Tag: Tropical Scenes

Birthday Monkey Around

A Karen Burniston Tag Book featuring Mama elephant’s Little Monkey Agenda!  The front also features the Pam Tree Pop Up.  These monkeys are up to fun!

Inside the monkeys are are having a great time swinging from Palm Tree Pop Ups!  Each monkey is colored with Copic markers.

I also used the Tropical Scenes die for the base of the Tag Book.  I just added some trees to the stabilizing pieces.

There are a few monkeys hiding in other places too 🙂  Lots of fun!  Hugs, Fran

Karen Burniston May Challenge – Paradise


What do you think of when you think of “paradise”?  For today’s challenge I’m thinking of a vacation on a deserted island and, if it happened to have buried treasury, great!  I started with some digi stamps from The Happy Graphic and colored them with Copic markers.  Using the Karen Burniston Tropical Scenes dies, I made an island for the center mat and used the waves for the background.

The inside features the Karen Burniston Palm Tree Pop Up!  Isn’t it fun?  This top view gives you an idea of how it goes together.  The hammock is hanging from the tree with twine.

I love how this die practically explodes out the center of the card 🙂  Make sure to check out the other designers card (Karen will post on Wednesday.)  Hugs, Fran

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By the Sea

These little sets are from StampingBella, the Littles Palm Tree set and Sandcastle set, and they were perfect paired with Karen Burniston’s Castle die.  For the front I used the Karen Burniston Tropical Scene die to create the sand and water.  Then I colored the little sunbathers and accessories with Copic Markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I covered the shells, sun, and the sunglasses with Glossy Accents and added some washi tape to the bottom. The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Eastern Beauty.

But the fun is inside-

Using the Karen Burniston Castle Pop Up die, I made a sandcastle.  The beach babies and other beach accessories decorate the inside and the Tropical scene die continues to the inside.

The castle is so cute and very easy to assemble.  And a drawbridge!  Hope you enjoy the sun and sand!  Hugs, Fran