Case The Catalogue
Today’s card is one that I loved when I first received the Annual Catalogue but I have only just got around to creating my version. The catalogue sample is on page 190 of the catalogue. I embossed Grapefruit Grove card using the Eyelet Lace Embossing Folder. After the card was embossed I used the Grapefruit Grove to add colour to the raised embossing to make the pattern “pop”. You need to have a light touch with the ink pad or you will end up with colour on the background which will spoil the effect. I stamped the bird image from the Free As A Bird stamp set across Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I trimmed away the card from around the top of the image before I added some colour. I used Crumb Cake Light, Bronze, Pumpkin Pie Light, Mossy Meadow Light, Granny Apple Green Combo, Calypso Coral Combo Stampin’ Blends as well as the Colour Lifter. 
I stamped the greeting from the Free As A Bird stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image panel is attached to the embossed Grapefruit Grove card and then scored and folded Thick Whisper White card.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large bird and the leaf image from the Free As A Bird stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using the same Stampin’ Blends as the image on the front of the card. I fussy cut the images and attached them to the lower left hand corner.
I’m pretty happy with the way this card turned out. I think it looks like the catalogue sample, what do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Global Design 198
For today’s card I decided to use the sketch challenge at Global Design Project. I really love the Band Together stamp set and co-ordinating Detailed Bands Dies. I embossed Whisper White card using the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to Real Red card and then scored and folded Basic Black card. I stamped the flower from the Band Together stamp set twice onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I coloured the flowers using Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends and cut them out using the co-ordinating Detailed Bands Die. I attached the flowers to the upper left and lower right hand corners of the embossed card. I cut the label from Basic Black card using the Detailed Bands Die. I attached the outside of the die cut across the card front. I stamped the greeting from the Band Together stamp set onto Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink. 
I cut out the greeting using the same die and attached the greeting to the inside of the Basic Black die cut.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the same flower and two sets of leaves onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the flower using Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends and the leaves using Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the images using the Detailed Bands Dies. I attached the leaves to the flower and then to the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card.
I really love the Black, White and Red colour combination on this card, don’t you.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Scrapbook Global Sketch Challenge
Scrapbook Global is a facebook page devoted to using Stampin’ Up! products on your scrapbook pages. This month they had a great sketch challenge and I knew immediately which photos I wanted to use. We recently took our grandsons away to Yeppoon and Hervey Bay and they were keen to spend some time fishing. We didn’t have much luck in Yeppoon but in Hervey Bay both boys caught fish, even if they were too small to keep. You can see by their faces they were very happy. I started by stamping the netting image from the Sea of Textures stamp set onto a Whisper White 12″ x 12″ page using Crumb Cake ink. I attached various strips of off cuts of the Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper and also a strip of 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon. 
I attached my photos to Night of Navy card and attached them over the Designer Series Paper. I added a title cut from Night of Navy card using the retired Large Letters Dies. I added the date to Whisper White card cut using the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to a Night of Navy rectangle cut using the same dies. I attached the panel over another strip of Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper and added a starfish cut from Soft Suede card using the Under The Sea Dies. I stamped the octopus image from the Sea of Textures stamp set onto Whisper White card using Balmy Blue ink and cut it out using the matching Under The Sea Dies. I attached it to a piece of Crumb Cake card cut using the netting die from the Under The Sea Dies and then onto the page to the right of the photos.
I stamped the seaweed image from the Sea of Textures stamp set onto Whisper White card using Mossy Meadow ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating Under The Sea Die. I attached a small starfish to the seaweed (cut from Crumb Cake card using the Under The Sea Dies) before attaching to the page below the Octopus. I cut another seaweed image from Mossy Meadow card and attached it to a Sand Dollar image cut from Soft Suede (both cut using the Under The Sea Dies). The seaweed is attached to the Sand Dollar and onto the edge of the left hand photo. I added another Sand Dollar to the right hand photo. The journaling is hand written using the fabulous Stampin’ Up! Journaling pens.
