In tidying up my stash, I came across this Trinity StampsPick of The Patch slimline stamp set and a side-fold 3.75×8.75-inch cardbase, orange cardstock scrap, black ink, green marker and a glitter gloss brush. With these items I made a quick and sweet Halloween card.
Card Front
Cardbase: I used a 3.75×9-inch piece of white 100lb cardstock, scored and fold to create a .25-inch tab at one end. This tab was glued to the back of a 3.75×8.75 rectangle of the same white cardstock.
Card Back
Jack O’Lanterns: The front image was stamped using the Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch slimline stamp set with black ink on to an orange panel. The panel was trimmed down to 3.5×8.375-inches before being glued to the card front. The vines, stems and leaves were colored with a light green marker and the eyes, noses and mouths were brushed with a glitter gloss.
Sentiment: The inside and card back sentiments of “Happy Halloween” and “Hey, Pumpkin” come from the Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch stamp set as does the small pumpkin on the back.
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business size envelope stamped with jack o’lantern faces on the back flap.
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This card was made for Craft Roulette #312 whose parameters were: a slimline card, insects colors, April element and “twist(s)”in the corner.”. I created this 3.75×8.5-inch card using Karen Burnistonand Spellbinders dies.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Watch the assembly video above for how to create the cardbase from a 7.5×8.5-inch rectangle. I used the 2.4-inch die from Karen Burniston’s Squares – Crosshatchset to cut the window in the card front centered about .875-inches from the top edge.
Fool/Jester: I used Spellbinders’ Wild Jokerdie set designed by Jaycee Gasper for my April Fool.I made him/her much like the package illustration, but cut all the dies twice – the clothing once in yellow and again in red – so I could mix up the clothing bits like a traditional jester’s costume. I cut down the middle of the main body piece and used scrap strips on the back to piece it together. I also place the collar with the head and hat on a wobble spring. Adhesive-backed gems were used as the round bells on the jester’s costume.
Pop-Up Mechanism: (Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked Katherine Label Pop-Uppage.) Cut one of the mechanism from cardstock matching the cardbase. added to card as shown in the video above. Trim excess bit of mechanism that shows thru the window. Glue the jester onto the pop-up box so that the hand and hat don’t interfere with the mechanism and the jester’s foot stays inside the closed card.
Sentiments: The “Happy” comes from Karen Burniston’s Happy Easterdie set while the remaining “APRIL FOOL’S DAY” was cut using her Alphabetset. The white label for a personal message comes from Katherine Label Pop-Up.
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 Business (9.5×4.25-inch) size envelope with the Funny Bones sentiment of “Handmade Cards because no one displays an email on the mantel” stamped in blue ink.
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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 the new dies of Playful Pop-Up, Greeting Labels, and Bug Borders as well as previously releasedLongRectangles – Crosshatch. The sentiments are from the new stamp set – Bug Greetings. The dies and stamps will be available for pre-order starting November 24, 2025.
Watch the process video to see how I made these cards.
Cardbase: Cut from black cardstock a 7.5 x8.5-inch rectangle. Score and fold at 3.75-inches to form a 3.75×8.5-inch slimline cardbase. Using the largest of the LongRectangles – Crosshatch dies, cut four from patterned paper. Adhere the rectangles to all four panels of the card.
Playful Mechanisms: Using the Playful Pop-Up set, cut three of the largest die and three of the “K” piece die from a green cardstock. Cut the decorative notched square die from patterned paper. Follow the video above to assemble.
Ladybugs: There are two sizes of ladybugs used on this card. The larger ones come from the Playful Pop-Up set and include dies to make them with legs, without legs and flying. The smaller ladybugs come from the Bug Borders set. (I cut two strips of the border ladybugs, five of the bugs with legs and five of the bugs without legs. I made one of the without legs bodies into a flying ladybug.) Watch the video above for assembly instructions.
