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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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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.

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

Glitter and Unicorns to Celebrate Your Birthday!

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s June 2025 release of ten new die sets and five new clear stamp sets. For this interactive glitter unicorn birthday card, I used several of the new dies including the Leaping Animals, Display Helpers, Whirly Wheel and Rainbow Add-Ons as well as the stamps in Birthday Magic and Movie Night sets.

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

Cardbase: An 5.5×8.5-inch sheet of light weight white cardstock was scored and folded into a side-fold 4.5×5.5 size card. Watch the video above to see how I cut the half circle into the card and cut my decorator panels of patterned cardstock using the Rectangles – Crosshatch dies.

Unicorns: I used four unicorns on the card made with the Leaping Animals die set. Watch the video above to see how to assemble the animals. There are five dies needed for the unicorn – body, underbelly, horn, mane and tail. Cut the tail, mane and underbelly from pink, horn from gold and body from white.

Whirly Wheel: Cut one wheel and one large thermometer from sturdy pink cardstock using the Whirly Wheel die set. Cut one washer from a sturdy cardstock. (Color doesn’t matter as it will be hidden.) Using stencil feature, ink in arrows on the wheel (or use the Whirly Wheel Words stamp set.) Assemble wheel as shown in video above.

Lorna Label Pop-Up: Watch either the video above or the assembly video located at the bottom of the page linked to the Lorna Label Pop-Up.

Sentiments: The sentiments were stamped using the glitter and unicorns sentiment and “Let’s celebrate!” from the Birthday Magic stamp set. The “Happy Birthday” from the Movie Night set.

Display Helpers: Using the lift dies from the Display Helpers, install at either side of the Lorna Label Pop-Up following the video above. (Using the Display Helpers stamp set, you can stamp out a note to include in your card that says “Lift the tab for display and lower the tab to close the card.”)

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a die-cut heart from the Lorna Label Pop-Up set glued to the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rainbow Add-Ons – 1309
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Whirly Wheel – 1306
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Display Helpers – 1304
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Leaping Animals – 1301
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Lorna Label Pop-Up – 1266
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles – Crosshatch – 1054

Stamps
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Birthday Magic
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Display Helpers
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Movie Night
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Whirly Wheel Words

Papers
• Craftwork Cards – 8×8 Solid Colors and Printed Papers – Flying High Collection
• Pink Holographic Non-Shedding Glitter Cardstock
• Gold, Pink and Purple Glitter Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Husk Smooth

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
• Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
• Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker –Pretty Pink

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Foam Squares

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

Four Pop-Up Birthday Cards

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Here is a quick way to get four pop-up birthday cards using just three sheets of double-sided patterned cardstock.


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


Cardbase: Start with a 8.5×5.5-inch piece of double-sided patterned cardstock and fold in half to form a side-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card.


Flip Frame Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video for the Flip Frame Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page. Cut out one of the mechanism from cardstock matching the inside of each cardbase. Use the journaling or tags in the paper collection for the piece that flips up on the mechanism. Decorate with cutout pieces and scraps from the paper collection.


Sentiments: All the sentiments were stamped in black ink using Karen Burniston’s Birthday Belated and Photo Memories stamp sets. The stitched white rectangles are cut from white cardstock using a die from the Flip Frame Pop-Up die set.


Envelope: The cards fit into A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelopes.

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Materials Used:


Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Flip Frame Pop-Up – 1134

Stamps
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Birthday Belated
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Photo Memories

Papers
• Carabelle Studio – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Sorbet designed by Azoline
• White Cardstock
• Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Husk Smooth


Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Red

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

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

Oval Flip Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #265 whose parameters included an A7 card, floral wreath colors, lyrics element, and cinco (5). I used a Funny Bone Stamps by Riley & Co. along with a Karen Burniston die set released by Elizabeth Craft Designs.

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

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Elizabeth Craft Designs – Karen Burniston Pop It Ups – Oval Pull Card – 1109

Stamps

  • Riley & Co. – Funny Bones – Clear Stamp – A Year Older – RWD-1144
  • Riley & Co. – Funny Bones – Rubber Stamp – Happy Birthday To You – RWD-1251

Papers

  • Stampin’Up – 12×12-inch Designer Series Paper – Masterfully Made
  • White Cardstock

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Espresso Truffle
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Spellbinders – Platinum Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • i-crafter – Shim
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Two Satin Ribbon Bows
  • Five Gold Gems

FUNN Museum of Cards Zoyfold Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #264 whose parameters included a card for an influencer, dreamy colors, crafts/crafters, and off center.

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



Cardbase: Cut an 8.5×11-inch piece of heavy white cardstock into two pieces that at 4.25×11-inches. Score and fold in half at 5.5-inches both pieces. On one piece score and fold at 2.75-inches. Glue the two cards together with the large rectangle panels overlapping as shown in the video.
Cards: Because this card is going to Mary Gunn, I used images from her Craft Roulette Community Showcase gallery, picking cards that are iconic to the show. I tried to recreate some of the fun folds and bookmark cards.


Guide Sheet to Cards: This sheet is folded and tucked in a pocket on the back of the card.

CR264 FUNN Museum -Gallery NotesDownload


Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:
Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Holiday House – 1144
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and Numbers – 1197
• Riley and Company – Cool Dies – Speech Bubbles


Papers
• Craft Consortium – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Brick Texture
• Brown, Red, Tan and Yellow Cardstock
• White 100lb. Cardstock
• White Computer Printer Paper


Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Foam Dots


Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Tweezers

Catch A Falling Star – An Easel Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #263 whose parameters included a sending sunshine card, spring colors, rodent(s), and shiny.

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

Back of Card

Cardbase: Start with an 8.5×11-inch sheet of white cardstock. Score and fold at 5.5-inches and at 2.75-inches. Cover the large inside panel with decorative papers as well as the two long and narrow front panels. use scraps to decorate the back panel.

Mice: Stamp The two large mice and one small mouse holding a star from the two Colorado Craft Company stamp sets – A Star is Born and Falling Star. Color with watercolor pencils and smooth coloring with a water brush. let dry before gluing large mice to bottom half of easel. Stamp a second small mouse to cut out star as a pattern to cut star from silver glitter paper. Cut out small mouse’s hand to slide silver star under it. Glue star in place. Attach mouse to card base with foam dots.


Stars: Using two pieces of clear plastic cut from packaging, make a T or cross shape using glue dots. Cut stars from silver foil cardstock using coordinating dies from the stamp sets and attach with glue dots to plastic. Attach cross to back of card easel base with double-sided tape. Glue on three stars to decorate front of card.


Sentiments: The sentiments were all stamped in black ink using the two Colorado Craft Company stamp sets and fussy cut around. The small fancy label was cut from white cardstock using Karen Burnston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.


Envelope: The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inch) size envelope stamped with a sentiment and stars from the Colorado Craft Company’s A Star Is Born stamp set.

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Materials Used:
Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233

Stamps
• Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies by Anita Jarem – A Star Is Born – AJ587
• Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies by Anita Jarem – Falling Star – AJ585

Papers
• Impression Obsession – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Paper Pack – Basics 1 – Yellows
• Silver Foil and Glitter Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Catalog Envelope – White
• Clear Plastic Packaging

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker –Fine Tip – Yellow
• Nuvo – Watercolour Pencils – Hair & Skin Tones

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Double-Sided Tape – 1/4″ wide
• Foam Dots
• Glue Dots

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Stamping Platform
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Stamping Blocks
• Water Brush

Toaster of Thanks

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #262 whose parameters included a thank you card, 1950s colors, toast(s)/bread(s), and brown paper.

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


Cardbase: Score and fold in half a8.5x 5.5 rectangle of silver mirror cardstock. From the Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set, cut the toaster shaped die with its feet just slightly over the fold of the silver folded cardstock to form a toaster shaped card hinged at its feet.


Toaster: Cut one whole toaster from silver and another from gray cardstock. Cut enough of the toaster lever knob to have two knobs that are black on both sides. Glue the knobs to the inside of the toaster card’s left side near the feet. Using 1mm thick foam tape, place tape around the inside of the folded shaped toaster card to form a U shape with the opening is where the slot is. Attach the silver toaster over the foam tape to form a pocket with the slot as its opening. Repeat gluing in knob, adding foam tape and attaching the gray cardstock toaster to the other inside side of the card. Add double-sided tape to the back of some shiny black cardstock or junk mail before cutting out two of the spiraling squiggle from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Karen Burniston Merry Christmas Pop-Up and three of the toaster feet bar from Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set. Adhere the squiggle stickers to the inside center of the silver toaster and to the back of the card’s toaster. Adhere the feet bar to the silver toasters. The gray cardstock should be without decorations.


