Karen Burniston New Release - Day 2

I hope you liked the sneak peeks that started yesterday from the Karen Burniston Design Team members.  Another one of the new die sets is Hot Air Balloons.  

I had a ride in a hot air balloon on my bucket list for many years.  My husband crossed that off the list on my 50th birthday when he surprised me with a ride.  It was awesome!  I was particularly struck by the silence when we drifted across the countryside.  

I combined the Hot Air Balloons with the Whirly Wheel.  

On the inside I included one of the new sentiment stamps.

Happy Fall, Y'All

Even though the temperatures are currently in the 90s, autumn is right around the corner.  Because Karen Burniston's new Whirly Wheel die is so much fun, I thought I'd like to make an autumn card using it,  Her Autumn Elements set was the perfect accompaniement.

The matching Whirly Wheel sentiments stamp set has three one-word vertical sentiments that fit perfectly on the strip.  I attached a piece of acetate to the top of the strip and glued on several leaves from Autumn Elements.  The "Happy Fall, Y'All" is from a very old, retired stamp set from MFP Stamps, which is no longer in business, but I use stamps from those sets quite often.  The grass along the bottom was cut using KB set Nature's Edges.  

Here's a little video showing the Whirly Wheel in action.

I recently discovered white acrylic paint pens, which work so much better making accents than white gel pens.  I used an acrylic paint pen to make the arrows on the Whirly Wheel and the accents on the pumpkin, acorns, and picture frame.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Karen Burniston New Release Blog Hop

 Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC June Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 10 new dies and 5 new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

1 new Pop-up Die Set
1 new Interactive Die Set
1 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Set
2 new Charm Die Sets
4 new Stand Alone Die Sets
5 new Clear Sentiment Stamp Sets

Dies are available to order now on the website.

I chose the Graduation Elements to feature.  They are made to fit the previously released Paper People.  For my first card I combined these two sets with the Label Charm Pop-up.  My high school colors were red and blue -- thus the color scheme on this card.  I also used one of the new stamp sets -- Grad Greetings.

As you can see on the inside, there are two sizes of graduation caps.   The banner mounted across the top includes the word "congrats," but it is sized to fit the Mini Alphabet and Numbers set as well.

I did make a second card for the Hop.  I must give full credit to another design team member, Sandy Diller, for the inspiration for this card.  My 62-year-old son recently received his degree in information technology.  I am very proud of him and made this card to celebrate his achievement.  In addition to the new Graduation Elements, I also used the new Whirly Wheel.

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone's blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, 23rd June 2025. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don't forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak  (that's me)

Sue Small-Kreider

Frances Byrne

Jennifer Webster

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek Day 4

I wanted to see if I could make a slimline card with the new Karen Burniston Whirly Wheel.  Turns out I can.  I used two other new sets, the Curved Edges and the Rainbow Add-ons, on the front.

When you turn the Whirly Wheel, up pops the unicorn from the Leaping Animals set.  The sentiment is from the new clear stamp set, Rainbow Greetings.

I hope you are enjoying this Sneak Peek Week.  The design team has been having lots of fun showing off all the new dies.

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.