Fairytale Castle- Blog hop card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC June Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 9 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started earlier in the week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release includes:

• 2 new Charm Sets

• 1 new Word Set

• 2 new Add-on Sets

• 3 new Pop-up Die Sets

• 1 stand alone Die Set

Dies are available to order now on the website.

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 Friday,30th June 2023. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don’t forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!

I absolutely love how there are so many ways to use Karen’s dies, can you believe that my castle was made using the House of Cards die set. You can most definitely use it to make a house of cards, but by adding a few pieces from the Castle Pop up dieset I made this over the top castle. It is an absolute wow card when opening to reveal the castle.

All the fun is in the reveal, to see this card in action please check out my FACEBOOK page, feel free to join if you would like to share your own crafty creations. You can also see a video of this card on my INSTAGRAM page.

1a- I started by cutting out the card pieces , there are 2 dies in the set for cutting out the cards. One of the dies cuts 4 cards, one of the dies cuts 2 cards. I ONLY used the die that cuts the 4 for this card. I used 28 cards to make the castle.

B- the die cuts 4, and all 4 are slightly different. Be mindful of which way the “golf club” cut out is facing, and that it is always at the bottom, the notches and the slots will either be on the inside or the outside.

2- Karen recommends a heavy weight cardstock, I did not have enough of any one colour of a heavy cardstock, so I used a lightweight but glued 2 together for each card.

3a- I used a marker that is close in colour to my cardstock (I used a Crumb Cake Stampin Write Marker , I used my Fiskars Paper Trimmer and a ruler to measure the bricks.

B- I used the same marker to draw out the bricks to make them look more like stone.

C- I used a Versa Mark marker to add shading to the bottom and right side of each brick.

D- I used a White Gel pen to add highlights to the top and left of each brick.

I did this to the front and backs of all the cards. It was a lot of work, it’s pretty repetitive so I did it while watching tv. If this is too much work other options would be to adhere a brick patterned paper to a medium weight cardstock, or use a brick patterned embossing folder, or a brick stamp……

4a- to make the base, line up 4 cards exactly like this, “golf club” on the bottoms, facing away from the centre, overlap the slots on the center two cards, take the cards that are shown above and below the center cards and work the notches through the slots. You will have to bend one of the corners to do this. This will make a LARGE X

B- Make 2 more LARGE Xs and attach them together end to end, then add 2 more cards to each end, it will now look like 3 Boxes, and add to the original X that is the base. The notches on the tops link up with the “golf club” on the bottoms.

C- make 3 more LARGE Xs and connect them end to end. Attach them to the top of the other 2 rows.

5a- cut the panels to make the card base, adhere them end to end, making sure to have a 1/8” gusset. I added so any pieces I should have made it a 1/4” gusset.

6a- cut out the panels as shown and add to the card base as shown.

7A- I started cutting out castle pieces in the same Kraft colour, and a darker colour. To make the door I used the door piece from the castle, and coloured the opening with black. (the reason I chose a darker shade is because if I used the same shade the windows and doors disappeared against the bricks)

B- I traced the stencil pieces and coloured the bricks the same way, I used a Soft Suede (NLA) marker.

C- the windows that will be on the castle I backed with holographic cardstock. I drew bricks around all the windows, and coloured them the same way.

8- I die cut the 2 arms that make the mechanism, I used 2 layers of cardstock as well, because it is a thinner cardstock. I cut out a bit of the mechanism to allow for the gusset ( I’m pretty sure Karen will explain this in her assembly video) Add the castle to the mechanism. I blacked out part of the mechanism where the door is.

9- if you keep the strips that fall out from cutting the cards they can be used to keep the layers of the castle from coming apart. It’s not necessary, I thought once I add all my pieces, if the layers came apart they would be harder to put back together. Just add adhesive to the little strips and slip them through space and close the space at the “golf club” opening. It will lock the notches shut.

10- I added clear strips randomly around the castle and covered them with castle pieces.

11- I kept cutting castle pieces and adhered them together in different ways. And added them around the castle. Front and back.

12- progress so far, I didn’t get a photo when I added the towers to the back side. I have 7 towers. It is best to add the adhesive to the bottom front of the castle pieces and attach them to the back side of the card facing forward.

13- I wanted to cut flowers to match a pretty paper that I have (retired Stampin Up) I cut Flowers from the new Fun Flowers , and the flowers and grass from new Fence Add On I added shading and highlights the same way as the bricks. I used a dark grey marker to add details to the butterfly’s. I added grey to the leaves as well so they stand out from the green background. I trimmed the stems off the leaves.

14- I keep a stash of pre cut pieces, some were premade (for this card) and I started adding them to the card. I sand-which the clear acetate strips between the diecut piece. Pieces that I used are from the following sets. Princess and Mermaid, Tiny Gnomes, Horse, Unicorn, and Zebra, Gnomes and Santa (king), Knight and Dragon (dragon), Backyard Charms ( fairies, snail, mushrooms, large flower being held by girl gnome) Butterfly Collage add on (wings on Pegasus, I used gold wink of Stella on the wings ), Tiny Accessories 1the crown on the king

15- I cut the panels to the dimensions below, and added them to the inside and front of the card. I started adding the flowers and other pieces.

16, I added details to the front back and both sides

17- diecut Happy Birthday , and the Happy Birthday Shadow, I also diecut 2 hexagons from the Hexagon Crosshatch. I layered them as shown.

18- I decided to make a belly bend with a magnetic closure. I cut a Strip to the measurements below. I added magnets as shown and then covered with paper. I adhered the back of the band to the back of the card.

19- I decided to make it easier for a three year old to open by adding a ribbon to the closure. I took a loop of ribbon, and a strip of sticky strip to add to the top flap of the closure then covered with another piece of paper. I then added a unicorn to the band.

20- I added all the pieces to the front as shown. I also added a purple 3 from the Numbers dieset.

21- I added a few of the small hexagons for a signing block.

22- here are a few close ups of some of the characters

Other Tools used

Fine Tip bottle

Lineco Neutral PH Adhesive 

Quick Stick Tool

White Gel pen

To see the rest if this extraordinarily talented design team please check these out ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Karen B – https://karenburniston.typepad.com/i_am_not_lefthanded/2023/06/karen-burniston-june-2023-blog-hop.html

Lois Bak https://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/2023/06/karen-burniston-new-release-blog-hop.html

Sue Small-Kreider – https://ullysworld489442913.com/2023/06/23/american-as-apple-pie/

Frances Byrne – https://stampowl.blogspot.com/2023/06/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-june-2023.html

Jennifer Webster – https://www.jlwebstercreations.com/2023/06/karen-burniston-kb-riley-llc-june-2023.html

Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com/cards/karen-burniston-june-2023-release-and-give-away/

Suzanne Smit – https://knutselsuus.blogspot.com/2023/06/karen-burniston-june-2023-release-blog.html

Nicky Foden https://mymessycraftroom.me/?p=5894