Easter Wreath Pop-Up Card

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! If you are part of the Karen Burniston Pop-Up Peeps Facebook page then you know who Ken Chien is and his amazing pop-up creations. Well I tried out his wreath idea only I used an Easter theme for my wreath!

For this card, I started with an A2 sized card base using a pretty yellow cardstock from Simon Says Stamps called Lemon Chiffon. Then I added the patterned paper background. This is an Easter paper from Carta Bella called Here Comes Easter. 

I die cut 6 pop-up mechanisms from the Flip Frame Pop-Up using the same yellow cardstock as the card base. I followed Ken's great video on how to assemble them which you can watch by clicking here. I used Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle to glue them down. 

I then used the Flower Pot Pop-Up, Fun Flowers and Flower Pot Add-On to cut all my flowers out of different pastel shades of cardstock. I added some Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Sunbeam, Sweets, Surf and Orchid to the centres of my flowers to add some dimension. 

I also die cut the eggs using the Easter Charms and added the detail to them with Copic markers. I die cut several leaves from three shades of green cardstock. 

I then began assembling the wreath, making sure as I went that the card would close properly and that nothing was sticking out of the sides. 

Lastly, I die cut the Happy Easter sentiment from Karen Burniston's Happy Easter die from pink and black cardstock. I die cut the black twice to bulk up the sentiment so it wouldn't flop when attached to the wreath. Then I glued the sentiment on. 

For the front of the card, I added the watering can from Lawn Fawn, die cutting it from a dark gray cardstock and coloring in some detail with Copic markers. 

I added more flowers and leaves as well as the last two eggs I had. 

I then added the banner with Love You Lots on it, which is also from Lawn Fawn. 

This is a very unique way to use the Flip Frame Pop-Up and I will definitely be doing this again, maybe with a Halloween theme!! The possibilities are endless! 

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

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - March 2025 - Lake or Ocean

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's time for our monthly Designer Challenge and our theme this month was Lake or Ocean. I felt like I had done several ocean themed cards, so I decided to go with a lake themed card this time. For this card, I used the Boat Pop-Up along with the new Fishing Boat Add-Ons to create this tranquil scene.

To start, I created my card base using Lawn Fawn Ground Coffee card stock. I created an A2 sized card base and added an additional rectangle to it so it became three parts. 

I then created my backgrounds. For the lake, I used Distress Oxide Ink in Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean. I also used my MFT - Perfect Pool Water Stencil. For the sky background, I used Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers and MFT - Clouds stencil. 

I die cut the tree line background using Karen Burniston's Long Nature Edges and smooth white cardstock. I then used Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Sprout, Fairway and Field to create the grass hill. Then I used Copic markers to color in the trees. I glued this to my background using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle. 

I then created my boat using a light weight kraft cardstock. I added the Fishing Boat Add-Ons following along with Sandy Dillers fantastic tutorial on YouTube, which you can find by click here. 

I colored in the fish with Copic markers as well as the fishing hat. I die cut the motor from a mirror silver  cardstock as well as the bucket. I also die cut the fishing pole and colored that in as well. 

I added the backgrounds to my card base, then added the boat. Once I had that in place, I used some scrap cardstock to create a dock in front of the boat. 

I then added some more fish and the cattails border which is from Lawn Fawn to the bottom of my card. 

I stamped the sentiments to my card using Karen Burniston's Fishing Phrases clear sentiment stamp set and Pink Fresh Studios black ink. 

I kept the front of my card very simple, adding some patterned paper, some circles and stamping another sentiment, this time using Karen Burniston's Sail Away Sentiments. 

This will be a perfect card Fathers Day card for any man who loves to camp or fish. 

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

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Easter Card Idea using Karen Burniston's Fancy Label Accordion

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. I have a cute Easter card idea for you today, using Karen Burniston's Fancy Label Accordion, Trees Add-On and Fancy Solid Frames. 

For this card, I started by die cutting four Fancy Label Accordion pieces from four different colors of cardstock. I then dug through my patterned paper stash and found this pretty textured Easter paper from Carta Bella called Here Comes Easter. I used the Fancy Solid Frames to die cut the frames around each accordion piece. 

I then die cut the Trees Add from smooth white cardstock. I die cut the trees from some green and brown cardstock in my left over stash. Then I used MFT - Clouds stencil and Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers to create the cloud background. I also used MFT - Grass Stencil and Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Fairway to create the grass. I added some of that ink around the edges of my trees as well. Then I die cut the cherry blossoms from smooth white cardstock and used a pink Copic marker to add a centre to each flower. 

