Family Room Die - Karen Burniston

Today I've got a card made with one more of the new Pop-Up dies from Karen Burniston, which will be shipping in mid-July.  It's called the Family Room Pop-Up and features a sofa, chair and lamp.

I thought this die would make a great "welcome to your new home" card.  On the front of the card I also included one of the new Memory Charms dies -- the TV set . . .

. . . as well as one of the words in Word Set 8 - Congrats, which I cut twice and layered.

On the inside, you get a little vignette of part of a new home.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at the new dies being released by Karen Burniston.  I've certainly enjoyed showing them off!

National Camera Day

Today is National Camera Day, and to celebrate it I made another card showcasing a soon-to-be-released die set from Karen Burniston called the Photo Collage Pop-Up.  The new dies will be shipping mid-July, but the Design Team has been busy creating for a few weeks.

My son, his wife and son recently went on a cruise with another couple and their son.  Like many people nowadays, they posted lots of photos on Facebook.  I took the opportunity to grab some of these photos and used them on my card -- which I will be giving to them soon.

The front of the card gives a little peek at what is to come.

But the inside is where all the action happens.    As you can see, it looks like they had a good time.  Oh, by the way, that little camera is part of another new die set, Memory Charms.

 And don't you just love the push pins and binder clips.  They're both part of the die set!

One of the dies in the Photo Collage set is a die to create a little pop-up mechanism that unfolds all the photos as you open the card.  Check out the video to see how it works.

I hope they like my card.

Another Karen Burniston Sneak Peek - Triple Flip

Today's sneak peek at one of the new Karen Burniston dies is another card made with the Triple Flip die.  How fun is this one!!!   My daughter loves anything nautical, so chances are she will wind up with this card.   The images are from a couple of Stampendous and Rubbernecker stamp sets.

Aptly named the Triple Flip because there are three panels on the front of the card . . .

. . . which, when you pull that little arrow/tab, flip over to reveal three more images.

I don't always finish the inside of a card when I initially make it, but this time I did -- carrying the nautical theme in there also.

I must warn you:  this die is very addicting.  I have made a bunch of cards using it.  I'm sure you'll be seeing more of them in the very near future.  These dies will be shipping in mid-July, so you've got some time to think of how you'd like to use them.

Christmas in July (almost) - Karen Burniston Triple Flip Die

Well, It's hard to pick a favorite of the new Karen Burniston dies, but I think I have definitely picked mine; and I'm addicted to it.  It's the Triple Flip -- and it works with lots of the charm dies Karen has.

We're celebrating Christmas in July a little early today.  These cute little reindeer from Mama Elephant are just the right size for the flip panels.

And when you pull that tab on the side, there's more fun.

Thanks for stopping by today.  As I said earlier, I have become addicted to this new die and have made quite a few cards with it.  This die and all the rest will be shipping mid-July.  Watch for them!

CCEE1926 - National Catfish Day

I'm finishing up my month as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this week and told the team that Tuesday (June 25) had been National Catfish Day.  I asked them to make a card that has some kind of fish or sea life on it.

My card is made using the Karen Burniston Twist Panel Pop-Up -- one of my favorites.  I rotated the orientation of the card so that the inside pops up vertically rather than horizontally.

The images on the inside are from a cute stamp set by Stampabilities.

The sand castle on the front was made with the Karen Burniston Castle Pop-Up -- not popped-up!

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see what kind of fish the rest of the team used on their cards.

Karen Burniston Sneak Peeks - Barn Pop Stand

Another of the new dies from Karen Burniston is the Barn Pop Stand.  Although this is a remake of a previous die, I had never used the old one; so it was a new experience for me.

It's a fun die, which has several other new dies that coordinate -- a scene builder set (Farm Edges) three animal die sets (Cow & Goat) (Chicken, Pig & Lamb) (Horse, Unicorn & Zebra) and a sentiment die (Howdy).

This is one of the cards I made with these dies.

As you can see, I used several animals as well as the Howdy sentiment.  A fun detail on the barn is that the doors slide open and closed.  To be perfectly honest, I did not use this die set as a Pop Stand.  I actually used the floating floor from the Karen Burniston House & Fence set as the base.  I wanted to have a raised barnyard.

Hope you like my first try with the Barn Pop Stand.  You'll be able to get your hands on this and all the new Karen Burniston dies in mid-July.

Day 2 of Karen Burniston Sneak Peeks - Photo Collage

This is another really fun, well-engineered die set being released by Karen Burniston.  It's the Photo Collage, and I don't know how she managed to figure this out so that all the pieces don't get tied up in a mish-mash.  It's brilliant!

Using the Get Well Charms, I created a fun get-well card, hopefully to cheer up the recipient.

When you open the card, you can see how well thought-out the design of the die was.

The "photos" on this collage are all part of the Get Well Charms set, but the band-aids are an old (very old) $1 stamp I found in my stash.  I improvised a little bit for the prescription bottle up there in the corner.  The bottle part is the Coffee Cup charm, with the Wrapper used as the prescription label.  The lid is actually the dog dish die from the Cat & Dog set.

To show you how well the photo collage unfolds when you open the card, I made a little video.

All of the dies can be pre-ordered from Karen Burniston and will ship mid-July.  Thanks for stopping by my blog today and be sure to come back tomorrow for another sneak peek.