Karen Burniston July Challenge – Picture This

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This month’s Karen Burniston Challenge is to use photos. Easy to do with the upcoming Photo Collage die!

The front is a very simple punch art paw print using paper from my stash. The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s Happy Tails.

Inside is a photo collage of my youngest’s crazy dog – Filbert! I also added a puppy and some elements from the Dog and Cat die. This die is so much fun because it’s easy to put together but looks like a masterpiece! My favorite kind of die 🙂

Enjoy all the creations from the team – and Karen’s video will be posted tomorrow. Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Family Room Pop Up

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Here’s a card using the upcoming Family Room Pop Up from Karen Burniston. I love “general” or “miss you” cards.

I did the ostrich sitting on her patio – the perfect place to find me too 🙂 Instead of the lamp, I used a palm tree from the Palm Tree die.

Don’t you just love the pillows in this die set? So fun! Hugs, Fran

New from Karen Burniston – The Barn

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There is a new release coming out from Karen Burniston at KB Riley. I started with the revamp of her Barn die, Farm Edges and Happy Birthday die. I added some balloons from the Birthday Charms dies. This card is 5 x 7.

Look at the cute animals! I used the new Cow and Goat, and Chicken Pig and Lamb dies to create them. The sentiment comes from the new Enjoy the Ride die.

The sliding door on the barn actually slide. Here it is closed.

And here it is open!

Lots of fun new things to show you! Fun! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Beaches

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It’s time for the June Karen Burniston Challenge and our theme is beaches! I started this card with the Castle die, Sea Animals and Ocean Animal dies. It’s a party in a sand castle!

I also added some balloons and presents from the Birthday Charms die. The sun is from the Nature Scenes die.

Inside features the Rockin Rectangle die and more characters. The castle extends slightly to the inside too

The Octopus has some cute balloons tied to an arm.

Another Rocking Rectangle beach card uses stamps from Stampin Bella. For this one I die cut a window in the front.

Inside are the cute images hanging out at the beach!

So there you have it! A fun way to start summer. Make sure to check out all the other designer challenge cards. And don’t forget that Karen will have her card up tomorrow. Hugs, Fran

Paper Pros May Challenge – Only Ovals (Shapes)

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This month’s Paper Pros challenge is Shapes. I used the Karen Burniston Oval Frame die to make my card. The front features the ovals and the Crosshatch Rectangles with some little dies to represent all the seasons of the year.

Inside I used the tree to make seasonal scenes.

This shot shows you how the scenes work inside and out. Make sure you check out the other Paper Pros and see which Shape they chose for their cards. Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge – Congrats!

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It’s challenge time and it couldn’t be sweeter! I started my baby card with he Karen Burniston Tag Book die and the Mama Elephant Little Bear Agenda stamp set. After digging through my stash of paper, I added the two bears holding a heart (colored with Copic markers) and adhered them to a vellum heart. The sentiment is the KB You’re Sweet cut in half, leaving just the “Sweet.” “Baby” comes from the Baby Charm die set.

Inside the bears are celebrating! I added the Baby Charms and then filled the frames with bears:) So fun!

Here’s the left side close up. Bears are adhered to the top and bottom supports too.

And here’s a close -up of the right side. The back of the card has a nice, white piece for writing a message. The “boy” uses the B and Y from Baby and a circle punch to make the O. Check out the rest of team’s take on this sweet challenge! Hugs, Fran

Paper Pros April Challenge – Easter

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This month’s Paper Pro’s challenge is Easter! I started with some Karen Burniston Crosshatch Ovals to make a focal point.

The greeting comes from the Easter Charms dies, the eggs from the Spring Animal die and the tulips from the Garden Charms die. The scallop is from the Borders Blends Argyle die set. I blended the the sentiment with Stampin Up inks to add interest.

Inside I used the Oval Frames die with the darling Spring Animals! I chose to have the frame lift up. (Watch Karen’s video on YouTube)

Here’s a look at how the mechanism works. It’s so much fun! Make sure to check out the other Pro’s and get ready for Easter! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston April Challenge – Easter

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Easter is on it’s way and the Karen Burniston Design Team is focusing on Easter and Spring this month! I decided to do a waterfall card featuring the Spring Animal dies. You can find the video on this technique on Karen’s YouTube channel.

Isn’t that bunny darling? I die cut him in white and used Copic markers to give him some dimension. His tail is done with a snow marker to make it puff. A white gel pen decorates the larger eggs and the small eggs have Wink of Stella on them. The bunny’s nose is Nuvo Jewel Drops in Strawberry Coulis. The grass is die cut using the Nature’s Edges dies. And the “Hopping By” is from a Stampin Up Saleabration set.

As you pull the tab, the card flips through the pictures. On the second page, I decorated with the little chicks in the Spring Animal set. They were die cut in Daffodil Delight and highlighted with Copic markers. To do the sentiment, I searched through my words and masked together several sentiments to make it say what I wanted it to say!

Page three has a chick and a pieced together sentiment.

And at the end, the bunny and chick are together wishing you a Happy Easter – from the Easter Charms die set. On the back of the card I added a piece of heavy white card stock so there is a place to add your greeting. Make sure to check out the rest of the design team and get a full dose of Easter/Spring inspiration! Karen will post tomorrow. Hugs, Fran

Paper Pros March Challenge – It’s Spring!

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Well the weather is “spring” but the Paper Pros group is ready for Spring cards! I started with the Karen Burniston Circle Tag book and Garden Charms.

I added some little pearls to the center of the flowers to make them pop.

Inside I continued to decorate with the Garden Charms.

I added some little details to the charms – gel pen on the glove and flowers and black ink on the watering can.

Make sure to check out the all the Pros creations. This will cure those winter woes! Hugs, Fran

More Retreat Projects

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No retreat is complete with Ice Cream! Especially if it’s an Ice Cream Sundae die 🙂

Inspired by a design by Helen Cryer, this sundae was awesome!

We also made this adorable Rockin Rectangle die card featuring the Spring Animal die.

Isn’t this cute? Such fun colors!

Here’s a Circle Tag Book card with the Snowman die peeking through!

Inside is a double Square Spinner set up that creates this adorable snowman! So fun!!

And finally, a Woven Basket card.

I love how this die folds flat for mailing! The entire weekend was so much fun – great new friends, great place to visit, and always fun to take Karen’s classes! There is another retreat being offered in October if you’re interested! Hugs, Fran