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 Sneak Peek - Day 1

Karen Burnison new release time is always exciting, and this week is no exception.  We've got 12 new dies to preview this week, all of them so much fun.  I'm going to start my sneak peeks with a bang!  Have you ever made an explosion box?  That's what I have for you today.  The new dies I'm using are the Boat Pop-up along with the Pirate Ship Add-ons and Pirate Borders.

I covered my box with some nautical looking blue paper, adding a couple of the Pirate Borders to the box and the lid.

When you remove the lid, out pops the pirate ship.  The dies included in this set are so appropriate to a pirate ship -- skull & crossbones, flags, swords.

Did you see that sentiment on the back panel?  Well, surprise, surprise -- Karen Burniston has added stamps to her repertoire, which coordinate with the theme of the die sets.  There are actually five stamp sets in this release.  How fun is that? 

Here's a short video showing how the action happens.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Be sure to check back again during the week because I'll have a sneak peek every day.  And next Monday we'll have our new release blog hop where you get the chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston website.