Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC January 2026 Release Blog Hop

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC January 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:

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

Dies are available to order on the website now!

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, 9th February 2026. 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!

For my card today, I decided to play with the new Photo Display Pop-up die set, rather than use photos on the pop up I decided to use Alphabet dies to spell out Happy BDay .... there would be many different occasions you could spell out using this die. I also love how easy it is to use this pop up.

I had a blank space at the side of the back pop up, so I add the hot air balloon from the Love is in the Air Charms set which is also a new die from this release.

To decorate the card I added two hot air balloons, using the new Hot Air Balloon die set. I wanted this card to have a masculine feel. I also added some grass along the bottom edge of my card, using the Nature Edges die set.

For the front of the card, I again used the Hot Air Balloons die set to add more hot air balloons to my card. I added two sentiments, one from the Love Notes Clear Stamp set and the other from the Stage Scenes Clear Stamp set. I used one of the labels from the Greeting Labels die set to die cut the sentiments.

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

 

Have a Nice Day

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 cards using a few of the kits from Spellbinders January 2026 All Clubs Crates release.

For the focal image of this card I used the Cottage Wall 3D Embossing Folder. I coloured the flower and leaves with alcohol markers. I then used a ink cube to add colour to the vertical lines of the embossed image.

I added two hummingbirds which are from the Large Die of the Month - Hummingbirds Delight. 

Finally I added the sentiments using the Clear Stamp of the Month - Best Year Sentiments.

For the inside of the card I added another sentiment using the Clear Stamp of the Month. The flowers along the bottom of the card are from the Large Die of the month.

 

This Is A Paper Hug

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two cards I created using stencils designed by Kristina Werner for Concord & 9th. These stencils are 6 x 9 in size which means you can create larger cards with them, and as I like making larger cards these are perfect for me.

For the stencil I used the Bitsy Blooms Stencil adding colours in various shades of pinks, purples and greens.

I used Spellbinders Woven 3D Embossing folder to add texture to the 5 x 7 panels of the card.

For the sentiments, I used stamps from Kristina Werner's Written Words 2 stamp/die set.

Here is a look at the inside of the card. I added strips of card to the sides of the card and added another of the sentiment stamps from the stamp set.

 

Thinking About You Today

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another card using 3 of the club it’s from Spellbinders December 2025 Caboodle. For this card I have used the Stencil of the month for the image. I added one of the sentiments using the Clear Stamp of the month. For the 5 x 7 background, I pulled out the 2D Embossing Folder. 

I die cut the white panel using Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals die set,before adding it to the front of my card.

For the inside of my card, I stencilled the bird and heart balloon only to the bottom and added another sentiment.

Let's Chat Soon

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing an Easel card I created using some of the products from Spellbinders December 2025 Club kits. I didn’t have much time in December to play, so I am making up for that now.

For the Easel portion of the card, I used the Gilded Rectangles die set from Chloe’s Creative Cards. It’s a die set I ordered late last year which I finally got to play with.

I used Spellbinders Stitching Die Set for December for the cups & sentiments, but I opted not to added any stitching. 

For the Embossed background, I used the 3D Embossing Folder for December, after embossing I added white ink over the raised areas. 

The “Let’s Chat Soon” is a die included in the Stitching Die set, but rather than die cutting it, I hot foiled it using white glimmer foil. 

Here’s a look at my card when it is closed ready to place in an envelope. It will fit in a 5 x 7 envelope.

Gnome Slimline Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline card using products from the Made To Make Craft kit, which is the first Craft kit designed by Sam Calcott/Made to Surprise available from Craftworld. 

For this card, I used the stamp set and pattern papers included in the kit.

For the inside of my card, I added a sentiment and a couple of images included in the kit.

Hello Emoji Easel Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a Circle Easel card using products from Trinity Stamps.

For the circle portion of the card I used the Circle Shaped die set. I then decorated the circle using the cards using the Basic Emoji Builder & All Hands Emoji Add-on die sets.

I added the sentiments using a die set from Lisa Horton Designs.

Here is a look at my card when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope.

Honey Jar Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Happy New Year! I hope 2026 will be a good one for all of us.

Today I am sharing a shaped card I created using Spellbinders Honey Jar Die set which was the large ie of the month back in January 2024. I was able to get it on sale a few months ago and put it away for Christmas.

Everything used on the front of the card is from the die set other than the sentiment.

For the inside of the card, I pulled out some old Honey Bee Stamps sentiment stamps, and added another bee.

2025 Year In Review Part 2

Hi Crafty Friends,

Well it's New Years Eve .... did 2025 go by as fast for you as it did for me??

Yesterday I posted part 1 of my Year in Review. Here is part two! Of course it was hard to decide which cards/projects were my favorites as I have created soooo many that I love!

Here is the selection I came up with, if you click on the card you will be taken to the original blog post.

JULY 

August

September

October

November

December

Well that's it for me for my look back at what I did for 2025. Thank you all for continuing to visit my blog. Happy New Year to you all!

Supplies:

Please refer to the individual blog post for supply lists for any of the cards above.