It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team December 2025 Challenge whose theme is SONG LYRICS. I made an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card using the new die and stamp sets – Playful Pop-Up, Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons, Cat Borders, Greeting Labels and Cat Sayings along with other Karen Burniston dies.

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

Cardbase: I cut a 5.5×8.5-inch rectangle from orange 100lb. cardstock. Then I scored and folded in half to create a 4.25×5.5-inch A2 side-fold cardbase. Using the largest die in the Rectangles – Crosshatch die set, cut four panels of decorative paper to cover the four card panels. (I ended up cutting three panels and using a large scrap of the decorative paper for the card back.)

Sentiments: Word surgery (i.e. – Die cut words being cut apart and glued back together to form new words) was involved to make the custom words for this card’s front. “What’s” is made from the “W” from the Go Wild die set and the “hat” from the word “Christmas” in the Merry Christmas die set. “New” is from the Happy New Year die set. Word Set 4 -Just A Note used the words “up” and “to say” as well as the words “Blessings” and “color” from Word Set 7 – Autumn, to make the words “pussy cat.” The three “WHOA” inside used the Mini Alphabet and Numbers set.

The stamped sentiments “Happy Purr-thday” and “HOME is where the CAT is” are from the new stamp set Cat Sayings. They were stamped in black ink on white cardstock and die cut using the Greeting Labels and Hearts – Crosshatch die sets. Cut an oval for a personal message to go on the inside.

Paw Print Border: Using the Cat Borders die set, cut one paw print die from black cardstock and one paw back die from pink cardstock. glue the two pieces together. Trim border to fit the card front as shown in the photos and video. Use the extra paw prints to decorate inside the card.

Playful Pop-Up: Cut one of the large die, one of the face plate and one of the “K” shaped mechanism in the Playful Pop-Up set from black cardstock. Assemble as show in the video above.

Cat: Using the Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons die set, cut from black, the large cat ears, paw arms, nose/mouth, and small oval eyes. From pink cardstock cut, the small cat ears, nose, tongue and paw back pieces. From white cardstock cut one set of large oval eyes and one set of whiskers. Assemble and install as show in the video. Use a white gel pen to add the eye and nose highlights. I

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope whose back flap was stamped “Hope your day is PURR-fect!” from the Cat Sayings stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cat Borders – 1320
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons – 1314
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Playful Pop-Up – 1313
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy New Year – 1285
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and Numbers – 1197
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Hearts – Crosshatch – 1191
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Go Wild – 1128
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Merry Christmas – 1065
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 7 – Autumn – 1060
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles – Crosshatch – 1054
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 4 -Just A Note – 1027

Stamps

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Fall Phrases

Papers

• Ms. Sparkle & Co. Paperie – 5.5×7.5 Single -Sided Paper – Rainbow
• Recollections – 8.5×11 100 lb. Cardstock – Orange
• Black, Pink and White Cardstock
• Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
• Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

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

Tools

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