Month: April 2025

FUNN Museum of Cards Zoyfold Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #264 whose parameters included a card for an influencer, dreamy colors, crafts/crafters, and off center.

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



Cardbase: Cut an 8.5×11-inch piece of heavy white cardstock into two pieces that at 4.25×11-inches. Score and fold in half at 5.5-inches both pieces. On one piece score and fold at 2.75-inches. Glue the two cards together with the large rectangle panels overlapping as shown in the video.
Cards: Because this card is going to Mary Gunn, I used images from her Craft Roulette Community Showcase gallery, picking cards that are iconic to the show. I tried to recreate some of the fun folds and bookmark cards.


Guide Sheet to Cards: This sheet is folded and tucked in a pocket on the back of the card.

CR264 FUNN Museum -Gallery NotesDownload


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

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Materials Used:
Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Holiday House – 1144
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and Numbers – 1197
• Riley and Company – Cool Dies – Speech Bubbles


Papers
• Craft Consortium – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Brick Texture
• Brown, Red, Tan and Yellow Cardstock
• White 100lb. Cardstock
• White Computer Printer Paper


Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Foam Dots


Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Tweezers

Catch A Falling Star – An Easel Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #263 whose parameters included a sending sunshine card, spring colors, rodent(s), and shiny.

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

Back of Card

Cardbase: Start with an 8.5×11-inch sheet of white cardstock. Score and fold at 5.5-inches and at 2.75-inches. Cover the large inside panel with decorative papers as well as the two long and narrow front panels. use scraps to decorate the back panel.

Mice: Stamp The two large mice and one small mouse holding a star from the two Colorado Craft Company stamp sets – A Star is Born and Falling Star. Color with watercolor pencils and smooth coloring with a water brush. let dry before gluing large mice to bottom half of easel. Stamp a second small mouse to cut out star as a pattern to cut star from silver glitter paper. Cut out small mouse’s hand to slide silver star under it. Glue star in place. Attach mouse to card base with foam dots.


Stars: Using two pieces of clear plastic cut from packaging, make a T or cross shape using glue dots. Cut stars from silver foil cardstock using coordinating dies from the stamp sets and attach with glue dots to plastic. Attach cross to back of card easel base with double-sided tape. Glue on three stars to decorate front of card.


Sentiments: The sentiments were all stamped in black ink using the two Colorado Craft Company stamp sets and fussy cut around. The small fancy label was cut from white cardstock using Karen Burnston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.


Envelope: The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inch) size envelope stamped with a sentiment and stars from the Colorado Craft Company’s A Star Is Born stamp set.

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Materials Used:
Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233

Stamps
• Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies by Anita Jarem – A Star Is Born – AJ587
• Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies by Anita Jarem – Falling Star – AJ585

Papers
• Impression Obsession – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Paper Pack – Basics 1 – Yellows
• Silver Foil and Glitter Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Catalog Envelope – White
• Clear Plastic Packaging

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker –Fine Tip – Yellow
• Nuvo – Watercolour Pencils – Hair & Skin Tones

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Double-Sided Tape – 1/4″ wide
• Foam Dots
• Glue Dots

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Stamping Platform
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Stamping Blocks
• Water Brush

Class Cards

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I made these cards in a Karen Burniston Zoom Class recently. They are Karen’s designs assembled with a few touches of my own.

The Dragonfly card uses primarily the Flip Frame Pop-Up and Flutter Charms.

The Tool Box card uses primarily the Purse Pop-Up and Tool Charms.

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Cards For A Dog Lover

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Needing multiples of the same card layout, I made 16 cards for a dog lover’s card swap using one Echo Park Paper Company’s collection kit I Love My Dog and Karen Burniston’s Flip Frame Pop-Up and Hello die sets.

Watch the video for instructions on the construction of the cards.

Read more below on specifics of this card layout.

