Tropical Oasis Birthday
Today’s card was inspired by one in the 2020 Handmade For You Mini Catalogue. Of course mine probably doesn’t look a bit like the one in the catty but it did inspire me. I embossed Pool Party card using the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Early Espresso card. I attached a piece of the Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper to Early Espresso card and then the card front. I inked the palm tree image from the Timeless Tropical stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Early Espresso and Garden Green Stampin’ Write Markers. I cut out the image using the co-ordinating In The Tropics Die. The palm trees are attached to the card front using dimensionals. 
I stamped the greeting from the Timeless Tropical stamp set onto Whisper White card using Early Espresso ink. I used the Timeless Label Punch to punch out the greeting. I punched Early Espresso card using the same punch and cut it in half. 
I attached one half to the back of the top of the punched greeting and the other half to the back of the bottom of the punched greeting. I did trim a little excess away on the sides as well. The greeting is attached over the palm trees using dimensionals where necessary.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the palm tree image from the Timeless Tropical stamp set onto Whisper White card, again, inking the image with Early Espresso and Garden Green Stampin’ Write Markers. I also stamped the greeting from the same stamp set beside the trees using Early Espresso ink. I embossed a narrow strip of Pool Party card using the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder and attached a narrow strip of Early Espresso card behind one long edge. The panel is attached to the bottom of the stamped Whisper White card, covering the bottom of the palm tree stems.
What a fun card! If you are like me and get a little stuck for ideas occasionally, using the catalogue as inspiration seems to work every time.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Floating Panel Card
Today’s card is another that I made using a tutorial I purchased from Elizabeth Shannon. I believe that this is only available for demonstrators to purchase but please check with Elizabeth. This week has all been about the Tropical Oasis Product Suite, so I wanted today’s card to use some of those products. I cut my card base from Thick Very Vanilla card and added Balmy Blue card which I embossed using the Coastal Weave 3d Embossing Folder.
I cut my “floating” panel from Balmy Blue card with a layer of Very Vanilla card. Before attaching the panel to the card front using dimensionals, I stamped the greeting from the Timeless Tropical stamp set onto the inside of the card using Stazon Saddle Brown ink. To create the flowers and leaves, I stamped the images from the Timeless Tropical stamp set onto Shimmery White card using Stazon Saddle Brown ink. 
I used an Aqua Painter and Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green ink to colour the flowers and leaves. It takes a while for these to dry and you need to be patient (or you could use your heat gun to hurry the process). I actually left mine overnight to make sure they were completely dry. I cut out all the images using the co-ordinating In The Tropics Dies before attaching the flowers and leaves to the “floating” panel using dimensionals under the last frangipani flower. I also added a small Basic Rhinestone to the centre of each of the flowers.
This style of card is actually very simple to make. You don’t need a lot of product or card and just about any stamp set would work.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Tropical Birthday
I had so much fun creating my first card using the Tropical Oasis Memories and More cards, I decided to CASE this one from the 2020 Handmade For You Mini Catalogue. I trimmed a little from one of the 4″ x 6″ Tropical Oasis Memories and More card and attached it to scored and folded Thick Very Vanilla card. I cut the pineapple from Daffodil Delight card using the In The Tropices Dies. I sponged some Daffodil Delight ink all over it to add some definition. I cut the pineapple leaves from Old Olive card using the In The Tropics Dies, sponged over some Old Olive ink and curled the pieces that stand up. I stamped the greeting from the Timeless Tropical stamp set onto a rectangle of Very Vanilla card using Soft Suede ink. 
I frayed the ends of a length of 5/16″ Braided Burlap Trim before attaching it to the back of the greeting using Mini Glue Dots. and attached the piece to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the frangipani flower three times onto Fluid Watercolour Paper using Saddle Brown Stazon ink. I used an Aqua Painter to add Crumb Cake and Terracotta Tile ink to the flowers to colour them. I cut the flowers out using the In The Tropics Dies and attached them to the card front using dimensionals. Lastly I added Clear Faceted Gems to the centres of the flowers.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped, coloured and cut out one frangipani flower as before. I also stamped one single leaf using the Saddle Brown Stazon ink and coloured it using Old Olive ink. I cut out the leaf using the co-ordinating In The Tropics Die and attached it to the back of the frangipani before attaching the piece to the lower left hand corner of the inside of the card.
