Cascade Pop-Up Thanksgiving Day Card

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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 above to 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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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock Collection by Steven Duncan – Country Kitchen
  • Concord & 9th – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – Dove
  • Grafix – 8.5×11 Dura-Lar Acetate .005 – Clear Film
  • MemoryBoxCo – 8.5×11 65 lb. Woodgrain Embossed Cardstock – Kraft
  • The Paper Cut – 8.5×11 10 PT Kromekote Cardstock – White Glossy
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 110 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Matte Silver Paper Envelope
  • Silver Foil Cardstock Packaging
  • Multicolored Cardstock Scraps
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Envelope – White
  • Xcut – A5 Adhesive Vellum Sheets – White

Ink

  • OLO Markers – RV0.1 Cotton Candy, RV0.6 Dragon Fruit, Y1.1 Ginger, YG2.3 Muscat Grape
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Espresso Truffle & Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Antique Linen & Vintage Photo
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black & Green
  • Stampin’ Blends – Markers – Light & Dark Copper Clay
  • Stampin’ Write – Marker – Chocolate Chip

Adhesives

Tools

  • Bone Folder
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Ruler
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Tweezers
  • We R – Precision Press Mini – Stamping Platform
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Pop-Up Tag Book Robot Card

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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-Up and her new Tool Time Stage Add-Ons along with Trinity Stamps Robot 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-Ons a front pocket using the large side die and inside borders using the border dies.

Robots: The outside white has the Craft Roulette Mug Club stamp of a robot. Inside the card are the head, arms, legs and body of the Trinity Stamps Robot 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.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Mug Club

Papers

  • Graphic 45 – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Ghostly Greetings – Sit For A Spell
  • Lawn Fawn – 8.5×11 Vellum – Pearlescent
  • Black, and White Cardstock
  • Paper Insider – Silver Holographic Envelope

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Orange and White Bakers Twine

Dress Form, Flip-Fold Birthday Card

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This card was made using Frank Garcia’s Buttons & Keepsakes Collection card class kit by Spellbinders.

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.

Below are the steps for the partial die-cutting.

Here are photos of both finished cards using the Couture Dressform dies and the Heirloom Words Press + Foil Plate & Die Set with Polished Brass Glimmer foil.

The violet card uses Paper Rose – Purple Haze double sided 6×6-inch paper collection and is edged and splattered with Spellbinders’ Gold Rush Splatter Effects

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Watching Fireworks Pop-Up Card

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Using Karen Burniston‘s new July 2026 release Paper People Summer Styles, Little Bench Pop-Up, Gazebo Stage Add-Ons as well as previously released Grass Stage Add-Ons, Stage Pop-Up, Display Helpers, Fireworks, and Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch, I made a 5×7-inch card that celebrates watching fireworks from the back deck with your family. It uses alternative methods for using the dies.It also uses two new stamp sets – Beer and Soda Sayings and Garden Greetings.

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.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • DCWV – 6×6 inch Glitter Stacks – Brights & Pastels
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – Kraft
  • Simple Stories – 6×8 inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Simple Vintage Linen Market
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White

Ink

  • Catherine Pooler – Bottled Ink – Pearl Shimmer
  • Hero Arts – Acrylic Spray – Opaque White
  • Hero Arts – Silk Ink – Bronze
  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • OLO Marker – N-G9 Neutral Gray & RV 0.2 Bubble Gum
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Scrapbook.com – Shimmer Glitter Brush Marker – Frosty Blue
  • Spellbinders – Splatter Effects – Raven
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Light Copper Clay

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Tweezers
  • Paper Masking Tape

A Tiny Birthday Card with a Big Inside!

