Author: ullycatdesigns

A Reel-y Great Father’s Day Card

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s January 2025 release of eight new dies and four new clear stamps. For this Father’s Day card I used several of the new sets including: Paper People and Fishing Boat Add-Ons along with the previously released Boat Pop-Up dies and the new Fishing Phrases stamps. The new release will be available on January 27, 2025.

Watch the video below to see how this card was made.

Cardbase: I started with an underwater pattern cardstock rectangle that was 5.5 x 8.5-inches and folded it in half to form a top-fold horizontal 4.25 x 5.55-inch slimline card. Next, I cut two of the largest die in the Rectangles – Crosshatch set from blue and white checkered paper and covered the inside panels. The outside panels used journaling cards from the coordinating paper collection.

Fisherman: Using the Paper People die set cut one figure from flesh colored paper. (It is best to use your thinnest cardstock and decorative papers as the figure will need to be covered on both front and back from the waist up.) Cut hair and clothes to suit your card recipient. The hat with a fishing lure attached comes from the Fishing Boat Add-Ons set.

Fish and Fishing Rod: The Fishing Boat Add-Ons set includes dies to cut three different fish as well as a pail with a handle and a fishing rod, fishing line and three hooks. (It also includes an outboard motor, motor mount, and a hat.) I cut all the fish twice for this card from a greenish gray cardstock and colored the fish with glitter brush makers. The rod I cut twice from a dark green cardstock and the line once from silver cardstock. the line is sandwiched between the two layers of the rod. Take two of the jumping fish and glue them back to back except at the mouth. Feed the fish onto the hook and glue shut. The pail I cut twice from silver cardstock and the handle just once. (The handle knob is colored with a black marker.) There is a slot at the top of the pail that you can slide the small fish through.

Boat Pop-Up:  Using the Boat Pop-Up die set, cut one of the boat’s hull or sides and one of the boat deck from matte silver cardstock (or use my trick of dulling the shine with dried layer of glue.) Cut two of the tabbed mechanism strips from a lightweight cardstock. (Assembly video for Boat Pop-Up set is at the bottom of the linked page.) Follow the directions to assemble boat except replace the rowboat seat with the fishing seat and use the pail of fish to cover front tab. Attach outboard motor using the slotted mount strip. No need for oar locks or oars.

Sentiments:  There are two sentiments on the card – “Every day is a good day when you’re fishing” and “Have A Reel-y Great Father’s Day.” Both were stamped using the Fishing Phrases clear stamp set with black ink onto white copier paper and die cutting with the smallest fancy label in the Rectangles and Labels- Crosshatch set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 size envelope which was has the last of the die-cut jumping fish glued to the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Gone Camping
  • Crafter’s Companion – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Gone Camping
  • DCWV – 4.5×6.5 Cardstock Mat Stack – The Spooky Time
  • Keep It Simple – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Signature Collection by Sara Davies – Enchanted Ocean
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Silver Cardstock
  • Colored Cardstock Scraps
  • White Copier Paper
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black & Blue
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush – Glitter Gloss
  • Scrapbook.com – Shimmer Glitter Brush Marker – Pretty Pink, Frosty Blue & White

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Craft Mat
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Boat Pop-Ups

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Karen Burniston’s Boat Pop-Up can become many different types of boats and ships using her different add-on sets. In her January 2025 there are two new add-on sets – Fishing Boat Add-Ons and Cruise Ship Add-Ons. There is also a new Paper People so you can add people to your cards.

Click on the pictures to see their posts. The last image will have will be posted in March.

Popcorn Lover’s Birthday Card From All of Us

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s January 2025 release of eight new dies and four new clear stamps. For this Birthday card I used several of the new sets including:  Popcorn, Paper People and Triple Platform Pop-Up die sets and the Popcorn Phrases clear stamp set. The new release will be available on January 27, 2025.

Watch the video below to see how this card was made.

Cardbase: I started with a white 65lb cardstock rectangle that was 7.5 x 8.75-inches and folded it in half to form a top-fold horizontal 3.75 x 8.75-inch slimline card. Next, I cut four of the largest die in the Long Rectangles – Crosshatch set from striped red paper and cover each of the card panels.

Snapshots of People: Using the Paper People die set create six people from the waist up. Cut six white photo frames and back rectangles using the Photo Collage Pop-Up die set. Follow the instructions in the video on how to make the snapshots of people and how to install them onto the pop-up platforms.

Triple Platform Pop-Up:  Using the Triple Platform Pop-Up die set, cut two of the large mechanism die from lightweight white cardstock. Cut six sets of the parallelograms and four sets of the triangles from pattered paper and two additional sets of parallelograms from white cardstock. Watch the video for how to assemble and install the mechanisms into the cardbase.

