Category: Cards

Witchy Gnome Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge

It’s time for a Halloween Design Team Challenge! I used the Bitty Ball and the Mini Ball Add ons Gnomes to create a spooky fun card.

On the outside I used the Simon Says Stamp Halloween Gnomes stamp set and an inked and splattered background.

I have the Gnome Witch popped up on a mini action wobbler!

Inside I created the witchy gnome! So fun!

I used the Autumn Elements, Skeleton and Bats, and Happy Halloween dies to decorate the inside.

I also did an inky background for the inside.

Enjoy the card and don’t forget to check out all the other designers. Karen will post tomorrow. Hugs, Fran

Riley and Company Stamptember

Here it is – the Stamptember release from Riley and Company!

It’s Riley and Simon send lots of cute messages to you! I stenciled the background with the Simon Says Stamp Medium Dots stencil. The red rectangle is Karen Burniston’s Crosshatch Rectangle and has a scene using the Nature Edges.

The image was colored with Copics and the sentiment was heat embossed onto the “chalkboard.”

Then I decided to do a tag starting with the Karen Burniston Tag Book and Autumn Edges. I used the same stencil and colored the image with Copics.

Remember these are a limited time offering and when they are gone, they are gone! Hugs, Fran

Just a Boo!

Today is the Karen Burniston Design Team Monthly Challenge – use the new Word Set 15 Just Because!

So I started with a Halloween front.

I used the Halloween Charms to create an attached belly band around this card. In the background is the fence from the Iron Fence Pop Up.

Pumpkins – lots of pumpkins! These are Mini Ball Pumpkins and using the Mini Double Ups made this go much faster.

I did lots of splattering and added pieces from the Autumn Elements and Halloween Elements sets.

I added my Just a Boo sentiment, covered it with sparkle and Crystal Lacquer and put it on the Crosshatch Rectangle Label .

This open and closes just like my Hungry Caterpillar card. You can see that here.

Make sure to check out all the other cards from the Design Team. Karen will post on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston New Release Blog Hop

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC September Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 13 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

  • 1 new charm die set
  • 1 new word set
  • 1 new Halloween die set
  • 2 new Halloween Pattern Plates
  • 2 new pop-up die sets
  • 2 new pop-up extra sets to coordinate with one of the new die sets
  • 1 new “Ball” Add-ons set
  • 3 new “Ball” Double-Ups Sets

Dies are available to order now on the website.

And now for the fun! I used the Skeleton and Bat set for my hop card.

My skeleton’s are going Trick or Treating – all in costume. I used Tiny Accessories sets 1, 2 and 3 to dressed up these guys.

On the inside, I used the Labels die.

The bat is on an action wobbler!

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, 12th September 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!

Hop Along!


Karen Burniston 

Lois BakĀ 

Jennifer Webster

Karen Aicken

Sue Small- Kreider

Frances Byrne

Suzanne Smit

Fran Sabad – You are here

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller

Karen Burniston New Release Sneak Peek

There’s a new release coming out at Karen Burniston and we are here to celebrate! All week the Design Team will be sharing some great ideas with you.

Today, I’m sharing the Sewing Charms.

This set is filled with great sewing images! So cute!

This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card done in soft rainbow colors. The sentiment is on a circle .

Inside I used the Katherine Label and small Alphabet.

Enjoy all the sneak peeks this week! Hugs, Fran

Summer Labels- August Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge

Welcome to the August Karen Burniston challenge – make a Label card! I used the Fancy Accordion Label die to start this creation. It’s the perfect backdrop for a scene card.

I started with the Sea Animals die and the Beach Charms to decorate. The background is the Tropical Scenes dies.

The sunglasses are just a fun touch from he Accessories die!

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

Mini Slimline – Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge

Mini Slimlines are so fun to make and send! The new Landscape Rectangle Accordion die makes it easy. I decorated mine with the Cow and Goat die to create a farm landscape card for a BIG birthday! I also used the Birthday Charms die to create the hats and packages.

The numbers came from the Numbers die set and the fence is from Farm Edges.

The Happy Birthday die fit perfectly.

This will be a great card for a big celebration! Make sure to check out all the other designer’s cards. Karen video will be posted on Wednesday. Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston – KB Riley LLC May 2022 Blog Hop

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC May Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 8 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

  • 1 new “Ball” Die Set – Mini Ball Pop-up
  • 2 new Add-Ons Die Sets – Mini Ball Add-ons 1 Gnomes; Mini Ball Add-ons 2 – Monkey and Lion
  • 1 new Accordion Die Set – Landscape Rectangle Accordion
  • 1 new Crosshatch Die Set – Short Rectangles – Crosshatch
  • 1 new Charms die Set – Flutter Charms
  • 1 new Slimline Sized Die Set – Long Flap and Closure
  • 1 new Alphabet Set – Mini Alphabet and Numbers

Dies are available to order now on the website. Read on for a give away!

My card starts with a 5 x 5 front. I used the Backyard Charms and the Dolled Up Charms. I masked off the front to add a road and some grass. The sentiment is from Altenew Eucalyptus Jar.

And inside I used the new Mini Ball to create some friends traveling down the yellow brick road.

The Tin Man is done in foil. Some of his pieces are from the Bitty Ball.

The Lion uses the Pieces from the new Mini Ball Add Ons 2 – Lion and Monkey.

And here’s the Scarecrow. I closed the card to the back with the new Long Flap Closure.

GIVEAWAY: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, 23rd May 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!

Follow along on the hop!

Karen B

Lois Bak

Karen Aicken

Frances Byrne

Kelly Booth

Fran Sabad – You are here!

Sandy

May Designer Challenge – Karen Burniston Design Team

The Design Team challenge this month is to create a Pop Up Ball and a “small” (matching character)! It also coincides with Karen’s newest release – big win! I started with the Holiday House, the Tree Pop Up, a Princess (from the Princess and Mermaid set) and Welcome. I also used the Long Natures Edges to die cut the grass. The closure features a new die – Long Flap Closure!

And inside are the three bears – Papa Surprise Ball bear. Mama Bitty Ball bear. An introducing Baby Mini Ball bear!

Here’s Papa bear with his coffee and newspaper.

Mama has been baking treats.

And baby bear has his toy bear.

Their house is decorated with flowers and bees from the same set.

They’ve even framed some of their favorite friends.

Enjoy all the fun going on this week! Karen’s post will go up tomorrow. Hugs, Fran