Birthday

Happy Birthday Accordion Style

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This card was made for a Scapp’n Savvy Card Challenge for KB Bundlers June 2025 using Karen Burniston’s Landscape Rectangle Accordion, Cupcake Add-Ons, Fence Add-Ons, Big Birthday Charms and Birthday Candle Add-Ons die sets.

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

Read more below on specifics of this card.

Cardbase:  Cut three of the Landscape Rectangle Accordion base frames. Cut from decorative paper, three to six frames. (Cut the frame base and cut out the inside panel and side tab.)

Cupcakes:  Watch the assembly video for the Cupcake Add-Ons located at the bottom of the linked page.

Candles:  The candles are cut from two die sets – Big Birthday Charms and Birthday Candle Add-Ons. Watch the video above for coloring details. The candles are glued to the Fence Add-Ons.

Sentiments:  The printed paper provides much of the sentiments, while the Mini Alphabet and Numbers were used to cut from pink glitter paper “HBD2U” (Happy Birthday to You.) The Streamer ribbons come from the Big Birthday Charms and Cupcake Add-Ons die sets.

Envelope:  This card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Scapp’n Savvy – Card Challenge Paper Pack
  • 12X12-inch Solid Cardstock – Fuchsia, Teal Blue and Celery Green
  • PhotoPlay – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Birthday Sparkle
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 Shimmer Cardstock – White Gold
  • Pink Glitter Cardstock
  • Brown, Green, Orange, White & Yellow Cardstock Scraps

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Lime Green, Pink, Red & Yellow
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Red & teal

Adhesives

Tools

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

Choo-Choo Train Birthday Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #276 whose parameters included an easel card, rainbow colors, western element, and black and white image. I chose to make a shaped, slimline easel card using dies by Anna Griffin and Sue Wilson.

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

Cardbase:  The cardbase is cut from 110 lb. white cardstock using Anna Griffin’s Antique Train Slimline Easel dies to cut out the two cardbase pieces. Rainbow striped paper was added to the card base and the excess was fussy cut off. (You could die cut the piece again if you don’t like to fussy cut.)

Train:  The detailed train image is cut in black and glued to the shaped outline of the train before it is attached to the card base.

Sentiment:  Cut three sets of Sue Wilson’s “Happy Birthday” from the scraps of white cardstock used for the cardbase. Glue the layers together. Let dry under a paperweight to have the dry flat.  Adhere to cardbase to be used as the easel stop.

Envelope:  The card fits into #10 business envelope (4.125x 9.5-inches) which was stamped with “HBD” on its back in red ink using the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Anna Griffin – Metal Dies – Antique Train Slimline Easel
  • Creative Expressions – Craft Dies by Sue Wilson – Noble Expressions – Happy Birthday

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Mrs. Sparkle & Co. Paperie – 5.5×7.5-inches Paper Pad – Rainbow
  • Scrapbook.com -8.5×11-inch 110lb Cardstock – White
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11-inch 80lb Cardstock – Black
  • #10 Business Envelope – Kraft

Ink

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

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • This Calls For Confetti – It’s No Secret Anti-Static Powder Wand

Gilded Pop-up Birthday Cards

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Needing some birthday cards and wanting to try out some brass colored Shimmer Relief Paste from Altenew, I made these stenciled-with-paste, card fronts and embellished them with ribbon and a Karen Burniston“hello” two-piece die cut.  Inside is a Karen Burniston pop-up greeting and a Craft Roulette inspired verse.

Cardbase: I used purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbases that I stenciled the fronts with Shimmer Relief Paste and stencils by Honey Bee Stamps (Scattered Seeds) and Scrapbook.com (Hearts). The card backs feature a single balloon from the Big Birthday Charms die set.

Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video for the Katherine Label. Stamp the verse inside the card before adding the mechanism. (I found that gluing the bottom word onto the mechanism worked best to avoid catchpoints, including the two added balloons.)

Sentiments:  All the inside die cut sentiments used on the card come Karen Burniston designs including the Katherine Label mechanism that pops the “Happy Birthday” up with its Big Birthday Charms balloons. The stamped verse is from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped with “HBD” on the back flap from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

  • Honey Bee Stamps – 6×6-inch Plastic Stencil – Scattered Seeds
  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch Plastic Stencil – Hearts

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Blues and Orange Foiled Cardstock
  • Gold Matte Paper – Junk Mail
  • Black, Kraft and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 (5×7-inches) Cardbases and Envelopes – Kraft

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush – Glitter Gloss
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Plastic Knife
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Artistry by Altenew – Shimmer Relief Paste – Brass
  • Ribbons – White & Gold 1/2  – 3/4-inch wide

Stenciled Cake Pop-Up Birthday Card

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Here are two birthday cards I made using a stamp and coordinating die and stencils set from This Calls For Confetti and Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label Pop-Up and Happy Birthday word die sets.

