challenges. 

I used an A2 sized card base using heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I then used a patterned paper from a Valentines paper pack from Doodlebug Designs called Lots of Love. I die cut a smaller white rectangle using MFT - A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX dies and colored the entire piece in with Distress Oxide ink in Spun Sugar. Using my MFT - Lots of Hearts stencil, I went over it again with Spun Sugar to create the background. 

I used Lawn Fawn's How You Bean, How You Bean Shaker Add-On and How You Bean? Conversation Heart Add-On to create my shaker jar. 

I also used the super cute Scent with Love Add-On stamp set to create the adorable skunk holding the heart balloon. 

I die cut the "sweet" from Lawn Fawn's Scripty Sweet using red cardstock and black cardstock. Then glued all the layers together to give the word some dimension. I stamped the "you are stinkin'" sentiment from the Scent with Love Add-On stamp set on black cardstock using VersaMark ink and white embossing powder. 

Last but not least, I added some Glossy Accents to the balloon the skunk holds and some glitter gel to the word Sweet. 

I'm not usually a fan of shaker cards, but I love how this one turned out. I added some red and white glitter bits to my shaker. It turned out adorable!!

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Tool Themed Father's Day Card

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's been a while since I've posted and I am sorry about that. There has been quite a lot going on in my personal life that required my attention. But hopefully things are back on track and I can get back to posting all kinds of craftiness. 

My card for you today features Karen Burniston's Little Twist Panel Pop-Up. I know I am super super early for a Fathers Day card, but I was going through my Karen Burniston's dies thinking what was something I hadn't used in a long time or at all. I got out my Little Twist Panel Pop-Up, Happy Fathers Day die and the Tool Charms (which believe it or not, I haven't used yet!). 

For this card, I started with an A2 top fold card using a heavy weight black cardstock. I dug through my paper stack and found some great Fathers Day themed paper. I added this to the inside of the card, adding some trim pieces using paper from the same pack. 

I die cut the pop-up mechanism from black cardstock and put it in the card. I like the line up the patterned paper to the pop up for this card and trim to fit. I will post a video at some point on how I do this. Then I die cut the rectangular pieces that fit to the twist panel. 

I die cut the tools from the Tool Charms and colored some of the pieces using Copic markers. I also added Glossy Accents to the screwdriver handle to give it some dimension. 

I added an area to sign the inside of the card and die cut the Happy Fathers Day sentiment from silver cardstock and added it to the top of the card. 

For the outside of the card, I used the same patterned paper as the inside. I added two more tools to the front as well to carry on the theme. 

I used Karen Burniston's Alphabet die to cut out the word Dad using black cardstock and silver cardstock. I glued them together to give the word some depth. 

Then I stamped the sentiment "the man, the myth, the legend" using black cardstock and white embossing powder. This came from a stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps called Fathers Day. 

This is a simple, yet elegant looking Fathers Day card. I love how easy the Little Twist Panel Pop-Up is to put together. Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!