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

Unicorns and Rainbows

 

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.

Apparently it’s” look up at the sky day.”  So recreate something you love as a beautiful part of God’s huge canvas (maybe a starry night, a bright rainbow, sunrises or sunsets, or beautiful cloud formations.)

For my card today I decided not only to look up at the sky, but to go up into the sky among the clouds and rainbows where the unicorns live.

I created a Slimline Scenescape card using Mama Elephant's Slimline Scenescape Builder die set and the coordinating Rainbow Add-on die set.

I die cut the base from white cardstock and then used Kitsch Flamingo Distress ink to add the clouds to all the various pieces before assembling the scene.

I normally make my rainbows traditional bright colours, but for my card today I decided to go pastel.

The unicorns are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp's Unicorns and Rainbows stamp set, I again selected pastel colours when colouring the unicorns.

I added the sun to the front panel of my card, along with a sentiment from a older Hero Arts stamp set.

I added sparkle to my card by splattering on some Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust. In real life this makes he card look sparkly, however trying to take photos wasn't so great as the liquid stardusts looks like a dirty mark in the photos, when it is not. I also added some larger bling by added some Glacier jewels from Pinkfresh Studio.

I added a pink panel and then the pink cloudy panel to the back of the card. I added a unicorn/rainbow sentiment and two more unicorns and my card is done!

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:

Make A Wish Stamp Set - Hero Arts (discontinued)

Unicorn Cake

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Birthday Slimline Card I created recently. 

For this card I am using Your Next Stamp's Slim Circle Panel Die, I purchased this a few weeks ago and was surprised when it turned up two weeks later. This year I have been lucky if parcels from the USA & Canada get here within a month or two month due to COVID 19 and the international borders being closed. Of course I couldn't want to play with it.

To decorate my card I used Hero Arts Decorate A Cake which I ordered earlier in the year, being Unicorn themed I had to add it to my stash!

I used Mama Elephant's Big Happy Birthday die to add the sentiment, die cutting it from white glitter card and dark pink card and offsetting the two sentiments.

For the inside of the card I used Catherine Pooler's "Celebrate" die for the sentiment. I added two unicorns from Motion Crafts by Uchi's Design's Unicorn Flipbook stamp set.

I also added a few of the circles that came out of the Slim Circle Panel die randomly over the card.

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.

Unicorns and Rainbows

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.

Continuing the "S" theme we have this month, our challenge is all about .... 

Stripes - create a card that includes stripes! Create your own striped background by using paper/card scrap strips; striped stamps or patterned paper.

A few weeks ago I created a Slimline Bridge card in landscape style, today I have created one in portrait style. This card measures 4 inches x 9 inches. To create the Slimline Bridge base I started with a piece of cardstock measuring 5 1/2 inches x 9 inches. I then scored along the 5 1/2 inch side at 1 inches; 1 3/4 inches; 3 3/4 inches; 4 1/2 inches.


I used Mama Elephant's Quick Stripes die set to create the stripes used on the background of my card. I had previous die cut cardstock in the colors of the rainbow and I still had enough left to make my background for this card and possibly for something else in the future. After creating my rainbow background, I cut it down to the size needed for each of the layered panels.

I used Divinity Designs Slimline Clouds die set, die cutting each of the three dies included from the set from white cardstock. I blended some blue ink along the scalloped edges of all the clouds. I layered the 3 clouds together and then adhered it to the bottom of the Slimline Bridge card.



I used the clouds included in Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rainbows die set to add the single clouds to the top portion of the card.

To decorate the card I used the unicorns, castle & sentiments from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Unicorns & Rainbows stamp set.

It's hard to see in the photos, but once the card was all decorated I added shimmer along the edges of all the clouds and added some translucent star sequins over the clouds. In real life the stars have a hint of pink & blue all over the clouds, adding a little sparkle.



I had a small amount of rainbow background left over that I used on the front of the card, so I trimmed that down to use some on the back panel. I added a single cloud, unicorn and sentiment.

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

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Tracey Farr

Lois Bak

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.

Straight Up Magic

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun Unicorn/Rainbow themed card I created recently.

For the background of card I used Hello Bluebird's After the Rain Scene die. This die includes the frame, rainbow and clouds. I die cut this die a few times so that I could have various layers on the card. I used Pixie Dust Catherine Ink for the shading around the clouds, stars and frame of my card. 

To decorate my card I used MFT Stamps Unicorns & Glitter stamp set. There are no unicorns as such in this stamp set, just two girls a dog and cat that are all dressed like a unicorn.

For the inside of the card I added another of the girls from the set and the sentiment under the "Happy Birthday" sentiment.

The birthday sentiment is from Altenew's Birthday Builder stamp set.

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.

Bumping By

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Pull card I created recently.

To create this card I used the Rectangle Pull Card die set which is an older die set designed by Karen Burniston when she was designing for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

To decorate my card I used Avery Elle's Peek-a-Boo Fair Clear stamp set. I stamped the bumper car, unicorn, flag, fairy floss and stars from the stamp set.

When you 'pull' the left side of the card it reveals a sentiment. I used a birthday sentiment from Catherine Pooler Designs Say It In Diamonds stamp set.

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.

Rectangle Pull Card - Designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs (retired)

Unicorns Rock!

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I continue to issue the challenges.

Apparently today is Unicorn Day … so let's feature unicorns on our cards this week.

Yesterday I shared two Surprise Ball Easter Bunnies that I made for my grandchildren for Easter, using Karen Burniston's Surprise Ball Pop-up die set. When I first started making these, I had planned on making a white Easter Bunny. But after assembling the two Surprise Balls and adhering them together and adding a few rabbit elements to the project, I decided to created a Caramel Bunny instead. Rather than waste the two white Surprise Balls, I carefully separated the two Surprise Balls, and removed the elements I had added and decided to use the Surprise Balls to make an Offset Stacking Unicorn Surprise Ball instead.

To discover how to make a Offset Stacking Surprise Ball Animal, check out Karen Burniston's  tutorial where she created a Lizard. You can find her video here.

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



I had been thinking of making this for a few weeks now ... but was debating on this or using one of the Unicorn themed stamps/dies I had also acquired recently. There had been a discussion on Karen Burniston's Pop-up Peeps Facebook Group about Unicorn Surprise Balls, and I knew if I were to make one the first thing I would pull out was my Pink Fresh Studio's Magical Unicorn Stamp and coordinating die set. Well it took some finding, but when I looked on my blog for the last time I used that set, I located the missing item in amongst another unicorn stamp set. I used this set to add the Unicorn's horn, ears and eyes.

For the mane on the front of the Unicorn's head. I used leaves from one of the ferns included in Bright Rosa's Fern Border die set. I trimmed 6 leaves off the fern and colored the leaves pink and purple and adhered them to the front of the ears.

I added a flower to the middle of the mane using a flower die from the Upsy Daisy Pop-up die set.



For the wings, mane (behind the ears) and tail I used dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs Heart with Wings die set.



I added two sentiments and two stamped rainbows to inside of the card. The rainbows & the sentiment on the right panel are from Your Next Stamp's Unicorns Rock! stamp set.

The Birthday sentiment on the left panel is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Unicorns and Rainbows stamp set.

The patterned paper used on this card is from Sunny Studio Stamps Spring Fling 6 x 6 paper pad.



The base of my card is a side folding card which measures 5 1/2 inches x 6 1/2 inches when folded. 

To keep the card closed, I created a belly band. As I had purchased Waffle Flower's Unicorn die set back in February I decided to add that to the front of my card on the belly band. I added the Unicorn Rocks! sentiment which is also included in the Your Next Stamp stamp set.

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.

Heart With Wings die set - Elizabeth Craft Designs (retired)