Same Design 2 Ways
Today I am sharing two cards I made using the Flowering Foils Designer Series Paper which is a second release item FREE with a qualifying order until the end of this month. The instructions for each card are the same, I just create one in the portrait style and one in the landscape style. I attached a piece of the Flowering Foils Designer Series Paper to Basic Black card and then scored and folded Cherry Cobbler card. 
I cut Basic Black card using the largest of the scalloped circles from the Layering Circles Dies and attached them to the card front. I used the single flowers in the Flowering Foils Designer Series Paper and coloured them with Dark Cherry Cobbler, Dark Old Olive and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. 
I cut out the flowers and attached them to the Basic Black scalloped circles.
To decorate the inside of the card I cut a narrow strip of Designer Series Paper in each style and attached a narrow strip of Basic Black card behind one long edge. I attached the designer series paper panel to the bottom of Whisper White card. I didn’t add any greetings to these cards because I felt they could be used for many occasions, so I will just add a greeting when I need to use them.
Let me know which version do you prefer? Landscape? Portrait?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Golden Honey Birthday
This card uses the gorgeous Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper which you can obtain for FREE with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration. It is truly beautiful with black and white designs one side and the other side has gold foil accents. So lovely! Today’s card grew from one I saw somewhere (sorry I can’t remember where, if it’s your design, please let me know) and couldn’t resist casing. I cut a standard card base from Thick Whisper White card and cut down the front panel. I attached Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper to the front and the right hand side of the inside of the card (sounds like double dutch but the pictures make it clear).
I cut Whisper White card using the die from the Painted Labels Dies. I also cut Basic Black card using one of the dies from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Itty Bitty Birthday’s stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it out also using one of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I stamped the leaf image from the Thoughtful Blooms stamp set using Old Olive ink above and below the greeting. I attached the three die cuts together and then attached them to the front of the card.
(You need to make sure where you are putting adhesive because you don’t want any where the labels overhang the front panel.) I stamped the the solid single flower from the Thoughtful Blooms stamp set onto scrap Whisper White using Flirty Flamingo ink. I stamped the smaller flower on top using Calypso Coral ink. I used the Small Bloom Punch to punch out the flowers and attached them to the greeting label.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped one of the flower stem images from the Thoughful Blooms stamp set onto the lower left hand corner using Old Olive ink. I stamped the co-ordinating flower image from the same stamp set using Calypso Coral ink. This is such a fun card and I know that the ladies in my Beachmere classes will love this one.
Bye for now,
Kris
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More Foiled Flowers
Today’s card again uses the Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper. I haven’t progressed past the floral patterned paper but I will. This truly is beautiful paper! This time I coloured a double flower image from the Designer Series Paper using Dark Highland Heather, Dark Old Olive and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I embossed Whisper White card using the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder which I attached to Highland Heather card and then scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. I cut out the flowers and attached them to the embossed card. 
I stamped “happy birthday” from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto Whisper White card using Highland Heather ink. I cut out the greeting with one of the ovals from the Layering Ovals Dies and attached it to a Highland Heather scalloped oval cut using the same dies. 
The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I coloured an image on the corner of the Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper using the same Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the image and attached it to the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card. The whole panel is attached to the inside of the card.
I really am loving this paper and I know you will too especially it is FREE with a qualifying order until the end of the month.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Flowering Foils Birthday
Have you seen the news? Stampin’ Up! has a second release of more Freebies you can earn during the last month of Sale-A-Bration. One of the products to be released is the beautiful Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper has three sheets of four beautiful embossed designs using Rose Gold Foil, and Silver Foil on White paper. So you can add colour, any colour you like to the paper to create your own one of a kind cards or scrapbook pages. One of the other new releases is the So Vellum Specialty Designer Series Paper. This pack includes 6 sheets of embossed vellum two each of three different colours – Pool Party, Purple Pose and Soft Sea Foam. 
I decided to feature these beautiful papers on today’s card which I created for a friend who recently celebrated her birthday. I attached a piece of the Purple Posy Vellum paper from the So Vellum Specialty Designer Series Paper to the left hand side of Whisper White card and attached it to scored and folded Soft Sea Foam card. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Special Celebration stamp set onto the bottom of a piece of Whisper White card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the greeting with Copper Embossing Powder and heat set it before I attached it to Soft Sea Foam card. The panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. 
