Cute Easter Twist Panel Pop Up Card

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome to my week of Easter cards! I love making Easter cards. They are all so cute with the bunnies and chicks. The colours, the eggs, they are just adorable! Which my daughter finds funny since I only ever wear black and I listen to metal music while making cute, adorable bunny cards lol. 

My first card for this week uses Karen Burniston's Twist Panel Pop Up along with Sweet November Stamps Egg Hunt stamp set. 

I started by cutting a card base using a light pink cardstock. I created an A2 top fold card base. I cut two rectangles 1/8" smaller than my card base from some Easter themed patterned paper from Echo Park called Easter Basket. I die cut the pop-up mechanism pieces from some scrap teal blue cardstock. I taped the centre pop up piece to the centre of my patterned paper, then I die cut the arms for the Twist Panel Pop-Up. Then I adhered the patterned paper to my card base, making sure I didn't glue down my twist panel arms. 

I added the Twist Panel mechanism pieces to the patterned paper arms. Then I die cut the four panels for the Twist Panel using a light yellow cardstock. I didn't glue them into my card, I wanted to add all my decorator pieces first. 

I die cut four smaller panels from smooth white cardstock. On another piece of smooth white cardstock, I stamped all the images I wanted to use. Then I coloured them all in using Copic makers. I fussy cut them out and set them aside. I created backgrounds for each panel using Copic markers then added my cut stamped images. 

I added the Twist Panel to the pop up mechanism. I then die cut two pieces to add grass to the bottom of my card. I used two different green cardstocks for the grass and the grass die from Nature Edges. Then I added another cut out stamped image and a label to sign the card.

For the top of the card, I added some patterned paper I die cut with MFT - Stitched Basic Edges 2 die set, then added a banner with a stamped sentiment and embossed with white embossing powder. 

For the front of my card, I used Simon Says Stamps stitched egg dies to create an egg shaped window for the front of my card. I added some more stamped images. I added the "hello" from Karen Burniston. Then I added another banner, which I shortened and stamped "spring" on it. 

This card turned out so cute! Those Sweet November Stamps are just so adorable! Thank you so much for stopping by today. Below is a list of the materials I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!

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Stage Pop Up Birthday Card

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. I'm sorry it's been a while since I've posted a card, but I've been very sick. I am finally on the mend so I was able to get back to work making cards after a week or more being ill. My card for you today features Karen Burniston's Stage Pop Up and Sassy Club Stamps SpongeBob stamp sets. 

For this card, I started by making my card base. In order to fit the Stage Pop-Up, I made my card base 5.5x6.5. I used two pieces of white cardstock (adding a 1/2 in to one piece to make a seam) and glued them together to make my card base. 

I cut two pieces of the same white cardstock 1/8" smaller than my card base. I used Distress Oxide Ink and Distress Ink to create my sandy ocean bottom and my water background. Once dry, I added these to my card base. 

I then die cut the Stage Pop-Up from cream coloured cardstock. I added the two panels on the top and used Distress Ink to create a beach look. Then I butted the two top pieces together, making sure they were even, then taped down the tab piece from the Palm Tree Pop-Up. I ran that through my die cutting machine so that I could have a place to add the Palm Tree. 

I die cut the Sea Stage Add-On and the fish and seaweed as well. I die cut three small rectangles from black cardstock so that I could add sentiments as well to my Sea Stage add-on. I coloured all the fish and seaweed with Copic markers. I stamped the sentiments using VersaMark Ink and white embossing powder. 

Then I added everything to the band before I attached it to the stage. Once I had everything ready, I added the band to the stage. In hindsight, I should have put the stage into my card base, then added the add-on, because it didn't want to sit properly. In the future I will do this. 

I added the Stage to my card base, then added the Palm Tree Pop-Up which I cut from various scrap cardstock and added some Copic marker to give it some detail. 

I then stamped my images from Sassy Club Stamps. I used Ocean Bottom, Spongetastic and Crabby stamp sets. I fussy cut all the images out and added them to my card. I used a size 10 white Gelly Pen to add shine lines where they were needed on my images. 

For the front of my card, I added more stamped images on to Karen Burniston's Oval Crosshatch dies. I used some fun patterned paper from Sassy Club that matched the SpongeBob theme. I just love these stamp sets so much! And I also love how well they work with Karen's fantastic Pop Up dies! Thank you so much for stopping by today. Below is a list of the supplies I used, other than Sassy Club stamps. But be sure to check out their website - www.thesassyclub.com. Happy Crafting!

