Cue The Holiday

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two 5 x 7 Christmas cards using mostly products from Hero Arts Hero Handmade Holiday Workshop 2025. I didn’t get around to playing with anything in this kit last year, as the end of the year wasn’t the greatest for me, ending up in hospital 3 times in 3 months. But I do love anything record related.

Earlier this month, Hero Arts released all the products included in this set individually so those who didn’t get it back then could purchase it now. Included in this release are two stamp sets for occasions other than Christmas that can be used with the records. I can’t wait to play with those.

For the background on this card I pulled out Spellbinders Poppy cardstock & the Music Notes Embossing Folder.

I used the Drop the Needle die set to create the record & record player parts. I used two of the sentiments from the Swinging Christmas stamp set to add the record label in the centre of the record.

To finish off the front of the card, I added a Christmas sentiment from Waffle Flower Crafts.

 

For the inside of the card, I added the left over piece of embossed card along the bottom edge. I added a sentiment from the Wishing You stamp set. 

Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC June 2024 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 12 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:

• 2 new Pop-up Die Sets
• 2 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Sets
• 2 new Lorna Add-ons Die Sets
• 1 new Fancy Label Add-on Die Set
• 1 new Fancy Label Frame Die Set
• 2 new Border Die Sets
• 1 new Sentiment Shadow Die Set
• 1 new Charm Set Die Set
• 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,8th July 2024. 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!

Before I get onto my card I created, I want to apologise for the lack of photos in this post. I was unexpectedly admitted to hospital last Monday and I am still there, so I am having to write my post on my iPad from my hospital bed … the other photos being on my computer at home. When I finally get home I will edit this post to add them.

I just love this new release and can’t wait to get to play with all the new dies. For my card today I have used 4 of the new die sets and 2 of the new stamp sets. 

I created a 5 x 7 card. For the pop up portion of my card I used the Just a Note Lorna Labels Add On along with Lorna Labels Pop Up die set. I then added the Piano Keys Pop Up die, adding it to the rectangle base of the Lorna Label Pop Up. I love that the Piano Keys Pop Up can be added to a number of other previously released pop up die sets.

I used the labels from the Lorna Labels die set for the stamped sentiments on the base of my card. For the sentiment I used stamps from both the Music Sentiments & Birthday Belated Sentiments stamp sets.

To finish off the inside of the card I added music notes from both the Piano Keys Pop Up & the Music Charms die sets.

For the front of the card I used the Happy Birthday Lorna Labels Add-ons die set with the Lorna Labels die set to create the Happy Birthday Label. I used the Grand Piano, Treble Clef, Music Notes & Staff to decorate the front of the 

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

Ken Chien

Music In My Heart

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

According to the Days of the Year web site, September is National Piano Month. So as you can see, I have created a piano shaped card using Paper Discovery's Grand Piano Die and Stamp set.

This die set includes piano shaped dies in three different sizes and I used all three for this card. The largest die I used to create the side folding white card base. I then die cut the medium sized die from black card and finally the smallest die I also die cut again from black cardstock making it a side folded card.

I decorated the front of the card using some of the stamps and dies included in the die/stamp set.

I added a music themed patterned paper to the inner portion of the black shaped card.

I added some more of the die cut images and stamps to this panel.

For the inside of my card, I pulled out my Poppy Stamps Happy Birthday Melody die set for the Happy Birthday sentiment. I also added a few other of the music themed dies included in the Grand Piano die set.

Other Supplies:

• Happy Birthday Melody - Poppy Stamps

For the Record

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for visiting my blog, today I am sharing a music themed card.

A few weeks ago, Sam Calcott shared a tutorial on how to use the Creative Craft Products High Centre Stepper Card from the Step on Up 2 Collection, and turn it into a Inside Out Stepper Card.This is done by using two card bases and folding the bottom fold lines in the opposite direction. You can see her tutorial here. I hadn't planned on buying this die set as it is a smaller stepper card die, and I have others I do use a lot. But when I saw this card by Sam, and I was placing an order anyway, I added it to my cart. I will probably use it in this way when I use it again.

To decorate my card I used Concord and 9th's For the Record stamp and coordinating die sets. 

Here is a look at my card when it is folded ready to be placed in an envelope. When closed the card measures approximately 5 3/4 inches x 7 1/4 inches.

