Brusho and Butterflies
I created this card using Brusho after seeing a very similar card on the net, Pinterest or somewhere, which I cannot find now. If this card is your’s please let me know so that I can give you credit. I stamped the butterfly from the Beautiful Day stamp set onto Watercolour Paper using Versamark ink. I sprinkled the image with Silver Embossing Powder and Heat set it.
I sprinkled the whole piece of Watercolour Paper using the Brilliant Blue and Yellow Brusho, but making sure that there was more Brilliant Blue Brusho inside the butterfly images. I spritzed the card with water and watched the magic happen. You need to let the Watercolour Paper dry, which takes a long time, depending on the weather. If you use a Heat Tool, only apply heat to the back of the paper. Once the Watercolour paper was dry, I wrapped the left hand edge with Silver 1/8″ Ribbon and tied a bow. 
The image panel is attached to Whisper White card and then scored and folded Dapper Denim card.
To decorate the inside of the card, I sprinkled Brilliant Blue and Yellow Brusho over a narrow strip of Watercolour Paper. I attached a narrow strip of Dapper Denim card behind the Watercolour Paper before attaching to Whisper White card. Don’t you just love how the crystals take on a life of their own and each time you get a slightly different look? If you haven’t purchased Brusho yet, take another look and get creating.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Family History
I shared a scrapbook page with you recently which showed my father’s great grandfather. Well after showing the page to my dad I had to do some editing. It was in fact his grandfather who unfortunately died when my dad was only three. I had to do a little editing but I didn’t want to change the page and when I found a photo of his grandfather and grandmother together I created a co-ordinating page. The photo of both of them is rather blurry but it is taken in the garden of their home in Redfern, a home I remember visiting as a little girl as my great grandmother lived into her 90’s. 
I love how I was able to put these pictures together so that my grandchildren would know how these people fit into their lives. The page has the same background created with the Pattern Party Masks using the White Embossing Paste with a little added Crumb Cake ink. I added the same Colour Theory Designer Series Paper and used the banners to add a little journalling about the photo. Sometimes we work very hard on our Memory Keeping pages but we need to remember that the photo and the reason behind the photo is all that is really important.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Brusho Birthday
I have been working on cards for next month’s class where we will be using the fabulous new product Brusho. There are many ways to use this product and quick search of You Tube will bring up many wonderful Videos to show you how. For this card I embossed the top section of Whisper White card with the floral folder from the Petal Pair Embossing Folders. I stamped the greeting from the Beautiful Day stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Peekaboo Peach ink. I wrapped the embossed card with Peekaboo peach 5/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding and tied a know before attaching the card to scored and folded Peekaboo Peach card. I stamped the the flower onto Shimmery White Card by firstly inking with Versamark and then Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
The image is sprinkled with Clear Embossing Powder and then heat set. I sprinkled a little Yellow Brusho onto a Clear Block and using my Aqua Painter added a drop of water which I mixed into the Brusho crystals to clear a liquid ink. I coloured the floral image completely using my Aqua Painter and the yellow ink. I cleaned the block and added some Gamboge Brusho which I again mixed with water and used my Aqua Painter to add darker hues to the flower. I cleaned the block and added some Brilliant Red Brusho to the block which I mixed with water and used my Aqua Painter to add some darker shading to my flower. I cleaned the block once more and added some Moss Green Brusho which I once more mixed with water before using my Aqua Painter to add some colour to the leaf. You need to let the Shimmery White Card dry completely before cutting out the image. I attached the dry image to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I embossed Whisper White card using the same floral folder from the Petal Pair Embossing Folder. I attached a narrow strip of Peekaboo Peach card behind one long edge and attached it to Whisper White card.
Let me tell you, playing with Brusho is so much fun and you are only really limited by your imagination. This is a new product which is available in the current Occasions Catalogue as a set of five colours. I am hoping we get more of these to add to our stash of colouring tools. One thing you must remember is that these Brusho crystals are very fine. DO NOT open the bottle. Use your Paper Piercing Tool to pierce a hole in the top of the container and use a thumb tack to cover the hole. If you open the bottle you will end up with Brusho everywhere and the product will not last very long. Also a quick tip is to shake the bottle before sprinkling out the crystals.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Another Blossoming Basket
After I finished making the card yesterday using the Watercolour Pencils, I decided to create the exact same card but this time colouring the basket using the Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. The card uses the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch to define the edges of the stamped panel and the Basket Weave Embossing Folder for the background. 
This time, I stamped the greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set onto a narrow strip of Whisper White card using Crumb Cake card. 
