Autumn Pop-Up Card with Animals

November 4, 2025October 30, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team November 2025 Challenge whose theme is FUN FACES. I made a slimline Thanksgiving card using two new stamp sets – Fall Phrases and Fun Faces 1.

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

Cardbase: I cut a 7 1/2×8 5/8-inch rectangle from white 65lb. cardstock. Then I scored and folded in half to create a 3 3/4×8 5/8-inch slimline cardbase.

Animals: Using the Woodland Animals and Winter Animals die sets make two bears, one raccoon, one fox and one squirrel. Use the Fun Faces 1 to stamp on the animals eyes, noses and mouths. Make four red apples from the Tiny Fruit set and add to all the animals except the squirrel. Make an acorn for the squirrel using the tiny acorn die in the Woodland Animals set.

Leaf and Acorn Border: Cut eight oak leaves from the Tree Pop-Up set and seven acorns using the tiny acorn die in the Woodland Animals set. (I cut a bunch of leaves from orange and brown cardstock and four more acorns knowing I would use the leftovers to decorate the inside of the card.) adhere to front border strip as shown in the photos and video.

Pumpkins: Cut three pumpkins from orange patterned paper. Dry emboss them using the pumpkin die from the Autumn Elements set in your die cutting machine’s embossing sandwich. Cut two of the pierced labels for the Little Labels Pop-Up side labels from green patterned paper. Layer together a pumpkin onto the green label and decorate with leftover leaves and acorns. Adhere the remaining pumpkin to the card back.

Label Pop-Up: Cut one of the large die in the Little Labels Pop-Up set from green cardstock. (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked page.) Assemble as show in the video above.

Sentiments: The inside stamped sentiments are from the Fall Phrases set. The die cut “Happy Thanksgiving” is cut from orange pattern paper using the Word Set 7 – Autumn set. From white cardstock, cut two medium sized labels from the Labels – Crosshatch, the center label and three banners from the Little Labels Pop-Up set to stamp. Adhere the largest two labels as places to write a personal message.

Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business size envelope whose back flap was stamped in brown ink “Thankful Grateful Blessed” from the Fall Phrases stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Candy Corn
Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Rain Forest
Hot Off The Press – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Papers – North Country
The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
Black, Gray, Kraft and Red Cardstock
#10 Business Envelope – Kraft

Ink

Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Gathered Twigs
Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Dual Tip – Light Copper Clay

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Score Board
Stamping Platform
LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
Scissors
T-Ruler
Sponge Dauber
Paper Masking Tape
Tweezers
We R Memories – QuickStick

Autumn Leaves Accordion Card

October 5, 2025October 13, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #287 whose parameters included “saying hi”, crisp colors, sun/sunny(ies) element, and pennants. Today’s card uses Karen Burniston dies and her new Fall Phrases stamps.

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

Cardbase: (Watch the assembly video for this die set located at the bottom of the linked page.) Cut three of the Landscape Rectangle Accordion frames from brown cardstock. From one frame die cut two apertures in the pivot panel using the stitched rectangle die in the set. Decorate the panels first and then glue the frames together as shown in the assembly video.

Leaf Pennants: From the Tree Pop-Up die set cut two sets of oak leaves – once from yellow and one from brown. Daub the leaf edges with brown ink and then splatter with white paint and bronze ink to age them. Sandwich a piece 8-10-inches of black sewing thread between two leaves (of the same color) and glue in place. Repeat with remaining leaves. (Note: I lost one of my leave pairs, so I only added five dangling leaves to my card.) Using a thin sewing needle, piece a hole into the top of one of the window apertures panel and pull the thread through the hole, adjust length of leaf thread and tie off the thread. (Make sure to only wrap thread one the window frame below the hole as any thread above the hole will be seen and won’t be covered by the decorative frame.) Repeat with other leaves. Cut four picture frames from dark brown using the wood embossed picture frame die in the set. Glue picture frames over the openings to be centered on panel and cover the thread knots.

Gourds and Leaves: Cut two of each of the leaves and pumpkin dies in the Autumn Elements die set. Daub the edges with brown ink and then splatter with white and black paint to age them. (Note: I cut the yellow leaves from a scrap of paper I had inked with red to get that orange mottling effect.) Cut two tiny pumpkin gourds from orange or white with brown stem vines using the dies from the Haunted Tiny House Add-Ons set. Decorate the first and last panels on both sides using the leaves and pumpkins and gourds.

