Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - January 2025 - The First 100 Dies!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I spent lots of time with family and friends and took a much needed break, but I am back and ready to get crafty! It's our first Designer Challenge for 2025 and we are throwing it back this month, allllll the way back. We were challenged to make a card using the first 100 dies that Karen created. 

For my Designer Challenge card, I used the Tag Book Pop-Up, Birthday Charms and Dog and Cat dies to create this colourful birthday card.

For this card, I was inspired by an upcoming zoom class card that Karen will be making. I started by cutting a 5x7 piece of cardstock using Hero Arts Adriatic dark teal 80lb cardstock. Then I cut another piece of cardstock 4.75x4 and scored it at 4.5 to create a hinge. With my bone folder, I made this score line into a crisp fold. Then using my Lineco Neutral pH adhesive and my fine tip bottle I glued it to the side of my 5x7 piece. 

I then dug through my stash to find this fun polka dot patterned paper by Doodlebug Designs called Pumpkin Spice. I added it as my background to my card, cutting each piece 1/8" smaller then my card base to give it a blue edge all around. 

I die cut the Tag Book Pop-Up from Lawn Fawn's Cilantro cardstock. I then used Lawn Fawn's Sunflower cardstock to add some colour to my tag book. I also added some more of the dark teal and green, trying to keep with the same colour combo. I added some more patterned paper as well. 

I then die cut the Dog and Cat from heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I coloured them in using Copic markers. I also die cut some of the Birthday Charms from the same cardstock and coloured them in as well with Copic makers. I added Glossy Accents to the balloons to give them some shine. 

I added some glitter blue and yellow cardstock around the card to add some sparkle. I used the Border Blends - Party dies to create a yellow and blue glitter trim to go down the side of the card. I also added a banner to hang on the left side of the tag book pop-up. 

I die cut the sentiment "make a wish" from Word Set 2 - Birthday Die Set from black and green cardstock, then layer them together to make the sentiment pop. I also added some stamped sentiments to the centre area of the tag book pop-up. These aren't part of the first 100 dies but they are part of the first stamps that Karen created and they fit the tag book perfectly!

For the front of the card, I added the "Happy Birthday" sentiment using the Happy Birthday die and added a large cupcake using the Cupcake Pop-Up. 

This is such a bright and cheerful birthday card! I am so pleased with how it turned out. Thank you so much for joining me today on our first Challenge of 2025. I hope this year will be the craftiest yet! Happy Crafting!

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Snow Much Fun Card!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My first card of the year is a snow themed birthday card using Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop-Up! So get ready to have snow much fun! Lol.

This card is a slimline design, using a dark blue, light weight cardstock from Michaels. I then added two pieces of pretty patterned paper for my background. I then added my pop-up mechanisms, using heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I placed the top and bottom mechanism right ways up and the middle pop-up mechanism upside down so that they turned in different directions. 

I then created my circle pieces to add to my card. I measured the circle die to make sure it was the same or similar size to the flower from the Twist Flower Pop-Up. Then added some cute Winter Animals and background scenes. 

I then cut some ovals using Karen Burniston's Ovals - Crosshatch and added some stamped sentiments using VersaMark ink and white embossing powder. Lastly, I added a snowflake border to the top and bottom using Long Nature Edges 2 die set. 

For the front of my card, I added three Winter Animals on toboggans. Then using Distress Texture Paste, made it look like snow flying out from behind each toboggan. 

I die cut the sentiment "snow much fun!" using Karen Burniston's Mini Alphabet and Numbers die set. I cut these twice and glued them together to give the sentiment dimension. Lastly, I added some holographic glitter bits to add some "snow" to the front of my card. 

How adorable are those little critters tobogganing? I just love how this card turned out. To watch how I made this card, step by step, click on the video below. Also listed below are all the products I used to make this card. Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

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Baking Critters Christmas Card!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My card for you today features Karen Burniston's Postage Pop-Up along with the super cute stamp set from STAMPtember MFT - Love, Joy  and Cookies!

For this card, I started with an A2 sized side fold card base using heavy weight 110lb cardstock. I added some very pretty patterned paper from Echo Park called A Perfect Winter as my background. 

I then die cut two postage pieces from Karen Burniston's Postage Pop-Up die set. I taped off each area and using Distress Oxide Ink to create backgrounds for each postage stamp. I then added some "snow" using Copic Opaque paint. 

