Karen Burniston Dies

Stenciled cards by the batch load

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Needing a lot of cards, I decided to stencil some A7 size card bases to make some special pop-up birthday cards for a card exchange.  Here are the 10 cards I made using purchased card bases with matching envelopes.

Watch the video below to see how I made these cards.

Cardbase: I used five white cardbases and envelopes by Park Lane and five kraft paper cardbases and envelopes by American Crafts.

Pop-Up Mechanism: The pop-up mechanism that lifts the “Happy Birthday” and balloons is Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label Pop-Up. (Watch an assembly video for it by clicking on the die name and scrolling down to the bottom of the linked page.)

Stenciling: I used three different stencils and two different colors of stencil pastes. First, I taped down the cardbase to a piece of packing paper (think brown craft paper/newsprint) next I taped the stencil to the scrap paper over the cardbase and applied the stencil paste using a disposable plastic knife left from a take-out meal. Between each card, I washed the stencil and knife.

Sentiments:  The “Hello” and “Happy Birthday” die cut sentiments, balloons and pop-up mechanism are all by Karen Burniston. The stamped birthday verse is by Craft Roulette and stamped in brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

  • Angela Poole – A4 Plastic Stencil – Folksy Meadow
  • Honey Bee Stamps – 6×6-inch Plastic Stencil – Scattered Seeds
  • Picket Fence Studios – 4×9.5-inch Plastic Stencil – Slim Line Leaf

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • American Crafts – A7 Cardbases and Envelopes – Kraft
  • Concord & 9th – 8.5×11-inch -80lb Cardstock – Wheat
  • Park Lane – A7 Cardbases and Envelopes – White
  • Park Lane – 8.5×11-inch -Shimmer Cardstock – Gold
  • Matte Gold Junk Mail
  • White Cardstock

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Stencil Pastes

  • Altenew – Artistry – Shimmer Relief Paste – Brass
  • Nuvo – Embellishment Mousse – Victorian Blush

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Tools

  • Taupe Satin Ribbon – 1/8-inch wide

Monster Slimline Birthday Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #279 whose parameters included a kid’s card, theater colors, picture(s) element, and half & half. I chose to make a monster themed slimline pop-up card using dies by Karen Burniston and stamps by Picket Fence Studios and Craft Roulette.

Cardbase:  The cardbase is a 110 lb. cream cardstock 8.5×7.5-inch rectangle scored and fold in the center to make a 3.75x 8.5-inch top fold card. Three 3.5×8.25-inch rectangles of an orange patterned paper were used to cover the front and two inside panels of the card base. Two off-cut squares of the same paper was used to cover the cardbase back panel.

Triple Platform Pop-Ups:  Two Triple Platform Pop-Ups are what make the monster pictures pop-up as the card opens.  Watch the assembly video on the linked page. (Video is at the bottom of the linked page.) The base piece was cut from thin cream cardstock, while the trim pieces were cut from the orange paper used as the decorative panels on the card.

Monsters:  The monsters were stamped on a thin creamy cardstock in black and the colored and die cut using the rectangle base dies from the Photo Collage Pop-Up set. The frames were cut from the same die set using shimmer cardstock.

Sentiment:  “Beware: Monsters like birthday cake” was stamped in black from Picket Fence Studios You Creep Me Out set. “Happy Birthday” and its shadow are dies by Karen Burniston. The white stitched label is from the Triple Platform Pop-Up die set. The slices of cake and streamers are from the Big Birthday Charms die set. The card back is stamped with “Inspired by Craft Roulette, made by” in blue ink on to a white rectangle from the Triple Platform Pop-Up die set.

Envelope:  The card fits into #10 business envelope (4.125x 9.5-inches) which was stamped with “HBD” on its back in red ink using the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics
  • Picket Fence Studios – Clear Stamps – You Creep Me Out

Papers

  • American Crafts – 12×12-inches Single-Sided Paper – 359971-Pink Sprinkles
  • My Favorite Things – 8.5×11-inch 110lb Cardstock – Chantilly Cream
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 Shimmer Cardstock – White Gold
  • Stampin’ Up – 12×12-inches Double-Sided Paper – Stargazing
  • Brown, Cream, Teal and White Cardstock
  • #10 Business Envelope – Kraft

Ink & Pigments

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Paris Dusk, Rose Bud & Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils – Brilliantly Vibrant
  • Sharpie – Permanet Marker – Ultra Fine Point – Black, Teal
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends – Light Daffodil Delight

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Water Brush Pen

Bottom Fold Purse Pop-Up Birthday Card

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for August 2025 using the theme of bottom fold pop-up card. I chose to make a purse card using the Ovals – Crosshatch, Happy Birthday words & shadow, Dolled Up Charms, Bam Box Pop-Up and Display Helpers die sets as well as the Birthday Magic stamp set.

