Pop-Up Mug of Coffee

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It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team May 2026 Challenge whose theme is CAFFEINATE! – using a coffee, tea, soda or chocolate theme. I used the Stage Pop-Up, Tea and Coffee Pop-Up, Cake Pop-Up, Leaping Animals and Tea and Coffee Borders die sets and Fun Faces 1 , Stage Scenes and Coffee Chat stamp sets to make this energized morning mug of coffee – a perfect gift for a co-worker.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Pop-Up Stage Base: (Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for Stage Pop-Up.) Cut two base pieces and two side pieces from the Stage Pop-Up die set. (I cut my stage base pieces from heavy green cardstock and the sides from thin decorative cardstock. I found that the heavier cardstock works best for this card and its pop-up mechanism.) Cut three decorative rectangles from the Stage Pop-Up set. (It may be easier to stamp these small rectangles and then die-cut them.) Cut two of the base polygon decorative pieces from white cardstock and another two from decorative paper. Save the white pieces to be stamped with a sentiments before gluing to the bottom and side of the stage base. Cut three border mugs and hearts from the Tea and Coffee Borders die set. Glue one side piece tab to the straight edge side of the other side piece and then decorate with the sentiment rectangles and heart mugs.

Frog Mug Pop-Up: using the Tea and Coffee Pop-Up die set, cut two mugs from mid to light-weight white cardstock. Cut a 2×6-inch piece of copier paper and color coffee brown with a marker. Cut two frogs from green using the Leaping Animals die set. Add white gel pen dots to all the tips of the frogs’ hands and feet as well as the raised dots and mouths. Decide which piece will be decorated on its back side. Following the instructions in the video above on how to stamp the eyes onto mug using the Fun Faces 1 stamps before gluing the frogs onto the mugs. Add clear packing tape over the mug fronts as shown in the video. Connect the two mug shapes together using the brown copier paper as shown above in the video.

Steam Pop-Up: (Watch the assembly videos at the bottom of the linked pages for Tea and Coffee Pop-Up and Cake Pop-Up.) From heavy weight white cardstock cut one curling steam and 2-inch support strip from the Tea and Coffee Pop-Up set and two of the top tiny cake tier pieces from the Cake Pop-Up set. Color the cake top and support strip pieces on both sides, coffee brown. trim the base of the steam into a point as shown in the video above. Assemble into the mug and onto the stage pop-up as shown in the video above.

Sentiments: On the bottom side of the Stage Pop-Up, I stamped on the top white decorator panel with “Drink coffee and conquer the day” from the the Coffee Chat stamp set. The “Push” with arrows comes from the Stage Scenes set. Three small stamps from Coffee Chat were used on the side decorator panels – “Brewed with love,” “Love at first sip” and “Coffee fuels my happy.”

Envelope: The card fits into 5×7-inches A7 size envelope decorated with “Hot coffee, warm heart” stamped in dark brown from the Coffee Chat stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Echo Park – 12×12-inch Cardstock – Coffee and Friends – Coffee & Sunshine, Morning Latte
  • Heavy 100lb Pale Green Cardstock
  • Heavy 100lb White Cardstock
  • Mid-weight 65-80lb White Cardstock
  • A7 (5×7-inch) Envelope – Ivory

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Pencil
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Tweezers
  • We R – Precision Press Mini – Stamping Platform

Giant Birthday Cake Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #317 whose parameters were: A9 project, florist shop colors, birthday(s) element and something from your MESK (messy desk). I used This Calls for Confetti stencils, dies and stamps for this 5.5×8.5-inch card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: I took an 8.5×11-inch sheet of single-sided floral cardstock (110lb) and scored and fold it in half to form a side-fold 5.5×8.5-inch A9 card. Next, I glued two solid pink 4.5×7.5-inch mats to the center of the front and back panels. On top of these two panels I glued pink floral 4×7 rectangles.

