Happy Birthday
During the online Lovely Blossoms Craft Class that I joined, we created a beautiful mini album which I just adored. I decided to create a card using the front of the album as inspiration. I embossed a panel of Basic White using the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. I tilted the paper slightly so that the lines didn’t run straight which is one of the techniques we learned in the class. I cut a line using the circle die from the Lovely Arrangements Dies and attached a piece of Secret Sea card behind the top of one edge of a piece of Lovely Blossoms 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper before attaching it to the bottom of the embossed Basic White panel. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Secret Sea card. I attached a piece of Petal Pink Two-Tone cardstock to the card front, making sure that the dark side with showing.
I die cut another piece of Petal Pink Two-Tone cardstock using the circle die from the Lovely Blossoms Dies. This time making sure that the light side of the cardstock was the front. I spritzed the panel with water and squashed it. I opened the panel carefully and let it dry. Once it was dry I attached the panel to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the small flower from the Lovely Blossoms stamp set onto Basic White card using Secret Sea ink. I sponged the stamped image with more Secret Sea ink before cutting it out using the co-ordinating Lovely Blossoms Die. I die cut two small leaves from Old Olive Two-Tone cardstock, Making sure that one was showing the light side and one was showing the dark side.
I also die cut the double leave image from the dark side of the Old Olive Two Tone cardstock. I attached the leaves to the back of the flower before attaching them to the card front. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Lovely Blossoms stamp set onto Basic White card using Secret Sea ink. I cut out the greeting using the thin banner die from the Lovely Blossoms Dies. I die cut a banner from the dark side of Cloud Cover Two-Tone cardstock using the large banner from the Lovely Blossoms Dies. I attached the narrow banner to the Cloud Cover banner before attaching the panel to the card front. Lastly I added three Moody Palette Glossy Dots to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a strip of Secret Sea card cut using the circle die from the Lovely Blossoms Dies behind one long edge of a strip of Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper.
The panel is attached across the bottom of Basic White card. I stamped the large flower from the Lovely Blossoms stamp set onto Basic White card using Secret Sea ink. I sponged some Secret Sea ink to colour the image before cutting it out using the co-ordinating Lovely Blossoms Die. I die cut the dark side of Old Olive Two-Tone cardstock using the double leaf die from the Lovely Blossoms Dies. I attached the flower and the leaves to the left hand side of the Designer Series Paper before attaching the panel to the inside of the Secret Sea card base. I am really happy with this card and cannot say “thank you” enough for the inspiration from Stampin’ Up!. Just so you can compare I have added a photo of the card with the mini album.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Athletics
Today’s page showcases some photos from Abi’s first school athletics carnival back in 2010. I used the March layout from the Month by Month Virtual Retreat which is now on the last chance list. I didn’t change anything from the layout, except I cut the title from Basic Black card using the Mini Alphabet Dies. I also used a greeting from the Celebrate Together stamp set (last chance) on my journaling panel.
I am so grateful to have these layouts ready to use whenever I find the photos to compliment them. I loved attending this event and have signed up for the 2026 Virtual Album Retreat which will be held the 29th of April to the 1st May.
I have learned so much from attending the different card and memory keeping classes run by Stampin’ Up!. Please contact me or your demonstrator if you wish to learn more. Hope you are enjoying my Memory Keeping journey.
Bye for now,
Kris
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The Month by Month Virtual Album Retreat is on the last chance list. You can view it here in my online store.
Paper Pumpkin
This week in my Facebook Live I shared the new Paper Pumpkin Kit, the first one available now that we are able to subscribe. Amazing. This first kit is called Lakeside Retreat and it co-ordinates with the Waterside Retreat Collection in the May to August Catalogue. This particular kit includes enough product to create three cards in three different designs. I decided to take one of those cards and create two cards using some product from the Lakeside Retreat and some product from the Waterside Retreat Collection.
So I cut the card base in half and used one for each card. For the first card I used all of the components from the Lakeside Retreat kit but using a standard A4 card base. So I had to trim the width from the striped blue panel and then after I attached the scene and the timber panel to the Misty Moonlight panel I trimmed it down as well. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I used the stamps from the Lakeside Retreat Kit for the greetings and die cuts from the Kit. To decorate the inside I attached a piece of Misty Moonlight card behind one long edge of the piece I cut from the striped panel and attached it across the bottom of Basic White card.