Sentiments: Using the new Karen Burniston Fall Phrases stamp set, stamp “Hello Gourd-geous!” “Warm Autumn Wishes” and “May your fall be crisp, cozy and colorful” onto white cardstock. Die cut using the last two phrases using the two smallest label dies in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set. Using a paper trimmer, cut the first phrase into a .8-inch wide stripe and cut a triangle from each end to make it into a fishtail banner. Using the Tropical Scene die set, cut the sun rays from orange and the circle from yellow and glue together to illustrate “Warm Autumn Wishes.”

Card Assembly: Line up the accordion frames in the order you desire after decorating the panels front and back. Train the folds on the frames and panels. Glue the large frames tabs first. Trim off the unused tab. Once the glue has set on the tabs, train the pivot panels movement. Decide which way the panels will move when open and closed. Glue the panels together having one connection behind the joining frames and the other connection going in front of the joining frames. Trim off unused panel tab.

Envelope: The card fits into a mini slimline envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

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

Papers

Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Pumpkin Bread
Brown, Oranges, Red, White and Yellows Cardstock Scraps

Ink

Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
Hero Arts – Acrylic Spray – Opaque White
Hero Arts – Silk Ink – Bronze
Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Vintage Photo
Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
Spellbinders – Splatter Effects – Black

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Riley and Company – Pick & Poke Tool
Stamping Blocks
Scissors
Paper Masking Tape
Sponge Dauber
Sewing Needle

Miscellaneous

Black Sewing Thread

Sweater Weather Pop-Up Card

October 3, 2025October 13, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

There’s a new mini release of five new stamp sets from Karen Burniston. For this card I’ve used the new Fall Phrases sentiment stamps along with previously released die sets – Cupcake Pop-Up, Coffee Charms, Tiny Trees Pop-Up, Border Blends – Trims, Bam Box Pop-Up and Display Helpers.

Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.

Cardbase: Start with an 11×4.25-inch rectangle of cream colored cardstock. Score and fold at 5.5-inches to form an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) side-fold card. Watch video above for how the four panels are covered.

Card Front: Cut a 4.125×5.25-inch rectangle of cream cardstock. Cut .5-inch wide stripes of decorative paper to be used as a mat behind the rectangle above. Adhere strips as shown in video above to the front panel of the cardbase.

Watch the assembly videos at the bottom of each of the dies’ linked pages. Die cut from red and orange cardstock backed with double-sided tape (I had scraps from cutting rainbows) lots of the two types of leaves in the Tiny Trees Pop-Up set. Use brown ink to age the leaves.

From the Border Blends – Trims die set, cut six of the wave strands in die #1. Weave/braid two strands together as shown in the video above. Repeat with rest of strands to form the three cable sweater stripes that are on the front panel. Glue in the center of the cream panel. trim as needed.

Cut and assemble two coffee cups-to-go from the Coffee Charms set. (I used the package design to make mine.)

Once the leaves were added to the panel, I splattered some bronze ink onto the panel and then added some flat glitter spots. My leftover leaves were used to decorate the card back and the inside of the card.

Pop-Up Platform: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the Cupcake Pop-Up linked page. Then follow the steps in the video above for how I glued the pop-up platform into the card. I added a display helper to keep the card open. Watch the assembly video for the Display Helpers to see how the “LIFT” piece is installed. (Circled in photo below.)

Sentiments: All the sentiments were stamped in black ink using the Fall Phrases stamps set. They were cut and embossed using various dies in the Bam Box Pop-Up set. See the video above for how the labels were embossed.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

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

Papers

Stamperia – 12×12-inches Double-Sided Paper – Winter Botanic
Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11-inches Cardstock – Tea Room
Orange, Red and White Cardstock

Ink

Hero Arts – Silk Ink – Bronze
Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Rustic Wilderness, Vintage Photo
Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Point – Black

Adhesives

Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
Scrapbook.com – Double-Sided Tape – 4-inch wide

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Stamping Platform
LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
Sponge Daubers
Scissors
Riley and Company – Pick & Poke Tool
Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

Trinity Stamps – Flat Glitter Confetti Spots – Black, Orange

Hexagon Accordion Fold Birthday Card

September 20, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #285 whose parameters included a square card, birthday dairy aisle colors, leaves element, and hexagon. Today’s card uses Karen Burniston dies and stamps.