Get Well Soon
Today’s card is one I made using another stamp set which has sat unused on my shelf for quite some time. I am not sure why as it is such a lovely stamp set to play with and has gorgeous greetings too. I embossed Blushing Bride card using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. I cut Whisper White card using one of the die from the Ornate Layers Dies. I stamped the small tulip image from the Timeless Tulips stamp set onto the die cut using Blushing Bride ink. I masked the bottom of the die cut using a Post-it-Note and stamped the stem image from the Timeless Tulips stamp set using Pear Pizzazz ink. 
I also stamped one of the leaves from the Timeless Tulips stamp set twice using Pear Pizzazz ink. I attached the Whisper White die cut to the left hand side of the card front. I stamped the greeting from the Timeless Tulips stamp set onto Whisper White card using Blushing Bride ink and cut it out using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. 
The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I tied a bow in a length of Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding and attached it to the flower stem.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the small tulip image from the Timeless Tulips stamp set using Blushing Bride ink. I stamped the stem and leaf images from the Timeless Tulips stamp set using Pear Pizzazz ink.
Such a pretty card and relatively simple to create. I think it would make me feel better just looking at it. What about you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Port Macquarie
Today’s page shows off a couple of photos taken on the front porch of the Police residence in Port Macquarie. I am not sure about the fashion in these shots! I attached a piece of In Good Taste Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Very Vanilla 12″ x 12″ card. I wrapped the top of the Designer Series Paper with Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Striped Ribbon. I stamped the leaf image from the Very Versailles stamp set around the edges of the Very Vanilla card using Mossy Meadow ink. 
I also stamped the “wordy” image from the Very Versailles stamp set using Crumb Cake ink. The photos are attached in the centre of the stamping. I created my journaling on the computer and printed it onto Very Vanilla card and stamped the lacey image from the Very Versailles stamp set onto the top right hand corner using Petal Pink ink. The journaling panel is attached to the Designer Series Paper just below the ribbon. The title is created using Mossy Meadow card and the Playful Alphabet Dies. 
I stamped the medallion image from the Very Versailles stamp set onto scrap Very Vanilla card using Mossy Meadow ink. I stamped “love” from the Well Said stamp set in the centre of the medallion using Petal Pink ink. I fussy cut the medallion and attached it to the top right hand corner of the journaling panel.
I am really happy with this layout. It’s nice to have these photos (even if the fashion is not so great) out of the box on my shelf and onto a page. Looking at the photos bring back many happy memories of this time in our life.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Love
Here is another card using the Festive Post stamp set and co-ordinating Postage Stamp Punch which I shared on my Facebook Live this week. I embossed Whisper White card using the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Misty Moonlight card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Bumblebee card. 
I cut Misty Moonlight card using one of the dies from the Tasteful Labels Dies and attached it to the centre of the embossed Whisper White card. I stamped the floral image from the Festive Post stamp set onto Whisper White card using Bumblebee ink. 
The word “love” which is also one of the images from this stamp set fits inside the floral outline! I stamped “love” using Misty Moonlight ink. I punched out the image using the Postage Stamp Punch and attached it to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the So Sentimental stamp set using Misty Moonlight ink.
Simple but effective, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Festive Deer
Today’s card uses the Festive Post stamp set which I shared on my Facebook Live yesterday and a layout shared on Lisa Curcio’s blog. It’s a great layout and can work with almost any stamp set you have a mind to use! I stamped the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card using Real Red ink. The stamped Whisper White card is embossed using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. I attached a piece of the ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper onto Gold Foil before attaching the panel to the embossed card. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Real Red card. 
I stamped the deer image from the Festive Post stamp set onto Whisper White card using Versamark ink, sprinkled it with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it. The image is punched out using the Postage Stamp Punch. I punched Gold Foil card using the same punch and cut the piece in half. 
I attached one half of the Gold Foil piece behind the top edge of the image panel and the other piece behind the bottom of the stamped panel. The image piece is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped a greeting from the Wishes & Wonder stamp set onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. I attached a narrow strip of Real Red card behind one long edge of Whisper White card embossed using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached across the bottom of the stamped Whisper White card.
I really love this card. It’s so me! Simple but has a real “wow” factor, due in part to the colours, Real Red and Gold are always fantastic together. I’d love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Fab Friday Challenge #196
I saw a sketch challenge on Tuesday Morning Sketches which was kind of cute and I thought I could adapt it to use the Zany Zebras stamp set. Then I saw the current colour challenge at Fab Friday and decided to combine the two. I cut circles from Cajun Craze, Bumblebee and Cinnamon Cider card using the Layering Circles Dies. I attached the circles to Very Vanilla card and embossed the panel using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed panel to scored and folded Cajun Craze card. 
I stamped the zebra image from the Zany Zebras stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Cajun Craze ink and cut it out using the Layering Circles Dies. I cut a scalloped circle from Cajun Craze card using the same dies and attached the image panel. The whole piece is attached to the card front using dimensionals. 
I stamped “happy birthday” from the Zany Zebras stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Cajun Craze ink and punched it out using the Classic Label Punch. I re-inserted the greeting into the punch to cut a “v” notch in one end. I trimmed the other end square before attaching to a piece of Cajun Craze card, trimmed to match the greeting panel. The greeting is attached to the card front using mini dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped “wild about you” from the Zany Zebra stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Cajun Craze ink. I attached a narrow strip of Cajun Craze card behind one long edge of a piece of Very Vanilla card embossed using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
I love this card! Thanks so much to Tuesday Morning Sketches (although I didn’t make the deadline) and Fab Friday for the colour combination. I probably never would have used these colours together without the challenge. I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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A trio of Sunflowers
I had some kits left over from a recent class I conducted at Beachmere and decided to use the die cuts on some different cards. I created three cards in all with pretty much the same product. For the first card I stamped the top right hand corner of Whisper White card with a greeting from the Ornate Thanks stamp set and Old Olive ink. I embossed the Whisper White card below the greeting using the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder. I wrapped the top of the embossing using the Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon and tied a knot. I had previously stamped the leaf image from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set onto Whisper White card using Old Olive ink. 
I had also die cut the leaf from Old Olive card using the Sunflower Dies. I attached the die cut leaves to the stamped leaves. I had previously stamped the sunflower from the Celebrate Sunflower stamp set onto Whisper White card using Crushed Curry ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating Sunflower Die. I had also die cut Crushed Curry card using the Sunflower Die. The flower centre had previously been cut from Soft Suede card using the Sunglower Dies. I attached the flower centre to the stamped flower and then attached the die cut over the top. 
I attached the die cut leaves to the stamped leaves and attached them to the back of the flower. I placed the flower onto the lower left hand corner of the embossed Whisper White card and trimmed away the excess flower. The panel is attached to Old Olive card and then scored and folded Crushed Curry card.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped another greeting from the Ornate Thanks stamp set using Old Olive ink. I attached a strip of Old Olive card behind one long edge of Whisper White card embossed using the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached to the bottom of the stamped Whisper White card.
The second and third card are created in much the same way, however, these two cards use greetings from the Peaceful Moments stamp set.
I absolutely adore how these cards turned out and by using different sentiments I have three cards for three different occasions. It makes me happy that I could use these left over kits. Let me know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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On our way home
from our few days in Toowoomba we stopped in at the Queensland Transport Museum at Gatton. The children had a great time looking at all the trucks and planes on display including the ford in the foyer. We also visited the Lights on the Hill Trucking Memorial which is in the park behind the Museum. We have been listening to Graham Rodger sing about this Memorial for many years so definitely wanted to visit. My pages begin with Very Vanilla 12″ x 12″ card. I attached a piece of the Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper to Early Espresso card before attaching to the Very Vanilla page.
I traced around a plate to cut a circle for each page from Very Vanilla card and cut them out. I sponged Old Olive ink to the edges before attaching them to the pages. I stamped the leaf image from the Positive Thoughts stamp set onto Very Vanilla card ten times using Old Olive ink. The leaves are cut out using the co-ordinating Nature’s Thoughts Dies. I also stamped the flower from the Positive Thoughts stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Pacific Point card five times. The flowers are cut out using the co-ordinating Nature’s Thoughts Dies. I also cut the flower centres from Pacific Point card using the Nature’s Thoughts Dies. On the first page I attached the photos down the right hand side of the page. 
The flower centres are attached to each of the flowers before leaves and flowers are attached around the edge of the sponged circle on the left hand side of the page. I created the journaling on the computer and printed onto Very Vanilla card. I cut out the journaling using the Rectangle Stitched Dies and attached it to an Early Espresso rectangle cut using the same dies. The journaling panel is attached between the photos and the flowers and leaves. I cut the title from Pacific Point card using the Playful Alphabet Dies. 
Lastly I added a Basic Rhinestone to the centre of the flowers.
