Fab Friday Sketch Challenge #179
I used the sketch challenge at Fab Friday to create a card for my Dad’s birthday which is today. I used product from the Country Club Product Suite which is in the 2020 Handmade for You Mini Catalogue to create this card. It suits my Dad perfectly because he loves golf and although he just turned 89 he still plays at least twice per week. I cut a large rectangle from a piece of Whisper White card using the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to scored and folded Night of Navy card. The Country Club Designer Series Paper has a couple of sheets of images which are perfect to use with the Watercolour Pencils. 
So I trimmed the paper to 4″ strips and used a slightly smaller Stitched Rectangle Die to cut out the image. I coloured the image using the Watercolour Pencils Assortment 2. I use my finger to smooth out the colour once I have applied it to the paper, very technical! I attached the coloured image panel to the centre of the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Clubhouse stamp set onto Night of Navy card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the greeting with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. 
I cut out the image using one of the co-ordinating Golf Club Dies and attached it to the left hand side of the image panel.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the golf ball image from the Clubhouse stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used a couple of colours from the Watercolour Pencils Assortment 2 to colour the image as well as the Gray colour from the Watercolour Pencils. Again I used my finger to smooth out the colour on the image.
I love the finished result and my Dad does too.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Hello Tulips
Today’s card is another that we created at Onstage Local. The stem image from the Timeless Tulip stamp set was stamped onto Whisper White card several times using Pear Pizzazz ink. The medium tulip image was stamped onto the stem images using Calypso Coral ink. The large tulip image was stamped onto scrap Whisper White card three times using Calypso Coral ink and punched out using the co-ordinating Tulip Builder Punch. The leaf image was stamped onto Whisper White card using Pear Pizzazz ink and punched out using the co-ordinating Tulip Builder Punch. The leaves and large tulips were attached to the card front using dimensionals. 
The panel is wrapped with Linen Thread and the greeting from the Timeless Tulip stamp set was stamped onto Whisper White card, trimmed and attached using dimensionals. You will note that some of the leaves have been attached over the linen thread.
The whole Whisper White panel is attached to scored and folded Pear Pizzazz card.
We didn’t decorate the inside of the card at Onstage and I must admit I haven’t done anything since I got home, but I did want to share this amazing stamp set with you.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Timeless Birthday
Today I am sharing a card with you that I made using the Timeless Tropical stamp set which will be released very soon now, in the Handmade for You Mini Catalogue. I cased one of the examples from the Mini Catalogue to create my card. I cut a circle from Grapefruit Grove card before embossing it using the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed card is attached to scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting from the Timeless Tropical stamp set into the circle cut out using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the large single leaf from the Timeless Tropical stamp set into the circle cut out using Garden Green ink. 
I attached a length of the 5/16″ Braided Burlap Trim across the card front. I stamped the large flower from the Timeless Tropical stamp set onto Whisper White card using Graprefruit Grove ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating In The Tropics Die. I stamped the frangipani flower from the same stamp set onto Whisper White card using Daffodil Delight ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating In The Tropics Die. 
I stamped the large single leaf onto Whisper White card using Garden Green ink and cut them out using the same dies. I attached the flowers and the leaves together before attaching them to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large hibiscus flower onto the lower left hand corner using Grapefruit Grove ink. I stamped the image onto a post-it-note and cut it out before attaching it over the stamped flower. I stamped the large single leaf from the Timeless Tropical stamp set twice around the flower using Garden Green ink and removed the post-it-note mask.
This is such a fun product suite, I think I am going to have to play with it a little more.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
December 1964
Today’s page showcases a photo taken in our apartment in Waukegan, Michegan, USA in December 1964. My Dad was stationed there for nearly 12 months by the Navy. The photo is probably not the best, but you have to take what you can get when it comes to older family photos. It shows my Mum and Dad, myself and my two sisters and a neighbours little girl, whose Dad I think was also in the Navy and visiting from another country – can’t remember which one! Anyway I decided to use the gorgeous Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper which I think is still available for purchase. 
I attached the Designer Series Paper to the right hand side of a 12″ x 12″ Whisper White page. I used the Stitched Labels Dies to add stitching to a piece of Mossy Meadow card and also a piece of Cherry Cobbler card. I attached the Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler card to a piece of Gold Foil and then the page. 
