A Lacey Birthday
Today’s card is another I made for a friend who celebrated her birthday recently. I embossed Whisper White card using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Highland Heather card. I cut Whisper White card using the Stitched Lace Dies and attached it to Granny Apple Green card. The whole panel is attached to the left hand side of the card front. I stamped the large floral image from the A Little Lace stamp set using Granny Apple Green ink. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of the panel using Granny Apple ink. 
I attached the image panel to Granny Apple Green card and then the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the image onto scrap paper three times, once using Highland Heather ink, once using Poppy Parade ink and once using Mango Melody ink. I cut one flower from each image and attached the cut flowers over the corresponding Granny Apple Green image. 
Lastly I added Clear Faceted Gems to the centres of the flowers.
To decorate the inside of the card, I inked the small floral image using Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped onto Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting from the Varied Vases stamp set next to the floral image using Highland Heather ink.
This card kind of took me out of my comfort zone. All that fussy cutting and fussy inking but I think the finished card is amazing, don’t you? I hope my friend liked it too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Kakadu
We packed a lot into our trip to Darwin and it was really exciting reaching Kakadu. This page is really quite simple but it brings back lots of memories. This is where we stopped because Sarah and Sean’s car air conditioning had stopped working. The driving belt was a mangled mess and it took Sean and Ron a little while to remove the debris, which gave us time for a walk around and a photo opportunity! My page base is 12″ x 12″ Whisper White card. I attached a 6″ square piece of Early Espresso paper from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper to the left hand side of the page. I did sponge around the edges using Early Espresso ink first.
I stamped the Birch Background stamp onto Crumb Cake card using Crumb Cake ink and sponged around the edges using the same ink. This panel is attached to the right hand side of the page. I cut a strip of Mossy Meadow paper from the Neutrals Designer Series Pack and trimmed one end with the Triple Banner Punch and sponged around the edges using Mossy Meadow ink. I did cut this strip in half so that it would reach further across the page and since my photo is on top, no-one knows! My journaling is printed onto Whisper White card, cut into strips and attached to Early Espresso card before being attached to the page. I didn’t add a title because the photo says it all.
It seems like only yesterday we were doing this trip and yet it is already over 12 months ago. I need to spend a bit more time scrapbooking!
Bye for now,
Kris
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Merry Christmas
Today’s card is a pretty simple one using the gorgeous Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper. I hope you have all placed your orders for this fabulous suite. For today’s card, I embossed Cherry Cobbler card using the Tufted 3D Embossing Folder and attached a piece of the Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper across the bottom of the embossed card. I wrapped the top of the Designer Series Paper with a length of Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon before attaching the panel to scored and folded Early Espresso card.
I stamped the greeting from the Christmas Rose stamp set onto Whisper White card using Early Espresso ink. I cut out the greeting using the co-ordinating Rose Die and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I die cut Gold Foil twice using the die from the Rose Dies and attached it to the top left and right corners of the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Christmas Rose stamp set onto Whisper White card using Early Espresso ink. I embossed a narrow strip of Cherry Cobbler card using the Tufted 3D Embossing Folder. I attached a narrow strip of Early Espresso card behind one long edge and attached it across the bottom of the stamped Whisper White card.
This was pretty simple to make but the beautiful Designer Series Paper and a touch of Gold is really all the card needed.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Concertina Birthday
I have already shared a card with you that I made using this Inside Concertina Card here. The instructions I followed were purchased from Elizabeth Shannon a lovely UK Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I embossed Balmy Blue card using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder which is attached to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I attached a strip of Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper across the card front. I cut Night of Navy card using the “rope” die from the Smooth Sailing Dies and attached it across the Designer Series Paper. I cut Mossy Meadow card using the “seaweed” die from the Smooth Sailing Dies and attached it to the card front. I cut the label die from the Smooth Sailing Dies from Balmy Blue and Sahara Sand card and attached them to the card front. 
I stamped the bird image from the Sailing Home stamp set onto a small Whisper White tag which I have punched using the Scalloped Tag Topper and rounded the bottom corners using the Detailed Trio Punch. The tag has a piece of Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Bakers Twine tied through the top before attaching to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the lighthouse image from the Sailing Home stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it using Balmy Blue, Light Mossy Meadow and Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. The image is cut out using the co-ordinating Smooth Sailing Die and attached to the left hand side of the tag. 
I stamped “happy birthday” onto Night of Navy card using Versamark ink, sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. The greeting is cut out using the label die from the Smooth Sailing Dies and attached to the tag. I stamped the anchor image from the Sailing Home stamp set onto Sahara Sand card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating Smooth Sailing Die. The anchor is attached to the tag over the bottom of the lighthouse. I also added one of the Sail Away Trinkets using a Mini Glue Dot.
