CCEE2128 - Cow Appreciation Day

Continuing as hostess for the CCEE Stampers, I told them that it's Cow Appreciation Day and asked that they put some kind of farm animal (cow or otherwise) on their cards.

I made a card that could welcome a new neighbor (with a bit of humor).

Be sure to stop over to the CCEE Stampers blog to see what the rest of the team created for this challenge.

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- Make a Scene

It's the first Tuesday of June, time for another Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.  This month Karen challenged the team to "make a scene."  One of the new dies from the recent release is the Tiny House Pop-Up.  Such a cute little house!  Along with the Mushroom House Add-On, I created this little Fairy Garden.  

The front of the card is one of Riley & Company's Mushroom Lane houses.  I stamped a little fairy coming up the steps, adding the welcoming "hello" from the new Slim Flaps & Frames.

Upon opening the card, you find the entire scene, complete with two Tiny Trees Pop-Ups.  Two little glittery fairies are sitting on the fences.  

Here are a few close-up photos of this magical fairy garden.  I love the purple trees!

I had such fun creating this little bit of fantasy.

Karen Burniston Sneak Peek - Day 7

 My final sneak peek at the new Karen Burniston release again uses my favorite new die -- the Waterfall Card.  Karen had asked if I could make a "farm-related" card using it.  I dove right in!!!Pulling out the Farm Edges and several of the animal sets, I created this card

I even made a short video showing this waterfall in action.

This was a really fun card to put together.

Be sure to check the Karen Burniston website tomorrow.  All of the dies in this new release will be available to order.

Karen Burniston Sneak Peek - Day 6

My Karen Burniston sneak peek card today uses one of the dies I showed you earlier this week -- the Slim Flaps & Frames.  BUT it's used just a little differently this time.  Karen "challenged" anyone on the team to make a card using this set, but "fusing" the two center flaps together.  Not one to back down from a challenge, I gave it a go.  I had a pad of really pretty fairy paper on my shelf and knew it would be perfect for this card.

On the inside I also used the Tiny House Pop-Up with the Mushroom House add-on pieces.

The little cardinals sitting on the fence (from the Farm Edges set) are part of the new Tiny Trees Pop-Up die.

The little spiral is one of the dies from the Mini Pop-Ups set, and the fairy is from the Backyard Charms set.

I've got one more sneak peek for you tomorrow.  I hope you'll stop back to see it.

Cow Appreciation Day

According to the Holiday Insights website, today is Cow Appreciation Day; and they suggested that you go out and give a cow a hug.   Not one to back off from a challenge, I decided to give some love to the cow community today by making this card -- and putting a spin on a couple of Karen Burniston dies, several of which are brand new.

The spin on the front of the card is that I stacked two of the fences from the Farm Edges die to make it a little taller to keep the cow inside.  The base of the inside of the card was made with the House & Fence die, but I added the barn from the Barn Pop-Stand instead of the house.

How now, brown cow?  I didn't want all of my cows to be facing in the same direction, so for the brown cow I turned him over before adding the highlights.  And again, I stacked the fence, only by one rail this time.

So, I invite you to go out and hug a cow today!  Or, at the very least, drink a glass of milk!

Karen Burniston Sneak Peeks - Barn Pop Stand

Another of the new dies from Karen Burniston is the Barn Pop Stand.  Although this is a remake of a previous die, I had never used the old one; so it was a new experience for me.

It's a fun die, which has several other new dies that coordinate -- a scene builder set (Farm Edges) three animal die sets (Cow & Goat) (Chicken, Pig & Lamb) (Horse, Unicorn & Zebra) and a sentiment die (Howdy).

This is one of the cards I made with these dies.

As you can see, I used several animals as well as the Howdy sentiment.  A fun detail on the barn is that the doors slide open and closed.  To be perfectly honest, I did not use this die set as a Pop Stand.  I actually used the floating floor from the Karen Burniston House & Fence set as the base.  I wanted to have a raised barnyard.

Hope you like my first try with the Barn Pop Stand.  You'll be able to get your hands on this and all the new Karen Burniston dies in mid-July.