As you can see I decorated the inside of my card. I used two music themed sentiment stamp sets from Honey Bee Stamps to add both sentiments.

I die cut a few of the records from my left over background panel for the front and added them. around the sentiments.

For the centre of the card, I added a panel with the You Rock symbol from MFT Stamps.

Other Supplies:

• For the Record Stamp Set - Honey Bee Stamps (retired)
• Rock Star Stamp Set - Honey Bee Stamps (retired)

 

Record Shop

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun 3D card I created recently using dies from Concord & 9th.

I have been loving the cute little shops I have been seeing online using the cute Window Shoppe Card Base die from Concord & 9th, so I decided to purchase the die along with a few other things from a recent release. As one of the other things I purchased was record themed, I decided to use the Window Shoppe Card Base die set to create a record shop. Apparently the day I made this card was actually "Record Shop Day", yes it is a thing I remember my husband and I going to a few some years back. I have had so many things to post on my blog, that it has taken almost a month to get it posted on here.

I love the "record" sentiment and the tiny record that comes in Concord & 9th's For the Record die set, it was perfect to use for the sign of my shop ... the shop word came from the Window Shoppe Base die set.

The die set also included a die to make a 3D crate and a record cover, so I die cut them three dies to add to the inside of my store, I added a brown panel under the crates to look like a table/bench. I added a couple more records to the wall.

For the inside of the card, I added the ovals using dies also included in the For the Record die set. I added a stamped sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps For the Record stamp set, which is no longer available. Concord & 9th did release a record themed stamp set, but as I have so many other stamp sets of this theme I decided not to get it.

I then die cut a larger record using dies and stamps from Sugar Pea Designs, this is probably also no longer available as it's pretty old.

I used hands from MFT Stamps In Good Hands die set to make it look like someone holding the record.

Other Supplies:

For the Record Stamp Set - Honey Bee Stamps (discontinued)

Cello There

 

Cello there everyone!

Today I am sharing a Pinwheel Tower Card using a die set from Creative Craft Products new Fancy Folds Collection. This die set is the Pinwheel Card die which makes a 5 inch x 7 inch pinwheel card.

For my card today, I have made a music themed thank you card for my grandchildren's music teacher. She teaches one the cello and the other the violin so this card can be given to her from both of them. They won't need this card until December, but I like to made the cards when the inspiration hits and when I was looking through the stamps/dies on my desk to see what would work for this card that large cello would ... so I went with it.

All the musical instruments, the music paper and music sentiment stamps are all from Paper Discovery's Lost In Music Collection, I picked a few of these sets up last year when Craft Stash were having their 40% sales.

The music border is an older die from my stash by CC Designs. The music note dies around the card are from MFT Stash and also is an older set.

I used the "Thanks, Teacher Line Border" die on the left panel of this side of the pinwheel card. I added the stamped violin and music notes to the white panel on the right hand side which is also from the Music Play On Sentiment stamp set from Paper Discovery.

I added a teacher sentiment to the centre of this panel using sentiments from a Heffy Doodle and a Sunny Studio Stamps stamp sets.

For this last side of the pinwheel card, I added another of the music borders to the left panel. On the main panel I added two violin's as well as the "#1 teacher" sentiment using older die sets.

The card folds flat to fit into a 5 x 7 envelope.

Other Supplies:

• Music Border Die - CC Designs (discontinued)
• Music Notes Die-namics - MFT Stamps (discontinued)
• Teacher Word Die - Heffy Doodles

 

Grand Piano

 

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Recently Craft Stash released some new dies which reminded of some templates I used to use to make unusual shaped cards. As I enjoyed making those cards previously, I decided to buy them. Later Sam Calcott shared a video tutorial sharing four cards she created using each of the die sets, one of the cards was a piano shaped card using the Creative Craft Products Heart Easy Folds die set.

 I have made a piano shaped card in the past, many years ago. That card I created using a template I created, it's always easier to create a card with dies rather than templates and as I was going to have this die set I knew I needed to make another one using these dies. While I was inspired by Sam's card to make this using the new Easy Folds die set, I also used my previous card as inspiration. The die is designed in the opposite orientation to the shape of a piano, but it was easy enough to flip the cardstock once die cut.

