Karen Burniston New Release Blog Hop

 Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC December Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 11 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

• 2 new charm die sets
• 1 new stand-alone die set
• 2 new Tiny House Add-Ons sets
• 2 new Pop-up die sets
• 1 new Woven Box Basket die set
• 2 new Crosshatch die sets
• 1 new Box die set

Dies are available to order now on the website.

I'm a big sports fan; and, when I first saw a card Karen Burniston made using the Surprise Cube Pop-Up set, I had an idea pop into my brain using it with the new Sports Charms and has been floating around in there ever since.

The teams depicted on the top panel are teams that I root for -- the Miami Dolphins football team and the Florida State Seminoles football team, as well as the local professional teams  -- the Orlando Magic basketball team, the Orlando City men's soccer team, and the Orlando Pride women's soccer team.  You can see them better on these photos.

GIVEAWAY:

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, 12th December 2022. 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 Sue Small-Kreider Karen Aicken Jennifer Webster Frances Byrne Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller

Suzanne Smit Fran Sabad

Karen Burniston New Release - Sneak Peek Day 7

And my final sneak peek from the new Karen Burniston release is a mini slimline card featuring the cute little Bam Box.  My neighbor's daughter loves mermaids, so I made this card for her using stamps from Kindred Stamps and some fun patterned paper.   This is a "no reason, just because" card.

As you can see, when you open the card, up pop two more mermaids.

This side view shows the two Bam Boxes behind them.  BTW, the card is held closed with two small magnets placed under the patterned paper.

Tomorrow is the big reveal of the new release.  We've got a blog hop showing off many more cards using the new dies.  Comment on any or all of the blogs, and you might just win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burnison website.

Karen Burniston New Release - Day 6

I've got another project made with that awesome Slider Box and Surprise Cube Pop-Up combination.

This will be going to my great granddaughter at Christmas.  She loves to watch Frozen.  This stamp set from Kindred Stamps was perfect for this project.

I also made that little bag in which the Slider Box will be presented.

Be sure to check out our Blog Hop on Monday.  You've got lots of chances to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston website just by commenting on any one or all of the blog posts.

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!

Karen Burniston New Release - Sneak Peek Day 4

Can I say that one of the new sets that I'm using today is the cutest thing I've seen in a very long time.  As an avid reader, the new Bookworm really touches my heart.  I've used it along with the new Bam Box, which is a fun one, and the new Hexagon - Crosshatch set.

I recently purchased a book-related stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs which are the perfect accompaniment to this cute Bookworm.  I stamped one of the sentiments onto the hexagon die-cut for the intro to this project.  The cute little row of books at the bottom are from the Bookworm set.

A magnet is holding the card closed because, as you will see when you open the card, up pops that cute little bookworm.

Here's a little video showing the action.

As you can see, it just pops right up!

I've got some more sneak peeks for you in the next few days.  I hope you'll stop back and take a look.

 

CCEE2248 - Countdown Time

Today is our last 2022 CCEE Stampers challenge, and it is countdown time until the end of the year.  Our challenge this week is to make a card using a clock, stopwatch or just numbers to end the year.

Even at age 81, I'm still a nerd.  I love pop culture, and Stranger Things is one of my favorite shows.  Kindred Stamps has a couple of stamp sets depicting this fun Netflix show, and I pulled them out for my final CCEE card for the year.  If you're a ST fan, you'll understand this card.  If not, you should give it a try.  It's a fun adventure!

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest of the team handled this challenge.  Thanks for visiting us this year, and I hope you'll have a very happy new year!  Unfortunately, this will be the last CCEE Challenge.  Due to several reasons, the blog has run its course.  We have enjoyed the many years of creativity.

Karen Burniston New Release - Sneak Peek Day 3

Today's sneak peek from Karen Burniston actually includes three of the new dies -- Church and School Tiny House Add-ons, Wedding Charms, and Banners - Crosshatch.

The front of my card is relatively simple -- just a sentiment and some champagne glasses.

But the inside is where all the action is.  As you can see, the new add-on set contains all the pieces to transform that tiny house into a church -- domed windows and doors, a second story with the cross, and a stained-glass window.

I added Best Wishes on one side and the bride and groom on the other side, both mounted in the new Banners - Crosshatch.

I hope you stop back tomorrow for another sneak peek.

Karen Burniston New Release -- Sneak Peeks Day 2

Two of the dies from the new release were made for each other -- the Slider Box and the Surprise Pop-Up Cubes.  I have been having lots of fun with these two sets.

It's another Christmas project I have for you today.  I plan to give this to my grandson with a gift card inside -- as well as the cubes.

Here's a closer look at both the box and the cubes.  As you can see, there are lots of decorator pieces in this set.

Three cubes fit very nicely inside the box.  And when you pull the drawer out, BAM!  Out they pop!

Don't you agree that this is a fun project?  Come back tomorrow and I'll have another project using some of the new dies.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Fireplaces throughout the year

The last Karen Burniston Designer Challenge for the year is a fun one.  All the DT members are using the Fireplace Pop-Up die, but each one of us is celebrating something different.  I'm celebrating Easter with my 5" x 7" card.  On the front I've got an Easter Bunny from the Spring Animals ready to give away some decorated Easter eggs.  The background scenery is some slimline designer paper from Whimsy Stamps, cut to size.

On the inside is my fireplace, all decorated up for Easter.  I used elements from both Fireplace Add-ons 1 and 2.  The scene in the window is the piece of designer paper I cut from the panel used on the front.  And actually, that "window" is one of the frames from the Slim Frames set.  I just added a cross piece to make it look like a double-hung window.

That cute bunny girl is from Paper Nest Dolls, colored with Copic markers.

I'm anxious to see all the different ways the DT has used this fireplace die for their cards.

Karen Burniston New Release -- Sneak Peek Day 1

Exciting times for the Karen Burniston design team.  Karen has a new release coming out next week, and we're going to be showing you some sneak peeks all this week.  There are 11 new dies in this release.  One of the new die sets will make it lots easier to make a Double-Wide Woven Basket.  As much fun as the Woven Basket is, I love making double-wide ones; and this add-on set makes it so much easier.

I have a neighbor who just loves flamingos.  I usually give her a religious card, but this year's Christmas card for her is full of flamingos -- all in the Double-Wide Woven Basket.  The new set includes the die to make the wider sides of this basket as well as a die for the grass.  These cute flamingos are from a retired My Favorite Things set called Festive Flamingos.

I added a couple of palm trees from the Palm Tree Pop-Up set along the back of my basket and decorated it with Christmas lights from the Holiday House set.

I'll have some more sneak peeks as the week goes on, as will the rest of the team; so be sure to check back.

Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" Challenge

Here it is -- the first of December and time for another Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" Challenge.  I recently saw a cool project that required lots of scoring and figured it was perfect for this month's challenge.  The person demonstrating it called it a self-closing treat box.  I made one along with her at the time -- and another one for this month's challenge.

The box is the perfect size for a gift card, which is what I am going to use it for.

CCEE2247 - Christmas Cards

Maryann gave the CCEE Stampers an easy challenge this week.  The first of the month means that Christmas is not far away.  We were to create a Christmas card in any style.

My sister was visiting in October and brought me some fun Gemini dies she had purchased from HSN.  One of them creates a gatefold card, which was perfect for this challenge.  An interesting feature of this particular die (Woodland Stags) is that it's a two-sided die.  You place the die between two pieces of cardstock, and it cuts from both sides -- giving you both sides of your "gate."  I had never seen a die like this before.

The inside of my card was created using a Stampin' Up Christmas stamp, die and embossing folder set I just purchased.

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for more creativity from the team.