It’s Christmas in July and I have a card depicting an old English Christmas carol – “I Saw Three Ships.” It uses two different pop-up ships made with Karen Burniston dies including Boat Pop-Up, Pirate Ship Add-Ons, Cake Pop-Up, Tiny Trees Pop-Up, Street Lantern Pop-Up and Farm Edges.

Cardbase: The cardbase is an A9 side fold (5 1/2 x 8 1/2-inch) with two floor flaps. I took an 8 1/2 x 11-inch sheet of 65 lb. cardstock and folded it in half. The floor flaps are 2 5/8 x 4 1/4-inch that are scored and folded at 1/4-inch to form a tab for 4-inch-long flaps.

Cake Pop-Up Ship: This ship was designed by John Watterson using four Karen Burniston dies that were released before June 2024. It utilizes a vertical fold and is placed in the center of the card.

Boat Pop-Up Ships: The two smaller ships were designed by Karen Burniston and in this card utilize the horizontal folds of the floor flaps. They use only two die sets. Watch Karen’s assembly video located at the bottom of the Boat Pop-Up’s page.

Card Front: The copyright free sheet music was computer generated and the edges distressed. The white whale and silver anchor borders are from the Set Sail Borders. I added white and red enamel drops along with the “Happy Christmas” sentiment made using the Small Script -Halloween and Small Script – Christmas die sets.

Inside: The water is created with a paper from the graphic45 Sun Kissed collection. I used the sun die in the Beach Elements set and several sizes of the Crosshatch Circles for the labels for personal messages.

Card Back: The music decorating the card back are the first two bars of the carol. It is made with dies from the Music Charms set.

Envelope: The card fits into a 6×9-inch catalog envelope. I decorated the back flap with die-cut musical notes.

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Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Pirate Ship Add-Ons – 1280
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Set Sail Borders – 1279
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Boat Pop-Up – 1277
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Music Charms – 1271
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Beach Elements – 1260
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Small Script – Christmas – 1244
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Small Script – Halloween – 1243
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Street Lantern Pop-Up – 1171
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny Trees Pop-Up – 1156
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Farm Edges – 1097
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Circles – Crosshatch – 1057
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cake Pop-Up – 1028

Papers

• Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – Sun Kissed Collection Pack
• Colored and White Cardstock
• Catalogue Envelope – White

Ink

• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Walnut Stain
• Gel Pens – White and Pink
• Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
• Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

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

Tools

• Die Cutting Machine
• Bone Folder
• Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
• Scissors
• Pencil
• We R Memories – QuickStick
• T-Ruler
• Metal Ruler

Miscellaneous

• Nuvo – Crystal Drops – Simply White & Red Berry