Cardbase:  From each sheet of 12×12-inch cardstock, cut two 5.5×8.5-inch panels. Fold each panel in half to form a 4.5×5.5 cardbase.

Flip Frame Pop-Up:  Watch the assembly video for the Flip Frame Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page. Cut one mechanism from matching cardstock to the card inside. Cut the journaling card down to 3 .75-inches tall x 3 inches wide. Glue mechanism and journaling card into card base as shown in video above.

Sentiments:  The die cut shadow and word “Hello” on the card front are by Karen Burniston. All the flip panels with sentiments are journaling cards from the paper collection. A personalized inside sentiment panel will be added to the inside right panel.

Envelope:  These cards fit into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope. The envelope flaps have been decorated with stickers from the kit.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Echo Park – 12×12-inch Double-Sided Cardstock – I Love My Dog

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 08 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Write Double Tip Marker  -Chocolate Chip

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Toaster of Thanks

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #262 whose parameters included a thank you card, 1950s colors, toast(s)/bread(s), and brown paper.

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


Cardbase: Score and fold in half a8.5x 5.5 rectangle of silver mirror cardstock. From the Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set, cut the toaster shaped die with its feet just slightly over the fold of the silver folded cardstock to form a toaster shaped card hinged at its feet.


Toaster: Cut one whole toaster from silver and another from gray cardstock. Cut enough of the toaster lever knob to have two knobs that are black on both sides. Glue the knobs to the inside of the toaster card’s left side near the feet. Using 1mm thick foam tape, place tape around the inside of the folded shaped toaster card to form a U shape with the opening is where the slot is. Attach the silver toaster over the foam tape to form a pocket with the slot as its opening. Repeat gluing in knob, adding foam tape and attaching the gray cardstock toaster to the other inside side of the card. Add double-sided tape to the back of some shiny black cardstock or junk mail before cutting out two of the spiraling squiggle from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Karen Burniston Merry Christmas Pop-Up and three of the toaster feet bar from Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set. Adhere the squiggle stickers to the inside center of the silver toaster and to the back of the card’s toaster. Adhere the feet bar to the silver toasters. The gray cardstock should be without decorations.


Toast Cards: From brown kraft paper, cut two bread shaped cards using the die from the Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set. Cut two small bread shapes using the smaller die in the set from white. Ink the inside edges and the whole outside of the brown cards with a dark brown ink. Lightly ink the edges of the white pieces. Stamp sentiments onto the front outside of cards and tops of white pieces before gluing the white to the inside of cards.


Sentiments: The toast cards’ sentiments were all stamped in brown ink using the Rubbernecker Thanks Set and Lawn Fawn’s Push Here stamps. The toaster card front has die cut letters cut from black cardstock/shiny junk mail backed with double-sided tape to form stickers. The “TOAST” word shadow was cut from white and adhered to silver mirror card with double-sided tape. All the die-cut sentiment is cut using the Trinity Toaster Card set.


Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped on its flap a piece of bread with a heart using the Lawn Fawn Let’s Toast stamp set.

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Materials Used:


Dies
• Elizabeth Craft Designs – Karen Burniston Pop It Ups – Merry Christmas Pop-Up
• Trinity Stamps – Metal Dies – Toaster Card


Stamps
• Lawn Fawn – Clear Stamps – Let’s Toast
• Lawn Fawn – Clear Stamps – Push Here
• Rubbernecker – Clear Stamps – Thanks Set


Papers
• Concord & 9th – 8.5×11 80lb Cardstock – Dove
• My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 100lb Cardstock – Mirror – Silver
• Black Coated Junk Mail
• Brown Kraft Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Recollections – A7 Envelope – White

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Scrapbook.com – Double-Sided Tape – 1/8″ and 4″ wide
• Scrapbook.com – Foam Tape – 1mm thick

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Stamping Platform
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Sponge Daubers
• Microfiber Cloth
• Tweezers
• We R Memories – QuickStick

Celebrate with Flowers!