I added one of the greetings from the Phrases & Frames stamp set using the ink from the Lakeside Retreat Kit. The second card uses the striped panel and one of the banners from the Lakeside Retreat Kit. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. Then I used one of the image panels from the Waterside Retreat 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper and attached it to Night of Navy card. I cut the oar and life jacket images from the same Designer Series Paper which I attached to the card front.
I stamped the greeting from the stamp set included in the Lakeside Retreat stamp set onto one of the banners from the Kit using the Peaceful Pine ink included in the Kit. To decorate the inside of the card I attached Night of Navy card behind one long edge of the striped panel I trimmed from the card base and attached it across the bottom of Basic White card. I stamped the greeting from the stamp set included from the Kit using the ink included as well. Because one envelope for each card is included in the kit, I opened the sides of the envelope and cut it in half and attached a piece to each flap on a standard C6 envelope. I also stamped the grass image from the Kit onto the front of the envelope. I had a lot of fun playing with this kit and can’t wait to finish using it.
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can check out the Paper Pumpkin subscriptions here in the online store.
Not Tags
Today I have three cards to share with you which I created during the Craft Class – Lovely Blossoms. Did you know that you do not have to complete these classes when they are first run. Once you purchase the kit you will be given access to an exclusive Facebook Page where you will find a preparation video to help you with cutting the Designer Series Paper and die cut pieces.
You will also have access to the video to show you how to create the projects. The instructors are very careful about letting you know how to create the projects and they make sure you know which side of the Two-Toned paper to use.
You will also receive a list of products that will be required to create each of the projects in the class. During the class the instructors created three tags using images from the Lovely Blossoms 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper.
The tags were beautiful but I don’t use tags much these days so I turned them into cards. I added a little extra embossing using the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. I absolutely love how beautifully the cards turned out. So thank you to Stampin’ Up! for creating these classes.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Good Times
Today I have used Layout 2 from the Peaceful Days Scrapbooking Workshop Kit to showcase some photos from a visit to Mackay way back in 2010. I followed the layout instructions and couldn’t be happier with the way my pages turned out. I actually only changed one thing and that was to remove the bird die cut for the second page.
I am not a fan of my handwriting for journaling but did manage to handwrite my journaling. It is such a blessing to have these pages ready to go when I am ready to use them. It makes memory keepings so much easier. Do you use these kits? This particular kit is still current but there are quite a few on the Last Chance List. I hope you are inspired to take another look to create your own memories.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Baby Congratulations
Those of you who know me well will know that my Mum is in a Nursing Home and has Dementia. One of the things that she still loves to do is knit, so she knits squares and I have been turning them into small blankets for her to give to her great grandchildren when they become parents. So today I am sharing the cards I created for her to write in to give with the blankets. I embossed Basic White card using the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder.
I attached the embossed panels to the front of a Basic White Note card. I die cut one of the papers from the Beautiful Bokeh 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Papers using the onsie die and the rattle die from the Cutest Onsie Dies. I also cut two different patterns from the 2025-2027 Incolour 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper using the same dies from the Cutest Onsie Dies.
I stamped the heart from the Cutest Onsie stamp set onto each of the onsies using Smoky Slate ink. I attached the onsies to the front of the Note Card using dimensionals. I stamped congratulations from the Cutest Onsie stamp set onto Basic White card 15 times using Smoky Slate ink and cut them out using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I trimmed the right hand edge and attached the greetings to the front of the Note Cards using dimensionals where necessary. I created the journaling for the inside of each of the Note Cards on my computer and attached the die cut rattle beside the greeting. All I have to do now is try and get Mum to sign each one.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Shelly Birthday
Today I have another card I created using the Shell Collecting stamp set. For this card, I used lots of stamps and lots of colours to add the images to the Basic White panel. The large shells are stamped in Pecan Pie with the solid image stamped onto scrap paper first. The blue shells are stamped in Balmy Blue with the solid image stamped onto scrap paper first.
The star fish are stamped in Smoky Slate with the solid image stamped onto scrap paper first. The small dark brown shell is stamped with Crumb Cake in for the solid image and Early Espresso for the detailed image. The round shell is also stamped in Smoky Slate ink with the solid image stamped off first.
The greeting from the Fabulous Sayings stamp set is stamped onto the Basic White panel using Early Espresso ink. I attached the stamped panel to Early Espresso card before attaching the whole panel to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. To decorate the inside of the card, I once more stamped some of the same images from the card front using the same inks. I am absolutely loving this stamp set. Some of the images you stamp in reverse, so the back is the solid image the front is the detailed image. For some images like the large shell you stamp the solid image with the other large shell so that the images fit exactly. So cool. What about you? Have you used this stamp set? If so, do you love it?