I used Lawn Fawn's Egg-stra Amazing Easter stamp set to add some cute critters and also used it for the sentiments! I colored the images in using Copic markers. Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting. 

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Easel Card Idea using Spellbinders Large Die of the Month - January 2025

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! I have a beautiful card for you today. I created an Easel fold card using Spellbinders Large Die of the Month for January 2025, called Botanical Atrium.

For this card, I started with an A2 sized top fold card. I scored the card stock at 5.5" and 2.25" on the front flap. I used my bone folder to get a good crisp fold. 

I then die cut all my flowers and pieces to create the Botanical Atrium. I used scrap card stock that I saved. For this card, I didn't colour my die cuts like I normally do, so it didn't take as much time but still looks great! I die cut the larger flowers twice to give them some dimension. I glued everything together using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle. 

Once I had everything cut and ready to go, I began coming up with a design for the flowers and leaves. I then glued everything down. I die cut the atrium twice from black card stock and glued them together. Then I glued the atrium on top of my flowers. 

For the background, I chose a dark blue card stock and added a trim with my hot foil Glimmer machine. I used Spellbinders Essential Duo Lines Rectangles and a holographic foil. I also created a sentiment for the front of the card using Spellbinders Yana's Special Sentiments hot foil plate and black foil. 

I glued the atrium to the background paper and then glued the front down only to the 2.25" fold in the front. This will allow the card to fold and become an Easel card. 

I added the same background to the inside of the card. I also added a .75" piece of black card stock which I doubled up. I added a sentiment to the black strip from MFT called More Essential Sentiments. This will hold the card front up perfectly! Thank you so much for joining me today, check out my process video below and Happy Crafting!

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Who You Gonna Call? Ghostbusters Themed Card using Sassy Club Stamps!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. My card for you today features stamps from Sassy Club Stamps called Ghost-Hunters, Stay-Puft and Slyme-Time. 

I started with an A2 sized card base using heavy weight black card stock. I then created two background rectangles using smooth white card stock. For the bottom scene, I used the Stay-Puft stamp set along with Spellbinders Background Scapes stencil. I then added Gina K masking paper to the stamped images. I used Distress Oxide Ink in Black Soot, Pumice Stone to create the city and pavement background. Then using MFT - Clouds stencil and Distress Oxide Ink in Wilted Violet, I created the clouds. I then removed the masking paper and colored the firehall and marshmallow man in with Copic markers. 

For the upper panel, I stamped the Slimer image where I wanted him and added Gina K masking paper over him. I also stamped three slimes to the top of the card using the Slyme-Time stamp set. I put masking paper over these as well. Then I continued the cloud background I started in the bottom panel. I removed the masking paper and colored everything in with Copic markers. 

I used Karen Burniston's Twist Panel Pop-Up for this card. I stamped the four Ghostbusters onto each panel and masked them with Gina K masking paper. I then added more slime. I masked these as well. I used MFT - Small Brick Wall stencil and Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Cherry to create the brick wall background. I used Distress Oxide Ink in Pumice Stone for the pavement. 

Once the background was dry, I removed the masking paper and colored everything using Copic markers. I then added Glossy Accents to all the slime on the inside of the card. I set this aside to dry.

For the front of my card, I used the polaroid frames from Karen Burniston's Photo Collage Pop-Up to create pictures of the Ghostbusters. I colored them in with Copic markers. 

I then stamped the Ghostbusters symbol on to smooth white card stock and colored it in with Copic markers. I fussy cut it out and added it to the centre of my card. 

I stamped a sentiment from the Ghost-hunters stamp set that says "who you gonna call". 

I then put the entire card together, following Karen Burniston's fantastic assembly video on YouTube for the Twist Panel Pop-Up. I stamped some birthday sentiments inside the card using Karen Burniston's Birthday/Belated clear stamp set. 

How cool is this card?! I just love Sassy Club Stamps and am already on their website looking for my next set of stamps! Be sure to check them out!

Thank you for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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Craft Roulette Episode 253: Easter Accordion Card!

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! On my blog today is this card created for Craft Roulette Episode 253. The parameters for this week were:

• Project: Three Fold Card
• Colors: Sweater
• Element: Footwear
• Random: Post-it

For my card, I used Karen Burniston's Fancy Label Accordion die set to create a three fold accordion card base. 

