Phoenix
Today’s page shows off a couple of photos from our time in Phoenix Arizona when my Mum, my sister’s and I visited Dad’s cousin. We went by train from Chicago. I am quite amused by the fact that my sisters and myself are wearing the same outfits in each photo! I attached a piece of the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper to a strip retired Basic Black 12″ x 12″ before attaching the panel to a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I cut some circles from one of the papers in the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper and attached them to the top left hand corner of the page.
I attached my photos to Basic Black card before attaching them to the page. The top photo is only attached around the two sides and across the bottom. I cut some flowers from the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper and attached them to the page. I cut my title from Basic Black card using the Playful Alphabet Dies. The journaling was created on my computer and printed onto Basic White card.
I attached the journaling strips to Basic Black card before attaching them to the page. I printed more information about Dad’s cousin and how they are related and printed it onto Basic White card. I punched Basic Black card using the Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch. I attached the journaling to Basic Black card and attached the punched piece which I folded in half. I punched a hole through the piece and attached the Vanilla Open Weave Ribbon from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack. This journaling panel slides behind the top photo.
This brings back so many memories of our time in the USA.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Global Birthday
This week on my Facebook Live I shared a gatefold card with a twist and yesterday I shared a card made using the instructions on Lisa Curcio’s blog. Lisa’s instructions create a landscape style card which was such a fun card to make but I wanted to make a portrait style card. So I did a little playing and came up with my version. I cut a standard A4 card base and scored on each end at 5.1cm. This gave me just enough gap to let the card front slide on. I attached a piece of the beautiful World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper to Gold foil card and then each piece is attached to the front flaps on an Early Espresso card base.
I used Early Espresso card to create the slide on front and added a layer of Gold Foil. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink. I embossed the stamped Basic White card using the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to the Gold Foil card. I cut the globe base from Early Espresso card using the World Map Dies. I stamped one of the globe images onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink and used the co-ordinating World Map Die to cut it out. The globe and stand are attached to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the globe image once more onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink and cut it out using the World Map Dies. I also cut the small globe stand from Early Espresso card using the World Map Die. I attached the stand and globe to the lower left hand corner of Basic White card before attaching the panel inside the Early Espresso card base.
I loved making the landscape cards using Lisa’s instructions but I am also excited to be able to create a portrait version. If you love this as much as I do, here are the measurements.
CARD BASE – 21cm x 14.8cm, scored along the 21cm length at 5.1cm from each end.
SLIDING CARD FRONT – four pieces of card 7cm x 12cm. Score two pieces along the 7cm length at 3.5cm. Create the mechanism following Lisa’s instructions.
I’d love to know what you think and just to give you a comparison, here are the two cards together.
Bye for now,
Kris
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A Beautiful Journey
Yesterday on my Facebook Live, I shared with you a gatefold card with a twist. I followed the instructions shared by Lisa Curcio on her blog to create the cards. Today I have another version for you. I cut my card base from Early Espresso card. I attached a piece of World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper to Gold Foil card and attached the panels to the front flaps. I cut the sliding card front from Early Espresso card and attached a layer of Gold Foil.
I embossed Basic White card using the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to the Gold Foil card. I stamped the globe base and the globe from the Beautiful World stamp set onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink. I used the co-ordinating World Map Dies to cut out the images. I attached the images to the embossed Whisper White card using dimensionals underneath the globe.
I stamped “Life’s a beautiful journey” from the Beautiful World stamp set onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink. I used my Paper Snips to cut around the greeting and attached it over the globe base. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped another greeting from the Beautiful World stamp set onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink. I stamped the globe image from the same stamp set next to the greeting using Early Espresso ink.
I have never made a lot of Gatefold cards as I found it difficult to create the slide off band with more than a greeting. However with Lisa’s instructions of adding the sliding panel I feel you have a better opportunity to add a proper card front.
I would love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Best Wishes
Today’s card features two items you can obtain for Free with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration but only until the end of the month when Sale-A-Bration finishes. I decided to cut Poppy Parade card and cut the front so that it is only a 7cm flap. I decorated the small flap by attaching a piece of the Flower and Field Designer Series Paper.
