Karen Burniston New Release - Day 1

Hooray!  Karen Burniston has a new release coming next week -- 10 new dies and 5 new stamp sets.  I've been having lots of fun playing with these new toys.  I think my favorite base die is the Stage Pop-up.  There are also three add-on sets to go with it.  My card today uses the Stage Pop-up with the Party Add-on.

I made a similar card to the one on the packaging -- although I did add some fireworks, adding them on acetate panels.

I used some really old patterned paper I found in my stash, placing the wording around the stage so that you can read "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" around the edge.

We will be having a blog hop on Monday, February 2nd; so be sure to check it out.  You may win a $25 credit to your account on the Karen Burniston website by commenting on the DT's blog posts.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Bugs

It's Designer Challenge time again, and this month we have some new dies to play with.  The challenge theme is "Bugs, " and three of the new dies are full of bugs.  I actually used all three of them.

The front of my card has dies from Animal Add-ons 6, which has pieces and parts of both a bee and a grasshopper.  I chose the face and wings of the bee and also used one of the bees from the Bug Border set.

The sentiment is from the new clear stamp set Bug Greetings.

The inside of my card uses the Playful Pop-up (which includes dies for making a ladybug, but again I used bees from the Bug Borders set).  I also used dies from the new Greeting Labels and sentiments from the new clear stamp set Quiet Forest Sayings.

Here's a little video showing how the mechanism of the Playful Pop-up works when you open the card.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you liked my card.