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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 Spellbinders Glimmer 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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Materials Used:

Dies

  • My Favorite Things – Die-Namics – Potted Pets – MFT-2516
  • Spellbinders – Large Die of The Month July 2020 – How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet – DOML-JUL20

Glimmer Plates

  • Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil Plates of the Month – February 2019

Papers

  • We R Memory Keepers – 12×12 Single-Sided Glassine Paper – Oh Goodie!
  • Black, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Teal, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • OLO Marker – Cotton Candy
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Bone Folder
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Riley and Company – Pick & Poke Tool
  • Ruler
  • Scoring Board
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Stamping Blocks as paper weights
  • Tweezers

Miscellaneous

  • Multi-Colored Bakers Twine

Wedding Gazebo Pop-Up Card

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Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC July 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 ten new die sets and five new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW on Karen Burniston’s website.

This pop-up wedding card features the new Gazebo Stage Add-Ons,  Little Bench Pop-Up and Paper People Summer Styles die sets and Sweet Life Sayings stamp set along with the previously released Stage Pop-Up, Paper People, Word Set 17 and Wedding Charms dies and the Fun Faces 1 and Seasons stamps.

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

Stage Pop-Up Base: (Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for Stage Pop-Up.) Using the Stage Pop-Up die set and a medium weight cream textured cardstock, cut two of the large stage pieces, two of the side strips, two of the polygon decorator shapes and five of the rectangle side labels. From white cardstock cut two of the polygon decorator shapes and one of the rectangle side labels. Cut two of the “L” strips from black for the groom and one strip from white for the bride. Following the assembly steps in the video above, waiting to insert the bride & groom between the two stage sections, before gluing the base together. Stamp sentiment labels. Add the rectangle labels to the stage side strips before attaching to stage base.

Gazebo Stage Add-Ons: Using the Gazebo Stage Add-Ons set, cut four of the woodgrain posts and two railings from cream cardstock. Cut two of the scalloped roof pieces from medium to lightweight white cardstock. Color the slate roof with alcohol markers. Assemble the gazebo as shown in the video above – adding the two posts to each roof section and then attaching the roof sections together. Cut and emboss six of the vine die from the Little Bench Pop-Up set and highlight the leaf veins with a fine tipped green marker. Weave four of the vine decorations around the four posts before gluing posts to the stage base. Once the posts are attached to base, glue down the remaining two vines to the sides.

Watch this video to see how I styled the bride and groom figures.

Bride: Using the Paper People Summer Styles die set, cut one of the figure, two sets of hair style pieces, five of the long skirt, two of the curvy top and one set of the flip-flop sandals. From gold foil cardstock, cut one diamond using the Wedding Charms die set. This will be the tiara that tucks behind the front hair piece. Assemble as shown in the video making sure to attach the “L” strip on to back side of the bride before gluing on her back skirts. (I used the Fun Faces 1 stamp set to stamp on her face before I added her hair.)

Groom: Using the Paper People die set, cut one of the figure, two sets of hair style pieces, two pants, two sets of shoes, one long sleeved shirt (use this shirt to trace the back piece with the open collar closed). Using the Wedding Charms die set, cut one tuxedo and one of the shirt triangle piece. Trim the tuxedo’s loop, sleeves and pants off. Glue in shirt triangle and assemble the coat as shown in the video above. (I used the Fun Faces 1 stamp set to stamp on his face before I added his hair.)

Flowers: Using the Little Bench Pop-Up set, cut four or more sets of the flowers. Add yellow centers to the flowers. (I used a liquid resin to add the flower centers, so I did this first when cutting out all my pieces so the resin had time to dry.)

Sentiments: “Congrats” is from the Seasons stamp set While the “Love is the secret ingredient” is from Sweet Life Sayings set.

