Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

It's time again for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.  This month's theme is "Animals & Characters."  I actually have both animals and characters on my card.

As I was trying to decide how I was going to meet this challenge, all the news stations in Orlando were talking about the opening of Epic Universe at Universal Studios, a new 5-park addition.  Two of the areas are Isle of Berk How to Train Your Dragon and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Ministry of Magic. And that was all I needed -- an idea immediately popped into my head. In the book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire there is a scene where Harry is riding on a dragon all over Hogwarts.

The front of my card has a flat version of the Castle Pop-up. The sun and cloud are from the Landscape Scene set.

Inside I mounted Harry on the Dragon flying in the Lorna Label Pop-up.  Harry was constructed using the Paper People and Tiny Accessories 1.  The dragon is from the Knight & Dragon set.  I love the patterned paper I used as a background.  It is from a paper pack by Stamp Anniething.   I have several stamp sets that are Harry Potter-related.  One of them includes a golden snitch, which I stamped, cut out, and glued onto the signature panel.

Thanks for stopping by my blog to see my Designer Challenge card.  I hope you come back soon.  By the way, sneak peeks of the new Karen Burniston release start next Monday, June 9th.

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 5

For today's sneak peek, I returned to the Stocking Pop-Up.  This time, however, I did not make either a Halloween or a Christmas card.  I wanted to show the versatility of this particular die set, so I made a castle-related birthday card.  On the front I did a bit of mixing and matching of word sets and added a computer-generated phrase at the end.

Attached to the pop-up mechanism on the inside is the Dragon from the Knight and Dragon set.  He pops up and blows his fiery breath at you.

Only a few more days until the Blog Hop on Monday, where you could win one of many $25 gift certificates to the Karen Burnison website.  

CCEE1934 Fancy Fold Cards

Anne's challenge for the CCEE Stampers this week is one after my own heart.  She said that she loves fancy fold cards, as do I.  As I was looking through Pinterest for some inspiration, I found a card which looked pretty interesting -- a gatefold easel card.  Using the Karen Burniston Castle Pop-Up as well as her Knight and Dragon dies, I made this fun get-well card.

The fancy fold happens when you open the card.

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see some more fancy fold cards.