I created the concertina for the inside of the card following Elizabeth’s instructions. I added a few panels of Sail Away Designer Series Paper before attaching the concertina to the inside of the card. I stamped the small sailing boat, anchor and compass images from the Sailing Home stamp set onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink. I cut out the images using one of the circles from the Layering Circles Dies. Each circle is attached to a Night of Navy scalloped circle cut using the same dies. Each image is attached to one of the concertina panels, making sure to stagger them evenly. The panel on the right is left blank to allow somewhere to write a message.
I know just the person to receive this card. He will love it just as much as me.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Birthday Blue
I found a card on Pinterest by Jo Hooper and knew it would be perfect for my Beachmere class. I stamped the car from the Geared Up Garage stamp set randomly across Bermuda Bay card using Bermuda Bay ink. I sponged the edges of the card using the same ink and attached it to scored and folded Bermuda Bay card. I embossed Smoky Slate card using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder, sponged the edges with Smoky Slate ink, attached it to another piece of Smoky Slate card before attaching it to the card front. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set onto Whisper White card using Smoky Slate ink and cut it out using one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Dies. 
I stamped the “smoke” image from the Geared up Garage stamp set several times below the greeting using Sahara Sand ink. I attached the stamped circle to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the car image from the Geared Up Garage stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card and cut it out using the co-ordinating Garage Gears Die. 
The card is attached to the stamped circle over the “smoke” image.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set onto Whisper White card using Smoky Slate ink. I stamped the car image from the Geared Up Garage stamp set randomly onto Bermuda Bay card using Bermuda Bay ink. I sponged the edges of the stamped card using Bermuda Bay ink and attached a narrow strip of Smoky Slate card behind one long edge. The stamped panel is attached to the bottom of the stamped Whisper White card.
I can’t thank Jo enough for the inspiration to create this card, I love it.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Watercoloured Magnolia
I found a card on Pinterest and used it for the inspiration for this card I made for a friend who recently lost a loved one. I stamped the large Magnolia from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto the top left and bottom right hand corners of Shimmery White card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the stamped image with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it. I used an Aqua Painter to colour the flowers using Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam and So Saffron ink. 
I attached the Shimmery White card to Soft Sea Foam card and then scored and folded Highland Heather card. I stamped the greeting from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto Soft Sea Foam card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the greeting with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it. I cut out the greeting using one of the ovals from the Stitched Ovals Dies. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large Magnolia onto the lower left hand corner Shimmery White card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the image with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it. I coloured the flower using an Aqua Painter and Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam and So Saffron ink.
I don’t enjoy making cards for these occasions, however, I am most pleased with the way this card turned out.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Snorkling
Today’s page shows off some photos that my daughter shared of her driving trip around Queensland. They spent some time in far north Queensland at Cape Tribulation and on their way home they stopped off at Cairns. They took a trip out to one of the reefs for some snorkling. I loved the photos and thought they deserved to be shown off. I began with a 12″ x 12″ Whisper White page. I masked off the top two-thirds of the page and used my sponge brayer to add Crumb Cake and Balmy Blue ink across the page. I removed the mask and then I spent some time playing around with stamps, ink and dies. 
I stamped the Octopus from the Sea of Textures stamp set several times onto Whisper White card using Flirty Flamingo ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating Under The Sea Dies. I stamped the tall seaweed image from the Magical Mermaid stamp set onto Whisper White card using Granny Apple Green ink. 
I stamped over the image using the tall seaweed image from the Sea of Textures stamp set using Coastal Cabana ink. I die cut the stamped card using the large die from the Come Sailing Dies and one of the dies from the Under The Sea Dies. I stamped the seaweed images from the Sea of Textures stamp set onto Whisper White using Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana ink. I cut the images out using the co-ordinating Under The Sea Dies. I also used the large seaweed die from the Come Sailing Dies and the tall seaweed die from the Under The Sea Dies to cut Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green card. 
Before attaching the die cuts to the page, I attached five strips of Come Sail Away Designer Series paper 2-1/4″ x 6″ across the top of the area that I had coloured on the 12″ x 12″ Whisper White page. Then I had fun layering and adding the die cut pieces across the sponged card. I attached the photo to Night of Navy card before attaching to the page. I cut the title from Night of Navy card using the retired Little Letters Dies. I printed my journaling onto Whisper White card, cut it into strips and sponged the edges with Night of Navy ink before attaching to the page.
Because I had more than one photo to show off I created a pocket page to co-ordinate. I printed the photos and added them to the pockets. At the moment I have one pocket with no image because I am waiting on a photo of the turtles. I attached one of the die cut pocket cards onto a 3″ x 4″ pocket card from the Come Sail Away Memories and More Card Pack. To fill the other pocket I stamped Whisper White card using the tall seaweed image from the Magical Mermaids stamp set using Granny Apple Green ink. I stamped the tall seaweed image from the Sea of Textures stamp set over the top using Coastal Cabana ink. I sponged around the top of the seaweed using Balmy Blue ink. I cut the stamped card using the fish die from the Under The Sea Dies. I coloured a piece of Sparkle Glimmer Paper using the dark Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blend and attached it behind the cut out fish. I added some die cuts left over from the 12″ x 12″ page to finish off.
