Karen Burniston – Page 16

Birthday Charm Accordion

Fran

May 26, 2017

This cute accordion card is a new die by Karen Burniston. The card base is the Charm Accordion and it’s 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches and the die cuts both pieces of this accordion at the same time. The squirrel is one of her new Woodland Animals (there’s a squirrel, fox and raccoon!) The little packages at the bottom are from the Birthday Charms die set.

The squirrel is two pieces – the body and the tummy. The arms are free so it was east to add a package. The face is drawn on using the openings in the die.

Here’s the inside. The sentiment is from SU’s Painter’s Palette. See the birthday hat? It’s held onto the smaller piece with a jump ring die 🙂 Cute!

The packages are all from the the Birthday Charms too. The entire set is darling! You can find more information about the dies here. Hugs, Fran

Paper Pros May Challenge – A Few of My Favorite Things

Fran

May 9, 2017

Challenges, Heart Pivot, Mother's Day

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The Paper Pros are at it again with a new challenge – A Few of My Favorite Things! One of my favorite things is Karen Burniston’s Heart Pivot die. Using a new Stamping Up Designer Series paper, Delightful Daisy, I created a Mother’s Day card. I die cut the heart in Wisteria Wonder and stamped the background with another new stamp, Wood Words, and heat embossed “with love” over the top.

On the inside I repeated the background stamping and stamped the sentiment from the retiring Oh So Succulent, on Whisper White and die cut a banner from the Thoughtful Banners set. The Pool party strip is embossed with the Petal Burst embossing folder and the Wisteria trim is punched with a border punch and placed underneath another strip of the DSP. The Heart Pivot die is a “forever” die in my collection!

Make sure to check out what the other Pros have created this month! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston

Sandy Diller
Donna Wright
Shelly Hickox
Summer – Hills Painter

Frances Byrne
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Paper Pros Spring Challenge

Fran

April 11, 2017

Flower Pot Stand, Hanging Charm Pull Card, Pun Intended, Teeny Tiny Wishes

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It’s spring! This month the Paper Pros challenge is spring and that means flowers to me. I used the Karen Burniston Pop It Ups Hanging Charm pull card to create this one. The paper is the Succulent Garden DSP with the bee from Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits. The flowers are from the Pop It Ups Flower Pot dies.

The sentiment “Just beecause” is from Pun Intended and “thinking of you” is from Teeny tiny Wishes! Yes, I was going through all my stuff:)

The bee is on a Mini Action Wobbler. It gives it a little jiggle as you pull the card open. I tied the pull tab off with some Succulent Garden and Mint Macaron ribbons. Make sure to check out all the other spring influenced designs! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com

Sandy Diller – http://sandydiller.blogspot.com

Donna Wright – http://oldredshed.blogspot.com

Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com

Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com

Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca

Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com

Caz Counsell –http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com

Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com

Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com

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Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper
$11.00

Succulent Garden 3/8″ Ribbon Combo Pack
$9.00

Pun Intended Photopolymer Stamp Set
$9.50

Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$37.00

Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$27.00

Something Pretty

Fran

March 26, 2017

Love & Affection, Spiral Pull Card

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Just going through some of the stuff in my craft room and I came across these stickers from Elizabeth Crafts and thought I’d better use them. I made the card with Karen Burniston’s Spiral Pull card die and used a retired SU stencil for the background. I added the dots with a white gel pen and white embossed the sentiment – Love & Affection – on to some black card stock.

Here’s the inside…………and another card!

Same idea – just Calypso Coral for the card stock.

You should be warned that I found a lot of these stickers! You might see some more designs soon! Hugs, Fran

Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set
$16.00

Paper Pros Challenge – PI day

Fran

March 14, 2017

Challenges, Rectangular Pull Card

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It’s Pi day and the Paper Pros are celebrating ! I started with Karen Burniston’s Rectangular Pull card and the Lawn Fawn Science of Love stamp set. I drew the chalk board on some Basic Black card stock.

The paper is the In Color envelope paper – lots of cute designs. I did the sentiment on my computer.

