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

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Whirly Wheel – 1306
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Triple Platform Pop-Up – 1300
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels -Crosshatch – 1233
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Space Charms – 1109
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Ovals – Crosshatch – 1055

Stamps

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Birthday Belated
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Popcorn Phrases
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Whirly Wheel Words

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

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Double-Sided Tape – 1/8-inch & 1/2-inch wide
• Clear Packing Tape

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