Hot Air Balloon Accordion Valentine Card

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It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team February 2026 Challenge whose theme is “Love is in the air” – something flying.

I made an accordion card using the new Love Is In The Air Charms die set – along with the previously released Fancy Label Accordion, Circles – Crosshatch and Fancy Solid Frame sets. Two new stamp sets were used – Stage Scenes and Love Notes.

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

Accordion Cardbase: Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked page for the Fancy Label Accordion. Cut three Fancy Label Accordion frames from a heavy weight blue cardstock. Using the 2.4-inch die in the Circles – Crosshatch, cut openings in the label portion of TWO of the three accordion frames. Glue the three frames together with the circle frames on the ends. Cut six sets of Fancy Solid Frame from patterned paper. Glue decorative frames on to both sides of the accordion frames. (Watch this assembly video for adding frames to accordion cards.) Finish assembling the card as shown in the video above.

Hot Air Balloons: Cut four red heart charms from the Love Is In The Air Charms die set. Use the stencil feature and a white gel pen to add the highlights. Cut a total of four baskets. (I cut two brown and two pink.) Cut four white clouds and one set of tiny hearts in red. Assemble as shown in the video above. Using a thin sewing needle and cotton thread, pierce a hole into the top of the circle frame label and then thread the balloon charm onto the thread. Tie off the thread loop using a square knot. Push the knot to the back side of frame and add a drop of liquid glue to secure it to the frame. (I like the Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO.)

Sentiments: The sentiments are stamped onto white cardstock and then cut out. On the card front is “A little love floating your way” is from the Stage Scenes. Fussy cut to fit on the card frame. Using the Fancy Label Accordion decorator dies, cut the “Love is in the air” from the Love Notes stamp set.

Envelope: The closed card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) size envelope stamped with “Love is in the air” from the Love Notes stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Concord & 9th – 8.5×11-inch Solid Colored Cardstock – Harbor
  • Craft Consortium – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Over the Rainbow
  • Pink, Red and White Cardstock
  • A7 (5×7-inch) Envelope – White

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Thin Sewing Needle
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • White Cotton Sewing Thread

Love Notes – A Pop-Up Valentine

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IT’S TIME for the Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC January 2026 Release Blog Hop. (See GIVEAWAY details at the end of this post for blog hop list.) 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 pre-order NOW!

Today’s card uses the new dies of Stage Pop-Up and Grass Stage Add-Ons and two new stamp sets – Love Notes and Stage Scenes.  The card also uses previously released die sets of Mailbox Pop-Up, Fence Add-Ons and Greeting Labels.

Watch the process video to see how I made these cards.

Stage Pop-Up Base: Using the Stage Pop-Up die set, cut two of the largest die from patterned cardstock. Cut six of the rectangle decorator dies from the same patterned paper. From green cardstock cut two of the grassy stage-side strips and two of the smaller grass strip from the Grass Stage Add-Ons die set.  Glue the decorator rectangles on to the front panels of the grassy stage-side strips.  Assemble the stage platform as shown above in the video.

Fence: Cut two of the fence pieces from the Fence Add-Ons die set. Trim off the right end large post and small tabs on each end to create a symmetrical fence with a large center post that is 4-inches wide. Repeat with second piece. Glue the pieces together matching up the fence pickets.

From green cut twice the short grass die from the Mailbox Pop-Up set and then cut each of them in the middle. Glue these pieces to the ends of the grass strips cut from the Grass Stage Add-Ons. Center and adhere the grass strips on the bottom edge of both sides of the fence. Trim the grass flush with the fence edge.

Mailbox: Cut the mailbox, lid and circle dies in the Mailbox Pop-Up set from silver cardstock. Cut the same pieces from the back side of the silver cardstock so you will have the reverse set of pieces. (A suggestion that I should have done when I cut my reverse pieces, is to lay a thin piece of paper on your cutting mat then then the sliver cardstock silver side down. Then the dies and top plate. This will help eliminate all the scratches that will be embossed onto the reverse silver side.)

Cut from brown, two mailbox posts and glue them to the center post of the fence on each side. Glue the Two lid pieces back-to-back. Glue the front mailbox piece onto the top of the brown post. Adhere the back mailbox piece back-to-back with the front mailbox with no glue on the front edge where the lid will be slid into it. Trim if necessary and glue the lid into the mailbox.  Add silver circles to the mailbox sides to cover the holes. Add the red flag to the front.