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

I made two versions of the card – one using patterned paper as a background and the other with a stenciled card front.  Both started with a purchased A6 (4.5×6.25-inch) cardbase with matching envelope. Both have the pop-up sentiment inside with the words, shadow and mechanism being cut from an additional cardbase and colored with the same Distress Ink colors used to stencil the cake.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A6 (4.5x 6.25-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment from Craft Roulette.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

  • Daisy Mae Designs – Dotty Stencil
  • This Calls For Confetti – Three Tier Cake Layering Stencil & Die

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • This Calls For Confetti – Clear Stamps – Alice’s Story Birthday Sentiments

Papers

  • Laserowe Love – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Paper – Vintage Trip by Renata Maslyk
  • Cream 65lb Cardstock
  • Park lane Paperie – A6 Textured Cardbases & Envelopes – Ivory

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress ink – Dried Marigold, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Gelli Arts – Gel Plate
  • Scissors
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • 3 Clear Rhinestones Flatback Gems
  • 3 Tiny Gold Flatback Gems

S’more Funn Birthday Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #273 whose parameters included a lady’s card, candy wrapper colors, camp(s)/(ing) element, and belt. I chose to make a trifold, slimline card that is interactive using Karen Burniston dies and some custom cut pieces of my own design.

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

Cardbase:  The cardbase is a trifold, so there are three panels (I made mine out of 80lb black and 110lb white cardstock, but you could make it all out of 100 lb black.) I cut two black panels at 3.75×8.5-inches for the card back. One white 4.125 x6-inches (Score at 3.75-inches and at 3.875-inches.) Cut another white panel at 4.125×7-inches (Score at 3.75-inches.) Cut two thumb holes in each panel as shown in video using die from Whirly Wheel die set. Follow video above for assembly order of panels. (You can follow the video with cutting the waves into the white cardbase panels or you and just round the tops of the panels as I eventually did.)

Flame Panels:  Cut one 3.75×6-inch panel and one 3.75×7-inch panel. Using the waves die in the Curved Edges die set, cut the two panels with waves at the top. Cut two sets of five different fire colors using the waves die from 4×3-inch pieces of paper. Adhere the fire color pieces to the panels going from darkest to lightest colors. (I ended with a dark color next to custom cut and colored logs.)

Whirly Wheel Flames:  (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked Whirly Wheel die set.) Cut two sets of wheels, thermometer arms, and washers from heavy white cardstock. (I recommend adding the arrows before adding the clear packing tape by either using a marker and the die as a stencil or stamping using the Whirly Wheel Words stamp set.) Cover all die-cut pieces with clear packing tape. Assemble as shown in the video. Test flame shapes to add to Whirly Wheel arm making sure they stay within the card base when closed. Attach to arm as shown in video.

Marshmallow Sticks:  I drew my marshmallows on sticks on a piece of 8.5x 3.5-inch white cardstock. They were fussy cut and then the sticks were colored dark brown. The marshmallows were covered with Nellie’s Choice Snow Effects, allowed to dry and then colored with light brown and hints of black to make the bubbling, toasted look of the marshmallows. The sticks were fitted and folded to the card before gluing on to the card back.

Sentiment Pop-Up:  Die cut a white l-shaped mechanism from the Katherine Label Pop-Up die set. (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked die set.) Die cut in orange and red, the Happy Birthday and its shadow piece. Install the mechanism into card making sure it is high enough in the card not to interfere with the thumbholes. Color the top sides of the mechanism black to blend into the background. (I cut a 1.5×1.75-inch piece of black and colored afterwards. You could just color the three sides of the box part of the mechanism at this point.) Glue Happy Birthday onto its shadow and adhere to mechanism.

Sentiment Belt:  Cut an 11×2.5-inch strip of dark brown textured cardstock. Fold it around the card loosely so it can slide off. Glue together back edges. On a computer design a 2×2.75-inch brown panel that says “Dear Sweet Lady, Wishing you S’more Funn!” followed by instructions on how to operate the card. An additional instruction panel is added to the back of the belt.

S more Funn textDownload

Envelope:  The card fits into #10 business envelope (4.125x 9.5-inches).

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11-inch Textured Cardstock – Bitter Chocolate
  • Orange, Reds and Yellow Cardstock
  • Scrapbook.com -8.5×11-inch 110lb Cardstock – White
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11-inch 80lb Cardstock – Black
  • #10 Business Envelope – Kraft

Ink

  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black, Red
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends – Dark and Light Cooper Clay

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Craft Knife
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Nellies Choice – Snow Effects

Whirly Wheel Projects

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Here is a quick summary of cards using the new Karen Burniston Whirly Wheel die set.

