Category: Cards

Design Team Challenge – Wedding or Baby

The Karen Burniston Design Team challenge is wedding or babies and I chose –

Baby! Using the Surprise Cube pop up , Mini Ball and the Monkey and Lion add ons, I created the center piece.

The front was created with the Alphabet and the Mini Alphabet, along with the Baby Charms.

I made a 3/4″ fold on the side to hold the lion easily.

Inside has a place to write your message framed with he Baby Charms.

I hope you enjoyed this card. Make sure to check out the other designer’s cards. Karen’s will be posted on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran

Bling! Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge

Today’s challenge is to use Bling on your card – my kind of fun! I started with the Crosshatch Circle dies and the Backyard Charm dies. My sentiment is Thinking of You.

I created a circle opening on the card and added flowers with bling around the outside. The center circle has the cute little fairy on a sponged background.

It opens to a garden scene using the grass die Natures Edge with flowers popping up all over the place 🙂

The cute Fairy is on a Katie Label die (one of my favorites) and she floats above the garden.

There’s also some gold splatter for some more bling.

Enjoy the card and make sure to check out the other designer’s creations. Karen’s card will be up on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran

Bunny Time – Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge

It’s a bunny hop of a challenge this month for the Karen Burniston Design Team! I started with a MFT stamp and colored it up with Copic markers. Fun!

On the inside I used the Little Labels die to create a spring scene! Very fun! I love the Spring Animals.

I also thought I’d share another bunny card made with the Waterfall die

Lots of fun bunnies around here! Enjoy the cards and make sure to check out the rest of the team’s creations. Karen’s video will post on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran

Design Team Challenge – Vacation

Welcome to the Karen Burniston Design Team challenge, Vacation! I started with one of my favorite “base” dies, the Circle Tag Book , and the Cruise charms.

There are so many cute, detailed dies in the Cruise Charms!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Team’s creations. Karen will post on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Blog Hop and Give Away February 2023!

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC February Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 6 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

For my card today I chose the Little Twist Panel and the Rectangle and Labels dies. I paired it with a Lawn Fawn stamp and made a Hugs card.

The Little Twist Panel die has the cute banner dies to complete the front.

And you open it to –

Such a great platform to create a scene. You can use one or two of the panels –

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston – KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone’s blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, 27th February 2023. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! 

Karen B – https://karenburniston.typepad.com/i_am_not_lefthanded/2023/02/karen-burniston-february-2023-blog-hop.html

Lois Bak –  https://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/2023/02/karen-burniston-new-release-blog-hop.html

Sue Small-Kreider – http://ullysworld489442913.com/2023/02/20/beach-wedding-card-part-1/

Karen Aicken – https://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.com/2023/02/karen-burniston-new-release-blog-hop.html

Jennifer Webster – https://www.jlwebstercreations.com/2023/02/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-february.html

Frances Byrne –  https://stampowl.blogspot.com/2023/02/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-february.html

Suzanne Smit – https://knutselsuus.blogspot.com/2023/02/kb-riley-llc-february-release-blog-hop.html

Sandy Diller  – https://sandydiller.blogspot.com/2023/02/new-release-blog-hop.html

Fran Sabad – you are here

Nicky Foden – https://mymessycraftroomme.wordpress.com/?p=5290

All About Love – Design Team Challenge

Today is the Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge – Valentines.

Lots of popping up love going on in my craft room! I’ve been working on Slider Boxes with Surprise Cubes for Valentine’s Day. The cute Slider Box is one of may current favorites! I used lots of different word sets to decorate the outsides – along with the Love Charms and few other sentiments from my stash.

There are so many ways to decorate the Surprise Cubes!

Make sure to check out the other designer’s creations! Karen will post on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran

Rubber Band Pop Up Challenge

Today we are sharing cards that use rubber bands to make them pop. I started with a 5 x 7 base and the Happy Birthday word die.

I added the “sweet” from the Home Sweet Home die and spelled out Lady with the Alphabet die.

And inside I have a ladybug to greet you!

Isn’t she cute?

Enjoy! And make sure to check out the other Design Team projects. Karen will post on Wednesday – Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston New Release and Blog Hop with Give Away

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC December Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 11 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

  • 2 new charm die sets
  • 1 new stand alone die set
  • 2 new Tiny House Add-Ons sets
  • 2 new Pop-up die sets
  • 1 new Woven Box Basket die set
  • 2 new Crosshatch die sets
  • 1 new Box die set

Dies are available to order now on the website.

My project for this Blog Hop is the Slider Box as a gift card holder!

I started with the reindeer from Christmas Animals and a partial die cut from the Short Rectangle die.

When you pull the inside out – a gift card pops up!

I just hide a Bam Box behind the card to make it pop!

I also added a tag from the Tag Book die.

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston – KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone’s blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, 19th December 2022. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don’t forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!


Karen B – https://karenburniston.typepad.com/i_am_not_lefthanded/2022/12/karen-burniston-december-2022-blog-hop.html

Lois Bak – https://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/2022/12/karen-burniston-new-release-blog-hop.html

Sue Small-Kreider – https://ullysworld489442913.com/2022/12/12/popping-the-question/

Karen Aicken – https://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.com/2022/12/karen-burniston-new-release-blog-hop.html

Jennifer Webster – https://www.jlwebstercreations.com/2022/12/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-december.html

Frances Byrne – https://stampowl.blogspot.com/2022/12/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-december.html

Nicky Foden – https://mymessycraftroom.me/?p=5205

Sandy Diller  – https://sandydiller.blogspot.com/2022/12/karen-burniston-december-2022-release.html

Suzanne Smit – https://knutselsuus.blogspot.com/2022/12/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-december.html

Fran Sabad – You are here!

Fireplace Dies Through the Year – Thanksgiving

Time for another Karen Burniston Designer Challenge. I chose Thanksgiving for this Fireplace Die Challenge.

I used the Crosshatch Oval, Thank You and Feathered Animals dies.

My inside also uses the Fireplace Add ons 1 and 2, Tree Fruit, and Haunted Tiny House Add Ons.

There’s an entire year of cards to enjoy so make sure you check them out! Hugs, Fran

Let It Snow!

Today is the Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge to make a card using a snowman.

I started with a 6 x 6 base and the Twisted Snowman die. The Circle is cut with the Crosshatch die and the snowflake border is from the Long Nature Edges 2 die.

This card has a 3/4″ spine and the Long flap closure does also.

Inside there is a 3 layer snowman and a repeat of the front design with space for a personal message. The snowman is on a Crosshatch circle and it slides in and out of the card.

He’s decorated with the snowman add-on die.

Make sure to check out the other designer’s cards. Karen’s card will be posted on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran