One for the boys
You’ve heard me say it before, but I really do struggle to make cards for the males in my life. I’m a girly, flowery, kind of girl when it comes to card making. Anyway, for some reason, the ladies at Beachmere like to create cards for the males in their lives. This card is a kind of mish-mash of lots of ideas presented on Pinterest. I started by embossing Very Vanilla card using the new Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder, but only across the bottom half. 
I stamped the greeting from the Special Celebrations stamp set onto the top right hand corner using Early Espresso ink and wrapped the top of the embossing with the 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Early Espresso card. I stamped the boots from the Country Livin’ stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Early Espresso ink. I used an Aqua Painter to move the ink around to give the boots a little colour. 
The image is cut out using one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. I attached the image to an Early Espresso scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circles Framelits Dies before attaching to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I embossed a narrow strip of Very Vanilla card using the Polka Dot Embossing Folder. I attached a narrow strip of Early Espresso card behind one long edge before attaching to the bottom of Very Vanilla card.
Simple but then that’s the kind of card I like. What about you – do you like clean and simple too?
Bye for now,
Kris
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The Last One
So here is the last card I made using the Embossing Paste and Pattern Party Decorative Masks. This time I used the brick wall decorative mask. I added Cajun Craze re-inker to the paste before applying to Whisper White card. I wanted it to be a random kind of look, not all over. I embossed a piece of Cajun Craze card using the Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder and attached it to the bottom of the embossed Whisper White card. The panel is attached to scored and folded Thick A4 Whisper White card. I stamped the door image from the At Home With You stamp set onto Crumb Cake card using Early Espresso ink. 
I cut out the door using the matching At Home Framelits Dies. I stamped the banner “hanger” onto the door using Early Espresso ink. The door is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the potted flowers onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut out the image using the matching At Home Framelits Die. I coloured the pot using a Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker and the flowers using Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Write Markers. The leaves are coloured with an Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker. 
The potted flowers are attached to the right hand side of the door with the pot sitting on the Cajun Craze card using a dimensional behind the flowers. I stamped the lantern image onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it out using the matching At Home Framelits Die. I coloured the image using Daffodil Delight and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Markers. The lantern is attached to the top right hand corner of the embossed card. I stamped “happy birthday” from the At Home With You stamp set onto Whisper White card using Early Espresso ink. I used the Classic Label punch to punch out the image before attaching to the door.
To decorate the inside I stamped the greeting from the Special Celebrations stamp set using Early Espresso ink.
So now you have seen all four cards, which one is your favourite? – I know, it’s hard to pick.
Bye for now,
Kris
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More Embossing Paste
This is the third card that I have made using the Embossing Paste and the Pattern Party Decorative Masks. This time I used Basic Black card and the large medallion mask. I mixed some Dazzling Diamonds through the Embossing Paste before using. I attached the Basic Black card to scored and folded Thick A4 Whisper White card. Because the pattern for this medallion is so large, I didn’t think it needed much more embellishment. So, I simply added a greeting. I stamped the sentiment from the Butterfly Basics stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 
I cut the greeting using a circle from the Layering Circle Framelits Dies. I attached the greeting to a Basic Black circle cut using the same dies. The next layer is Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper punched using the 2″ Circle Punch and then a 2-1/4″ circle of Basic Black before attaching it to the card front. I wanted to place the greeting inside the circle at the centre of the medallion.
Since I had used the greeting from Butterfly Basics stamp set and it was sitting on my desk, I used it to decorate the inside of the card. I stamped the flower from the Butterfly Basics stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I covered the stamped flower with a post-it-note mask and then stamped the leaf image from the same stamp set several times using Old Olive ink. I removed the mask and used Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight Watercolour Pencils and a Blender Pen to colour the flower image.
Well, what do you think? The Dazzling Diamonds certainly make the Embossing Paste sparkle on this card but you can’t really see it in the photos. I personally love this large medallion and think it would be fantastic for all sorts of projects. I do think I need to work on my technique for applying the paste. I might need to change the palette knife I use for each different folder. I have one more sample left to share with you.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Up and Away
This is the second card I made using the Embossing Paste and Pattern Party Decorative Masks from the Annual Catalogue. This time I used Soft Sky card, the “cloud” mask and I didn’t add any colour to the Embossing Paste. The embossed card is attached to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I cut the detailed balloon from Whisper White card using the Up and Away Thinlits Dies. I used the same dies to cut the background pieces for the balloon from Soft Sky, Marina Mist and Night of Navy card and attached them to the back of the detailed balloon. 
The balloon is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Lift Me Up stamp set onto Whisper White card and punched it out with the new Pretty Label Punch. 
