It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for June 2025 using the theme of Animals and Characters. I chose to make a Wizard of Oz themed card using a variety of die sets. (See Materials Used for the list of dies used located at the bottom of this post.)

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Start with a 8.5×5.5-inch piece of single-sided patterned cardstock and fold in half to form a side-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card. Cover the two inside panels with decorative papers cut with the largest die in the Rectangles – Crosshatch die set.

House Pop-Up: (Watch the assembly video for Tiny House Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page.) Follow the directions in the process video above for the modifications made to the Tiny House Pop-Up using the Beach Bar Tiny House Add-Ons to add a porch to the house.



Characters: (Watch the assembly videos for Paper People, Knight and Dragon, and Monkey and Lion located at the bottom of the linked pages.) Follow the directions in the process video above for the modifications made to these die sets for the specific characters. For the Witch’s legs cut two strips of white cardstock 1/8-inch thick and draw red strips on them. Die cut shoes from the Witch and Cauldron die set in red glitter cardstock.

Sentiments: All the sentiments used on the card are stamped using brown ink and Riley and Company Wizard of Oz Dress-Up stamps.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment from Riley and Company on the back flap in brown ink.
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Materials Used:
Dies
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Paper People – 1299
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Witch and Cauldron – 1249
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Beach Bar Tiny House Add-Ons – 1231
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Monkey and Lion – 1187
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny House Pop-Up – 1157
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Hour Charms – 1110
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny Accessories 3 – 1095
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny Accessories 2 – 1076
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Circles – Crosshatch – 1057
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles – Crosshatch – 1054
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Knight and Dragon – 1035
- Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny Accessories 1 – 1025
Stamps
- Riley and Company – Clear Stamps & Dies – Dress-Up Riley – Oz 1 & Oz 2
Papers
- Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
- Concord & 9th – 8.5×11-inch Solid 80 lb Cardstock – Poppy, Buttercup, Peacock
- DCWV – 6×6 Mat Stack of Glitter Cardstock – Pink, Purple, Ruby
- Hunkydory – A2 Mirri Card – Oxidised Metals
- Keep It Simple – 12×12 Double-Sided Paper –Back To Basics – Jade Collection Pack – Meadow: Floral
- Recollections – 8.5×11-inch Solid 100 lb Cardstock – Flesh Tones
- Whimzwhirled – Digital papers – Yellow Brick Road
- Brown and Tan Cardstock
- White Copier Paper
- Blue Checked Cardstock
- Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Husk Smooth
Ink
- Creative Craft Products – Dual Tipped Alcohol Markers – BG1 Blue Grey, 95 Burnt Sienna, WG1 Warm Grey
- Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Espresso Truffle and Tuxedo Black
- Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
- Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
- Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Red
- Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Red
- StazOn -Solvent Ink – Jet Black
Adhesives
Tools
- Die Cutting Machine
- Paper Trimmer
- Bone Folder
- Score Board
- Stamping Platform
- LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
- Stamping Blocks
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Paper Masking Tape
- We R Memories – QuickStick
- Tweezers
- Ruler







