Sentiments: The sentiments are all on a single stamp (Alice’s Story Birthday Sentiments) that goes on over the stenciled cake layers. Then the cake is die-cut using the Three Tier Cake Layering Stencils & Die.

Envelope: The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inches) envelope with some of the cake sentiments stamped on the back flap using Alice’s Story Birthday Sentiments.

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Materials Used:

Die & Stencils

Stamps

Papers

  • Park Lane Paperie – 8.5×11-inch Single-Sided 110lb Cardstock – Roses
  • Pink and White Cardstock
  • Catalog (6×9-inches) envelope – White

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Pinkfresh – Metallic Pearls – Gold
  • Trinity Stamps – Sparkle Hearts – White

Three Fruity Cards

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Having received the Spellbinders’ All-Clubs Crate for April 2026, I decided to play with the Fresh Packed Clear Stamp + Die of the Month, the Market Berries Stencil of the Month and Seed Co. Border Press + Foil of the Month sets.

Market Tote: This is an A2 (4.24×5.5-inch) card with a yellow gingham paper mat. The die-cut brown bag is one of the dies in the Fresh Packed stamp & die set. The lemons, tomato, berries and flowers were stamped first using Chiffon, Grass Skirt, Mandarin Spice, Rockin’ Red, Samba inks. The tiny black seeds and texture were added with an ultra fine tipped pen. Next the bag was glued in place and then the sentiments which came from the same set and die-cut. The flowers were fussy cut out and popped-up with foam dots.

Stamped Lemons and Strawberries: This is an A2 (4.24×5.5-inch) card with a green pattern paper mat. The lemon and strawberries stamps from the Fresh Packed set were used with Chiffon, Grass Skirt and Samba inks. tiny black seeds and texture were added with an ultra fine tipped pen. The sentiment from the same stamp set is stamped in green, die-cut three times and glued together to add dimension.

Stenciled Berry Plants:  This is an A6 (4.75×6.25-inches) card which uses Market Berries Stencil of the Month with the ink colors of Gray Flannel, Grass Skirt, Samba & Sea Glass and Tuxedo Black. Yellow Pops of Color form the flower centers and an accent of yellow satin ribbon was added before the stenciled panel was glued on the cardbase. Sentiment is from the Seed Co. Border press plates on a bisque colored heavy weight cotton cardstock.

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Materials Used:

Stencils

  • Spellbinders – 4.75×6-inch Plastic Stencils – Market Berries

Stamps & Press Plates

  • Spellbinders – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies – Fresh Packed
  • Spellbinders – Press Plates – Seed Co. Border

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch -100lb Cardstock – Rainbow
  • Spellbinders – 5.50×4.25-inch A2 Panels – Cotton 118lb. – Bisque
  • White Cardstock
  • A6 (4.75×6.25-inches) Cardbase – Ivory

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Gray Flannel & Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Catherine Pooler- Mini Ink Pads – Chiffon, Grass Skirt, Mandarin Spice, Rockin’ Red, Samba & Sea Glass

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Gel Plate
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • 1/8-inch wide Satin Ribbon – Yellow
  • Scrapbook.com – Pops of Color – Gloss – Sunshine

Happy Mail Pop-Up Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #316 whose parameters were: diagonal cut project, calm colors, post(er)(s) element and hexagon. I used Karen Burniston dies and stamps for this stage pop-up card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Pop-Up Stage Base: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut two base pieces from the Stage Pop-Up die set and two side pieces from the Grass Stage Add-Ons set.

Mailbox & Fence: (Watch the video above and the video for Love Notes – A Pop-Up Valentine for assembly instructions.) Uses Karen Burniston’s Mailbox Pop-Up and Fence Add-On die sets.