Envelope:  The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inches) size envelope. The back envelope flap is decorated with the word “Congratulations” die-cut using Word Set 17 from the same purple paper that was used for the gazebo flowers.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • 8.5×11 Textured Cardstock – Cream
  • Park Lane Paperie -8.5×11 110 lb. Patterned Cardstock – Roses
  • Rainbow Splash -8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – Carmel
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Gold Foil Cardstock
  • Black, Green and Purple Cardstock
  • Catalog (6×9) Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • OLO Marker – N-G1 and N-G3 Neutral Gray
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Green

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Craft Knife
  • Pencil
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Ruler
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R – Precision Press Mini – Stamping Platform

Miscellaneous

  • Pop Of Color – Gloss – Sunshine

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 Thursday, July 30, 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/july-2026-blog-hop/

Lois Bak – https://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/2026/07/karen-burniston-new-release-blog-hop.html

Sue Small-Kreider – YOU ARE HERE

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Suzanne Smit – https://knutselsuus.blogspot.com/2026/07/kb-riley-llc-juli-2026-release-blog-hop.html

Nicky Foden – http://mymessycraftroom.me/2026/07/23/thinking-of-you-bird-feeder-july-release-blog-hop/

Sandy Diller – https://sandydiller.blogspot.com/2026/07/july-2026-new-release-and-blog-hop.html

Tea Party Card Sneak Peek

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It’s time for Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston‘s July 2026 release of ten new die sets and five new stamp sets. This card features the new Cascade Pop-Up, Square Cascade Add-Ons, Dessert Elements and Little Bench Pop-Up die sets as well as Sweet Life Sayings stamp set. New dies and stamps will be available on July 23, 2026 on Karen Burniston’s website.

Cardbase: I used a purchased (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase and covered the four panels, inside and out, with frames and rectangles of patterned paper cut using the the two largest dies in the Rectangles – Crosshatch set.

Tea Party: The teapot and tea cup borders used inside and out on the card are from the previously released Tea and Coffee Borders die set. The square plates of cupcakes, doughnuts and sticky buns along with the croissants are cut using the Dessert Elements dies. (I used white cardstock and alcohol markers to colour the food.) The square plate dies have an emboss feature which works well with heavy cardstock.

Cascading Circles Pop-Up: From medium to heavy cardstock, cut one of the large mechanism piece, and one of the small strip using the Cascade Pop-Up die set. (I cut these pieces from white and colored them with a gray marker.) Following the directions on the packaging, install the mechanism. (I cut the slotted square from the Square Cascade Add-Ons and then used one of the smaller squares in the set to make the platform smaller, but still retaining the slot. I positioned one large square plate die with the movable slot die to fit on the middle platform and still stay inside the card when closed.) Next, add the three square plates with the slotted square on the middle platform with the strip going through the slot. Decorate with food and flowers. ( I used the green leafy stem from the Cascade Pop-Up die set, with leftover tiny purple and yellow flowers that I had from the Little Bench Pop-Up set.)

Sentiments: All the stamped sentiments come from the Sweet Life Sayings stamp set. They are cut out with the postage edged dies from the Square Cascade Add-Ons set.

Envelope: This card fits into an A2 size envelope decorated with teapots cut from the Tea and Coffee Borders die set..

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Simple Stories – 6×8 inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Simple Vintage Linen Market
  • Blue, Green and Purple Cardstock
  • David Tutera – A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • OLO Marker – Neutral Gray 1, Bubble Gum, Cotton Candy, Dragon Fruit, Sky
  • Pink Gel Pen
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Green
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends – Marker – Light Copper Clay
  • Stampin’ Up – Write – Marker – Cholocate Chip

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
  • Scrapbook.com – Pops of Color – Sunshine

Italian Restaurant Card Sneak Peek

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It’s time for Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston‘s July 2026 release of ten new die sets and five new stamp sets. This card features the new Cascade Pop-Up, Mealtime Elements and Dessert Elements die sets as well as the new Mealtime Phrases stamp set. New dies and stamps will be available on July 23, 2026 on Karen Burniston’s website.

Cardbase: I used a purchased (4×5.5-inch) cardbase and covered the four panels, inside and out, with rectangles of patterned paper.

