Welcome to Day 6 of my Nutcracker series using a variety of stamps and die sets to make some nutcracker themed cards. My card today uses a die set by PhotoPlay – Nutcrackers Layered and Karen Burniston’s Topper Tags die set.
Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.
Cardbase: Cut tags that will allow for a 4-inch figure using Karen Burniston’s Topper Tags die set. cut the decorative hole reinforcers in a contrasting color and thread a piece of baker’s twine through the hole and tie off.
Nutcrackers: Using PhotoPlay’s Nutcrackers Layered die set, create your nutcrackers as shown on packaging or create your own uniforms and hair styles.
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Materials Used:
Dies
PhotoPlay – Etched Metal Dies – Nutcracker Layered
Welcome to Day 5 of my Nutcracker series using a variety of stamps and die sets to make some nutcracker themed cards. My card today uses products by Spellbinders – Simon Hurley’s BetterPress press plates & dies set Nutcracker Trio and Dina Wakley Media’s BetterPress inks of Eggplant, Fir and Ruby.
Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.
Cardbase: I used a purchased kraft paper A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase and matching envelope.
Nutcrackers & Plaid Background: The plaid background was created using the Spellbinder’s BetterPress of the Month – Design A Plaid press plate set using red and green ink. The nutcrackers and sentiment are from Simon Hurley’s Better Press press plates & dies set Nutcracker Trio printed in purple, red and green. The inside sentiment banner is from the Design A Plaid set.
Envelope: The panel card fits into an A2 size envelope with a nutcracker and “fa la la la la la la la la” on the envelope back using Karen Burniston’s Season of Cheer and Hero Art’s Nutcracker stamp.
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Materials Used:
Press Plates & Dies
Spellbinders – Simon Hurley’s BetterPress Press Plates & Dies – Nutcracker Trio
Spellbinders – BetterPress of the Month Press Plates & Dies – Design A Plaid
Stamps
Art Impressions – Unmounted Rubber Stamp – Nutcracker – 6139
It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team December 2025 Challenge whose theme is SONG LYRICS. I made an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card using the new die and stamp sets – Playful Pop-Up, Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons, Cat Borders, Greeting Labels and Cat Sayings along with other Karen Burniston dies.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: I cut a 5.5×8.5-inch rectangle from orange 100lb. cardstock. Then I scored and folded in half to create a 4.25×5.5-inch A2 side-fold cardbase. Using the largest die in the Rectangles – Crosshatch die set, cut four panels of decorative paper to cover the four card panels. (I ended up cutting three panels and using a large scrap of the decorative paper for the card back.)
Sentiments: Word surgery (i.e. – Die cut words being cut apart and glued back together to form new words) was involved to make the custom words for this card’s front. “What’s” is made from the “W” from the Go Wild die set and the “hat” from the word “Christmas” in the Merry Christmas die set. “New” is from the Happy New Year die set. Word Set 4 -Just A Note used the words “up” and “to say” as well as the words “Blessings” and “color” from Word Set 7 – Autumn, to make the words “pussy cat.” The three “WHOA” inside used the Mini Alphabet and Numbers set.
The stamped sentiments “Happy Purr-thday” and “HOME is where the CAT is” are from the new stamp set Cat Sayings. They were stamped in black ink on white cardstock and die cut using the Greeting Labels and Hearts – Crosshatch die sets. Cut an oval for a personal message to go on the inside.
Paw Print Border: Using the Cat Borders die set, cut one paw print die from black cardstock and one paw back die from pink cardstock. glue the two pieces together. Trim border to fit the card front as shown in the photos and video. Use the extra paw prints to decorate inside the card.
Playful Pop-Up: Cut one of the large die, one of the face plate and one of the “K” shaped mechanism in the Playful Pop-Up set from black cardstock. Assemble as show in the video above.
Cat: Using the Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons die set, cut from black, the large cat ears, paw arms, nose/mouth, and small oval eyes. From pink cardstock cut, the small cat ears, nose, tongue and paw back pieces. From white cardstock cut one set of large oval eyes and one set of whiskers. Assemble and install as show in the video. Use a white gel pen to add the eye and nose highlights. I
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope whose back flap was stamped “Hope your day is PURR-fect!” from the Cat Sayings stamp set.
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Dies
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cat Borders – 1320
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons – 1314
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Playful Pop-Up – 1313
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #295 whose parameters included a map fold, planter colors, from the sky element, and three in a row. I used stamps and dies by Hero Arts and Karen Burniston to make this card.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Watch the video to see how the card base was made using digital paper by Carnation Crafts into a map fold card.
Nutcrackers were die cut using Hero Arts’ Fancy Dies Toys.
Sentiments were stamped on white cardstock using Hero Arts’ Stamp & Cut A Little Nuts set and cut out using Karen Burniston’s Greeting Labels die set. Three 1-inch circles were cut and marked with an “X” and a center circle to show where to stop when cutting the tabs. The tabs were folded to be inserted through a 3/4-inch hole in each of the card’s panels that will have sentiments. The oval sentiment labels are then glued onto the unfolded tabs and swiveled to make sure they are not glued to the card base.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.
