Panda Birthday
After I made the card for my great nephew’s first birthday, I was a little bit hooked on the Party Pandas stamp set. So I just had to create another card. I punched Basic Black card using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and attached it behind a piece of the Bubbles and Fizz Designer Series Paper which you can earn for free with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration. The designer series paper is attached to Whisper White card which is embossed using the Scattered Sequin Embossing Folder. The panel is attached to Basic Black card and then scored and folded Lemon Lime Twist card. 
I stamped the Panda from the Party Pandas stamp set onto Whisper White card and cut out the image using one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. 
I coloured the Panda’s hat using a Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker and attached the panel to a Basic Black scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circles Framelits Dies. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the happy birthday from the Party Pandas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, punched it out using the Classic Label Punch and attached it to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I punched a strip of Basic Black card using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and attached it behind one long edge of a piece of the same Bubble and Fizz Designer Series Paper. The panel is attached to the bottom of Whisper White card.
Aren’t these Panda’s just so cute? The more you use them the more you love them.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Karyn
My sister recently celebrated her 60th birthday and I know by now she has received her card and gift, so I can share them with you. I embossed Whisper White card using one of the folders from the Petal Pair Embossing Folders. This is a narrow embossing folder so I had to run it through the Big Shot twice to cover the whole piece. I coloured a piece of Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon using the Dark Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Blend and wrapped it around the embossed card. 
I stamped “celebrate” and “you” from the Amazing You stamp set onto Whisper White card using Rich Razzleberry ink and cut it out using one of the Layering Oval Framelit Dies. The greeting panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the large floral image twice and one small image from the Petal Palette stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
The images are coloured using the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. The large floral images are cut out using the matching Petal Passion Framelit Dies and the small image is fussy cut. The three images are attached around the greeting using snail and dimensionals. I tied a bow in a length of the Whisper White Ribbon 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon which is also coloured using a Dark Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Blend and attached it to the card front using a glue dot.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set onto Whisper White card using Rich Razzleberry ink. I used a Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write Marker to ink the greeting but not the word “of”. The image is cut out using one of the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and attached to a scalloped Rich Razzleberry oval. The greeting is attached to Whisper White card. I cut the number 60 from Rich Razzleberry card using some old dies I had on hand – not Stampin’ Up! unfortunately and attached them to the greeting panel.
I also created a gift card holder to match the card. I cut the base from Rich Razzleberry card and embossed Whisper White card using the same Petal PairEmbossing Folder to decorate the Panels. I made belly band using Rich Razzleberry and embossed Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set onto Whisper White card using Rich Razzleberry ink. The greeting is cut out using the Layering Oval Framelit Dies and attached to a Rich Razzleberry scalloped oval cut using the same dies. I stamped the floral image from the Petal Palette stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is coloured using Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends cut out and attached to the greeting oval. The greeting panel covers the join in the belly band.
So once more a happy birthday to my sister Karyn.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Jack
My great nephew turned 1 recently and this gave me the opportunity to play with the Party Pandas stamp set which is one of the sets you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration. I was actually a little late getting his birthday gift together but hopefully he will forgive me. I embossed Whisper White card using the Woodlands Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Bermuda Bay card. I cut Whisper White card using one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and also a scalloped circle from Bermuda Bay card using one of the scalloped circles from the Layering Circles Dies. 
The pieces are attached together and then to the lower right hand corner of the card front. I stamped the panda from the Party Pandas stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the balloon using the Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends. 
I cut out the panda and attached the Panda to the stitched circle, I added a dimensional to the back of the balloon so that it would sit properly on the card front. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Party Pandas stamp set onto Bermuda Bay card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and punched out the greeting using the Classic Label Punch. The greeting is attached below the panda.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the panda using the same ink and used the Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blends to colour the panda’s party hat.
I wasn’t sold on this stamp set when I first saw it, but I can see it has huge possibilities. What about you? Do you love it?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Bird Banter
I thought you might like a change from all the Waterfront cards I have been sharing. I saw a card recently (or maybe not so recently) that has this simple but very effective layout, so I saved it for future use. I stamped the greeting from the Bird Banter stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also attached three strips of the Basics Pack 2 Washi Tape across the centre of the stamped card before attaching to scored and folded Old Olive card. I stamped the bird from the Bird Banter stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using the Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. 
