This is my card for Craft Roulette #344 whose parameters were a card with a pocket for project; vegetable garden colors, small critter(s) for element; and tidbit(s) for random.
Watch my process video below to learn how the card was made. There are free downloads of the template and CRX sheet below.
CARDBASE: The finished cardbase is 3 3/4x 8 3/4-inches. See video above for assembly.
SPLIT-SLIDER: Use the split-slider template you can download for free below. Assemble as shown in the video above.
Please note that this template is copyrighted, and Ully Cat Designs must be cited if you publish a card made using it.
The carrot and stitched garden rows from Lawn Fawn’s Stitched Garden Border die set and the rabbits are from Colorado Crafts’ Summer Garden stamp set designed by Anita Jeram. The Rabbits were colored with watercolor pencils.
SENTIMENTS: The “Keep Calm and Carrot On” is a stamp from Colorado Crafts’ Carrot On stamp set designed by Anita Jeram. The “Sending hugs to you” is a hot foiled banner from my stash (Might be a retired Spellbinders Glimmer plate.)
ENVELOPE: On the back flap, stamped in orange and green inks, is “Did some bunny say carrots?” and two carrots from Colorado Crafts’ Carrot On stamp set.
IT’S TIME for the Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC November 2025 Release Blog Hop. (See GIVEAWAY details at the end of this post for blog hop list.) The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 15 new dies and 5 new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to pre-order NOW!
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Cut eight dotted lavender cardstock hexagons using the largest die in the Hexagons – Crosshatch. Using the next two plain edged hexagon dies in the set, cut a total of 12 of the medium hexagon from patterned paper and six of the smaller die also from patterned paper. Cut two sets of the Surprise Ball Access Tabs from the dotted lavender cardstock. Assemble card as show in video.
Bee Pop-Up: Cut two ball halves and 12 decorative pieces from yellow cardstock using the Mini Ball Pop-Up set. Also cut one set of Mini Ball Access Tabs from yellow cardstock. Assemble Mini Ball as shown in the video above using the access tabs. Create the bee using the Animal Add-Ons 6 set. Cut four sets of the antenna, one large circle and two small eye ovals from black cardstock. Cut two of the smaller circle from white cardstock and the mouth from pink. (I cut the mouth from white and colored with a pink marker.) Cut one set of wings and two wing vein overlays from clear vellum. Assemble as shown in video above. Cut one lavender oval for the base for the bee to set on using the medium die in the Ovals -Crosshatch set.
Sentiments: All the sentiments are stamped on white cardstock using the Bug Greetings stamp set and the Greeting Labels die set was used to cut the belly band label out. The large label on the back used the largest crosshatch die in the Hexagons – Crosshatch set.
Disclaimer: Karen Burniston products are provided free of charge by the manufacturer for review and use. All other items were personally purchased. Compensated affiliate links used where or when possible, meaning I will receive a small percentage commission from these manufacturers at no cost to you. This will allow me to add more content to my YouTube channel and help out a lot. Thank you.
To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston – KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone’s blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, 1st December 2025. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don’t forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!
IT’S TIME for the Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC January 2025 Release Blog Hop. (See GIVEAWAY details at the end of this post for blog hop list.) The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 8 new dies and 4 new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!
Watch the video below to see how this card was made.
Cardbase: I started with a 7×10-inch piece of patterned paper folded in half to form an A7 side-fold card. The inside was covered with two rectangles of patterned paper cut using the second largest of the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch dies. Color center fold gap with marker close in color to patterned paper. Add decorative stripes for side borders. Decorate the outside with journaling cards and stickers from decorative paper collection.
Front of CardBack of Card
Basket Pop-Up: Cut the Flower Pot Pop-Up main pot piece twice from a dark brown cardstock. Cut two sets of strips with smiley faces from the same brown cardstock. (Watch Karen Burniston’s assembly video located at the bottom of the linked Flower Pot Pop-Up page.) Cut four sets of the striped side and top pieces from the Popcorndie set from a light brown paper. Save all five waste strips from each of the sides to weave through the decorative side pieces to make the basket. Cut one square base piece with tabs from the Flower Pot Add-Onsset in dark brown cardstock.
Decorations: From the Fishing Boat Add-Ons die set, cut all three of the fish dies three times from a silver gray cardstock. Cut two of the heart picks from the Bouquet Bits die set in green and save the heart waste pieces to use as greenery in the front corner of the basket. (I ended up only using the heart pick in this card.) Cut one pail and handle from silver mirror cardstock. (Color handle with black alcohol marker.) Cut three cattails from the Bayou Animals die set from green and color cattails brown on both sides. (In the video I call these bulrushes from the gator and frog set.) Cut five green leafy pieces from the Flower Pot Add-Ons set. From the Fishing Boat Add-Ons die set, cut the fishing rod twice. (If using patterned paper, flip paper to backside to cut the mirror image of rod.) Cut one fishing line from silver cardstock.
Sentiments: “Get Well Soon” is from the Bouquet Sayings stamp set and cut out using the die in the Bouquet Bits die set. The green heart pick that holds the card is also in the Bouquet Bits die set. “Every day is a good day when you’re fishing” is from the FishingPhrasesstamp set and cut out using the second smallest crosshatch die in the Squares – Crosshatch die set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A7 size envelope with one of the jumping fish die cuts. “Here fishy, fishy” is stamped in black ink using theFishingPhrases stamp set.
To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston – KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone’s blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday,3rd February 2025. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don’t forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!
This is the second in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.
