Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: I printed on both sides of an 8.5×11-inch of lightweight cardstock using one graffiti wall design and one colorful design. Next I cut it into an 8.25×8.25-inch square and scored and folded at 4-inches on each side and along one of the diagonal corner to corner. (See the video above for basic directions.)
Card: Once the card was folded, I added hearts and sentiments cut from the paper collection. Next I colored some of the hearts in with a pink marker and added white lines around the outside edge of the paper.
Sentiments: All the sentiment strips I added talk about art, inspiration, love, peace, happiness and encouragement. The outside sentiments are part of the printed paper design.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope with its back flap decorated with hand-drawn hearts and a sentiment strip.
Disclaimer:Relatively Thoughtful and Karen Burniston products were provided for free or at a discount 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 #323 whose parameters were: A7 card, pretty colors, photo booth element and geometric shapes for random. I used Spellbinders Weekender 2026 dies and stamps for an A7 easel (5×7-inch) card with a photo strip bookmark with photos of how to open and display the card.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: I cut three rectangles to make the cardbase: Dark Blue – 5×7-inches, Light Blue – 4.25×5.5-inches and 4×6-inches. Score and fold the 4×6 rectangle at .5-inches and 3-inches as shown in the video above.
Waterfall: Using the Rainforest Falls die set and instruction PDF, cut two sets of all the rock pieces using four to five shades of gray cardstock. Make a total of three of each of the two smallest rocks. (I used gray markers to get my extra shades of gray to make the rocks look different from each other.) Make two sets of the water splashes and pooling water using several shades of blue cardstock. Make one of the waterfall. (I added more contrast to my water features with a blue marker. I also brushed on Nuvo Glitter Gloss shimmer over all the water and areas on the rocks that might be splashed.)
Sky: Using the cloud edging dies in the Rainforest Falls die set, tape together the two dies to make a continuous cut on 5×1.5-inch strips of red, orange and yellow cardstock. Cut one semi-circle from the brightest yellow. Assemble card as shown in the video above. (I inked the top edge of my 4.25×5.5-inch rectangle panel to have a purplish hue to peak though behind the clouds.)
Decorations: Decorate the rocks with vines, foliage and flowers cut from the Jungle Blooms and Tiki Toucan die sets.I cut one of each foliage and vine dies in each set – once from light green and once from dark green. (I cut four each of the pink flowers with their yellow centers from the Jungle Blooms set.) In addition, I used Memory Box’s Tiny Frogs and Tonic Studio’s Tropical Rain Forest Silhouette‘s tiny butterfly die as embellishments. (There are three tiny frogs on the card and four tiny butterflies. Can you find them all?) Cut one brown branch from the Tiki Toucan die set to go across the stream.
Sentiments: The stamped sentiments come from the Go Wild stamp & die set and were stamped in a teal blue ink.
Photo Strip Bookmark: Once the card was finished I photographed it in the closed and open positions with a side view to demonstrate the easel. Next, I printed the photos as 1-inch wide and generated the title “How to open card for display.” Using Karen Burniston’s Movie Night Charms, I cut from black shimmer cardstock, the filmstrip. Next, I trimmed the photos and title to fit the film strip and glued them into the frames. I backed the entire strip with thin white computer paper. (For more Card Recipient eXperience slips (CRX) check out these posts on my blog.)
Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope with the sentiment from the Go Wild stamp set that says “Life’s a jungle.”
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Watch the process video to see how I used the paper collection.
Cardbase: I used a white purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase and covered the front and back panels with mats of glitter cardstock. The largest mat/frame is 4 7/8 x 6 7/8-inches with a (4.2 x 6.2-inch rectangle cut out from it.) The striped glitter paper is 4 5/8 x 6 5/8-inches.
Card Front: I printed out the second page of the collection onto clear vellum on my ink jet printer, let dry and sealed it with a spritz of hairspray and then let dry again. Next, I cut the vellum into a 4 1/4 x 6 1/4-inch rectangle. I used glue dots and double-sided tape only for this card. (Watch the video above for how the card was assembled.)
Sentiments: The sentiments were all from my stash of sentiment strips and kit sentiments.
Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope with its back flap covered in the decorative paper.
Disclaimer:Relatively Thoughtful and Karen Burniston products were provided for free or at a discount 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.
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Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
This wedding card was commissioned for a couple who love the mountains, music and want to live a life in sync with nature.
Cardbase: I folded an 8.5×11 sheet of caramel-colored 65lb. cardstock in half to create a 5.5×8.5-inch cardbase. Next, I used the large guitar die from the Paper Discovery Music – Play On -Guitar & Violin to cut a shaped cardbase on the fold.