Sentiments:  There are three sentiments on the card – “Hope your Birthday is poppin”, “from all of us” and “Happy Birthday.” The first was stamped using the Popcorn Phrases clear stamp set with black ink onto white cardstock and die cutting it using the fancy stitched label in the Triple Platform Pop-Up die set. The second phrase was die cut from the Word Set 18 – Connectors while the third was cut using the Happy Birthday die. All the die-cut words were cut from upcycled cardboard packaging/junk mail. Popcorn kernels (highlighted with a yellow marker) were added as decorations to the front and back of the card from the Popcorn die set.

Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business size envelope which was stamped with another sentiment from the Popcorn Phrases stamp set – “You make everything Butter!”

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Stampin’ Up – 12×12 Specialty Designer Series Paper – Marbled Elegance
  • Assorted Colored and Decorative Paper Scraps

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Light Daffodil Delight

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Button Heart Gate Fold Aperture Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #250 whose parameters included a funn fold card, nostalgic colors, blanket element and buttons.

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

Details and supplies used are below.

Cardbase: Cut a 5.5×12-inch piece of light pink cardstock. Score at 2-inches, 4-inches, 8-inches and 10-inches. Fold as shown in video. On the gate fold panels, place heart die with center points over the fold and die-cut. Repeat on other side lining up the die to make a mirror image. I used the third largest die in Karen Burniston’s Hearts – Crosshatch set.

Buttons: I cut 70 buttons from four shades of pink cardstock. Using thin cotton string, thread the buttons’ holes and hand-tied knots to all of the card front buttons. The buttons were cut using Karen Burniston’s Sewing Charms die set.

Sentiments: All sentiments stamped in black ink on two rectangular panels cut using Karen Burniston’s Rectangles Crosshatch die set. “Happy Birthday is by Rubbernecker Stamps and the other two sentiments are Riley and Company’s Funny Bones stamps.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope. A die-cut button was glued to back flap to hint at whats to come.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Riley and Company – Funny Bones Stamps – Red Rubber Stamp – RWD-1119- Do Something
  • Riley and Company – Funny Bones Stamps – Clear Stamp – RWD-1259-You Are Far Too Special
  • Rubbernecker Stamps – Red Rubber Stamp – 0218 SO – Happy Birthday

Papers

  • DCWV – 12×12 Textured Cardstock Stack – Brights
  • Core’dinations – 12×12 80lb. Textured Cardstock – Candy Shop Canvas
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Tweezers
  • Pencil
  • Art Gum Eraser

Miscellaneous

  • Thin Cotton String

A Pop-Up Zoyfold Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #249 whose parameters included a zoyfold card, elegant colors, front door and three circles. (This is my second zoyfold card. Click here to see my first.)

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

Details and supplies used are below.

Cardbase: The cardbase is really a blend of two cardbases together. The larger card is a 5×7-inch landscape/horizontal z-fold card with an almost square 4 1/2x 5 1/2-inch card for a joyfold card Hence the newly coined card fold – the zoyfold (The term was coined by Mary Gunn Funn and Irene “Hattrick” Smith on the Craft Roulette Members Show #244.) Watch the process video for assembly instructions. The back of the card is covered with striped paper and a scalloped rectangle from the Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.

Gingerbread House: (Watch the assembly videos for the Tiny House Pop-Up and Gingerbread Tiny House Add-ons at the bottom of each of the linked pages.) I used Nuvo Jewel Drops, Nellie’s Choice Snow Effects and adhesive backed peppermint candies to decorate the gingerbread house before attaching the house to the card with hot glue.

Sentiments: All sentiments are by Karen Burniston. ”You’re Sweet!” and “Happy Birthday” die cuts. The envelope sentiment is from the Sweet Treats stamp set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inch) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • PinkFresh Studio – 8.5×11 Essential Glitter Cardstock 250 GSM – Glacier
  • Stampin’ Up – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Marbled Elegance
  • Matte Gold Hammered Fabric Paper
  • Brown, Green, Red and White Cardstock
  • Recollections – A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Red

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Tweezers
  • Hot Glue Gun

Miscellaneous

  • Kat Scrappiness – Rainbow Dot Sprinkles
  • Nellie’s Choice – Snow Effects
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
  • Nuvo – Jewel Drops – Strawberry Coulis
  • Scrapbook.com – Pops of Color – Glitter-Champagne
  • Stampin Up – Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints
  • 2-inch-wide Red Organza Heart-Edged Ribbon

A Charming Accordion Birthday Card

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for January 2025 using the theme of First 100 Craft Dies of KB Riley LLC. We were asked to make a card using any of the die sets with item numbers between 1001 and 1100. For this challenge I chose to make a six panel Charm Accordion birthday card based off one Karen Burniston made in 2018. (You can watch her video of this card at the bottom of this linked page for the Charm Accordion die set.)