The Specialty Paper panel is attached to the right hand side of the second page and the sponged circle to the left. I attached the photo to Early Espresso card before attached to the left hand side of the page. The leaves and flowers are attached around the edge of the sponge circle and also have Basic Rhinestones added to the flower centres. The journaling panel is created in the same manner as the first page.
I thought this might be a little fussy when I first started creating but I love the pages. They bring back so many happy memories of our short break away. I hope we can do more in the not too distant future.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Birthday Treat
I had another play with the Little Treats stamp set and the Stamparatus. This card is 10.5cm square, which is not the usual card size I would create, however, it is a good size to work with to create a wreath. So, I used the Stamparatus and a wreath template I created long ago to stamp the bon-bon image using Pacific Point ink. I attached the stamped panel to scored and folded Pacific Point card. 
I stamped the greeting from the Little Treats stamp set onto Whisper White card using Pacific Point ink and cut it out using the Layering Circles Dies. The greeting is attached to a scalloped circle cut from Pacific Point card. 
The greeting panel is attached to the centre of the wreath on the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I used the Stamparatus to do some hinged stamping across the bottom of Whisper White card using the bon-bon image from the Little Treats stamp set and Pacific Point ink.
Since I was using the Little Treats stamp set, I decided to create a co-ordinating treat box using the Little Treat Box Dies. I cut the box from Whisper White card. This box doesn’t really need the addition of glue to assemble it. You just fold on all the score lines and insert the tab into the slit to create the box. 
I did add some adhesive to the inside of the front and back just because I wanted it to be a little straighter. I stamped the bon-bon image from the Little Treats stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Pacific Point ink and cut it out using one of the Layering Circle Dies. I also stamped “it’s your day” from the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Pacific Point ink. The greeting is cut out using the same die from the Layering Circle Dies. I cut Pacific Point card twice using the circle die from the Little Treat Box Dies and attached a stamped panel to the centre of each one. I attached one image panel to each side of the treat box. I used a length of Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon to hold the top of the box together.
Isn’t this just adorable? Such a fun way to celebrate a birthday.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Little Treats
Yesterday on my Facebook Live, I shared a card and a treat box made using the Little Treats Bundle. Today I have a couple of cards using this same bundle to share. The first card has a piece of the ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper attached to Gold Foil card, which is added to the right hand side of Whisper White card. I added a strip of Gold Foil card down the left hand side of the Designer Series Paper panel before attaching the Whisper White card to scored and folded Shaded Spruce card. I stamped the parcel image from the Little Treats stamp set twice onto Whisper White card using Shaded Spruce ink. 
I also stamped the Santa hat image from the Little Treat stamp set onto Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink. All of the images are cut out using the Layering Squares Dies. I also cut three scalloped squares from Gold Foil card using the same dies. I attached each of the images to a Gold Foil scalloped square and then the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Little Treats stamp set onto Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink.
I attached a narrow strip of Gold Foil card behind one long edge of the same paper from the ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. The designer series paper panel is attached to the bottom of the stamped Whisper White card.
For the second card, I stamped the greeting from the Little Treats stamp set onto Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink before embossing the panel using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
I attached a narrow strip of Gold Foil card behind one long edge of the same pattern paper from the ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. The designer series paper panel is attached to the bottom of the stamped and embossed Whisper White card before attaching to scored and folded Shaded Spruce card. The present image and the Santa hat image are once more stamped onto Whisper White card using Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler ink. The images are cut out using the Layering Square Dies and attached to Gold Foil scalloped squares cut using the same dies. The images are attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of this card, I attached a narrow strip of Gold Foil behind one long edge of the ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. The panel is attached to the bottom of Whisper White card.
I love how these cards turned out, don’t you? This is such a fun stamp set which lends itself to more than just Christmas.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Warm & Toasty
Have you seen this fun stamp set in the August-December 2020 Mini Catalogue. It can be found on 42. Don’t have a catalogue or a demonstrator then please contact me so we can organise to get a catalogue to you. 
I attached a piece of ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Whisper White card before stamping the greeting from the Warm & Toasty stamp set onto the upper right hand corner using Cherry Cobbler ink. I coloured a length of Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon using the dark Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blend and when it was dry tied a knot and attached it across the top of the Designer Series Paper. 
The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Shaded Spruce card. I stamped the reindeer image from the Warm & Toasty stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it using the Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the image using Layering Ovals Dies and attached it to a Cherry Cobbler scalloped oval cut using the same dies. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside I stamped the greeting from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set using Real Red ink.
This is truly a lovely stamp set to use for Christmas cards for your younger family members and friends. I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 