Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek Day 1

It's an exciting day.  Sneak peeks of the new dies from Karen Burniston start today.  There are 10 new dies and 5 new coordinating stamp sets.  When Karen showed the design team the new dies, Nicky Foden made a comment that she saw me using the gowns from the Graduation Elements as robes and making a Harry Potter card.

Not one to back away from a challenge, I did just that.  I used some Gryffindor patterned paper on the relatively simple front.

And here are Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the inside wearing their robes.   I used dies from Word Sets 13 and 18 as well as the Mini Alphabet & Numbers set to create my sentiment.  The Graduation Elements set includes a banner with the word "congrats" on it; but, as you can see, the Mini Alphabet & Numbers set letters work perfectly as well.

I have had lots of fun using the new dies.  I'd love for you to stop back tomorrow for another sneak peek.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge "Bouquets"

It's Designer Challenge time again for the Karen Burniston design team.  The theme this month is "Bouquets."  Karen reminded us that "bouquets" don't necessarily have to be flowers.

My card actually has two bouquets.  The one on the front is your standard flower bouquet -- made with pieces from the Flower Pot Pop-up (plus the Add-on set) and the Twist Flower Pop-up.

The bouquet on the inside is a "flower people" bouquet -- made again with the Twist Flower Pop-up, but with the Paper People as well.  The double Photo Fan Pop-up gives you plenty of space for lots of flower people.  I added eyeglasses from Tiny Accessories 1 to several of the people.

This would make a nice card from the gang at the office.

Wicked Cool Birthday

Many years ago I read Wicked by Gregory Maguire and enjoyed it very much.  Since then I have seen the play.   Hopefully, I'll get to see the movie.  But, in the meantime, I have made a card.  That patterned paper from My Favorite Things seemed to be the perfect choice.  

 

On the inside we find Glinda and Elphaba resting on the Karen Burniston Little Labels Pop-up.   The sentiment stamps come from two different KB stamp sets, Photo Memories and Birthday/Belated.

I like that several of Karen's label dies have different size labels, so you can mix and match.  I used labels from two different sets -- Little Labels Pop-up and Paper Frames.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you come back again.

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 7

My last sneak peek for this new release is a small 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 St. Patrick's Day card that I made for my cat-loving friend.  (She doesn't do Facebook or look at my blog, so I'm safe!)  Again, I used that fun updated Lorna Label Pop-Up as well as the new Good Luck and Word Set 18 - Connectors dies.

The little shamrocks on the front are part of the Good Luck Charms, as is the hat on the cat (which is part of the Cat & Dog set) and Squares - Crosshatch.  This proves Karen's motto that her dies are all "backward compatible."

Don't forget about our Blog Hop tomorrow.  You'll have many chances to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston website by commenting on as many blogs as you can.  As my card says, "Good Luck."