July 2022 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 ... "SPINNERS" - create a card of any theme where something spins (this can be Spinner Square, modified Mailbox, or something wound on a string)

Here is a quick video of my card in action.

I have been wanting to make Karen Burniston's Slimline Double Spinner Card that she posted in April for another Designer Challenge, so this challenge was a perfect opportunity to make one. You can see Karen's video here. 

Normally I know what I want to create when I get started, but for this card I had no idea, so I started with the spinner mechanism and then selected papers and went from there. I decided the colours of the paper shouted birthday so I went from there.

To create my card I used the Spinner Square Pop-up adhering one of the spinner mechanisms to each side of my slimline card. For my patterned paper I used the largest rectangle included in the Long Rectangles - Crosshatch die set. 

For all the birthday elements (the cake, presents etc), I used dies from the Big Birthday Charms die set.

For the sentiments on the spinner arms, I used stamps from The Stamping Village Birthday stamp set. I also added a candle to the ends of each of the arms.

I used rectangles from the Short Rectangles - Crosshatch die set to add a panel to write a personal greeting to the lower left hand corner of my card.

For the front of my card, I repeated a the presents square which I adhered to the lower portion of my card. I die cut the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from pink glitter cardstock using the Happy Birthday & Happy Birthday Shadow die sets.

I added texture to the presents on both the front and inside of my card using Altenew's Pinstripe Background stamp and inks to match the colours of the presents. The inks are listed in the supply list below.

Happy Bird-Day

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Kelly Santi our challenge hostess for the month, continues to issue the challenges.

Apparently it’s World Rainforest Week (October 10-16). Create a card showing the rainforest or any animal you’d find in the rainforest (and/or trees, rivers, rainforest animals, etc) 

When I was going through some stamps recently, I came upon this set in my stash which I thought would be perfect for this challenge. So I pulled it out to use on my card today. This is MFT Stamps Toucan Do It stamp set.

For the background I created a stencilled panel using Taylored Expressions Mosaic Leaves stencil blending in Catherine Pooler inks in Sage, Grass Skirt, Lime Rickey and Eucalypts.

I then die cut this panel and a black cardstock using Taylored Expressions Square Block Cutting Plate.

 

It's been a while since I have used Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop-up die set, so I used that for the inside of the card. I used the same elements I used on the front of the card for the inside.

Here is a quick video to see my card in action.

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

Vicky Gould

Kelly McKown-Santi

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Square Block Cutting Plate - Taylored Expressions (retired)

Elvis Always the Original

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Liz Williams our challenge hostess for the month, continues to issue the challenges.

Happy Birthday, Elvis!! Liz is challenging us to make him come alive in some way on our cards this week.( Maybe  a rock and roll theme, records, an Elvis or guitar stamp, or perhaps even “Blue Suede shoes.”) Anyway you can think to let the world know “the King” of tock and roll.

Of course this was the perfect opportunity to play with my Elvis stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms. These are some stamps I have had in my stash for over 10 years and unfortunately are no longer available .... fortunately I have a fair number I was able to purchase before they were discontinued.

I stamped the "Elvis Is" background stamp twice onto white cardstock using VersaMark ink and embossed using white embossing powder. I then applied Distress Oxide inks in reds over the entire background.

For the main image I used the "Elvis Alway the Original" stamp which is one of the last Elvis stamps I had purchased and until this challenge I hadn't used.

I added a few music notes from a Lawn Fawn die set to embellish the card.

For the inside of my card I created a pop up card using Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop-up die set. This card is fairly narrow for a Spinner Square Card so adding the "Elvis" word at the side of the Elvis image was a little tricky so it wouldn't be seen when the card was done.

I added another sentiment to the left hand side of the card.

Here is a look at my card as it is closing so you can see how the "Elvis" sentiment moves behind the square panel so it can't be seen.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Kelly McKown-Santi

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. Please note I only use and share products I love.

• Elvis the Original - Cornish Heritage Farms
• Western Elvis - Cornish Heritage Farms
• Elvis Is - Cornish Heritage Farms
• Elvis - Cornish Heritage Farms
• Always on My Mind - Cornish Heritage Farms

Wishing You a Magical Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

I finally had a chance to play with the Hero Arts December My Monthly Hero Kit. I have had this idea in my head for a few months now so it is nice to finally be able to get it out of there and into an actual card!