Tiny Envelopes: Cut seven of the envelopes in the Mailbox Pop-Up set from thin white cardstock. Fold on the side stitch lines. Glue one envelope together as shown in the video above. Cut one set of the tiny hearts in the same die set from red. Glue hearts to envelopes top flaps with a dot of glue.

Sentiments: Stamp seven of the Love Notes sentiments on thin paper and cut out with a square die and trim to fit into the envelopes. (I used the stitched 1 1/8-inch square die in the Greeting Labels set and trimmed on the stitched lines to get a 1-inch square.) Add a ¼-inch strip of thin paper to the back of the note to go in the mailbox envelope as shown in the video. Write “Lift” on one side and “Pull” on the other side of the strip. From Stage Scenes the “Push” with arrows was stamped on white and glued to the bottom of the stage to help the card recipient know how to open the stage card.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope with one of the Love Notes sentiments stamped on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Stencil

  • Waffle Flower – Plastic –  Birthday Puppies

Papers

  • Simple Stories – 12×12 inch Double Sided Cardstock – Garden Party Collection – Tea Garden
  • Thin White Copier Paper
  • Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Brown, Green, Red and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

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, February 9, 2026. 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!

Karen Burniston – https://karenburniston.com/blog/january-2026-release-blog-hop/

Lois Bak – https://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/2026/02/karen-burniston-new-release-blog-hop.html

Sue Small-Kreider – YOU ARE HERE

Frances Byrne – https://stampowl.blogspot.com/2026/02/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-january.html

Jennifer Webster – https://www.jlwebstercreations.com/2026/01/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-january.html

Suzanne Smit – https://knutselsuus.blogspot.com/2026/01/kb-riley-llc-januari-2026-release-blog.html

Nicky Foden – http://mymessycraftroom.me/2026/01/28/little-bitty-pretty-one-karen-burniston-january-release-blog-hop/

Sandy Diller – https://sandydiller.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-release-blog-hop-2026.html

Pop-Up Valentine’s Day Hot Air Balloon Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #304 whose parameters were: drop down project, mahjong colors, go wild element and hand drawn border. I used new Karen Burniston dies and stamps for this airy, pop-up Valentine. (Dies will be available for sale on February 2, 2026)

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 and two side strips from the Stage Pop-Up die set.

Hot Air Balloons and Raining Hearts: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) The Hot Air Balloons die set along with the tiny hearts from the Love Is In The Air Charms set are the key dies used. The hearts are sandwiched with dots of glue to pieces of cotton thread. The cloud die used is the largest one in the Hot Air Balloons set. Cut the different balloon designs several times from different patterned papers to get the different colored stripes.

Sentiments: “Go Wild!” is a previously released Karen Burniston die cut in red patterned paper. The “Happy Valentine’s Day” is part of the new Love Notes clear stamp.The stitching and hearts were hand-drawn onto the label. Stage Scenes stamps set was used for the “Push” on the bottom of the stage.

Envelope: The card fits into a 6×9-inches envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Echo Park – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Paper – Love Notes
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – Copper Clay
  • Red, Tan and White Cardstock
  • Clear Plastic Packaging
  • 6×9-inch Catalog Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • White Cotton Sewing Thread

Thank You Pop-Up

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s February 2026 Release of new dies and stamps.

Today’s card uses the new die sets of Thank You Lorna Add-Ons and the Stage Pop-Up as well as the previously released Lorna Label Pop-Up. Sentiments come from the new clear stamp sets called Thank You Phrases and Love You Phrases. The new dies and stamps will be available for order starting February 2, 2026.

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

Stage Pop-Up Base: Using the Stage Pop-Up die set, cut two of the largest die from patterned cardstock. From the same patterned cardstock, cut two of the stage-side strips.  After stamping and cutting the 6 decorator rectangles, glue them onto the front panels of the stage-side strips.  Assemble the stage platform as shown above in the video. (Below is what the completed card looks like when folded flat.)

Sentiments: The five sentiments were stamped in black ink on white cardstock and cut-out using the rectangle decorator dies from the Stage Pop-Up die set. Cut a sixth rectangle, but leave it blank to write a personal message. Use the short sentiments “For Being You,” “You’re The Best,” “For Everything” and “So Very Much” from the Thank You Phrases stamp set, and “Big Time” from Love You Phrases.

Lorna Label Thank You: Using the Thank You Lorna Add-Ons set, cut two of the large frame die from patterned paper and two sets of the words from red cardstock. From the Lorna Label Pop-Up die set, cut two of the large die from green. Glue the Thank You frames on to the green Lorna labels and adhere the letters. Add tape the the back of the Lorna Labels at the narrow bottom tip as shown in the video. Glue the green pieces back-to-back and trim off the excess flaps at the top and cut down the bottom base to fit in between the two stage halves as shown in the video.