As you know I am a simple memory keeper so this is a little out of my comfort zone, however, I am thrilled with the results. I just love how these pages turned out. I’d love to know what you think.
Bye fornow,
Kris
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Christmas Rose not just for Christmas
The card I am sharing with you today is made using the Christmastime is Here product suite and guess what, today is the day that you can begin purchasing this gorgeous product suite. Although this product suite is designed for Christmas, the flower is so beautiful you don’t have to use it just for Christmas. I began by embossing Whisper White card using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. I cut a strip of Gold Foil card using the border from the Rose Dies and attached it to the back of the bottom of the embossed card. The whole panel is attached to Whisper White card and then Gold Foil card. The Gold Foil card is attached to scored and folded Highland Heather card. I stamped the large flower image from the Christmas Rose stamp set onto Whisper White card using Versamark ink, sprinkled it with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it.
I used Highland Heather, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron and Crumb Cake ink to add the fill images to the flower. I cut out the image using the co-ordinating Rose Die and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Special Celebrations stamp set onto Highland Heather card using Versamark ink, spinkled it with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it. 
I cut out the greeting using the label die from the Rose dies. The greeting is attached to the card front also using dimensionals where necessary. As a last decorative touch I added three of the Gold Glitter Enamel Dots which are part of the product suite.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the flower onto the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card, using the fill images only, and the same inks as on the front of the card. I like the effect of being a little more dreamy (maybe), don’t you?
Don’t forget that the Christmas Time is Here Product Suite is only available from the 1st November, while stocks last.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Mermaid Kisses
and Starfish Wishes. Today I am sharing the card that I made for my Granddaughter Jae to celebrate her 11th birthday. While this is not strictly a Fancy Fold card, it does feature a spinning wheel to change the colour of the Mermaid’s tail. I followed a video that Sharni Haines shared on a demonstrator only Facebook Page. I began by stamping the mermaid image from the Magical Mermaid stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I masked the mermaid image and stamped the tall seaweed image from the Magical Mermaid stamp set across the bottom of the card using Granny Apple Green ink. I stamped the tall seaweed image from the Sea of Textures stamp set across the bottom of the card using Old Olive ink. I also stamped the dotty image from the Magical Mermaid stamp set across the top of the seaweed images using Balmy Blue ink. I removed the mask and coloured the hair and body of the mermaid but not the tail using Ivory and Daffodil Delight Blends and a Melon Mambo Stampin’ Write Marker. I used my Paper Snips to cut out the tail image. 
I stamped the tail image onto Window Sheet using Stazon ink and attached it to the back of the stamped card so that the tail showed through my cut out. I cut the largest scalloped circle from the Layering Circle Dies and coloured it using Poppy Parade, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive and Granny Apple Green ink. Once coloured, I pierced the centre of the card and laid it behind the stamped panel. I attached the scalloped circle with a retired Silver Brad so that it would spin and add colour to the mermaid tail. I decided to add two more brads for a bit more sparkle before attaching the panel to scored and folded Melon Mambo card using Foam Adhesive Strips and making sure that they didn’t interfere with the spinning circle. I stamped the greeting from the Magical Mermaid 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. I attached the greeting to a Melon Mambo scalloped oval cut using the same dies, and then the card front. I cut a small “sand dollar” from Crumb Cake card using the Under The Sea Dies and attached the Crumb Cake starfish over the stamped starfish on the greeting panel.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the tall seaweed image from the Magical Mermaid stamp set using Granny Apple Green ink. I stamped the tall seaweed image from the Sea of Textures stamp set using Old Olive ink. I cut the tall seaweed image from Granny Apple Green card using the Smooth Sailing Die. I cut the smaller seaweed image from Soft Sea Foam card using the Under The Sea Die. I cut one small and one large “sand dollar” image from Crumb Cake card. I layered the die cut images over the same seaweed before stamping another greeting from the Magical Mermaid stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I love how this turned out and can’t thank Sharni enough for sharing her video with other demonstrators. I know that Jae will love it too.
EDIT: I did a little more searching and found that Sharni has a post with a video creating this type of card on her blog here. Enjoy.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Using up Scraps
Well not really scraps, but you remember this card, that I shared with you recently which has one of the images from the Christmas Time is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper. Well around the edges of the paper I found some half images which matched the Rose Die and I had to find a way to use them. I embossed Whisper White card using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Cherry Cobbler card. 
I cut the images from the Designer Series Paper using the Rose Die and attached one to the top right hand corner and one to the bottom left hand corner of the embossed card. I stamped the greeting from the Christmas Rose stamp set onto Soft Sea Foam card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it out using one of the labels from the Rose Dies.
I attached a length of the Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon behind the greeting before attaching to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I found another partial floral bouquet on the edge of the paper and cut it out by hand before attaching it to the left hand side of Whisper White card.
I am so happy with this card. The Designer Series Paper is just so gorgeous, I didn’t want to waste any. I really would love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 