Mother’s Day
Today’s page showcases photos from our Mother’s Day lunch with my Mum and Dad. We didn’t attend a special lunch on the Sunday as it would be too much for Mum but went on the Monday. It was rather wet but we enjoyed watching the golfers head down the 18th hole to the clubhouse. I attached a piece of retired Perfectly Pencilled 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper across the centre of a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I attached the photos to Basic Black card. I coloured one of the floral images from the Perfectly Pencilled Designer Series Paper using Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Dark Highland Heather and Dark Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Blends.
I cut out the image and attached it to the left hand corner of the page. I printed “2023” onto Basic White card and cut it out using one of the dies from the Nested Essentials Dies. I cut Basic Black card using a slightly large die and attached it to the back of the photo before attaching it to the upper left hand corner of the page. I printed a little journaling onto Basic White card and cut it out using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I attached this to the second photo before attaching to the right hand side of the page. I cut the title from Basic Black card using the Alphabet A La Mode Dies and attached it to the upper right hand corner of the page. I decided to add some retired Basic Pearls to the centre of the flowers, just because! Let me know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Monthly Offers for June
Well this month is going to be an amazing month for customers to take advantage of a two really wonderful specials. The first special offer is a Designer Series Paper offer. For this month only (1-30 June) you can get a 15% discount on selected Designer Series Papers. What a great way to get some of the beautiful new papers from this year’s annual catalogue into your stash.
But wait there is more! For this month only you can join Stampin’ Up for the price of $169.00 and instead of selecting $235.00 worth of current products you can select $283.00 worth of current product. So if you combine the two and purchase some of these amazing Designer Series Papers along with some of those items on your wish list, then you can certainly get a big bang for your buck!
If you click on this link you can download the PDF for the Designer Series Papers.
If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact me so that we can discuss how you can take advantage of these great offers.
Bye for now (and happy shopping),
Kris
Big Thank You
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards created using the Timeless Arrangements Bundle which is new to this current Annual Catalogue. Today I have another card to share with you. For this card, I embossed a panel of Pretty Peacock card using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder which I attached to scored and folded Smoky Slate card. I die cut three of the four different banner dies from the Timeless Arrangements Dies twice each from Basic White card.
I layered one each of the three different dies together to create two banners. I stamped “a very Big” and “thank you” greetings from the Timeless Arrangements stamp set onto Smoky Slate card using Pretty Peacock ink. I cut out the greetings using one of the dies from the Timeless Arrangements Dies.
I attached one group of dies to the back of the top of the greeting panel and one group of dies to the back of the bottom of the greeting panel. I attached the dies and greeting banner to the card front using adhesive only underneath the greeting banner. I love the look of the leaves being unattached, don’t you? To decorate the inside of the card, I embossed a narrow panel of Pretty Peacock card using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. I die cut one of the leafy banner dies from Pretty Peacock card and attached it behind one long edge of the embossed card. The embossed panel is attached across the bottom of Basic White card.
I had a lot of fun playing with these dies and just know that you are going to love them too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Artistically CASED
I found this card on Pinterest and couldn’t resist trying to recreate it using some of the new core colours. I attached a piece of Smoky Slate card down the left hand side of a Basic White panel and added a narrow strip of Berry Burst card. I embossed the whole panel using one of the Basics 3D Folders before attaching it to scored and folded Berry Burst card. I stamped several flowers from the Artistically Inked stamp set onto Basic White card using Berry Burst ink.
I also some stamped several leaves from the Artistically Inked stamp set onto Basic White card using Lemon Lime Twist ink. I cut out all of the images using the co-ordinating Artistic Dies. I also cut Basic White card using the large leaf die from the Artistic Dies.
I attached the leaf die and attached the flowers and leaves around and over the end of the die cut. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Artistically Inked stamp set onto Basic White card using Berry Burst ink and trimmed it in half before attaching it to the bottom right hand corner of the card front. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped one of the flowers from the Artistically Inked stamp set onto Basic White card using Berry Burst ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating Artistic Die. I had two leaves which I had trimmed from the large leaf die cut, which I attached to the flower and then the lower left hand corner of Basic White card.
It’s really nice to have such lovely colours to work with, don’t you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Updated
I have just updated my For Sale page. I have been holding onto lots of product that I love but sadly no longer use. So I have updated my For Sale page with lots of product that you can purchase at bargain prices. Please contact me if you want to purchase and we can discuss the cost of postage (not included in the sale price). I hope that you find lots of things that you will love and use more than I am at the moment.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Toowoomba
Today’s page shows off some photos from our holiday to Toowoomba with Mum and Dad. I attached two different patterns from the retired Pattern Party 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper to Basic White 12″ x 12″ pages. I made sure that the patterns matched across the centre with the black and white pattern on the bottom of the first page and on the top of the second page.
I die cut Basic Black card using the largest die from the Artistic Dies and attached one to each page. I attached my photos to Basic Black card before attaching them to the pages. I cut the title from Basic Black card using the Alphabet A La Mode Dies. The title is attached to the top of the left hand page. My journaling is printed onto Basic White card, cut into strips and attached across the lower left hand edge of the right hand page.
These are very simple pages and I have to say, it’s hard to get Mum and Dad to smile, but it is lovely to have these photos on a page to bring back so many happy memories.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Congratulations
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I made using the Wonderful Thoughts Bundle which is new to this Annual Catalogue. Today I have another card to share. For this card I attached two pieces of Moody Mauve 2023-2025 In-Colour 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper to Basic White card. I embossed a piece of Moody Mauve card using one of the folders from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders and attached it over the Designer Series Paper. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Moody Mauve card.
I cut a circle from Basic White card using the Stylish Shapes Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I cut the flower image from Basic White card using the Wonderful Thoughts Die.
I coloured the flower using Dark Moody Mauve and Dark Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends before attaching the flower to the Basic White circle on the card front. I stamped “Congratulations” from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set onto Basic White card using Pebbled Path ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating Wonderful Thoughts Die. I attached the greeting to the card front using dimensionals where necessary. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped another greeting from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set onto Basic White card using Pebbled Path ink. I cut a small heart from Moody Mauve card using the Wonderful Thoughts Die and attached it next to the greeting. I also added a strip of the heart pattern Moody Mauve Designer Series Paper across the bottom of the card.
So pretty and I love that there is floral image to co-ordinate with the sentiments from the stamp set. Don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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For Mum
Today I am sharing the card I made for my Mum for Mother’s Day. I found some gorgeous cards on Pinterest by Tami White who graciously shared her instructions for creating the cards. I cut my card base and belly band from Thick Basic White card. I cut the left hand card front layer from Moody Mauve card which I embossed using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. I cut the right hand card front layer from a sheet of the gold paper from the Naturally Gilded 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper.
I used a Blending Brush to add Moody Mauve ink to the Designer Series Paper before attaching it to the card base. I stamped “happy Mother’s Day” from the now retired Celebrating You stamp set onto Basic White card using Moody Mauve ink. I attached the stamped panel to the inside of the card. I wrapped the belly band around the closed card and secured the ends. I cut a circle from Basic White card using one of the circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies.
I attached the circle to the belly band so that it covered the join. I stamped the flower from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set onto Moody Mauve card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the image with gold embossing powder and heat set it. I cut out the flower using the co-ordinating Irresistible Blooms Dies I die cut two different leaves from Gold Foil card using the Irresistible Blooms Dies. I attached the leaves and flower to the belly band. I love this card and I know that my Mum did too. So thank you Tami for being so generous and sharing your instructions.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Husband Wife
Today’s pages show off photos of my Great, Great Grandparents. I wanted to create pages that looked a little bit old so I stamped the background image from the Artistically Inked stamp set around the edges of Very Vanilla 12″ x 12″ pages using Crumb Cake ink. I used a Blending Brush to add a little more Crumb Cake ink over the stamped edge. I attached a piece of retired In Good Taste Designer Series Paper to each page without glue behind the inside edge. I used an old Sizzix Die to cut a scalloped circle from another pattern of the retired In Good Taste Designer Series Paper which I tucked under the first Designer Series Paper panel.
I cut Early Espresso card using the scalloped edge die from the Scalloped Contour Dies. I attached the scalloped edge behind a strip of Smoky Slate card before attaching it over the outside edge of the Designer Series Paper. I attached another strip of Smoky Slate card across the page with a narrow strip of Crumb Cake card over the top. I cut Early Espresso card using the largest rectangle from the Radiating Stitches Die and used the second largest rectangle die to cut out the centre to create a frame. I attached my photos behind the frames before attaching them to the page. I created the journaling on my computer and printed it onto Very Vanilla card and cut it out using the second largest rectangle from the Radiating Stitches Die. I attached the journaling beside the photos. I cut Early Espresso card using the Alphabet A La Mode Dies to create the title for each page.
I am so happy to have these photos to share with my family.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Beauty of The Deep
This week on my Facebook Live I shared a couple of cards using the Beauty of the Deep Bundle. Today I have another one to share. For this card, I created a mask and added Misty Moonlight ink to the top two-third of a Basic White panel using Blending Brush. I removed the mask and using a Blending Brush I added Pecan Pie ink to the bottom section of the Basic White card. I stamped the dotted image from the Beauty of the Deep stamp set across the Pecan Pie inked area. The Basic White panel is attached to scored and folded Pecan Pie card. I stamped the three large seaweed images from the Beauty of the Deep stamp set onto Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink.
I cut out the images using the co-ordinating Beauty of the Deep Dies. I stamped the two fish images onto Basic White card using Cajun Craze ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating Beauty of the Deep Dies. I attached two of the seaweed images flat to the Basic White panel. I added the last seaweed image using dimensionals. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Enjoy The Rhythm stamp set onto Basic White card using Misty Moonlight ink.
I punched out the greeting using the Double Oval Punch and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I added the two fish images around the greeting and the seaweed. To decorate the inside of the card, I masked across the bottom of a Basic White panel. Using a Blending Brush I added Pecan Pie ink across the bottom of the Basic White card. I stamped the dotted image from the Beauty of the Deep stamp set across the inked area. I removed the mask and stamped the long narrow seaweed image from the Beauty of the Deep stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of the Basic White panel. I stamped the second seaweed image onto Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink, cut it out using the co-ordinating Beauty of the Deep Die and attached it over the end of the stamped seaweed image.
I think this bundle is going to be a lot of fun to play with, don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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