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Paddlewheel Boat Pop-Up Birthday Card

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for March 2025 using the theme of Lake or Ocean. I made a birthday card using the Cruise Ship Add-ons, Boat Pop-Up and Cruise Charms to make a pop-up paddlewheel boat. (You can see other boat and ship pop-ups by clicking here.)

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

Cardbase: Start with a 4.25 x 11-inch piece of cardstock and fold in half to form a side-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card. Cover the four panels with decorative papers.

Pop-Up: Watch the assembly videos for the Boat Pop-Up and Cruise Ship Add-ons. Cut out one of the back trim piece from the Cruise Ship Add-ons and two of the ship’s wheels from the Cruise Charms in red.  Trim the ship’s wheels as directed in the video above.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments used on the card come from the Sail Away stamp set except for the “Happy Birthday” which is from the Belated Birthday set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment used on the card on the back flap in dark brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Glitz Girls – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Paper –Love Nest by Lisa Rupp
  • The Paper Studio – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Paper – Beach House
  • Blue, Red and White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Cotton Ball

Pirate Themed Pop-Up Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #256 whose parameters included an A7 card, hippie colors, island(s), and wood.

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

Cardbase:  A purchase kraft brown 5×7 cardbase was used. The front was stamped with a Caribbean map by Scrappy Tails.

Pirates: All the die cut characters were made with Karen Burniston dies. Watch video below.

Treasure Chest: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the Karen Burniston Treasure Chest linked page.

Sentiments:  The sentiments were all stamped in black ink using the Karen Burniston’s Pirate Sentiments stamp set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment and map.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Stencils

  • Scrappy Tails – 6×8 Plastic Stencil –Layering Caribbean Map Trio

Papers

  • My Colors Cardstock – 12×12 Charcoal Metallic Textured Cardstock – Black Bear
  • Gold and Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Black, Blue, Kraft, Orange, Pink, Red, and White and Yellow Cardstock
  • Park Lane  – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – Kraft

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Salvaged Patina, Twisted Citron and Walnut Stain
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Balmy Blue
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Red
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker –Fine Tip – Green
  • Stampin’ Up – Stamp Write Marker – Chocolate Chip

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Blending Brush
  • This Calls For Confetti – It’s No Secret Anti-Static Powder Tool
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

A Toast To You – A Birthday Card

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This pun themed card is a pop-up card that has a piece of toast that moves up when the card is opened. It is a top-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase That uses Karen Burniston’s Parcel Pop-Up mechanism to make the toast and lever move when you open it.

The frame around the inside sentiment is from Karen Burniston’s Frame Pull Pop-Up and the sentiment is from her Photo Memories stamp set. The HBD! stamped on the toast is by Craft Roulette.

The toaster and bread were of my own design. The black decorative design on the toaster comes from a previously released die set by Karen Burniston. The doily is from Paper Discovery.

The letters on the card front are by PoppyStamps.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – Kraft
  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8 Double-Sided 230 GSM papers – Berry Sweet
  • Gray Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Gathered Twigs
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Craft Mat
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Paper Masking Tape

A February Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #255 whose parameters included an A2 card, Valentine colors, February element, and metallic/foil.

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

Cardbase: I used a purchased cardbase and envelope. The cardbase had a pink plaid exterior with was covered with decorative paper on the card back and a frame mat was cut from red using the Karen Burniston rectangle die so that some of the pink plaid would show.

Sentiments:  The “Sweet” sentiment on the card front is front a journaling card from the 12×12 Memory Place paper collection. Inside, a Craft Roulette sentiment stamp was used for “Happy Birthday.”

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with decorative paper strips glued to the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Memory Place – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Paper – Peter’s Garden
  • Memory Place – 6×6 inch Double-Sided Paper – Peter’s Garden
  • Memory Place – 6×6 inch Collage Origami Paper – Peter’s Garden
  • Craft Smart – A2 Printed Card and Envelope – Pastel Plaids

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss
  • Nuvo – Glitter Marker – Lemon Drizzle

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Detail Scissors
  • Trimming Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Pop-Up Alice In Wonderland Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #254 whose parameters included a book binding card, candy colors, rhymes with “ogg” element, and letters (ing).

