Cardbase: Print the two pages of Relatively Thoughtful’s Craft Challenge – The Wonderful Life of Bees free digital papers onto two sheets of white cardstock. (I printed the two pages back-to-back on one sheet of cardstock as well as a single-sided page of elements.) Cut the three decorative patterned paper apart. Fold the blue sunflower paper in half and trim down to 4×4-inch cardbase. Cut the striped paper to fit the front and back card panels.
Lattice Framed Square & Decorations: Using the Paper Discovery Card Builder set’s smallest lattice square die, cut one square from the yellow paper. Glue to card front. Fussy cut two sunflowers and one bee from element page. Adhere large sunflower and bee to card front and smaller flower to card back.
Tag In Pocket: Cut the two tags from the element page and glue together. punch hole and add some ribbon.Cut a 1×3.875-inch piece of clear plastic (I up-cycled some packaging). Using .25-inch wide double-sided tape on three sides of the plastic, attach pocket to left inside panel of the card.
Sentiments: The “Bee Sweet” sentiment is from the element page of the paper collection. Fussy cut the sentiment and glue to tag.
Just got the new Waffle Flower golf themedcollection of Gone Golfing Dies, Postage Collage Airmail Stencils, Golf Puns and Postage Collage Golf Silhouettes stamp sets.
Cardbase: I created an American size A2 (4 1/4×5 1/2-inches) top-fold, horizontal cardbase from Spellbinders Island Blue cardstock.
Postage Stamps: I used Catherine Pooler inks of Oyster for the clouds and Fiesta Blue for the sky with the Postage Collage Airmail Stencils. The female golfers are from the Postage Collage Golf Silhouettes.
Sentiments: “Swinging by to say hi” is from the Golf Puns set stamped in red ink. The circle cancellation saying “Sending Hugs” comes from Postage Collage stamps set.
Envelope: The panel card fits into an A2 (4 1/4×5 1/2-inches) size envelope with the back flap stamped with “Wishing you a hole-in-one kind of day” is from the Golf Puns stamp set and a golf bag with clubs from the Postage Collage Golf Silhouettes in black.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Dies – Postage Collage
This window pop-up parrot card was made with SpellbindersTropical Friends and Family & Friends Vignettes die sets. The flowery background is Masterfully Made designer series paper by Stampin’ Up.
Cardbase: Using a 5×7-inch purchased cardbase, cut patterned paper to cover the front and back of the card. (I usedKaren Burniston’s largest die in her Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set to cut the front mat from a 5×12-inch piece of designer series paper. The leftover 5×5-inch square was used for the back panel.)
Window: Use the largest arched die from the SpellbindersFamily & Friends Vignettes die set to cut the window out of the front of the card. (I cut the window after the patterned paper had been adhered to the cardbase, flattening the card out to run through the die cutting machine.)
Parrot Pop-Up: Follow the packaging layout guides to assemble the parrot. Cut an 1×8.5-inch strip of cardstock to match your cardbase. Measure the distance from the side edge of the window to the card fold. Use that measurement minus an 1/8-inch, to be the height of the pop-up cube. Using the cut out from the window, place it inside the cut-out and the pop-up strip under it to get the length. (My pop-up rectangle was scored and folded at 1.25-inches, 2.5-inches, 4.75-inches and 6-inches. I trimmed off the excess before gluing the pop-up together.) Glue the pop-up inside the card and the parrot onto the window cut-out. Adhere cut-out to the pop-up making sure in fits inside the window.
Sentiments: “Believe There Is Good In The World” is a stamp from Funny Bones by Riley & Company.
Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope with a bird stamped on the back flap from The Rabbit Hole Designs called Squawk Talk.
Disclaimer:Karen Burniston products are provided free of charge by the manufacturer for review and use. All other items were personally purchased. Compensated affiliate links used where or when possible, meaning I will receive a small percentage commission from these manufacturers at no cost to you. This will allow me to add more content to my YouTube channel and help out a lot. Thank you.
