Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 5

My final sneak peek of the Karen Burniston new release uses the Photo Gallery Pop-up.  This die uses the same size photos as both the Photo Collage and the Photo Fan.


As you may or may not know, I'm a Potterhead -- I love Harry Potter and have stamps from several different companies.  I used some digital ones on this card so that I could adjust the size to fit the photo frames.



Tomorrow is Release Day, and I hope you will check out the blog hop.  You have many chances to win a $25 credit to your account on the Karen Burniston website.  The more you comment the more chances you have to win.  Hope to see you tomorrow.

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Karen Burniston New Release - Day 6

It is no secret that I am a big Harry Potter fan.  My sneak peek project for today is the result of that.  I used the largest of the new Topper Tags and some Stamp Anniething stamps I recently purchased to create it.  There's not a lot of explanation needed on how I made these tags -- some Hogwarts paper and a lot of coloring.  




I have a corner of my living room as my "Harry Potter Corner."  I've added today's project to it.  I made the box to hold my tags, using an old checkbook box and the Castle Pop-up die.


I must say this was a very fun project!

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Karen Burniston New Release Day 4 - House of Cards

I've got another House of Cards creation for you today, but this time I used something other than playing cards.  A few weeks ago, USA Network had a Wizarding World Weekend; and, as an avid Harry Potter fan, I used the opportunity to watch the movies again.  I also decided that a Harry Potter House of Cards would be fun to create.  I had to do a bit of "word surgery" on this in order to get the correct sentiment.  FYI - the "wishing" was made by adding the "ing" from Thanksgiving" (Word Set 7 - Autumn) to the word "wish" from Word Set 2 - Birthday.  "You" and "a" are also from Word Set 2.  "Magical" is a stamp from one of the Kindred Stamps Hogwarts-related stamp sets.



Some time ago I purchased some digital patterned paper from Etsy.  I used that paper as the backs of my cards.  Kindred Stamps has several Hogwarts-related stamp sets that I used for the faces of the cards.  


I must say that this card is one of the most fun cards I've ever made.


The new release blog hop is a bit different from previous hops.  It will be tomorrow, rather than on a Monday.  Be sure to hop along with the Design Team for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston store.


Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - Spinner

The theme for this month's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge is "Spinner."  We were to create a card where something spins.  This could be the Spinner Square, modified Mailbox, Pop 'n Swap, or something wound on a string.  I chose the Spinner Square, which is a really fun die.

I did bring my love of coloring and anything Harry Potter into my card for today's challenge.  The front of the card has a Paper Nest Dolls stamped image.  Those images are so much fun to color.  He is mounted on a layered Crosshatch Oval.


Inside you'll find Harry trying to catch the snitch.  I mounted the snitch onto a piece of acetate so that it looks like it's flying.   I used the new Mini Alphabet and Numbers die for the banner (made with one of the dies from the Twist Panel Pop-Up) representing the four houses of Hogwarts.  The stone wall along the bottom of the card was made with pieces from the Castle Pop-Up.


Here's a short video showing the card in action


I hope you enjoyed my card -- even if you're not a Harry Potter fan.

Thursday, July 30, 2020

CCEE2031 Happy Birthday, Harry Potter

I'm winding up my month as hostess for the CCEE Stampers with a challenge close to my heart.  As you are most probably aware, I am a big Harry Potter fan.  Tomorrow (7/31) is his birthday.  I asked the team to create a card to celebrate this event -- something magical or just a birthday card.

Actually, I don't have a card for this challenge.  I recently watched a wonderful video on how to color these Paper Nest Dolls stamps with Copic markers.  Tina Day Goodwin is a marvelous colorist, and I got several tips from her video, including how to make those folds in their robes.  On the video she made two bookmarks, so I also made two bookmarks.


Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest of the team wished Harry a happy birthday!

Monday, November 4, 2019

Karen Burniston Sneak Peek #1 - Surprise Ball Pop-Up

It's time again to show some sneak peeks from Karen Burniston.  Starting today you'll be seeing cards made by the design team using seven new dies -- and they are so much fun.  The die I'm using today is the one that grabbed my interest first.

As a fan of Harry Potter, I knew those characters would wind up on one of these pop-ups eventually. As you can see, I have closed my card using another of the new dies -- Flap and Closure.


When you untie the flap and open the card, this is what happens.


There is a taut rubber band inside the ball, which when the card is opened, returns to its normal size -- thus causing the ball to pop up.  So fun!

The images are stickers from Kindred Stamps and just the right size for those sections of the ball.


To give you an idea of how this works, I created a short video.


I have made a bunch of cards using this particular die, so you will be seeing lots more in the near future.

Friday, November 1, 2019

Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge -- Family Celebration

This month's Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge is Birthday or Family Celebrations.  My family loves Harry Potter and Universal Studios.  I made a little purse photo album containing two photos of us at the theme park.



The purse is held closed by small magnets on the flap and underneath the front piece of cardstock.  When you open the purse, the inside contains the photos.




The two (white) end panels are actually envelopes in which I cut ovals.  I then slipped the two photos inside the envelopes.

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Crazy4Challenges - Inspired by Harry Potter

I was so happy last month when Frances asked me to be a guest designer for this week's Crazy4Challenges.  The challenge is close to my heart -- and she knew that!