It’s kind of a busy page for me but I think it works well with the photos, don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Playing with Bleach
I saw a gorgeous card posted by Susan Legits using bleach on the gorgeous large flower from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set. Susan’s cards were gorgeous and I decided to have a play with the technique. I stamped the flower onto Bermuda Bay card using Versamark ink, sprinkled the image with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it. I found that I had a Blender Pen which was labeled “bleach” and so I put some bleach in an empty embellishment holder and painted bleach onto the image. 
At first I didn’t think it was working, however, with a little patience and re-applying bleach several times, I started to see some difference. I started by applying the bleach over the complete image and then only added it in places so that I could start to see some dimension in the flower’s colour. You do need to wait until the bleach dries if you are going to do multiple applications but it is a fun project to have on your work table to come back to between other projects.
I cut the flower out using the co-ordinating Magnolia Memory Die and attached it to a Gold Foil-Edged card using dimensionals. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Magnolia Blooms stamp set (this one is in the Experience Creativity catalogue) onto the lower right hand corner of the card using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the greeting with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the border image from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set using Versamark ink, sprinkled it with Gold Embossing Powder and Heat set.
A simple card but I love how the flower turned out. This is one project that I will be trying in different colours.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Double Fold Fun Fold Card
I saw a card by Lisa Curcio using the Sailing Home stamp set which was just lovely. Lisa had a video showing how the card was made and I decided to give it a try using the Magnolia Blooms stamp set from the Experience Creativity catalogue – aimed at beginner stampers. I cut my card base from Petal Pink card and attached a piece of the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper to the small front panel. I stamped the large flower from the Magnolia Blooms stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using the Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. 
I added the greeting from the same stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink. I attached the image panel to Petal Pink card and then the small front flap using dimensionals. I stamped “today blooms just for you” from the Perennial Birthday stamp set onto the inside of the Whisper White panel for the inside of the card using Mossy Meadow ink. 
I stamped the small leaf from the Magnolia Blooms stamp set on either side of the greeting using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The leaf is coloured using the Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. The Whisper White folded card is attached to the inside back panel of the Petal Pink card base. I stamped “here’s to celebrating you” from the Perennial Birthday Stamp set onto Whisper White card using Mossy Meadow ink. I stamped the small magnolia image from the Magnolia Blooms stamp set below the greeting using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is coloured using Mossy Meadow and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends. The image panel is attached to Petal Pink card and then the front of the Whisper White card, making sure that it fits behind the panel on the card front.
I really liked the way this card turned out and I was a little bit unsure which side of the Designer Series Paper to use, so I created another card in exactly the same manner but this time using Mossy Meadow for the card base and the image panels.
I love how they turned out. Let me know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Fab Friday 167
Today’s card uses the sketch challenge at Fab Friday for inspiration. I stamped the long floral image from the Beauty Abounds stamp set twice onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using the Dark Cherry Cobbler and LIght and Dark Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. I cut a strip of Basic Black card using the scalloped edge die from the Stitched Be Mine Dies and attached it behind the right hand edge of the image panel. I also attached a narrow strip of Basic Black card behind the left hand edge of the image panel. I stamped the large circle stamp from the Beauty Abounds stamp set onto Thick Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink. I stamped the small circle image from the Beauty Abounds stamp set around the large circles using Mossy Meadow ink.
I attached the stamped floral panel onto the card front. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Special Celebration stamp set onto Whisper White card and cut it out using one of the Layering Ovals Dies. I cut a scalloped oval from Basic Black card using the same dies and attached the greeting before attaching to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large circle image across the bottom of the Thick Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink. I also stamped the small circle image using Mossy Meadow ink.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure I liked this card. However, I decided to add small Basic Rhinestones to the centres of the flowers which gave the card a bit of a lift. Then I decided to cut some butterflies from Basic Black card using the Butterfly Beauty Dies. I think the addition of the butterfly to the card front, really made all the difference. I also added one to the inside of the card. Soooo, tell me what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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As Old as you Feel
I loved the card that I made for this Try Stampin’ on Tuesday challenge and decided to use the same colours etc. to create two more cards using the images from the Young at Heart stamp set. They both use the same concept of adding the Melon Mambo and Gorgeous Grape card to the Whisper White card before embossing using the Tufted Embossing Folder. I simply used a different layout for each one. 
