Box Card with Castle, Princess and Dragon

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One of the new dies in Karen Burniston's January 2019 Release is this Woven Basket Box Card die. It comes with flowers and a sprig to make a lovely bouquet, but of course I had to do something different with it. I chose to use it as a regular 'box card' and made a Birthday Card for a little Princess. Namely, our nephew's little girl who will be turning one soon.

I used a bunch of dies from previous releases, the Castle Pop-Up, the Knight and Dragon, the Princess and Mermaid and Word Set 5 Royalty. All the dies I used are listed in the Supplies below. I wanted to show you how well all of the KB dies work together - old and new releases work seamlessly!

Since Princesses need to sparkle, I used pretty glitter paper for the dress, crown, and also the turret flags and dragon's wings. I like how the two different greys for the woven part resemble bricks - this Woven Basket Box Card goes together so slick!

This is the back of the card, and where we will sign our names.

I hope I've shown you how to think outside the box (pun intended) to use this fun woven basket for more than just flowers. I also wanted to show you that you can fill it with a few items and still have a card with a lot of WOW. Not every box card needs to be stuffed full and take hours to complete. 

While it's a free-standing pop-up card, it still folds completely flat for mailing! Because I wanted some height to the castle and dragon, this one will fit in an A6 envelope and mail for a single stamp.

Here is one more look at the dragon - isn't he just the cutest?

There are SO MANY great dies in the new release, which will be available for PRE-ORDER on the website starting January 21st. You can click on the preview below to see it larger.

Supplies:
1080 Woven Basket Box Card - Karen Burniston (available for Pre-order on January 21 2019)
1036 Princess and Mermaid - Karen Burniston
1035 Knight and Dragon - Karen Burniston
1033 Castle Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
1034 Word Set 5 Royalty - Karen Burniston
1047 Upsy Daisy Pop-Up (banner) - Karen Burniston
1009 Twist Panel Pop-Up (scalloped rectangle) - Karen Burniston
Glitter paper - Stampin' Up
Pink, purple, green, kraft, grey and white card stocks
Black pen
Sakura white gel pen
Words - Stampin' Up

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KB DC Always Be A Mermaid

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It's time for Karen Burniston's April 2018 Designer Challenge with the theme: "HIP TO BE SQUARE" - incorporate a square (or squares) into your project of any theme." 

I used the Spinner Square Pop-Up and some new patterned papers to create my card today. I thought this 4 x 6" sticker had such a cute saying so that is what started my card.

I kept the front nice and simple, and just added a die cut seashell to the mermaid's hand.

All the fun is on the inside!  Below is the card opening...

... and here it is fully open where the blue mermaid spins out from behind the centre square.

For the mermaid, I cut her hair 3x and staggered them to make a really full head of hair floating in the water. I also made her skin light blue to mimic the blue mermaids on the patterned paper.

I went over the words 'a Birthday Wish' with a wink of Stella pen to make them blend in with the background a little better. The words catch the light when the card is turned, something it's hard to see in photos.

The cute crab from the Sea Animals Set was also cut out of blue.

A few snips with my scissors and I turned the shark into a dolphin!

I had a lot of fun making this card!

I hope you will check out the rest of the Design Team posts  - their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her project on HER BLOG tomorrow (Wednesday April 3) and she will also share the teams posts. It's always fun to see them grouped together in one post!

Supplies:
Teal Soft Finish Card Stock - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stickers and Patterned paper - 'Mermaid's Tale', Reminisce
White and blue card stocks
1042 Spinner Square Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Word stamp inside - Stampendous
Clear embossing powder
Distress Oxide Inks
1038 Tropical Scene - Karen Burniston
1036 Princess & Mermaid - Karen Burniston
1037 Sea Animals - Karen Burniston
Medium White Gel Pen - Karen Burniston
Stickles
Black fine point marker
Xyron
Marvy LePlume II Markers
Water Brush
1003 Word Set 2 - Birthday - Karen Burniston
Card size - 4-1/2 x 6"

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Happily Popping Up To Say Hello ...

