Happy Birthday Ethan
My grandson turned 13 yesterday and I wanted to make him a special card. After watching this You Tube video by Susan Levasseur I knew what I was going to create. She used the gorgeous Good Morning Magnolia stamp set to create her card, but I decided to go with the Above The Clouds stamp set. I cut my card base from Thick Whisper White card following Susan’s directions. I must say, although it looks very complicated it is actually quite easy to create. 
To decorate the focal panel, I used a little of the retired Brusho Prussian Blue crystals on Shimmer White card. I like the one of a kind background that you can create with Brusho and can’t wait until the new ones in this Annual Catalogue arrive for me to play with. 
The panel is attached to Night of Navy card and then the card base. I stamped the outline image of the balloons from the Above the Cloud stamp set using Night of Navy ink and stamped the fill image using Balmy Blue, Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point card. The balloon basket outline image is stamped in Soft Suede ink and the fill image in Crumb Cake ink. I punched out the pieces using the co-ordinating Hot Air Balloon Punch and attached them over the background created with the Brusho. The panel is attached to Night of Navy card. The smaller panel on the front of the card, as well as the large square panel and smaller triangle panels are all stamped with the Crackle Background stamp using Balmy Blue ink and then embossed using the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. Each of these panels is attached to Night of Navy card and then the card base. 
I decided that I would add a panel to the back of the card to write my message and so I stamped the greeting from the Above the Cloud stamp set onto the inside rectangle panel using Night of Navy ink. I stamped the small balloon image from the same stamp set using Night of Navy ink and the fill image using Balmy Blue ink. This panel is also attached to Night of Navy card. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Special Celebrations stamp set using Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White card and punched it out using the Story Label Punch. The greeting is attached to the inside of the card using dimensionals, so that the front panel can stand when opened.
The finished card size is 6″ x 6″ so I had to create an envelope specifically for the card. I used Whisper White 12″ x 12″ card and the now retired Envelope Punch Board to create the envelope. I closed the card by adding 1″ circles punched from Night of Navy card, held in place with brads and Whisper White Baker’s Twine to hold it closed.
Thanks to Susan, for the instructions, this card is gorgeous. I know that Ethan loved it too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Thinking of You
I made today’s card using a sketch I had saved on Pinterest. I attached a piece of Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper across the bottom of scored and folded Thick Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting onto the lower right hand corner of Petal Pink card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink before embossing the card using the Layering Leaves Dynamic Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached to the card front. I stamped the border image from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto Whisper White card using Mossy Meadow ink. 
I cut out the stamped card on both sides of the stamping using the border from the Magnolia Memory Dies. I attached the border to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the small magnolia image onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. 
I punched out the image using the 2” Circle Punch. I attached the image to a Mossy Meadow Circle punched using the Starburst Punch. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card using the border image from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink.
Unfortunately at the moment you cannot order the Layered Leaves 3D Embossing Folder but it will be available soon.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Catalogue Launch
Last Saturday I held a catalogue launch. I had a good roll up of regular customers and downline as well as some previous downline and a couple of customers I probably only see once a year. 
I created displays for all the items I had purchased in the catalogue pre-order (a great perk for demonstrators). Of course the ideas shared by many people on Pinterest and in a couple of online groups I belong to helped me with my creations.
I also used the catalogue as inspiration which helps my customers to better relate to the samples. I also had a big display for the Hugs From Shellie, May Paper Pumpkin kit.
I had several ladies purchase these kits and wanted them to see that the stamp set would be useful once they had used all of the supplies in the kit. Unfortunately, these kits are now sold out, but I am hopeful that we get more in the future.
I also have all of my retired stock for sale and the ladies love searching for a bargain. I really appreciate the friendship and support for my business that these ladies give. Thank you.
We had a lovely time and everyone went home with a catalogue and a few goodies I had created just for them. I’ll be sharing some of these creations more closely with you over the coming weeks.
I hope you enjoy looking at the photos of my display.
Bye for now,
Kris
Magnolia Moments
Today’s page uses some of the fabulous new product in the next Annual Catalogue. The photo on this page is one that my Dad gave to me and is of my Aunty sitting on the chair and a cousin Dorothy standing. I wanted to make the page a little prettier than the photo so I used one of the Magnolia Lane Memories and More cards as the starting point. I cut Soft Sea Foam card down the length and then cut it in half. I embossed each half using the Tin Tile Embossing Folder and attached it to the left hand side of a 12″ x 12″ piece of Whisper White card. 
