Cards for my girls
I am a lucky Mum to two wonderful girls who are the best daughters, wives and mothers anyone could wish to know. Anyway, I thought I would share the cards I made for each of them and their husbands this year. I created the same card for them both. You know you can’t play favourites! I began by embossing Cherry Cobbler card using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to the bottom of Whisper White card. I attached one of the die cuts from the beautiful Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper above the embossed card. These are only partial images as they are on the edge of the paper but you can still use the co-ordinating Roses Die to cut them out. I wrapped the join between the floral image and the embossed card using the Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon. 
The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Mossy Meadow card. I tied a bow in another length of ribbon and attached it beneath the flower using a Mini Glue Dot. I stamped the greeting from the Christmas Rose stamp set onto Whisper White card using Early Espresso ink. 
I cut out the greeting using one of the labels from the Roses Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I fussy cut another of the images from the edge of the Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper and attached it to the bottom of Whisper White card. I stamped one of the greetings from the Christmas Rose stamp set onto the top of the panel using Early Espresso ink.
I truly love this gorgeous Christmastime is Here Product Suite and despite what I told you last week, these products are still available while stocks last. (Sometimes, it pays to read the fine print!) So please, do yourself a favour, and purchase these gorgeous products before they disappear.
Don’t they look gorgeous together?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Christmas Gift Tag
Today I am sharing a small gift tag which I was inspired to create after seeing this card on Pinterest by Tracy Marie Lewis. I have used this die many times and never thought to use it in this manner. So clever Tracy. I used the die from the Tasteful Backgrounds Dies to cut Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set below the die using Pear Pizzazz ink. I attached the die cut card to scored and folded Pear Pizzazz card. 
I tied a knot in a short length of Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon and attached it to the bottom of the die cut. I added Basic Rhinestones to the image and a Star Designer Element to the top of the die cut. Doesn’t it look just like a Christmas Tree? I stamped To/From and another greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Pear Pizzazz ink. This panel is attached inside the card. To give you some idea of the size of the tag, the Whisper White card is 7.5cm x 10cm. So this is quite small, but perfect to add to a gift.
So thanks again Tracy for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
PS: Sorry for the quality of the photo of the inside of the gift tag but I just couldn’t get it any better. Hopefully you will get the idea.
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Happy Birthday Abi
My eldest granddaughter celebrated her 15th birthday yesterday and I thought I would share the card I made for her. I embossed Whisper White card using the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder. I attached a piece of Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper across the bottom of the embossed card and wrapped the top of the Designer Series Paper using Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon. 
I stamped the image from the Beautiful You stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Blackberry Bliss and Ivory Stampin’ Blends. The panel is attached to scored and folded Blackberry Bliss card. The inside of the card is a Pop and Twist so I decorated the four panels using more images and greetings from the Beautiful You stamp set.
The colouring is done using Blackberry Bliss, Petal Pink and Ivory Stampin’ Blends. The stamping for the greetings and the outline of the coloured images is done with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Each of the panels is layered onto Sahara Sand card before being attached to the Pop and Twist Panel. I added another piece of the Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper to the top section of the card base and Whisper White card to the bottom section so I could write my message.
I created a belly band from Blackberry Bliss card. To decorate the belly bank, I stamped the greeting from the Beautiful You stamp set onto Whisper White card using Blackberry Bliss ink. I punched Blackberry Bliss card using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and attached a strip to each side of the greeting panel. I punched each end of the greeting panel using the Triple Banner Punch before attaching it to the centre of the Belly Band.
I love making these interactive type of cards, they are so much fun and I know Abi loved it too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Very Versailles Birthday
Today’s card is one I made for a friend who recently celebrated her birthday. I stamped the background image from the Very Versailles stamp set onto Whisper White card using Crumb Cake ink and sponged around the edges with the same ink. The stamped panel is attached to scored and folded Blackberry Bliss card. I stamped the leaf image from the Very Versailles stamp set onto Whisper White card using Garden Green ink. I stamped the image several times without re-inking to give even more depth to the image. I cut out the leaves using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. 
I attached the stamped panel to a Stitched Rectangle cut from Blackberry Bliss card before attaching the panel to the card front. I stamped the filigree image from Very Versailles stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Blackberry Bliss ink and cut it out. The image is attached to the centre of the leafy panel. I stamped “Birthday Wishes” from the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set onto Whisper White card using Blackberry Bliss ink and cut it out using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. 
I attached the greeting to a Blackberry Bliss Stitched Rectangle and then the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the leafy image from the Very Versailles stamp set onto the top left hand corner of Whisper White card using Garden Green ink. Again I stamped the image several times to create a little more depth. I stamped the greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set beside the leafy image using Blackberry Bliss ink. I must apologise for not taking a photograph of the inside of the card before I wrote my message, so it’s a bit blurry but you get the idea.
I love the vintage feel this card has, what about you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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For my Grandfather
Today’s page showcases a scanned copy of the actual photo my Grandfather carried with him in his wallet during World War II. When I saw this paper in the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper I just knew it would be perfect for this photo. I cut the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper in half, isn’t that clever, it is just a perfect border. I cut Poppy Parade card multiple times using the border image from the Painted Labels Dies. 
I attached the borders to the back of the top edge of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper before attaching to a 12″ x 12″ Whisper White page. I attached my photo to Basic Black card and attached it to the left hand side of the page. I stamped the image from the Painted Poppies stamp set onto the right hand side of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink before printing my journaling. I coloured the image using Poppy Parade and Light Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. I also stamped “always remember” from the Peaceful Moments stamp set at the end of the journaling.
