Special Birthday Celebration
I had a friend celebrate one of those “0” birthday’s, not telling which one, but I wanted to create a special card for her and this is what I came up with. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Special Celebration stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of Whisper White card using Blackberry Bliss ink. I cut a strip of Blackberry Bliss card using the border die from the Be Mine Stitched Dies and attached it to a piece of Whisper White card I had embossed using the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached to the stamped Whisper White card and the whole panel is attached to scored and folded Blackberry Bliss card. 
I stamped the large flower from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto Whisper White card three times using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the leaves on one image using the Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. I also coloured the outside edge of the flower using the Light Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blend before cutting out the image using the co-ordinating Magnolia Die. 
I coloured the whole of the flower on the second image using the Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blends and hand cut the flower. I only coloured the central four petals on the third image, again using the Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blends and the Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend. I attached the images on top of each other using dimensionals. I used a spritzer to spray the flower with a mix of Rubbing Alcohol (Isopril – available at Woolies and Coles) and Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. I let the flower dry before attaching it to the card front. I tied a bow in a length of Gold 5/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon and attached it to the flower stem.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the border image from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set using Blackberry Bliss ink.
I love this card and I hope my friend did too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Day
Today’s page again features a photo from the collection that my Dad gave to me. This one shows my Mum and Dad with his sister and his parents. It was taken inside the house at Bass Avenue, East Hills, but I do not know when. I will have to ask my Dad that question. I also used a sketch challenge on a Facebook page (Scrapbooking Global) I belong to for the layout of my page. I used a Very Vanilla 12″ x 12″ page and stamped the scripty image from the Very Versailles stamp set onto the top left and bottom right hand corners using Crumb Cake ink. I also stamped the leaf image from the same stamp set over the top using Old Olive ink. To give the page a bit of an aged feel I sponged around the edges of the Very Vanilla card using Crumb Cake ink. 
I cut two pieces of Soft Sea Foam card 2-1/4″ x 6″, two pieces of Pear Pizzazz 2-1/4″ x 6″ and one Old Olive piece the same size. I embossed each of these pieces using the Layering Leaves 3D Embossing Folder. Using the co-ordinating ink I sponged around the edges of each embossed piece and then lightly sponged ink over the embossed pattern before attaching them across the Very Vanilla card. I attached the photo to Early Espresso card. I stamped the leafy image from the Very Versailles stamp set onto scrap Very Vanilla card using Old Olive ink.
I fussy cut the leafy images and attached them to the back of the photo before attaching it to the page. To create the title I cut “happy” and “birthday” from Early Espresso card using the Well Written Dies. I trimmed “birthday” so I was left with “day” and attached the title above the embossed panels. I printed my journaling onto Very Vanilla card, cut it into strips and sponged the edges using Early Esspresso ink before attaching them to the page.
I am really happy with this page, it has a Vintage feel but as the photo is quite dark, I wanted to add a little lightness and I think the embossed panels do just that. Don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Birthday Wishes
Today’s card is one that I made for a friend who recently celebrated her birthday. I stamped the tall leaf image from the First Frost stamp set three times onto Whisper White card using Soft Sea Foam ink. I stamped the large floral image from the First Frost twice onto Whisper White card, inking the image using a Blushing Bride and a Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Marker. I cut out the images using the co-ordinating Frosted Bouquet Dies before attaching them to the stamped card. I also cut the smaller leafy image from the Frosted Bouquet Dies twice from Silver Foil card and attached them over the other images on the card front. 
I stamped the greeting from Itty Bitty Birthdays onto the top right hand corner using Pear Pizzazz ink before attaching the stamped card to Blushing Bride card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. I stamped the large single flower once onto scrap Whisper White card using Blushing Bride ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating Frosted Bouquet Die.
I stamped the small single flower twice onto scrap Whisper White card using Blushing Bride ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating Frosted Bouquet Die. I attached the flowers to the card front using dimensionals. I tucked small lengths of Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon behind the flowers, using Mini Glue Dots to hold them in place. I also tied a bow in the same ribbon and attached it below the flowers using a Mini Glue Dot.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large floral image from the First Frost stamp set onto the lower left hand corner. I inked the image using a Blushing Bride and a Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Marker.
