Karen Burniston New Release - Day 2

I'm glad you stopped by my blog today; I've got another sneak peek at several of the new dies from Karen Burniston.  This card has the Photo Fan, Happy New Year, and Fireworks dies.

I had mentioned to Karen Burniston some time ago that I'd love to have a fireworks die set.  I'm so happy she was able to put one in this release. The front of my card is relatively simple -- just the sentiment and a few fireworks.

The inside, on the other hand, has two rows of the Photo Fans and lots of fireworks, all of which were cut from glitter paper.

Hope you can come back tomorrow for another sneak peek.  And don't forget the blog hop next Monday.  You could win a $25 gift certificate to the Karen Burniston website just for commenting.

Karen Burniston New Release - Day 1

A new release from Karen Burniston -- very exciting!  There are 10 new dies and 5 new sentiment stamps.  Don't ask me which one I like best -- that's like asking which is your favorite child.  I will say that I really like the Poinsettia.

There are two sizes of poinsettias and several smaller foliage pieces.  The card I have for you today used every one of those dies.  The sentiment is part of the previously released Small Sentiments - Christmas.  After I cut out the flowers, I sponged around the edges with a darker shade of red and/or pink to give some more depth to them.  I used a white gel pen for the highlights on the berries.

I'll have a sneak peek for you each day this week, leading up to the Karen Burniston New Release Blog Hop next Monday.  I hope you'll stop by.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Haunted Location

This month's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge is "Haunted Location."  After contemplating the many possibilities of locations that could be haunted, I decided on a graveyard. Last year Karen released a couple of Pattern Plate dies for Halloween.  I used the Pattern Plate - Bats for the front of my card.  

One of my favorite die sets is the Train Pivot Panel, so I put a haunted train going through the graveyard.  The background sky was created by using Distress Oxides and blending brushes. There is a ghost driving my train.

Be sure to check out the haunted locations found by the rest of the design team.  You'll find them on the Karen Burniston Pop-up Peeps page on Facebook.

STAMPtember -- Riley & Company/Simon Says Stamps

Riley & Company is again collaborating with Simon Says Stamps for STAMPtember.   I've combined the cute stamp set, called Flying By, with Karen Burniston's Katherine Label die set.  

I used one of the cute sentiments on the front of my card.

Riley and his co-pilot are flying high on the Kathryn Label.

Here's a close-up of Riley and his co-pilot.

This stamp set is a limited edition, available while supplies last.

Poinsettia Christmas Accordion

Karen Burniston has the most informative and detailed classes.  She recently had a virtual class using the Fancy Label Accordion.  With these classes you are able to purchase a kit so that you can create the exact card she is demonstrating, or you can use what you have and follow along with her.  That is what I did for this card.

I love blue Christmas cards, so I searched through my stash of Christmas papers to find something in blue that I thought would work.  I found some pretty blue paper with a splash of red and decided it would work for my card.  The sentiment on the front of my card was made using Karen's Small Sentiments Christmas dies.  The pretty little poinsettias inside the frames are part of Honey Bee Stamps' Loads of Holiday Cheer set.

The Fancy Label Accordion has several Add-on sets, and the candles for the inside are from the Birthday Candle Add-ons set.

If you'd like to make one of these cards for yourself, here is the link to Karen's Youtube video.

Karen Burniston Sept 2024 Virtual Class Day Recording (youtube.com)

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Four Seasons

This month's theme for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge is "Four Seasons."  After thinking about it for a while, I finally decided to use the Slim Flaps and Frame die, one I haven't used in quite a while  When closed, my card has patterned paper reminiscent of all four seasons.

 As you open each flap, you can watch a tree proceed through all four seasons.

Spring:

Summer:

Autumn:

Winter:

Here are all four flaps open.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I hope you found my card creative.

Snowy Cards

I recently participated in a 4-day Card Maker Success Summit online.  It was a great experience, and I learned a lot of new techniques.  

I don't often make one-layer cards, but Justine Hovey's tutorials prompted me to do some.  I actually did four of her cards, two of them included a Karen Burniston pop-up die on the inside.  I also made them two-layer cards, popping up the front panels on foam strips.  

Two of them have snow.  Justine's tutorial called for an embossing folder, which I did not have.  I did, however, have a snowfall stencil; so I used that with some glittery embossing paste.  The coloring on the cards was done with blending brushes and distress oxide inks and masking paper.

As I said, two of the cards also included a Karen Burniston pop-up, as well as smaller versions of the front image.

Here are close-up photos of the other two cards.

I did not have two different deer silhouette stamps, but I did have a set of Impression Obsession deer.  I cut those out of black cardstock on which I had placed some 3" Elizabeth Craft two-sided tape -- making them stickers.  I added some tiny gemstones to each of the cards.

I thoroughly enjoyed the four-day experience and will use many of the techniques I learned in the future.