Food: The two plates of food come from the Mealtime Elements die set. Cut two of the large plates from white cardstock and use the embossing feature of the die to get the ridged rim of the plate. Cut one of the large slotted circle from the Cascade Pop-Up die set and then cut and emboss the large plate from the slotted circle making sure to leave enough space around the slot. Use a blue fine-tipped marker to mark the inner circles of the plates. (I cut all the food from white cardstock and then colored them with alcohol markers. The parmesan chicken uses the die stencil feature for the grill marks and some Nuvo Drops for the cheese slice. The trick to coloring broccoli is to color the top florets a yellow green and then add dots of the darker green so some of the yellow green shows.) Glue food to plates. Stamp sentiments before gluing in place.

Cascading Circles Pop-Up: From gray cardstock, cut one of the large mechanism piece, and one of the small strip using the Cascade Pop-Up die set. (I cut these pieces from white and colored them with a gray marker.) Following the directions on the packaging, install the mechanism and the three plate circles with the slotted circle on the middle platform with the strip going through the slot.

Card Front: I cut six of the smaller square plates from the Dessert Elements die set using thin, white paper and then cut on the diagonal to make triangles. These triangles cover the edge of the plate that over-hangs my cardbase because the cardbase is .25-inches less than a traditional A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) cardbase. The two wine glasses and wine bottle are cut from clear vellum using the Wine Charms die set. Alcohol markers were used to color the bottle and glasses.

Sentiments: The “Ristorante Italiana” menus were computer generated using a script font. “You are pasta-tively amazing” and “You have great taste” are from the Mealtime Phrases stamp set. All the circles were cut using the plate dies in the Mealtime Elements die set.

Envelope: This card fits into an A2 size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Simple Stories – 6×8 inch Double-Sided Cardstock – Simple Vintage Linen Market
  • Clear Vellum
  • White Copier/Computer Paper
  • White Cardstock
  • The Paper Studio – 4×5.5-inch Cardbase – White

Ink

  • OLO Marker – Neutral Gray 3, Dragon Fruit, Muscat Grape
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Blue
  • Stampin’ Blends – Markers – Light & Dark Copper Clay, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Pebbled Path

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Crystal Drops – Ivory Seashell

Root Beer Pop-Up Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #328 whose parameters were: an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card, Tutti Fruiti colors, container(s) element and unusual color as random. I used Karen Burniston dies and stamp sets including the soon to be released Toolbox Pop-Up, Six Pack Toolbox Add-Ons, Cascade Pop-Up dies and the Beer and Soda Sayings stamps.

(New dies and stamps will be available on July 23, 2026 on Karen Burniston’s website.)

Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.

Cardbase: Score and fold an 11×4.25-inch neon pink rectangle of cardstock into a 4.25×5.5-inch cardbase. Cut four 4×5.25-inch rectangles of lime green cardstock and glue on to the cardbase panels.

Six Pack Root Beer Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for Six Pack Toolbox Add-Ons. The video will also explain the Toolbox Pop-Up assembly. Watch the video above for more details on bottles.

Bubbles: The bubble decorations are created by using the circles in the Cascade Pop-Up set to cut various size and shades of pink circles as well as vellum and pearlescent vellum circle. Sparkle spots and hearts are added for accents and tiny bubbles.

Sentiments: Using the Beer and Soda Sayings stamp set, stamp the “Root Beer” labels twice from white and die cut using the rectangle die in the Six Pack Toolbox Add-Ons die set. Ink blend labels with a light pink ink. From the Stage Scenes set stamp “Happy Birthday to you” in black and die cut using the medium circle in the Cascade Pop-Up die set. Use the smallest banner die in the Greeting Labels die set to cut out ” Hope your day pops” from the Beer and Soda Sayings stamp set and glue on to the popping circle with uses the largest Fireworks die and leaves from the leaf stem in the Cascade Pop-Up trimmed to droplets.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Lawn Fawn – 8.5×11 Vellum – Pearlescent
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Ginger Brown, Lime Green, Shades of Pink and Yellow Cardstock
  • Matte Silver Paper

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Saltwater Taffy

Adhesives

Tools

  • Bone Folder
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Microfiber Cloth
  • Ruler
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Stamping Blocks as paper weights
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Trinity Stamps – Sparkle Spots – Silver, Pink & White Hearts