New Karen Burniston Fun Pop Ups

I get so excited when I see there is a new release from Karen Burniston and while I love all of the new products, I think my favorite is the one that creates the gorgeous peacock below:

Karen has been coming out with stamp sets perfect for most of her new dies. The Peacock is an add on die set for the Arch Pop Up. 

Another fun new pop up die in this release is the Photo Gallery Pop-up. I CASED an idea from one of the KB design team and used Karen's Alphabet dies to spell Happy BDay. It is hard to really see the fun of these cards in still photos, so here is a mini video showing the pop up fun:

Here is another card I made with the new Thank You Lorna Label add on and Hot Air Balloons dies and an idea I learned from Jennifer McGuire with the vellum card front and the smaller center card fold:

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Happy Heart Day with Cards Designed In My Dreams

Happy Valentine's Day! Therm O Web recently sent me many of their new Toner Cardfronts that can be foiled for sparkles of color. I had a dream recently in which I had taken two of them, foiled in different colors and cut a wavy path through one of them with my deckle scissors. The rest of the dream was too weird to share, but I wrote down the card idea and gave it a try. I raised parts for dimension and added some inking on the first card. Foiled cards are hard to photograph to show all the sparkle and different colors, but my dream inspired cards didn't turn out too bad. 

I made one more card with the new toner sheets and pink sparkly Deco Foil. The heart is raised and the arrows pattern continues from the background into the heart. This card could be a Valentine's Day card for my hubby or a wedding card. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

OMG Cards That Move From Spellbinders

OMG! Spellbinders new Aged to Perfection dies are perfect to create punny cards that we all love to send in the mail. This Dancin' Chatterbox will surely put a smile on anyone's face! These cards also feature the new OMG and HBD Balloons dies. I added shapes to the cards with Spellbinders Essential Arches and Mirrored Arched Labels dies. 

Here are a couple more pictures to show the movement and the inside of this card:

Pear Blossom Press Snap 'N Slide is the easy to use object that allows the legs to swing back and forth. I also used it to make the front piece and inside balloon spin on this card:

Movement is hard to capture in still photos, so here is a reel I made showing the interactive movement of these cards:

(If you a subscriber and  cannot see the video, you can see it on my blog itself, or on Instagram or my Facebook page.)

I am entering the first card in the Spellbinders Monthly Challenge to add a pop of color. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

What's Your Sign? Shaped Cards with Spellbinders BetterPress/Glimmer

What's your sign? Most of us know our astrological sign and Spellbinders has a new way to personalize our cards with the zodiac sign of the recipient. The sign for most of February and March is Pisces, and I created this card for a special Pisces. 

The Block Print Zodiacs are BetterPress Plates/Glimmer Plates and I used copper foil and my Glimmer Machine to make this card. You can use the plates with your BetterPress Machine and any color ink or choose to hot foil with a favorite color of foil as I did. I find shaped cards so much more interesting than traditional cards and so I used Spellbinder's Essential Arches on several of the cards I am sharing. I also added some Tangled Threads (also from Spellbinders) for texture and fun on this easel card. 

My twin brother has a birthday the end of March so he is an Aries. I created this card for him with the new Aries Block Print Zodiac BetterPress/Glimmer plate and Spellbinders Mirrored Arch Labels. 

I also chose the Sagittarius Block Print Zodiac image because I know someone very special who has a birthday early in December. I used three Essential Arches dies from Spellbinders- one to cut the shaped card, and two for the card front. The center arch is raised on pop dots for dimension and the image continues from the background into the raised center. The image is from a Card Front Set by STAMPlorations. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Love Card With Two Step Embossing

Aren't the texture and different shades on this card amazing? Valentine's Day is just around the corner and weddings or anniversaries can be any day. I created this card with my favorite cardstock from CutCardStock - Stardream Metallic in the Azalea pink color. 

I used a 3D embossing folder from Honey Bee Stamps with a heart die cut and embossed in the center. This step is messy, but so worth it when the heart is embossed with white pigment ink on the background. 

Aren't the different shades on that heart gorgeous? The layered love die from Gina K Designs was die cut out of white cardstock and vellum. 

I hope this card encourages you to give the technique and products a try. 

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

More USA Divinity Designs Slatted Eclipse Cards

 

I just got my new Slatted and Eclipse Dies from Divinity Designs this week and made all the cards I share in my new video with the 4 different shapes in just a day. As I show, it is so easy to make gorgeous eclipse cards with these dies, some skinny double sided foam strips and two pieces of identical paper. This card was made with Divinity Designs Watercolor Forests A2 Card Fronts and a circle Happy Birthday die from Creek Bank Creations. I turned the slats at an angle to make it even more interesting. 

Any scenery paper will work as long as you have two identical pieces. You can make do with one but it is much more difficult and time consuming. I used  Sealife Stained Glass paper and cutting dies from Paper Wishes Hot Off the Press on this card. I also cut the shadow of the word from the paper continuing the eclipse look on the sentiment. 

I tried one more idea with my new Slatted and Eclipse square die. It is a Hide and Seek Card I learned about in a video here. In the video, Einat Kessler used a craft knife and ruler to cut her slats, but I decided to try using the new square slatted die to do it. Here is what happens when the heart at the top is pulled:

The heart turns from pink to red and back to pink. All the diecuts on the card are made with dies from Karen Burniston.  I will admit figuring out this card took longer than all the other eclipse cards I made and shared in the new video, so I will not be making another. But it is a fun interactive card I will give to my hubby sometime. I will however be making many more slatted eclipse cards because they are to easy and gorgeous to make.           

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen 

Slatted Eclipse Cards USA Style

I loved the slatted eclipse cards I saw last year all over and I had two wishes: the slats were just a bit wider to make raising them easier AND the dies were available in the USA to purchase. Divinity Designs just answered those wishes with a new release of Slatted and Eclipse dies in 4 shapes. In my new video, I share many card samples and show how easy it is to create gorgeous slatted eclipse scenes in just minutes.

Divinity Designs also carries many A2 card fronts that are perfect for eclipse cards with the new slatted dies. The card above was made in just minutes with the new Slatted and Eclipse Rectangles die set and Stained Glass Watercolor Flowers A2 Card Fronts. The card below was made with Ovals Slatted and Eclipse dies and lilacs images from another A2 card front set.

My favorite of the new slatted and eclipse dies from Divinity Designs is the square because it can be used horizontally, vertically or even as a diamond as I did on this card:

In the new video I show how easy it is to achieve these dimensional eclipse looks. My favorite of the A2 card fronts from Divinity Designs is called Great Outdoors. Here are two cards I made with the square slatted eclipse dies and paper from that collection:

I made the card on the left in the video in just minutes and added some die cut animals and a sentiment to finish the card off. 

I hope my cards inspire you to give some of the products and this eclipse technique a try.

Cardmaking Joy & Hugs, Karen