This card is so soft and pretty and I love it. I hope my friend did too. What about you? Would you like to receive this card?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Pull Tab Flap Card
Today I am sharing a fancy fold card that I have seen in many forms on the internet. I watched a video by Lisa Curcio to create my card today. You will find the video in this post. I cut a piece of Night Before Christmas Designer Series Paper and attached it to Whisper White card for a bit of strength before punching the panel with the Classic Label Punch to create the slide for the pull mechanism. I cut my card using the squares from the Stitched Shapes Dies as per Lisa’s instructions. 
To decorate the front panel, I stamped the image from the Elfie stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card and coloured the Image using Stampin’ Blends in the following coloures – Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight, Ivory and Bronze. I hand cut the image so that I was left with only the elf and attached it to the card front panel. 
On the pull for the inside, I stamped the greeting from the Elfie stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the parcel image from the Elfie stamp set using the same ink and coloured it using the Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. 
Once I had assembled the pull tab and panels on the Designer Series Paper panel, it is attached to Cherry Cobbler card using dimensionals, making sure not to impede the pull mechanism. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. I stamped another of the greetings from the Elfie stamp set onto the inside of the card base using Cherry Cobbler ink. I attached a length of Silver 5/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon through the pull mechanism to make it easier to use.
I love the way this came together and seriously it was not as hard as you might think, thanks to Lisa and her video, it is really quite easy. I hope you give it a try.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Casing Nature
I saw a couple of cards on Pinterest created by Fiona Whitten, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from the UK. She created two beautiful cards with stamping and cardstock alone. Since I struggle with #simple stamping I had to add some embossing also. For the first card, I embossed Crumb Cake card using the Woodland Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Early Espresso card. I stamped the fox image from the Natures Beauty stamp set onto Whisper White card using Early Espresso ink. 
I stamped the grass image from the same stamp set on either side of the fox also using Early Espresso ink. I attached the stamped Whisper White card to Early Espresso card and then the card front.
The second card also has Crumb Cake card embossed using the Woodland Embossing Folder attached to scored and folded Early Espresso card. 
This time I stamped the deer image from the Natures Beauty stamp set onto Whisper White card using Early Espesso ink. I stamped the double tree image from the same stamp set on either side of the deer using Early Espresso ink. 
I also added the grass image on either side of the deer using the same ink. The panel is attached to Early Espresso card and then the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I embossed a narrow strip of Crumb Cake card using the Woodland Embossing Folder. I attached a narrow strip of Early Espresso card behind one long edge before attaching to Whisper White card. Fiona didn’t add any greetings to her cards and neither did I because I think you could use these cards for lots of different reasons, don’t you?
I love how beautiful these cards look. Thank you so much Fiona for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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A Rosey Christmas
There is an amazing new product suite to be released on the 1st November – Christmastime is Here. This product suite is absolutely fabulous. There is a beautiful stamp set containing a full sized floral and leafy image which is cling mount and a photopolymer stamp set with images which can be used to colour the cling image. It also has a co-ordinating die set. There is the most stunning Specialty Designer Series Paper, which has the most amazing imagery and one side of the paper has gold embossing. There are also co-ordinating Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and a beautiful Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon. To complete the product suite, there is even a really gorgeous bracelet with two charms, one of the beautiful rose and one Stampin’ Up!. This amazing product suite will be available for customers from the 1st November while stocks last. 
So if you need these products you need to place your order as soon as possible. Of course, demonstrators were able to purchase this one earlier, Yay! One of the things which appealed to me straight away was the fact the you can die cut one of the Designer Series Papers using the large flower die. So today’s card features very little stamping. I embossed Whisper White card using the Layering Leaves 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Cherry Cobbler card. I cut a strip Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper and attached it to Gold Foil card and then the card front. 
I cut the beautiful floral arrangement from the Designer Series Paper using the Rose Die and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Christmas Rose stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink. I cut out the greeting using one of the dies from the Rose Dies. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I embossed a narrow strip of Whisper White card using the Layering Leaves 3D Embossing Folder. I attached a narrow strip of Cherry Cobbler card behind one long edge and attached it to Whisper White card.
I think this card turned out amazingly gorgeous (even if I do say so myself). What about you? What do you think? Bet you can’t wait to get your hands on this one.
