Two Folds - the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi everyone,

Today is the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge and Karen has asked us to make a card with two folds.  Of course with two folds there is more room for pop ups.

I cut my card base 6" X 12" and then scored on the long side at 2", 4", 8" and 10"

When you slide off the belly band - there are two folds to place a pop up in.  One for the tent and one for the tree.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the team made by stopping by the FB page, Karen Burniston Pop Up Peeps.

See you soon,

S@ndy

Under The Boardwalk

Hello Friends,

I'm so happy to tell you that I am a guest designer for Tayormadecards4u and I am featuring one of their digital kits called Under The Boardwalk.  This kit is filled with fun images depicting the carefree days at the beach of days gone by.  The sea is calling and I must go.

Here is a video of exactly how I made this fun card - ENJOY

Stay Crafty,

S@ndy

Collaboration Blog Hop - Karen Burniston & Dare 2B Artzy

Welcome to the KB Riley - Karen Burniston Dies and Dare 2B Artzy Collaboration Blog Hop! Our Design Team members are excited to share their inspiring creations using some of the fabulous products from both these companies.

To celebrate our blog hop we have four great prizes to give away. You will have the chance to win one of two $25 Gift Certificates to use on the KB Riley - Karen Burniston Dies website or one of two $25 Gift Certificates to use on Dare 2B Artzy website.

Make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone's blog post for your chance to win one of these prizes. Winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on ALL THE POSTS received by Friday 26th June 2020.

The links for the great projects are listed below so be sure to visit each one for a chance at the prizes and to get some awesome inspiration.

Here is my card for the hop, I used the House Pivot Panel, Nature Edges and Tree die sets from Karen Burniston along with the Honey Bear stamps and dies from Dare 2B Artzy.

Here's the video showing exactly how I made this card.

Visit each blog listed below, by clicking on the name, and don't forget to leave a comment. 

Dare 2B Artzy 

Lois Bak 

Kendra Sand 

Frances Byrne 

Melody Blake 

Karen Aicken 

Karen Ostergard 

Fran Sabad 

Avra Williams 

Kelly Booth 

Chris Pozzi 

Sandy Diller - You are here

Tasha Jorgensen 

KB Riley - Karen Burniston Dies 

For more information on the products I used, simply click any of the links below.

Until next time,

S@ndy

Live Like Someone Left The Gate Open

Just stopping by for a fast, clean and simple birthday card.  You don't need to stress over making cards with pop ups - I used the Rockin Rectangle die set and some adorable paper to create this card for a friend.

To create this card all I needed was two dies from Karen Burniston, the Happy Birthday and the Rockin Rectangle.  Throw in a little paper and glue and it's good to go.

Have a Creative Day,

S@ndy

Vintage Vignettes

Hi Friends,

Want to have some fun?  I had a blast making these adorable vignettes from projector slides.  If you don't have any slides, no worries, I have provided a link below so you can purchase some.  

Your can see all the details in my video below.  I plan to use mine to make card fronts or add them to mixed media projects.  

Many thanks to Monica from taylormadecards4u for sharing this idea.  You can buy the slides in her store and also see her video.

This project is for the Vintage Journey monthly challenge, you can see what the team made by 

clicking here.

Have a creative weekend,

S@ndy

The Challenge Is?

Hello my crafty friends,

Today is the first Tuesday for the month and, of course, that means it's time for the Karen

Burniston Designer Challenge.  This month it is all about the new Pattern Plates.  A while back

I shared the new release from Karen and talked about how to get the best cutting results

from these fabulous plates.  You can see that video here.  I showed three card fronts (shown 

below) and promised to finish the inside and share them with you.  I'm sharing the third and 

final one today.  I got lots of good comments about this design including my color choices.

For this card, I decided to finish it for a friend that I have not seen since the beginning of

the stay at home order.  We are still staying in as much as possible but hope to be able

to travel later this summer.

This bold choice of purple and lime green is one of my favorites and I'm happy that you like it too.

Here is my finished card using the Upsy Daisy Pop Up die set and also some decorative strips from the Tile Pattern Plate.  As you can see, the Pattern Plates can be used for more that a card front.  Ok, who

doesn't love these adorable hedgehogs?

To see how to assemble this die set - see Karen's video here.

Below you will find a link to the products I used.

Until Next Time,

S@ndy

You're the GOAT (greatest of all time)

Hello friends,

It is graduation time and it's just not the same as it used to be. What is?  Instead of getting all bothered about it I decided to poke a little fun.  I'm a huge Jeopardy fan so I got this idea after seeing Ken Jennings talk about it on TV.  

You will find all the products I used linked below if you care to click around.

I made my card using dies from Karen Burniston featuring the Rockin Rectangle.

Here it is in action -

Congrats to all who graduated this year,

S@ndy