(HINT: Click on the photo to go to the tutorial on how to make it.)

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Arch Pop-Up Projects

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Here are some of the projects I’ve made with the new Karen Burniston Arch Pop-Up

(HINT: Click on photo to bring up tutorial on how the project was made.)

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Matchbook Purse Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #271 whose parameters included a matchbook card, park colors, key(s) element, and curved and straight.

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

Cardbase:  Start with a 6×11-inch piece of patterned cardstock and score and fold at 3 1/4, 3 3/4 and 8 1/4-inches. Thread cardstock through the Karen Burniston Long Flap and Closure smaller flap die and center before cutting curved edge of the purse flap. Use white maker to outline curved edge.

Front
Back

Ribbon Handle:  Cut an 18-20-inch piece of 3/8 to 1/2-inch wide ribbon.  Punch two holes through the folded flap and thread ribbon through the holes. Leaving enough ribbon for a purse strap, tie ribbon at holes  before tying bow.

Keys and Clasp: Die cut a total of four keys using the key die in the Karen Burniston Katherine Label Pop-Up die set. Cut two from silver foil cardstock and two more keys from the white backside of the silver foil cardstock. Glue keys together to form two keys that are silver on both sides. Add a jump ring to each key and then add each key to the third jump ring before attaching it to the ribbon. Glue large sequin to center of flap as a decorative clasp.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments used on the card come from the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set and stamped in blue ink. stamped in black ink.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope that has a strip of the decorative cardstock glued to the back envelope flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Darice – 8.5×11 Single-Sided Cardstock – Blue Prints
  • Your Paper Insider – Silver Holographic Oil Slick Envelope Scrap
  • A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Paris Dusk
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Coral, Frosty Blue, Mint Green & Purple
  • Sharpie – Paint Marker – Extra Fine Tip – Oil Based White

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Needle-Nose Pliers
  • Hole Punch
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • 18-20-inches of Ribbon
  • 3 Metal Jump Rings
  • Large sequin

A Stellar Interactive Wheel Birthday Card

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s June 2025 release of ten new dies and five new clear stamps. For this interactive popping-up space alien birthday card I used the new Whirly Wheel die set.

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

Cardbase:  For the finished 5×7 side-fold card, I started with a pre-folded clear acetate (plastic) A7 (5×7-inch) card base and cut one 5.125×7.125-inch rectangle from gray cardstock, another 5.125×7.125-inch rectangle from bluish silver mirror cardstock. And finally, the card back of two pieces of heavy black cardstock -one 5.5 x7.125-inches and the other is cut using the second largest die (4.2×6.2-inches) in the Rectangles and Labels -Crosshatch die set for a mat. Watch the video above to see how I assembled the card from these pieces. Windows in card front were cut using the third and fourth smallest dies in the Oval – Crosshatch die set.

Space Background Panels:  The space backgrounds were created with mica sprays and an opaque white spray done in a spray box. (I had to test my mica sprays first as some of the colors had clogged since the last time I had used them. Ended up using green, fuchsia, red and blue over a white base coat. Not more than 2-3 squirts from each color.)

Space Ship with Alien:  Cut two sets of the pieces needed to make the ship and alien using the Space Charms die set.

Whirly Wheel:  Cut a 3.5×8.5-inch rectangle from 100 lb. gray cardstock and cover both sides with clear packing tape. Cut one wheel and one large thermometer using the Whirly Wheel die set from the taped piece of cardstock. Using stencil feature, ink on arrows on wheel (or use the Whirly Wheel Words stamp set to stamp the gray cardstock before adhering the tape, then tape and die cut.) Assemble wheel as shown in video above.

Cut thumb holes into the cardbase pieces as shown in the video using the half moon shaped die in the Whirly Wheel set.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments were stamped using Karen Burniston’s Birthday Belated and Popcorn Phrases stamp sets with black ink onto double stitched labels from the Triple Platform Pop-Up die set.

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

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Hunkydory – A2 Mirri Card – Oxidised Metals
  • My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 Smooth 100 lb Cardstock – Cement Gray
  • Black, Gray, Neon Pink and White Cardstock
  • Grafix – 8.5×11 Dura-Lar Acetate .005 – Clear Film
  • Simon Says Stamp! – Acetate Pre-Folded A7 Cards

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 03 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black

Spray Paints

  • Hero Arts – Acrylic Spray -Opaque White
  • Nuvo 0 Mica Mist – Fresh Pear & Oriental Fuschia
  • Ranger – Tim Holta – Distress Spritz – Lumberjack Plaid
  • Ranger – Wendy Vecchi – mica Spray – Cornflower Blue

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick