Magnolia Birthday
Today I am sharing another card created using the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper. The card also uses the Gold Foil Edge cards and envelopes which unfortunately will be retiring with the end of this current Annual Catalogue. I cut the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper to fit inside the foil edge on the cards and then coloured the flowers using the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin Blend. I cut Gold Foil cardusing the Detailed Bands Dies (I love these dies and I am so glad they are carrying over to the next Annual Catalogue) and attached the die to the coloured Designer Series Paper.
I trimmed off any of the die that overhang the edges of the Designer Series Paper. The panel is attached to the Gold Foil Edge Card. I stamped the greeting from the Peaceful Moments stamp set onto Whisper White card using Poppy Parade ink and used the Detailed Bands Die to cut out the greeting. The greeting is attached to the centre of the Gold Foil die cut.
To decorate the inside of the card I attached a narrow strip of the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper which I coloured using the Dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend, across the bottom of Whisper White card.
I loved how this card turned out, so I made several more using Dark Mango Melody, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark Flirty Flamingo, Dark Highland Heather and Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blends. Some of the cards are attached to Silver Foil Edge cards instead of Gold and use Silver Foil card to match where necessary.
They look so pretty, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Floral Case
I saw a card on Pinterest by Lisa Foster which I really loved and decided that I needed to CASE it. I began by embossing Whisper White card using the Stylish Scrolls Embossing Folder (unfortunately retiring with the end of the current Annual Catalogue). The embossed panel is attached to scored and folded Gorgeous Grape card. I stamped the flower from the Healing Hugs stamp set onto Whisper White card using Gorgeous Grape ink and cut it out. 
I stamped the leaf image from the Healing Hugs stamp set onto Whisper White card three times using Granny Apple Green ink and cut them out. I cut Whisper White card using one of the Layering Ovals Dies.
I used the same dies to cut a scalloped oval from Gorgeous Grape card. I attached the Whisper White oval to the Gorgeous Grape scalloped oval and then the card front using dimensionals. I attached the leaves to the back of the flower before attaching the whole piece to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a narrow strip of Gorgeous Grape card behind one long edge of Whisper White card embossed using the Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder. The panel is attached to the bottom of Whisper White card.
I loved the card so much I created it three more times using Lovely Lipstick, Mango Melody and Melon Mambo inks and card. I think they look great, don’t you?
Thank you Lisa for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Share Sunshine
Today I am sharing the first card I made using the Share Sunshine download. I love this image and greetings that go with it. I embossed Petal Pink card using the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Whisper White card. I wrapped the top of the embossing using the Black Twine from the Country Club Twin Combo Pack. The panel is attached to scored and folded Basic Black card. I printed the page containing the image I wanted to use onto Whisper White card. I cut out the image using one of the Layering Circle Dies. 
I coloured the image using Petal Pink, Old Olive and Real Red Stampin’ Blends. I attached the image to a Basic Black scalloped oval cut using the Layering Circle Dies before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals. I cut out the greeting using the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals where necessary.
To decorate the inside of the card, I embossed a narrow strip of Petal Pink card using the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Whisper White card. 
I wrapped the top of the embossing with the Country Club Basic Black Twine before attaching the panel to the inside of the card. I cut the greeting using the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to the inside of the card.
This is such a fun product and although, hopefully, the social isolation will soon end, the greetings and images will always be useful.
This downloadable PDF file called Share Sunshine has 15 pages of printable images and greetings with special significance to us all during this Coronavirus Pandemic. The cost of this product is $12.00 (US) and once you have downloaded it and saved it to your computer you can print and use the images and sayings as many times as you wish. As well as the images and greetings you get information regarding co-ordinating colours and dies that can be used with the download. The best thing is that you can download it immediately and start creating. This is a give-back product and all proceeds will be going to two charities that are helping during COVID-19 – The World Health Organization’s COVID-Solidarity Response Fund and United Way Worldwide’s COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund.
Click on the image below to download your copy.
I’d love to know what you are creating using this fun product.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Ava
I love memory keeping but sometimes I am stumped as to how to get started. I found this amazing sketch on Pinterest by Club Scrap which not only gives you the layout but the cutting dimensions to create the panels. I cut one of the patterned papers from the now retired Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper to create the large panels on each page. I used Smoky Slate and Basic Gray A4 card to create the additional panels for the pages (Panels B & C on the diagram). I embossed the Smoky Slate panels using the Basket Weave 3D Embossing Folder. (You need to place the folder on your die cutting machine with the fold to one side. You simply emboss the first section and then you can line up the pattern and keep embossing across the whole panel. 