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

Cardbase & Handles: Start with a 8.5×5.5-inch piece of patterned cardstock and fold in half to form a side-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card. Place the largest Oval-Crosshatch die on the folded card with a tiny bit of the long edge of the oval die hanging off the folded edge. Die cut to have a shaped oval card base. Use the Display Helpers large paperclip die to cut the slots to thread the ribbon handles through as shown in the video above. Weave in the ribbon handles and clasp strip before gluing down the inside decorative ovals. (These ovals are the second largest dies in the Oval-Crosshatch set and are used to cover the ribbon raw edges and the clasp edge.)

Bam Box Pop-Up & Clasp: Watch the assembly video for the Bam Box Pop-Up. Cut out one of the Bam Box strip mechanism. Cut five of the decorative rectangles from paper matching the cardbase paper. Make Bam Box as show in the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page. Glue three of the decorative panels on to the Bam Box as shown in the video above. Glue the two remaining rectangles back to back and fold slightly off center to form the clasp. Glue clasp and Bam Box in as directed in the video above. Adhere two magnets using double-sided tape as shown in the video above. Stamp “Lift” on the front of the clasp using the Display Helpers stamp set.

Lipstick:  Using the Dolled Up Charms die set to cut out the four pieces of the lipstick tube from gold and red cardstock. Follow the directions in the video above and glue to the white oval cut with the third largest crosshatch die in the Oval-Crosshatch set.

Sentiments:  All the stamped sentiments come from the Birthday Magic stamp set and are stamped in black ink. The die-cut “Happy Birthday” uses the word die and its matching shadow die to make the pop-up Bam Box greeting.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with “You bring the Sparkle” on the back flap in black ink.

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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

Papers

  • Darice – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Red Prints
  • Red and White Cardstock
  • Gold Matte Cardstock – Junk Mail
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Husk Smooth

Ink

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

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer  Brush – Glitter Gloss
  • Stampin’ Up – Rustic Striped Ribbon – 3/8-inch wide
  • Scrappy Tails – Two Craft Magnets

Pop-Up Gift Bag Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #278 whose parameters included a thank you card, bakery colors, shop (s) (ing) element, and ombre. I chose to make a a pop-up gift bag card that holds gift card using Karen Burniston dies.

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

Cardbase:  I started with a purchase A2 (4 5/8×6 1/8-inch) cardbase with matching envelope. The four panels are covered with the second and third larges rectangles and the scalloped die in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.

Gift Bag Pop-Up:  Watch the assembly videos for the Flip Frame Pop-Up and Mini Gift Bag located at the bottom of each of the linked pages. Follow the directions in the video above to added to this card.

Sentiments: Die cut “Thank You” and glue inside card. Cut the largest crosshatch label in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set to use as a space for a personal message. “Just popping up to” is from Word Set 4 – Just A Note. Dies from Word Set 2 – Birthday, Word Set 3 – Holiday, Word Set 17 – Congratulations and Word Set 18 – Connectors were used for word surgery to make “help with your retail therapy.” Flowers were cut from the Fun Flowers die set to decorate the card front and envelope.

Envelope:  Extra flowers were die cut from the Fun Flowers Set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • White 65lb Cardstock
  • Hot Off The Press – Paper Pizazz – 12×12 Decorative Paper – Brown Leather, Soft Tints Pink Swirls & Suns Border
  • Park Lane – A6 Cardbase and Envelope – Textured White

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Pear Blossom Press – Cardmaker’s T-square A2
  • Tweezers
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Blue Satin Ribbon – 1/8-inch wide

Zoyfold Paperganza Card

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I made this card for Craft Roulette episode #277 while I was at Paperganza, the first in-person version of Craft Roulette. The parameters were a zoyfold card, local sports colors, Craft Roulette as an element, and up-to-date as the random.

What the video below to learn how and why I created the card using all but two items from the Paperganza swag bag/classes. (The two items were the cardbase cardstock and the pop-up mechanism that I had die-cut at home before going to the event.)

Materials Used:

Dies:

Stamps:

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics

Papers:

  • Max Macias – Handmade/Heartmade – Gel Prints (yellow)
  • Relatively Thoughtful – The Practically Perfect Nanny – Digital Papers (blues)
  • Your Paper Insider – Silver Cardstock
  • Spellbinders – Red Cardstock
  • White Cardstock

Inks:

  • Catherine Pooler – Premium Dye Ink – Juniper Mist

Adhesives:

Tools:

  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Pokey Tool
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Score Board
  • Bone Folder

Happy Birthday Accordion Style

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This card was made for a Scapp’n Savvy Card Challenge for KB Bundlers June 2025 using Karen Burniston’s Landscape Rectangle Accordion, Cupcake Add-Ons, Fence Add-Ons, Big Birthday Charms and Birthday Candle Add-Ons die sets.

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

Read more below on specifics of this card.

Cardbase:  Cut three of the Landscape Rectangle Accordion base frames. Cut from decorative paper, three to six frames. (Cut the frame base and cut out the inside panel and side tab.)

Cupcakes:  Watch the assembly video for the Cupcake Add-Ons located at the bottom of the linked page.

Candles:  The candles are cut from two die sets – Big Birthday Charms and Birthday Candle Add-Ons. Watch the video above for coloring details. The candles are glued to the Fence Add-Ons.