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This card was made for a Scapp’n Savvy Card Challenge for KB Bundlers April 2025 using Karen Burniston’s Purse Pop-Up, Flip Frame Pop-Up, Flutter Charms and Celebrate die sets. I also used Karen Burniston’s Photo Memories clear stamp set.

Watch the video for instructions on the construction of the card.

Read more below on specifics of this card.

Cardbase:  Cut a 10 x7-inch rectangle of green cardstock, score at 5-inches, fold in half and burnish with a bone folder. Cover inside with two 4.5×6.5-inch rectangles of patterned paper. Save scraps of pattern paper to decorate card front. Die cut large frame from Flip Frame Pop-Up die set from red dotted paper. Cut bee and small flower pieces from Flutter Charms die set and assemble as shown in process video above.

Flower Planter Pop-Up:  Watch the assembly video for the Purse Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page. Cut one large, stitched rectangle from the Flip Frame Pop-Up die set from a journal card. Follow directions in the process video above for how to die cut tabs into red rectangle. Die cut one purse base from striped paper and follow directions in process video above. Using the flower and stem dies in the Flip Frame set, die-cut flowers from patterned paper and stems from green cardstock. (Save patterned paper with flowers cut out for card back.)

Sentiments:  Die cut the “Celebrate” once from, orange, red and black. (I use a shiny black piece of junk mail.) From the KB April Zoom class kit use the pre-printed “Happy Birthday” sentiment rectangle label. (Alternative is to stamp the sentiment using Karen Burniston’s Bouquet Sayings clear stamp set on to white cardstock.) Die cut sentiment label with smallest rectangle die from Flip Frame Pop-Up die set. Cut the smallest stitched rectangle from the same set, in pale blue. Glue sentiment label onto blue rectangle.

Envelope:  This card fits into an A7 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope with “Celebrate your big awesome day” stamped in red on the back flap. Stamps is from Karen Burniston’s Photo Memories.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scapp’n Savvy – Card Challenge Paper Pack
  • 8X12-inch Cardstock – Orange, Pale Blue and Green
  • Journaling Cards with Red Polka Dots on Back
  • Patterned Paper with Clouds and Colorful Pinwheels/ Rainbow stripes
  • Red & Yellow Cardstock Scraps
  • Shiny Black Junk Mail
  • Clear Vellum

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Rose Bud

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Yellow Enamel Dots
  • Three Pre-Cut & Inked Flowers from Flutter Charms

Waterfall Wallet for Mother’s Day

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for April 2025 using the theme of Designer’s Choice. I made a Mother’s Day Waterfall Wallet card to showcase photos and gift cards as well as Paper People charms.

Watch the following video for specifics on how I made this waterfall wallet.

Read more below on specific customizations I made to this wallet.

Cardbase: Cut a 7×10-inch rectangle of heavy 110 lb. cardstock. Score in the middle at 5-inches and fold in half. Emboss the card front using the Pattern Plate – Tiles and largest crosshatch rectangle in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die sets. (Check your die-cutting machine’s instructions for an embossing sandwich of plates for embossing with a die.  If you don’t have an embossing sandwich, die cut the elements with the dies and glue on the panels in a faux embossing method.) Emboss a 5.5×8.5-inch panel of the same cardstock using the same dies. Wait to glue on the second embossed panel until after the waterfall mechanism and the handle loop have been attached.

Handle Loop: Cut a strip of wallet colored cardstock a half-inch x 8.5-inches. (I scored an 1×8.5-inch stripe every 1/8” on my scoreboard and then trimmed it down to a half inch so it would have subtle stripes on it.) Die cut two 1-inch circle frame/ring from gold cardstock and another four out of heavy cardstock. Keep the center circle to use as decoration on the wallet clasp. Glue rings back to back for a sturdier ring with the gold rings as the outside layers. (I used the eyeball circles from the Animal Add-ons 4 die set to create the ring.) Loop the strip through the ring and glue closed. Press a fold into the loop near the glued end to form a tear drop shaped loop. Glue the loop together just above the ring. Glue the lower section of ring to wallet back, top left corner making sure there is room to attach charms to the ring.