I cut out the image using one of the circles from the Stitched Circles Framelits Dies. I stamped the stem image onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the leaves using the Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. 
I cut out the image and attached it to the stamped circle so that the bird was sitting on the branch. I trimmed off the excess branch and attached the panel to a Daffodil Delight scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circle Framelit Dies. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped Whisper White card using another of the greetings from the Bird Banter stamp set and also the two small birds, one either side of the greeting. The birds are coloured using the Pool Party, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends.
My colouring of the birds may not fit any particular type but aren’t the birds cute? I really need to use this set more, there are so many images and so many possibilities.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Waterfront Retirement
Today’s card uses the Waterfront stamp set and once more we are following the Jackie Bolhuis’ video with the quick watercolour technique. This card follows a similar layout to yesterday’s card but this time each of the stamps is applied and then an Aqua Painter is used to colour each image within the outlines of the stamp. So the mountains are stamped in Soft Suede onto Shimmer White card and then the Aqua Painter is used to move the colour around within the outline of the stamp. The mountains are stamped again but this time stamped off onto scrap paper first to give a slightly lighter colour. The grass is stamped using Garden Green ink and there is also some ground stamped using Crumb Cake ink. 
The water is stamped using Marina Mist ink. The water is over stamped using Dapper Denim ink and the dotted image is stamped over the water using Dapper Denim ink. 
This time I cut the image down to fit across the card front before attaching to Soft Suede card. I stamped the greeting from the Wild About Flowers stamp set onto the upper left hand corner of Whisper White card using Soft Suede ink. I attached the image panel and then stamped “retirement”, from the Wild About Flowers stamp set below the panel using Soft Suede ink. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Soft Suede card.
To decorate the inside I stamped the greeting from the Wild About Flowers stamp set onto Whisper White card using Soft Suede ink.
So once more another look using the same stamps, inks and basic layout. Are you beginning to see how versatile this stamp set is? I hope so.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Waterfront Sympathy
Here is another card I made using the Waterfront stamp set. This time I have stamped onto Shimmer White card, still using the same colour combination of ink. The mountains are stamped in Soft Suede ink and then stamped again without re-inking using the same ink. I stamped the ground using Garden Green ink and the shoreline using Crumb Cake ink. The water is stamped using Marina Mist ink and overstamped using Dapper Denim ink. 
The dotted image is also stamped using Dapper Denim ink. The trees are stamped using Tranquil Tide ink and the sun is stamped using Crushed Curry ink. 
I trimmed down the stamped card and added the sentiment from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set using Soft Suede ink. The image panel is attached to Soft Suede card and then scored and folded Thick Whisper White card.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting which is also from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set using Soft Suede ink.
I am loving how versatile this stamp set is. So many different uses from this one stamp set just by adding different sentiments. I love that each time you use this stamp set you get an individual piece. What about you? Have I inspired you yet to try this stamp set? I have a couple more cards to share, so stay tuned.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Waterfront note
My card today uses the Waterfront stamp set and the same inks as the card I shared yesterday. To create today’s card I watched a video by Jaquie Bolhuis to create a more watercoloured look to my card. I stamped the mountain image twice onto Watercolour Paper using Garden Green ink. After the images were stamped, I used an Aqua painter to move the ink around inside the outline of each image. I stamped the mountain image a couple more times behind the first images using Garden Green ink which I had stamped off onto scrap paper first. I used the Aqua Painter to once more move the ink around inside the outline of each image.
I stamped the ground using Crumb Cake ink, the sand using Crushed Curry ink and the sea using Marina Mist ink. After each image was stamped I used the Aqua Painter to move the ink around inside the outline of each image. 
I stamped the image over the sea using Dapper Denim ink and then added the dotted image using the same ink. The palm trees were stamped using Soft Suede ink and Tranquil Tide ink and once more used the Aqua Painter to soften the images. The watercolour paper really works well with this technique.
I stamped the greeting from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of scored and folded Thick Whisper White card using Dapper Denim ink. The image panel was trimmed and attached to Dapper Denim card before attaching to the card front.