To decorate, cut six of the leafy stems in the Thank You Lorna Add-Ons from green and glue onto the top of each of the stage sides. Cut two of the flowers in the set to add to the stage floor in front of the “Thank You.” (I used patterned paper that had daisies printed on it, so I did not use the flower center die from the set.)

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inches) size envelope with “Thank You” from Thank You Phrases stamped on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch Double-Sided Cardstock Patterned Collection– Berry Sweet
  • White Cardstock
  • A7 Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black

Adhesives

Tools

Peacock Pop-Up Card

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s February 2026 Release of new dies and stamps.

Today’s card uses the new die set of Peacock Add-Ons as well as the previously released Greeting Labels, Arch Pop-Up, Lorna Label Pop-Up and Border Blend – Trims sets. Sentiments come from the new clear stamp set called Strut Your Stuff. The new dies and stamps will be available for order starting February 2, 2026.

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

Cardbase: I used a 10×7-inch rectangle of purple cardstock scored and folded in half to form a 5×7-inch side fold A7 size cardbase. I covered the front and inside with 5×7 rectangles of embossed pink vellum. I used a square scrap of the vellum to decorate the back. Decorate with Border Blend – Trims and other leftover decoration bits as shown in video.

Peacock Pop-Up: Using the Arch Pop-Up set, cut one of the two arch pieces from purple cardstock. From the Peacock Add-Ons die set, cut the head and large fan-shaped pieces from purple. From the same die set, cut fourteen feathers, and fourteen of the feather’s “eye” decorations in three other colors than the feather. (I used four shades of blue/purple/pink mirror foil cardstock and a black permanent marker to color the foiled cardstock.) Cut the eye and peacock’s “crown” or corona from black cardstock. (I used some glitter black cardstock.) Eye highlights were added with a white gel pen. From yellow cardstock cut the feet and beak. Follow the video above and photos to assemble the pop-up peacock using ten of the feathers. (I cut a second set of pieces to make another head and used three of the feathers to make a flat peacock on the card front. The final feather I placed on the card back.)

Sentiments: The sentiments from the Strut Your Stuff set were stamped in black ink on white cardstock and cut out using the Greeting Labels die set. The inside label for “You were made to stand out” also uses a label die from the Lorna Label Pop-Up set to cut the black glitter label.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inches) size envelope with a tiny heart leftover from the feather decorations.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • American Crafts – Core’dinations – 8.5×11 inch Textured Glitter Cardstock – Black Tie
  • Encore – 12×12 inch Foil Cardstock – Fuchsia, Kunzite, Regal Purple, & Serene Blue
  • Stampin’ Up – 12×12 inch Embossed Vellum – So Very Vellum – Pink
  • Purple, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • A7 Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Chisel Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Scoring Board
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Ruler
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Fireworks Pop-Up Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #302 whose parameters were: a card on card project, unicorn farm colors, light(s) element and label(s). I used Karen Burniston dies and Craft Roulette stamps for this pop-up birthday card.

Cardbase: I used a purchased American size A7 (5×7-inches) cardbase and matching envelope. The card base is covered with decorative paper panels inside and out using Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch dies.

Pop-Up: Karen Burniston’s Triple Platform Pop-Up was used to create the pop-up inside that supports the glitter cardstock Fireworks. (Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Triple Platform Pop-Up.)

Sentiments: “Celebrate!” is a Karen Burniston die cut in green. The Happy Birthday sentiment inside is from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #1.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inches) size envelope with the back flap stamped with “HBD” in two shades of green ink. The stamp is part of the Craft Roulette set used previously.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #1

Papers

  • DCWV – 6×6-inch Glitter Cardstock – Pastels
  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Patterned Collection – Berry Sweet
  • Simple Stories – 12×12-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Garden Party Collection – Tea Party
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase & Envelope – White

Ink

  • Catherine Pooler – Green Mini Ink Pads – Deck The Halls & Succulent
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Block
  • Stamping Platform
  • Paperweight
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Tweezers

A Beachy Thank You Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #301 whose parameters were: an appreciation card, apple farm colors, silhouette element and old [craft] product. I used Waffle Flower Beach Days dies, stencils and stamps along with a Hero Arts sentiment stamp to create this card.

Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.

Cardbase: I used a purchased American size A2 (4 1/4×5 1/2-inches) kraft cardbase and matching envelope.