Toast Cards: From brown kraft paper, cut two bread shaped cards using the die from the Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set. Cut two small bread shapes using the smaller die in the set from white. Ink the inside edges and the whole outside of the brown cards with a dark brown ink. Lightly ink the edges of the white pieces. Stamp sentiments onto the front outside of cards and tops of white pieces before gluing the white to the inside of cards.


Sentiments: The toast cards’ sentiments were all stamped in brown ink using the Rubbernecker Thanks Set and Lawn Fawn’s Push Here stamps. The toaster card front has die cut letters cut from black cardstock/shiny junk mail backed with double-sided tape to form stickers. The “TOAST” word shadow was cut from white and adhered to silver mirror card with double-sided tape. All the die-cut sentiment is cut using the Trinity Toaster Card set.


Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped on its flap a piece of bread with a heart using the Lawn Fawn Let’s Toast stamp set.

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Materials Used:


Dies
• Elizabeth Craft Designs – Karen Burniston Pop It Ups – Merry Christmas Pop-Up
• Trinity Stamps – Metal Dies – Toaster Card


Stamps
• Lawn Fawn – Clear Stamps – Let’s Toast
• Lawn Fawn – Clear Stamps – Push Here
• Rubbernecker – Clear Stamps – Thanks Set


Papers
• Concord & 9th – 8.5×11 80lb Cardstock – Dove
• My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 100lb Cardstock – Mirror – Silver
• Black Coated Junk Mail
• Brown Kraft Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Recollections – A7 Envelope – White

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Scrapbook.com – Double-Sided Tape – 1/8″ and 4″ wide
• Scrapbook.com – Foam Tape – 1mm thick

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Stamping Platform
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Sponge Daubers
• Microfiber Cloth
• Tweezers
• We R Memories – QuickStick

Celebrate with Flowers!

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This card was made for a Scapp’n Savvy Card Challenge for KB Bundlers April 2025 using Karen Burniston’s Purse Pop-Up, Flip Frame Pop-Up, Flutter Charms and Celebrate die sets. I also used Karen Burniston’s Photo Memories clear stamp set.

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

Read more below on specifics of this card.

Cardbase:  Cut a 10 x7-inch rectangle of green cardstock, score at 5-inches, fold in half and burnish with a bone folder. Cover inside with two 4.5×6.5-inch rectangles of patterned paper. Save scraps of pattern paper to decorate card front. Die cut large frame from Flip Frame Pop-Up die set from red dotted paper. Cut bee and small flower pieces from Flutter Charms die set and assemble as shown in process video above.

Flower Planter Pop-Up:  Watch the assembly video for the Purse Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page. Cut one large, stitched rectangle from the Flip Frame Pop-Up die set from a journal card. Follow directions in the process video above for how to die cut tabs into red rectangle. Die cut one purse base from striped paper and follow directions in process video above. Using the flower and stem dies in the Flip Frame set, die-cut flowers from patterned paper and stems from green cardstock. (Save patterned paper with flowers cut out for card back.)

Sentiments:  Die cut the “Celebrate” once from, orange, red and black. (I use a shiny black piece of junk mail.) From the KB April Zoom class kit use the pre-printed “Happy Birthday” sentiment rectangle label. (Alternative is to stamp the sentiment using Karen Burniston’s Bouquet Sayings clear stamp set on to white cardstock.) Die cut sentiment label with smallest rectangle die from Flip Frame Pop-Up die set. Cut the smallest stitched rectangle from the same set, in pale blue. Glue sentiment label onto blue rectangle.

Envelope:  This card fits into an A7 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope with “Celebrate your big awesome day” stamped in red on the back flap. Stamps is from Karen Burniston’s Photo Memories.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scapp’n Savvy – Card Challenge Paper Pack
  • 8X12-inch Cardstock – Orange, Pale Blue and Green
  • Journaling Cards with Red Polka Dots on Back
  • Patterned Paper with Clouds and Colorful Pinwheels/ Rainbow stripes
  • Red & Yellow Cardstock Scraps
  • Shiny Black Junk Mail
  • Clear Vellum

Ink

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

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Yellow Enamel Dots
  • Three Pre-Cut & Inked Flowers from Flutter Charms

Thanks A Latte

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I always need Thank You cards and coffee, so what better way than to combining the two into some cute cards.

I used the Concord & 9th Coffee Blend Turnabout stamp set and coordinating dies for these two Thank You cards.

The inks that I used were from Stampin’ Up – Soft Suede, Cinnamon Cider and Real Red.

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