Outside of Card OpenCard Back Closed
Guitar Front: Using the guitar die from Paper Discovery Music – Play On -Guitar & Violin, I cut a single layer guitar from woodgrain embossed cardstock and stained it using the ink cube of Rusty Hinge Distress ink. Next, I cut the sound hole circle into the woodgrain guitar. The trim pieces of the circle were cut from black and the un-stained woodgrain cardstock. The pickguard and bridge pieces were cut from black. Clear vellum was used for the strings. (I found using a clear ruler with 1/8-inch grid helped with gluing the strings on straight.)
Card Front: Glued the finished woodgrain guitar to cardbase front matching up the curved edges and trimming off the excess along the fold. Then I cut a 5.5×8.5-inch rectangle of brown handmade floral paper and glued it to the inside of the cardbase as a backing to the card front. (I trimmed off the top left corner of brown paper following the guitar shape. I made white daisies in three sized using Karen Burniston’s Flowers and Bees die set and glued five daisies onto the brown paper along the guitar’s right edge.
Sentiments: Karen Burniston’s Word Set 12 – Anniversarywas used for the front sentiment “Happy Wedding Day.” It was die-embossed from a shed-less glitter paper then a shadow was fussy-cut around the words. The words were cut again from the backside of the brown floral paper and glued onto the gold shadows. Inside, the sentiment of “Always take the scenic route” from i-Crafter’s Wonderful World was stamped in dark brown ink.
Envelope: The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inches) size envelope with “Congratulations” (by Simon Says Stamp!) stamped in dark brown ink on the back flap.
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.
It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team June 2026 Challenge whose theme is Flag Colors – using the colors of each designer’s national flag. For me it is red, white and blue. I choose to make a star themed Father’s Day card.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: I folded a 6×9-inch piece of pattern cardstock in half to make a 4.5×6-inch side fold cardbase. Next, I added two 4.125 x 5.375- inch mats cut with the largest die in the Rectangles – Crosshatch set. I added a star from the Label Charm Pop-Up die set to the back of the card.
Flip Frame Pop-Up: Inside the card is a simple pop-up mechanism made using the Flip Frame Pop-Up die set. (View assembly video by clicking on the die set and scrolling to the bottom of the linked page.) See the video above for how I installed it.
Sentiments: The front sentiment of “Just Popping Up To Say” is cut from two die sets – Word Set 4 – Just a Noteand Word Set 15 – Just Because. The inside sentiment uses both the shadow and words from the Happy Father’s Day set. The white personal message label is a stitch rectangle embossed with a scalloped die – both from the Flip Frame Pop-Up set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A6 (4.75x 6.5-inches) size envelope with “Happy Father’s Day” stamped on the back flap from the Fishing stamp set.
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This card was made for Craft Roulette #321 whose parameters were: gatefold card, Monet colors, natural element and crinkle inkle (inking technique) random. I used Karen Burniston dies and stamps for this slimline (4×8 5/8-inch) card.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Cut a 12×8 5/8-inch rectangle of green cardstock. Score at 2-inches, 4-inches, 8-inches and 10-inches. Fold as shown in the video above. Using the fourth smallest die from the Circles – Crosshatchset, cut four circles into the double gate fold sides as shown in the video.
Crinkle Inkle: Using bubble wrap as an inking tool, add blue ink texture to the closed front of the card. (Make sure to put scrap paper inside the card to mask the back panel from ink.)
Window Frames: Cut four circular frames from blue cardstock using the fourth and fifth smallest dies from the Circles – Crosshatchset. Using double-sided tape, attach the frames to both sides of a piece of acetate and trim the plastic to fit frames. Glue frames onto card front as shown in video.
Flower Pop-Ups: (Watch the assembly video for the Twist Flower Pop-Up at the bottom of the linked page.) Cut two of the Twist Flower Pop-Up mechanism die from green cardstock and assemble as shown in the videos above. Cut two of the large flowers, centers and stitched rings. Assemble and attach to the pop-up mechanisms as shown in the video. From the Fun Flowers die set. Cut four green leaves and a variety of small flowers and flower centers. Decorate the large flower centers with a smaller flower and use the remaining small flowers for the belly band label.
Sentiments: The front, belly band sentiment “Wishing You Sunshine and Rainbows” and the inside “Happy Birthday” were stamped in black ink using the Rainbow Greetings stampset. The Circles – Crosshatchdies were used to cut the labels for the sentiments.
Belly Band: Wrap loosely around the center of the folded closed card a 1 ½-inch x 8 ½-inch strip of yellow – green vellum. Making sure that the strip will easily slide off the card, trim and glue the ends together. Attach the sentiment circle decorated with tiny flowers over the band glued seam.