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Craft Roulette - Accordion Baby Card

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. I finally had time to join in the fun with Craft Roulette! It's been forever since I had a chance to play along. This Friday's parameters were:

Project - Tri Fold Card

Colours - Vegetable Garden

Element - Nursery

Random - Star(s) or Starry

For my card, I used Karen Burniston's Fancy Label Accordion die set to create my tri fold card. I added some patterned paper from Doodlebug Design Inc called Special Delivery. I created my three label areas using more patterned paper from the same paper pack. Then I added a floor and used Honey Bee Stamps Rock a Bye Baby die set to create my nursery. 

The greens, browns and yellows reminded me of my vegetable garden just starting to grow the little yellow flowers on the stems, then they would grow into, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, etc. For the random element, the background paper has stars on it, so it worked out perfectly! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, below is a list of the supplies I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!!

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Surprise 65th Birthday Card!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. My card for you today was created for a friend of my Mom and Dad's. It's his 65th Birthday and him and his partner do so much for our local Legion. Whenever there is a big party, like their annual New Year's Eve party, they do up big balloon displays, arches and arrangements. So I knew what to make for his Birthday card. 

I used Karen Burniston's Arch Pop-Up and Party Balloons to create this elegant card. 

For this card, I started with a 5 x7 card base using heavy weight black cardstock. I then used Karen Burniston's Rectangles and Labels - Crosshatch die set to cut out the mirrored gold background. I used the next smallest die to cut out the white rectangle. I glued these onto my card base. 

I then die cut the Arch Pop-Up pieces from the same heavy weight black cardstock. I added these to my card base. Then I die cut the balloons. I used three different kinds of black cardstock, mirrored, flat shimmery and glitter and three different gold cardstock, mirrored, bright glitter and darker glitter. I began glueing them to my arch, closing the card each time to make sure that there was no catch points and that the card would open and close smoothly. 

Once I had all my balloons on, I added two pieces of the flat shimmery black cardstock to the card base. I added a place to sign the card and I used Karen Burniston's Happy Birthday sentiment to add to the left side of the card. 

For the front of my card, I used the same papers, but added a balloon arrangement using some of my left over balloons. Then I used Honey Bee Stamps Balloon Numbers to add a 65 to the front. I also used MFT - Let's Toast Dienamics die set to add two wine glasses to the front. I cut these from heavy weight smooth white cardstock and coloured them in with Copic markers. 

I added a sentiment to the front using MFT - Uncorked stamp set, along with VersaMark Ink and black embossing powder. Lastly, I added some shimmery confetti. 

I love how elegant this card turned out. I hope that the gentleman who is receiving this card likes it as well. Thank you so much for stopping by today. Below is a list of the supplies I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - March 2026 - For the Birds

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's Designer Challenge time and our theme for this month is For the Birds. For my "card" I used the Mini Ball Pop-Up and Karens awesome box design to create this fun surprise card!

For this card, I started by making all three owls. I used some of Karen's paper packs to make them along with the Mini Ball Pop-Up and the accessories that come with it to make the little owls. I added glossy accents to their beaks and used a Gelly Pen to add shine dots to the eyes. 

If you want to see how to make the owls, Karen has a fantastic assembly video on YouTube for this, which you can see by clicking here. 

Once I had my owls done and set aside to let the beaks dry, I created the box. This is a FREE pattern on Karen Burniston's website. Here is the link: https://karenburniston.com/karens-pretty-springy-ball-box-templates/?searchid=284390&search_query=box

I used some heavy weight brown cardstock and some pretty patterned paper from Echo Park called My Favorite Fall. I used both sides of the paper to add to my box. 

For the front of the box, I added two circles, then added the "hip hip" sentiment to the top of the white circle. Then I die cut the word Hooooo-ray from green cardstock and added it underneath. I die cut a large banner piece to added a sentiment to using black cardstock. Then I stamped the sentiment with VersaMark Ink and white embossing powder. Lastly I added a little owl using the Feather Animals die set. 

Check out the card in action below!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Below is a list of all the supplies I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!

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Playful Pop Up Easter Card!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's been a while since I've posted a card and I apologize for that. Both my kids have been sick and then my hubby got sick. So it's been a crazy couple of weeks, but I'm back and I have a fun card for you today. 

I used Karen Burniston's Playful Pop-Up and Animal Add-Ons 5 die sets to create this super cute Easter card. I love how the Animal Add-Ons can work on the Playful Pop Up and now I'm curious to see just how many I can make work!

I stated by cutting an A2 sized card base from a light yellow cardstock. I then added some pretty patterned paper I just picked up from Echo Park called Easter Basket. I also cut two 1" wide strips using the back side of the paper and set these aside. 

