Halloween Mini Slimline Explosion Card

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Karen Burniston's October Designer Challenge with the Theme: {"HALLOWEEN or FALL" - create a card with a Halloween or Fall theme.} I created a Mini Slimline for Halloween in rather untraditional colours.

The Slim Bat Pattern Plate was cut from black cardstock and layered over a background of rainbow packing tape that was attached to white card stock. I've said this many times before, but you need to go slowly and have lots of patience as the packing tape is thin and tends to stretch and buckle. Your end result is colourful, but not 'perfect'. You could also use patterned paper in stripes, or create a rainbow of coloured cardstock strips for your background. This one was cut with the Slim Crosshatch Rectangles, which is a die set I use constantly.

The Happy Halloween & shadow were added to the front, and also some sparkly bling on several of the bats.

Inside, I used the Explosion Pop Up and other dies by Karen Burniston - they are all linked below. The patterned paper pad is one I've had for a couple of years and I get SO much use out of it! The new Skeleton is going to be a favourite in future Halloween's as well ❤️

I added some details lines with a sparkle gel pen both inside the card and on the Happy Halloween on the card front - and my card was finished.

The rest of the Design Team is linked on the right side of my blog and I hope you will check out what they came up with for the challenge. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Wednesday) on her BLOG.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Rainbow packing tape - Amazon.ca (several years old)
White cardstock

Halloween Z-Fold Card

Hello my crafty friends. Today I'm sharing a 5 x 7" Fold card for Halloween. The card actually started with Karen Burniston's Slim Pattern Plate Spiders which I cut from black glitter card stock. I'm not going to lie - it took several passes through the machine to cut through the thickness, and then I had to poke out every single piece that didn't belong in the die. I won't be using that cardstock with an intricate die again!

Then I decided to make a 5 x 7" card, and pulled out some patterned paper from Doodlebug Designs. When I had a look through the Odds & Ends ephemera though, I saw this larger pumpkin & signs piece and decided to use it. Which of course covered up some of those hard earned spiders & webs. 😂  I used the Short Crosshatch Rectangles for the rectangle layering pieces, more ephemera from the package and then the spider Shape Sprinkles. They also come with small enamel dots so I added some of those too.

Finally, some Wink of Stella for some shine and the card was finished. The envelope was decorated with some Doodlebug stickers so everything coordinates.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Black glitter cardstock - Stampin' up   
Inside Greetings - Halloween, Papertrey Ink 

Mini Slimline Foiled Bats

Hello my crafty friends. I get some of my best crafting ideas when I'm drifting off to sleep, or trying to get BACK to sleep in the night. While that would inspire some to jump out of bed and get creating, I find it soothing. The trick is to actually remember the idea in the morning, ha ha.  This card is the result of one of those nights and I couldn't be happier with it.

I used my Glimmer Foil to foil a REGULAR DIE!  Karen Burniston's new Slim Bat Pattern Plate to be specific. Gold foil on black card stock and it foiled beautifully. I might have gasped when I peeled away the foil - the shine was amazing. 

Using a Stardust gel pen, I added lines into each of the negative areas then decided to just go for broke and add colour to the bats with coloured pencils. Finally I added gold gel pen eyes to each bat.

Here is a peek at the inside and I used the same glittery gel pen to outline the inside panels.

The glittered pen outlines really show up on the black cardstock!

NOTE:  Usually I would be able to use the negative foil piece with a solid hot foil stamp to get a second, reverse foiled image. Which would have been ok with this one except I tried it on black card stock. Foiling requires a really smooth card stock and my black is not that smooth apparently. It was ok for the fine lines but not for a really solid image. While the foil did transfer it looked splotchy and very unappealing so it got tossed. I would have been better to add it to a white smooth cardstock.  Next time! 

 This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Inside Greetings Halloween - Papertrey Ink
White cardstock

Dog Slimline Christmas Card

Hello!  Today's Slimline card is the one I made for our veterinarian & staff. Our dogs have vaccines that come due in December, so I always bring the vet clinic an edible gift and a hand made card.  