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

Card Front
Card Back

Cardbase: The finished cardbase folds down to 3 1/2-inches wide by 4 1/2-inches tall by 3/8-inch thick. To make the cardbase, cut three of the Charm Accordion double panel die from heavy cardstock. Cut the double panels in half to separate the panels. Cut five 3/4-inch wide by 4 1/2-inches tall strips of the same cardstock. Die cut five of the tabbed square connector pieces from heavy cardstock. Watch the video on how to assemble. Cut decorative papers to create frames for each panel as directed in the video.

Charms: Two different die sets were used for the charms that dangle in the connector frames. The present with a bow, the party hat and the cupcake are from the Birthday Charms set while the butterflies are from the Charm Accordion set. I used the stencil feature of the cupcake die to color in the sprinkles with fine tipped markers.

Sentiments: The letters that spell the word “HAPPY” were cut using the Alphabet set while the word “birthday” comes from Word Set 2 -Birthday.

Envelope: Because of the thickness of this card, it would have to be hand-delivered or mailed in a padded envelope as a package.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Lilac Swirl
  • Impression Obsession – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Basics 1 – Yellows
  • Paper Rose – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Purple Haze
  • Echo Park – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Papers – Day In The life No. 2 – April
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – Purples, Blues and White

Ink

  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Blue, Orange, Purple, Teal, Yellow

Adhesives

Tools

A Pop-Up Tag Card with a Nautical Theme

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #248 whose parameters included a tag(s) , Disney colors, January element, and branch (es) or (ing). I used a Craft Roulette stamp set and two Karen Burniston dies die sets.

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

Cardbase:  Using Karen Burniston’s Tag Book Pop-Up die set, I cut two of the large tag frames from heavy weight light blue cardstock and two more from darker blue lightweight cardstock. The rectangular hinge die I cut once from light blue cardstock. The dark blue pieces I trimmed a 1/16-inch off all edges and then glued the dark blue on top of the light blue. The hinge was glued onto the inside of the light blue panels. (Watch Karen’s assembly video for her Tag Book Pop-Up.) You can cut two of the large tags from patterned paper to cover over the hinge on the inside. (It is easier to do the patterned paper background now than after you’ve glued in the yellow pop-up piece as I show in the process video above.) There are a number of decorator dies that come in the Tag Book Pop-Up Set such as the chain rope and hole protectors.

Pop-Up Panels: Cut two of the inside die piece from lightweight yellow cardstock. Cut two sets of the decorating strips die from dark blue. Follow the assembly instructions in her video.

Nautical Elements: The nautical elements of a ship, life preserver, anchor and ship’s wheel are all die cut and stenciled using dies from Karen Burniston’s Cruse Charms. (You can watch Karen’s assembly video for these charms at the bottom of this linked page Cruse Charms.) The chain rope borders and dark blue background mats are all dies in the Tag Book Pop-Up die set. The tags have red and white baker’s twine tied to them.

Sentiments:   The “Happy Birthday” and HBD sign are stamps in the Craft Roulette Funn Friend #1 stamp set. The “HBD” letters and yellow shade were cut using the stamp set’s coordinating dies.

Envelope:  The card fits into a purchased A6 (4.5x 6-inches) size envelope or larger.

Below is the Craft Roulette Community Showcase show on which I originally made this card.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Funn Sentiments Clear Stamps – #1

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • Concord & 9th – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Harbor
  • Graphic 45 – 12×12 Double-Sided Pattern and Solids Paper – Let’s Get Cozy
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Dark Blue, Red and Yellow Cardstock

Ink and Watercolors

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Watercolor Pencils – Hickory Smoke
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Red & Yellow
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Real Red

Adhesives

Tools

  • Spellbinders – Platinum Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Waterbrush

Miscellaneous

  • Red & White Baker’s Twine

2025 ATC Calendar – JANUARY

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I’m starting 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 and then exchanging them.

I printed up four sets of 2025 monthly calendars using Spellbinders BetterPress 2025 DIY Calendar press plates. I also cut out four easels for the calendars to set on using the Spellbinders DIY Easel die set.

I printed the BetterPress January Snowdrop image using BetterPress Leaf green ink on the January calendar card to give an idea to my friends how the calendar works.

Now we have an excuse to get together once a month to exchange calendar cards for the next month and talk about how we created them.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – DIY Easel

Press Plates

  • Spellbinders- BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar
  • Spellbinders- BetterPress Plates – January Snowdrop 

Papers

  • Spellbinders- BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble
  • Heavy Weight Brown Cardstock

Ink

  • Spellbinders- BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black, Leaf

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer

Watch Me On Craft Roulette Community Showcase, Please!

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I’m going to be one of the crafting guests on the first Craft Roulette Community Showcase special event which will be live on YouTube on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 1:00 pm EST. (It will be recorded in case you miss it live.)

Don’t forget to hit the notify me button on the YouTube page so you’ll get a notification when it goes live!

Click here to register for the free giveaway

Hope you enjoy it!