Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 4

Yesterday I showed you the new Just a Note Lorna Add-ons  die set.  Today I have the other new Lorna Add-ons -- the Happy Birthday one.  

As you can see, it works in the same manner as the Just a Note Lorna Add-ons.  Karen Burniston will have a video giving a little tip on how to glue this die-cut into the card.  In the meantime, I'll say that it works really well just to glue in the little tabs on the side of the "box" at the bottom and the top panel first.  After they are secured, then glue the bottom tab on the box.  I also used one of the previously released Border Blends sets on this card as well -- Argyle.  

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Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 3

Another one of the new die sets from Karen Burniston is an add-on to a previously released set, the Lorna Label Pop-up.  This one, Just a Note Lorna Add-ons, cuts a sentiment into the label.

And did you notice those stamped sentiments?  They are from two new coordinating sentiments stamp sets being released.   

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek - Day 2

Today's sneak peek from the new Karen Burniston release is a card made with the new Piano Keys Pop-up.  I am not a musician, but I found this new die such fun.

I like mini slimline cards, and the piano keys fit perfectly in a mini slimline.  On the front of my card are images from another new set, Music Charms, and one of the new stamp sets, Music Sentiments.

When making a full-sized slimline card, you just have to make an additional set of keys and mount them both on the inside of your card.  Later in the week, I'll have an example of this.

Thanks again for visiting my blog.  I'll have more sneak peeks as the week progresses.

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.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Borders, Borders, Borders

It's that time again -- time for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.  This month our challenge was to use one or more of the border dies on our card.

Even though summer has not officially arrived, we've been having summer-like weather for quite a while.  I decided to use a summery Florida theme for my card.  I love the shape of the Label Charm Pop-up and the room you have for a sentiment on the first panel.  Some time ago, Karen Burniston gave each of the Design Team members a couple of Echo Park 12 x 12 paper pads to incorporate into our designs.  The background paper I used was in one of them (Dive into Summer).  The colors just scream summer and Florida.  As you can see, I used the flamingos from the Beach Borders across the bottom of my card.

The flip-flops hanging in the center panel and the palm tree in the third panel are both from the Beach Charms.

I have a feeling my daughter will scoff this card up the first time she's at my house.  Anything I make with flip-flops usually winds up at her house!

Talk Like Yoda Day It Is

Are you a Star Wars fan?  I am, but I was unaware of this interesting holiday -- Talk Like Yoda Day.  When I saw, I was immediately inspired to make a card in celebration.  After deliberating exactly how I was going to accomplish this, I thought I would make a pop-up ball, using Karen Burniston's Bitty Ball Pop-Up.

I decided that I would place Yoda inside a gatefold card with a belly band holding it closed.  This particular Yoda is a Kindred Stamps set I've had for a long time -- Galactic Adventures.  I've got him mounted in Karen's Circles - Crosshatch.  I made the sentiment using my label maker.

I wasn't 100% happy with my first attempt at Yoda.  His face just didn't look enough like Yode to satisfy me.  So I went a different route and printed out an image of his face and attached it to the head of my figure.

It's not the best thing I've ever created, but . . . fun doing it I had.

From the Vault

This month's theme for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge is "From the Vault."  We were to take a previous card we had made with one of Karen's dies and use it as inspiration for a new card.

As I was looking through my gallery of previous cards, I thought I might like to "re-make" one of the slimline cards I had made using the Little Labels Pop-Ups, but I couldn't really home in on one in particular.  After watching Karen's February virtual class with the triple Raising Platform, an idea came to me.

This is the card I finally used as my inspiration.

My new card is an A2 rather than a slimline, but it does have a reference to the 4th of July.

. . . and the inside has three panels with fireworks.  Only two of the platforms have fireworks, however; the third platform has a sentiment panel, similar to the way Karen's card had a sentiment panel on the center platform.

Here you can see exactly how the original card was my inspiration -- three panels with fireworks and patriotic paper for the background.

I think that triple Raising Platform technique is quite clever, and I'm glad I tried it.