November 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our November Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is .. "FUN FACES" - Use the Fun Faces 1 Stamp set on a card of any theme.

I wanted to make a Christmas card, so I pulled out the Fun Faces 1 stamp set and the Gnome and Santa die set for this challenge.

For the pop up portion of the card, I used the Lorna Labels Pop up along with the Merry Christmas Lorna Add-ons die set. 

I added a snowy border along the bottom of the card using white glitter cardstock and the Nature Edges die set.

I used the reindeer from the Christmas Animals die set which I added to my snow. 

To finish decorating the inside of my card, I die cut the trees from the Evergreen Pivot Panels die set. I used the Fun Faces 1 stamp set to add faces to all the trees. I also added a few snowflakes from this die set to decorate the top portion of the card.

For the front of the card, I repeated the snow, reindeer & trees (complete with faces) to create a wintery scene. 

I added a stamped sentiment to the top left corner of the card, using the Christmas Wishes stamp set & a label die from the Crosshatch Rectangles & Labels die set.

 

Fa La La La La

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a pop up themed Christmas card I created recently. This card was inspired by a card I made a number of years ago, but with completely different products.

The carol singing snowmen & the door are all from Spellbinders, wouldn’t it be fun having Carol singing snowmen at your front door1 It definitely won’t happen here as it’s summer at Christmas time for me1

For the brick background of my card, I used an old MFT Stamps Brick stencil, using Antique Linen & Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide inks for colouring.

The greenery at the top of the card is an old die from Memory Box, a very well used die from my stash.  The snowy border at the bottom is also from the same company. I used white glitter Cardstock for the base of the card.

To create the pop up, I used Karen Burniston’s Lorna Label Pop-up die set, this gives a nice high support for the door. I did need to trim off the sides of the label, so they didn’t peek out the sides.

To finish off the inside I added the two lamps and a sentiment.

For the front of the card I used Spellbinders Snowball Shimmer Betterpress Plate to white glimmer a piece of dark blue cardstock. I added snowy hills at the bottom.

I added one snowman and a lamp and finished off by adding the Fa La La La La sentiment also included with The Snow Notes die set. 

Other Supplies: 

Carol Singers Die Set - Tonic Studios

Pine Needle Border - Memory Box

Open House Side Panel - Spellbinders

Open House Stair Sentiments - Spellbinders

June 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our June Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ... "ANIMALS & CHARACTERS" - Use any of our Animal or Character dies (Gnomes and People count) for a card of any theme

My first thought when I started making my card was to create a baby card using the animals from the Safari Animals die set, but as you can see I ending up making a birthday card.

I used the Lorna Label Pop-up die set to create a double pop up. I used the grass from the Nature Edges die set to add grass to the top label of the pop up.

I gave the elephant a candle which is from the Big Birthday Charms die set, The balloons the giraffe is holding is from the Lorna Label Add-ons Happy Birthday die set.

Along the top edge of the card, I added the vines & monkey from the Monkryband Lion die set.

The sentiment on the lower label of the pop up is from the Birthday Belated Clear Stamp set.

To finish off the inside of the card I added two presents which are from the Big Birthday Charms die set.

I have been wanting to create a shaker card for some time, so for this card I created a full front shaker using packaging from a stamp set.

I added the birthday sentiment which is from the Lorna Label Add-ons Happy Birthday die set.

I added another giraffe, elephant and monkey to the front of the card. 

 

Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC October 2024 Release Blog Hop

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC October 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 Sets
• 3 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Sets
• 2 new Stand Alone Die Sets
• 1 new Sentiment Die Set
• 2 new Charm Set Die Set
• 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,4th November 2024. 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 create a Christmas card using the new Penguin and Reindeer Snowman Add-ons which works with the Snowman Pop-up die set.

First up I created my card base which is 5 inches square. I added snowflake pattern digital papers that I found on Etsy. I created the penguin using the two dies mentioned above and also added two candy canes to the penguins wing which are from the Christmas Borders 2 die set.

I used the new Merry Christmas Lorna Labels Add-ons die set to add the Christmas Sentiment at the bottom right hand side of my card. This die set also includes snowflakes which I added to the sentiment.

I also added a blank label to the top right hand side of my card which is from the Lorna Labels Pop-up die set. This is a place to write a personal greeting.