As you can see I have created a pop up card using Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop-up Card die set ... this is  such a fun set. When you open and close the card, it appears that the two on the magic carpet are flying in the air.

For the inside of the card I lined both sides using designer paper and then die cut two of the City Skyline Fancy die from Hero Arts using black, burgundy and gold cardstock and piecing these together to create the border. I stamped a sentiment onto each of the burgundy panels on this border.

I added another sentiment to the centre square panel using the Hero Arts Make a Wish Clear Stamp set.

Here is a quick video to show my card in action.

Here you can see how the magic carpet goes up towards the top of the card as the card is closing.

For the front of the card I used the December My Monthly Hero stamp set and the coordinating dies to create the scene through the fancy window and added a few of the images so they look like they are sitting on the floor of a castle.

I added shimmer to the girls dress using the Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen.

To add more sparkle to the card I added Bronze Rhinestones to the centres of each of the flowers on the designer paper on both the front and inside of the card.

Supplies:

Other:
Stamps - My Month Hero December Kit - Hero Arts
Cardstock - White; Black; Burgundy; Gold
Bronze Rhinestones
Copics

April 2018 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our April 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 .... "HIP TO BE SQUARE" - incorporate a square (or squares) into your project of any theme.

I decided to create a card using Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop-up die set on a square card.

I created three panels for my card insert using white cardstock which I decorated using distress oxide inks and added the grassy hills to the base using the Nature Edges die set.

I stamped, colored and cut out images from the Winnie & Walter's Happy Dance Clear Stamp set which I have been wanting to play with for a while. I added a stamped sentiment from the stamp set to the square pop up panel and added the cat and a birthday cake to the spinner which pops up from behind the square panel.

The speech bubble is a die included in the Spinner Square Pop-up die set.

I die cut five balloons from white cardstock and colored them using colors I used on the front of my card and adhered them to the top portion of the card. 

Here is a short video which shows my card in action.

Here is a look at the front of my card ... I created my card and scene on a square panel. I added the # 6 die cut from the Numbers die set to the little bear on the left. 

One last photo showing how the cat holding the cake spinner portion of the card moves up towards the top of the card when it is closed.

Don't forget to visit Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month.

Supplies:

Other:
Stamps - Happy Dance by Winnie & Walter
Cardstock - White
Copic Opaque White
Copics
Foam Tape

Tee-rific Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a card I made for a very good friend who celebrated her birthday a couple of days ago. My friend loves playing golf and for as many years as I can remember I have created a golf themed card to give to her for her birthday. After all this time she more or less expects it from me haha!

This year I pulled out a couple of stamps I have had for a while but hadn't gotten around to using to create her card. I used Magnolia Stamps Golf Tilda and Golf Flag stamps for this card. I also found some patterned paper at a local Scrapbook Store last year which is perfect for my card.

For the inside of my card I used Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop-up Card die set. The sentiment and large golf ball move up behind the rectangle panel as the card is opened and closed.

Here is a short video so you can see the card opening and closing.

One final photo showing how the sentiment and large golf ball moves behind the rectangle panel.

Supplies:

Stamps: Golf Tilda; Golf Flag - Magnolia Stamps; Fore! Three Two One - Rubbernecker Stamps; Live Laugh Golf - Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Green; Tan; 18 Holes Designer Paper - Karen Foster Design; Class Act Paper Pad - Kaiser

Dies: Spinner Square Pop-up Card - Karen Burniston; Dashing Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; Broken China Distress Oxide; Peeled Paint Distress Oxide; Lucky Clover Distress Oxide; Foam Tape; Copics

We Can't Always Choose The Music

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Karen Aicken our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenges.

Being the third Saturday of the month it is time for a sketch challenge.

For my card today I have used a stamp set I received as a freebie in a magazine, Creative Stamping Issue 52. This set was designed by Sheena Douglas and called The Music & Dance Collection. This is a stamp set I have been watching out for for a little while.

For the background of my card I used the emboss resist technique, stamping the music border onto white cardstock using Versamark ink and embossing using white embossing powder. Distress Oxide inks were then applied over the embossed images.