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I had a lot of fun making this card using a bunch of dies from Karen Burniston's newest release. Both the tree edge and the bird dies are from the new Outdoor Scene. The Happily was trimmed away from the new Happily Ever After and adhered to the card front, and there is a popped up stitched cloud in the sky as well.

I used the new Spinner Square Pop-Up to create the fun inside, with a fairy princess made from the Princess and Mermaid die set.

The tree is from the Tree Pop-Up. I really like this tree, that it is only two pieces and it both cuts and assembles easily. On this one I added flowers, but they cut six at a time so it's easy to fill your tree with blooms.

For the Fairy Princess I cut her dress three times. Twice from white glittered card stock and once from white card stock. By turning two of the dresses upside down and off-setting, they created the wings I wanted and the rest of the princess was assembled then the wings adhered behind her. She would make a cute Tooth Fairy as well!

She spins up and hides behind the decorated circle as the card is closing or opening.

The font for the first four Word Set dies is the same, so it's easy to combine words from the different sets to create a custom greeting.

Supplies:
1036 Princess & Mermaid - Karen Burniston
Pink, white, teal, black and green card stocks
Glitter card stock - Stampin' Up
Copic markers
Wink of Stella
Black fine point marker
Signo white gel pen
Patterned paper - Echo Park
1042 Spinner Square Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
1045 Outdoor Scene - Karen Burniston
1006 Nature Edges - Karen Burniston
1027 Word Set 4 Just a Note - Karen Burniston
1002 Word Set 2 Greetings - Karen Burniston
1012 Snowman Twist Circle (circles) - Karen Burniston
1005 Tree Pop-Up - Karen Burniston
Coloured pencils - Prismacolor
1009 Twist Panel Pop-Up (scalloped rectangle) - Karen Burniston
Nuvo Crystal Ddrops
1032 Happily Ever After - Karen Burniston

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It's Good To Be "U", Designer Challenge Card.

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Welcome to Karen Burniston's February 2018 Designer Challenge! This month our theme is "CASTLE" - use the new Castle Pop-up for a card of any theme. Will it be a fairy princess castle? A sand castle? The Eyrie? You decide! 

Below is the front of my card. I trimmed a foiled journal card from the paper stack, and mounted it to the front of my card along with a panel of patterned paper. The "It's Good To Be" banner is from the new WORD SET 5 ROYALTY. There are several different word options you can insert inside the banner when you cut it, and here I've used the 'It's Good To Be' one.   The crab is from the new SEA ANIMALS set, and he is holding the letter "U".

The "U" was trimmed away from the word QUEEN, which is also included in the Word Set 5 Royalty set.

Inside I have an underwater castle scene!  

This will be for our Grandson's birthday, so I added a '6' and the 'th' from the new NUMBERS set. I like that you can personalize a Pop-Up with these cool numbers. And I cannot, CANNOT believe that Ethan is going to be six!

Below is another view of my underwater scene. I added the cute Sea Turtle and Crab from the SEA ANIMALS die set, more of the WORD SET 5 ROYALTY words, the CASTLE from the Castle Pop-Up, the HAPPY BIRTHDAY (yes, again. I love this die!), and everything is adhered to the Floating Floor from the House & Fence die set. 

I used the PRINCESS & MERMAID die set, to create a Merman with a few snips of my scissors. He has a crown (because he IS a King, you know), and a Sword from the Tiny Accessories 1 set. I also added a gold crown and seashell above the word 'Day'.

I like how the SEA TURTLE and CRAB look like they are floating in behind the castle wall.

There is lots of dimension to this card, but I wasn't worried about how thick it was since I will be giving it to the Birthday Boy in person. I also want to point out that the castle top does stick out from the bottom a little. I'm fine with it, Ethan won't notice and the card will be displayed open so it isn't an issue. But if I wanted to be sure it was entirely hidden when using the Floating Floor base, I would make the finished card 5-3/4" or 6" deep. This one is 5-1/2" deep.