I stamped sentiments once my Distress Oxide backgrounds had dried using Karen Burniston's Sweet Treats and Season of Cheer sentiment stamps and Pink Fresh Studios Detail Black ink. I stamped and die cut the adorable critters from the MFT stamp set - Love, Joy and Cookies using Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored them in with Copic markers. I then added two little critters to my postage stamps. 

I used Karen Burniston's Holiday Charms and Winter Charms to add gingerbread cookies, a stocking and some snowflakes to my postage stamps. 

I then added two 1.5" strips to each side of the card, using a pretty patterned paper from Doodlebug Designs called Winter Wonderland. I also added a strip of snowflakes using Karen Burniston's Long Nature Edges. 

Lastly, I added a place to sign the card using Karen Burniston's Twist Panel Pop-Up! 

For the front of my card, I kept the same design, adding two more critters and a Merry Christmas sentiment stamped on a label I die cut from Karen Burniston's Raising Platform Pop-Up. 

Those critters along with the Postage Pop-Up make for one adorable card! Thank you so much for stopping by today. Happy Crafting!

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Let it Snow Snowman Card - Waffle Flower Postage Card

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome. My card for you today uses Waffle Flower Postage Collage and Waffle Flowers Postage Collage Snowman Stencil to create this super cute Christmas card!

To start, I created an A2 sized card base using a dark blue cardstock. Then I created a background using heavy weight smooth white cardstock and the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Stencil to create the postcard dashes around the stamp area. I used Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Seafoam and Ocean. I then added some VersaMark Ink and Glitter embossing powder to the darker colored areas so they would sparkle.

I die cut the Postage Collage from the same heavy weight smooth white cardstock, making sure to use my Quickstick Tool to push out all the little circles around each postage stamp. 

I then used the Snowman Stencil and Distress Oxide Inks to create the backgrounds. For the big snowflake on the bottom, I added VersaMark Ink and Glitter Embossing powder to make it sparkle! See the list below for all the inks I used.

I then used MFT - Elegant Folded Banner and die cut it from the same dark blue cardstock as the card base. I used VersaMark ink and white embossing powder to add the "Let it Snow" sentiment to the front.

I stamped some stamp marks to the card before glueing on my "Let it Snow" sentiment using Waffle Flowers Postage Collage Stamp set. 

This was my first time using this stencil set from Waffle Flower and love how cute these little snowmen turned out!! Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!!

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - December 2024 - Happy New Year!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's our last Designer Challenge for 2024 and this year we are celebrating with a Happy New Year theme!! 

For my card, I created a New Years fireworks display over a sailboat on a lake! What a fantastic way to ring in the New Year! 

I started by making the card base, which is a 5 x 7 side fold card. I cut a rectangle 5x7 from smooth black cardstock, then cut a second rectangle 5x7.5. I scored this rectangle at the 7" mark, leaving a 1/2 in tab to attach to the other panel. 

I then cut two more rectangles from smooth white cardstock, 1/8" smaller than my card base. Using Distress Oxide Ink in Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot as well as MFT's Perfect Pool Water stencil, I created my lake background. I added two strips of pattern paper and gold paper down the sides of  my card. 

I built my boat using Karen Burniston's Boat Pop-up as well as the Sailboat Add-On and Pirate Ship Add-On. I added embossing powder to the sails in black and gold. 

I used acetate pieces to the backs of the sails to add the fireworks which came from Karen Burnsiton's Fireworks die set. I die cut these from various colors of glitter cardstock. 

Lastly I added a place to sign the card. This came from the Paper Frames Pop-Up die set. 

For the front of my card, I used the same patterned paper, then die cut the sentiment using Karen Burnsiton's Alphabet, Numbers and Mini Alphabet and Numbers dies. I also added more fireworks to the front of the card. I know the front is a little busy, but I love the crazy bright colors!

To see how I made this card, see my YouTube video below. Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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Skating into the Holiday with Spellbinders!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! I have two cards for you today both which use Spellbinders July Small Die of the Month - Skating into the Holidays die. This fantastic die set comes with dies to create skates, poinsettia and beautiful foliage! 

