Karen Burniston – Page 24

Karen Burniston August Challenge Day 2

Fran

August 11, 2015

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Holidays, Jolly the Mouse, Sleigh Gift Card, Uncategorized

This card is fashioned after one Caz Counsell made when these dies were first introduced. I used the Merry & Bright stamp on the front and…

2 Jollys on the inside! They are loading Santa’s sleigh – with a gift card behind them. This Sleigh die is so much fun and I just love Jolly! On the right “Jolly”, I snipped off his tail (“cut off his tail with a carving knife” – sorry, couldn’t help it!) and tucked it in behind him so it wouldn’t stick out of the card.

I could have made a card for each member of the team and hopefully we’ll do something like this again. In the meantime, check out everyone’s creations on Karen’s Facebook page! Hugs, Fran

Celebrating You

Fran

July 30, 2015

Big Shot, Birthday, Celebrate Today, Holidays, Sleigh Gift Card, Stamp Sets

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I have more family birthdays coming up and so I got out Celebrate Today and the matching die to make this card. The Designer Series paper is Schoolhouse and I love the color combo in this paper. I used Karen Burniston’s Agatha Edges to add an accent.

Inside I used the Pop It Ups new Sleigh Gift Card – without the sleigh! I simply added a piece of window sheet in the opening so the balloon basket would have a little more support.

Here’s what it looks like from the side. I love that this die can be used on it’s own! So versatile! Hugs, Fran

Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper
$11.00

Celebrate Today Photopolymer Stamp Set
$26.00

Balloon Framelits Dies
$17.00

Owl Love

Fran

July 29, 2015

Anniversary, Big Shot, Holidays, Katie Label Pivot, Paris Edges

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Owls in Love! Today on the Elizabeth Crafts Design blog, I have this card with directions. It’s a Katie Label Pivot using the Paris Edge die on the sides. This card fits in a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 envelope.

I used Stampin Up’s new English Cottage Designer Series paper and some of the heavy white card stock. You can find the directions here. Hugs, Fran

English Garden Designer Series Paper
$11.00

Feeling Jolly Day 2

Fran

July 14, 2015

Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Christmas Messages, Christmas Trees Pop Stand, Evergreen Tree Pivot Card, Holidays, Jolly the Mouse, Pop It Ups, Stamp Sets

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The mice are still decorating! Today is day 2 of Karen Burniston’s Design Teams Christmas in July and I’m still playing with Jolly the Mouse. This card is a 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 card in Real Red with the little mice stacked up high to put the star on top of the tree. The tree is from the Christmas Trees Pop Stand. I just die cut and embossed 4 of them and stacked them off the side of the paper. The present is from the Evergreen Pivot card and was cut in Merry Moments Designer Series paper. The Santa hat is from Props 5 – lots of cute, cute, cute props!

Inside I used the same stamp set, Christmas Messages, as yesterday. There are so many great dies in this collection. To see more amazing creations, go to Karen’s Facebook page! Hugs, Fran

Christmas in July Pop It Ups Designer Challenge

Fran

July 13, 2015

Big Shot, Christmas, Christmas Messages, Christmas Trees Pop Stand, Jolly the Mouse, Merry Christmas Pop Up, Stamp Sets

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – a new collection of dies from Karen Burniston! This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2″ card. Big enough to hold all the wonderful Christmas joy inside 🙂 The sentiment is a retired SU stamp, Christmas Messages, and the paper is the new Merry Moments Designer Series paper. The swirl across the front is from the new Merry Christmas Pop Ups die.

And inside meet Jolly the Mouse! He and his friend are decorating the new Pop It Ups Christmas Trees Pop Stand! The tree is so much fun to put together! You can use it alone – or with any of the new characters as I’ve done here.

This is a better view of the mice. I snipped off their tails and tucked them behind them so they wouldn’t stick out of the card.