I stamped the leaf outline image from the A Touch of Ink stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the flower outline image from the A Touch of Ink stamp set using the same ink. I added the fill image to the leaf using Granny Apple Green ink and the fill image to the flower using Poppy Parade ink.
I also stamped the greeting from the A Touch of Ink stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image panel is attached to Poppy Parade card and then the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the flower outline image from the A Touch of Ink stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card. I stamped the flower fill image from the same stamp set using Poppy Parade ink. Such a simple card, but one that is quite pretty, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Another True Love Birthday
Today’s card was created using another sketch layout I had saved to Pinterest (you will notice that I turned the sketch for this card). This time I embossed Basic White card using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder before attaching the striped pattern of the True Love Designer Series Paper down the left hand side. I wrapped the edge of the Designer Series Paper using the Just Jade 1/4″ 2020-2022 In Colour Ribbon. The panel is attached to scored and folded Magenta Madness A4 card.
I cut Basic White card using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I coloured the flower on the True Love Designer Series Paper using Magenta Madness, Dark Daffodil Delight and Just Jade Stampin’ Blends.
I cut out the flower and attached it to the stitched circle die using dimensionals where necessary. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Art Gallery stamp set onto Basic White card using Magenta Madness ink. I cut out the greeting using the largest banner die from the Art Gallery Dies. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I embossed Basic White card using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to the bottom of Basic White card. I wrapped the top of the embossed card using the Just Jade 1/4″ 2020-2022 In Colour Ribbon. I coloured one of the flowers on the edge of the True Love Designer Series Paper using the same Stampin’ Blends, cut it out and attached it just underneath the edge of the ribbon.
Another pretty card, don’t you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Four Generations
Today’s page shows off a photo of myself as a baby with my Mum, Grandfather and his Mum, my Great Grandmother. I decided to attach a strip of Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper across the bottom of a square of Basic Black card. I attached the photo above the Designer Series Paper on the left hand side of the Basic Black card.
I created the journaling on the computer, printed it onto Basic White card before attaching to the upper right hand side of the Basic Black card. I attached the photo panel to a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page.
I attached two strips of the Paper Blooms Designer Series paper across the page just covering the bottom of the photo and journaling block. I cut all of the flowers and circles from the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper and attached them to the lower left and upper right of the photo block. I really love how this bright and cheery paper has given my photo a bit of a lift. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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With Love
Today’s card features another drapery fold. When I started researching drapery folds, I couldn’t believe how many there are! I have shown a few on my blog and shared a few more on my Facebook Live but believe me there are lots! For today’s card I used the Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper which you can have for Free with a qualifying order but only until the end of the month. I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper 8-1/2″ x 2″ and scored at 1″, 1-1/4″, 2-1/4″, 2-1/2″ and so on all the way across. I folded the Designer Series Paper and attached a strip of scrap card along the back to make sure the folds stayed in place and that the edges were straight. I attached the panel to Basic White card and wrapped the top of the Designer Series Paper using the Rococo Rose 1/2″ Scalloped Linen Ribbon.
I stamped “with” and “Love” from the Forever & Always stamp set onto the right and side of the Basic White card using Rococo Rose ink before attaching the panel to scored and folded Rococo Rose card. I stamped the large and the small flower from the Forever & Always stamp set onto Basic White card using Rococo Rose ink. I coloured the flowers using the Light Rococo Rose and the Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. The flowers are cut out by hand because I didn’t want too much white showing around the edges.
I also stamped two leaves from the Forever & Always stamp set onto Basic White card using Pretty Peacock ink. I coloured the leaves using the light Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blend before cutting them out. I attached the flowers together and attached the leaves to the back of the flowers before using Mini Dimensionals to attach the whole piece to the left hand side of the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large flower using Rococo Rose ink and masked it with a Post-it-Note before stamping the smaller flower. The flower images are coloured using the Light Rococo Rose and Dark Daffodil Delight Stamin’ Blends.