For my first card, I decided to make an A2 sized card base using a dark blue light weight cardstock from Michaels. Then I added some pretty patterned paper from Echo Park called A Perfect Winter. 

I die cut an oval from heavy weight smooth white cardstock using Karen Burniston's Oval - Crosshatch dies and added it to the front of my card. 

I die cut all the pieces from the Spellbinders die set from scrap cardstock in various colors, then added it all together on my card. I did add a little bit of Copic marker to the laces on the skates but kept the Copic coloring to a minimum on this card. 

I added Glossy Accents to the berries and a Touch of Stella to the leaves on the poinsettia to add some shimmer to the petals. 

For my second card, I decided to create an A2 sized Z fold card, using Lawn Fawn's Tomato cardstock. I then added some pretty patterned paper from Echo Park called Celebrate Christmas.

I then die cut two circles using MFT - Inside and Out Stitched Circle STAX and heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I die cut the skates and foliage from the Spellbinders Skating into the Holidays die set from smooth white cardstock and colored everything in with Copic markers. Then I created my centre piece and glued it down to one of the white circles I cut. I positioned this to the front fold of the card and glued it down using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle. 

I then added the second circle to the inside of the card so it lined up to the front circle. I stamped a sentiment on the inside of the card. Then I used Spellbinders Ribbon Banners to die cut a banner for the front of the card. I stamped the "Joy From Me to You" sentiment using MFT - Bitty Holiday Wishes, VersaMark Ink and white embossing powder. 

This was the perfect die set to create a Z fold card with! It makes such a pretty arrangement! Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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Christmas Light Up Piano Pop-Up Card!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! My card for you today uses several of Karen Burniston's dies to create this Christmas themed card. 

I started with an A2 sized card base using Lawn Fawn's Algae cardstock. I cut three pieces of Christmas patterned paper from Echo Park called Gnome for Christmas and added it to the front and inner panels of my card. 

I found a great picture of an old fashioned music sheet of Silent Night on Etsy and purchased it. I shrunk it down to fit the front of my card, printing it on heavy weight cream colored cardstock. I added Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to the edges and then used a distress tool to make the edges rough. 

I die cut four poinsettias, using Karen Burniston's Poinsettia die set from Lawn Fawn Tomato cardstock then added Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Red Royal to the edges of the petals. I die cut the leaves from Algae cardstock and added Distress Oxide Ink in Mowed Lawn to the edges of the leaves. 

I die cut the berries and branch/leaves from Lawn Fawn's Tomato and Noble Fir cardstock. Then I added some Copic marker to the leaves to add some dimension. I added glossy accents to the berries and once dry, gave them gloss lines with a white Gelly Pen. 

I die cut the street lamp from Karen Burniston's Street Lantern Pop-Up using a shiny black cardstock. I added the wreath and bow to the lamp post. 

I added a yellow light for the lamp post using Chibi Lights. Then stamped the sentiment on to a piece of white cardstock to add to the front and hide the battery for the light up part of the card. 

Please see the video below to exactly how I added the copper tape and light for the front of this card. 

I trimmed down the poinsettia to fit the snow border for the bottom of the card, then glued the foliage to it, along with the music sheet and lamp post. 

I glued everything down using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle. 

For the inside of the card, I die cut the piano keys from Karen Burniston's Piano Keys Pop-Up. I used a heavy weight white and black smooth cardstock for this piano keys. 

I added a snow background to the inside of my card, then glued the piano keys to that. 

I die cut two snowmen using Karen Burniston's Snowman die set and made them look like they were singing. I added song books using the book from Karen Burniston's Bookworm die set. 

I added two more poinsettias to the inside of my card, trimming them like I did before so they fit in to the corners of my card. 

I added a place to sign the card, using a label from the Little Twist Panel Pop-Up and smooth white heavy weight cardstock. 

I then trimmed a piece of green Algae cardstock down and created a banner. I stamped the "fa la la la" sentiment on to it using Karen Burniston's Season of Cheer stamp set, VersaMark Ink and white embossing powder. 

Lastly, I added some music notes, which come with the Piano Keys Pop-Up using the same shiny black cardstock as the lamp post. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Please check out the step by step video below to see how I made this card. Give the video a thumbs up and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any crafty videos! Happy Crafting!

