Strike Up the Band

I've been having fun with the new Karen Burniston Piano Keys Pop-up.  Today I have a mini slimline card using this die, along with two other new sets (Music Charms and Just a Note Lorna Add-ons) as well as the previously released Little Labels Pop-up.  I followed Karen's directions on how to make that border using two of the Music Charms multiple times, creating a strip of piano keys.

I added two of the musical instruments from the Music Charms to the Little Labels Pop-up on the inside of the card.  The center label was stamped with one of the new coordinating stamp sets from the new release.

I had a cyber friend who passed away about 5 years ago whose favorite color combination was red, white, and black.  Every time I use that color combination I think of her.  This one is for you, Joanne!

Happy 4th of July

God Bless America!  Happy 4th of July!

I love making cards for this holiday, so I couldn't let the day pass without showing you one of the ones I made this year.  I used the Karen Burniston Tag Book Pop-up and the new Music Charms.  The music on the front of my card is the first line of America the Beautiful.

 

To make the trumpets face in both directions, I cut two of them from the front of the gold foil paper and two from the back.  They are all popped up on foam.

I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating the birth of our country.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - Set Sail

Several of the new dies from Karen Burniston are appropriate for this month's Designer Challenge, "Set Sail." The set I've had the most fun with is the Pirate Ship Add-ons.  Of course, you have to use the Boat Pop-up set as well.  The front of my card is a piece of patterned paper from a paper pad from Echo Park.  On it I stamped one of the sentiments from the new Pirate Sentiments stamp set in Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

Like many others, I often play Solitaire on my computer.  I play the free version -- the one that has ads.  One of the ads I see often has a really cute little pirate ship, with blue striped sails and yellow cannon portals.  I did my best to recreate it on the inside of my card.  I also used one of the borders from the new Pirate Borders on each end.

The waves on the inside were created by blending four different Distress inks (Salvaged Patina, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, and Villainous Purple) over a Honey Bee Stamps stencil. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  

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 12 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:

• 2 new Pop-up Die Sets
• 2 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Sets
• 2 new Lorna Add-ons Die Sets
• 1 new Fancy Label Add-on Die Set
• 1 new Fancy Label Frame Die Set
• 2 new Border Die Sets
• 1 new Sentiment Shadow Die Set
• 1 new Charm Set Die Set
• 5 new Clear Sentiment Stamp Sets

For my blog hop card, I am using both Lorna Add-ons sets -- the Just A Note on the front and the Happy Birthday inside.  I'm also using one of the new coordinating stamp sets -- Birthday/Belated Sentiments.

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, 8th July 2024. 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

Ken Chien