For the front of my card I used the postage frame from the new Postage Pop-up die set. I die cut the frame from dark blue cardstock snd then the panels from white and sponged each of the panels using Suede Blue Catherine Pooler Ink.

I decorated two of the panels using sentiments from the Seasons of Cheer stamp set which is also being released today.

I aded the penguin using the Winter Animals die set and also added another snowflake from the Merry Christmas Lorna Labels Add-ons die set.

To finish off the front of the card, I added the candy canes to the postage frame.

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

Ken Chien

Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC June 2024 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 12 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 Sets
• 2 new Pop-up Add-ons Die Sets
• 2 new Lorna Add-ons Die Sets
• 1 new Fancy Label Add-on Die Set
• 1 new Fancy Label Frame Die Set
• 2 new Border Die Sets
• 1 new Sentiment Shadow Die Set
• 1 new Charm Set Die Set
• 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,8th July 2024. 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!

Before I get onto my card I created, I want to apologise for the lack of photos in this post. I was unexpectedly admitted to hospital last Monday and I am still there, so I am having to write my post on my iPad from my hospital bed … the other photos being on my computer at home. When I finally get home I will edit this post to add them.

I just love this new release and can’t wait to get to play with all the new dies. For my card today I have used 4 of the new die sets and 2 of the new stamp sets. 

I created a 5 x 7 card. For the pop up portion of my card I used the Just a Note Lorna Labels Add On along with Lorna Labels Pop Up die set. I then added the Piano Keys Pop Up die, adding it to the rectangle base of the Lorna Label Pop Up. I love that the Piano Keys Pop Up can be added to a number of other previously released pop up die sets.

I used the labels from the Lorna Labels die set for the stamped sentiments on the base of my card. For the sentiment I used stamps from both the Music Sentiments & Birthday Belated Sentiments stamp sets.

To finish off the inside of the card I added music notes from both the Piano Keys Pop Up & the Music Charms die sets.

For the front of the card I used the Happy Birthday Lorna Labels Add-ons die set with the Lorna Labels die set to create the Happy Birthday Label. I used the Grand Piano, Treble Clef, Music Notes & Staff to decorate the front of the 

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

Ken Chien

Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC February 2024 Release Blog Hop

 

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC December Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 12 new dies. 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 Sets
• 1 new Ball Add-on Die Sets
• 4 new Border Die Sets
• 2 new Sentiment Die Sets
• 1 new Word Set Die Set
• 1 new Tiny Accessory Die Set
• 1 new Stand Alone Die Set

 

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,26th February 2024. 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 pulled out the Lorna Label Pop-up die set to create a Double Lorna Pop-up. The Lorna Label Pop-up is a re-release of a die set when Karen was designing for another company, rather than the pop-up having to be die cut into the card, this time round it is a glue in pop-up. I was pretty excited when I heard it was coming back. One of the things I used to do using this pop-up die was to create a "double" pop-up, so that was one of the first things I tried when I got my dies for this release. 

To create the double pop-up using the Lorna Label die, fold your card in half and then position the die so it is lined up with the score line closest to the bottom of the flat portion of the label. You insert it into the card, the same way you would a single pop-up but of course you have a label at each side. I turned my card so it was in landscape style, but it works equally well in portrait style.

To decorate my card, I used the sand die from the Nature Edges die set to add sand along the bottom of the card. I added the palm trees from the Beach Bar Tiny House Add-ons die set. 

The flamingo floaty, floaty, snorkel and flippers are from the Tiny Accessories 4 die set. I used the monkey from the Monkey & Lion die set to add to the floaty.

For the sentiment, I added the "Hello" from the Word Set 6 - Summer die set. I added the stamped "waving" which is from an older stamp set.

My card measures just under 6 inches wide by 5 inches high.

For the front of the card, I added the sand using the Nature Edges die set. I also added two more palm trees.

The umbrella, sun and surfboard are all from the new Beach Elements die set.

I also added another monkey and the snorkel, mask and flippers from the Tiny Accessories 4 die set.

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 List:

Karen Burniston   

Lois Bak 

Sue Small-Kreider 

Frances Byrne  <you are here>

Jennifer Webster 

Fran Sabad 

Suzanne Smit 

Nicky Foden

Sandy Diller