Christmas Day
Christmas morning was pretty quiet at my home this year. My sister came over with my Mum and we had a lovely but quiet Christmas Lunch. After lunch my daughter and her family came to visit with Mum. To document this special day I used Layout 3 from the Keeping Traditions Scrapbooking Workshop Kit.
I already had the Designer Series Paper pieces in place so all I had to do was add my photos and the decorations which all come from the Kit. I didn’t actually change much, a little different placement of the embellishments to fit my photos but otherwise pretty much as per the kit. I love these kits and I love having the pages ready to go. It makes Memory Keeping a little quicker.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Sweet Moments
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Unbridled Beauty stamp set. This stamp set is a new Online Exclusive which you will be able to purchase from the 6th January, 2026. Today’s card also features the Unbridled Beauty stamp set. For this card I embossed Crumb Cake card using the Birch 3D Embossing Folder which I attached to scored and folded Mossy Meadow card. I stamped the house image from the Unbridled Beauty stamp set onto Basic White card using Pecan Pie ink. I masked the house image and stamped the tree image from the Unbridled Beauty stamp set over the left hand side using Mossy Meadow ink.
I stamped the horse image from the Unbridled Beauty stamp set beside the house image using Early Espresso ink. I used a Blender Pen to colour the tree, house and horse images. I also used a Blender Pen to add Mossy Meadow ink below the stamped images and Balmy Blue ink around the top of the images. I used the largest circle from the retired Layering Circle Dies to cut out the image. I cut Mossy Meadow card using the largest scalloped circle from the retired Layering Circle Dies. Before attaching the stamped circle to the scalloped circle I stamped the fence image from the Unbridled Beauty stamp set across the bottom of the circle using Early Espresso ink.
The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Unbridled Beauty stamp set onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink and fussy cut it. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals where necessary. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the house image from the Unbridled Beauty stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card using Pecan Pie ink. I masked the house image and stamped the tree image from the same stamp set over the left hand side of the house image using Mossy Meadow ink. I removed the mask and used a Blender Pen to colour the house and tree image. I bought this stamp set because I thought it would be a great addition to my Memory Keeping stash but I think I am probably going to use it a lot more than I thought in my card making. I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Branching Birthday
Today I have another card to share using the Branching Out Bundle. For this card I embossed Basic White card using the Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder. The embossed card is attached to scored and folded Old Olive card. I cut Basic White and Old Olive using two of the dies from the Branching Out Dies. I attached the Old Olive die to the card front. I stamped the tree branch from the Branching Out stamp set onto the Basic White die using Early Espresso ink.
I stamped the leaf images from the Branching Out stamp set onto the branch using Old Olive ink. I stamped the greeting from the Branching Out stamp set below the branch using Early Espresso ink. I attached the stamped Basic White die to the Old Olive die using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the branch and leaves from the Branching Out stamp set into the top left hand corner of Basic White card using Early Espresso and Old Olive ink. I embossed a narrow strip of Basic White card using the Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder. I attached a narrow strip of Old Olive card behind one long edge of the embossed card and attached it across the bottom of the stamped Basic White card. The whole panel is attached to the inside of the Old Olive card base. If you love the images in this stamp set as much as I do, you need to place your order as this bundle and the stamp set are now on the Clearance Rack.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Oh What Fun
Today’s pages show off the Christmas celebration at my Mum’s Nursing Home. We had a lovely afternoon being entertained by an amazing group of young people who sang and danced for an hour, followed by a wonderful dinner. I used Layout 1 from the Keeping Traditions Scrapbooking Workshop Kit. I had the main Designer Series Paper panels ready to go so I only had to add my photos and the embellishments.
I still have to add my journaling but otherwise the photos are ready to go. I love having these pages ready to use to document events in my life. It makes me happy to have this memory already documented.
If you have every wanted to start Memory Keeping, then I fully recommend these kits as a great place to start. Everything you needs comes in the kit to create three double page layouts – paper, card, embellishments – everything. I hope I am inspiring you to start looking at documenting your photos.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Slimline Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends. Today I am sharing with you the card I created for my daughters using the Christmas Greenery Bundle. I cut a piece of Basic White card and embossed it using the Birch 3D Embossing Folder. I wrapped the panel with a length of the Open Weave Trim (now Last Chance) before attaching the embossed panel to scored and folded Basic White card. I die cut the beautiful bouquet from the Traditions of Christmas 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. I die cut Old Olive card using large leafy image from the Christmas Greenery Die. I also die cut Gold Foil using the small leaf image from the Christmas Greenery Dies.
I attached the large leafy die cuts flat onto the card front. The bouquet cut from the Designer Series Paper is attached over the top. I tucked the Gold Foil leaves underneath the bouquet image. I stamped “merry Christmas” onto Basic White card using the greetings from the retired Greetings of the Season stamp set using Old Olive ink. I cut out the greeting using one of the banner dies from the Beautiful Butterfly Dies (now Last Chance).
The greeting is attached across the centre of the bouquet using dimensionals where necessary. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped another greeting from the Greetings of the Season stamp set onto Basic White card using Old Olive ink. I cut the flowers from the edges of the Traditions of Christmas Designer Series Paper and layered them beside the greeting.
I know I have used a few retired products on this card but I am sure you will still have these in your stash as I have. I found some Slimline envelopes that Stampin’ Up! used to sell and decorated the front by stamping the floral image from the Christmas Greenery stamped set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the fill images using Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive ink. I had so much fun creating this card which was inspired by one of the classes from the 31 days of Christmas class which I signed up for in October.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Special Birthday
Today I have a card to share with you which I created for my Granddaughter’s 21st birthday. I was inspired to create this whilst taking part in the CDT 31 Days of Christmas in October this year. I embossed Basic White card using the Birch 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Soft Sea Foam card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Basic White card. I cut Basic White and Soft Sea Foam card twice each using a leaf die from the Charming Day Dies. I also stamped the large floral image from the Charming Day stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the smaller floral image from the same stamp set twice onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The floral images are coloured using Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends.