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Christmas Pop-Up Card using Karen Burniston's Paper Frames Pop-Up!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! I have a pretty Christmas card for you today, using Karen Burniston's Paper Frames Pop-Up and her new Snow Charms!

For this card, I started with an A2 sized side fold card base using Lawn Fawn's Tomato red cardstock. I then added some very pretty patterned paper from Echo Park called Celebrate Christmas. 

I then die cut the Paper Frames Pop-Up from the same Lawn Fawn cardstock and a green cardstock called "Algae". I folded all the tabs and fold lines then added it to my card using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive and my fine tip bottle.

I cut two pieces of white cardstock and ran them through my Cuttlebug and a snowflake embossing folder that I have. I added those to the ends of my card. Then added a green snowflake ribbon on each end. 

I cut a piece of green cardstock and stamped a sentiment using Karen Burniston's new Season of Cheer sentiment stamp set. I used VersaMark Ink and white embossing powder for this. 

I then die cut two pieces from the Paper Frames set, one in green and one in white to add a place to sign the card. 

Lastly, I die cut the skates and mittens from the Snow Charms to add to my paper frames. 

For the front of the card, I carried over the same idea, only adding the sleigh (or toboggan) and a tree to the front, which came from Karen Burniston's Winter Charms. 

I used another sentiment from the Season of Cheer sentiment stamp set, only using Lawn Fawn's Jet Black Ink for this sentiment. 

I think the Snow Charms are my absolute favorite winter themed charms that Karen has out! That toboggan is just so amazing and the skates! I just love them. 

To see how I put this card together, check out my YouTube video below. Be sure to give my video a like and subscribe to see any new videos that are posted! Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

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3 Ways to use Spellbinders Large Die of the Month

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! Today I am going to show how you can use Spellbinders Large Die of the Month for October called Cozy Toes Slippers three different ways. 

For my first card, I used the die set as it was intended, by created two legs with super cute slippers on. This die set creates reindeer, Santa, penguin, bunny or monster slippers! For my card, I chose the reindeer slippers. I used scrap cardstock to create the jammy pants, then added some peach colored cardstock for the legs. I created green slippers and added the reindeer faces to each one. Then I added the sentiment strip (which comes with the die set) to the front of the card. 

For my second card, I used the penguin faces, but without the slippers. I created a wintery background using Spellbinders Christmas Sweater Background for the Glimmer Machine. Unfortunately, they no longer sell this background plate. I added some holographic foil and pressed it on to blue cardstock. 

I die cut a circle using MFT - Inside and Out Stitched Circle STAX from white cardstock. Then added my penguins to the front of the card. I die cut a banner using Lawn Fawn's Simple Wavy Banners and stamped a sentiment on to it using Lawn Fawn's Winter Wavy Sayings, VersaMark Ink and white embossing powder. Then glued it onto my card front. 

Lastly, I created a Christmas tag with the Santa face! I used MFT - Tag Builder Blueprints 6 from red, green and white cardstock. I added the Santa face and then some green ribbon. I used a white Gelly Pen to create a striped patterned around the tag. 

To see how I made all these click below to see my YouTube video. Be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to see all the crafty videos I post. Thank you so much for stopping by today and Happy Crafting. 

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3 Christmas Cards using Karen Burniston's Postage Pop-Up Die!

 Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! I have three beautiful Christmas cards for you today which use Karen Burniston's new Postage Pop Die set! 

For my first card, I started with an A2 sized side fold card using Lawn Fawn's Tomato red cardstock. I then added some pretty patterned paper from Echo Park called Baking Spirits Bright. 

I die cut the Postage Pop-Up mechanism from the same red cardstock as the card base. I then added the mechanism to the card. Please see below for my YouTube video on how to add this mechanism or you can watch Karen Burniston's assembly video on YouTube as well! 

I created a window card for the front of this card, adding a red frame around and acetate in between. I used Karen Burniston's Baking Charms along with Lawn Fawn's A Creature was Stirring stamp set to create this fun baking card. 

I also used Karen Burniston's new Sweet Treats sentiment stamp set and her new Season of Cheer sentiment stamp set for this card. 

I colored all the images in with Copic markers, including the Baking Charms I die cut from smooth white cardstock. 

I added an additional postage stamp area on the inside of the card for a place to sign the card. 

I colored the backgrounds of the Postage Pop-Up with Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Inks in various colors. 