You do need to be careful to make sure that the top plate doesn’t extend beyond the end of the folder onto the un-embossed area! Hope that makes sense.) I attached the panels as shown on the layout. I cut Basic Black card to create the photo mounts which is Panel D on the diagram. To decorate the page, I stamped the cake image from the now retired Happy Birthday To you stamp set onto Whisper White card three times. I coloured the images using Lovely Lipstick, Smoky Slate, Light Old Olive and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I used the co-ordinating Birthday Dies (also retired) to cut out the images. I placed the full image onto the left hand page, the three flower image onto the right hand page and just one photo onto the small photo mount. I used the Well Written Dies to cut “happy” and “Birthday” from Basic Black card and attached the greeting to the left hand page. I cut the letters for “AVA” from Basic Black card using the retired Large Letters Dies.
I love how these pages turned out. They are clean and simple but pretty as well, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Thank You
Today I am sharing a card with you that I made using the scrappy technique shared on You Tube by Bruno Bertucci. You can watch the video here. I had lots of little pieces left over from the Sale-a-bration Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper and thought it would be a fun way to use them up. Firstly I sponged some colour onto the paper using Cherry Cobbler, Blackberry Bliss, Shaded Spruce and Crushed Curry ink. I cut the pieces as shown in the video and attached them to Basic Black card. 
I cut the border from Basic Black card using the Ornate Borders Dies and attached it across the back of the designer series paper panel. I attached the whole piece to Whisper White card and wrapped it with Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon and tied a knot.
I stamped the greetings from the Ornate Thanks stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
To decorate the inside of the card, I had a little strip which I trimmed from the Designer Series Paper Panel. I attached another border cut from Basic Black card using the Ornate Border Dies before attaching the panel to the bottom of Whisper White card.
What a fun technique! AND you don’t have to use Designer Series Paper, you can just use up those little strips of card that get left over from every project. If you haven’t tried this you really should. Thanks Bruno for sharing your fun technique.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Jenny
My sister celebrated her 60th birthday last week. As she lives in WA and the rest of the family lives either in Queensland or New South Wales we are unable to celebrate this special milestone until the travel restrictions in Australia are lifted. We are saving our celebration until she can come over, but I did want to send her a card. I cut Bermuda Bay card using one of the Ornate Layers Dies. I attached the die cut to Whisper White card using repositional Glue and cut a window through both layers using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I removed the Bermuda Bay die cut and attached the Whisper White card to scored and folded Bermuda Bay card. I die cut the Bermuda Bay panel using the same Stitched Rectangle Die. I embossed the Whisper White card using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder before re-attaching the Bermuda Bay frame. The whole piece is attached to the die cut scored and folded Bermuda Bay card. 
I cut another frame from Bermuda Bay card using the Ornate Layers Die and attached it to scored and folded Whisper White card. I cut a rectangle (the same size as the front) from Whisper White card using the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to the centre of the Bermuda Bay frame. The Whisper White panel is attached inside the Bermuda Bay card base with the fold on the right hand side. I die cut Flirty Flamingo Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green using the Bouquet Bunch Dies. I attached the die cut pieces to the Whisper White rectangle to create a floral bouquet. I also stamped “celebrate” from the Beautiful You stamp set onto the Whisper White card using Bermuda Bay ink.
To decorate the inside of the Whisper White panel I cut Bermuda Bay card using the Well Written Dies. I actually cut “birthday” twice and just snipped out the “th” to add to my numbers. The numbers are cut from Bermuda Bay card using some old Sizzix Dies in my stash. I attached the greeting die cuts to the right hand side of the opened Whisper White card, leaving the middle panel to write my message.
I hope she has a wonderful day, despite the difficult times we are all going through at the moment. I am sure she will find a way to enjoy a chat and a drink or two with some of her friends and family.
Just a reminder that today is the last day you can purchase the Ornate Garden Product Suite until the next Annual Catalogue goes live in June. So if you need these products now (like me) then place your order today.
Bye for now,
Kris
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One Sheet Wonder
I saw a card by Robbie Rubala recently which I loved and it fitted perfectly with a One Sheet Wonder design that I shared on my Facebook Live a couple of weeks ago. In the end I was inspired by her card to create three! I embossed Whisper White card using the Tufted 3D Embossing Folder. I attached a strip of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper to Blackberry Bliss card. The panel is attached across the bottom of the embossed Whisper White card before attaching the whole piece to scored and folded Blackberry Bliss card. 
I cut Whisper White card and Blackberry Bliss card using the 2nd largest square from the Stitched Shapes Dies. I attached the two squares together before attaching to the card front. I stamped the outline flower from the Painted Poppies stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the flower fill image from the same stamp set using Blackberry Bliss ink. I did stamp the image onto scrap paper first to give a lighter shade. I cut out the flower using the Painted Labels Dies. 
