Karen Burniston New Release Blog Hop

 Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC June 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:

1 new Pop-up Die Set
1 new Interactive Die Set
1 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Set
2 new Charm Die Sets
4 new Stand Alone Die Sets
5 new Clear Sentiment Stamp Sets

Dies are available to order now on the website.

I chose the Graduation Elements to feature.  They are made to fit the previously released Paper People.  For my first card I combined these two sets with the Label Charm Pop-up.  My high school colors were red and blue -- thus the color scheme on this card.  I also used one of the new stamp sets -- Grad Greetings.

As you can see on the inside, there are two sizes of graduation caps.   The banner mounted across the top includes the word "congrats," but it is sized to fit the Mini Alphabet and Numbers set as well.

I did make a second card for the Hop.  I must give full credit to another design team member, Sandy Diller, for the inspiration for this card.  My 62-year-old son recently received his degree in information technology.  I am very proud of him and made this card to celebrate his achievement.  In addition to the new Graduation Elements, I also used the new Whirly Wheel.

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, 23rd June 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!

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak  (that's me)

Sue Small-Kreider

Frances Byrne

Jennifer Webster

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Borders, Borders, Borders

It's that time again -- time for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.  This month our challenge was to use one or more of the border dies on our card.

Even though summer has not officially arrived, we've been having summer-like weather for quite a while.  I decided to use a summery Florida theme for my card.  I love the shape of the Label Charm Pop-up and the room you have for a sentiment on the first panel.  Some time ago, Karen Burniston gave each of the Design Team members a couple of Echo Park 12 x 12 paper pads to incorporate into our designs.  The background paper I used was in one of them (Dive into Summer).  The colors just scream summer and Florida.  As you can see, I used the flamingos from the Beach Borders across the bottom of my card.

The flip-flops hanging in the center panel and the palm tree in the third panel are both from the Beach Charms.

I have a feeling my daughter will scoff this card up the first time she's at my house.  Anything I make with flip-flops usually winds up at her house!

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Wedding or Baby

It's time again for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.  This month we had a choice -- Wedding or Baby.  As I had made a wedding card for last month's challenge, I decided to make a baby card this month.  I used one of my favorite dies, the Landscape  Rectangle Accordion.

I also used some of the Baby Charms and the word Welcome.

A decorating trick I like to use with this particular die -- using one of the Border Blends sets on the first and third panel rather than layering a piece of pattern paper on them.  On the center panel I did use  patterned paper and placed one of the dies from the Label Charm Pop-Up, stamped with the sentiment.  In case you couldn't tell from the color choice, the sentiment says, "It's a Girl."

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Be sure to check out the challenge cards made by the rest of the team.

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek Day 1

Karen Burniston has a small release of six new dies, and I will be showing some sneak peeks of cards made using them all this week.

As tomorrow is Valentine's Day, I've got a Valentine card for you today, one you could give to your best friend.  One of the new die sets is called Rectangle and Labels Crosshatch.  It has a variety of frames you can use with various other sets.  One of them frames the Label Charm Pop-Up on the front.  It gives a finished look to the cut-out.

There is also a frame for the third panel in the accordion.  There are actually four dies you can use with the Label Charm Pop-Up.

 In addition to Label Charm frames, there are six rectangular frames in the set -- from a 5" x 7" down to a 3/4' x 2 1/4".

I'll have another Valentine card for you tomorrow using a different new die set.

Karen Burniston New Release - Sneak Peek Day 5

Another new die set from Karen Burniston that will be released next week is the Sports Charms.  It covers a wide range of sports -- basketball, golf, soccer, football, baseball, and volleyball.

To say that I'm a football fan is putting it mildly.  When my kids were young, my daughter told me that I embarrassed her because she said she could hear me screaming at the TV all the way down the street.  I rather doubt that, but I am pretty enthusiastic when I'm watch the Miami Dolphins on TV.  The card I have today is going to my son, who is also an avid Dolphins fan.  I used the Label Charm Pop-Up with the Mini Alphabet and Numbers showing on the front.