Sentiments: The sentiments are stamped on 1-inch squares of thin white paper using a variety of ink colors and the sentiments are from Karen Burniston’s Love Notes and Photo Memories stamp sets as well as Concord & 9th’s Happy Mail set. The pop-up’s bottom sentiment is from the Concord & 9th set while “PUSH” is from Karen Burniston’s Stage Scenes.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inches) envelope with “Happy Mail” stamped on the back flap using the stamp from Concord & 9th’s Happy Mail.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Simple Stories – 12×12 inch Double Sided Cardstock – Garden Party Collection – Tea Garden
  • Brown, Green, Reds and White Cardstock
  • White Copier Paper
  • Silver Matte Cardstock
  • A7 (5×7-inches) Envelope – Ivory

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Espresso Truffle, Gray Flannel, Paris Dusk, Rich Cocoa, Rose Bud & Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Craft Clips
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Stamping Platform
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Flower Cake Pop-Up Birthday Card

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This cake pop-up card is for a spring birthday for a flower garden enthusiast and is made using Karen Burniston dies.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: Using a purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase, cut from at least three different pattern papers, three each of the three largest rectangle dies in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set for the inside of the card and card front. Using the fourth largest rectangle die, cut out the centers of all but the scalloped rectangles. Glue these smaller rectangles together and cut out the largest rectangle die for the card back panel. Glue panels together and onto the card as shown in the video above.

Card Back

Cake Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for Cake Pop-Up. Cut the largest circle in Circles – Crosshatch set from a silver or gray paper. Cut in half and glue each half as shown in the video above. Color the fold area between the two circle halves with a silver marker.  Cut two each of the three cake dies from a white patterned paper. Assemble as how in the video above.

Sentiments: The front sentiment “Start each day with a grateful heart” and the inside “Birthday” are embellishment cards from Anna Griffin. The white label frame around the front sentiment is cut using the label frame die from Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch. “HAPPY” on the inside is die cut from gold mirror cardstock using the letters in Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons. The white personal message label is cut using the Greeting Labels.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) size envelope with patterned paper glued to the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons – 1276
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Circles – Crosshatch – 1057
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cake Pop-Up – 1028

Papers

  • Anna Griffin – 12×12 inch Paper Collection with Embellishments – Paisley Papers
  • Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Silver
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Reverse Tweezers
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Craftstash – Gold Half Gems

Pop-Up Hello Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #315 whose parameters were: “hello” project, strawberry field colors, hop(s) hopping element and big letter(s). I used Karen Burniston dies and stamps for this stage pop-up card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Pop-Up Stage Base: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut two base pieces from the Stage Pop-Up die set and two side pieces from the Grass Stage Add-Ons set.

Hopping Bunnies: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut four of the hopping bunnies from brown using the Leaping Animals die set. Two of the four bunnies will be reversed. Cut two of the underbelly die from white. On the two front facing bunnies, use the stencil feature of the bunny die to ink in the facial features in black and the ears, tail and highlights in eyes with white gel pen. On the back two bunnies only color the tails.

Sentiments: “Hello” is die cut in red and pink using the Hello die set and dots added using a fine tipped pin. Stage Scenes stamps set was used for the “Push” on the bottom of the stage. “Just a little note” comes from the Music Sentiments stamp set. “Hop Hop Hooray!” is from the Bug Greetings stamps.

Envelope: The card fits into an A6 (4.75×6.5-inches) envelope with “Miles apart but close in Heart” stamped on the back flap using the stamp from Stage Scenes.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Ciao Bella – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Paper – Aesop’s Fables
  • Keep It Simpe – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Jade Collection Pack
  • Red and White Cardstock
  • A6 (4.75×6.5-inches) Envelope – Cream

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Stamping Platform
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R – Precision Press Mini – Stamping Platform
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Which Came First The Chicken or The Egg Birthday Card

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I like discovering new craft companies by perusing the Spin Sponsor section of Craft Roulette. That’s how I found this amusing stamp set of snarky birds from The Rabbit Hole Designs. I pared it with a nested egg shaped die set from Simon Says Stamp!

Watch the video below to see how the card was made.