The dog dies are by Marianne Designs, I've had them for a couple of years and I love how you can make different dog 'breeds' with the one die set. For this card I didn't use the body or tail dies, but instead have them peeking out of the Crafty Meraki background die.

I added die cut snowflakes, the Merry Christmas & shadow and snippets of the Holly Pattern Plate - all dies by Karen Burniston and linked below. The patterned paper is long retired but it's one of my favourite 12 x 12" holiday pads. After I finished this card, I decided to go ahead and use this paper for another Sheetload of Cards and will be sharing those tomorrow. 😊

Inside I added the Giant Thanks So Much (Lawn Fawn) as Dr. KD and her staff took SUCH good care of our furry kids this past year. 

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Oatmeal flecked card stock - stash
Patterned paper - Say Freeze, Recollections
Grey cardstock scraps
Elines Dog dies - Maryanne Designs
Grey Ink
Shimmer Spray
Adhesive Backed Snowflakes - Stampin' Up (retired)
Grey Copic
Holly Sticker - Joleens
Red Twine

Clear Christmas Card with Holly

Hello!  It's time for Karen Burniston's Designer Challenge where she challenged her Design Team to create a card with a Window. I took a liberty or two with the challenge theme and created a clear card - so my whole card is a window! Ha. I have a walkthrough with all the details on YouTube: 

After applying double sided adhesive to the back side of the green mirror card stock, I die cut the Holly Pattern Plate. It makes SUCH a pretty die cut! My clear card base is a 10ml report cover cut to an A2 size. While this is a Clean and Simple looking card, it does require time and a lot of patience to slowly remove the backing and adhere the holly to the card. Once it's down, it cannot be moved so you only have one shot at placement. I had to take a lot of deep breaths while I was applying it it but it's easy enough as long as you don't hurry the process.

I love that the holly berries are cut using a single die that is included in the Holly Pattern Plate. I cut it from red foil card stock with more double sided adhesive on the back side so each berry was essentially a sticker. Then I used my tweezers to plunk a red berry on each of the coordinating spots on the holly.

The Merry Christmas Shadow die is SO handy, and I paired it with the Merry Christmas die on the card front. All of the rectangles are in the Slim Flaps and Frames set. I use that set a lot for sentiment blocks. That is where the little heart comes from too!

... one more look ...

I have the rest of the Design Team linked on the right side of my blog, and I hope you will check out what they came up with for the challenge. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Wednesday) on her BLOG.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

The red foil/mirror card stock I used is no longer available, so I have linked a different one for you!

Supplies:

10 ml report cover

Green card stock - stash

'Thinking of You' Iron Fence Pop Up Card

Hello!  I'm back today with another card featuring dies in Karen Burniston's NEW RELEASE.  (The dies will be shipping on August 9th.)  I have a video walkthrough on YouTube (click HERE) and everything that is available is linked below:

My card is larger than A2, and I used the Flower Pattern Plates inked in a rainbow of colours for the background. Then I added the new HELLO die onto a Crosshatch Rectangle and a mushroom from the Backyard Charms.

Inside is a colourful stencilled sunrise and you see the new Iron Fence Pop Up. Cutting the Long Nature Edges from green polka dot patterned paper adds to the whimsical feel.  I used more of the Backyard Charms to decorate the grass around the bottom of the fence, and the snail is added to the right post so it moves with the fence as the card opens and closes!

The words from Word Set 10 were die cut from aqua card stock, the flowers got some glitter in their centres and I added a few sparkling items as well. 

There is a fairy perched on the fence with glittery wings, carrying on the whimsical theme of my card.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Additional Supplies:
5 x 6.5" card and envelope - Recollections
Green patterned paper - Nana's Nursery (Girl) - DCWV, retired
Brass pearl card stock - stash
Black pen
Shimmer Spray
Rainbow Packing Tape
Pink, aqua card stocks

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Snowman Pop Up Card

Hello! Yes, this is my second post today, but I couldn't help it. The Design Team is now starting to show sneak peeks of Karen Burniston's new release!!!  

