Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 6

I've shown two Christmas cards made with the Cascade Pop-up (along with the Poinsettia die), but today I've got a Thanksgiving card made with the Cascade Pop-up (along with the Autumn Elements and Feathered Animals sets).  This is a 5 1/2" square card.

The arrangement on each of the cascading circles is pretty much duplicated in the lower left-hand corner of the card.  I just love those little acorns!

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Bugs

It's Designer Challenge time again, and this month we have some new dies to play with.  The challenge theme is "Bugs, " and three of the new dies are full of bugs.  I actually used all three of them.

The front of my card has dies from Animal Add-ons 6, which has pieces and parts of both a bee and a grasshopper.  I chose the face and wings of the bee and also used one of the bees from the Bug Border set.

The sentiment is from the new clear stamp set Bug Greetings.

The inside of my card uses the Playful Pop-up (which includes dies for making a ladybug, but again I used bees from the Bug Borders set).  I also used dies from the new Greeting Labels and sentiments from the new clear stamp set Quiet Forest Sayings.

Here's a little video showing how the mechanism of the Playful Pop-up works when you open the card.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you liked my card.

Karen Burniston New Release -- Day 5 Sneak Peek

Today's sneak peek uses dies I've already shown you -- the Playful Pop-up and the Pine Cone.

As I mentioned the other day, this Pine Cone set is my favorite of the release.  I think it makes such lovely, peaceful cards for fall, winter, and Christmas.  I added the Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas Shadow to the front . . . 

. . . and used all of the pieces from the Pine Cone set on the inside -- as well as one of the labels from the new Greeting Labels.  I did cut off one of the "arms" from the Playful Pop-up mechanism.

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BTW, I found this pretty patterned paper on Amazon.  I thought it coordinated really well with this die set.

Only one more day and all the dies will be available for purchase.  And be sure to check out the Blog Hop, which starts on Monday as well.  Comment on each of the team members' blogs for more chances to win a $25 gift card to Karen Burniston's website.

Karen Burniston New Release -- Day 4 Sneak Peek

Much of this new release focuses on the various pop-up balls, with both Add-ons and utilitarian Ball Access Tabs.  My card today is made with Bitty Ball Pop-up and the Mini Ball Pop-up, along with the new Animal Add-ons 6, to create this cute grasshopper card.

The front of the card is relatively plain, with just a parade of grasshoppers from the new Bug Borders set and a sentiment.

Also included in this release are 5 coordinating stamp sets and a set of dies (Greeting Labels), which are actually additional sizes of label dies in several different previous sets.  The ones I used on this card are the same shape as the Katherine Label.

Also used on this cute grasshopper were the Access Tabs for both the Bitty Ball Pop-up and the Mini Ball Pop-up.  These make it so easy to get access to the inside of the ball for possible repairs.

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peeks - Day 2

 Again I'm using several dies from the new Karen Burniston release -- Playful Pop-up and Dog & Cat Playful Add-ons.

I have a friend who is not quite a "crazy cat lady," but she's bordering it.  I used today's dies on this card for her.  

The front of the card is relatively simple using Word Set 4 and the cat from Cat and Dog . . .

. . . but the inside is where the action happens.  As you could see from the video above, his paws, ear, and tongue move when you open and close the card.  My friend's cat is a tri-color, so I tried to blend the black and brown to match her cat.

That big MEOW is also a new die as are the small mouse border and the greeting label.  The label set contains additional sizes of many of the labels in various Karen Burniston die sets. The sentiment is part of one of the new stamp sets.

I hope my friend likes her card.

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