For my second card, I used the Postage Pop-Up along with Karen Burniston's new Snow Charms. This was also my Designer Challenge card from November's Designer Challenge. So I won't be going into much detail on this card, as my previous Blog post does just that. 

This is an A2 sized card base using a heavy weight smooth white cardstock. I used a pretty winter sweater patterned paper from Echo Park called Snowed In. 

For this card, I used the Snow Charms, die cutting them from the same smooth white cardstock as the front of the card, then coloring them with Copic markers. 

I used Karen Burniston's new Winter Hugs sentiment stamp set for this card. 

I also added a pretty folded banner from MFT called Elegant Folded Banner. Then I stamped the "Let it Snow" sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Winter Wavy Sayings. 

I added some coffee mugs from Karen Burniston's Tea and Coffee Border dies. Decorating them with snowflakes on the front of the mugs. 

I also added a "checklist" which came from the same Echo Park paper pack called "Snowed In". I thought that this worked perfectly with my wintery card. 

My last card, uses the Postage Pop-Up as a postage card. This time I created the Postage Pop-Up to look like Christmas stamps. 

For this card, I used another A2 sized side fold card base using the same Lawn Fawn Tomato cardstock. Then I added this fun Christmas paper from Photo Play called Santa Paws. 

I added the pop up mechanism to the card using the same red cardstock. Then I die cut the Postage Pop-Up from smooth white cardstock three times. I also die cut it from red cardstock as well. 

I used masking paper and Mama Elephants Little Agenda Train and Little Elf Agenda stamp sets to create my stamps. I also used Waffle Flower's Postage Collage stamps to add the postage amount to my stamps. 

For the front of the card, I created a Postcard front. I used more Waffle Flower stamps as well as the Postage Collage stencil. 

I added some stamps from Simon Says Stamps Christmas Cheer stamp set to make it look like it is being sent to Santa. I also used Karen Burniston's new Special Delivery sentiment stamp set to add some postage stamps to my postcard. 

How cute are these Christmas cards! I really love how versatile the Postage Pop-Up is and how it could be used in several different ways. To see how I made these cards, check out my YouTube video below. Thank you for stopping by today and Happy Crafting!

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - November 2024 - Christmas Cheer!

  Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's Designer Challenge time once again and our theme this month is Christmas Cheer. When I think of Christmas, yes I think of family, food and fun, but I also think about my kids playing in the snow, hot chocolate and some of our favorite Christmas movies. Also, my Dad taking me ice skating and tobogganing on Christmas break. 

For my card, I used the new Postage Pop-Up to create this wintery Christmas card. I also used the new Snow Charms! 

I started with an A2 sized card base using a smooth white cardstock. I then used this snowflake sweater patterned paper as my background! This is from Echo Park and it's called Snowed In. 

I die cut the Postage Pop-Up and the pop-up mechanism from the same smooth white cardstock as the card base (Neenah Classic Crest 110lb smooth white cardstock). I added the pop-up mechanism to my card using Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle. 

I wanted to create a stencilled background on my Postage Pop-Up, so I masked off the postage piece with removable Pixie tape. Then I used Simon Says Stamps Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Seafoam, Surf and Ocean. I also used Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Pool. For my stencil, I used MFT - Winter Stencil Strips. 

I die cut the Snow Charms from smooth white cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers. I added a sentiment stamp using the new Winter Hugs sentiment stamp set. 

For the front of my card, I added the same patterned paper background, only adding a strip of snowy background paper down the middle. I added another postage piece and this time added another sentiment from the new Winter Hugs sentiment stamp set. 

I also wanted to add some hot chocolate, so I die cut a mug border using the Tea and Coffee Borders. I trimmed out two mugs and colored them red with Copic markers. Then I die cut the little steam pieces and glued them to the backs of the mugs. I drew little snowflakes on the front and added them to my postage piece. Lastly, I used MFT - Elegant Folded Banner and Lawn Fawn's Winter Wavy Sayings to add the "Let it Snow" sentiment to the front. 

I just love how this card turned out! It makes me want to grab my warmest blanket, a cup of hot chocolate and my favorite Christmas movie! This is one of three cards I created in my latest YouTube video which will be uploaded Wednesday, November 6th. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to check out the other fantastic creations by our talented Design Team. Happy Crafting!