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Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Using a purchased A6 cardbase and envelope, adhere decorative paper to the card front. Save strips of decorative paper to decorate the card front and back.
Card Back
Lighted Wreath: Use a battery powered circle light to build the wreath onto. Cut 12-13 small pine branches from the Pine Cones die set from green cardstock. (I found that adding shims and using a metal die-cutting plate worked the best with my die-cutting machine to get crisp cuts.) Cut from light brown thin cardstock three of the small pine cone backs and three small pine cone fronts. Follow the video above for assembly suggestions and how to make a large red bow to cover the battery and push button using the Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons set.
Sentiments: All the sentiments of “Merry Christmas” and “Wishing you twinkly lights and cozy nights” are part of the Christmas Wishes stamp set and cut out using the Greeting Labels set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A6 (4.75x 6.5-inches) size envelope.
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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #294 whose parameters included an A2 card, holiday colors, from the mountains element, and fancy paper. I used stamps and dies by Karen Burniston to make this card.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Watch the video to see how the card base was cut with a corner fold using the Rectangles – Crosshatch dies. The front and back panels were embossed using the embossing plates in my die-cutting machine and the Pattern Plate – Swirls die. Color swirls with a blue glitter brush marker.
Yeti Pop-Up: Cut from white the largest die in the Playful Pop-Up and the arms from the Monster Playful Add-Ons set. From blue cut the face plate square from the Playful Pop-Up and hands from the Monster Playful Add-Ons. Cut the mouth with lots of teeth in the from the Monster Playful Add-Onsonce from black and once from red. Cut the v-shaped tongue piece from black and trim into two oval nostrils. Cut the two sets of oval eye pieces from black and white. Assemble pop-up as shown in the video above.
Sentiments: “RAWR!” is cut from blue and white cardstock. The inside sentiment “Hope your Birthday is Wild” is from the Monster Sayings stamp set and cut out using the Greeting Labels die set.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.
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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.
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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 Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s November 2025 Release of new dies and stamps.
Today’s card uses the new dies of Playful Pop-Up, Monster Playful Add-Ons, Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons, Greeting Labels and Rawr! As well as Ovals – Crosshatch and Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch. The dies and stamps will be available for pre-order starting November 24, 2025.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: I used a 12×12-inch sheet of yellow cardstock folded in half and used the largest plain rectangle die from the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set placed with one corner over the fold to get a diagonal opening card base. Assemble card as show in video.
Monster Pop-Up: Using the Playful Pop-Up set, cut one of the largest die, the decorative notched square and the “Y” piece die from blue cardstock. From the Monster Playful Add-Ons die set, cut the large eye and tooth from white. Cut the arms from blue. Cut the eye center and mouth with tongue from black. Cut the horns from green and stencil on the stripes. Follow the video above and photos to assemble.
Monster Body: The body is an oval from the Ovals – Crosshatchdie set. The leg is the “Y” piece die from the Playful Pop-Up set cut down. Eye highlights, finger nails and toe nails along with buttons were added with a white gel pen.
Bow: From the Dog and Cat Playful Add-Ons die set, cut from yellow cardstock – the largest eyeball, the largest cat ears and the paw arms. Trim off the paw end of the arms to make a fish tail ribbon ends and assemble as shown above.
Sentiments:Rawr! Is die cut into the green panel before being glued onto the yellow cardbase. The blue shadow was cut with the word die taped inside the shadow die and the tiny pieces from the centers of the R’s and A glued in place onto the yellow. Inside the sentiments were stamped using the Monster Sayings set and cut out using the Greeting Labels die set. A white label cut from the same labels set is for a personal message. The card back has an eyeball and “I only have eye for you.”
Envelope: The card fits into an A6 (6 1/2×4 3/4-inches) size envelope.
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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s November 2025 Release of new dies and stamps.
Today’s card uses a new die and a new stamp set – Pine Cone and Quiet Forest. It also uses the previously release dies of Pattern Plate – Swirlsand Snow Charms. The new dies and stamps will be available for pre-order starting November 24, 2025.
Cardbase: I cut an 8.5×11 sheet of white 65lb. cardstock in half to create two 5.5×8.5-inch rectangles that I fold in half to make side-fold A2 cardbases. Cut one cardbase into two 4.25×5.5 panels.
Swirls Background: Tape a white 4.25×5.5 panel of cardstock to the Pattern Plate – Swirls die and using the embossing sandwich for your die cutting machine, and emboss the pattern into the cardstock. Color the swirls with a glitter marker of icy blue. Trim panel down to 4×5.25-inches. Glue panel to card front.
Pine Cones: Watch the video above to see how I made the pine cones using Karen Burniston’s Pine Cone dies.
Skates and Snowflakes: The skates and snowflakes were cut out using the Snow Charmsdie set. The three skate dies were cut from white cardstock and colored with markers before gluing together. The snowflakes were cut from white gold shimmer cardstock.
Sentiments: All the sentiments come from the Quiet Forest stamp set and are cut out with the Greeting Labels die set.
Envelope: The card fits in an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope with a snowflake glued to the back flap.
Materials Used:
Dies
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Pine Cones – 1311
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