I started by die cutting three panels from the Fancy Label Accordion using a pink card stock from Rainbow Splash called Ballet. I then die cut four panels from a pretty Easter themed patterned paper from Carta Bella Paper Company called Here Comes Easter and trimmed out the centre of each one to make a border around each accordion piece. 

I then dug through my scrap patterned paper and found some extra to use in the centre areas of my accordion pieces. 

I used Spellbinders Cozy Toes Slippers and created bunny slippers to go onto my accordion card. I created one set pink and one set blue. I added some detail to the slippers using Copic markers. I also added Glossy Accents to the eyes and nose and Stickles Glitter Gel in Frosted Lace to the cheeks and ears. 

I used Lawn Fawn's Eggstra Amazing Easter stamp set to add some sentiments to my card. I just love how adorable this card came out!! Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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Happy Retirement Card using Spellbinders Vivid Blooms!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! I have a pretty floral card for you today, which features Spellbinders Vivid Blooms die set. 

For this card, I started with an A2 sized card base using Lawn Fawn's Mermaid card stock. I die cut a rectangle using MFT - A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX in the largest size. Then I used an old Anna Griffen embossing folder to emboss the pretty floral design. 

I die cut all my flowers from heavy weight smooth white card stock and coloured them in with Copic markers. Once I had all the flowers/leaves coloured, I began placing them on the card and gluing them down using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive and my fine tip bottle. 

I used Waffle Flower Crafts stamp and matching die set called Happy Retirement. I stamped the Happy Retirement sentiment using a dark black ink by Pink Fresh Studios. I used the matching die to cut out the sentiment. 

To see how I made this card step by step, check out the video below. I really love this die set from Spellbinders and highly recommend it! Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - February 2025 - Bouquets!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's Designer Challenge time and our theme for February is Bouquet! I made so many bouquet cards for our new release that I thought I would make a very simple but pretty card, with just greenery. 

For this card, I made a 5x7 card base from heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I added some pretty patterned paper I just got from Echo Park called Special Delivery: Baby. I know it's baby paper but the colors were perfect for the card I was making. 

I die cut the Flower Pot Pop-Up from a light weight kraft cardstock. I then added some Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to give the pot a rustic look. I added a burlap and lace ribbon around the pot. Then I added all the greenery. I used the leave from the Flower Pot Pop-Up, Flower Pot Add-Ons and Fun Flowers in three different shades of green cardstock. 

I added the flower pot to the white doily I die cut from the Flower Pot Add-Ons, which I had glued into my card once I had my patterned paper down. 

I die cut a label using the Raising Platform Pop-Up die set and stamped it with a sympathy sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Moments of Grace stamp set. I also added a little card to my pot using the new Bouquet Bits die set and the Bouquet Sayings stamp set. 

I carried the theme to the front of my card as well, creating another little flower pot with greenery in it. 

I added another sentiment to the pot using the Bouquet Sayings stamp set and Pink Fresh Studios Detail Black ink. 

This card is very simple, but I just love the colors and I think this a great sympathy card, not too over the top. 

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

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Craft Roulette - Episode 252 - Book Lovers Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My card for you today was created for Craft Roulette Episode 252. The parameters for this weeks card were:

Project: Card for Teenager

Colors: Morning

Element: Fairy (Fairies)

Random: Bow(s)

For my card, I used Lawn Fawn's Little Woodland Library to create this book lovers birthday card!

 I started with an A2 sized card base using a heavy weight white cardstock. I then added a green gingham patterned paper from Echo Park called Dots and Stripes. 

I used Mama Elephants - Turn the Page die set to create the book. I die cut the cover from a light weight red cardstock and then the pages from heavy weight smooth white cardstock. 

I then began stamping the scene. I used Pink Fresh Studios Detail Black ink and Gina K masking paper. I used Lawn Fawn's Little Woodland Library and Apple-solutely Awesome stamp sets. Once I had all my images stamped and masked, I created my background. I used Distress Oxide Ink in Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Tumbled Glass and Broken China to create my morning sunrise background. I die cut a circle from masking paper and added it to where the sun would be, then I used Waffle Flower Crafts small brushes to create the sunrise. 

Once I had my background created, I removed the masking paper and colored everything in with Copic markers. I added Glossy Accents to the little library window and the apples on the tree. I added shine lines to my scene using a size 10 white Gelly Pen. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment. 