My card doesn’t actually look like the one in the catalogue (it’s on page 40), but I love the way it turned out. The Tropical Oasis Memories and More cards make it so easy to create quick and beautiful cards. AND what about the Saddle Brown Stazon ink isn’t it amazing. It seems to let the colour of the flowers shine more than if you use Black Stazon ink. Have you tried this amazing ink yet? If not, well, maybe you should.
I hope I am inspiring you to take another look at the Tropical Oasis Product Suite including the Tropical Oasis Memories and More cards. I’d love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Tropical Oasis
I finally decided to open my Tropical Oasis Memories and More card pack to create a card today and boy are they lovely designs. I embossed a strip of Terracotta Tile card using the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Whisper White card. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Pretty Peacock card. Then I simply attached one of the 3″ x 4″ Tropical Oasis Memories and More cards to the card front. Simple! – and yet so much detail.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from the Timeless Tropical stamp set using Terracotta Tile ink. I also stamped the palm trees from the same stamp set using Pretty Peacock ink.
This card was so simple to make and would be perfect for beginner crafters. You could use one of the 4″ x 6″ Memories and More cards cut in half to create the panel on the front in place of the embossed card. The possibilities are endless!
The Tropical Oasis Memories and More Card Pack comes with two of each card design in both the 4″ x 6″ and 3″ x 4″ card sizes (50 cards altogether). It also has two sheets each of two different designs of stickers which contain images and labels for you to use on your creations. Of course these cards are also awesome to use in your Memory Keeping. Why not use one of each to create cards and keep the other one for Memory Keeping.
If you haven’t had a good look at these Tropical Oasis Memories and More cards yet, then check out this video by Stampin’ Up!
I hope this inspired you to take a second look at these cards.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Mum
This is a photo of my mother with my grandmother (her mother-in-law) at her sister’s wedding around about 1955. To be honest it is the nicest photo I have ever seen of my grandmother. She just never seemed to smile in any photo! Anyway to create my page I attached different designs of paper from the Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper to a 12″ x 12″ Whisper White page. I cut the Designer Series Paper into card front size first and then trimmed off a 3″ x 4″ piece to use on this page. 
The rest of the piece can be used on a card front. My photo is attached to Basic Black card and then to the page over the Designer Series Paper. I created my journaling on the computer and printed onto Whisper White card. The journaling is attached to Basic Black card and then the page. I stamped the flower image from the Forever Blossoms stamp set onto Whisper White card using the Stamparatus to get a reverse image and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the image and attached it to the page.
You know me simple is my style, but I love how this has turned out. Let me know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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One More
card using the Peaceful Poppies Elements for a while anyway. I truly am loving using these dies and I am working on a class which will include a half packet of the Peaceful Poppies Elements. I am sure that my ladies will love it. Now onto today’s card. Once more I embossed Whisper White card using the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Basic Black card. The panel is attached to scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. 
I stamped “happy birthday” from the Peaceful Moments stamp set onto the banner from the Peaceful Poppies Elements using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the greeting with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. I coloured the poppy which is already embossed onto Watercolour paper using Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow re-inkers and an Aqua Painter. Once the image was dry I attached it to the stamped banner. I also punched out one of the leaves which is already embossed onto Vellum card. 
I tied a bow in a length of the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding and attached it over the ends of the leaf and flower. The whole banner is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Peaceful Moments stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured another flower and leaf from the Peaceful Poppies Elements which were already embossed onto watercolour paper as before using the Aqua Painter and re-inkers.
This might be the last card made using these for a while, but I have lots more ideas for using these fabulous die cuts so I will be back with more ideas for you all.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Elemental Easel Card
Well I am on a roll using the beautiful Peaceful Poppy Elements, so today’s easel card is created using more of these gorgeous die cuts. For this card, I used two of the flowers which are already embossed onto Watercolour paper and coloured them using an Aqua Painter and Poppy Parade re-inker. I also coloured two of the leaves which again are already embossed onto Watercolour paper using an Aqua Painter and Mossy Meadow re-inker. To do this I placed a drop of the re-inker in each colour onto a clear block, so that I could use my Aqua Painter to mix the re-inker with water and add to the flowers and leaves. Anyway, I set the flowers and leaves aside to dry while I created the rest of the card. I embossed a piece of Whisper White card using the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to a piece of Mossy Meadow card. I cut Poppy Parade card using on the dies from the Painted Labels Dies and attached it to the card front. I cut Basic Black card using another of the Painted Labels Dies and attached it over the Poppy Parade die cut. 
