Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek Day 1

It's an exciting day.  Sneak peeks of the new dies from Karen Burniston start today.  There are 10 new dies and 5 new coordinating stamp sets.  When Karen showed the design team the new dies, Nicky Foden made a comment that she saw me using the gowns from the Graduation Elements as robes and making a Harry Potter card.

Not one to back away from a challenge, I did just that.  I used some Gryffindor patterned paper on the relatively simple front.

And here are Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the inside wearing their robes.   I used dies from Word Sets 13 and 18 as well as the Mini Alphabet & Numbers set to create my sentiment.  The Graduation Elements set includes a banner with the word "congrats" on it; but, as you can see, the Mini Alphabet & Numbers set letters work perfectly as well.

I have had lots of fun using the new dies.  I'd love for you to stop back tomorrow for another sneak peek.

Karen Burniston New Release - Day 4

Two of the dies in this new Karen Burniston Release are Snow Charms and Charm Rings.  These two sets are highlighed on today's card.

I made a card which was a total experiment using these two sets.  I say "experiment" because I was sort of playing it by ear as I was making the card.  You'll note the sentiment on the front.  It comes from one of the new stamp sets that are also part of this release.

I thought the mittens and the ice skates were just a bit small to hang by themselves, so I mounted them on circles before attaching them to the frames.  The steering bar (if that's what it's called) seemed too thin to try to feed the twine through it, so I knotted the twine at both ends and attached it to the bar with glue dots.  The charms are attached to the frames with the paper rings from the Charm Rings set.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, and remember to check out the New Release Blog Hop on Monday for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Karen's website.

Karen Burniston New Release - Day 3

Today's Karen Burniston sneak peek features a quiet, unassuming little set -- Charm Rings. 

There are three different-sized charm ring dies in this set.  What is so cool about this set is that you are able to make a charm out of any of the small dies in your inventory.  One of my favorite KB dies is the Fancy Label Accordion.  It may have been the first one of her dies that I bought.  I've made a winter card using it and the Charm Rings.

As you can see from the inside, I made charms out of the Winter Animals set -- the Polar Bear and the Penguin.  In addition, I used the two snowflakes from the new Snow Charms set, connecting them with a strip of acetate.  I attached all the charms to the frames using the middle-sized ring die.  

I'll have more about the Snow Charms with tomorrow's sneak peek.  And be sure to check out the blog hop on Monday for lots of chances to win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston website.

Karen Burniston New Release - Day 1

Hooray!  It's time for the new release from Karen Burniston!  Actually, you won't be able to purchase them until next week; but we've got some sneak peeks for you this week. 

Here's a peek at all the new dies in this release.

My first card for the week uses a several of them (one is brand-new and three that contain dies that are not brand-new).  The front of the card is pretty simple -- and uses snowflakes from Long Nature's Edges 2 and words from Word Set 13 - Snow.  I tried the closure that Karen showed us a couple of weeks ago.

On the inside I constructed a 3-ball snowman, using one of the new sets -- Snow Man Add-ons.  It contains parts to make a cute snowman.  That's the brand-new set.  The new/not so new sets are called Double-Ups.  They contain duplicate decorator pieces for each of the ball pop-ups (Surprise, Bitty, and Mini).   This will make cutting the decorator pieces go much faster.

When I put this card together, I wanted the snowman to be a free-standing element; so I "borrowed" another of Karen's ideas and attached him to a base which can be removed from the card.

The rest of the team also has some sneak peeks today, so be sure to check them out as well.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Sun or Snow

It's time again for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.  Karen has a good one for us this month -- Sun or Snow.  As I live in Florida and rarely see it, I chose "snow."  

Several months ago I purchased some background paper packs for slimline cards from Whimsy Stamps.  For my card today, I used several of the papers from the Frozen pack.  On the front of my card I used the one with several icebergs on it -- the perfect thing for these cute penguins from the Karen Burniston Winter Animals die set.  I strategically placed two of them on the floating ice.  The sentiment is from the new Word Set 13 - Snow.  I love that two of the words in this set (Brrr! and Snow) have shadows.

Another one of the Whimsy Stamps background papers adorns the inside of my card, but the star of the show is the newly released Garden Bench Pop-Up.   As you can see, another penguin has jumped up on the bench.  In the background is the new Street Lantern Pop-Up peeking over the back of the bench.

I also used the snowflakes die from the new Long Nature's Edges 2 set, as well as one of the ones from the original Long Nature's Edges set.  All that was left was to add the small rectangle for a place to sign the card.

Be sure to check out all the cards made by the Design Team this month.  Karen will have her card tomorrow.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge and Sneak Peek 2

It's time again for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.  This month's theme is "Rock, Spin, Pop, Swap."  We were to use of the these pop-up dies:  Spinner Square, Rockin' Rectangle, Parcel Pop-Up, or Pop 'n Swap.   I used the Rockin' Rectangle and took the opportunity to incorporate a couple of the brand-new die sets.  These new dies will be available for purchase on August 9th.

It's Christmas in July -- at least on my blog it is.  The front of my card features the Tiny House Pop-up, decorated with some of the dies from the brand new Gingerbread Tiny House Add-on set.

One of my favorite pop-up dies is the Rockin' Rectangle, which can be used for any theme at all.  The sentiment appearing on the pop-out is also a brand-new die set, Word Set 13 - Snow.  I love that the shadow for Snow is included in this set.

The background on each side of the inside of my card is Pattern Plate - Snowflakes, and peeking out from under the pop-out is a Crosshatch Oval on which you can sign your name.

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for another sneak peek.