Karen Burniston January New Release - Day 2

I've been having fun with this new release from Karen Burniston.  Yesterday I gave you a tease at the die I'm featuring today -- the Triple Platform Pop-up.  This is a variation on a previously released set (the Raising Platform Pop-up).

 The card I have for you today is a birthday card.

You can see on the photo of the die set that there is a label die that goes on the three platforms.  However, that is not to say that you can't add something else -- in this case Cupcakes.  I used the label die from this set to make a place to sign the card.

Included in this release are four new sentiment stamp sets.  The little sign on that left-hand cupcake (also from a new set -- Bouquet Bits) includes one of the new sentiments.

Next week we will have a blog hop during which you will have the opportunity to win a $25 gift certificate to Karen Burniston's website.  Be sure to check back.  And I'll have another sneak peek tomorrow.

Butterfly Landscape Accordion

I was looking through some scraps and found three already cut-out Landscape Accordion panels.  The colors, yellow and black, immediately brought to mind a bee card.  This is the result.

The bee charm in the Flutter Charms was just a little bit big for the cut-out circle in the center panel, so I improvised a little bit.  I cut two of the butterflies included in the Flower Pot Pop-up and a charm holder from one of the charm dies to make my "right-size" butterfly charm.  I was going to have to glue two butterflies together anyway so that it could be seen from either side, so I just slipped that little "charm hole" between the two.

Here are some close-ups of the individual panels.

Those cute little bees on the final panel are from a stamp/die set from Honey Bee Stamps called Busy Bees.  The honey pot is a rather old Stampin' Up image.

This card just proves that you should never throw away usable scraps.  All the stamped and/or die-cut parts of this card came from my scrap folders.

CCEE2126 National Ice Cream Month

 I'm the hostess this month for the CCEE Stampers.  I'm starting off the month with a yummy challenge.  According to that wacky holiday chart, July is National Ice Cream Month, and July 1st is Creative Ice Cream Flavors Month.  My challenge to the team is to include some ice cream on your card.

I'm using my favorite new die from Karen Burniston on my card (the Waterfall Card) -- along with a "build-it" set of stamps I bought a long time ago at a stamp show.  As you pull the tab on the side, you are "building" that banana split ice cream sundae.

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more yummy treats!

C4C547 - Sweet 16

Tomorrow (8/9) is Crazy4Challenges' DT member's (Tracey Farr) daughter Melissa's 16th birthday.  So she asked the team to make a "Sweet 16" card.

I used the Karen Burniston Ice Cream Sundae die to make my card.

Be sure to check out the Crazy4Challenges blog for some more birthday wishes for Melissa.

More Fast Food!

The sneak peeks of the new Karen Burniston release continue.  While I don't eat fast food a great deal, I have fallen in love with the Fast Food Charms.

I had watched Karen's card for the Designer Challenge this month (which was a double slimline card) and knew I wanted to give it a try.  In addition to the Fast Food Charms, I also used some of the Sweet Treat Charms, one of the Border Blends, the Oval Crosshatch, and part of the new Happy Anniversary sentiment dies on my card.

Here are some close-ups of the "treats."

Stay tuned.  More sneak peeks to follow!

CCEE1912 - Natl. Smoke and Mirrors Day

Kelly continues this week as hostess for the CCEE Stampers and tells us that next week is National Smoke and Mirrors Day!  Who knew???  Apparently, this celebration is based on magicians' illusions, where magicians make objects appear or disappear with retracting mirrors and confusing bursts of smoke.  She asked us to wave our magic wands and create a card with a surprise element.  Here's mine.  The front of the card is relatively simple, with it's sweet ice cream cone.

But when you open it up, there's a whole hot fudge sundae!  Yummmmm!!!!

See how the rest of the CCEE Stampers team surprises you on the blog.