Sentiments: The card sentiments are all stamped in blank ink using the Bug Greetings stamp set and cut out using the Greeting Labels die set. Watch the video above for details on attaching the sentiments to the cards.
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business size envelope.
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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #273 whose parameters included a lady’s card, candy wrapper colors, camp(s)/(ing) element, and belt. I chose to make a trifold, slimline card that is interactive using Karen Burniston dies and some custom cut pieces of my own design.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: The cardbase is a trifold, so there are three panels (I made mine out of 80lb black and 110lb white cardstock, but you could make it all out of 100 lb black.) I cut two black panels at 3.75×8.5-inches for the card back. One white 4.125 x6-inches (Score at 3.75-inches and at 3.875-inches.) Cut another white panel at 4.125×7-inches (Score at 3.75-inches.) Cut two thumb holes in each panel as shown in video using die from Whirly Wheel die set. Follow video above for assembly order of panels. (You can follow the video with cutting the waves into the white cardbase panels or you and just round the tops of the panels as I eventually did.)
Flame Panels: Cut one 3.75×6-inch panel and one 3.75×7-inch panel. Using the waves die in the Curved Edges die set, cut the two panels with waves at the top. Cut two sets of five different fire colors using the waves die from 4×3-inch pieces of paper. Adhere the fire color pieces to the panels going from darkest to lightest colors. (I ended with a dark color next to custom cut and colored logs.)
Whirly Wheel Flames: (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked Whirly Wheeldie set.) Cut two sets of wheels, thermometer arms, and washers from heavy white cardstock. (I recommend adding the arrows before adding the clear packing tape by either using a marker and the die as a stencil or stamping using the Whirly Wheel Words stamp set.) Cover all die-cut pieces with clear packing tape. Assemble as shown in the video. Test flame shapes to add to Whirly Wheel arm making sure they stay within the card base when closed. Attach to arm as shown in video.
Marshmallow Sticks: I drew my marshmallows on sticks on a piece of 8.5x 3.5-inch white cardstock. They were fussy cut and then the sticks were colored dark brown. The marshmallows were covered with Nellie’s Choice Snow Effects, allowed to dry and then colored with light brown and hints of black to make the bubbling, toasted look of the marshmallows. The sticks were fitted and folded to the card before gluing on to the card back.
Sentiment Pop-Up: Die cut a white l-shaped mechanism from the Katherine Label Pop-Updie set. (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked die set.) Die cut in orange and red, the Happy Birthday and its shadow piece. Install the mechanism into card making sure it is high enough in the card not to interfere with the thumbholes. Color the top sides of the mechanism black to blend into the background. (I cut a 1.5×1.75-inch piece of black and colored afterwards. You could just color the three sides of the box part of the mechanism at this point.) Glue Happy Birthday onto its shadow and adhere to mechanism.
Sentiment Belt: Cut an 11×2.5-inch strip of dark brown textured cardstock. Fold it around the card loosely so it can slide off. Glue together back edges. On a computer design a 2×2.75-inch brown panel that says “Dear Sweet Lady, Wishing you S’more Funn!” followed by instructions on how to operate the card. An additional instruction panel is added to the back of the belt.
Envelope: The card fits into #10 business envelope (4.125x 9.5-inches).
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Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC June Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 10 new dies and 5 new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!(Giveaway details at the end of post.)
For my double Whirly Wheel Father’s Day card, I used several of the new dies including the Fishing Lures Charms and Whirly Wheel.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: From white 100 lb cardstock cut a 4×8.75-inch rectangle and a 3.75×8.75-inch rectangle. Score the white 4×8.75-inch rectangle down the long side .25-inch from the edge and fold up as a tab. From patterned cardstock cut a 3.75×8.75-inch rectangle. Assemble as shown in video above.
Cut decorator panels of patterned cardstock using the Long Rectangles – Crosshatchdies and glue inside the card.
