It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s February 2024 release. These dies will be available for purchase on February 19, 2024 on the KB Riley LLC website.

Everyone needs a beach basket of fun! This fun basket can be used for a variety of occasions from birthdays to vacations to thinking of you.

Made with Karen Burniston dies including the newly released Beach Elements set, the basket fits into a 6×9-inch catalog envelope.

Sandy Cardstock: Using kraft cardstock, lightly spatter with brown paint. (I used Nuvo Sparkle Spray in Cocoa Powder on two sheets of 8.5×11-inch cardstock.)

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Basket: From the sandy cardstock, cut two of the solid sides and two of “T” slats from the Woven Basket Box Card set and two of the solid sides and two of “T” slats from the Wide Woven Basket Box Card set. Weave the sides together and assemble basket as shown in video. Cut two dark brown rope handles. (You can also watch Karen Burniston’s assembly video by clicking on the link for the Woven Basket Box Card and scrolling to the bottom of the page.) 

Bam Boxes: I added two Small Bam Boxes to the opposite lower corners inside the basket so that it will pop-open when removed from its envelope.

Sand Dunes: Cut three grassy strips using the die in the Wide Woven Basket Box Card set. From scraps of the sandy cardstock, cut three pieces as wide as the grassy strips and at least 3-inches tall. Using the stitched dune or wavy die in the Beach Elements set cut the sand dunes from the scraps. Glue the dune strips over the grassy strips, trimming grass away as needed. Attach the strips inside the basket as shown in the Karen Burniston video.

Umbrella: Cut one umbrella base and two poles from white cardstock using the dies in the Beach Elements set. Layout the panel dies and cut alternating panels of white and blue cardstock. Ink blend both poles brown and lightly ink the edges and panel seams on umbrella base piece. Slide one pole through the slit at the top of the umbrella base piece and glue to underside of umbrella. Attach the panels to the front of umbrella. Attach umbrella to the middle sand dune of basket, making sure it will not stick out of the envelope when basket is folded closed. Glue the second pole to the back side of pole for stability. Add flower outline to one panel for decoration.

Surfboards: In the Beach Elements set there is a surfboard base and a decorative leaf pattern overlay for the board which you can cut from contrasting colors and glue together. For the flowered surfboard, cut out three to four flowers using the flower die in the set. Separate the outline from the solid flower and attach in an alternating pattern down board, trimming off excess along the edge. (I covered my boards with Glossy Accents and allowed them to dry overnight before adding a second surfboard base to the back of the boards.)

Flip-Flops and Beach Ball: The flip-flop sandals and the beach ball come from the Beach Charms set. The sandal base I cut two of in different shades of orange and glued them slightly off-set to suggest the thickness of the soles.

Sentiment: The brown “Beach Day” comes from two word sets – Word Set 16 – Beach Happy Hour and Word Set 17 – Congratulations. Add leftover flowers to basket front around words.

Sun Tag: Using the small tag die in the Tag Book Pop-Up set, cut one tag from the sandy kraft cardstock. Glue the two-piece sun from the Beach Elements to the sandy side of the tag. You can write a personal message on the plain side of the tag.

Envelope: The 6×9-inch envelope’s back flap is decorated with extra flowers cut for the surfboards.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Beach Elements – 1260
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Small Scenes Bam Box Pop-Up – 1238
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 17 – Congratulations – 1237
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 16 – Beach Happy Hour – 1229
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Wide Woven Basket Box Card – 1223
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Woven Basket Box Card – 1080
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Beach Charms – 1051
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tag Book Pop-Up – 1023

Papers

• Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11-inch Cardstock – Oatmeal Cookie
• Red Patterned Paper from Recycle Envelope
• Apple Green, Aqua Blue, Brown, Neon Pink, Orange, White and Yellow Cardstock

Ink

• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Vintage Photo, Mowed Lawn, Dried Marigold
• Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
• Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
• Nuvo Sparkle Spray – Cocoa Powder

Adhesives

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

• Die Cutting Machine
• Craft Clips
• Sponge Daubers
• Tweezers
• Scissors

Miscellaneous

• Ranger – Gloss Accents
• Twine