I added foam squares to the back of the front page and the back of the book cover to make it pop up a bit. This was my first time using the Little Woodland Library stamp set and I love it! Those little critters reading are just too adorable! Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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Craft Roulette - Episode 251 - Saddle Up and Celebrate Birthday Card!

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's been a long long time since I had time to participate in Craft Roulette, but I'm trying to change that for 2025. Friday's episode called for the following parameters: 

• Project: Slimline
• Colors: Lumberjack
• Element: Hat or Cap
• Random: Lace or Doily

For this card, I started with a slimline card base from smooth white heavy weight cardstock. I then dug through my paper stash and found this plaid patterned paper from Echo Park called Baking Spirits Bright. I used an old paper punch I had bought when I first started making cards. It had an edge punch and a straight punch and creates this lacy edge. 

I used MFT - Saddle Up and Celebrate and The Whole Herd stamp sets for this card. I stamped all my images onto masking paper, then fussy cut them all out. I die cut a slimline rectangle from Pink Fresh Studios Slim Diagonal Stitched Rectangles using heavy weight slimline cardstock. Then I stamped my images on, masking them once I finished stamping each one. 

I used Distress Oxide Ink in Tumbled Glass and Broken China to create the background. I also used MFT - Clouds stencil. Then I taped off the bottom and used Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen to create a dirt ground. 

I removed all the masking paper and began coloring my images in with Copic markers. Once done, I added some white Gelly Pen to some areas to add shine lines. 

Although masking and stamping is time consuming, it results in a very creative way to use your stamps! Also you won't have that white edge around each image in the end. I am very happy with how this card turned out. Listed below are the supplies I used. Unfortunately, I cannot link to the stamp sets used as MFT does not have an affiliate program outside of the USA. Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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Karen Burniston January 2025 New Release - Blog Hop - Flower Pot Card!

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC October Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 8 new dies and 4 new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

• 1 new Pop-up Die Sets

• 3 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Sets

• 4 new Stand Alone Die Sets

• 4 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, 3rd February 2025. 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!

For my card, I used the new Flower Pot Add-Ons and Bouquet Bits to create this beautiful Mother's Day Card.

I started with a 5x7 card base from Lawn Fawn 80lb smooth white cardstock. Then I added some blue and yellow patterned paper from Echo Parks New Day paper pack. 

I die cut the Flower Pot Pop-Up from the same Lawn Fawn cardstock and added some of the yellow polka dot paper to the pot. I die cut the doily from a heavy weight smooth white cardstock then glued my flower pot to the doily. 

I die cut all the flowers and leaves from a heavy weight smooth white cardstock and used Distress Oxide Ink to color them. For the blue flowers, I used Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Chipped Sapphire. For the yellow flowers I used, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Rusty Hinge. 

I splattered the blue flowers and leaves with green and blue water color paint. The yellow flowers I splattered with Distress Spray in Vintage Photo. Then I splattered them all with white Copic Opaque paint. 

I colored in the bee from the Flower Pot Pop-Up and the butterfly from the new Flower Pot Add-Ons, using Copic markers. 

I then began gluing the flowers onto the flower pot. I used Lineco Neutral pH adhesive and a fine tip bottle for this. I also used my craft tweezers to hold the leaves and flowers in place. 

I added flowers along the sides of the card as well. Then I die cut a label from the Raising Platform Pop-Up die set, for a place to sign the card.

I added a little sign from the Bouquet Bits and stamped it with the "Sending Love" sentiment from the new Bouquet Sayings stamp set.

For the front of the card, I used the same patterned paper as the inside, adding a yellow polka dot oval and a white oval. Then I die cut the "Happy Mother's Day" using Karen Burniston's Happy Mothers Day die, from blue and black cardstock. Then I glued all the layers together to make the sentiment pop.

I added more flowers and leaves, bending the leaves slightly to fit the oval on the front. I just love the new flowers in the Flower Pot Add-Ons! I hope in the future Karen comes out with more flower dies. Thank you so much for joining me today. Be sure to leave your name and email address and a comment on my blog for a chance to win a $25.00 online gift certificate! Please see below for the next hop in our Blog Hop! Happy Crafting!!

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak

Sue Small-Kreider

Frances Byrne

Jennifer Webster ----- You are here!

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller

Ken Chein

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