I hope you will check out what the rest of the Design Team has come up with for the challenge - this CASTLE POP-UP die set is really something! Their blogs are linked on the right. Karen Burniston will have her project tomorrow (Wednesday) on her blog.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Craft Smith

1015 House & Fence Pop-Up (floating floor) - Karen Burniston

Champagne foil card stock - Stampin' Up

1033 Castle Pop-Up - Karen Burniston

Twine

1034 Word set 5 Royalty - Karen Burniston

1031 Numbers - Karen Burniston

Teal, navy, kraft and oatmeal card stocks

1025 Tiny Accessories 1 - Karen Burniston

1037 Sea Animals - Karen Burniston

1030 Happy Birthday - Karen Burniston

Card size - 5 x 5-1/2"

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Mermaid Spinner Card

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Prepare for gushing. I can't help it. Karen Burniston's newest release - EIGHTEEN new die sets - will be shipping early next month and the Design Team can now share sneak peeks. If you missed Karen's announcement yesterday, check it out on her blog HERE. Then you will see why I am going to gush.

This is one of the cards I made with the new release. Look at that shark - I mean, how FUN is that shark? I have lots of ideas spinning around in my head - so you will see this shark again and again. And again. The rest of the SEA ANIMALS are pretty cute too (sea turtle and crab) but this shark grabbed my heart right away.

I even happened to have the perfect patterned paper in my stash! The Mermaids Fun panel was fussy cut from one of the sheets in the stack, and because it had gold accents it I cut a seashell from the new TROPICAL SCENE out of gold metallic paper and adhered it to the card front.

Below is the card as it is opening - and there is another shark peeking out. And something else too!

Ta Da!  Really, how can you not get excited about a mermaid riding a shark?

This was the first card I made with the SPINNER SQUARE POP-UP, and when I saw the pop-up mechanism I thought it looked like an alien space ship. When the Design Team gets their sample dies, there isn't any packaging. But I watched Karen Burniston's video and it was actually easy peasy! Usually when I'm tackling a new Pop-Up, I make a prototype out of scrap card stock, but I was confident and went right into making a full card with this one. The mermaid and shark spin up behind the gold Ocean square as the card is closed, then back down into view when the card is opened. Very Very Cool.

OMGoodness, these MERMAIDS! There is a PRINCESS in the die set as well.  You can make them with two different hair styles (or more!)  in any colour you choose. You get to choose the skin & hair colour as well and the same for the princesses. They are just TOO MUCH FUN!

Can we just talk about the new HAPPY BIRTHDAY die for a minute? It's fabulous. Honestly, you are going to see this one used a lot. It's a great size, I love the font ... and the best part? It cuts as a single piece! Love love love this die.

The WAVES are cool too, and not just because they have a stitched edge ... the waves aren't just the same shape repeated over and over to make a border. There are two different shapes in there and it makes a difference on how the waves look - especially if you layer them.

I have managed to get several cards made with the new release, and will be sharing another one later this week. And I'm sure I'll still be gushing.

Tips and tricks:

The glitter paper I used was very lightweight, so I die cut additional shapes from white card stock and adhered the glittered ones on top. That made them nice and sturdy.

I added the mermaid-riding'shark piece to the rectangle with a paperclip until I could determine the position where the shark didn't peek out the top when the card was closed. This was a trick I learned in one of Karen Burniston's How To video's and it works anytime you are trying to place an image to determine where it will sit when the pop-up moves.

The Wish Big was stamped on white card stock, and cut out with a small stitched circle from the TROPICAL SCENE set. It is actually supposed to be the centre accent for the sun die.

Supplies:

Glitter paper - American Crafts

White, pink, rust, grey and brown card stocks

1036 Princess and Mermaid - Karen Burniston  (coming soon)

Signo white gel pen

Black fine point pen

Chalks - Stampin' Up

1037 Sea Animals - Karen Burniston (coming soon)

1042 Spinner Square Pop-Up - Karen Burniston (coming soon)

1038 Tropical Scene - Karen Burniston (coming soon)

Metallic card stock - Stampin' Up

Twine

Sakura metallic gel pens

1030 Happy Birthday - Karen Burniston coming soon)

1009 Twist Panel Pop-Up (rectangles) - Karen Burniston

Wish big stamp - Papertrey Ink

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