I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube: 

As usual, I kept the front of my card fairly simple, because all the fun is on the inside. I have linked the items that are available below, and for the New Release items I have linked to the COMING SOON section of the store. For retail customers, the dies can be ordered on August 9th and we will be celebrating with a BLOG HOP as well. Lots of fun inspiration coming your way so mark your calendars for August 9th. There might even be prizes! 😉

The HELLO on the front of my card is one of the new dies being released and it has a shadow layer. YAY! This is one I have already used a number of times and expect to get a lot more use out of it. It's the perfect size for Slimline and Mini Slimline cards, as well as A2 etc.

Inside, I used the new Snowman Pop Up. Honestly, I just fell in love with him and I have lots of ideas for making different critters with this as the base (think polar bear, teddy bear, monkey etc). I love how FLAT he folds down ... you can expect to see more Snowman Pop Up cards from me for sure.

The SNOW MUCH FUN is also one of the new die sets - Word Set 13 Snow. Again - see the shadow layer for the larger word SNOW? There is also a BRRR with a shadow and other words as well.

The snowflakes on either side of my card come from the Snowflake Pattern Plate, which was in a previous release. I also used the Crosshatch Rectangles throughout the card including as a place for our personal greeting.

... one more look ...

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Additional Supplies:

Blue card stock - stash
Patterned paper - old, from my stash
White shimmer paint - Stampin' Up (retired)
Note, I am adding links for different sequins, pearl card stock and glittered card stock as there are no links for the ones I used as those may not be available anymore.

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Holly Shaker Card for Christmas

Hello crafty friends ...

Today I'm sharing another shaker card using Karen Burniston's new Holly Pattern Plate. I also used the new Slim Frames for my die cut sentiment. To get the red mat around the outside of the frame, I die cut the frame another two times from red and snipped those two in half. Then I adhered the red layers behind the frame making sure I had an even border on the outer edges.

Inside I added a Merry Christmas die cut along with a plaid patterned paper and a Crosshatch Rectangle (both dies by Karen Burniston).

There is a lot of sparkle on this card - perfect for the holidays. Because the Pattern Plates are designed to fit perfectly on an A2 card, I needed a frame around the outer edge for a place to add my thick foam tape. Nesting two of the Crosshatch Rectangles together works really well for a frame and I could use the fallaway piece from the centre on another project.

Supplies:
White Pearl card stock
1149 Holly Pattern Plate - Karen Burniston
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Acetate
Various shaker filler - stash
Green patterned paper - Where the Heart Is, My Minds Eye
Other patterned papers - Countdown to Christmas, My Mines Eye
1050 Slim Frames - Karen Burniston
1022 Word Set 3 Holiday - Karen Burniston
Stickles
1065 Merry Christmas - Karen Burniston 
Card and envelope set - Michaels
Card size - 5 x 6.5", fits in the included envelope

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Shimmery Snowflake Pop Up Card

 Hello crafty friends ...

Today's card is another one featuring some new release items from Karen Burniston. I used the new Snowflake Pattern Plate on the front, inking it with dye inks and spritzing it with Shimmer Spray before adhering it to the pearlized white card base.  I have a YouTube video walk through for you so you can see the card in action!

I added a stamped sentiment to one of the new Slim Frames and a few extra snowflakes from the new Holiday Charms.

Inside is a Pop Up, using the new Mini Pops.

I love the bough that comes in the hew Holiday Charms, and here I cut it several times and snipped the pieces apart to build the spray. There is another Mini Frame and stamped sentiment with snowflakes on the pop up platforms

I added one more Mini Frame as a signing block, nestling it onto a Crosshatch Rectangle, then added a penguin wearing a winter hat for some additional colour.

There is so much shimmer on this card - that just makes me happy!

Supplies:
1148 Snowflake Pattern Plate - Karen Burniston
Matte coated card stock
Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes
Shimmer Spray
White pearl card stock
1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
1146 Mini Pops - Karen Burniston
Patterned paper scraps
Merry Messages - Lawn Fawn
1150 Slim Frames - Karen Burniston
1143 Holiday Charms - Karen Burniston
Glitter Dots
1021 Sleigh Pop Up (small snowflake) - Karen Burniston
1016 Winter Animals - Karen Burniston
Grey marker
1025 Tiny Accessories - Karen Burniston
Card size - Standard A2, 4.25 x 5.5"

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Blue and Green Holly Slimline Card

Hello crafty friends ...