I selected a flower from one of the papers in the Flowering Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper and coloured the image using Light Purple Posy, Dark Soft Sea Foam and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I fussy cut the image and attached it to the card front above the embossed greeting.
To decorate the inside of the card, I chose another flower from the same paper and coloured the image using the same Stampin’ Blends before cutting it out. The image was right on the edge of the paper and so not a complete flower which I figured would normally not be used but which works well for the edge of the Whisper White card.
I hope you are inspired to take another look at these beautiful papers when you place your next order. Remember they are FREE with a qualifying order. I do hope my friend likes her card.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Penang
Today’s page is one that showcases a photo of my Mum and Dad taken in Penang on one of their overseas trips. I mixed some Night of Navy re-inker with Shimmer White Embossing Paste and used one of the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks to add some texture to the upper right and lower left hand corners of the Whisper White 12″ x 12″ page. I attached two 6″ x 4″ cards from the Come Sail Away Memories and More Card Pack to the page. 
I cut down two of the 4″ x 3″ cards from the same Memories and More Card Pack to be slightly smaller and attached them to the page. I attached my photo to Night of Navy card before attaching it to the centre of the page. I love how using the Memories and More Card Packs makes creating great layouts so easy. I hand wrote my journaling after getting a few details from Mum and Dad.
Bye for now,
Kris
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New Beginnings
I have been looking at all the examples using the lovely Power of Hope stamp set to come up with new ideas and today’s card is my first original one. I embossed Basic Black card using the Stone 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Real Red card. I stamped the pagoda image onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the roof of the pagoda using a Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blend. I cut out the image using one of the Layering Square Dies and attached it to a Real Red scalloped square cut out using the same dies. I attached the stamped panel to the upper part of the card front. 
I stamped the greeting from the Power of Hope stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it out using one of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I attached it to Real Red card cut using the same dies and then the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the tree image from the Power of Hope stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the greeting from the same stamp set using the same ink. I added some colour to the tree image using the Light Old Olive Stampin’ Blend.
This is a lovely stamp set and it comes as a set with the Stone 3D Embossing Folder for FREE with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration. Now is the perfect time to stock up on the things you need so you can earn some bonus product for free.
Do you like this card? Have I inspired you to earn this gorgeous bundle? Let me know, I’d love to hear.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Saying Goodbye
My friend and neighbour has sold her house and is moving to Tamworth. She loves to craft and is one of my class regulars. I will miss her very much, but hope that her new endeavours in Tamworth bring her and her husband much joy. Anyway, I cased a card I found on Pinterest by Wendy Lee to create the front of my going away card. I stamped Basic Black card using the tree image from the Power of Hope stamp set using Versamark ink. I sprinkled it with clear embossing power and heat set it. The embossed panel is attached to scored and folded Basic Black card. I embossed a piece of Whisper White card using the Stone 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to the right hand side of the card front. 
I stamped the pagoda image from the Power of Hope stamp set onto Whisper White card using Versamark ink. I also stamped the greeting from the same stamp set beneath the pagoda image using the same ink. I sprinkled the stamped image and greeting with the Shimmer Black Embossing Powder and heat set it. This is the first time i have used this embossing power and I love the sparkle it gives your images. 
I attached the stamped panel to Vellum cardstock using dimensionals and then the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I embossed Whisper White card using the Stone 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to the section above the Pop and Twist. I also attached Whisper White card below the Pop and Twist so that I could write my message. 
For the first panel on my Pop and Twist, I stamped the lady image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Whisper White card. I also stamped the lantern image 3 times using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the lady image onto a piece of the Lily Designer Series Paper and cut out the kimono. I attached the cut piece onto the stamped image. I coloured the rest of the images using Light Flirty Flamingo, Ivory and Bronze Stampin’ Blends. The stings for the lanterns were drawn using the 0.5 Journaling Pen. The panel is attached to Silver Foil and then the Pop and Twist mechanism. 