I attached the photo to Early Espresso card and then to the page covering the gap in the embossed Soft Sea Foam card. I attached one of the 4″ x 3″ Magnolia Lane Memories and More cards below the photo. I stamped the large Magnolia from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow and dark Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends. 
I printed my journaling onto Whisper White card and stamped the border image from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink. I stamped the small flower from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set between the border images using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends.
The journaling panel is attached to Mossy Meadow card and then the page. I added one of the die cut magnolia’s and leaves from the Magnolia Lane Memories and More cards to the Everyday Moments card as a final touch.
So happy with this finished page. I love the Magnolia Lane Product Suite and I am sure you will too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Soft Spring Birthday Take 2
For today’s card, I am sharing another card made using the Soft Spring Hostess Set from the new Annual catalogue. It co-ordinates with this card I shared with you recently. I attached Whisper White card to scored and folded Terracotta Tile card. I embossed a piece of Whisper White card using the Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder. I cut a piece of Terracotta Tile card using one of the Delicate Lace Edgelit Dies and attached it behind one long edge of the embossed card.The panel is attached to the card front. I love how the lace die cut edge stands out so beautifully on the Whisper White card. 
I stamped the floral image from the Soft Spring stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the flower fill image using Terracotta Tile ink and the leaf fill image using Pretty Peacock ink. The stamped panel is attached to Terracotta Tile card and then the card front. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Pretty Peacock ink. 
I cut out the greeting using the smallest of the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and attached it to a Terracotta Tile scalloped oval cut using the same dies. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I cut Terracotta Tile card using the same Delicate Lace Edgelit Die and attached it to Whisper White card.
This card is so pretty in real life and to show you how gorgeous this stamp set really is, here are both cards created using the same products.
I bet you can’t wait to place an order and earn this gorgeous stamp set.
Bye for now,
Kris
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A little bird
One of the new product suites that I was able to pre-order as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is the Bird Ballad Suite. This is a gorgeous suite including stamps, paper, dies and embellishments which all co-ordinate together. One of the wonderful things about the Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper is that it is so easy to just simply punch the paper and use it as the main image on your projects, so that is what I have done for this card. I attached a length of Very Vanilla 3/8″ Scalloped Lace Trim behind one edge of Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper before attaching to Whisper White card embossed using the Layered Leaves 3D Embossing Folder. The panel is attached to Soft Suede card and then scored and folded Daffodil Delight card. 
I used the 2″ Circle Punch to punch the bird from the Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper and attached it to a Soft Suede 2-1/4″ Circle. The panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Free As A Bird stamp set onto Whisper White card using Soft Suede ink. 
I punched the greeting using the Classic Label Punch and then trimmed off each end. The greeting is attached to the card front partially over the image circle using a dimensional. I tied a bow in a length of Linen Thread and attached it to the card front using a Mini Glue Dot. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Free As A Bird stamp set onto Whisper White card using Soft Suede ink. I fussy cut the leaves and flowers from the same sheet of Designer Series Paper that the focal image was punched from.
This is such a sweet card and I look forward to using this product suite lots and lots over the next year. If you don’t have a demonstrator already, live in northern Brisbane, and would like a copy of the new Annual Catalogue, please contact me so that we can organise to get one to you.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Soft Spring Birthday
The card I am sharing with you today is one of two that I made using the same basic products. The stamp set featured today is one of the new Hostess sets available in the new catalogue launching today. I embossed Whisper White card using the Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Rococo Rose card. Rococo Rose is one of the new in-colours being released with the new Annual Catalogue and is a gorgeous soft pink. I cut one long edge of another piece of Rococo Rose Card using one of the Delicate Lace Edgelit Dies and attached it to the card front. I stamped the tall floral image from the Soft Spring stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I stamped the leaf fill image from the Soft Spring stamp set using Pretty Peacock ink which is also one of the new in-colours. I stamped the flower fill image using Rococo Rose ink before attaching the image panel to the card front. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Pretty Peacock ink and cut it out using one of the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies. 
The greeting is attached to a Rococo Rose scalloped oval cut using the same dies and then the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I cut a strip of Rococo Rose card using the same Delicate Lace Edgelit die and attached it behind one long edge of a strip of Whisper White card embossed using the Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached to the bottom of Whisper White card.