For the inside, I stenciled the yard lines (using a stencil from Kindred Stamps) and added the Dolphins logo.  Hanging in the center panel is one of the new Sports Charms -- the football.   My blog hop post on Monday will show several more of the Sports Charms on the card I made.  So I hope you'll check it out.

Only a couple more days before the new dies will be available to purchase on the Karen Burniston website!

CCEE2240 - U.S. Navy Birthday

Lynn's challenge to the CCEE Stampers this week is to help celebrate the birthday of the U.S. Navy.  To honor the men and women who have served in our nation's navy since its inception, we were to create a card with a nautical theme.

I've got another card using the new Karen Burniston Label Charm Pop-Up die, as well as some of the previously released Cruise Charms.

For more nautical fun, check out the CCEE Stampers blog.

CCEE2237 First Day of Autumn

Kelly continues her gig as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this week by telling us that today is the first day of Autumn.  Her challenge was simple -- create a fall themed card.

I used one of the brand-new dies from Karen Burniston for my card -- the Label Charm Pop-Up.  I love this die set and have been making many cards with it since I received it.  Using some pretty fall papers and Karen's Autumn Elements die set, here is what I made to celebrate the beginning of fall..

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more fall inspiration.

CCEE2235 - 18th Birthday

Kelly informed the CCEE Stampers that tomorrow is her son's 18th birthday and asked us to make a masculine birthday card -- with a little twist.  We are to use 1 or 8 of anything on our cards.

Happy Birthday to Kelly's son.  My card has 8 Phillips-head screws -- four on the front and four inside.

My card is made with the brand-new Karen Burniston Label Charm Pop-Up and previously released Tool Charms and Word Set 2 - Birthday.  The cute sentiment on the front panel is from an old Darcie's set Handy Man.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more birthday wishes to Kelly's son.

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peeks Day 6

Today's sneak peek set is a word set, Word Set 15 - Just Because.  I have a relatively quick, simple card using this set.  I saw this layout on a card on Pinterest, and I really like it.  My sentiment is a play on words (or numbers).

Another card made with this set is a bit more creative -- using the new Label Charm Pop-Up as well.  I did a bit of "word surgery" on the sentiment, cutting the "because" apart and adding an extra "e."  I added a few very small black pearls in several places.

The panels on the inside are decorated with pieces from the previously released Flutter Charms set.  Along the bottom is one of the Border Blends - Trims.

Only two more days until these new dies are available for purchase.

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 5

As promised earlier in the week, I've got a couple more Halloween cards to share with you today.  The first one is made with the new Label Charm Pop-Up die.   In addition, another new die is the Slim Pattern Plate - Bats on the front, as well as the sentiment from Halloween Elements and a frame made using two dies from Short Rectangles - Crosshatch.

Inside are a couple of new dies as well - the Skeleton and Bat.  Also included in that set is a cat.

 

I love that skeleton so much that I put two of them on this double-wide Woven Basket card.

I also included both the bat and the cat from the Skeleton and Bat set, as well as the Happy Halloween with Shadow.  My haunted house in the background was made with the Holiday House, decorated with pieces from the Haunted Tiny House set.

Don't forget:  dies from this new release will be available for purchase on Monday!

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 3

I've got an accordion card for you today using a previously released set (the Landscape Rectangle Accordion) and one of the new sets (Sewing Charms).  As a person who has sewn since I was a young kid -- many years ago -- I really love this new set.  I added a few sentiments from an old stamp set I've had in my stash for many years.

I originally added twine to the spool, but I decided that was too bulky.  So instead, I cut the spool of thread twice -- once in brown and once in blue.  I cut off the top and bottom of the blue piece and just glued it to the brown one.  That worked much better.

As a matter of fact, I made another card using these Sewing Charms along with the new Label Charm Pop-Up set.

The spool of thread on the center panel was actually used as a charm on this card.

I'm really having a grand time using all the new dies in this release.