The next panel has the tree image from the Power of Hope stamp set stamped onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped a greeting from the First Frost stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added colour to the tree using the Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. This panel is attached to Silver Foil and then the Pop and Twist mechanism. For the third panel I stamped the Pagoda image from the Power of Hope stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added some colour using a Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blend. This panel is also attached to Silver Foil and then the Pop and Twist mechanism. For the last panel I stamped the lantern image from the Power of Hope stamp set onto Whisper White card three times using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the images using a Dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend. I drew the strings onto the lanterns using the 0.5 Journaling Pen. Once more this panel is attached to Silver Foil and then the Pop and Twist mechanism.
I love these type of fancy folds and I love this stamp set. Don’t forget that the Power of Hope stamp set and the Stone 3D embossing Folder is a bundle which you can earn for FREE with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Good Luck
Today’s card is my version of one that can be found on page 14 of the Sale-a-Bration catalogue. I stamped the tree image from the Power of Hope stamp set onto Petal Pink card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the images with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. I attached the stamped card to scored and folded Smoky Slate card. I cut Whisper White card using the die from the Painted Labels Dies and stamped the image from the Power of Hope stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the same image onto a piece of the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut out the kimono part of the image and attached it to the stamped image. 
I also used Bronze and Ivory Stampin’ Blends to colour the hair and the skin of the stamped image. I attached the Whisper White die to a piece of Silver Foil card and then the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “good luck” from the Power of Hope stamp set onto Shaded Spruce card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the greeting with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. 
I trimmed around the greeting and attached it to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from the Power of Hope stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the lantern from the same stamp set three times around the greeting. I used the Light Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blend to colour the lanterns.
I really love the way this card turned out, although I think I need to invest in new White Embossing Powder! Such a lovely stamp set and it comes with a beautiful Stone 3D Embossing Folder as part of the deal AND its FREE with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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With Sympathy
I needed to make a card for a fellow team member who recently suffered the loss of her brother. I had seen a card made using the Painted Poppies stamp set and the Spotlight technique. This is a kind of subtle technique and perfect for this type of card. I stamped the greeting from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of Whisper White card using Highland Heather ink. I stamped the poppy image from the Painted Poppies stamp set across a narrower panel of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I attached the stamped card to Highland Heather card. I coloured a length of Whisper White Crinkled Ribbon using the Light Highland Heather Stampin’ Blend, tied a knot in the end and wrapped the bottom of the stamped images. I cut three of the border pieces from Highland Heather card using the Painted Labels Dies. I attached the dies across the bottom of the stamped panel before attaching to the stamped Whisper White card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Highland Heather card. I stamped the poppy image once more onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the flowers using the light Highland Heather Stampin’ Blend.
I cut out the flowers using one of the Layering Circles Dies and attached it to a 1-1/2″ Circle punched from Highland Heather card. The coloured image is attached over the stamped poppy image.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the poppy image across the bottom of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
Simple but pretty and a fitting card for the occasion, don’t you agree?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Nanny Mac
Ron’s Mum was always called Nanny Mac by her grandchildren and then her great grandchildren. I found some photos that were taken in 1980 of a visit to Evans Head in 1980 to see her. Ron, Sarah and Ron’s sister Rhonda painted Mum’s dividing fence. These photos were taken after the painting. I kept the page simple (as ususal). I embossed Coastal Cabana card using the Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder and attached it down the length of a 12″ x 12″ Whisper White page. I attached the photos across the page and added my journalling which I created on the computer. 
I also created the title by printing onto Whisper White paper using the computer and then fussy cutting the title. A little tip for you, I don’t keep 12″ x 12″ card in every colour, so when I want to do something like this, I make sure that I can cut the A4 card and use something to hide the small gap. In this case the main picture!
This page is truly super simple but I am glad to have these photos in an album. My grandchildren really love looking through the pages and finding out about their relatives, it gives them a broader view of their family. They are really lucky to still have my Mum and Dad (their Great Grandparents) around to tell them stories as well .
I hope you are going through your photo stash, whether it be on the computer, on dvd’s or simply tucked away in a cupboard and creating simple pages for everyone to enjoy. They really do not have to be complicated and it is so amazing how many memories can be invoked by one photo!
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 