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

Cardbase: Start with an 11×4.25-inch rectangle of white lightweight cardstock. Score and fold at 5-inches and at 5.5 -inches. Cover the four panels created by the folds with decorative papers from the Stamperia collection (inside panels) and solid red for outside panels. Glue the .5-inch strip together to form the book binding card. Cut a 1 to1.5-inch wide stripe of black cardstock and score at .5-inches down the strip. Cover the book binding strip of card front and wrap over to back of card.

Card Front Image: Stamp the Alice in Wonderland image from Creative Expressions on a piece of licorice red cardstock in black and glue to front of card, trimming off excess.

Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for Karen Burniston’s Little Twist Panel Pop-Up. Cut pieces from Stamperia decorative paper.

Sentiments:  “Happy Birthday” is stamped in black using the Craft Roulette sentiment stamps. A small white, fancy label die-cut from the Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels set for a space for a personal message.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. The Cheshire Cat was cut from some of the Stamperia decorative paper and glued to the envelope back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Little Twist Panel Pop-Up – 1232

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • Creative Expressions – Rubber Stamp by Paper Panda – We’re All Mad Here

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 4.25×5.5-inch Smooth Cardstock – Peppermint
  • Stamperia –  8×8-inch Double-Sided Papers – Alice In Wonderland
  • Black and White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

You Shine! – A Sweet Birthday Card

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This card was made using stamps and dies from the February 2025 Scrapbook and Cards With Love event. I designed this card before the event as a birthday card for someone who loves lavender.

Cardbase:  I used a purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase and envelope to create this layered floral card with positive vibes. The background of Lavender cardstock was cut with the scalloped edged rectangle from Karen Burniston’s Rectangles & Labels die set and covered with dots from a white gel pen.

Jar:  Stamping the jar on a lightweight white cardstock I drew green stems in the jar with an alcohol marker and then inked in the jar using the stencil as a mask with a light green-blue ink. Again using the jar stencil, I covered the jar with a light coating of a glitter paste and let dry. Die cut out the jar once it is thoroughly dried.

Flowers:  Stamp the floral bouquet onto lightweight white cardstock and color using the stencil set and sponge daubers to color with Distress Inks. Die cut out the bouquet.

Sentiments:  Die cut the “You Shine” from dark purple and its shadow from white. Glue together.  Stamp on the outside envelope flap “you have a way of making everything better just by being you” in black ink. Stamp the tiny trio of flowers in purple ink to match flowers on the card. Using the same purple ink to stamp “Happy Birthday” inside the card using the Craft Roulette sentiment stamp.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inch) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Scrapbook and Cards Today’s With Love Feb. 2025 workshop kit – Clear Stamps
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Friends #01

Stencil

  • Scrapbook and Cards Today’s With Love Feb. 2025 workshop kit – Stencils

Papers

  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Lavender and Purple Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Abandon Coral, Fossilized Amber, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Saltwater Taffy, Salvaged Patina, and Seedless Preserves
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Craft Mat
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Paste Knife

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Glimmer Paste – Moonstone

Butterflies A Flutter Birthday Card

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This birthday card was made for a crafty friend who likes nature and the Art Nouvo style.

Cardbase:  I cut from a 12×12 sheet of single-sided patterned cardstock, a 7 x10-inch piece so that the design would be my decorative card front. The rectangle was folded in half to form a top-fold A7 (5×7-inch) size card. The remaining patterned cardstock was cut into rectangles to cover the inside of the card.

Butterfly Pop-Up Collage:  Using the Karen Burniston Heart Collage Pop-Up die, cut of the mechanism from the scraps of the cardbase cardstock. (Follow the assembly video directions for installation of the mechanisms. Video is at the bottom of the linked die page.) Cut butterflies from scrapes of Graphic 45 decorative cardstock and glue onto mechanisms avoiding catch points as shown in the assembly video.

