Enjoy Today
I recently participated in the 2026 Virtual Album Retreat with Stampin’ Up!. This was a 3 day virtual event and all you had to do was buy the kit to get access to all the information you needed to create 10 double page layouts. You have a preparation video which shows you how to cut your Designer Series Paper and prepare your die cuts. The videos will be available for you to watch on Facebook and will be updated all the time s they don’t go away. The class is free once you purchase the Album Retreat which includes Designer Series Paper, Die cuts, stickers and four stamp sets. Amazing!
So today’s page shows off my youngest daughter celebrating her birthday way back in 2011 using one of the double page layouts from the retreat. I love the colours on this layout and the fabulous way we used the paper and die cuts to create the background. It shows off my photos so perfectly.
I did stamp an extra greeting from one of the supplied stamp sets onto one of the journaling strips. I am so happy that I participated in this Virtual Retreat. Now if you didn’t purchase the Retreat in time to participate during the live videos, don’t worry, you can purchase the Album Retreat for as long as its available and still have full access to everything you need. So thank you Stampin’ Up! for an amazing time. I completed 6 double page layouts with photos and 4 without photos during the retreat. So happy.
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can view the 2026 Virtual Album Retreat here in my online store.
Lovely Day
Today I have another card to share using the Paradise Garden Bundle which is an Online Exclusive which was released to customers on the 3rd March. For my card today I embossed Old Olive card using the Paradise Garden Hybrid Embossing Folder before attaching it to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I stamped the greeting from the Paradise Garden stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the flower image from the Paradise Garden stamp set beside the greeting using Old Olive ink. I stamped the same image onto scrap Basic White card using Flirty Flamingo ink
I cut out the flower image using the co-ordinating die from the Paradise Garden Dies and trimmed off the stem. I attached the flower over the top of the Old Olive stamped image. I cut out the images using one of the Branching Out Dies. I wrapped a length of Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon behind the upper right corner of the panel before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals.
I also added three Basic Rhinestones to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the same flower image from the Paradise Garden stamp set twice onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card using Old Olive ink. I stamped the same image twice onto scrap Basic White card using Flirty Flamingo ink. I cut out the flower images using the co-ordinating Paradise Garden Die and trimmed off the stems. I attached the flowers over the Old Olive stamped images before attaching the whole panel inside the Thick Basic White card base. Such a fun bundle, don’t your think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Hydrangea Hue Birthday
Well I am still loving all the new in-colours and couldn’t resist creating another card, this time a slimline card. This time I embossed the bottom half of a piece of Hydrangea Hue card using the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. I cut Basic White card using the floral background die from the Lovely Arrangements Die and attached it to the top half of the embossed Hydrangea Hue card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I stamped the large flower once and the smaller flower twice from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto Basic White card using Hydrangea Hue ink. I cut out the flowers using the co-ordinating die from the Lovely Arrangements Dies.
I also die cut Peaceful Pine card using the leaf dies from the Lovely Arrangements Dies. I layered the flowers and leaves onto the card front using dimensionals under the large flower. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto Basic White card using Hydrangea Hue ink.
I cut out the greeting using one of the banners from the Lovely Arrangements Dies. I attached the greeting to the card front before adding three Basic Rhinestones. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped a greeting from the Balloon Festoon stamp set (to be released on the 5th May to customers) onto Basic White card using Hydrangea Hue ink. I stamped the large flower from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of the basic White card using Hydrangea Hue ink. I masked the flower and stamped the leaf image from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set on either side of the flower using Peaceful Pine ink. The panel is attached to the inside of the Thick Basic White card base. This is such a lovely colour, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Airlie Beach
For today’s layout I followed one of Noreen Smith’s 1, 2, 3 layouts. What I love about these layout’s is that I can get a double page layout from one 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper or I can follow the cutting directions and use up scraps from my retiring Designer Series Papers. You can find the layout for this on Noreen’s 1, 2, 3, Facebook Page. For this layout I used the December 2025 Product of the month – True Blue Florals Designer Series Paper. Unfortunately this paper has sold out.
After I had attached the Designer Series Paper and the horizontal photos across the bottom of each White Willow 12″‘ x 12″ page, I masked the top of the Designer Series Paper, tore a piece of copy paper and used it to mask the top of the page before using a Blending Brush to add Crumb Cake ink across the top of both pages. I removed the mask from the top of the pages and using a Blending Brush adding Balmy Blue ink across the top of both of the pages. I cut the title from Night of Navy card using the Mini Alphabet Dies and attached it to the left hand page. I inked the palm tree images from the Boardwalk Fun stamp set (Last Chance) using Early Espresso and Mossy Meadow ink and stamped them across the top of the page.
I added Night of Navy mats to the photos across the middle of the pages before attaching them. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card, but it into strips and attached it to the right hand page. I also used the Boardwalk Fun Dies (Last Chance) to cut three palm trees from Basic White card. I used the Dark Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blend and Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker (retired) to colour the images before attaching them to the lower right hand corner of the title page. I love how this shows off my photos from our visit back in 2010.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Anniversary
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Phrases & Frames Bundle. This bundle is part of the product release in the May to August Catalogue. The beauty of this bundle is that it will co-ordinate with lots of other product. For today’s card, I embossed Basic White card using the Floral Spray 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Fresh Freesia card. I cut Fresh Freesia and Basic White card using one of the dies from the Phrases & Frames Dies. I also embossed the outline frame by using the new Impressions Plate. To do this you die cut the shape and then lay it upside down on top of the two white base plates in your Cut ‘n Emboss machine. Then place the Impression Plate over the top and then the Specialty Plate over the top.
You probably cannot see the detail in the photos but in person it is absolutely amazing. I attached the embossed Fresh Freesia frame onto the card front and then attached the Basic White rectangle inside the frame. I stamped one small and one large flower from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto Basic White card using Fresh Freesia ink. I also stamped one leaf image from the same stampset onto Basic White card using Lost Lagoon ink. I cut out the flowers and leaves using the co-ordinating Lovely Arrangments Dies. I die cut Basic White card using another die from the Phrases and Frames Dies to get an oval shape. I stamped the greeting from the Phrases & Frames stamp set onto the oval using Lost Lagoon ink.
I arranged the greeting, flowers and the leaves (which I cut apart) onto the card front using dimensionals under the greeting and the large flower and leaves. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped a greeting from the Phrases and Frames stamp set onto Basic White card using Lost Lagoon ink. I also stamped and cut out one large flower and the leaves from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set using Fresh Freesia and Lost Lagoon ink. I layered the flower and leaves (which I cut apart) onto the lower left hand corner of the stamped Basic White card. The Phrases & Frames bundle is so lovely and I am loving have the Impression Plate to use. I hope I have inspired you to take another look at this bundle.
Bye for now,
Kris
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April Product of the Month
Are you enjoying the opportunity to purchase a surprise product each month. I love it. All you have to do is place an order for $125.00 (in Australia) and you will have the opportunity to purchase the current Product of the Month for $9.00. Amazing! This month the Product of the Month is the Eyelet Blooms Die and boy is it gorgeous. So today I thought I would share a fairly simple card I created using this die. Firstly I cut Basic White card using the Eyelet Blooms Die and attached it to Crisp Cantaloupe card and then scored and folded Thick Basic White card. Then I stamped each of the flowers from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto Basic White card using Crisp Cantaloupe ink.
I also stamped the leaf image from the same stamp set onto Basic White card using Peaceful Pine ink. I cut out the images using the co-ordinating Lovely Arrangments Dies. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Lovely Arrangement stamp set onto Basic White card using Crisp Cantaloupe ink and cut it out using the smallest banner die from the Lovely Arrangements Dies. I also cut Crisp Cantaloupe card using the largest banner from the same Dies.
I attached the greeting to the large Crisp Cantaloupe Die and layered the greeting, flowers and leaves onto the right hand side of the card front. I did use dimensionals underneath the smaller flower. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped a greeting from the Phrases & Frames stamp set (from the 2026 May-August catalogue) onto Basic White card using Crisp Cantaloupe ink. I also stamped the large flower from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of the Basic White panel using Crisp Cantaloupe ink. I masked the flower and stamped the leaf image from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set on either side of the flower using Peaceful Pine ink. I love how pretty this card is and I just know that I am going to be using that die quite a bit!
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can check out all the new in-colour products here in my online store.
Lookout
Today’s pages show of some photos of our stay in Bowen last year. Ron & I decided to walk up to the Mother Beddock Lookout behind the caravan park we staying in at Rose Bay. The walk was a bit steep with lots of steps but totally worth it to see the view. You can see just about everything there is to see in Bowen from the top. I cut a piece of Nature Walk 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper using one of the 1, 2, 3 Layouts featured in my Memory Keeping Classes.
The 1, 2, 3 Layouts are created by Noreen Smith and can be found here on You Tube. I used the large leaf die from Nature’s Symphony Dies to cut Basic White card twice. I also cut Early Espresso using the “bark” die from the Nature’s Symphony Dies. I printed my title onto Basic White card and used one of the Branching Out Dies to cut it out.
I attached the title and one of the leaves to the top left hand corner of the first page. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card, cut it out using one of the Branching Out Dies and attached it and the second leaf to the bottom of the right hand page. I stamped the greeting from the Weekend Adventure stamp set onto Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink and attached it to the “bark” die cut. The greeting is attached to the bottom of the first page. So simple and easy to create but a great way to document our walk.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Relax
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Relaxing Waterside Bundle and today I have another card to share with you. I attached a piece of Waterside Retreat 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper to Basic White card and then scored and folded Gray Granite card. I die cut Basic White card using the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I used a Blending Brush to add Crumb Cake ink across the bottom of the circle and Balmy Blue ink across the top of the circle.
I stamped the small grass image from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set onto the lower left hand side of the circle using Old Olive ink.I stamped the three birds from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set onto the top part of the circle using Night of Navy ink.
I stamped “Relax” using Night of Navy ink and “today is your day” using Old Olive ink onto the circle. Both greetings come from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set. The stamped circle is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I used a blending brush to add Crumb Cake and Balmy Blue ink to the lower left hand corner of Basic White card. I stamped the small grass image from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set twice onto the blended ink using Old Olive ink. I also stamped “have a great birthday” from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set onto the panel using Night of Navy ink. I attached the stamped Basic White panel to the inside of the Gray Granite card base. This bundle will be available for customers to purchase when the next catalogue goes live on the 5th May. Just in case you don’t know this bundle co-ordinates with our very first Paper Pumpkin release in Australia. How exciting!
Bye for now,
Kris
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Thank You
Today I have a card I created whilst playing with the February Product of the Month – Painted Illusions 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. I embossed Basic White card using the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of Misty Moonlight card using the circle background die from the Lovely Arrangments Die so that I got a long line. I attached the circle die cut behind one long edge of aa piece of the Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper before attaching it to the embossed Basic White card. I stamped “thank you” from the Lovely Arrangments stamp set onto Misty Moonlight card using Misty Moonlight ink and attached it to the embossed panel, cutting off the right hand edge.
The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Misty Moonlight card. I cut a circle from Basic White card using the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I stamped each of the flowers from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set onto Flirty Flamingo card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut out the flowers using the co-ordinating dies from the Lovely Arrangments Dies. I stamped the three leaf image from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set twice onto Granny Apple Green card using Granny Apple Green ink. I used the co-ordinating Lovely Arrangments Die to cut out the images.
I layered the flowers and leaves onto the Basic White circle using dimensionals underneath the flowers. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I also added three white dots from the Moody Palette Glossy Dots to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a narrow strip of Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Basic White card. I created another flower and leaf using the same technique as the card front. I layered the leaf and flower images onto the lower left hand corner of the Basic White card before attaching the panel to the inside of the Misty Moonlight card base. I am getting into the groove of this gorgeous paper and I am loving the Lovely Arrangments Bundle.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Turning Four
Today’s pages are dedicated to photos celebrating Ethan’s fourth birthday – quite a while ago. I used Noreen Smith’s March 2026 1, 2, 3 Layout to create my pages. I cut a piece of Nature Walk 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper and added the pieces to White Willow 12″ x 12″ card. I swapped around the photos on the left hand page but didn’t change anything else on her layout. I used a retired Happy Birthday Thinlits Die to cut the title from Night of Navy card.
For the left page I stamped three balloons from the Arched Wishes stamp set (retired) onto scrap Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. For the right hand page I stamped the balloons directly onto the page. I coloured the balloons using Cloud Cover, Night of Navy and Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends. I stamped the starry image from the Arched Wishes stamp set directly onto the pages and added a Basic Rhinestone to the centre of each one.
I stamped the birthday cake from the Along These Lines stamp set and used Balmy Blue, Dark Night of Navy and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends to colour the image. I cut it out and attached it to the left hand page using dimensionals. I also added three Basic Rhinestones around the cake image. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card and cut it into strips before attaching it to the right hand page. I love how this page turned out, so thank you Noreen for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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