I die cut the Playful Pop Up mechanism pieces from heavy weight cardstock. I know Karen suggests light weight cardstock, but unfortunately I never have very good luck using light weight cardstock, so I use heavy weight. It's a little more bulky, but it's strong enough to handle the moving mechanisms. I added packing tape to the piece that moves the tongue. This was a test to see if it made the movement smoother and I found that it did. I die cut the piece that goes on the top of the pop-up for the face. I decorated this before adding it to my pop up. 

For that, I die cut the cheeks, tongue and whiskers from the Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons. Then using the Animal Add-Ons 5, I die cut the bunny ears, nose, eyes and arms. I coloured in some of the pieces with Copic markers. Then I added my face pieces on to the top Playful Pop Up piece. I glued it on to the mechanism. I added Glossy Accents to the eyes and nose and set it aside to dry. 

I then die cut the pieces from the Animal Add-Ons 5 to make the basket and carrots. I coloured these in with Copic markers. I also die cut two borders using the Easter Borders die set. I coloured the eggs in with Copic markers. 

Once my eyes and nose were dry, I added the pop up to my card. I tested to make sure the ears and arms would work and they did, perfectly! I added my borders along the side, starting with the two paper strips, then I used a sticker border that came with my paper pack and then added my egg border. I added my basket of carrots, testing to make sure there were to catch points. 

I added a label using the Greetings Labels and from that same die set, added a banner with a sentiment stamped on it from Lawn Fawn's new Stamp and Stencil Easter Eggs stamp set. 

For the front of my card, I reversed my paper, adding the cute bunny paper as the background and the pink paper to my oval. I die cut two ovals using the Ovals - Crosshatch dies. Then I used the Woven Basket Box Card Pop-Up and created a basket for my smaller oval. I added the Easter Charms to the basket, colouring everything in with Copic markers. 

I stenciled clouds on to my background, then glued the basket down and trimmed the excess around the oval. Then I glued the ovals together and added it to my card front. I die cut another banner and added another sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Eggstra Amazing Easter stamp set. 

I love Easter cards, the colours, the bunnies, it's just so cute! Thank you so much for stopping by today, below is a list of all the supplies I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!

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Valentines Card Ideas with Karen Burniston's Fancy Label Accordion!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. I took a couple of days off after the Blog Hop, Designer Challenge and 5 days of Sneak Peeks but I'm back and ready to get crafting! My card for you today uses Karen Burniston's Fancy Label Accordion and Heart Add-Ons. I made this card for my parents for Valentines Day. I am very very close to my parents and I like to give them special cards on holidays to show them how much I appreciate everything they do for me and my children. 

For this card, I started by die cutting four Fancy Label Accordion pieces from a light pink heavy weight cardstock. I got this from Michaels, so I won't have a link below for it, but it was a pack with different light pink coloured cardstocks. 

I then found some heart patterned paper in a paper pack also from Michaels. This was an old pack I had, so I'm sure they have something different now. But you can use any Valentines Day paper you'd like. 

I die cut the Heart Add-On from red cardstock and then from white so that I could make the border around the Heart Add-On. If you want to see how to do this and also how to assemble this card, check out Karen Burniston's assembly video on YouTube by clicking here. I die cut all the hearts and other pieces I was going to use to make this card, including the new charms set called "Love is in the Air Charms". I cut these from scrap cardstock and white cardstock. For some of the charms, I coloured them in with Copic markers. The hot air balloon is made from different scraps of cardstock. 

I began by putting the hearts together and then adding them to my Heart Add-On. I also added the white border around the add-on. I set this aside. 

For the front Fancy Label Accordion piece, I added a red label to the background. I die cut a smaller white label and created a cloud background using Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink and my Mini Clouds stencil from MFT. I stamped a sentiment to the bottom right corner using Karen Burniston's Love Notes stamp set and Detail Black Ink. Then I glued the background on top of the red label. I added the hot air balloon charm and some clouds. 

For the last Fancy Label Accordion piece, I added another red label, then die cut a smaller white label. This time I stamped a sentiment on the bottom left corner using the same stamp set. I added the rose charm to the top right corner. 

I did the same steps for the front of the Fancy Label Accordion card, adding another cloudy background, but this time, I added the large heart with wings charm to the front. I also added a couple of other hearts. I stamped another sentiment from the same stamp set. 

