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!

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!