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!

Supplies: For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. Please note I only use and share products I love. Thank you Crafty Friends!

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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Karen Burniston February 2026 New Release - Sneak Peek Week Day 5 - Easter Stage Pop-Up

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! This is my last Sneak Peek card for the week. Karen Burniston's February 2026 release will be available tomorrow and I am so excited to see what all the Peeps create once they get their new dies. The new release consists of 10 new dies (including one brand new die set and three add-ons!) and 5 new stamp sets. The new release will be available on Monday, February 2nd, 2026.

My card for you today uses the new Stage Pop-Up along with the Grass Stage Add-Ons. When I seen the Grass Add-On, I knew I needed to make an Easter Card. I love the Tiny Trees Pop-Up set and I thought it would be perfect to make an Easter egg tree for my Stage Pop-Up. 

For this pop-up, I started by die cutting the Stage Pop-Up and Grass Stage Add-Ons from green cardstock. I die cut the two trapezoid pieces that go on top of the stage base from smooth white cardstock. Then using Distress Oxide Ink in Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness, I created a grassy background. I splattered it with dark green and black water colour paint and then white Copic opaque paint. I set this aside to dry. 

I added Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink to the edges of my Grass Stage Add-Ons border, just near the top as the sides and bottom wouldn't show much. I added some polka dot patterned paper to the grass band. Then I set this aside to start working on the decorations.

For this card, I dug out all the Easter dies Karen has. I used the Easter Charms, Spring Animals and Easter Borders. I started by die cutting two egg borders and four of the egg fronts from smooth white cardstock. I trimmed the eggs into four, which, in total, gave me 6 egg borders. I added two of the egg fronts on each egg border, leaving two eggs just coloured. I coloured everything in with Copic markers. 

I then die cut the bunny and chick from smooth white cardstock and coloured them in with Copic markers. I die cut a hopping bunny border and trimmed off a few little white bunnies. Then I die cut the small eggs for the tree. This was the die used to make the three small eggs in the basket that the bunny holds. This was a lot of work, but worth it. I coloured each egg in with Copic markers. 

I also cut a carrot border and I cut out some of the bigger eggs in the Easter Charms set. I coloured these and set them aside. Then I die cut the Tiny Tree. I cut the base and trunk from a dark brown cardstock. Then I cut the tree foliage from smooth white cardstock and added Distress Oxide Ink to add colour to each cluster. I made sure I added colour to the front and back. 

I then started putting my card together. I glued the two trapezoid pieces to the top of each stage piece, then die cut my little slots where I wanted to add my bunny and chick. I also die cut the little paper pieces to come up through the slots. Then I glued the base together. I added the Grass Stage Add-On, glueing that in place. Then I added the Tiny Tree to the top. Then I started gluing on the eggs. Once I had them all glued on, I added Glossy Accents to each section. I had to do this section by section, letting the eggs dry in between so nothing would run. 

Once that was in place, I added the bunny and chick, adding some more of the Tiny Tree foliage to look like bushes. I added my egg borders around the base and added some carrots to the bushes. I added some of the little white bunnies and one of the bigger eggs. I then added my Happy Easter sentiment which I die cut from heavy weight black cardstock, pink and blue cardstock then glued together to make it sturdy and give it dimension. 

Lastly, I added the sentiment on the bottom and the "push" so the recipient would know how to open the pop-up. I show this in the video below. 

This was a lot of work, but worth it!! Thank you so much for stopping by today. Below is a list of the products I used to make this card. Happy Crafting!

Supplies: For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. Please note I only use and share products I love. Thank you Crafty Friends!