Postage Stamps: Using the stamps and stencils from the Waffle Flower Beach Days collection along with their Postage Collage die and stamp set, I created the beached themed postage collage seen in the video above. (See below Materials Used for all the ink colors used.)

Sentiments: “Thank you for your kindness” is from the Hero Arts Kindness stamp set.

Envelope: The panel card fits into an A2 (4 1/4×5 1/2-inches) size envelope with the back flap stamped with an anchor seal “I hope you have the best day” in black.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Dies – Postage Collage

Stamps

  • Hero Arts- Clear Stamps – Kindness
  • Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Postage Collage Beach Days
  • Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Postage Collage

Stencils

  • Waffle Flower – Plastic Stencils – Postage Collage Beach Days

Papers

  • White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A2 Cardbase & Envelope – Kraft

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Antique Linen, Blueprint Sketch, Fossilized Amber, Lumberjack Plaid, Salty Ocean, Spiced Marmalade

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Block
  • Stamping Platform
  • Paperweight
  • Scissors
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Trinity Stamps – Pickup Stick Tool

Pop-Up Ball Grasshopper and Box

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It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team January 2026 Challenge whose theme is BUGS.

I made a Bitty Ball sized pop-up grasshopper in a bug decorated box using the die sets – Bitty Ball Pop-Up, Animal Add-Ons 6, Bitty Ball Double-Ups, Bitty Ball Access Tabs, Bug Borders, Happily Ever After along with the Oval – Crosshatch and Circles – Crosshatch.

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

Box: Cut from 12×12 sheets of cardstock one 10-inch square and on 10.25-inch square. On a score board, score on all sides of each square at .5-inch and 1-inch. Cut the corners as shown in video above to form four tabs. Assemble the two box pieces as shown in the video and glue to the inside bottom an 8-inch square of decorative cardstock. Add another 8-inch square of decorative cardstock to the box lid. Decorate the box lid with the Bug Borders insects cut into individual insects. (I used the second largest Circles -Crosshatch die as a guild in the center of the box lid to aid in the symmetrical layout of the bugs.) Uses twine or ribbon to tie the box closed.

Sentiments: Cut from red paper “Happily Ever After” using the die set of the same name and glue to the underside of the box lid.

Grasshopper: (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked page for Bitty Ball Access Tabs.) Using the Bitty Ball Pop-Up, Bitty Ball Access Tabs and Bitty Ball Double-Ups die sets, cut enough pieces to make two pop-up balls. Assemble as show in the assembly video. (Hopefully you won’t have to replace the rubber band as I did, but think through the locations of the access tabs when you assemble your grasshopper, for easy access.) Cut the grasshopper legs, mouth and eye pieces using the Animal Add-Ons 6 die set. glue in place as shown in the video above. (Remember to not glue the top edge of the decorative panel under the eyes so you can slide the antenna under it and glue in place.)

Cut the two largest ovals from the Oval – Crosshatch die set from patterned cardstock and glue together. Glue the grasshopper onto the oval making sure that it is centered when open on the oval. Use a Velcro circles to attach the oval to the bottom inside of the box.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11-inch Solid Colored Cardstock – Candy Corn
  • Bazzill – 12×12-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Easter Grass Marble
  • Keep It Simple – 12×12-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Lucky Day Collection
  • Black, Pink, Red, White and Yellow Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Blue Baker’s Twine
  • Velcro 1-inch Circles

Monster Purse Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #300 whose parameters were: a purse card, 1990s colors, outdoor critters element and textile. I used Karen Burniston dies to create this card.

Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.

Cardbase: I folded a 5×7.7-inch rectangle of white cardstock in half and placed the second largest die from the Ovals – Crosshatch die set with one edge overhanging the fold to make a folded oval cardbase. Add ribbon handles as shown in the video above. Cut two more ovals using the same die from pattern paper, trim off the side next to the fold as shown in the video.

Monster: Cut two 4×5-inch rectangles of neon green fake fun fur to cover the front and back purse panels. Cut the eyes, mouth and horns using the Monster Playful Add-Ons set. Use the stencil feature of the horn and eyes dies to add strips and highlights.

Sentiments: “Happy Birthday” is a die from Karen Burniston.

Envelope: This purse card fits into an A2 (4 1/4×5 1/2-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Impression Obsession – 6×6-inch Paper Pack 80lb Cardstock – Basics 1 – Yellows
  • Orange Scrap from Old Envelope
  • Black and White Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Tweezers
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Scissors (Paper and Fabric)