These new in-colours are just gorgeous. I know that you will love them just as much as I do.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Magnolia Birthday
My computer is back up and running, so hopefully I will be back on track with my posting. I can’t believe that the new catalogue is actually launching tomorrow which means that you only have to wait one more day to purchase the products I am sharing today. I made this card for my friend and neighbour who recently celebrated her birthday. It’s not the first card I have created using the Good Morning magnolia stamp set and it certainly won’t be the last. For today’s card I embossed Whisper White card using the Country Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder. I wrapped the lower part of the embossed card using the Sahara Sand ribbon from the Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack before attaching the embossed card to scored and folded Petal Pink card. I stamped the large magnolia image from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I coloured the image using Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends and then cut it out using the co-ordinating Magnolia Memory Dies. The image is attached to the left hand side of the card front. I stamped the same image once more onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured the central part of the flower only using Petal Pink and Light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the four coloured petals and attached them to large flower using dimensionals. I used Clear Wink of Stella to add some shimmer and shine to the flower petals. I tied a bow in a length of the same Sahara Sand ribbon and attached it to the flower stem using a Mini Glue Dot. 
I stamped “Happy Birthday” from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set onto scrap Whisper White using Mossy Meadow ink. I cut out the greeting using the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and attached it to a Mossy Meadow scalloped oval cut using the same dies. The greeting is attached to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the small magnolia image from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is coloured using Petal Pink and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. I also added some Clear Wink of Stella to the flower petals,
I really love how this card turned out and so did my friend.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Floral Birthday
The card I am sharing today was made for a friend who celebrated her birthday recently. I decided to use the Soft Spring stamp set which is a Hostess Set in the upcoming Annual Catalogue. I teamed the stamp set with the retiring Brights 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I cut a strip of Gray Granite card using the scalloped border die from the Be Mine Framelits Dies and attached it behind one long edge of a piece of Gorgeous Grape paper from the Brights 6” x6” Designer Series Paper. The panel is attached to the left hand side of Whisper White card and then scored and folded Gray Granite card.
I cut Whisper White card using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies and stamped the greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Gorgeous Grape ink. I stamped the leaf outline from the Soft Spring stamp set using Gray Granite ink. I stamped the flower fill image using Gorgeous Grape ink and the leaf fill image using Granny Apple Green ink. 
I cut Gray Granite card using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits dies and attached the stamped Whisper White card on top. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I cut a narrow strip of Gray Granite card using the scalloped edge die from the Be Mine Framelits Dies. The scalloped edge piece is attached behind one long edge of a piece of the same Gorgeous Grape Brights 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper. The whole panel is attached to the bottom of Whisper White card.
This is truly a lovely stamp set and one that I know I will be using many times. I am getting really excited for the launch of the new Annual Catalogue, aren’t you? Only a few days now. Yay.
I still don’t have my computer back so I apologise if this post is not formatted as it should be.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Did You Know
that Lovely As A Tree is retiring with this catalogue. I know this set has been around since I joined Stampin’ Up! in 2007 and I am sure long before that. However, all good things must come to an end and so this stamp set will no longer be available for purchase. It is a great all round stamp set and today I am going to share four cards I made using this set. The first one uses Garden Green and Very Vanilla along with Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and a greeting from the Piece of Cake stamp set and the Softly Falling Embossing Folder.
I used a Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Writ Markers to ink the leaves on the tree and then used Old Olive, Garden Green and Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Write Markers to lightly tap over the image to add some depth of colour. I used the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Markers to ink the tree trunk. I cut out the image using the Layering Circle Framelits Dies.
The second card uses Early Espresso and Very Vanilla card and the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper.and the Softly Falling Embossing Folder. I inked the leaves on the tree using an Old Olive Stampin’ Write Markers and the trunk using an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Markers. The image is cut out using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies.
The third card uses Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla card, Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, Softly Falling Embossing Folder and a greeting from the Colourful Seasons.Stamp set. The inks used are Mossy Meadow and Soft Suede. 
The image is cut out using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies.
Just to show you some of this stamp sets versatility the last card is a Christmas card. I used Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla card, Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and a greeting from stamp set. I stamped the trees using Garden Green ink and the greeting from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set using Cherry Cobbler ink. The image is cut out the image using the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies. I added Versamark ink all over the image and used my retired Heat and Stick powder mixed with Dazzling Details. Once heat set I attached it to a scalloped oval and the card
These are just a few quick and simple ideas for using this stamp set. I believe it is so popular that it has sold out, so unfortunately if you haven’t placed an order you may well have missed out on this one, however I couldn’t let it retire without celebrating it one last time.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 