Materials Used:
Dies
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
Spellbinders – Large Die Of The Month – Family & Friends Vignettes– DOML-MAR25
Spellbinders – Small Die Of The Month – Tropical Friends – DOM-MAY24
Stamps
Funny Bones by Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Be The Good
This card was made for Craft Roulette #331 whose parameters were a 4×8 project, excited colors, cold or chilly element and stitch(es) as random. I used the i-crafter Slimline Knit, Knots & Stitches die and a Karen Burniston stamp to make this slimline card.
Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.
Cardbase: Follow the video above to create the 4×8-inch slimline cardbase from an 8.5×11-inch sheet of 65lb. white cardstock.
Knitted Rows: Watch the video above for how to knit the paper ribbons together using seven ribbons die-cut from various shades of lightweight cardstock ranging from orange to yellow to a creamy, flicked blue.
Sentiments: The “You’re so cool” sentiment is from Karen Burniston’s Winter Hugs stamp set..
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business sized (4×9-inches) envelope.
It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team August 2026 Challenge whose theme is MEALTIME. I chose to make a pop-up Thanksgiving Day card in the form of a cascading feast using double Cascade Pop-Up mechanisms and the Dessert Elements and Mealtime Elements. The stamped sentiments come from the new Mealtime Phrases stamp set.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Fold a 10×7-inch piece of cardstock in half to make a 5×7-inch top fold cardbase. Using the largest rectangle die in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch, cut four panels to cover the cardbase inside and out. (I had to use scraps of my decorative papers to cover all of the back panel.)
Food: Watch the video above for the styling and assembly of the food using the die sets of Dessert Elements, Mealtime Elements, Big Birthday Charms and Happy Hour Charms as well as markers and Distress Inks.
Cascade Pop-Up: Watch the video above for the assembly of the two Cascade Pop-Up mechanisms. Cut two each of the large die and small strip dies from gray medium weight cardstock. Cut from heavy white cardstock, four large plates using the large plate die in the Mealtime Elements set. Cut two large slotted circles from the Cascade Pop-Up and then position the large plate die so that the plate has the slot still cut in it. Cut the two slotted plated from heavy white cardstock.
Card Front Kitchen: (Follow the instructions in the video aboveto assemble.) From the Oven Pop-Up, cut one oven piece from a white coated cardstock. Cut from silver foil cardstock one oven handle, four stove knobs and eight cabinet knobs. Also cut from silver cardstock, using the Oven Extras, one hood vent, two pots and one pan. From woodgrain cardstock, cut eight sets of the cabinet panels using the Oven Extras. From black cut two 1/2×1-inch strips for the stove burners. from gray metallic textured cardstock, cut a 2-inch square for inside of the oven and a strip that is at least 1/4×6-inches for the kick-plate at the base of the cabinets. (I used three different silver metallic cardstock/paper – one was mirror cardstock packaging, one was a matte silver envelope and the last was a textured, shimmer, gray cardstock.) Cut one turkey leg bone piece from white and one turkey from kraft cardstock using the Oven Extras. Color and shade with Distress Inks and markers.
Sentiments: The front “What’s cookin’?” and the inside “Hope your day is delicious” are from the Fall Phrases stamp set with the fancy labels cut using the Greeting Labels. “Happy Thanksgiving” inside the card uses Word Set 7 – Autumn die set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope with “Thankful, Grateful, Blessed” stamped on the back flap from the Fall Phrases stamp set.
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This card was made for Craft Roulette #330 whose parameters were: a tag with pocket, Trick or Treat colors, robot (s) element and three strips of paper as random. I used Karen Burniston’s Circle Tag Book Pop-Upand her new Tool Time Stage Add-Ons along with Trinity StampsRobot Builder die sets to make this interactive card.
Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.
Cardbase: Follow the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for how to make the tag book pop-up cardbase using the Circle Tag Book Pop-Up die set. I added from the Tool Time Stage Add-Onsa front pocket using the large side die and inside borders using the border dies.
Robots: The outside white has the Craft Roulette Mug Clubstamp of a robot. Inside the card are the head, arms, legs and body of the Trinity StampsRobot Builder die set.
Sentiments: I used my computer to create the “Some Assembly Required” sentiment and used my trimmer and scissor to cut the fishtailed banner.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope.