Sentiments:  The printed paper provides much of the sentiments, while the Mini Alphabet and Numbers were used to cut from pink glitter paper “HBD2U” (Happy Birthday to You.) The Streamer ribbons come from the Big Birthday Charms and Cupcake Add-Ons die sets.

Envelope:  This card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Scapp’n Savvy – Card Challenge Paper Pack
  • 12X12-inch Solid Cardstock – Fuchsia, Teal Blue and Celery Green
  • PhotoPlay – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Birthday Sparkle
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 Shimmer Cardstock – White Gold
  • Pink Glitter Cardstock
  • Brown, Green, Orange, White & Yellow Cardstock Scraps

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Lime Green, Pink, Red & Yellow
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Red & teal

Adhesives

Tools

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

Gilded Pop-up Birthday Cards

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Needing some birthday cards and wanting to try out some brass colored Shimmer Relief Paste from Altenew, I made these stenciled-with-paste, card fronts and embellished them with ribbon and a Karen Burniston“hello” two-piece die cut.  Inside is a Karen Burniston pop-up greeting and a Craft Roulette inspired verse.

Cardbase: I used purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbases that I stenciled the fronts with Shimmer Relief Paste and stencils by Honey Bee Stamps (Scattered Seeds) and Scrapbook.com (Hearts). The card backs feature a single balloon from the Big Birthday Charms die set.

Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video for the Katherine Label. Stamp the verse inside the card before adding the mechanism. (I found that gluing the bottom word onto the mechanism worked best to avoid catchpoints, including the two added balloons.)

Sentiments:  All the inside die cut sentiments used on the card come Karen Burniston designs including the Katherine Label mechanism that pops the “Happy Birthday” up with its Big Birthday Charms balloons. The stamped verse is from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped with “HBD” on the back flap from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01.

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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

Stencils

  • Honey Bee Stamps – 6×6-inch Plastic Stencil – Scattered Seeds
  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch Plastic Stencil – Hearts

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Blues and Orange Foiled Cardstock
  • Gold Matte Paper – Junk Mail
  • Black, Kraft and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 (5×7-inches) Cardbases and Envelopes – Kraft

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush – Glitter Gloss
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Plastic Knife
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Artistry by Altenew – Shimmer Relief Paste – Brass
  • Ribbons – White & Gold 1/2  – 3/4-inch wide

Arrow Shaped Card – Look At The Stars

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #275 whose parameters were include an ATC, starry night colors, down element, and white dots. I chose to make a shaped card that includes an ATC (Artist Trading Card.)

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

Cardbase:  I started with two pieces of 4.125×11-inch white cardstock. Traced around the arrow pattern I made from scrap paper and cut both of the arrows at the same time. I trimmed one arrow, at the wide end, off by .5-inch to let the other arrow have a tab to connect the the two pieces together. (After I completed the card, I found it was a little too long to fit in an 6×9-inch catalog size envelope, so I trimmed the arrow tip a little to made it fit.)

Sentiments: I used Karen Burniston’s Mini Alphabet to make the “When you’re down, Look up to the stars” sentiment. (I lined the letters up on my grid mat and used low tack tape the pick them up in line and then added glue, pressed in place on the card and finally lifted the tape off, pressing letters onto card.)

Envelope:  The card fits into an catalog size envelope (6x 9-inches).

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Penny Black – Clear Stamps – My Universe

Stencils

  • Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz – Hocus Pocus

Papers

  • Digital Printed Starry Starry Night Paper
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11-inch 100lb Cardstock – Cosmic Sky
  • What Cardstock
  • White Catalog Envelope

Ink

  • Hero Arts – Acrylic Spray – Opaque White
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dyke Ink – Paris Dusk
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress ink – Fossilized Amber
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Spellbinders – Opaque Watercolor – Splatter White

Adhesives

Tools

Stenciled Cake Pop-Up Birthday Card

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Here are two birthday cards I made using a stamp and coordinating die and stencils set from This Calls For Confetti and Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label Pop-Up and Happy Birthday word die sets.

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

I made two versions of the card – one using patterned paper as a background and the other with a stenciled card front.  Both started with a purchased A6 (4.5×6.25-inch) cardbase with matching envelope. Both have the pop-up sentiment inside with the words, shadow and mechanism being cut from an additional cardbase and colored with the same Distress Ink colors used to stencil the cake.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A6 (4.5x 6.25-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment from Craft Roulette.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

  • Daisy Mae Designs – Dotty Stencil
  • This Calls For Confetti – Three Tier Cake Layering Stencil & Die

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • This Calls For Confetti – Clear Stamps – Alice’s Story Birthday Sentiments

Papers

  • Laserowe Love – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Paper – Vintage Trip by Renata Maslyk
  • Cream 65lb Cardstock
  • Park lane Paperie – A6 Textured Cardbases & Envelopes – Ivory

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress ink – Dried Marigold, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Gelli Arts – Gel Plate
  • Scissors
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • 3 Clear Rhinestones Flatback Gems
  • 3 Tiny Gold Flatback Gems