I simply stamped the greeting from the You’ve Got This stamp set onto the inside of the card using Dapper Denim ink.
I might have gone a bit overboard with the Aqua Painter but I am happy with the finished look. As with the card yesterday, I stamped onto a larger piece of card and trimmed it down to get the size I wanted. I hope you will take a look at Jackie’s video and try out this technique yourself.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Waterfront Birthday
I loved the Waterfront stamp set when I first saw it in the Occasions Catalogue. It is so simple to create wonderful scenes to use on all kinds of cards. Today I am going to share with you the first card I made of several using this stamp set and the same colours but different techniques to achieve lots of different finishes. For this card I stamped “happiest of birthdays to you” from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of Whisper White card using Soft Suede ink. The stamped card is attached to scored and folded Garden Green card. I stamped the “mountain” image twice onto Whisper White card using Garden Green ink. 
I stamped the same image again, but this time stamping off onto scrap paper first. I stamped the “sand” using Crushed Curry ink and the “water” using the same image and Marina Mist ink. 
I stamped the dotted image over the water using Dapper Denim ink. I stamped the palm tree stems using Soft Suede ink and the leaves using Tranquil Tide ink. I also stamped the sun using Crushed Curry ink. The panel is attached to Garden Green card and then the card front. I found that the easiest way to create the image panel was to stamp onto a larger piece of card than I wanted and then cut it down to suit the card.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the sand using Crushed Curry ink onto the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card. I also stamped the palm tree stem and leaves using the Soft Suede and Tranquil Tide ink.
A simple card but I think kind of cute. Tomorrow I will share a card made using the same stamps and colours but with a completely different look.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Freshly Made Sketch 319
I saw the sketch challenge at Freshly Made but unfortunately not in time to submit my entry. However, I think it is a pretty card, which I thought you would like to see. I stamped the background stamp from the You’ve Got This stamp set onto scored and folded Smoky Slate card using Smoky Slate ink. I embossed Whisper White card using the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, attached it to Rich Razzleberry card and then the card front. I stamped the flower from the You’ve Got This stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is coloured using the Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. 
I cut out the flower and leaves and attached it to the embossed card. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set onto Whisper White card using Rich Razzleberry ink. I punched out the greeting using the Classic Label Punch. 
I attached the punched greeting to a narrow strip of Rich Razzleberry card and trimmed the left hand end to made the punch. The greeting is attached to the card front and the right hand edge is trimmed to match the edge of the card.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the flower from the You’ve Got This stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using the same Stampin’ Blends and this time cut out the flower only. The image is attached to the top left hand corner of Whisper White card.
This flower has to be one of my favourites (at the moment!). It is so pretty and the blends give it so much depth. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Another Happy Birthday
Last weekend my friend celebrated her birthday and I thought I would share with you the card that I made for her. I actually cased this card from the Stampin’ Success magazine that demonstrators receive every three months. I thought the card was very pretty but I changed up the greeting to suit the occasion. I stamped the beautiful floral image from the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set onto Shimmer White card using Basic Black Archival ink. I used an Aqua Painter to colour the image using Powder Pink, Old Olive and Crushed Curry inks. I attached a length of Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon behind one short edge of a piece of Petal Passion Designer Series Paper before attaching the panel across the bottom half of the stamped card. 
I wrapped the top of the Designer Series Paper with Old Olive Bakers Twine and tied a knot. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Powder Pink card using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Best Birds stamp set onto Powder Pink card using Basic Black Archival ink. I trimmed one end and attached it to the card front using more dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the floral image onto the lower left hand corner of Shimmer White card using Basic Black Archival ink. The image is once more coloured using an Aqua Painter and Powder Pink, Old Olive and Crushed Curry inks.
Can you tell, I love this gorgeous stamp? The stamp has a special name and is pending patent as a Distinctive stamp. I certainly hope we get more images like this one. As you have seen on previous cards I have shared, just using one colour with this stamp gives the most detailed effect but adding a little colour takes it to another level. Don’t forget that this stamp set is available in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue, but only until the end of March. You can earn this stamp set for free by placing a qualifying order. So don’t delay, make sure you have this gorgeous stamp set on hand to create beautiful cards very easily for your family and friends.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 