Worms and Fish:Cut the largest fish lure and tail of one of the other fish lures from the Fish Lures Charms die set. Glue tail onto large fish and trim excess off the tail piece. Trim off loop at fish’s mouth. Color with glitter brush markers. Cut eight worms from brown cardstock. Add details with a white gel pen. Cut one large silver hook and add to one worm for the card front.
Double Whirly Wheels: Cut two wheels and two large thermometer arms from sturdy cardstock using the Whirly Wheel die set. Cut one washer form a sturdy cardstock. (Color doesn’t matter as it will be hidden.) Using stencil feature, ink on arrows on wheel. Assemble wheels as shown in video above.
The key to having double wheels is to glue the washers of each wheel to a separate front panel with a thin sheet of copier paper sandwiched between the two wheels to prevent any catchpoints.
Can of Worms: Cut A 3×3.5-inch piece of silver mirror cardstock. Score the backside of the piece at .5, .75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5 inches. From the same cardstock, emboss and then cut out a circle using the Circles – Crosshatch dies as shown in the video above. Assemble as shown in the video. Decorate with worms.
Sentiments: The sentiments were stamped in black using the Fishing stamp set. The two smallest fancy label dies in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set were used for the sentiments.
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business envelope.
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.
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, 23rd June 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!
This card was made for Relatively Thoughtful’s A Treemendous Christmas Challengewhich uses the free download Treemendous Christmas images.
Watch the process video to see how I made this card.
Cardbase: Using my computer I enlarged one tree image to cover a 9.5×4.25-inch rectangle and then copied the image a second time to print the outside cardbase which I cut down to a 8.75×7.50-inch rectangle. I folded that rectangle in half for a side-fold 3.75×8.75-inch cardbase. I printed a second sheet to cover one panel of the card inside.
Sentiments: I used some Spellbinder’s BetterPress banner sentiments that I had printed and die cut previously. “Christmas Greetings” and “Happy New Year”.
Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business size envelope.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Circles – Crosshatch – 1057
Press Plates
Spellbinders – BetterPress Plate & Die Set – Mistletoe Greetings Press
Papers
Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
Relatively Thoughtful Digital Images – A Treemendous Christmas Challenge
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.
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.
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.
I’m using Lawn Fawn’s 2016 Sprinkled with Joy stamps and dies for this slimline Christmas oven card.
Watch video above for a tutorial on how to make the card.
Card FrontCard Back
Cardbase: The card base is 8 1/2-inches tall and 3 7/8-inches wide when folded closed.
Oven: Watch my YouTube video above for how the oven was assembled.
Sentiments: Outside I used “Sweet” stamped on a green scrap strip. Inside the oven I used “Christmas Wishes” both from the Lawn Fawn Sprinkled With Joy stamp set. Inside the card I used a stamp from Scrapbook and Cards Today’s Jolly Holiday workshop kit.
Envelope: The card fits into an A2 envelope.
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Materials Used:
Dies
Lawn Fawn – Custom Craft Dies – Sprinkled With Joy-LF1271
Stamps
Lawn Fawn – Clear Stamps – Sprinkled With Joy-LF1214
Scrapbook and Cards Today’s Jolly Holiday workshop kit.
Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Up – Cut & Emboss Folder – Dotted Circles 3D
This card was made for Craft Roulette #222 whose parameters included Dutch door, gnome colors, movie element and building blocks.
Watch the process video for a tutorial on how the card was made.
Cardbase: Starting with an 8 1/2-inch square that is scored at 3 1/2, 7, and 7 1/2-inches. Thin magnets are added to the flap and back of front panel before being covered with decorative paper.
Sentiments: The front “You are the STAR of your Life Story” was computer generated while the “Happy Birthday” inside used two Karen Burniston dies – Happy Birthday and Happy Birthday Shadow.
Card Front: Drive-in movie die cuts and stamps are by My Favorite Things. the 3D embossing folder is by Spellbinders.
Pop-Up Blocks: Watch Karen Burniston’s assembly video for her Surprise Cube Pop-Up before assembling them. (Assembly video near bottom of linked page.)