Today’s card is a pop-up set of shelves made with On Display Pop-Up die set by Concord and 9th.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The cardbase is an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) side-fold made by folding an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle in half.
Sentiments: The “hello” on the card front is a die in the On Display Pop-Up die set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a die-cut plant on the back flap.
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This is the first in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.
Today’s card is a plant ladder made with dies by Scrappy Tails.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Use the outline die in the Plant Ladder die set to cut a shaped cardbase from a 3×12-inch piece of card stock that has been folded in half. Place the die so that the two top cutting edges of the die are just off the fold.
Sentiments: I am leaving off any sentiment so that there is space inside and on the card back to write a message.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a cardstock liner to keep the palm tree leaves from getting damaged in the mail.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Scrappy Tails – Metal Dies – Plant Ladder
Papers
Bazzill – 12×12 Cardstock – Sand Dollar
Black, Browns, Greens, and Yellows Cardstock Scraps
Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth
Crisp, colorful leaves gently falling off tree branches sometimes bring bitter-sweet emotions. A.A. Milne’s characters of Winnie-the-Pooh and Eeyore the donkey are playful reminders that fun can be had even in the worst of times.
For this card I used stamps and papers from Impression Obsession featuring E. H. Shepard’s Winnie-the-Pooh and Eeyore along with leaves and sentiments designed by Dina Kowal. The images were stamped in black ink and then colored with watercolor pencils. (I elected not to water brush the coloring.) Next the colored images were fussy cut. Additional leaves were stamped on some of the matted papers used on the card front and fussy cut.
The design principle of three is floated with the leaves throughout the card. Notice that the heart shaped leaf is always pointing to where your eye should flow. Leftover paper scraps were used to decorate the card back.
For the envelope back, leaves and a quote from Elizabeth Lawrence about taking time to watch the leaves turn colors, are stamped in black ink and colored with permanent markers.
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Materials Used:
Stamps
Impression Obsession – Clear Stamps designed by Dina Kowal – Pooh Window – CL1138
Papers
Impression Obsession – 6×6 Double-Sided Paper Pad – Classic Pooh – PP004
Park Lane Paperie – A6 Cardbase and Envelope – Ivory
Ink
StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Watercolor Pencil- Antique Linen, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Spice Marmalade and Walnut Stain
Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Orange and Brown
For a baseball fan, having your favorite player on the injured list, is bad, having yourself on the list is even worse. This card is for a sports fan recovering from surgery.
Echo Park Paper Co. makes a Baseball mega bundle of double-sided papers and ephemera that works well with Carta Bella’s Baseball element stickers. I used items from both these sets along with the circle twisting mechanism designed by Karen Burniston to make this card.
After watching Karen’s assembly video for the Snowman Twist Circle die set, I selected the largest two circle dies, cutting the largest from sand colored paper and the smaller stitched circle from white cardstock. I used a pencil to sketch where the red stitching would be on the white circle and used a fine tipped marker to mark the baseball’s stitching. The striped paper for the inside of the card was folded and die-cut as directed in the video. The arm piece was also cut from the striped paper.
A lightweight 5 x 6.5 inch card base was what I glued the striped inside paper to. For the outside I cut two 5 x 6.5 inch pieces of the sand colored paper. Decorating the card with the stickers and pre-cut ephemera was the fun part of the card. Using a computer, I created the two sentiments playing off the twisting action of the batter on the circle. “It won’t be long before your back in the swing of things!”
The envelope is also decorated with a baseball sticker.
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It is almost peach season where I live and there will be pop-up fruit stands on the side of the road with Georgia peaches for sale by the bushel. To honor this up-coming season, I’ve made a peachy card using stamps and stencils by The Greetery from 2020.
If you have not used layered stencils before I highly recommend watching the demo video for the stencils and stamp set. There is a paper guide included in the set, but I would have missed learning about the etched markings on the stencils that helps to line-up the various layers.
I used three colors of ink to get the rosy glow on the peaches. Using a large blending brush, I inked blend first a layer of the Citrine yellow followed by a light brushing of Sunbeam orange and then for highlights, I brushed lightly Grapefruit Grove pink. I stamped the shading on with the Grapefruit Grove ink.
For the leaves, I used a base ink blending with a finger dauber of Pear Pizzazz light green and stamped the Emerald Green leaf highlights. The peach stems are stamped with a dark brown ink cube that was in my stash. I used the same brown ink to stamp the sentiments using the Just Peachy Sentiment stamps.
The stencils are designed for a 4 ¼ inch x 5 ½ inch card. I stenciled onto a scrape piece of white cardstock and trimmed down to 4 inches by 5 ½ inches, and then backed it with a 4 ½ inch by 6-inch green mat. These dimensions work well with the 5-inch x 6 ½ inch card base I used.
For the inside and back of the card, I stamped two tiny peaches which I fussy cut and glued in place. The sentiment words were fussy cut with the phrase “Hope you’re felling” edged with a green marker. Foam squares were used to adhere the words and add dimension to the card. A piece of gingham ribbon was glued to the back of the green mat before the entire card front was glued to the cardbase.
To hint at the envelope’s contents, I stamped in a small peach and a peach slice on the back flap and a tiny peach on the front of the envelope.
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Just wanted to share some of the quick and fun Box Pops that I’ve made using i-crafter dies – specifically their oval base Box Pop. Unfortunately, the i-crafter brand has closed its doors. You can occasionally find some of their dies and stamps on Esty and Ebay. Trinity Stamps also sells a few of Lynda Kanase‘s designs too.
The base works with other stamps in your stash too Like this Tim Holtz Snarky Cat.
