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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Mataranka
This page shares a few photos from our stop at Mataranka on the way home from Darwin last year. We wanted to stay at Mataranka to visit the homestead used in the making of the film We Of The Never Never. We also wanted to have a swim in the natural spring. I attached the photos to a Whisper White 12″ x 12″ page leaving room to add my title which is cut from Early Espresso card using the retired Little Letters Thinlits Dies. To decorate the bottom of the page, I used a stamp set called Timeless Tropical which will be available when the Handmade for You catalogue is released in January. 
I inked the palm tree image using Early Espresso and Old Olive Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped it many times across the bottom of the page. I didn’t add any journaling because I know when I look at them I will recall the experiences we shared during our stay. I did hand write the date.
You know me by now, this is just my style – simple. I hope you are enjoying the pages I have been sharing and more importantly I hope that you are getting your photos onto pages to be enjoyed by you and your family.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Gleaming Christmas
Today’s card is a case of one I saw on Pinterest here. I began by stamping the greeting from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of Whisper White card using Mossy Meadow ink. I attached a piece of the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper to the left hand side of the stamped card. This paper is truly gorgeous with one side of each of the paper designs having gorgeous copper foil highlights. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Mossy Meadow card. 
I attached a piece of Copper Foil card next to the Designer Series Paper to really make the foil highlights in the Designer Series Paper shine. I cut Mossy Meadow card using one of the Christmas Layers Dies and attached it to the card front above the greeting. 
I cut four of the strands from a length of Whisper White 5/8″ Flax Ribbon and tied a bow. This ribbon, literally fell apart after I tied the bow to give this really gorgeous effect.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the So Many Stars stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink.
I love the way this card turned out. What about you. You might like to CASE this one too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Parisian Anniversary
My eldest daughter and son-in-law recently celebrated their Wedding Anniversary. As I had new product on my desk from my pre-pre-order, I decided to use the Parisian Blossoms Suite to create my card. I decided to create an Open Book card using the instructions which I purchased from Elizabeth Shannon. I stamped “happy Anniversary” from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of Whisper White card using Mossy Meadow ink. I stamped the Eiffel Tower image from the Parisian Beauty stamp set onto the same card using Crumb Cake ink which I had stamped onto scrap card first. I stamped the word background image from the same stamp set around the Eiffel Tower image using Petal Pink ink. Some of the images have been stamped onto scrap paper first to give variation in the colour.
I attached a piece of the Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper across the stamped card. I stamped the floral image from the Forever Blossoms stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Cherry Cobbler and Light Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the flower image using the co-ordinating Cherry Blossoms Die. I attached the floral image to the card front, partially over the Designer Series Paper. I tied a knot in a length of Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic Edge Ribbon and attached it over the end of the floral image. The panel is attached to scored and folded Petal Pink card.
I created my book insert from Whisper White card following Elizabeth’s instructions. I stamped the greetings from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto Whisper White card using Mossy Meadow ink. I masked the greetings using two post-it-notes and then stamped the floral image from the Forever Blossoms stamp set onto the centre of the stamped card. The image is again coloured using Cherry Cobbler and Light Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. The stamped panel is attached to Petal Pink card and then the left hand page of the “book”. The right hand panel is where I will write my message.
You are going to fall in love with all the beautiful product in the Handmade For You Mini Catalogue to be released in January next year. Today’s card is just a taste of what’s to come.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Love and Sympathy
Today’s card is for a lovely friend of mine who recently lost her daughter-in-law. I embossed Whisper White card using the Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder. I cut a strip of Pear Pizzazz card using the border die from the Flourish Dies and attached it across the bottom of the embossed card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Calypso Coral card. I cut two sets of leaves from Pear Pizzazz card using the Flourish Dies and attached them to the card front. 
I stamped the flower from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set twice onto scrap Whisper White card using Calypso Coral card. I cut out one whole flower and the centre only of the second flower. I attached the smaller flower to the centre of the large flower using dimensionals. The flower is attached to the card front also using dimensionals. I added a large Clear Faceted Gem to the centre of the flower. 
I stamped the greeting from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set onto Whisper White card and punched it out using the Classic Label Punch. The greeting is attached over the border using mini dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the flower onto the lower left hand corner using Calypso Coral ink. I stamped the greeting from the Well Said stamp set using Pear Pizzazz ink.
Made with love for you Gwen.
Bye for now,
Kris
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