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can find the Fabulous Sayings stamp set here in my online store.
Summer Fun
I wanted to scrapbook some photos of my husband with our grandson in the pool from back in 2010. I found the pre made pages in my stash and thought they would work perfectly together. However, I have no idea what Designer Series Paper this is! I need to leave notes with that information with my ready to go pages. After attaching my photos to the page I decided to use the Capturing Smiles Bundle to create some embellishments to add to the pages. I used Smoky Slate card and Memento ink for the stamping.
I used the two large water images from the Rolling Waves stamp set to add Balmy Blue ink to Basic White card. I used the square die from the Capturing Smiles Dies to cut out the stamped Balmy Blue card. I stamped the “Smile” greeting from the Love This Moment stamp set (retired) onto Smoky Slate card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and punched it out the the plain heart from the Heart Punch Pack (retired). The title is cut from Night of Navy card using the Mini Alphabet Dies.
I stamped “Life’s”, “everyday” and “moments” from the Capturing Smiles stamp set onto Basic White card using Night of Navy in and punched them out using the Three Banners Punch. I stamped “Picture perfect” from the Lovely Florals stamp set (last chance) onto Basic White card using Night of Navy ink and cut it out using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card and cut it into strips. I dipped the edges of the strips into Night of Navy ink before attaching them to the right hand page. Having the Designer Series Paper already cut and attached to my base pages makes it easy to get my photos scrapbooked.
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can view the Capturing Smiles Bundle here in my online store.
You can view the Rolling Waves stamp set here in my online store.
Virtual Birthday
This week in my Facebook Live, I shared some cards I created using the new 2026-2028 In-Colours and today I have another one to share with you. For this card I embossed a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe card using the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed panel to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I stamped the large floral image from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set onto Basic White card using the Basic Black Hybrid Stampin’ Pad. I used a Blender Pen to colour the image using Crisp Cantaloupe, Peaceful Pine, Hydrangea Hue and Golden Glow ink. I cut the image into two pieces and attached them to the embossed Crisp Cantaloupe card.
I cut a piece of 2026-2028 In-Colour Painted Patterns Designer Series Paper using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I stamped “happy birthday” from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set onto Basic White card using Crisp Cantaloupe ink. I cut out the greeting using another banner from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I attached the two banners together and attached them to the card front before adding three Iridescent Pearls.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large single flower from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card using Basic the Black Hybrid Stampin’ Pad. I masked the flower and stamped the leaf image from the same stamp set onto either side of the flower. I removed the mask and used a Blender Pen to colour the images using Crisp Cantaloup, Peaceful Pine & Golden Glow ink. All the new in-colour products will be available for customers to purchase on the 5th May. Can’t wait to get my hands on all of these beautiful products.
Bye for now,
Kris
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The 2026 Virtual Card Making retreat is on the Last Chance list. If it is still available you can view it here in my online store.
Celebrate
My youngest granddaughter recently turned 16 and today I thought I would share the card I made for her with you. I embossed Basic White card using the Paradise Garden Hybrid Embossing Folder. I cut Misty Moonlight card using the Lovely Arrangements Die to create a border. I cut a piece of Painted Illusions 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper on the diagonal and attached the Misty Moonlight border along the back of the panel before attaching it to the embossed Basic White card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Pretty Peacock card. I stamped “Celebrate” from the Boardwalk Fun stamp set onto Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink. I cut out the greeting using the banner die from the Lovely Arrangements Dies. I attached the greeting to the left hand side of the card front.
I stamped two large and two small flowers from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the flowers using Light Darling Duckling and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends before cutting them out using the co-ordinating Lovely Arrangements Dies. I stamped the three leaf image from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set three times onto Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating Lovely Arrangements Dies.
I also die cut two single leaves from Pretty Peacock card using the Lovely Arrangements Die. I arranged the flowers and leaves onto the card front using dimensionals under two of the flowers. Lastly I added three gems from the Moody Palette Glossy Dots. To decorate the inside of the card I printed the greeting onto Basic White card. I attached another flower and leaf from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set beside the greeting before attaching the panel to the inside of the Pretty Peacock card base. I took inspiration for this card from one that we created as part of the Lovely Blossoms Craft Class, so thank you Stampin’ Up!
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can view the Paradise Garden Hybrid Embossing Folder here in my Online Store.
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