I used one piece of the 6×6 Prima double-sided patterned cardstock cut down to 4.25×5.5-inches and folded in half. Using the fold line as my guide, I centered the dress form die over the fold and did a partial die-cut with edge of my top cutting plate at the fold-line and the plate over the right side of the plate. I repeated the process with the dress die. (You may want to practice this two step die-cutting with scrap cardstock until you feel comfortable doing it with your patterned paper.)
Watch the video below to learn how to do do the partial die-cutting.
Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.
Cardbase: Cut a 5×7-inch rectangle and a 5×7.25-inch rectangle scored at .25-inches. Fold and glue tab to back of smaller rectangle to form a top-fold A7 size cardbase. Cut four of the largest crosshatch rectangle die in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch from patterned paper and glue to the four panels of the cardbase.
Paper People: Cut three figures using the body die in the Paper People Summer Styles set. Stamp faces on them using the Fun Faces1 stamp set. Watch the video above to learn more about how I styles this family of three using just the dies in this die set. (I accidentally mixed up my body dies between the original Paper People set and the new one and so the original body shape with the very thin waist was used for the little girl. The feet are a bit different so the flip flops look big on her.)
Deck: (My original idea was to have a half gazebo on this card, but the roof and side panels only work for a free-standing gazebo, hence the deck.) Cut one base piece, one side piece and one polygon decorative piece from the Stage Pop-Up die set. Cut one grassy side piece from the Grass Stage Add-Ons set. Cut one railing from the Gazebo Stage Add-Ons. (In hindsight, I would recommend gluing the grass strip whole to the brown side strip, but not to train any of the folds. Add railing as shown in the video. Also cut a rectangle the size of the deck instead of the polygon decorative piece. Trim the siding piece to the size of the rectangle.) Add two Display Helpers to either side of the deck to keep the card open.
Bench Pop-Up: This is an alternative way to use the Little Bench Pop-Up. Cut one bench and trim off the table strip as shown in the video above. Assemble as shown in video. Add glue to bottom of legs and to the back of bench to attach bench to deck and blue background. (Suggest bending Paper People bodies to fit bench, before styling them with clothes. This will allow you to avoid bending through three layers of clothing having to do “knee surgery” to get them to fit and bend up when card is closed.)
Sentiments: The front sentiment “Hope your day pops” comes from the Beer and Soda Sayings stamp set. Using the fancy label die from the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch for the inside sentiment of “Sitting here thinking of you” which comes from the Garden Greetings stamp set. The fireworks on the card front and inside are cut from glitter cardstock using the Fireworks die set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope.
Disclaimer: Karen Burniston products are provided free of charge by the manufacturer for review and use. All other items were personally purchased. Compensated affiliate links used where or when possible, meaning I will receive a small percentage commission from these manufacturers at no cost to you. This will allow me to add more content to my YouTube channel and help out a lot. Thank you.
This card was made for Craft Roulette #329 whose parameters were: a book binding card, roadside market colors, plant (s) element and grid as random. I used Spellbinders and My Favorite Things dies to make this 4×4.25-inch card that opens up to 12×12-inches..
Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.
Cardbase: Score at 4-inches and at 4.25-inches an 8.5×4-inch teal rectangle of cardstock into a 4×4.25-inch book binding cardbase with a .25-inch “binding” on the left side of the card. Watch the video above for details.
Inside Grid: Using a thin paper that is 12×12-inches, fold in half and burnish fold with a bone folder. Repeat folding in half and burnishing until the paper has been folded down to a 3×3-inch square. Open up the paper and mark an x on the back side of the second square from bottom left corner. This will be the square that will be adhered to the cardbase. Watch the video above for details.
Planters: Using the Potted Pets die set from My Favorite Things, cut and assemble the bunny planter and the cat planter using the foliage and tiny flowers in the set so that the planters will fit onto the 3-inch square grid.
Sentiments: Using the Spellbinders How Does your Garden Grow Alphabet die set, cut “Happy Birthday” from eggplant cardstock and adhere onto the grid as shown in the video above. The from yellow banner foiled sentiment of “Hello There” was one I found in my stash from an early SpellbindersGlimmer Hot Foil Club of the Month set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope with leftover floral decorations on the back flap.
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