I punched the ends using the Triple Banner Punch and sponged the edges of the banner with Daffodil Delight ink. The banner is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I finished the inside of the card with Whisper White card embossed using the Basket Weave Embossing Folder with a Daffodil Delight border punched using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch. 
I loved yesterday’s card and I love today’s card. When I had finished creating, I thought I would like to create the same card with just a little more dimension, so this time I stamped, coloured and cut out the central flower which is attached over the one in the basket using mini dimensionals. I also added two small and one medium Basic Rhinestone to the centres of the flowers.
Such a small difference, but oh so much prettier. I hope you enjoying this series of cards using the same stamps but different colouring techniques. Let me know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Elyssa
My beautiful granddaughter Elyssa turns 10 today and I wanted to share the card I made for her with you. I found a card with a fabulous fold by Melissa Davies complete with downloadable tutorial. The card uses the very beautiful Picture Perfect Party Designer Series paper. 
This paper is so gorgeous I was afraid to cut it! The card uses 8 different pieces of this designer series paper which I cut to 2″ x 4″ because I wanted the cuts to be a little more economical. I attached the designer series paper to Basic Black 2-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ and then to each of the panels on the card. I cut the letters from Basic Black card using the Large Letters Framelits Dies and the “happy” from Whisper White card using the Happy Birthday Thinlits Die. 
I stamped each of the Pandas from the Party Pandas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut them out. I coloured the balloon, the heart and the party had using a Berry Burst Stampin’ Write Marker. The panda with the balloon is attached to the panel with the “I”. The panda with the placard is attached behind the “T” and the panda with the party hat is attached behind the “A”.
To gift the card you need to create a box using the Lots to Love Box Framelits Dies. I cut my box from Whisper White card. I cut a circle from another of the patters in the Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper using the Layering Circle Framelits Dies and attached it to a Basic Black scalloped circle cut using the same dies. I stamped the panda with the balloon once more onto scrap Whisper White card and coloured the balloon using a Berry Burst Stampin’ Write Marker. 
I stamped “happy” from the Party Panda stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I punched the greeting using the Classic Label Punch and then punched the left hand edge using the Triple Banner Punch. I attached the greeting to a slightly wider piece of Basic Black card (1.2cm wide) and trimmed the right hand edge straight. I attached the banner to the back of the balloon string and then attached the panda to the designer series paper. I did add a mini dimensional behind the left hand edge of the banner to give it a little more dimension. I cut “birthday” from Basic Black card using the Happy Birthday Thinlits Die and attached it across the lower part of the designer series paper circle.
I am so happy to use this beautiful designer series paper on such a lovely card. Thank you again to Melissa for sharing such a great card and being so generous with the dimensions.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Watercoloured Blooming Basket
Since I was playing with colouring, I decided that I hadn’t used my Watercolour Pencils in a while and used them the the Blossoming Basket stamp set. I embossed Whisper White card using the Basket Weave Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Daffodil Delight card. I stamped the Basket onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image with Green, Yellow and Brown Watercolour Pencils and used a Blender Pen to smooth out the colour. 
I punched two strips of Daffodil Delight card using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and attached one strip to each side of the stamped panel before attaching to the card front. I stamped “thinking of you” from the Window Shopping stamp set onto a strip of Whisper White card using Crumb Cake ink. I punched both ends of the card using the Triple Banner Punch. 
I sponged lightly around the edges of the card using Daffodil Delight ink and attached it to the card front with a dimensional underneath the ends and snail in the centre.
To decorate the inside of the card, I punched a narrow strip of Daffodil Delight card with the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and attached it behind one long edge of Whisper White card embossed using the Basket Weave Embossing Folder.
I think the colouring using the Watercolour Pencils is very vibrant and maybe I need to get my Watercolour Pencils out a little more often. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Birthday Memory Keeping
I am still working my way through 2016 and thought I would share with you this double page layout I created to showcase my granddaughter Elyssa’s birthday. We celebrated the event at our house after school. The grandchildren love getting together so any event is filled with fun and laughter. I die cut a length of Melon Mambo card using the border from the Seasonal Layers thinlits Dies. The border is not quite 12″ long so I attached it to both ends of a piece of Designer Series paper (last year’s Sale-A-Bration DSP) and left a gap in the middle. 
