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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 58 - Mini Slimline

Welcome to our June Designer Challenge with a theme of "Mini Slimline." I challenged the team to create a Mini Slimline card measuring 3.5" x 6" in the closed position. For my project and video I wanted to showcase one... Continue reading

Posted Jun 8, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston May 2022 Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC May Release Blog Hop. The Design Team and I have come together today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 8 new dies. Sneak peeks of the... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 57: Ball and Small

Welcome to our May Designer Challenge with a theme of "Ball and Small." I challenged the team to create an animal or character using our pop-up ball dies and then to pair it with the same animal or character made... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Sneak Peek - Karen Burniston May 2022 Release

Today we are starting a week of sneak peeks for our May 2022 release. We have eight new dies that will start shipping to stores this week. For those without a local store option, the dies will be available for... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 56: Flowers

Welcome to our April Designer Challenge with a theme of "Flowers." I challenged the team to create a card featuring floral elements. For my project and video I am teaching how to get more use from the Mailbox Pop-up mechanism... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 55: Shaker Cards

Welcome to our March Designer Challenge with a theme of "Shaker Cards." I challenged the team to create a card featuring a shaker element. For my project and video I created a Heart Collage Pop-up card with a shaker heart... Continue reading

Posted Mar 2, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 54: Mod Valentine's Day

Welcome to our February Designer Challenge with a theme of "Mod Valentine's Day." I challenged the team to create a Valentine's (or love-themed) card without using pink or red as the primary color. As usual, they came up with beautiful... Continue reading

Posted Feb 2, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston January 2022 Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC November Release Blog Hop. The Design Team and I have come together today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 9 new dies. Sneak peeks of the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 24, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Die 1192 Mailbox Pop-up Assembly Video

Hey all! We have a new release that is shipping immediately to stores and will be available on our website starting Monday, January 24, 2022. Today I'm sharing the assembly video for the new Mailbox Pop-up die set. Learn how... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Sneak Peek - Karen Burniston January 2022 Release

Today we are starting a week of sneak peeks for our January 2022 release. We have nine new dies that will start shipping to stores this week. For those without a local store option, the dies will be available for... Continue reading

Posted Jan 17, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 53: Birthday Cake!

Welcome to our January Designer Challenge with a theme of "Birthday Cake." I challenged the team to create a birthday card featuring cake or cupcakes. (Donuts are also acceptable!) For my project and video I'm teaching how to double and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2022 at I am not left-handed

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The 4-sided angle base is much better for a side-fold card. I mentioned in the video that the palm tree base gives an elongated tree, so it will look lovely in top fold but not as lovely in a side fold. The Christmas Tree Pop-up looks great in either a side fold or a top fold, but you do have to allow for the diagonal collapse. But with base swapping you have the best of both worlds!

Commented Dec 8, 2021 on Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 52: Mod Holiday! at I am not left-handed

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 52: Mod Holiday!

Welcome to our December Designer Challenge with a theme of "Mod Holiday." I challenged the team to create a Christmas card in non-traditional colors. For my project and video I chose a piece of plaid paper from Echo Park's Witches... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Merry Christmas Y'all Pop-up Card

One of the things we strive to do with our brand is to make every new release backwards compatible with everything that came before. Here's a good example of that. For this card I've used four dies from our brand... Continue reading

Posted Nov 30, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston November Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC November Release Blog Hop. The Design Team and I have come together today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 8 new dies. Sneak peeks of the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 22, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Sneak Peek - Karen Burniston November 2021 Die Release

Today we are starting a week of sneak peeks for our November 2021 release. We have eight new dies that will start shipping to stores this week. For those without a local store option, the dies will be available for... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 51: Window Cards

Welcome to our November Designer Challenge with a theme of Window Cards. I challenged the team to incorporate a window or clear front to a card of any theme. For my project and video I'm showing how to create a... Continue reading

Posted Nov 3, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Headless Jack Halloween Pop-up Card

OK, so you know how sometimes an idea just gets into your head and you have to get it out? This was one of those cards. This card measures 5" x 8" in the closed position. On the front I... Continue reading

Posted Oct 29, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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VIDEO: Tips and Tricks for best assembly for Surprise Ball and Bitty Ball Pop-ups

Hi all, I've been wanting to record a new video with best practices assembly tips for our pop-up ball dies. I've started adding trapezoids inside the balls to strengthen the rubber band sides so they can be made with two... Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 50: Haunted! (Haunted House Pop-up)

Welcome to our October 2021 Designer Challenge with a theme of Haunted! The team was challenged to make Halloween Cards. This is our 50th Designer Challenge. Whoo hoo! For my card and video I created the assembly video for the... Continue reading

Posted Oct 6, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 49: Sun or Snow (Gingerbread House Pop-up)

Welcome to our September 2021 Designer Challenge with a theme of Sun or Snow. The team was challenged to make a sunny or snowy card. Since I really needed to create an assembly video for one of our new die... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston August 2021 Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC August Release Blog Hop. The Design Team and I have come together for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 14 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 48: Stacked Pop 'n Swap Card

Happy August! For this month's Designer Challenge the theme is ROCK, SPIN, POP, SWAP! I challenged the team to choose one of four motion dies (Spinner Square Pop-up, Rockin' Rectangle Pop-up, Parcel Pop-up or Pop 'n Swap) and make a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 4, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Sneak Peek - Karen Burniston August 2021 Die Release

Happy August! Today we are starting a week of sneak peeks for our August 2021 release. We have fourteen new dies that will start shipping to stores later this week. For those without a local store option, the dies will... Continue reading

Posted Aug 2, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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Karen Burniston Designer Challenge 47: Tag Books

Welcome to our July Designer Challenge with a theme of TAG BOOKS! I challenged the team to create cards featuring either of our two Tag Book Die Sets. The challenge allows for creative combinations, like swapping out the pop-up for... Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2021 at I am not left-handed

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