Stage Pop-Up

Pop-Up Island Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #305 whose parameters were: joyfold card, cartoon colors, “starts with an i” element and include a scrap(s). I used new Karen Burniston dies and stamps for this large 7×6.6-inch joyfold card with a pop-up island on the inside.

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

Joyfold Cardbase: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut from light blue cardstock one 5×7-inch rectangle, one 5×7.5-inch rectangle scored at 7-inches, and one 5×3.75-inches rectangle scored at 1.5-inches. Cut two 6.5×7-inch rectangles from tel blue cardstock. Using patterned paper of a water color, cut two 5×7 rectangles. Using the Curved Edges die set, cut each patterned paper rectangle to form wave of water in a circular pattern as shown in video. Assemble cardbase following the video above.

Pop-Up Stage Base: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) from light blue cardstock, cut two base pieces from the Stage Pop-Up die set and from the Sea Stage Add-Ons, cut two side strips and six of the decorator wave strips. From sand colored decorator papers cut two of the stage top decorator pieces. From water patterned paper, cut six of the rectangle decorator die in the Stage Pop-Up set.

Palm Trees Pop-Up: (Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for this die set.) Using the Palm Tree Pop-Up die set, cut one set of large tree trunks, two of smaller tree trunks and 12 coconuts from brown. Use the stencil feature on the dies to add texture to the tree trunks. Cut four small palm fronds and two of each of the large palm fronds from green. Cut one tree base strip from a heavy card stock and cover with sand paper.Assemble as directed in the videos.

Hippo and Scuba Gear: (Watch the assembly videos at the bottom of the linked pages for these die sets.) Using the Safari Animals and Tiny Accessories 4 die set, cut out and color the hippo and scuba gear.

Sentiments: The card front is stamped with three sentiments – “Sun, Sand, Sea” and “Life is better on the water” from Cruise Greetings and “Happy Birthday” from Rainbow Greetings. The die cut “Happy Birthday” is from Chloe’s Creative Cards. Inside is the “Bold Briant Colorful You” from the stamp set Strut Your Stuff. The inside labels were cut from white cardstock using Greeting Labels die set. “Enjoy the beauty of the world beyond the horizon” is stamped on the card back from Cruise Greetings.(I used one ink pad to stamp the sentiments as tone on tone and to add depth to the die-cut words by covering the cardstock with swipes of ink before cutting into it.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11-inch Basic Papers Textured Cardstock – Rain Forest
  • Park Lane Paperie – 8.5×11-inch White Core Smooth 65lb Cardstock – Blue/Teal
  • Prima Marketing – 12×12 Single-Sided Paper – Botanical Collection – My Darling
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – Copper Clay
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Clear Vellum
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Single-Sided Paper – Light Burlap
  • Neon Green, Pink, Purple, Red and Yellow Cardstock

Ink

  • Catherine Pooler – Premium Dye Ink – Party Collection – All That Jazz
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Abandoned Coral, Rustic Wilderness
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Chisel Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Pink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Block
  • Paperweight
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Crafting Clips

Pop-Up Valentine’s Day Hot Air Balloon Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #304 whose parameters were: drop down project, mahjong colors, go wild element and hand drawn border. I used new Karen Burniston dies and stamps for this airy, pop-up Valentine. (Dies will be available for sale on February 2, 2026)

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

Pop-Up Stage Base: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut two base pieces and two side strips from the Stage Pop-Up die set.

Hot Air Balloons and Raining Hearts: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) The Hot Air Balloons die set along with the tiny hearts from the Love Is In The Air Charms set are the key dies used. The hearts are sandwiched with dots of glue to pieces of cotton thread. The cloud die used is the largest one in the Hot Air Balloons set. Cut the different balloon designs several times from different patterned papers to get the different colored stripes.

Sentiments: “Go Wild!” is a previously released Karen Burniston die cut in red patterned paper. The “Happy Valentine’s Day” is part of the new Love Notes clear stamp.The stitching and hearts were hand-drawn onto the label. Stage Scenes stamps set was used for the “Push” on the bottom of the stage.

Envelope: The card fits into a 6×9-inches envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Echo Park – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Paper – Love Notes
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – Copper Clay
  • Red, Tan and White Cardstock
  • Clear Plastic Packaging
  • 6×9-inch Catalog Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Block
  • Stamping Platform
  • Paperweight
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • White Cotton Sewing Thread

Thank You Pop-Up

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s February 2026 Release of new dies and stamps.

Today’s card uses the new die sets of Thank You Lorna Add-Ons and the Stage Pop-Up as well as the previously released Lorna Label Pop-Up. Sentiments come from the new clear stamp sets called Thank You Phrases and Love You Phrases. The new dies and stamps will be available for order starting February 2, 2026.

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

Stage Pop-Up Base: Using the Stage Pop-Up die set, cut two of the largest die from patterned cardstock. From the same patterned cardstock, cut two of the stage-side strips.  After stamping and cutting the 6 decorator rectangles, glue them onto the front panels of the stage-side strips.  Assemble the stage platform as shown above in the video. (Below is what the completed card looks like when folded flat.)

Sentiments: The five sentiments were stamped in black ink on white cardstock and cut-out using the rectangle decorator dies from the Stage Pop-Up die set. Cut a sixth rectangle, but leave it blank to write a personal message. Use the short sentiments “For Being You,” “You’re The Best,” “For Everything” and “So Very Much” from the Thank You Phrases stamp set, and “Big Time” from Love You Phrases.

Lorna Label Thank You: Using the Thank You Lorna Add-Ons set, cut two of the large frame die from patterned paper and two sets of the words from red cardstock. From the Lorna Label Pop-Up die set, cut two of the large die from green. Glue the Thank You frames on to the green Lorna labels and adhere the letters. Add tape the the back of the Lorna Labels at the narrow bottom tip as shown in the video. Glue the green pieces back-to-back and trim off the excess flaps at the top and cut down the bottom base to fit in between the two stage halves as shown in the video.

To decorate, cut six of the leafy stems in the Thank You Lorna Add-Ons from green and glue onto the top of each of the stage sides. Cut two of the flowers in the set to add to the stage floor in front of the “Thank You.” (I used patterned paper that had daisies printed on it, so I did not use the flower center die from the set.)

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inches) size envelope with “Thank You” from Thank You Phrases stamped on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch Double-Sided Cardstock Patterned Collection– Berry Sweet
  • White Cardstock
  • A7 Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black

Adhesives

Tools