Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek Day 2

One of the interactive dies in this Karen Burniston new release is the Whirly Wheel.  

 

To be truthful, I had a little trouble with this one the first time I used it.  However, Karen gave me a little tip which helped a whole lot.  There was less friction between the pieces when I put some clear tape on the cardstock before cutting the three main pieces. 

The first card with this set that I'm showing you is a graduation card, also using the frog from the Leaping Animals set.

Here is that card.  I've had that cool graduation paper for quite a while and was glad to be able to use it.

For the inside I used the Oval Frames Pop-up with some more of the Graduation Elements die set and the Grad Greetings clear stamp set.  The books are from the Bookworm set.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I'll have another sneak peek tomorrow.  And don't forget to check out our Blog Hop next week.  You'll have many chances to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston website.

CCEE2042 Dictionary Day

For our CCEE Stampers challenge this week, Frances asked us to create a card that includes words  -- maybe a scripty word background either stamped or using patterned papers, large focal sentiment, speech bubbles with words inside, etc.

I created my background using Word and repeating the sentiment to cover the entire card.  I then added a large word die-cut and cupcake from Karen Burniston to complete it.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest of the team handled this interesting challenge.

Happy Birthday, Harry Potter

As you may or may not be aware, I am a big fan of Harry Potter and the magical world he inhabits.  Today is his birthday (as well as that of J. K. Rowling, the author of this VERY popular book series), and I have a card which I made in his honor.  It happens to be made with a brand-new die from Karen Burniston, the Triple Flip -- a very cool die.  The images are digis from Bugaboo Stamps.

Do you see that little arrow on the right-hand side of the card?   When you pull it, the three frames flip over -- thus the name, Triple Flip.

There are a couple of other Karen Burniston dies on this card as well -- the Border Blends dies and the one word Celebrate.

Here's a little video to show you how the flip mechanism works.

Isn't that fun?  By the way, this die is very addicting.  I've made a bunch of cards using it since I got it last month.

Sesame Street and Karen Burniston

My daughter recently asked me to make a couple of birthday cards for her friend, who is celebrating his 50th birthday.  He recently became a big fan of Sesame Place at Sea World, Orlando.  I used two different Karen Burniston pop-up dies to create these fun cards.

The first one (Cookie Monster) is made with the Cake Pop-Up die, but using only the bottom layer.  Karen Burniston has a video showing how to make one of these.  I googled "Cookie Monster Free Clip Art" and found several images.  I used his face on the front, adding some googlie eyes for some whimsey.  The sentiment was made with Word Set 2 - Birthday.

Following Karen's directions for the one-layer stage, I made the inside -- scattering some cookies around.  I also used the Border Blends - Party, Numbers, and Word Set 8 - Congrats sets.

Here's a close-up of the main stage.

The second card featured Oscar the Grouch.

Again, I googled some free clip art for Oscar's image, and added the "50" to the front.

For the inside I used the Coffee Cup Pop-Up, cutting off the lid to make the garbage can.

Another piece of free clip art gave me this image of Oscar along with the garbage scattered on the ground.  I added another border, using Border Blends - Argyle, at the top, and just the word Celebrate.

Here's a close-up of Oscar in his garbage can.  The corrugated piece emulates the look of a real garbage can, don't you think?

The birthday party was this past weekend.  I hope the "birthday boy" enjoyed these cards!