The Designer Series Paper is attached to 12″ x 12″ Whisper White card. I cut the word “wish” and the letters for BIG from Melon Mambo card using the Cupcakes Cutouts Framelits Dies and the Large Letters Framelits Dies. I attached the photo of Elyssa to Whisper White card and then to the left hand side of the Designer Series Paper. I wrote my journalling onto a grid card and attached to Bermuda Bay card. I cut the cupcake from Smoky Slate and Bermuda Bay card using the Cupcakes Cutouts Framelits Dies. I sponged around the edges of each piece with the matching ink before attaching them to the page to cover the break in the Melon Mambo border. 
I stamped the candles onto the lower right hand edge of the Whisper White card using the images from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set and Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight ink.
The second page uses the same Designer Series paper which has the same Melon Mambo border. The Designer Series paper is attached to the 12″ x 12″ Whisper White card. The photos are attached to whisper White card and then the Designer Series paper. 
I wrote my journalling once more onto a grid card which is attached to Bermuda Bay card before being attached to the Whisper White card. The cupcake is cut and sponged as before and attached to cover the gap in the Melon Mambo border. The words have been stamped using retired Project Life stamp sets. I don’t sell of any retired stamp sets or dies that I think will be useful for my Memory Keeping.
I’d love hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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One more Comparison
While I was creating the two cards I shared with you in my last post, I decided to create one more duo using a slightly different layout. This time I attached the Petal Garden Designer Series paper across the centre of scored and folded Thick Whisper White card.
I stamped the large flower from the Petal Garden stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Pool Party and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. This time when I cut the flower out, I cut away the stem, keeping the leaves. 
I cut a square from Whisper White card and a scalloped square from Pool Party card using the Layering Squares Framelits Dies. The pieces are attached to each other and then the card front using dimensionals. I liked the look of a diamond shape rather than a square on the card. 
I attached the two leaves to the back of the flower before attaching to the centre of the Whisper White square. To decorate the inside, I once more stamped, coloured and cut out the small flower. 
Simple but I believe sweet.
The second card is created in the same manner but the images are stamped in Archival Black ink and coloured using Sweet Sugarplum and Old Olive ink and an Aqua Pinter. Once more I am unable to choose which type of colouring gives the best result. I think they both look great. What about you?
bye for now,
Kris
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Graceful Garden Duo
I have had the Graceful Garden stamp set for a very long time and although I love it I haven’t used it until I created this card. I stamped the background stamp from the Graceful Garden stamp set onto the lower left hand side of scored and folded Thick Whisper White card using Pool Party ink. I cut a strip of Petal Garden Designer Series paper and attached it to the left hand side of the card front. I cut an oval from Whisper White card and a scalloped oval from Pool Party card using the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and attached them to each other and then the card front using dimensionals. 
I stamped the large flower from the Graceful Garden stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Pool Party and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. 
The flower is cut out and attached to the oval with a couple of small dimensionals behind the bottom of the stem.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the small floral image onto scrap Whisper Whtie card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, coloured it with the Pool Party and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends and cut it out. 
The flower is the only embellishment on the inside of the card.
I wanted to create another card but this time colouring the flower using the Sweet Sugarplum and Old Olive ink pads and an Aqua Painter. I wanted to see which colouring technique gave the best finished look and guess what, I love them both. The second card is created in exactly the same way, I stamped the images in Basic Black Archival ink and coloured them using Sweet Sugarplum and Old Olive ink and an Aqua Painter.
Which one do you like best? The Pool Party flower coloured with the Stampin’ Blends or the Sweet Sugarplum flower coloured with ink and an Aqua Painter?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Freshly Made Sketch 324
I love clean and simple lines on a card, especially for males. The sketch at Freshly Made recently was perfect one for this type of card. I decided that the Epic Celebration stamp set which you can earn for free during Sale-a-Bration would be perfect. I attached Whisper White card to Bermuda Bay card and then scored and folded Night of Navy card. I attached a length of the Basics Pack 3 Washi Tape to a narrow strip of Whisper White card and then to the card front. I attached a length of another of the Basics Pack 3 Washi Tapes to another, slightly wider strip of Whisper White card and then the card front. 
I cut a Whisper White circle using the Layering Circle Framelits Dies. I stamped the greeting from the Epic Celebration stamp set onto the Whisper White circle using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I attached the stamped circle to a Smoky Slate scalloped circle cut using the same dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the guitar from the Epic Celebration stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Bermuda Bay and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends and cut it out. I attached the guitar to the stamped Whisper White circle.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped “you’re awesome” from the Epic Celebration stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I attached a piece of each of the Washi Tapes used on the card front underneath the greeting.
I love how this card turned out, don’t you? Unfortunately I missed the deadline for this sketch but thank’s Freshly Made for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 