According to the Days of the Year Calendar, the 20th of March was Hufflepuff Pride Day; the 21st was Slytherin Pride Day; the 22nd was Gryffindor Pride Day, and the 23rd is Ravenclaw Pride Day.  These are the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchraft and Wizardry from Harry Potter.  This is a challenge for all Harry Potter fans out there.  Create a card inspired by Harry Potter.  This could include using stamps of the characters, using colors on your card from any one of the four houses, or anything else that inspires you.

I pulled out a favorite set of Kindred Stamps (Students of Magic),  the Karen Burniston Spinner Square die, and some Witt & Sass digital sentiments to create my card.  I'm a Hufflepuff, but I chose Gryffindor for the theme of my card.  Those twins were always up to some mischief!



Note the red envelope being delivered by the owl on the inside of the card.  Nobody, but nobody wanted to receive one of those!!!


Thanks, Frances, for including me in your fun this week!

Thursday, December 13, 2018

CCEE1850 Gingerbread Day

Here is the last CCEE Stampers challenge for 2018, as we will be taking a little time to concentrate on family and friends during the holidays. Of course we will be back on the 3rd of January to start another year for fun challenges, hope to see you here too!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support of our challenges every week, we love that you play along with us.

Wishing you all a Merry and Safe Christmas and New Year.

Now onto our challenge for this week .....

Apparently the 8th of December was Gingerbread Decorating Day and yesterday the 12th of December was Gingerbread House Day. So for our challenge this week Frances asked us to create a card or project that is a Gingerbread theme.  I used the Karen Burniston Castle Pop-Up die and a cute Kindred Stamps gingerbread wizard on my card.


I hope you pop over to the CCEE Stampers blog to check out some more gingerbread fun!


Thursday, December 6, 2018

CCEE1849 Elf Antics

The CCEE Stampers have only two challenges for December, and Frances is our hostess.  For this week's challenge, Frances tells us that one of the traditions she loves to do at Christmas has to do with the Elf on the Shelf.  She knows that some people love them and some people hate them.  She is in the "love" category and asks us to include an elf on our card today.   I looked through my inventory of stamps and found very few elves.  This one isn't THE elf on the shelf, but it is AN elf on a shelf.  It also reflects my love of Harry Potter!


Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more holiday elves!

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Wizard Houses

As a big Harry Potter fan, one of the first things to pop into my head when I saw the new Karen Burniston House Pivot Panel die was Hogwarts with its four wizard houses.  I thought it would be fun to cut out the houses in the colors of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.  I didn't have these dies in time for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge last week, the theme of which was "HOUSE.," so this is actually my second card for the challenge.

I used the new House Pivot Panels die along with the Tag Book Pop-Up die to create my card.  The front of the tag book has character stamps from Students of Magic and Masters of Magic from Kindred Stamps, colored with Copic markers  The sentiment was printed on my computer and cut out with a Die-Namics word bubble die.  I cut a strip of woodgrain patterned paper with the tag die.


For the inside, I wanted to have a bit of scenery, so I adhered some lightweight sky and grass paper onto a white piece of cardstock and cut out the pop-up panel from the House Pivot Panels die.  In her video, Karen Burniston suggested putting additional background panels cut from the Twist Panel Pop-Up die on either side of the background panels; but, because I was putting trees from the Evergreen Pivot Panels rather than houses on the outside two house panels, I chose not to do that.  I wanted as much of the background scenery to show as possible.

I cut the house die pieces from cardstock from the Harry Potter Cardstock Collection from Character World and added some House pennant stickers from Kindred Stamps.



Here's a close-up of the houses so that you can see them more clearly and also see the pennants.


By the way, I'm a Hufflepuff!



Thursday, February 2, 2017

CCEE1705 Library Lovers Month

Liz starts off her month as hostess for the CCEE Stampers with a challenge close to my heart -- to celebrate Library Lovers month.  She asks us to use a reading or book theme for our cards this week.  I have always loved to read, and that love continues.  There was a time when I thought I would like to be a librarian.  That never happened, but I still read lots of books . . . sometimes on my Kindle but most of the time with a "real" book.


As I'm sure you know, I'm a big Harry Potter fan; so the inside of my card includes an attached bookmark with Harry on it, resplendent in his Gryffindor colors.


Be sure to check out the literary cards from the rest of the team over on the CCEE Stampers blog.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

CCEE1531 Happy Birthday, Harry Potter

Harry Potter's birthday is July 31, and Lynn asked the CCEE Stampers to create a card of some kind that honors "the boy who lived."  I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan.  I've read the books several times and seen the movies numerous times as well.  I did not, however, make a card -- I made a bookmark, using the cover of Book 7 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for my image.


I couldn't resist sharing some photos of a recent trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando.




This is the Hogwarts Express pulling into the station.




This is me getting ready to walk through the wall at Platform 9 3/4.  It is so cool to see someone disappear "through the wall" like that.



This is my son and grandson in one of the train cars that take you from Diagon Alley to Hogsmead and back.  Scenes play in the windows so it looks like you're really traveling from London to Hogwarts in Scotland.



I had to take a photo of the dragon blowing off some steam (and fire) atop Gringott's Bank.



This is my grandson William, my son Doug, his wife Alex, and my daughter Kathi inside Gringott's. The goblin tellers will talk to you.  We had a great time!


Check out the CCEE Stampers Blog to see how the rest of the team is honoring Harry today. By the way, it's also the birthday of J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books.