The inside has more images from the stamp set and a paper pieced pie.

So you decide which PI is for you! Make sure to check out the other Paper Pros take on this challenge. Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com

Sandy Diller – http://sandydiller.blogspot.com

Donna Wright – http://oldredshed.blogspot.com

Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com

Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com

Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca

Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com

Caz Counsell –http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com

Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com

Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com

Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com (You are here!)

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Hats Off!

Fran

December 26, 2016

Anita Frames Pop It Ups, Baker Beaver, Clocks & Gears, Honey the Bear, Jolly the Mouse

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Merry Day After Christmas! Today we are doing a Hats Off Challenge – interpret as you might 🙂 I chose some fun characters to watch the clock for the New Year.

I used Clock and Gears for the focal point of my card and made it a shaker! It’s popped on foam tape and a window sheet and filled with fun sequins, large gold foil pieces and glitter.

Jolly the Mouse, Honey the Bear and Baker the Beaver are decked out with champagne and fancy hats to wait for midnight.

And when the clock strikes 12………

I used the wonderful Anita Frames Pop UP and a Stamping UP Balloon punch to get the party started.

Everything is die cut from Gold foil and Black and Silver Glimmer paper. My kind of party! Make sure to check out the other Hats Off cards on Karen’s Facebook page or her blog! Happy New Year! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – All I Want For Christmas

Fran

December 12, 2016

Birthday, Birthday Fiesta, Cards, Challenges, Twist Circle

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This is challenge is to use the die that you would most like to see under the tree (if you didn’t already have it!) I have to say that my current favorite Pop It Ups die is the Twist Circle! Now before I show you the card I need to say that not only do we celebrate Christmas during December – we also have 5 birthdays! That’s right – 5! So with that in mind………

Happy Birthday! This card is 4 1/2 x 8 1/2, featuring SU’s Birthday Fiesta stamp and coordinating paper. The balloon is coated with Glossy Accents and the llama and balloon are popped up with fun foam.

The llama is holding the hand drawn balloon string in his mouth (almost looks like a mustache!)

But the magic happens when you open the card!

The center balloon flies up into place creating a happy scene! It’s a wonderful die! Check out what the other designers are doing on Karen’s Facebook page or her blog! Happy times! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Charmed, I’m Sure!

Fran

November 21, 2016

Buster the Dog, Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Hanging Charm Pull Card

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This challenge is all about charms – Karen Burniston’s Hanging Charms! There are lots of charms available and I chose the Holiday Charms for this card. But I didn’t hang them…..

I used Buster the Dog and the Holiday Charms to create a Christmas card. The snowflake is hanging from a die cut circle and the package and tree charm decorate the background. The house is fussy cut from Stampin Up’s Candy Cane Lane Designer Series paper.

The snowflake is suspended on some fishing line.

Inside I finished it off with some paw prints from Props 4. Head over to Karen’s Facebook page to check out all the other charming card for this challenge! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge – Hat Attack

Fran

November 7, 2016

Barrel Basket, Cards, Challenges, Jinx the Monkey, Twist Circle

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What could be better than a barrel of monkeys? A barrel of monkeys celebrating YOU! This Designer Challenge is “Hat Attack” and I chose Jinks the Monkey and the Cowboy hat from Props 6. The barrel is the basket from Barrel Basket with Pop Up.

Everyone is celebrating!

Inside I used the Twist Circle Pop Up die, another Jinks and several hats to continue the celebration.

It is so fun to watch Jinks twist into place! Make sure to check out Karen’s Facebook page and blog to see all the other ways “Hat Attack” was used 🙂 Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Team Challenge – Boy oh Boy!

Fran

October 24, 2016

Birthday, Lorna Label, No Bones About It

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This team challenge is Boy oh Boy! – masculine cards! I chose Stampin Up’s No Bones About It set and Fiesta Birthday Designer Series paper paired with Karen Burniston’s Lorna Label Pop Up die.

The Lorna Label dies have matching pieces that create the center section. I used them on both the front and inside! It makes it so easy to put this card together.