I added one of the sentiments from the stamp set to the fishtail layer. For the semi circle panel on the right hand side, I stamped the large circular music note stamp onto white card and embossed using white embossing powder and then die cut using circle dies.

Finally I stamped the dancers silhouette image onto a rectangle panel.

As I like to decorate the inside of my cards, I created two more background panels using the same stamps/technique as the front. 

I used Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop-up Card die set to create the pop-up on the inside of the card. I added the dancing couple shoes to the pop-up panel and a sentiment to the spinner part of the card.

Finally I added a blank label to the base of the card so that a hand written greeting can be added.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Anja de Regt

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Ednie

Supplies:

Stamps: Music & Dance Collection - Sheena Douglas/Creative Stamping Issue 52

Paper: White; Black; Orange

Dies: Spinner Square Pop-up Card; Fancy Label Accordion Card - Karen Burniston; Fitted Fishtails; Dashing Circles; Fitted Circles - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; VersaMark Ink; Twisted Citron Distress Oxide; Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide; Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide; Clear Embossing Powder; Foam Tape; Copics

No One Is Too Old For Fairy Tales

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our February Paper Pros challenge. This month our challenge is again hosted by Karen Aicken who gave us the theme of .... Love. 

For my card today I wanted to play with my new Concord & 9th Heart Turnabout stamp, which I used to stamp onto the light pink cardstock in various shades of pink ink. I created three heart background panels so I could use them on the front and inside of my card.

To decorate the front of my card I used Karen Burniston's Castle Pop-up Card die set to add the castle to my card, the great thing about this die set is that it can be used to create a pop-up card or flat on a card as I have done here.

I added the smaller Stamping Bella Fairy Tale Squidgies image in front of the castle, this stamp set comes with a small and large version of the same image.

For the inside of my card I used added the other two heart background panels I created and continued the castle theme along the bottom of the card on both sides.

I used Karen Burniston's Spinner Square Pop-up Card die set to create the square panel in the centre of the card that has the spinner on the side.

This time around I added the larger of the 'squidgie' images to the square panel and then used Word Set 5 - Royalty to add the "My" and "Princess" to the square panel. 

For the spinner part of the card I used a sentiment that came with the stamp set.

You can see what the other "Paper Pros" created for this challenge on their blogs:

Caz Counsell

Fran Sabab

Karen Aicken

Karen Burniston 

Kelly Booth

Sandy Diller

Raquel Mason

Shelly Hickox

Supplies:

Karen Burniston:

Other:

Stamps -  Heart Turnabout - Concord & 9th; Fairy Tale Squidgies - Stamping Bella; Simply Enchanting - CC Designs

Cardstock - White; Pale Pink; Pink; Bright Pink

Polka Dot Designer Paper

Inks - Black; Catherine Pooler It's A Girl Ink Pad; Catherine Pooler Party Dress Ink Pad; Gina K Designs Passionate Pink Ink Cube; Delicata Rose Gold Ink Pad;

Nuvo Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Pen 

Foam Tape

Copics

This Calls for Cake

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Being a brand new month it's time to introduce our new challenge hostess which is Kelly McKown-Santi.

Apparently today is Spunky Old Broad's Day! So our challenge this week is to create a card/project featuring your favorite sassy ol' gal!

I enjoy the gals from Loralie Art Stamps, these are hard to get these days but I was fortunate to find this one on eBay recently.

I paper pieced the pants; shirt and hat which is something I haven't done for ages, a few years ago we used to do this all the time. I also added Nuvo Drops to the glasses and the flames of the candles.

For the inside of the card I used one of Karen Burniston's new dies, this one is the Spinner Square Pop-up. The present to the right of the sentiment spins behind the sentiment as it is opening and closing. 

As you can see I stamped the birthday girl again and added a few presents around the card. 

Here is another photo of the inside of my card, you can see how the present is moving behind the sentiment panel as the card is closing.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould
Kelly McKown-Santi

Supplies:

Karen Burniston:

Stamps: Birthday Girl - Loralie Art Stamps; Celebrate Your Day - Reverse Confetti

Paper: White; Pink; Fairy Tails Paper Pad - Doodlebug Design Inc.

Dies: Spinner Square Pop-up - Karen Burniston

Other: Black Ink; White Blizzard Nuvo Glitter Drops; Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops; Foam Tape; Copics