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Such a joyful little snowman enjoying the snowy cozy Scandinavian countryside.

In her newest release, Karen Burniston has come out with some additional die sets that make putting together this snowman a snap. An add-on character set includes the top hat and band, carrot nose, large and small circles for eyes, mouth and buttons, as well as stick arms and a large snowflake. The Double-Ups for the all the pop-up balls have the side trapezoids linked together to cut 6 pieces all at once, so with the original individual trapezoid dies, you can cut all 12 side panels in one pass.

I started with a brown craft card base of 5 x 7 inches trimmed down to 5 x 6.5 inches. Next, the smaller side of the card was scored at 4.75 inches to form a gusset. Cut two of the Bitty Ball halves and two of the Mini Ball halves. I find watching the assembly videos for the balls very useful. (Bitty Balls, Mini-Balls) Numbering the order of gluing the tabs is useful for the assemble of the balls. I cut all the trapezoid panels from a white gold shimmer cardstock. And the ball halves are cut from a 100 lb. smooth white cardstock. Assemble the balls as shown on videos, including the brad in the bottom of the Bitty Ball.

The decorative papers are two layers. The measurements are listed in the photo. (Flap assembly video) I cut the the flap from another craft card blank and two decorative panels from scraps of the decorative papers. The flap dies set cuts six washers  of which three are glued together for each of the flower brad cover. Glue the front decorative panel onto the flap. Using a sharp piercing tool, punch a hole in the center of the flap.

Glue the washers and flower over the hole. Thread the twine into the brad legs and pull the twine and brad legs through the hole. Bend the legs onto the back of the flap and glue the twine inplace on back of flap.

Glue the back decorative panel over the brad legs and twine.  Glue flap tab to back of card base.  Cover back of card and flap tab with decorative paper.

Glue the front decorative papers to the card front. Mark the center of the front of the card base with pencil and pierce. Glue the second washer and flower over the hole. Thread another brad through the hole and fold the legs against inside of card. Glue the inside decorative papers to the card base covering the brad legs.

Adhere the snowman’s face. Glue the scarf pieces onto the bitty ball while flat. Cut a hexagon using the hexagon from the Surprize Ball Double-Up set or trace the center of the Bitty Ball die with a pencil and cut out. Assemble the top hat with a red hat band on front and back.

Mark the location of the hole to secure the snowman’s brad using the Bitty Ball die to fit within the card. Pierce the hole and thread the snowman brad through the hole. bend the brad legs to the back of the card. Glue the back decorative paper and white message label to cover the brad legs. Glue the hat onto snowman.

Decorate the front of the card using the faces from the Snowman, and Gnome and Santa sets Add the sentiment of “Merry Christmas” to inside. Large snowflakes are from the Snowman add-on set.

The card fits into an A7 envelope for hand delivery, but I would put the card in a padded envelope to mail.

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC September Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 13 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

Dies are available to order now on the website.

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, 12th September 2022. 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!

Continue on the Karen Burniston August 2022 Release Blog Hop

Karen Burniston

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Fran Sabad

Nicky Foden

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Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Bitty Ball Double-Ups – 1215
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Ball Double-Ups – 1214
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Snowman Add-Ons – 1213
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Ball Pop-Up – 1201
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Long Flap and Closure – 1200
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Merry Christmas Shadow – 1177
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Bitty Ball Pop-Up – 1131
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Gnome and Santa – 1129
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Merry Christmas – 1065
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles – Crosshatch – 1054
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Snowman – 1017

Papers

• Spellbinders – 100 lb cardstock – Pomegranate
• Photoplay – Tulla & Norbert’s Christmas Party 6×6 paper Pad
• Hot Off the Press – Black Suede
• Hot off the Press – Black Glitter Cardstock
• White 100 lb 8.5×11 cardstock
• Orange, brown, pink and white cardstock scraps
• Recollections – 8.5×11 White gold shimmer cardstock
• American Crafts – 5 x7 Kraft cards & A7 envelopes

Miscellaneous

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Die Cutting machine
• Pokey tool
• Brass colored brads
• Red & White Baker’s Twine
• Alliance – Pale Crepe Gold – Softest Stretch Rubber Bands – size #12