Ho Ho Ho

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing three Christmas Gift Tags I created using dies from Karen Burniston.

To create the tag, I used the new Tag Toppers die set. This die set includes 4 different sized tags, plus a few decorator dies etc, like the scalloped ribbon edge die which created the green toppers on all these tags.

To decorate my tags, I used the stocking from the Stocking Pop-up die set. 

I added the "ho ho ho" sentiment to the top of each of the gift tags which is from the Small Script -  Christmas die set. 

I added the "to & from" to the back of the tags.

December 2023 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our December 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 ... "NAUGHTY OR NICE?" - Make a Christmas card that incorporates a stocking. This can be the Stocking Pop-up or the Holiday Charms stocking or the Fireplace Extras or whatever you can dream up!

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

As you can see by the photos above, I created a Christmas themed Slimline Pop-up card for this month's challenge. Besides being Designer Challenge time, it is also the start of sneak peeks for the release next Monday 11th December, so I couldn't resist adding at least one new die to my card.

For the pop-up portion of my card I used the new Raising Platform Pop-up die set for the top pop up on this card. I added the "Ho Ho Ho" sentiment from the Small Script - Christmas die set to the label. I made my slimline card to measure 3 3/4 inches x 8 1/2 inches to allow for the Raising Platform Pop-up.

The bottom pop-up uses the Stocking Pop-up die set, I like how both pop ups can be used together to create a double pop-up card. 

I added more sentiments from the Small Script- Christmas for the "Holly Jolly Christmas" to the left panel of the pop-up.

When the card is opened, the content of the stock is revealed. Besides using the present, bow & candy cane to the inside of the stock which are all from the Stocking Pop-up die set. I also used the bear from the Winter Animals die set and the foliage from the Holiday Charms die set.

For the front of the card I used the fireplace from the Fireplace Pop-up die set and the Fireplace Extras 1 die set. I had to cut the sides of the fireplace down a little so it would fit onto the width of the slimline card.

For the sentiment, I used the Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas Shadow die sets.

It's Your Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Today I am sharing a Slimline Pop-up card I created recently using stamps, dies and foil plates from various companies.

For the front of my card, I pulled out my Studio Katia Dotted Slimline 2 die set, to create all the layers of my card. I used a rainbow coloured patterned paper for the scallop layer.

The girl is die cut using Concord & 9th's Celebration Squad die set. I love all the different options you have in this die to create girl images.

I added a balloon to the girls hand, using a Lawn Fawn die set ... Outside In Stitched Balloon Stackables.

The sentiment is from Alex Syberia, a new company for me. It is a foil plate with a coordinating die to die cut out the sentiment. The sentiment was a little smaller than I was excepting, but I am more than happy with it. I foiled the sentiment with black foil and used a foiled foil plate so I could get the reverse image of the sentiment where the letters are white and the outline black.

For the inside of my card, I created a pop-up card, using Karen Burniston's new Stocking Pop-up die set. The pop-up mechanism in this die set, is generic and can be used with whatever you wish, in my case I added balloons using balloon dies from the same set that I used on the front. When you open the card, the balloons move up.

To finish off the card, I added a stamped sentiment using a Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Bliss stamp/die sets.

Hocus Pocus

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another sneak peek of some of the new dies being released by Karen Burniston on Monday 25th September. For my card today I am sharing 4 of the new dies being released.

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

As you can see, I have created a Halloween themed pop-up. For the pop-up portion of my card, I used the pop-up mechanism from the Stocking Pop-up Card die set. I placed the pop-up towards the bottom of my card, so I could add the tomb stones from the Halloween Scene die set. Along the bottom of the card I added the bones border which is from the new Halloween Borders die set.

The Witch and cauldron are from the new Witch and Cauldron die set, the bubbles and the items in the cauldron pop-up when the card is opened.

I die cut a circle for the moon, which I added to the top right hand corner of the card. I added two of the bats using the bat border which is also from the Halloween Borders die set.

I added the "Hocus Pocus" sentiment to the top left hand corner of the card, which is from the Small Script - Halloween die set.

For the front of the card, I added the Tombstone border from the Halloween Scenes die set, adding the bone border along the bottom of the card.

I added the witch to the top of the card, styling the witch so she was flying on a broom stick. I added three bats which I cut apart from the bat border around the witch.

Finally I added the Happy Halloween sentiment which is also from the Small Script - Halloween die set.

Candy Cane Christmas

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Christmas card using three of the new dies that are being released by Karen Burniston on Monday, 25th September.

Two of the new die sets being released this time round, are Christmas border die sets. I used the Candy Cane Border from the Christmas Border 2 die set to create my card today. I used the two larger rectangles from the Crosshatch - Rectangles & Labels die set for the layers. I then die cut three of the Candy Cane Borders and placed them evenly spaced apart on my card.

For the "Merry Christmas" I used the new Small Script Christmas die set.

To finish off the front of my card, I added gold peel off sticker lines between each row.

I was going to keep the inside of my card, simple ... but who can resist a pop-up when you open a card. 

I again used the Crosshatch - Rectangles and Labels for the layers on my inside panel. I also added two more Candy Cane Borders to the top and bottom of the white rectangle panel.

Next I pulled out the Christmas Stocking from the new Stocking Pop-up die set using just the stocking and Candy Canes from this set as a stand alone die. To get the stocking to pop up, I used the Small Scenes Bam Box Pop-up die set. I used the small bam box in the Small Scenes Bam Box die set to enable the stocking to pop-up when the card is opened. I positioned the bam box and stocking so that the stocking lay in the space that didn't have anything in it.

To finish off the card, I added another of the Christmas sentiments, included in the Small Script Christmas die set.

Here is another look at the inside of the card, so you can see the panel a little better.

Holly Jolly Christmas

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am excited to share my first sneak peek of the new dies being released by Karen Burniston on Monday 25th September. This time round there will be 9 dies being released which include dies for Christmas and Halloween and some dies for any occasion.

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

For my card today I created a Christmas card using three of the new die sets ... first up the Stocking Pop-up die set, the pop-up mechanism in this die set can be used as intended with the Christmas Stocking or with lots of other fun dies. I also used the Christmas Borders 1 die set and the Small Script Christmas die set

I used the largest die included in the Crosshatch - Rectangles and Labels die set to die cut the patterned paper and the white borders on the side.

I kept the front of my card simple, as the focus of this card is on the inside of the card. I used the Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas Shadow die sets for the sentiment. I also added the Christmas tree using the Christmas Trees Pop Stand die set. I added some ornaments to the tree using circles die cut using a die included in the Oven Pop-up die set which is another new die being released.