I love how this page turned out and I know that you are all going to love this beautiful product suite from the Handmade for You Mini Catalogue when it is released in January. If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and you live on the Northside of Brisbane, contact me, so that we can organise for you to get one of these Mini Catalogues.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Elfie – Four Ways
Today I am sharing a set of cards that I made, some time ago now, using the Elfie stamp set. When I was doing my pre-order for the Holiday Catalogue, I just couldn’t go past this gorgeous stamp set. It’s a great set for kids but it appeals to adults as well.
Anyway, I decided to use a card sketch that I had saved to Pinterest to create four cards using each of the Elves in the stamp set. All of the cards begin with an Old Olive card base. Two card bases are portrait and two are landscape. 
I attached a piece of Real Red card to Whisper White card and embossed each piece using the Wood Planks 3D Embossing Folder. You need to make sure that you get the orientation right for each style of card. Greetings for the two portrait cards are created by stamping the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. The greetings are cut out using one of the dies from the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached to an Old Olive rectangle cut using the same dies. 
For one of the landscape cards I stamped another of the greetings from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink, this time I punched out the greeting using the Classic Label Punch and trimmed the ends square with the greeting. This greeting is attached to a narrow piece of Old Olive card. The fourth card comes with it’s own greeting on the stamp with the elf. 
I stamped each of the elf images from the Elfie stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the images using Real Red, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Ivory and Bronze Stampin’ Blends. The images for the portrait cards are cut out using the Stitched Rectangle Dies which are layered onto an Old Olive rectangle, cut using the same dies. For one of the landscape cards the image is cut using one of the ovals from the Layering Ovals Dies and attached to an Old Olive scalloped oval cut using the same dies. 
The last image is cut using one of the squares from the Layering Squares Dies and attached to an Old Olive scalloped square cut using the same dies. Each of the images is attached to the card front using dimensionals and the greetings where necessary are attached using dimensionals so that they sit partially over the image panel.
To decorate the inside of each of the cards, I stamped the greeting from the Elfie stamp set onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink.
I love this set. The images are really cute and I think these traditional colours make the cards bright and happy. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Christmas Framed Art
Today I am sharing with you a project which I created for my November classes. For quite a few years now during my November classes my customers have been creating a framed art piece. This year we had a “blue” theme. I used lots of different stamp sets to create the panels. Check out the icons below to see just which ones I have used. Of course you could substitue the images with other stamps sets you may own. Instead of going into great detail about how I made this piece, you can download the PDF for free. The piece is designed to fit into a standard A4 document frame.
I will also be adding this to my Free Tutorials page.
I’d love to see your creations.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Free Shipping
For today only, if you place an order of $45.00 or more you will be eligible for free shipping! Woohoo! What a great time to save on the cost of shipping your order. Stock up on all those things you have been wanting to add to your stash. Better still take advantage of the Year End Closeout. View the PDF and check out which items are discounted, some of them will be on your wish list for sure. You can even check out the list of items that will be carrying over to future catalogues to see if they are on the discounted list.
Don’t forget if you have any discount coupons to use, they will expire on the 13th December, so today would be the perfect day to use them. Oh the goodies you can buy!
In any case have a wonderful day and if you do want to make some huge savings today would be the day to place your order.
Bye for now,
Kris
Deck the Halls
I saw a lovely card on Pinterest by Susan La Croix and couldn’t resist CASING it, but of course I have changed it ever so slightly to suit my purpose. I attached a piece of the absolutely stunning Brightly Gleaming Specialty Paper to the left hand side of Whisper White card. I wrapped the right hand edge of the Designer Series Paper with the 1/4″ Copper Trim before stamping the greeting from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set onto the right hand corner using the Delicata Celestial Copper ink. I also stamped the border image twice onto the right hand side of the Whisper White card using the same ink. 
The panel is attached to scored and folded Pretty Peacock card. I stamped the large Christmas bauble from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set onto Night of Navy card using the Delicata Celestial Copper ink and punched it out using the co-ordinating Gleaming Ornament Punch. I stamped the small Christmas bauble onto Pretty Peacock card using the Delicata Celestial Copper ink and punched it out using the co-ordinating Gleaming Ornament Punch.
I attached the Christmas baubles to the ends of the border images and attached a bow tied using the 1/4″ Copper Trim to the top of each one. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the border image onto the left hand side of Whisper White card using Delicata Celestial Copper ink. I stamped the large Christmas bauble once more onto Night of Navy ink using the Delicata Celestial Copper ink and punched it out using the co-ordinating Gleaming Ornament Punch. The Christmas bauble is attached to the end of the border image.
I love how this card turned out. Thanks so much Susan for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Mercury and Stars
I haven’t used my Mercury Glass Designer Acetate much, well, hardly at all, except for cutting one star for one of my Christmas projects. So I decided to give it a whirl on this card. I attached a piece of the Mercury Acetate to Night of Navy card which is attached to the left hand side of Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Night of Navy ink. The panel is attached to scored and folded Night of Navy card. 
I die cut three stars from Night of Navy card using the Stitched Stars Dies. I also cut two Silver Foil card using two of the detailed stars dies from the Stitched Stars Dies. I attached the detailed stars to the co-ordinating Night of Navy stars before attaching all three to the card front. 
The largest star is attached using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the So Many Stars stamp set using Night of Navy ink. I attached a narrow strip of Mercury Glass Designer Acetate to a slightly larger piece of Night of Navy card and attached it to the bottom of the stamped Whisper White card.
I don’t know why I waited so long to use this gorgeous Mercury Acetate but I am sure going to be using it a lot more.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 