October 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our October Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ... "PEEK-A-BOO!" - What is hiding in your card? Is it scary? Is it cute? Surprise us!

When I first thought about this challenge, I thought I was going to go the cute route! But then this witch scene with the witch flying across the moon and the rainbow took over.    

My card is a 5 x 7 inch card. I started with some purple patterned paper which I inked the edges to get more depth. I also splattered black ink over the panels.

I die cut the Arch Pop-up and Rainbow Add-ons dies from grey cardstock and adhered that to the top of the card. 

I die cut a circle using the Crosshatch Circles die set and die cut the pieces to create the witch using the Witch & Cauldron die set.. I added that to the left side of my rainbow.

Along the bottom of the card I added the graveyard from the Halloween Scene die set.  The hands, ghosts and crow are all from the Halloween Elements die set.

I pulled out the Halloween Borders die set to add the row of bones and the skulls to the gravestones.  The bats are from either the Halloween Scene die set or the Bats Slim Pattern Plate die set.

To finish the inside of the card, I added the "Happy Halloween" sentiment which is from the new Halloween Phrases Clear Stamp set which was released on the 1st October. After stamping the sentiment, I die cut it using an oval from the Crosshatch Ovals die set.

For the front of the card, I used the same patterned paper that I used on the inside. I added grass to the lower portion of the card using the Nature's Edges die set. I then added the cauldron from the Witch and Cauldron die set.

I added more bats and a ghost using the die sets I used on the inside. 

Finally I added the "Happy Haunting" sentiment which is another sentiment from the Halloween Phrases Clear Stamp set.

50th Anniversary Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

A friend asked if I would make an Anniversary card for friends of hers who are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary this month. As you can see, I said yes! I drew inspiration from a card I created earlier in the year making a few changes and adding gold, seeing the 50th anniversary is also known as the golden wedding anniversary.

As you can see I used Karen Burniston's Arch Pop up die set. Like the card I made back in June, I pulled out a number of different heart die sets to create a love themed card. I added the gold hearts in the centre of the arch, again to indicate the Golden Wedding Anniversay.

Along the bottom portion of the card, I added the Anniversary sentiment using the Word Set 12 - Anniversary and the Numbers die sets. I die cut this from gold and red cardstock and offset the gold over the red.

On the other side of the card I added a red heart and then added the names "Mary, Bill" the names of the couple celebrating.

As the focus of this card is on the inside, I kept the front of the card simple. I added a few hearts and then a couple of sentiments.

I added a panel on the back of my card, for a place to write a personal message.

July 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our July Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ... "RAINBOW" - This can be an actual rainbow, or you can use it as a colour or shape prompt.

For my card today it wasn't hard to decide to use the new Arch Pop-up die set with the Rainbow Add-ons die set to create my rainbow themed card. As my previous card I made using this set was an A6 card, I decided to make a Slimline card this time around 4 inches x 8 1/2 inches. Last time I also created a pastel rainbow, so this time I went for the more traditional bright rainbow.

As suggested by Karen's Rainbow Assembly video, I create three rainbows using all my die cut pieces, I used the rainbow with the correct order for the pop-up on the inside of the card. I used the other two to decorate the back of the rainbow pop-up and the front of the card.

I used cloud patterned paper that I found in my stash recently for the base of my card. I used the grass die from the Curved Edges die set to create the grass along the bottom of the card.

The large clouds that have my sentiments were created by using the cloud die included in the Curved Edges die set. After die cutting the card once, I then repositioned the die to the bottom and kept diecutting until I got the shape I wanted.

As I wanted to make this a birthday card, I added presents using the present dies included in the Gift Pivot Panels die set which I added to the grass area.

I also added a few party hats using the Birthday Charms die set which i added to a few of the clouds.

Here is a few of my card when it is partly open, you can see how I used one of the other rainbows I created to decorate the back of the pop-up rainbow. It looks so much nicer than having a white backing piece.

For the front of the card, I used pretty much the same layout that I used on the inside, adding the cloud patterned paper and grass. 

I added one of the rainbows I created when I die cut all the rainbow pieces so it stretched from the sky to the grass. I decorated the rainbow with the sun and clouds included in the Rainbow Add-ons die set.

I added another rainbow themed sentiment using the Rainbow Greetings die set. The large cloud is another I created by diecutting the cloud die from the Curved Edges die set twice (top and bottom).

Finally to finish off the card, I added some presents to the bottom of the rainbow. If it's not a pot of gold, why not presents for a birthday!

Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC June 2025 Release Blog Hop

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC June Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 10 new dies and 5 new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

 

 

This release includes:

• 1 new Pop-up Die Sets
• 1 new Interactive Die Set
• 1 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Sets
• 2 new Charm Die Sets
• 4 new Stand Alone Die Sets
• 5 new Clear Sentiment Stamp Sets

 

Dies are available to order now on the website. 

 

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 June 2025. 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!

This card uses the new Arch Pop-up and the coordinating Rainbow Add-ons die sets to create the fun pop up rainbow at the top of the card. I used pastel colours to create my rainbow opting for pink rather than red.

Along the bottom edge of my card, I used the cloud die from the Curved Edges die set. I die cut the edges twice for each side of the card. I added two sentiments from the Rainbow Greetings Clear Stamp set.

 

I die cut three unicorns from the Leaping Animals die set, die cutting the mane, tail etc from different colours. I also assembled one of the unicorns so it was facing the opposite direction. 

I kept the front of the card fairy simple, repeating elements that I had used on the inside of my card ... the rainbow, unicorn and a sentiment.

I used the Oval Crosshatch die set to layer my sentiment.

Well that's about it from me today, thank you for dropping by. To continue on the blog hop, click on the next person on the list, which is Jennifer Webster

Here is the complete blog hop list in case you need it.

Blog Hop Order

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak

Sue Small-Kreider

Frances Byrne  <<<you are here>>>

Jennifer Webster

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller

Love You

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another card I created using one of the new dies from Karen Burniston’s June release. The new dies & stamp sets will be available on Monday 16th June.

This time round I am playing with the new Arch Pop up die sets. There are also two add on die sets that coordinate with this set .. balloons & rainbow, however for my card I pulled out a number of different heart die sets to create a love themed card.

The “love you” sentiment is from the Word Set 9 - Love die set.

As the focus of this card is on the inside, I kept the front of the card simple. I added a few hearts and then a couple of sentiments.