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Day 6 – Week of Good Cheer Christmas Cards

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This is Day 6 in the Week Of Good Cheer Christmas Card series featuring cups and mugs of winter beverages like hot cocoa, tea and coffee, or as in today’s card, a floral arrangement. The main pop-up in this card is by Paper Discovery. The card also uses Karen Burniston dies and stamps. (GIVEAWAY opportunity near end of post.)

Watch the video below to see how this card was made.

Cardbase:  I started with a purchased A6 sized (4.625×6.25-inches) cardbase and matching envelope. I covered the four panels with decorative paper from Craft Consortium’s Tis The Season designed by Linsey Kelly.

Teacup Pop-Up:  Watch the video above to see how the teacup and saucer were assembled. They were die cut from white cardstock using Paper Discovery dies by Olga Direktorenko – Teacup Fairies Timeless Tea Set Pop-Up Die Set. (This die set came out in 2020.) The poinsettia and greenery are from the Poinsettia die set.

Sentiments:  “Noel” on the card front is cut twice – once from red and again from gold mirror cardstock using a Spellbinders’ alphabet die set. The label for a personal message is the is from the Rectangles – Crosshatch die set. The smaller label is cut using the largest square in the Photo Fan die set and stamped in black ink using the “Wishing you a season of cheer” stamp from the Season of Cheer stamp set. The green message pick is cut using the circle pick die in the Bouquet Bits set.

Envelope:  The tags card fits into an A6 envelope whose back flap is covered with leftover strips from the paper collection.

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GIVEAWAY

I’m cleaning out my dies and stamps and will be giving away crafting bundles to 8 lucky crafters who follow, subscribe and comment on my Week of Good Cheer Christmas Cards posts on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and my website. (If you comment on all 4 platforms, each day, you have over 28 opportunities to be picked for a crafting bundle.)

Tell me why you like each cup or which is your favorite cup. Winners will be picked by September 2, 2025.

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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

  • Craft Consortium – 12×12 Double-Sided 200gsm Patterned Papers – Tis The Season
  • Craft Consortium – A4 Double-Sided 200gsm Solid Color Papers – Tis The Season
  • Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A6 (4.625×6.25-inches) Cardbases and Envelopes – Textured White
  • White Cardstock

Ink

  • Faber-Castell – Pitt Artist Pen – 1.5 Bullet Nib – White 101
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 03 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Riley and Company – Pick & Poke Tool
  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Craft Knife
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Red Mirror Sequins
  • Simon Says Stamp! – Dazzling Gems – Peppermint Pawsitively
  • Trinity Stamps – Sparkle Hearts – White

Triple Poinsettia Slimline Card

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It’s Sneak Peak Week for Karen Burniston’s October 2024 release of new dies and sentiment stamps. These dies will be available for purchase on October 28, 2024 on the KB Riley LLC website.

Today’s card uses the new Poinsettia dies set and the Season of Cheer and Special Delivery stamp sets with the previously released Twist Flower Pop-Up die set.

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

Cardbase:  Cut a 7 3/4 x 8 3/4-inch rectangle from light weight cardstock. Fold in half to form a 3 7/8 x 8 3/4-inch side-fold card. Cover the inside panels with gold patterned paper then use the largest of the Long Rectangles – Crosshatch dies to cut two green patterned paper mats for the inside. Cover the outside panels with holly patterned paper. Using the second smallest crosshatch circle in the Circles – Crosshatch die set to cut a window thru the card front by centering the circle die between 3 1/4-inches and 5 1/2-inches from the top of the card and 1/4-inch from the right side of the card.

Poinsettias: Cut six of the smaller flower die from red using the new Poinsettia die set. Cut three of the smaller flower from green. Cut 3 of the flower center from red and three more from yellow backed with double-sided adhesive. (You can glue these yellow dots in if you don’t have double sided adhesive.) Cut six of the small pine branches from green.  Watch YouTube video above for assembly instructions.

Flower Twist Pop Mechanisms:  Cut three mechanisms using the Twist Flower Pop-Up die set. (If using a double-side paper, cut three 1/2-inch by 1 1/2-inch strips of the same paper.) Assemble as shown in assembly video at the bottom of this linked page. Attach center mechanism to show flower through the front circle window. Space out the other two mechanisms on either side and check for catchpoints before permanently gluing into card.

Sentiments:  “Merry Christmas” is a previously released die set by Karen Burniston. The inside stamps come from the new stamp set Season of Cheer. The red dots are leftover from the flower centers. The “Made with Love” stamp on the card back is from the new Special Delivery stamp set.

Envelope:  The card fits into #10 business size envelope. I decorated the back flap by covering it with gold paper and leftover fir branches and red dots from the flower centers.

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I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

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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

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Gumdrop 5-5154
  • Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Flora No. 4 – Bold Stems
  • Craft Consortium – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock designed by Linsey Kelly – Tis the Season
  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Cranberry Bliss
  • Yellow and White Cardstock
  • #10 Business Envelope – Ivory

Ink

  • Hero Arts – Alcohol-Marker Friendly Ink Pad – Intense Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide- Forest Moss and Lumberjack Plaid
  • American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Gold
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

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

Poinsettia Pop-Up Christmas Card

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It’s Sneak Peak Week for Karen Burniston’s October 2024 release of new dies and sentiment stamps. These dies will be available for purchase on October 28, 2024 on the KB Riley LLC website.

Today’s card is an A2 size Christmas card that uses the new die sets of Poinsettia and Merry Christmas Lorna Add-Ons along with Season of Cheer stamp set.

CARDBASE: Cut an 8×6-inch rectangle of a double-sided patterned paper and fold in half to form a top-fold 4×6-inch cardbase.

LORNA LABEL: Follow the assembly video for the Lorna Label Pop-Up but cut out a frame by sandwiching the largest decorator label inside the Lorna Label die. Glue the Merry Christmas Add-Ons frame to the Lorna Label frame and decorate with words from add-on set before gluing the Lorna label pop-up into the card.

POINSETTIA: From the Poinsettia die set, cut one of the large leaves die from green and another from red. Cut one red from smaller leaves die. Brush the edges of the leaves with ink slightly darker than the cardstock. Cut the small, dotted center piece once from red and once from yellow. Save the yellow dots to inlay into the red center. Glue the large red piece onto the large green piece and then top with smaller red piece. Make sure to alternate the leaves for full coverage. Adhere red and yellow flower center. Die cut five pine branches and two of the berry stems to add around the large flower.

SENTIMENTS: The Merry Christmas Lorna Add-On set has a holly leaves shadow die that is just the right size to stamp the word “and” onto and glue to the bottom tip of the Lorna Label frame. The “and” and “Happy New Year” are from the Season of Cheer stamp set. The fishtail banner is a die in the Lorna Label Pop-Up set. The holly leaves and berries are in the Merry Christmas Lorna Add-On set.

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Thank you for reading this blog post.

I hope this inspires you and makes you smile.

Please like and leave comments 😊

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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

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Gumdrop -5-5154
  • Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Flora No. 4 – Bold Stems
  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Cranberry Bliss
  • Cream and Yellow Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Red Organza Ribbon 1/4-inch wide