The birthday cake image is cut out using the Rectangle Stitched Dies and the laughing ladies card is cut out using the Layering Squares Dies. The greetings on the inside of the cards come from the same stamp set Young at Heart. I have used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the images and greetings and Pigment Sprinkles to colour. To colour using the Pigment Sprinkles, I add a little of the sprinkles to a clear block and then use the Aqua Painter to add water and colour the images. You need to dilute the Melon Mambo Pigment Sprinkles to get a lighter colour for the skin. I think mine could have been a little lighter!
In any case here are all three cards.
I simply love this stamp set. I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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My Great Uncle
Today’s page showcases a photo from the collection that my Dad gave me. It is a picture of my Dad’s Uncle. Not sure where the photo was taken but it was during World War II. He wrote on the back of the photo “how do you like my haircut the boys are doing a bit of sewing”. I don’t know who he sent the photo to but I am glad to be able to share it with my family. I decided to keep the page fairly simple, so I stamped onto the top left and bottom right hand corners of Very Vanilla card 12″ x 12″ using one of the images from the Gallery Grunge stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink.
I attached the photo to Early Espresso card and then the card front. I cut Early Espresso card using the largest of the Rectangle Stitched Dies and attached it below and to the right of the photo. I created my journaling on the computer and printed it onto Very Vanilla card using the second largest die in the Rectangle Stitched Dies. 
I cut Sahara Sand and Soft Suede card using the smallest of the squares in the Stitched Shaped Dies and attached them into the corners around the photo and the journal block. As usual when I create these pages, the journaling is attached to the page using re-positional adhesive, just in case I need to edit and retype the story.
I don’t get as much scrapbooking done as I should but I do love it when a page comes together well. I am using these photos to help document our family history so that my grandchildren know a little bit about their heritage.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Sunday Stamps 208
Today’s card is inspired by the sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps, although I did take just a little licence with the sketch. I found a strip of Whisper White card (left over from another project) which had been embossed using the Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder so this became the background panel for my card. I cut Poppy Parade card using one of the Delicate Lace Edge Dies and attached one piece to each side of the embossed card. The panel is attached to Whisper White card and then scored and folded Poppy Parade card. I stamped the stem image from the Daisy Lane stamp set onto Whisper White card using Granny Apple Green ink. 
The panel is attached to Poppy Parade card and then the card front using dimensionals. I stamped two large daisies and four small daisies from the Daisy Lane stamp set onto Whisper White card using Poppy Parade ink and punched them out using the co-ordinating punches. 
I curled the petals of the flowers and attached the flowers one on top of the other. The large flower is attached to the top of the flower stem and the two small flowers around it using dimensonals. I added a Perennial Essence Flower Centre to each of the flowers. This the first time I have used these and they are really lovely. I cut “thanks” from Granny Apple Green card using the Well Written Dies and attached it to the image panel.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Love What You Do stamp set onto Whisper White card using Poppy Parade ink.
This is such a bright and happy card don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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From my Open House
Today’s card is a really quick and easy to create. I embossed Whisper White card using the Corrugated Embossing Folder and wrapped it with the Night of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker’s Twine. I attached the embossed card to scored and folded Sahara Sand card. I stamped the three balloon outline image from the Above The Clouds stamp set onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink. I stamped the fill image using Balmy Blue ink. I stamped the greeting from the Above The Clouds stamp set using Night of Navy ink. 
I cut out the image and greeting using the Layering Circles Dies and attached it to a Sahara Sand scalloped circle cut using the same dies. I attached the image panel to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the outline image of the large balloon from the Above The Clouds stamp set using Night of Navy ink. I stamped the fill image using Balmy Blue ink and masked the image. I stamped the cloud image a couple of times over the balloon using Balmy Blue ink. I removed the mask before attaching the panel.
As I said very simple but I like it. What about you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 