 I didn't have the piano border Sam used on her card, however I did have an older one from Memory Box which needed a little alteration to make it fit the width of the card, but that was easy enough to do. My piano border has been discontinued for a while now, so I will like to the one from Paper Discovery, it is out of stock right now but you can sign up to be notified when it comes back in stock.

As you can see by the photo above, the piano keys are attached to the back panel so that only the part of a grand piano that is raised normally, is raised on my card. I die cut two of the shaped panels and trimmed off the height of the piano keys to create the from panel of my card. 

To decorate the front, I added the "Happy Birthday Melody" die from Poppy Stamps, another which sadly I believe is discontinued. It's one I used a lot for music themed cards.

I die cut two hearts using the heart die included in the Creative Craft Products Heart Fold Easy Folds die set to add to the top portion of my card as well as an additional music note.

You can also see on the right hand side of my card, above the keys, the tab. which is adhered to the back of the front of the card, which keeps the front upright when sitting on a flat surface.

Here is a look at my card when it is folded ready to be placed in an envelope. It does measure 6 inches x 7 inches, so will need to go into a larger sized envelope.

And finally a look at the inside of the card. I used one of the layering die sets included in the die set to die cut the patterned paper and white panel. As luck would have it,  I recently pulled out some older patterned papers I wanted to sort through to see what I would throw and what I wanted to keep, this music themed paper was in there, so I used some for the top of the right side of the card. I added a white embossed sentiment, using an MFT Stamps stamp set.

On the left panel I added a white panel, this is where a personal greeting can be written. I also stamped a birthday sentiment using a very old stamp I have had in my stash for years.

Other Supplies:

• Piano Border Die - Memory Box (discontinued)
• Happy Birthday Melody - Poppy Stamps (discontinued)
• Music Notes Die-namics - MFT Stamps
• Happy Birthday To You Stamp - Stamp World (Australia) (discontinued)

Violin Shaped Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

My granddaughter is learning the violin and my grandson the cello through school, so I created this Violin shaped card for them to give to their music teacher at the end of the year.

To create my card I used Paper Discovery's Music - Play On Guitar and Violin Card Front die set. This die set can create cards that feature violins, guitars and also a Cello.

This card is 5 inches x 7 inches when folded. I die cut the front of the card using the main violin die and also from woodgrain paper. I then used the accessory dies included in the set to add the strings etc.

As this card will be given to their teachers at the end of the school year which is December, I found some Christmas Carol music themed paper to add to the right hand of the card. This can be seen when the card is closed.

I computer generated the "Music Teachers" sentiment on the right side of the card as I didn't have anything in my stash suitable for a music teacher. I also added some music notes around the card, each of the notes are 3 layers thick and then I covered them all with glossy accents which helps them stand out a little better.

On the left side of the card on the back of the violin shape, I added a thank you sentiment using Hefty Doodle's Teach Me Words stamp set.

 

Just A Note

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Lois Bak our challenge hostess for the month, finishes off the month with one last challenge.

September is also Classical Music Month. Create a card with a musical theme. It doesn’t have to be classical music. It could be Jazz, Country, Rock 'n Roll - anything musical, even a musical instrument.

Simon Says Stamp recently released a Xylophone die set, not having one in my stash I decided I needed to buy one. You never know when you might want something beginning with "X". I die cut the frame of the xylophone from gold mirror cardstock and the bars that are on the top of the xylophone from white cardstock and colored them the colors of the rainbow.

To make sure I got the frame at the correct angle, I used the die as a guide and placed the pieces on top.

The white rectangle panel is from Spellbinders' Slimline Hemstitch die set. I added the "Just A Note" sentiment which is from Honey Bee Stamps Rockstar Sentiments stamp set.

The music note is from an older MFT Stamps die set.

For the music background on my top folding slimline card, I used CC Designs Music Border die set.

 For the inside of my card I created a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Katherine Label pop up die set.

I used Poppy Stamps Happy Birthday Melody die for the sentiment which is layered using Spellbinders' Elongated Ovals and Elongated Scalloped Ovals die sets.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Kelly McKown-Santi

Other Supplies:

Happy Birthday Melody - Poppy Stamps (discontinued)

Music Border - CC Designs (discontinued)

Music Notes - MFT Stamps (discontinued)

Elongated Ovals - Spellbinders (discontinued)

Elongated Scalloped Ovals - Spellbinders (discontinued)