I'm back today sharing another card with Karen Burniston's upcoming release and another way to use the Holly Pattern Plate die! 

I also used the new Crosshatch Long Rectangle dies which are perfect for Slimline cards! After die cutting the largest Crosshatch Rectangle, I cut the Holly Pattern Plate twice from green patterned paper with some sparkly bits in it. Those were layered at the top and bottom of the rectangle snipping off any overhang on the edges. I didn't' worry about how they matched up in the centre, because I covered that area with layers of card stock and more sparkly patterned paper using the same Crosshatch Long Rectangle dies. 

Since the berries were cut from blue glittered card stock, I also die cut the Merry Christmas from it and adhered it on the top white layer in the card centre. Then the panel was adhered to my Slimline card base.

Inside I added two more layers cut using the Crosshatch Long Rectangles, adding a stamped sentiment, strips of the sparkly striped paper and a single leftover holly sprig.

I enjoy making Slimline cards, Christmas cards and I like some sparkle on my cards these days ... so this one ticked all my boxes!

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Countdown to Christmas, My Minds Eye

1151 - Crosshatch Long Rectangle - Karen Burniston

Various card stocks - stash

1149 Holly Pattern Plate - Karen Burniston

Blue glitter card stock - Stampin' Up

1022 Word Set 3 Holiday - Karen Burniston

Sentiment - Jar of Cheer (retired)

Card size - 3.5 x 8.5", fits in a #10 Business Envelope

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Snowflake Shaker Pop Up Card

Hello crafty friends ...

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC November 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. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and orders will start shipping the first week in November.

This release includes:

• A new interactive die set - Mini Pops Pop-ups
• Add-on die set for the Surprise Ball Pop-up and Bitty Ball Pop-up die sets - Animal Add-on 3 (creates a Penguin; Deer and Moose)
• 3 Slimline Sized Die Sets - Crosshatch Long Rectangles; Long Nature Edges and Slim Frames
• 2 New Pattern Plate - Snowflakes; Holly
• A new charm sets - Holiday Charms
• New frames to work with Fancy Frames Accordion - Fancy Winter Frames
• Stand Alone Die Set - Holiday House

Pre-orders are available now on the website. Shipping of pre-orders starts the first week of November in the order received.

GIVEAWAY:

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, November 2nd 2020. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! (Please be sure to leave some way to contact you when you comment. We need to contact you and not just post your name and for the last blog hop I had to draw SIX different comments before I found one that had contact information. That means the first five names I drew missed out because they left a comment but no way to reach them.)

People love to see these cards in action, so I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube HERE.  

The Pattern Plates are sized to fully cover the front of a standard A2 card. Because I wanted to make a shaker card, I needed a frame to hide the foam tape underneath, so I nested two Crosshatch Rectangles together to create my pretty crosshatch frame. Both the Snowflake Pattern Plate and the frame were die cut from white pearlized card stock and I set aside the fallaway rectangle from the frame piece to use on another project. The cut-aparts were in the same paper pad as the patterned paper.

Inside, I used both the new Mini Pops and the new Holiday Charms as well as more patterned paper.

Below is the full Blog Hop list. You should have arrived here from Lois Bak, and your next stop is Fran Sabad. If you are just popping into my blog - head to the start of the hop (Karen Burniston) so you don't miss any of the fun inspiration!

Karen Burniston

Frances Byrne

Lois Bak

Karen Aicken (you are here!)

Fran Sabad

Sandy Diller

Kelly Booth

Supplies:

1148 Snowflake Pattern Plate - Karen Burniston (shipping early November 2020)

1146 Mini Pops - Karen Burniston  (shipping early November 2020)

1143 Holiday Charms - Karen Burniston  (shipping early November 2020)

1054 Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

White shimmer card stock

Acetate

Various shaker filler - stash

Various card stocks - stash

Card and envelope - Michaels

Patterned paper and cut aparts - Holiday Bash, Recollections

Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Sakura gold gel pen

Words inside - Christmas Messages, Stampin' Up

Card size - 5 x 6.5", fits in the included envelope

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