Cardbase: I used a 65lb sheet of white cardstock folded in half and die-cut the largest egg in the Simon Says Stamp Basic Shapes Nested Eggs die set. The die was placed with fold on the left side and the left edge of the die was slightly over the fold. I cut two eggs from decorative paper to cover the front and back of the card, gluing the back on first, trimming off the edge that extended over the fold before gluing the front egg onto the cardbase. (I stamped my inside sentiments before gluing the outside pieces onto the cardbase.)

Birds: Using black ink and The Rabbit Hole Designs Squawk Talk set, I stamped the images and front sentiment on to white cardstock. Next, using Nuvo Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils, I colored the images and used a water brush to smooth out the pigment. The images were then fussy cut out. I used 1mm thick foam tape, to pop-up the images and the sentiment on the card front.

Sentiments: From The Rabbit Hole Designs stamp set, “Happy Bird-day” and “I’m sorry did I roll my eyes out loud?” are stamped in black ink onto the inside of the cardbase. (I find it easier to do this stamping before finishing the outside of the card.)

Envelope: Using a A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope I stamped “you’re egg-cellent” on the back in brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Simon Says Stamp! – Steel Dies – Basic Shapes Nested Eggs – 1579sd

Stamps

  • The Rabbit Hole Designs – Clear Stamps – Squawk Talk – TRH-259

Papers

  • Laserowe Love – 12×12-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Vintage Trip by Renata Maslyk
  • White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Hero Arts– Alcohol-marker friendly ink – Intense Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Scrapbook.com – Foam Tape – 1mm thick

Tools

  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Water Brush

Zoyfold Christmas Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #314 whose parameters were: a zoyfold (z-fold with joyfold) card, Easter egg colors, seal(s)(ing) element and 4-square. I created this 5-inch square card using Emily Moore Designs dies.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: Watch the assembly video above for how to create the zoyfold card base. The z-fold is made from an 111×5-inch sheet of white cardstock, scored and folded at 3-inches and 6-inches. The triangular joyfold card is a square cut using the largest scalloped rectangle die in the Emily Moore Designs’ Decorative Sentiments Dies set.

Decorations: I used scraps of Anna Griffin Paisley paper to cover the card. The wax seal & ribbon uses Spellbinder’s Autumn wax bead mix, Sam Calcott’s Made to Surprise Christmas wax seal stamps, and the large fishtail banner from Emily Moore Designs’ Decorative Sentiments Dies. two small magnets from Scrappy Tails were glued and taped on to the underside of the seal to hold the card shut.

Sentiments: While the wax seal has “Merry Christmas” on it, the inside banner has “Peace & Joy.” The seal stamper and my wax seal stamp kit are by Sam Calcott’s Made to Surprise, while the banner sentiment comes from the Spellbinder’s Design A Plaid BetterPress set. The banner base is a die in the Emily Moore Designs’ Decorative Sentiments Dies.

Card Back

Envelope:  The card is thick because of the wax seal and would be hand delivered.

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Spring Training Baseball Birthday Card

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Made this special birthday card for a MLB baseball stringer using Karen Burniston’s Photo Gallery Pop-Up and Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons along with Carta Bella Home Run double-sided papers by Steven Duncan.

Cardbase: I folded a 6.5×12-inch rectangle yellow cardstock in half to create a 6.5×6-inch cardbase. Next, I covered the cardbase with full sheets from the Carta Bella 6.5×6-inch paper pad and then added some of the journaling cards.

Pop-Ups: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page of Photo Gallery Pop-Up. Add the sentiment and decorations before installing in the cardbase.

Sentiments: I used the word dies from the Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons and the square frames decorator dies from the Photo Gallery Pop-Up.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Easter – 1263
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Squares – Crosshatch – 1056

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 6×6-inch Double-Sided 65lb. Papers by Steven Duncan. – Home Run
  • Core’dinations – 12×12 inch Textured 80lb Cardstock – Candy Shop

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Score Board
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape