Cunnamulla
We met up with our friends at Cunnamulla to do our trip up to Northern Queensland. We love Cunnamulla and have stayed there a few times, always at the same park. We also watched an amazing movie about the Railway in Cunnamulla and how it served the town, although not any more. I used one piece of Wood Grain Wonder Designer Series Paper which I cut following one of Noreen Smith’s 1, 2, 3 scrapbook layouts. You can find this one on You Tube. I sponged the edges of each piece of the designer series paper using Crumb Cake ink before attaching them to White Willow 12″ x 12″ card.
I did sponge the edge of the White Willow card as well using Crumb Cake ink. I attached my photos to Early Espressto card before attaching them to the pages. I cut the title from Basic White card which I stamped first with one of the patterns from the Playful Patterns stamp set using Crumb Cake ink. I used a sponge dauber to add a little more Crumb Cake ink to each letter for adhering it to the left hand page. I stamped two large and one small tree from the retired Adventure Together stamp set. I cut out the trees using the co-ordinating Adventure Together Die (also retired). I layered the trees beside the title on the left hand page.
I stamped “let the adventure begin” from the Adventure Together stamp set onto Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. I punched out the greeting using the retired 1-1/2″ Circle Punch before attaching it to the right hand page. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card and attached a photo to the top of the journaling. I attached the journaling to Early Espresso card before attaching it to the right hand page. I stamped the chair from the Adventure Together stamp set twice onto Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. The chairs are coloured using the light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend. I also stamped the fire pit image from the Adventure Together stamp set onto Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. I cut out the fire pit using the co-ordinating Adventure Together Die. I coloured the fire pit image using Crumb Cake and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend. A pretty simple page but I think it looks lovely, don’t you.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Festive Fun
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Timeless Christmas Suite Collection. Today I have another card to share with you. To begin I embossed a piece of Basic White card using the Swirls of Magic Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached to scored and folded Poppy Parade card. I attached a piece of Pecan Pie card and a piece of Timeless Christmas Designer Series Paper to the embossed Basic White card. I cut Basic White card using one of the circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies and attached it to the right hand side of the card front. I stamped “festive fun” from the Home for Christmas stamp set onto a strip of Basic White card using Poppy Parade ink.
I attached the greeting to a strip of Pecan Pie card before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the gingerbread man from the Home For Christmas stamp set onto Basic White card using Pecan Pie ink. I used the co-ordinating Home For Christmas Die to cut out the image. I attached teh gingerbread man to the card front using dimensionals where necessary.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped “Merry” from one of the greetings in the Home For Christmas stamp set onto Basic White card using Poppy Parade ink. I stamped “Christmas” from another one of the greetings in the Home For Christmas stamp set below the “merry”using Poppy Parade ink. I attached a narrow strip of the same pattern of Timeless Christmas Designer Series Paper across the bottom of the stamped Basic White card before attaching it to the inside of the card base. I had a lot of fun playing with this stamp set and just know that it is going to be very popular with lots of people.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Sending Smiles
For this card I cut the floral image from one paper in the Lovely Blossoms 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. I attached the flower to Crisp Cantaloupe card which I embossed using the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. The panel is attached to Basic White card and then a Crisp Cantaloupe card base.
I stamped “sending smiles” from the Lovely Arrangements stamp set (Last Chance) onto Basic White card using Crisp Cantaloup ink. I cut out the greeting using one of the banners from the Lovely Arrangements Dies (Last Chance). The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I embossed a narrow strip of Crisp Cantaloupe card using the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed panel to the left hand side of Basic White card. I stamped the greeting from the Paradise Garden stamp set (Last Chance) onto the Basic White card using Crisp Cantaloup ink. Another simple but pretty card.
Bye For now,
Kris
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Elyssa’s Bread
I signed up for the Summer Motherload course with Noreen Smith which was conducted throughout the month of July. This is the first page I created following along with Noreen’s instructions. These courses do not dictate what papers or stamps you need to use, you just take the concept and create using whatever products you have in your stash. I used the Pool Party ink which I placed onto my Glass mat and sprayed with water. Then I took a plastic bag and placed it in the ink and then onto a White Willow 12″ x 12″ page. Once the Pool Party ink dried, I used the dotted mask from the Water & Dotted Lines 12″x 12″ Decorative Masks to add some dotted strips over the top using Pretty Peacock ink. I love how subtle this background turned out. I trimmed down the White Willow card to 11-1/2″ x 11-1/2″ and attached it to Pool Party Two Tone Paper 11-3/4″ x 11-3/4″. Lastly I attached the pages to Pretty Peacock Two Tone Paper 12″ x 12″. I cut various sized pieces from the Beautiful Ordinary Life 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper and attached them to my page. I attached my photos to Basic White card and then Pool Party card to create the focal point on the page. I die cut Basic White card using the folder die and the note die from the Extraordinary Life Dies. I stamped the date image from the retired Reindeer Memories stamp set onto the folder die cut using Basic Black Hybrid ink.
I wrote the date using a Journaling Pen. This panel has a torn strip of Beautiful Ordinary Life Designer Series Paper attached across the top before the whole piece is attached behind the lower edge of the photo panel. I die cut more of the Beautiful Ordinary Life Designer Series Paper using the circle die from the Lovely Arrangments Dies. I attached one of the die cuts behind the top edge of the photo panel before attaching it to the page. I attached the other circle piece below the photos. I cut the title from Pretty Peacock card using the Mini Alphabet Dies. I wrote my journaling onto the note die using the Journaling Pen before attaching it over the lower right hand corner of the photo panel. I stamped “love it” from the Extraordinary Life stamp set onto Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink. I cut out the greeting using the co-ordinating Extraordinary Life Die. I also cut Pool Party card using the same heart die. The two hearts are attached to the bottom of the note die. I also added a heart from the Floral Flight Accents (retired). I added one more heart and one butterfly from the Floral Flight Accents below the left hand corner of the photo panel. The page was created using the idea that you can never have too many layers. Something I probably have never done before but love the end result. So thank you Noreen.
Bye for now,
Kris
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May the Beauty of the Season….
….fill your heart. This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Frosted Pinecones Bundle. What a great bundle this is, not only do you get a stamp set with co-ordinating dies but you also get co-ordinating decorative masks. For today’s card I embossed Basic White card using the Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder before attaching it to scored and folded Early Espresso card. I die cut Mossy Meadow card three times using the large and the small leaf images from the Frosted Pinecones Dies. I die cut Early Espresso card using the large and the small solid pinecone dies from the Frosted Pinecones Dies.
I cut Crumb Cake card using the large and the small detailed pinecone dies from the Frosted Pinecones Dies. I attached the detailed pinecones to the co-ordinating solid pinecones. I arranged the leaves and the pinecones to the top left hand corner of the card front.
I stamped the greeting from the Frosted Pinecones stamp set onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink and cut it out using the label die from the Frosted Pinecones Dies.The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals so that it sits partly over the top of the pinecones. I tied a double bow in a length of Linen Thread and attached it over the leaves on the card front. To decorate the inside of the card I embossed a narrow strip of Basic White card using the Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder. I attached a narrow strip of Early Espresso card behind one long edge of the embossed card before attaching it across the bottom of Basic White card. I have had a lot of fun playing with this fabulous bundle and just know that you are going to see me using it more in the future.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Fun in the Sun
Today I have a fun card using the Summer Happiness stamp set from the May to August Catalogue. I attached a piece of Hydrangea Hue card down one side of a piece of Paper Medley 12″ x 12″ Designer Series before attaching the panel to the left hand side of Basic White card. I stamped “Fun in the Sun” from the Summer Happiness stamp set onto the lower right hand side of the Basic White card using Hydrangea Hue ink. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Hydrangea Hue card. I cut Hydrangea Hue card twice using one of the squares from the Perrenial Postage Dies. I cut Basic White card twice using one of the squares from the Stylish Shapes Dies.
I attached the Basic White squares to the Perenial Postal Dies and then the card front using dimensionals. I die cut the glasses from Hydrangea Hue card and the “lens” from Smoky Slate card using the Summer Happiness Dies. I attached the lens to the glass frame before attaching the sunglasses to the lower square. I stamped the “thong” image from the Summer Happiness stamp set onto Basic White card using Hydrangea Hue ink.
I used the co-ordinating Summer Happiness Die to cut out the “thongs” before attaching them to the upper square on the card front. To decorate the inside of the card I attached a narrow strip of Hydrangea Hue card behind one long edge of a narrow strip of the same pattern Paper Medley Designer Series Paper. I attached the Designer Series Paper to the left hand side of Basic White card. I stamped the sun image from the Summer Happiness stamp set onto Basic White card using Darling Duckling ink. I stamped the greeting from the Splash & Relax stamp set beside the sun using Hydrangea Hue ink. What a fun stamp set.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Rollingstone
Today’s page shows off some photos from a visit with out friends back in 2024. To add some texture to the White Willow 12″ x 12″ pages I used the water mask from the Water & Dotted Lines 12″ x 12″ Masks and Pool Party ink. I didn’t want the background to be too dark, so I only applied a little ink and I didn’t care the it wasn’t even. I used a sponge dauber to add Misty Moonlight around the edges of each page. I cut two different patterns from the Waterside Retreat 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper for my pages. I used a sponge dauber to add Misty Moonlight ink around the edges of each piece of Designer Series Paper before attaching them to my pages. My photos are all attached to Misty Moonlight card before being attached to the pages.
My title is cut from Misty Moonlight card using the Mini Alphabet Dies. I used a combination of stamps and dies from the Summer Happiness Bundle and the Splash & Relax Bundle to create the embellishments for the pages. The sun is stamped onto Basic White card using Crushed Curry ink. The “flip flops” and “life buoy” are stamped onto Basic White card using Misty Moonlight ink. The camera and drink bottle are stamped onto Basic White card using Smoky Slate ink. I used Daffodil Delight & Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blends to add some colour to the drink bottle.
The hat and glasses are cut from Misty Moonlight and Smoky Slate card. The stamped glasses from the Summer Happiness stamp set is stamped onto Basic White card using Pool Party ink. All of the images are cut out using the co-ordinating bundle. This page follows one of Noreen Smith’s 1, 2, 3 Layouts and can be found here on You Tube and also here on Facebook. The You Tube layouts were created when Noreen was part of the Creative Memories Team. The Facebook group is where you can find Noreen now she is no longer part of the Creative Memories Team. You have probably already noticed that I love these layouts. I love that I can use one piece of Designer Series Paper to create a double page layout or I can use my scraps to cut the pieces needed to create the layouts. So thank you Noreen, love your work.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Thinking of You
This week in my Facebook Live, I did something a little different and showed how to create a card using Stampin’ Up!s new Hot Foil System step by step. Today I have another card to share. For this card I used the piece I created in my live using the Reverse Hot Foil Die and the Silver Foil left over from creating the Swiss Dot background for the card in my Facebook Live. I trimmed the panel down a little and attached it to a piece of Silver Foil card. I used the dark side of a piece of Hydrangea Hue Two-Tone Paper with the Botanical Hot Foil Die and Silver Foil to create the panel I attached to the middle of the Swiss Dot foiled paper.
I wrapped a length of White Textured Ribbon across the lower part of the panel before attaching it to scored and folded Hydrangea Hue card. I die cut Silver Foil card using the large leaf die from the Nature’s Symphony Dies. I cut the leaf die cut into two pieces. I attached one set of leaves to the upper left and the remaining one to the lower right corners of the leafy foiled panel. I die cut Basic White card using the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals.
I used the light side of Hydrangea Hue Two Tone Paper to add the greeting from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies using Silver Foil. I cut out the greeting using the co-ordinating Classic Greetings Die. The greeting is attached to the Basic White circle. Lastly I added three Basic Rhinestones around the greeting. To decorate the inside of the card I added Silver Foil leaves across the bottom of a piece of White Willow card using Botanical Glow Hot Foil Die. I stamped the Botanical Glow stamp over the foiled leaves using Hydrangea Hue ink. I have had a lot of fun playing with the new Hot Foil Machine and can’t wait to create more. What about you? Have you purchased the Hot Foil Machine yet?
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can view the White Textured 3/8″ Ribbon here in my online store.
You can view the Reverse Hot Foil Die here in my online store.
Sailing Birthday
Today I have my version of a fancy fold that Susan Camperfield shared on her facebook page. I followed her instructions but I decided to use A4 dimensions. So I created my card base from Thick Basic White card and it is 28.5cm x 10.5cm. I scored along the 28.5cm length at 4.5cm, 9cm, 13.5cm and 18cm.
My image panel is also cut from Thick Basic White card and is 16cm x 7.5cm, scored along the 16cm length at 8cm. I cut my patterned paper pieces from the Scenic Coast 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I did need to use three sheets to create this card. I cut the sailboat from Night of Navy card and the birds from Basic Black card.
The “happy birthday” which I stamped in Night of Navy ink comes from the Rolling Waves stamp set. I had a lot of fun creating this card and I am sure you will see me use this fancy fold again.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Airlie Beach
Today’s page has some photos from a visit to Airlie Beach in 2024. There is just something about this place which makes you feel happy. The water and the sky are always an amazing blue. I began my page by adding three different Hydrangea Hue patterns from the 2026-2028 In-Colour Painted Patterns 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper to two White Willow 12″ x 12″ pages. I attached my photos to Night of Navy card before attaching them to the pages.
I cut the title from Night of Navy card using the Mini Alphabet Dies and attached them to the left hand page. I stamped the sun from the Summer Happiness stamp set onto Basic White card using Darling Duckling ink. I stamped the sunglasses from the Summer Happiness stamp set onto Basic White card using Smoky Slate ink. I stamped the camera from the Summer Happiness stamp set onto Basic White card using Smoky Slate ink. I cut out the sun, sunglasses and camera using the co-ordinating Summer Happiness Dies.
I coloured the sunglasses using the Light Hydrangea Hue Stampin’ Blend before layering the images beside the title. I punched one end of a piece of Basic White card using a retired Tag Topper Punch and stamped the lines from the retired Wildflower Celebrations using Smoky Slate ink. I wrote my journaling onto the tag using a Journaling Pen and attached it to the right hand page. I used the dies from the Splash & Relax Dies to cut Hydrangea Hue and Basic White card to create the flip flaps and hat before attaching them to the left hand side of the tag. I tied a knot in a length of Hydrangea Hue Bordered Ribbon and attached it to tag using Glue Dots. I simple page but one with lots of memories.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 