This is such a pretty card, don’t you think and it makes me especially happy when I can use new product with some that I have had for a while.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Flower & Field
The Flower & Field Designer Series Paper which is available free with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration is really beautiful. There are some great patterns on both sides of the paper and although I am not a fan of “busy” patterns, all of these patterns have great appeal. I used this Designer Series Paper yesterday on my Facebook Live to show off some drapery fold cards and I thought I would share a couple more today. These cards begin by cutting Designer Series Paper 10″ x 5″. You score the 10″ length at 1″ and 1-1/2″ intervals all the way across. You cut diagonally across the paper one each corner and then cut the whole piece in half.
This gives two pieces of beautifully folded designer series paper which allowed me to create two same but different cards. To create the cards, I also used the A Touch of Ink stamp set which is also Free with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration. I stamped the leafy image from the A Touch of Ink stamp set onto the top of Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the floral image from the same stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I stamped the fill image for the leaves using Granny Apple Green ink and the flower using Poppy Parade ink. I stamped the greeting from the A Touch of Ink stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I embossed a piece of Poppy Parade card using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and then cut one 10cm edge using the border from the Be Mine Stitched Dies. I attached the Designer Series Paper to the embossed Poppy Parade card and wrapped the top of the paper using Gold Metallic Edge Ribbon. The whole panel is attached to the bottom of the stamped Basic White card. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the butterfly image from the A Touch of Ink stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White card. I added the fill image using Poppy Parade ink. I also stamped another greeting from the A Touch of Ink stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Because I had two pieces, I used the reverse side of the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper to create another card. This card is exactly the same except I have used Flirty Flamingo ink and card instead of Poppy Parade. You will notice that the folds look slightly different on each card.
I think they both turned out great and I know that I am going to make more of these drapery fold cards. In fact I don’t know why I haven’t done so before.
Bye for now,
Kris
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True Love Flowers
Today I thought I would share a card I made using the True Love Designer Series Paper and an old sketch by Freshly Made I had saved on Pinterest. I think it worked well. I embossed Basic White card using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Blackberry Bliss card. I attached two narrow strips of the True Love Designer Series Paper to the embossed Basic White card. I cut a circle from Basic White card using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Dies. The circle is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I coloured the flower from the True Love Designer Series Paper using Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends.
I cut out the flower and attached it to the die cut circle using dimensionals where necessary. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Art Gallery stamp set onto Basic White card using Blackberry Bliss ink and cut it out using one of the banner dies from the Floral Gallery Dies.
The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a narrow strip of Basic Black to one long edge of Basic White card embossed using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. I coloured one of the flowers on the edge of the paper using the same Stampin’ Blends. The flowers are attached to the Basic White card just above the embossed panel. I love that I was able to use one of the flowers on the edge of the Designer Series Paper which I would otherwise have thrown away. I am taking a closer look at the all images on the edges of the Designer Series Paper to make sure I don’t throw away an embellishment opportunity!
Bye for now,
Kris
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Forever Gold Birthday
Today’s card is inspired by a card sketch that I saved to Pinterest. I began by attaching one of the card front pieces from the Forever Gold Laser Cut Specialty Papers to Basic White card before a piece of True Love Designer Series Paper across the centre of the panel. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Poppy Parade A4 card. I cut Basic White card using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals.
I coloured the flower from the True Love Designer Series Paper using Poppy Parade, Dark Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the flower and attached it to the circle die using dimensionals where necessary.
I stamped “happy birthday” from the Floral Art stamp set onto Basic White card using Poppy Parade ink and cut it out using the largest banner from the Art Gallery Dies. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a piece of the same pattern True Love Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Whisper White card. I coloured the flower from the edge of the paper using the same Stampin’ Blends, cut it out and attached it slightly covering the Designer Series Paper.
This card is for a friend celebrating a special birthday which I am glad to say she really loved. I really am on a bit of a roll using the beautiful True Love Designer Series Paper and will have more examples to show you soon. I am just loving how gorgeous the flowers from the Designer Series Paper look when coloured.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 