Birthday Cupcakes

I haven't used the Charm Accordion die set from Karen Burniston for quite a while and figured it was time to bring it out again.  Karen has several new "add-on" dies in her latest release, one of which was the Cupcake Add-on.  These were made specifically to use with the Landscape Rectangle Accordion, but her dies are so clever that you can use them with others as well.

In this case, I actually cut the background piece apart and mounted the cupcakes on the individual pieces.  Also in the latest release were those cute Baking Charms which appear on the small panels at the top.

The Charm Accordion die actually cuts a card 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" when closed.  But, if you use the narrow Sizzix Strip Cutting Plate, it's possible just to cut the square holes without cutting off the bottom of the card base.

I cut two of these and hinged them together to get my 4-panel card.  I added the Baking Charms to the square panels and the charm holders and charms from the set between the panels, hanging them with metal jump rings.

Sometimes it's fun to use a die set in a completely different way.  Little hint:  next month I will have another card using another die set in a way not originally designed.  I hope you'll stop by and see what I did on that card.

Karen Burniston New 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 9 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started earlier in the week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

• 2 new Charm Sets
• 1 new Word Set
• 2 new Add-on Sets
• 3 new Pop-up Die Sets
• 1 stand alone Die Set

Dies are available to order now on the website.

My card uses the Cupcake Add-on and Baking Charms.  I like that you can add those cute sprinkles by using one of the dies included in the set.

On the center panel I used some of the dies from the Baking Charms.  I just love that little spatula!  The embossing makes it look so real.

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 Friday,30th June 2023. 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!

Here is the list of Design Team members.

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak (that's me)

Sue Small-Kreider

Frances Byrne

Jennifer Webster

Fran Sabad

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Karen Burniston New Release Day 3 - Cupcake Add-on

The second add-on set for the Landscape Rectangle Accordion is the Cupcake Add-on.  

As with the Fence Add-on from yesterday, this card has two panels with the add-on feature and one original panel.  There is a die included in this set that makes the cute little sprinkles on those center cupcakes.

Another way to use this add-on set is inside one of the Tag Book sets.  In this card, I used it with the Circle Tag Book Pop-Up.

On the inisde I used the new Baking Charms on the circles.

Another versatile die set.

Don't forget our Blog Hop on Friday, June 23rd.  You get multiple chances to win a $25 gift certificate by commenting on each of the design team members' blogs.