I cut out the flowers from the Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper and attached them to Whisper White card and then Early Espresso card. The photo and what will be my journaling are also attached to Early Espresso card. I cut the title from Early Espresso card using some old Sizzix Dies in my stash. (Sorry they are not Stampin’ Up!).
I need to ask my Mum and Dad about the other little girl before I print my journaling onto the Whisper White card. So here you have another really simple page but one that I love. I am so happy that my sister shared this photo with me and now I can share it with my children and grandchildren.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Always and Forever
The card I am sharing with you today is one that we received as a Make and Take at Onstage Live in November – another peak at what’s to come with the release of the new Mini Catalogue in January. I decided to change the design a little but not too much. I stamped the floral image from the Forever Blossoms stamp set twice onto Vellum card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the images on the reverse side using Mossy Meadow and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the images using the co-ordinating Cherry Blossoms Die. 
The images are layered onto a piece of the Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper as well as a piece of Vellum card stock before being attached to scored and folded Pool Party card. I stamped the greeting from the Forever Blossoms stamp set onto Whisper White card using Smoky Slate ink and punched it out using the Label Me Fancy Punch. I attached a length of the Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic Edge Ribbon to the back before attaching the greeting to the card front using dimensionals.
Lastly I added Basic Rhinestones to the centres of the flowers.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the small flower onto the top left and lower right hand corners of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the same flower onto a post-it-note and cut it out. I masked the flowers and stamped the double leaf image from the Forever Blossoms stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the flowers using Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends and the leaves using Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends.
I really love the soft effect you get when you colour on the reverse side of the Vellum card stock. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge #487
Today’s card was inspired by the sketch challenge at Just Add Ink. I had been stamping and colouring the images in the Little Ladybug stamp set with the idea of CASing the 2020 Sale-A-Bration catalogue, but this sketch just screamed to use these cute little images. I embossed Old Olive card using the Lace 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. I cut two circles from Whisper White card using the Stitched Shapes Dies and attached each one to a Real Red scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circles Dies. I attached one circle to the top right hand side of the embossed card and the other to the lower left hand side of the embossed card using dimensionals. The ladybug images from the Little Ladybug stamp set were stamped onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured using Dark Real Red, Dark Old Olive, Dark Daffodil Delight and Ivory Stampin’ Blends.
I hand cut each image and attached one to each circle. I stamped the greeting from the Little Ladybug stamp set onto Whisper White card and trimmed it to fit across the embossed Old Olive card. The greeting is attached using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the flower image from the Little Ladybug stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I coloured the leaves using the Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend.
I cut out the flower and attached it to the inside of the Thick Whisper White card. I stamped the ladybug image onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it using the Dark Real Red and Ivory Stampin’ Blends. I hand cut the ladybug image and attached it to the centre of the flower. I stamped the greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set to the right of the flower using Real Red ink.
How cute is that? This really gorgeous little stamp set is an additional bonus for anyone who holds a qualifying workshop or places a qualifying order during Sale-a-bration. You cannot buy it, you have to earn it. It’s a great incentive to hold a workshop or place a qualifying order during the Sale-a-bration period.
If you do not have a demonstrator and you would like a catalogue, please contact me so that we can organise to get one to you.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Merry Christmas
It is very quiet here at the moment. I have some last minute preparations to do for lunch today but thought I would take the opportunity to pop in and say Merry Christmas and wish everyone a wonderful day. I am going to be spending the day at my daughter’s home celebrating with most of my family. We are very lucky to have so far escaped a threat from bushfire. It’s been a tough couple of months in Australia with many fires burning right across the nation. The temperatures have been very high and the winds strong. The smoke in the air is thick over many towns and life has been very scary. Thanks to the efforts of our Fire Fighters the loss of homes has been minimal considering the conditions. Unfortunately, some have paid the ultimate sacrifice. My thoughts are with those that have suffered losses and with those who are still on alert. Take care to stay safe and keep cool and if you are travelling on the roads, please be careful.
Once again, Merry Christmas.
Bye for now,
Kris
Holly Christmas
Well it’s Christmas Eve and I am spending the day, doing some cooking for tomorrow and finishing off some last minute gift wrapping. Otherwise, I am ready to spend time celebrating Christmas with my family. I hope you are ready to relax and enjoy the day as well.