Sentiments:  Karen Burniston’s Happy Birthday die was cut in white and glued to the front of the card. The Funn sentiment from Craft Roulette was stamped in black ink onto a decorative scalloped label cut and embossed using an Emily Moore Designs die. Glitter gloss was used on all the sentiments for some sparkle.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • DCWV – 12×12 inch Single -Sided Patterned Cardstock – The Mariposa Stack
  • Graphic 45 – 12×12 inch Double -Sided Patterned Cardstock – Flower Market
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Recollections – A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss
  • Pigma – Mircon 08 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Lime Green
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Light Daffodil Delight

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

Pop-Up Birthday Card for A Bookworm

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for February 2025 using the theme of Bouquets. We were asked to make a card with a bouquet using some of the new Bouquet Bits and Flower Pot Add-ons. For this challenge I chose to make a birthday card for someone who enjoys reading. (You can see other bouquet pop-ups by clicking here.)

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

Cardbase: The card base is made from a lightweight white cardstock measuring 5.5×8.5-inches and folded in half to for a side fold A2 (5.5×4.25-inch) card. I covered all four panels with library themed papers from Stamperia.

Card Front
Card Back

Pop-Up: For the brown pot of fern-like seedlings is made with the Flower Pot Pop-Up die set. (Follow the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page.)

Decorations: Tea and books often go together and the Tea and Coffee Borders set has both teapots and teacups. The green picks that the sentiment and books are attached to come from the Bouquet Bits die set. The green foliage pieces come from the Flower Pot Add-ons set. The books and bookworm are all from the Bookworm set.

Sentiments: The square stamped sentiments use the Photo Memories stamp set and the square dies to cut them out from the Photo Fan Pop-Up.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope. The same sentiment from the card front is stamped on the envelope back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • B
  • Stamperia – 6×6 Double-Sided Paper – Lady Vagabond Lifestyle
  • Stamperia – 8×8 Double-Sided Paper – Background Selections – Voyages Fantasiques
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Multicolored Scarps of Cardstock and Packaging
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Yellow

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Cruising On Your Birthday!

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #252 whose parameters included a card for a teenager, morning colors, fairy (fairies), and bow(s). I choose to interpret fairy as fairy lights and bow as a bow of a ship.

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

Cardbase: My double sided paper from Carta Bella was cut into a 6.5×10-inch rectangle and folded in-half. The wave decorations were cut using Karen Burniston’s Ocean Edges die set.

Cruise Ship Pop-Up: The cruise ship is made with two die sets by Karen Burniston – Boat Pop-Up and Cruise Ship Add-ons. (You can watch assembly videos for both sets by clicking on their links and going to the bottom of the linked pages.)

Pear Blossom Press Twinkle Lights were used to light-up the ship and the ship’s wheel (from Karen Burniston’s Cruise Charms die set with Pear Blossom Press’ “push” stamp) covers the battery and indicates where to press to turn on the lights.

Sentiments:  The “Wishing you…” sentiment is from Karen Burniston’s Cruise Greetings stamp set and the “HBD!” is from Craft Roulette’s Funn Friends #02 stamp set. The sentiments are stamped in black ink on labels cut from Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch and Labels – Crosshatch die sets. You can download the paperclip slip.

CR252 Cruise Ship-CRX SheetDownload

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope with “HBD!” stamped all over the back flap and sealed with a sticker from the paper collection.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Textured Cardstock – Bon Voyage by Steven Duncan
  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • Your Paper Insider – 8.5×11 Cardstock 100# Smooth – UltraWhite
  • Yellow Vellum
  • Blue Cardstock
  • Recollections – A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Craft Knife
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Metal Ruler

Miscellaneous

  • Pear Blossom Press – Twinkle Lights