Card Back with belly band
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business (4. x 9-inches) size envelope.
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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.
Watch the process video to see how I use the paper collection.
Cardbase: From the The Royal Navy Heritage Collection digital paper collection, I printed single-sided 65lb. lightweight cardstock of the blue neckerchief design. (When the neckerchief is cut out, it makes a 5.25×7.5-inch side-fold card.) Next I printed out on cardstock the blue & white striped page, and the small waves on thin white paper. Using the Karen Burniston Rectangle and Labels – Crosshatch die set, I cut two large crosshatch rectangles from the striped cardstock and two smaller rectangles from the wave paper. The rectangles were glued inside the cardbase as shown in the video above.
Card Decorations: I printed on thin white paper, the images of the ships used on the front and the back of the card from the The Royal Navy Heritage Collection. The small tag on the back is also from the same collection.
Ship Pop-Up: I used the Karen Burniston’s 1277 – Boat Pop-Up and 1296 – Cruise Ship Add-Ons dies to create the gray pop-up naval ship. (Watch the video above for assembly.)
Sentiments: Karen Burniston dies sets of Thank You, Happy Father’s Day, Greeting Labels, Thank You Shadow and Mini Alphabet and Numbers were used for all the card sentiments.
Envelope: The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inches) envelope with “Thank you for always being there” stamped on the back flap in navy ink using Karen Burniston’s Thank You Phrases stamp set.
Disclaimer:Relatively Thoughtful and Karen Burniston products were provided for free or at a discount 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.
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Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cruise Ship Add-Ons – 1296
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Boat Pop-Up – 1277
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You Shadow – 1282
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangle and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and Numbers – 1197
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Father’s Day – 1164
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You – 1066
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Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You Phrases
I’m here today with a pop-up junk journal birthday card full of the FAB FOUR using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Groovy Vibes.
Watch the process video to see how I use the paper collection.
Cardbase: I printed double-sided papers of the blue daisies with solid blue on the back and the crocheted granny squares with the pink sunburst on the back. from the blue daisies I cut a 6-inch square and a 6.5×6-inch rectangle. From the granny squares paper I cut a 6.5×6-inch rectangle. The two rectangles were scored and folded at a half-inch to form 6-inch squares with a tab. Follow the video above on how to glue the two tabbed pieces to the 6-inch square.
Waterfall Card Front: I printed double-sided paper of the pink daisies with the pink sunburst on the back, before cutting out the waterfall pieces using the Karen Burniston’s 1161 – Waterfall Card dies. Follow the directions in the video above to assemble. The Fab Four images were from the smaller images page of musicians while the song lyrics were from the larger rainbow page and the smaller hearts page.The square images were cut out using dies in the set. The title piece and birthday sentiment were fussy cut from the digital paper collection.
Photo Gallery Pop-Up: I used the Karen Burniston’s 1331 – Photo Gallery Pop-Up dies to create the pop-up gallery of head shots of the FAB Four. Follow the directions in the video above to assemble. The names were written on the white cardstock frames with a black fine-tipped marker before the clear packing tape was applied.
Sentiments: All the inside sentiments and images were hand-cut including the two white tags for a personal message.
Envelope: The card would need a custom envelope and because of its thickness, it would be best hand-delivered.
Disclaimer:Relatively Thoughtful and Karen Burniston products were provided for free or at a discount 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.
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Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Photo Gallery Pop-Up – 1331
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Waterfall Card – 1161
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Photo Collage Pop-Up – 1098
This card was made for Craft Roulette #319 whose parameters were: 4 Bar (3 5/8×4 7/8-inch) card, wedding colors, sweet(s) element and a touch of gray random. I used a Spellbinder’s 3D embossing folder and stamp sets by Karen Burniston and Scrapbook.com.
Cardbase: I took a 7×5-inch rectangle of lightweight cardstock and scored and folded in half to form a side-fold 3.5×5-inch card.
HELLO: The front panel of the card was embossed with the Spellbinder’s Beveled Hello A2 Cardfront 3D embossing folder. (I spritzed the lightweight white cardstock with water before I ran it through in the embossing folder.) NNext I trimmed it down to fit the cardbase and added a touch of gray by using a glitter gloss marker on the bottom bevel sides of the letters. Tiny polymer clay peppermint and swirled sweets were glued on for accents.
Sentiments: The inside sentiment and hearts come from Scrapbook.com’s A Little Reminder stamp set and were stamped in pink and gray inks.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope with “Life is Sweet” stamped on the back flap in pink. Stamp is from Karen Burniston’s Sweet Treats set.
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