Bye for now,
Kris
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50th Wedding Anniversary
Today’s page showcases a couple of photos from my husband’s grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary. One of the photos show his Grandparents with their four daughters and the second one with their daughters, grandchildren and one great grandchild. It’s a really good record of my husband’s family for our children and grandchildren. I wanted to keep the page really simple but thought that it needed something to embellish the page. I decided that I would stamp the large flower from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto the lower left hand corner using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I coloured the image using Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. The journaling for this page was created on my computer and printed onto Whisper White card. I attached the journaling and the photos to Crumb Cake card before they were attached to the page. I stamped the smaller flower from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I used the Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends to colour the image before cutting it out using the co-ordinating Magnolia Memory Die. I attached the smaller flower onto the top right hand corner of the journaling panel.
Another very simple page but one that I know my daughters will love. I thought that using Cherry Cobbler for the flower brought a little more colour to the page. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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With Sympathy
Today’s card was made for a friend who recently lost her daughter. I decided to break out the Painted Harvest stamp set and use a very simple layout. I stamped the larger of the flowers from the Painted Harvest stamp set randomly onto Whisper White card using Blushing Bride ink. I stamped the second flower over the top using Calypso Coral ink. I stamped the centre of the flowers using So Saffron ink. I stamped the solid leaf image using Soft Sea Foam ink and the detailed image over the top using Pear Pizzazz ink. I attached the stamped panel to Blushing Bride card and then scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. 
I cut Blushing Bride card using the die from the Detailed Bands Dies. I stamped “with sympathy” from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set onto Whisper White card using Pear Pizzazz ink. 
The greeting is cut out using a die from the Detailed Bands Dies. I attached the greeting to the centre of the Blushing Bride band before attaching it to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from the Lilypad Lake stamp set using Pear Pizzazz ink. I stamped the flower from the Painted Harvest stamp set using Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and So Saffron ink.
The Painted Harvest stamp set has been neglected for quite a while and I really don’t know why, it is such a pretty stamp set. Don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Celebrate with Flowers
Last week I shared an easel card made with a Christmas theme and I told you I had another idea for this card. Well this is the card. I attached Mint Macaron card across the centre of a piece of Whisper White card (9cm x 13.3cm) and then embossed the panel using the Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed card to Highland Heather card (9.5cm x 13.8cm) and then Thick Whisper White card (10.5cm x 14.8cm). The base card is Thick Whisper White card (10.5cm x 29.6cm), which is scored along the long side at 7.2cm and then 14.8cm. The embossed panel is attached to the 7.2cm section of the card base. 
I stamped the flower from the Band Together stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it using Mint Macaron, Highland Heather and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the flower image and attached it to the embossed panel using dimensionals. 
I inked “celebrate” from the Band Together stamp set using a Highland Heather Stampin’ Write Marker and stamped the greeting onto Whisper White card. I cut out the greeting using one of the ovals from the Stitched Shapes Dies. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “wishing you a happy birthday” from the Band Together stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card and cut it out using the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The greeting is attached to one size larger stitched rectangle cut from Highland Heather card before being attached to the inside of the card base using dimensionals.
I really am loving creating these standard sized cards but with a twist. Here they are together.
Same but different and both really lovely don’t you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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‘Tis The Season
For today’s card, I CASED one of the examples in the Holiday Catalogue for the Night Before Christmas product suite. I have varied mine just a little but I love the finished result. I attached a piece of Cherry Cobbler card to the centre of Crumb Cake card and embossed the panel using the Bricks & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Crumb Cake card. 
I attached a piece of the Night Before Christmas Designer Series Paper across the embossed panel using dimensionals. I stamped the Santa image from the Holly Jolly stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Stampin’ Blends – Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Old Olive, Night of Navy and Ivory. I cut out the image using the co-ordinating Jolly Season Dies and attached it to the left hand side of the card front. I used the die from the Jolly Season Dies to cut “Tis the Season” from Cherry Cobbler card twice and from Whisper White once.
I attached the die cuts together with the White one on top and then to the card front.
I stamped the tree image from the Holly Jolly Christmas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them using the Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. I stamped the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set to the right of the trees using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
This card will be used in one of my upcoming classes and I think the ladies will love it.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 