Today I thought I would share a couple of cards that I created using the “floating” technique. I have tried this technique a couple of times but was never really satisfied with the outcome. I saw someone (sorry I can’t remember where or who), create a floating card using the holly image from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set. Sooo, I sat down and stamped lots of the holly image onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I coloured the images using the Light Mossy Meadow and Light Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends and cut them out. Once they were cut out, I laid them onto a card front sized panel of Whisper White card. You want them to be close together but not actually touching. Next you take a piece of Glad Press n Seal and lay it over the top. This paper is sticky and so you can attach both the images and the background piece of card to it. Once that was done, I ran the panel through the Big Shot cutting the middle away using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. 
Then I trimmed down the remaining piece of card so that it created about a 2cm frame. Now you remove the images only from the backing Whisper White card and add dimensionals to the back of the images – I used Mini Dimensionals – and then you attach the images onto the Whisper White panels and remove the Press n Seal. You need to remove the Press n Seal slowly and carefully so that you don’t tear the images. That’s the fiddly bit.
To create the first card, I stamped “Seasons Greetings” from the So Many Stars stamp set onto the bottom of the front of scored and folded Thick Whisper White card using Mossy Meadow ink.
I attached the rectangle holly panel to a Mossy Meadow rectangle cut using the Stitched Rectangle Dies and then the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the holly image from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set onto the top right hand corner of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I coloured the image using the Light Mossy Meadow and Light Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends.
For the second card, I took the holly frame and attached it to a piece of Whisper White card. I stamped “Merry Christmas” from the Merry Christmas To All stamp set inside the frame using Cherry Cobbler ink.
I also stamped the small holly leaf image from the same stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink. The whole panel is attached to Mossy Meadow card and then scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the holly image from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set onto the top left hand corner of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is coloured using the Light Mossy Meadow and Light Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends.
I really love how these cards turned out, although I think the Seasons Greetings card is my favourite. What about you? Which one do you like?
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
I can’t link to the Christmas Gleaming or So Many Stars stamp set, so I guess everyone loved them just like me and they have sold out. Sorry.
Christmas Chocolate Sliders
These are the Christmas Chocolate Sliders I made for my customers and downline who attended my Christmas Party this year. I created the chocolate sliders using the basic instructions you can find on my Free Tutorials Page. The base piece is cut from Pretty Peacock card and the top is punched with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch. Because the box is a little wider, I cut away the side pieces from the bottom of the punched edge. I used Tear and Tape to assemble my boxes because it is a little sturdier and I like to think that these boxes will be re-gifted instead of just being thrown away. To decorate the front of the sliders, I stamped the Christmas Bauble image from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set onto Whisper White card using Pretty Peacock ink. 
I cut out the bauble using one of the ovals from the Layering Ovals Dies before attaching it to the front of the slider. I punched the same sized bauble from Copper Foil card using the matching Gleaming Ornaments Punch. The Copper Foil bauble is embossed using the Hammered Metal Embossing Folder. The Copper Foil bauble is attached to the stamped oval, partially covering the stamped image. I stamped the holly image from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set onto Whisper White card and coloured the image using the Dark Poppy Parade and Light Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the holly image and attached it over the top of the Christmas baubles using Mini Dimensionals. I used a length of 1/4″ Copper Trim to tie through the box to pull the chocolate out.
I love making these sliders, they are so much fun, I use the small chocolates that you can buy at Aldi, I think they are in a pack of five. You can of course create these sliders for any chocolate, large or small. You are only limited by you imagination and your mathematic skills.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Snow in Oberon
Today’s page is a really simple one. These are photos of my Mum in the snow at Oberon (Blue Mountains, Sydney for my overseas friends). They were taken when she went with my Dad in the PMG Truck on a delivery run to Oberon. My Dad’s mother and lots of his relatives lived there and so it was an opportunity to visit with them. I have to add some journaling which I will do in strips across the bottom when I get the full details from my Mum, like maybe a date. Anyway, I began by adding strips of the Mossy Meadow paper from the Neutrals 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I cut the strips at 1-7/8″ so that there was a gap between each strip. I wrapped the bottom of the Designer Series Paper with Gold 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon. I added Mossy Meadow card mats for the photos before attaching them to the page. I cut the title from Mossy Meadow card using the retired Large Letters Dies. (Did you know that these dies are now available on the Clearance Rack? So if you need them, place an order ASAP so you don’t miss out)/ I will print my journaling onto Whisper White card and cut into strips which I will attach to Mossy Meadow card. The journaling will be attached to the right of the title.
No close-ups today because the page is so simple, but I hope you like it.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Stamping with Kris 