The floral images were cut out using the co-ordinating dies from the Charming Day Dies. I layered the flowers onto the card front using dimensionals. I attached the Basic White and Soft Sea Foam Leaves above and below the flowers without dimensionals. I stamped the “happy birthday” from the Charming Day stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I fussy cut the greeting before attaching it to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from The Right Words stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the small floral image from the Charming Day stamp set beside the greeting using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. The Basic White card is attached to Soft Sea Foam card and then the inside of the Basic White card base. I found some slim line envelopes which I had in my stash and attached the image which I cut from Soft Sea Foam card using one of the Charming Day Dies. I love how pretty this card turned out and can’t thank Julie from the CDT 31 Days of Christmas for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Decorating the Tree
It’s been a couple of years since I have put up our tree or done any Christmas decorations at all. But this year my granddaughter Elyssa came around and we decorated the tree and put up some decorations. The house feels much more like Christmas.
I decided to document this event by using Layout 2 from the Keeping Traditions Scrapbooking Workshop Kit. I already had the designer series paper panels created so all I had to do was add the photos and the decorative pieces.
I didn’t really change anything on the pages, except I used an Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend instead of a Blender Pen to colour a few of the leaves on the Designer Series Paper before covering them again withWink of Stella. I also added a greeting from the Celebrate Together stamp set onto the journaling panel using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I am very happy with this page and very happy with the tree. Not long ’til Santa arrives now!
Bye for now,
Kris
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Joyful Birthday
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Joyful Squares Bundle. This bundle will be available for you to purchase once the Mini Catalogue goes live in January. For today’s card I embossed Basic White card using the Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached to scored and folded Shaded Spruce card. I cut Basic White card using one of the Nested Essential Dies and stamped the greeting from the With You in Mind stamp set using Shaded Spruce ink. I attached the stamped Basic White die cut to the card front using dimensionals.
I cut the flowers from the Square Snippets 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. The flowers are attached around the greeting using dimensionals where necessary. I stamped the leaf image from the Joyful Squares stamp set four times onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I cut out the leaves using the co-ordinating die from the Joyful Squares Dies. I attached the leaves around the flowers using dimensionals where necessary.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from The Right Words stamp set onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I cut out the greeting using one of the Nested Essential Dies before attaching it to Basic White card. I stamped two leaves from the Joyful Squares stamp set onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I cut out the leaves using the co-ordinating Joyful Squares Die. The leaves are attached on either side of the greeting. I am loving this beautiful Bundle and the co-ordinating Square Snippets Designer Series Paper. I hope that I have inspired you to take a closer look at these products when the new Mini Catalogue becomes live in January.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Faux Embossing
Here is another card I created after watching a video by Julie Carriere on CDT 31 Days of Christmas. I am so loving these creative classes I signed up for. I followed Julies instructions to create the card base but I used Shaded Spruce card. I created my faux embossing panel following Julie’s ink suggestions. I did not have the same stamps she used but I did use the smallest tree stamp from the Scenic Adventure stamp set. I didn’t use glossy photo paper but I had some Glossy White card stock in my stash which I used instead.
I die cut Garden Green and Shaded Spruce using the retired Golden Greenery Dies. I added some Early Espresso ink to the leaves as suggested by Julie. I didn’t have any gold metallic ink so I had to forego that step. I used the Ornamental Christmas Dies to cut out the Bauble from the Glossy White card stock and added a bauble topper cut from Gold Foil card using the same dies.
I attached a length of the retired Gold Trim from the retired Gold & Silver Trim Combo Pack behind the bauble and wrapped it over onto the back of the Shaded Spruce card. I used the Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon to tie a bow which I added to the top of my bauble. I stamped the greeting from the retired Greetings of the Season onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink and fussy cut it out. I attached the greeting to the card front using dimensionals. I also added three Halographic Resin Dots to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped another greeting from the retired Greetings of the Season stamp set onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I attached the stamped Basic White card to Shaded Spruce card and then to the inside of the Thick Basic White card base. My faux embossing is not quite as deep in colour as I would have liked however, I am happy with the finished card. So thank you Julie for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Inverell in Review
Today’s pages use the 1, 2, 3 Layout from November’s class. I decided to use photos from our latest visit to Inverell. I cut a piece of Botanical Textures 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper as the basis for my pages. I did colour the leaves on the narrow strips using the Light Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend. I stamped the leaf images from the Textured Notes stamp set onto Basic White card using Granny Apple Green ink and cut them out.
I also stamped the round basket weave image from the Textured Notes stamp set onto Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. I punched out these images using the 1-7/8″ Circle Punch. I used the Month by Month Alphabet stamp set to stamp the banner images onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I filled two of the images using greetings from the Month by Month Stamp Set using the same ink.
I used a journaling pen to add the date to the oval shaped banner before layering the images together to attach to the pages. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card, attached it to Basic Black card and then the right hand page. I did add Basic Black layers to three of my photos before attaching them to the pages. I was a little nervous using this all black Botanical Textures Designer Series Paper but I love how they turned out. If you love the idea of using one 12″ x 12″ sheet of Designer Series Paper to create a double page layout, you can find the 1, 2, 3 Layout ideas from the Organized and Creative Mom on You Tube.
Bye for now,
Kris
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If you want the Month by Month stamp set and Month by Month Alphabet stamp set they are still available to purchase in the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 which you can find here in my Online Store.
Stamping with Kris 