I stamped “Happy Birthday” from the Peaceful Moments stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it out using one of the circles from the Layering Circles Dies. The greeting is attached to the centre of the Basic Black die cut. I attached the flowers and leaves to the card front using dimensionals under the smallest flower. I cut Poppy Parade card (10.5cm x length of the A4 sheet, scored along the longest side at 7.4 and 14.8cm). 
I used my bone folder on the score lines to give nice folds and attached the image panel to the centre of the section below the 7.4cm score line. (Gosh I hope that makes sense.)
To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a piece of Whisper White card which gives me somewhere to write a message. I stamped the greeting from the Peaceful Moments stamp set onto Whisper White card and cut it out using the label die from the Painted Labels Dies. There is a score line on this die and I cut along the score line to reduce the size of the label. I cut Poppy Parade using the same die and attached the greeting. As you can see by trimming the Whisper White label, the greeting now has a Poppy Parade border. The greeting is attached to the Whisper White card using dimensionals so that my easel will sit up nicely. However, if folds flat to go into a standard sized envelope. Yay!
I really am loving using these dies and I hope that you are enjoying my creations using them.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Case This Sketch #359
I created today’s card using the current challenge at Case This Sketch this week. Since I had my Peaceful Poppies Elements out on the desk, I decided to use them once more for this sketch. I embossed Whisper White card using the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Poppy Parade card. I cut Whisper White and Basic Black card using the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I stamped the greeting from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set onto the bottom of the Whisper White rectangle using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut Poppy Parade using the border die from the Painted Labels Dies. 
The Poppy Parade die cut is attached to the back of the Basic Black rectangle before being attached to the card front. I attached the die cut from the Peaceful Poppies Elements to the stamped Whisper White rectangle before attaching it to the card front. I cut two borders from Basic Black card using the Painted Labels Dies. 
I trimmed the length of the borders and attached them below the image panel on the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Peaceful Moments stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also attached another of the die cuts from the Peaceful Poppies Elements to the left of the greeting.
Oh My Goodness, I am loving how easy it is to create a card using these fabulous Peaceful Poppies Elements. Thank you Stampin’ Up! and thank you Case This Sketch for another great challenge.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Just Add Ink #492
I saw the sketch challenge at Just Add Ink this week and decided to play along. I have had the Peaceful Poppies Elements for quite a while and decided that it was about time, I brought them out and used them! I stamped the greeting from the Peaceful Moments stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I embossed the top two-thirds of the stamped Whisper White card using the Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder. I attached the border die from the Peaceful Poppies Elements across the card using dimensionals on the ends only to cover where the embossing ended. I cut an oval from Whisper White card using the Stitched Shapes Dies and attached it to a scalloped Basic Black oval cut using the Layering Ovals Dies.
I attached the Peaceful Poppies Elements die cut to the Whisper White oval. The whole panel is attached to the card front under the border element. 
I added another die cut from the Peaceful Poppies Elements to the card front using mini dimensionals where necessary.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped a greeting from the Peaceful Moments stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. To compliment the greeting, I attached another die cut from the Peaceful Poppies Elements just to the left.
This card was made really easy to assemble by using these gorgeous Peaceful Poppies Elements. I actually made four cards the same so that I have a few in my stash. Thank you so much Just Add Ink for a fabulous challenge.
Bye for now,
Kris
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More First Day
Last week I shared a page I made for the first day of school this year. I wanted to do a double page layout with photos of all of my grandchildren. However, I only had Sarah’s childrens photos printed and when I went to print Emma’s first day photos, my Cannon Picturemate failed me! Apparently it’s not fixable so I am going to have to buy a new photo printer. Anyway, I got the photos and today’s page shows Emma’s three on the girls first day of school and Noah’s second day. I used the same patterned piece of paper from the Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper but this time I attached it down the right hand side of the page. I punched a strip of Early Espresso card using the Decorative Ribbon Border punch which I attached to the left hand side of the paper first. I cut Early Espresso card to mat my photos and journaling. I hand wrote the journaling onto a journal card I had on hand (not Stampin’ Up! but I could have written on Whisper White card) using the 0.5 Journaling Pen. I also attached one of the stickers from the Tropical Oasis Memories and More card pack to the journaling card.
I didn’t add a title to this page as the one from last week said it all. Again this page is my style, simple, but when you put them together they do look lovely, don’t they?
Kris
Product Used
Stamping with Kris 