Head over to Karen’s Facebook page to see what the rest of the team is doing with these new dies and get a head start on your Christmas Pop It Ups! Hugs, Fran

Sneak Peek Pop It Ups

Fran

July 10, 2015

Barn Pop Stand, Big Shot, Birthday, Brownie the Cow, Cheepers the Chicken, Cocoa the Horse, Fence Pop Stand, Snowball the Sheep, Virgil the Pig, William the Goat

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Coming soon – New friends on the farm! Farm 2 Collection has 6 new dies and a clear stamp set. Hanging out on my 4 x 9 card, meet Cocoa the Horse and Snowball the Sheep! They are getting the Barn decorated with Cheepers the Chicken, Brownie the Cow and Virgil the Pig. Cute banner made with Stampin Up’s Flag punch!

And inside – William the Goat (decidedly NOT helping!) He’s in the new Pop It Ups Fence Pop Stand!

This is such a fun collection – on it’s own or in addition to the Farm 1 Collections 🙂 Sneak Peeks of all the new dies are on Karen’s blog today! Hugs, Fran

Welcome Baby

Fran

July 4, 2015

Baby We've Grown, Big Shot, Cards, Stamp Sets, Star Accordion

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Happy 4th of July! Hope you have a wonderful and safe celebration! This is Karen Burniston’s Star Accordion Album decorated with some really cute peel-off stickers called Star Buddies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The paper is Stampin Up’s retired Lullaby. To do the baby animal images, I put the stickers on adhesive sheets, poured glitter over them and colored on the glitter with Copic markers. Els has a great video on this technique here.

I used the Baby We’ve Grown set to finish off this card. And here it is open – with all the animals! Cute! Hugs, Fran

Ray of Sunshine

Fran

June 25, 2015

Big Shot, Buster the Dog, Ray of Sunshine, Stamp Sets

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Perfect card for my family today because we have a very sick puppy! This card uses Ray of Sunshine and Karen Burniston’s sweet Buster the Dog Character die and Outdoor Edges. The little bowl and tag are cut from silver foil card stock. The sun was stamped on Daffodil Delight and then fussy cut – straight lines makes it easy! Sometimes the simplest cards say just what needs to be said. Hugs, Fran

Ray Of Sunshine Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$28.00

Karen Burniston June Designer Challenge

Fran

June 16, 2015

Fancy Label Accordion, Flower Patch, Uncategorized

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We are still playing the name game for the Karen Burniston June Designer Challenge – matching the first initials of our names to her dies! For this card I chose the Fancy Label Accordion and Fancy Frames dies. The front is the beautiful Butterfly Label peel off sticker done with Microfine Glitter and colored with Copic makers. The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s Flower Patch. The colors I used on this card are Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand and Early Espresso.

To bring the focus to the sentiment, I simply punched out a circle to add to the Fancy Label die. On the inside left, I slide a thin strip of Pool Party under the Star Fancy Frame Edges to make it stand out. (and to get the letter “S” in the card!)

Rhinestones add some bling to the center of each flower – because everything looks better with bling! Hop over to Karen’s Facebook page to see the rest of the creations for this challenge! Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston Design Team June Challenge

Fran

June 15, 2015

Banner Banter, Star Accordion

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Our challenge this month was, well…..challenging! We were to make cards using dies that match the first initial of our first and last names! So for this card I chose some Fancy Frames and the Star Accordion Album. The front of the card has the 3-D star, the Star Fancy Frame Edges, some Red Glimmer paper and glitter brads.

The little flag banner at the top shows on the inside too!

The inside shows the red, white and blue – 4th of July card. See the banner showing on both sides? Just make 2 the same size and attach them to the card and each other.

The middle section uses Stampin Up’s Irresistible You paper that has stripes embossed on it. I added a sentiment from Banner Banter and the USA is die cut using the ECD Alphabet 1 die in Marina Mist. The edges are also from the Star Fancy Frames set.

The right side star is not popped up because it closes into the card. I still inked the fold lines to give it the same appearance. So grab some red, white and blue paper and play along! You can find all the cards for this challenge on Karen’s Facebook page. Hugs, Fran