I cut the leaf images from Mossy Meadow card and Old Olive card using the Poppy Moments Dies. I attached the two leaf dies together before attaching them to the back of the flower. The whole piece is attached across the stitched squares.
To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a narrow strip of Blackberry Bliss card behind one long edge of a strip of Whisper White card using the Tufted 3D Embossing Folder. The panel is attached to the bottom of Whisper White card.
Since I had used the One Sheet Wonder Template to cut my 6″ x 6″ piece of Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper, I created two more cards using the same basic steps. 
Thank you for the inspiration Robbie, I finally used a bit more of this lovely Designer Series Paper and I think the cards turned out great. Don’t you?
This is the template I used to cut my Designer Series Paper. I hope it helps you use some of your neglected pretty papers.
Bye for now,
Kris
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You’re Amazing
Today’s card once more uses the Ornate Garden Product Suite. Don’t forget this Product Suite will only be available to purchase during the month of April and will not return until the realease of the next Annual Catalogue in June. So, if you want to get an early start with these gorgeous products, don’t delay in placing your order. This time, I stamped the greeting from the Ornate Thanks stamp set onto the bottom of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I embossed the stamped card above the greeting using the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. 
I wrapped the bottom of the embossing using the Terracotta Tile Ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack. The embossed panel is attached to Terracotta Tile card and then scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. 
I stamped the floral image from the Ornate Style stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the flowers using Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron, Old Olive and Dark Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the image and attached it to the card front. I tied a bow in a length of the Terracotta Tile Ribbon and attached it to the card front using a Mini Glue Dot.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the multifloral image from the Ornate Style stamp set onto the top right hand corner of Whisper White card using Terracotta Tile ink.
Time is running out to buy these products this month, so place your order without delay or you will have to wait until the launch of the next Annual Catalogue in June to make a purchase.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Lest We Forget
Today is Anzac Day in Australia. This is a day where people attend Anzac Day Dawn Services and then the traditional Anzac Day March where we can honour past and present members of the Army, Navy and Air Force. This year my Grandson was going to march with his Air Force Cadet Squadron at the big march in Brisbane City. However, because of COVID-19 we are not having any Dawn Services or Marches. This is kind of sad for the Veterans, especially those who would have marched for the last time this year. So this year we will be doing what the RSL (Returned Services League) has called on everyone to do – stand at the end of our driveway at dawn, light candles, sing the National Anthem and listen to the Last Post. I found a photo of my Grandfather in his Army Uniform taken during WWII and thought it would be appropriate for today’s share. I used a 12″ x 12″ Whisper White page as the base card. I cut a circle from a piece of cardboard that comes with our Designer Series Paper.
I tore sheets of Mossy Meadow card into strips and wrapped the cardboard. Kind of messy but kind of just right. I cut the solid poppies from Poppy Parade card and the detailed overlays from Real Red card using the Poppy Moments Dies. The flower centres are cut from Basic Black card. I also cut some leaves from Old Olive card using the Poppy Moments Dies. I attached the flowers and the leaves together and added them to my “wreath”. I attached the “wreath” to the Whisper White page. I attached my photo to Basic Black card and placed it inside the “wreath”. I attached a strip of Whisper White card to a slightly wider strip of Real Red card across the bottom of the page. I cut the letters from Basic Black card using the retired Little Letters Dies.
I am really happy with this page. I am going to create a co-ordinating page with the details of my Grandfather’s War Service so my grandchildren will know a bit more of his story.
Lest We Forget.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Ornate
Today’s card features some of the product which is available as a kind of “get in early” product suite which will be released in the next Annual Catalogue. It gives us a chance to play with something new, but also something which will be around for a long while. I attached a piece of the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper to the bottom of Whisper White card. I wrapped the top of the Designer Series Paper with the Old Olive ribbon from the Garden Ribbon Combo Pack before attaching the panel to scored and folded Old Olive card. 
I cut the frame from Terracotta Tile card using the Ornate Layers Dies. I attached the die cut to Old Olive card and then the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the single flower from the Ornate Style stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I coloured the flower using Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I trimmed the Whisper White card and attached it to the centre of the Terracotta Tile frame.
To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a narrow strip of the same paper from the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper to the bottom of Whisper White card. I also wrapped the top of the Designer Series Paper using the Old Olive Ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack.
Simple but I think quite lovely. What do you think? Remember this gorgeous product suite is available to purchase during the month of April and then it won’t be available again until the new catalogue goes live in June. So if you need these products, don’t delay placing your order.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Stamping with Kris 