I love this card and I can't wait to give to my Mom and Dad. I think they will love it! Thank you so much for stopping by today. Below is a list of the supplies I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - February 2026 - Love is in the Air

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's Designer Challenge time once again and our theme this month is Love is in the Air. My card for you this challenge uses the Whirly Wheel, Leaping Animals and Love is in the Air Charms. 

I started by making a A2 sized card base using red cardstock. Then I cut a piece of smooth white cardstock 1/8" smaller than my card base. I used my MFT - Mini Clouds stencil along with Distress Oxide Ink in Spun Sugar to create my background. Then I went around the edges of the background with Worn Lipstick. 

I die cut my Whirly Wheel mechanisms from smooth white cardstock, adding packing tape to make them move smoother. I die cut the notch in the side of the card, so the wheel can turn. Then I added the Whirly Wheel to my card base. 

I added foam tape around the card base and then die cut a notch in the background for the arm to stick out. I added the background to the card base after removing the paper from the foam tape. 

I die cut the frogs from the Leaping Animals and coloured them in with Copic markers. I also die cut the hearts and wings from the Love is in the Air Charms. I coloured the hearts in with Copic markers. I added Glossy Accents to the two larger hearts. Once dry, I glued everything on to the front of my card. 

I stamped a sentment from the new Love Notes sentiment stamp on to a label from the Greetings Label die set. Then tested my card to see it work, as you can see from the video below.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Below is a list of the supplies I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!

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Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC January 2026 Release Blog Hop

 Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC February Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 10 new dies and 5 new stamp sets. 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
4 new Add-on Die Sets
2 new Lorna Add-on Die Sets
1 new Charm Die Set
1 new Stand Alone Die Set
5 new Clear Sentiment Stamp Sets

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, 9th February. 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 our Blog Hop uses the new Peacock Add-Ons and the Arch Pop-Up.

I'm not going to lie, this card was ALOT of work, but I'd do all the these steps again in a heartbeat. I absolutely love how this card turned out. Hands down my favourite one in this release. So let's get started on how I made this one. 

I started with a 5x7 card base using heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I went through my patterned paper stash and found this pretty floral paper. I'm not usually one to use paper like this, as I find when you use busy paper it takes away from the pop-up in the centre, but this one worked perfectly with my Peacock. 

I die cut the Arch Pop-Up from a green cardstock and also die cut the Peacock arch piece from the same cardstock. I added both of these to my card base. 

You know me, my peacock had to look realistic, so I found a picture of a peacock and got to work. I started with die cutting the feathers from green cardstock. Then I die cut all the pieces for the tip of each feather. This was a light green, a yellow, teal blue and black. 

Now for the time consuming part lol. For each light green feather tip, I added some Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink just around the edges of each one. Then I did the same for each yellow piece. I just Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink and went around the edge of each teal blue piece. Then I glued each piece to the tip of each feather. This took in total about and hour or more. I was trying to be careful because I just wanted ink on only the edges. It's subtle but it makes a difference. 

I then began adding my feathers to the Arch Pop-Up. Once I had them all on, I was trying to figure how to add the tiny feathers that are on a Peacock from the bottom of the neck up to the feathers. I was going to draw them on and colour them but it looked terrible. Then I decided to die cut several of the smaller feather tip pieces from the same light green cardstock. Then I used Copic marker YR24 Pale Sepia to go around the edges of each piece and add the little line going up the middle. Once I had them all coloured, I began adding them around the base of my peacock. I did this before adding the neck/face piece. 

I then die cut the neck/face pieces from smooth white cardstock and coloured them in with Copic markers. I glued this head onto the body and tested the card to make sure it opened and closed properly. I did that a lot while adding the feathers, just to be sure. 

For the rest of the card, I die cut two pieces from a dark teal cardstock and ran them through an embossing folder to give them some texture. I added more light green cardstock behind each piece to make them pop. Then I added the Happy Birthday sentiment along with the ribbon banner sentiment which comes from the new Strut Your Stuff sentiment stamp. I used the frame from the Whirly Wheel die set to add a place to sign the card. 

For the front of the card, I added more Peacock feathers and some more of the same paper from the inside of the card. I added another great sentiment from the Strut Your Stuff stamp set. I am so in love with this card. This is definitely one to get with this new release. It's a show stopper!! 

Thank you so much for stopping by on our Blog Hop day. Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Teams fantastic creations and please leave a comment with your name and way to reach you for your chance to win a $25 online gift certificate to spend at Karen's online store!! Below the Blog Hop list, is a list of all the supplies I used to make this card. Thank you again and Happy Crafting!

Karen 

Lois Bak 

Sue Small-Kreider 

Frances Byrne 

Jennifer Webster --- you are here!

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller

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