Waterfall Card/Photo Holder: Create the waterfall wallet as shown in the video above. Cut the card holder rectangles, but before folding the rectangle around the card, die cut a window out of the center of the rectangle. (I used the second smallest rectangle in the set.) Back the window with a 2×3-inch piece of clear acetate or plastic packaging. (Adhere with double-sided tape.) Fold rectangle around gift card and seal the end using double-sided tape instead of glue. Attach into wallet as shown in video.

Paper People Charms: Using the Paper People and Charm Rings die sets, create people that look like the mother’s children. Once a figure is completely created, glue a charm base to the back of its head. Glue the entire figure to a backing paper and cut out with scissors. Thread the largest of the paper jump rings through the charm ring and wallet handle loop ring. Glue jump ring closed. Repeat for other people charms.

Watch the video for basic instructions on the construction of the card’s prototype.

Sentiments: For the prototype card, the outside letters spelling “MOM” came from the Alphabet die set while the small letters that are on the card/photo holder pockets are from the Mini Alphabet and Numbers set. For the customized card, the Happy Mother’s Day die set was used for the main sentiment.

Envelope: This card will be hand delivered or mailed in a large 9.5×12.5-inch cardboard envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Recollections – 8.5×11-inch 110lb Cardstock – Oceans
  • Stampin’Up – 12×12-inch Designer Series Paper – Masterfully Made
  • Clear Plastic Packaging (2×3-inch rectangles)

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Stormy Sky
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Mint Green
  • Sharpie – Permanet marker -Ulta Fine – Green

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stapler
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Reverse Tweezers
  • Corner Rounder Punch
  • 1/8-inch Hole Punch
  • Blending Brush

Ticket Shaped, Tri-Fold Easel, Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #261 whose parameters included an A2 size card, amusement ride colors, JD element, and ticket(s).

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

Cardbase: Start with a 4.25 x 11-inch piece of heavy cardstock, score at 5.5-inches and fold in half to form a top-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card. Cut a 4.25×6-inchpanel of heavy cardstock and score and fold at .5-inch to form a narrow tab. Glue the tab to one end of the A2 cardbase to form a tri-fold card. Using a 1-inch circle hole punch, cut notches out of each panel’s corners. Create a gold and white ticket for the front of the card as show in video.

Box of Chocolates: The easel stop is a heart shaped box of chocolates made using Trinity Stamps’ Bon Bon Box stamps & dies, colored using glitter markers and popped up on thin foam tape.

Sentiments: The “Ticket to Funn” was computer generated while the inside sentiments were stamped in dark brown ink using Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set. All the stamping on the card back comes from Craft Roulette’s The Basics stamp set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiments from Craft Roulette’s The Basics stamp set on the back flap in dark brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • Trinity Stamps – Clear Stamps & Dies – Bon Bon Box

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 8.5×11 inch 110lb Cardstock – White
  • Matte Gold Cardstock
  • White Computer Paper

Ink

  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Copper Clay & Early Espresso
  • Nuvo – Glitter Marker – Lemon Drizzle
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Brown
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Markers – Deep Blue, Coral, Red Shimmer

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • 1″ Hole Punch

2025 ATC Calendar – APRIL

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I started a new challenge for 2025 – the ATC calendar challenge. With a group of crafty friends, we are making a new image on a 4.25×5.5-inch calendar card for each month.

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

To see other months’ calendars go to click here.

Click to see Lois Bak’s April calendar.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – DIY Easel
  • Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – Reversible Royal Court by Jaycee Gaspar

Press Plates

  • Spellbinders- BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar

Papers

  • Spellbinders- BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble
  • Blue, Brown, Green, Pink and White Cardstock
  • Heavy Weight Brown Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools