Karen Burniston New Release Day 4

One of the new dies in this release is an add-on to the Tiny House Pop-Up die set.  It is the Beach Bar Tiny House.  Living in Florida, this set is right in my wheelhouse.  I've had a lot of fun using it.  On the front I did a little "word surgery," adding a "y" to the word "Beach" (from the new Word Set 16 - Beach Happy Hour set) to the previously released Happy Birthday sentiment.

When you open the card, there sits the new little Beach Hut.  I love the thatched roof on it.  Note the cocktails sitting on the bar.  There's more from Word Set 16 - Beach Happy Hour on the inside as well.

Also used on this card are the new Sea Charms and the previously released Hexagon Crosshatch dies.

All of these new dies will be available for purchase on Monday, February 20th.

 

 

 

 

 

CCEE2243 - Walk Your Dog Week

Maryann is the hostess for the CCEE Stampers this month and starts off with an interesting challenge.  According to the days of the year calendar, it is Walk Your Dog Week, a weeklong holiday dedicated to bringing your dog a healthier lifestyle.   She asked us to make a card with your furry friend in mind.

I currently do not have a furry friend; but when I was a kid, we had a dalmatian called Patches.  My father's friends loved to throw lit cigarette butts on the ground and watch Patches pounce on them to put them out.  A true firehouse dog!  

For my card I made a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Surprise Ball and Bitty Ball Pop-Ups.  The pups on the front of the card are from Kindred Stamps.

As you can see, you can take the dog out of the card for display.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for more tributes to our furry friends.

Karen Burniston Sneak Peek - Day 2

I'm using another one of Karen Burniston's new dies today -- actually I'm showing you two of them.  One is an "add-on" set.  The primary set is the Tiny House Pop-Up.  I realize Christmas has long-since passed, but I wanted to make a gingerbread house.

A fun element to this set is the roof die.  It is treated so that you can ink it up prior to cutting the roof piece.  This will show the shingles in more detail.  I used Versamark and white embossing powder so that it looks like icing.  The "gumdrops" along the edge of the roof line were made with a die of 4 small hearts, which is part of the set.

The "add-on" set contains elements to make a Mushroom House.  You get a different roof, door, and windows.  The front of the card is a Riley & Co. Mushroom Lane image, as are the little gnomes on the inside.

You can see that the door is rounded at the top and the windows are round.  And, oh, by the way, that tree is also new.  It's from a set called Tiny Trees Pop-Up.  I'll have another card using that die later this week, showing it in more detail.  I hope you'll check back.