I punched a 1-3/4″ circle from Night of Navy card and attached it to back of the punched greeting before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals.
The inside of the card has a Whisper White panel which I stamped in Night of Navy ink using one of the balloons from the Lift Me Up stamp set.
Simple, but once more I am loving the look and feel of this fabulous new product. What do you think? Are you convinced you need this in your stash?
Bye for now,
Kris
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New Product
Well, new to this Annual Catalogue anyway. I bought my embossing paste, masks and the tools required to make it all work quite a while ago but have only just opened the jar and created some cards. There are four masks in the Pattern Party Decorative Masks, each one 6″ x 6″. I created a card using each one and today I am sharing the first card I made. I had seen lots of pictures of cards that had been made with the Embossing Paste and several videos where the paste is coloured using Stampin’ Up! re-inkers. So for my first card, I decided to create something of an ombre effect. I started by adding one drop of Soft Sky re-inker to a little Embossing Paste and added it across one corner of the Whisper White card. 
I added one drop of Marina Mist re-inker to the remaining Embossing Paste and added it across the middle of the Whisper White card. I added one drop of Night of Navy ink to the remaining Embossing Paste and covered the remaining Whisper White card. I removed the mask and let the paste dry, which doesn’t take very long. Because I wanted the background to really stand out, I kept the decoration to a minimum. I attached the embossed Whisper White card to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I stamped the car from Guy Greetings onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink and stamped the greeting from the Thoughful Banners stamp set underneath using Night of Navy ink. 
The image was cut out using one of the ovals from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and attached to a Night of Navy scalloped die (cut using the same dies) before attaching to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I once more used the same Decorative Mask. I attached the mask over the bottom of Whisper White card and use a sponge and Marina Mist ink to colour the mask.
All in all I am happy with my first card using this Embossing Paste. I love the real 3d effect you get and how it has a really lovely texture when you run your fingers over it.
Just to give you a little more information here is a video that Stampin’ Up! released to give you an idea of how to use these great products.
What do you think? I bet you are really excited to give this Embossing Paste a try on your next project. I’ll pop in tomorrow with another card.
Bye for now,
Kris
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More Daisy Delight
A couple of days ago I shared with you one of the Thank You cards I made and today I thought I would share the other design I used. My background is created the same way, four pieces of card or designer series paper cut the same way and swapped around to make four card fronts. I used the Delightful Daisy Designer Series paper, Daffodil Delight card and Night of Navy card. The card is embossed using the Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder. Again the pieces are attached to Whisper White card and then scored and folded Night of navy card. 
To create the focal panel, I stamped various images from the Daisy Delight stamp set using Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Night of Navy and Crushed Curry ink on Whisper White card. The panel is cut
using one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and attached to a Night of Navy scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circles Framelits Dies. The panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “thank you” from the Daisy Delight stamp set onto Whisper White card and punched each end using the Triple Banner Punch. The greeting is attached over the focal panel using dimensionals under each end of the banner.
The inside of the card is decorated in the same manner as the card I shared yesterday. I punched a strip of Night of Navy card using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and attached it behind a piece of the Daisy Delight Designer Series Paper before attaching to Whisper White card.
Just to show you how the whole set turned out, here is a photo of all four cards. Aren’t they pretty?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Washi Basics
This year Stampin’ Up! decided to do something different with the Washi Tape selections. Instead of making them specific to a product suite, they have created four Basics Packs of Washi. Each of the packs is colour related. Pick a Pattern Washi Tape is a selection of 5 rolls of Washi in a Black and White colour combination. Basics Pack 1 which is the one I am using today is a pack of 5 pink shades of Washi. Basics pack 2 is yellow/green in colour and Basics Pack 3 is blue in colour. 
This makes it easy to create across all the product suites using these Washi selections. Anyway for today’s card, I used the Basics Pack 1 and added one of each of the Washi Tape selections in the pack across Whisper White card. I stamped “party like a rock star” from the Marquee Messages stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Berry Burst ink before attaching the card to scored and folded Rich Razzleberry card. I cut a piece of Whisper White card using the largest square in the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies to create my focal panel. I stamped “it’s your” from the Marquee Messages stamp set onto the top left hand corner using Berry Burst ink. I stamped “birthday” from the same stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Rich Razzleberry ink. I stamped the three stars, also from the Marquee Messages stamp set onto the top right hand corner using Melon Mambo ink. 
The stamped panel is attached to a scalloped square of Rich Razzleberry card which is cut using the Layering Squares Framelits Dies. The panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I simply added two rows of Washi Tape across the bottom of Whisper White card.
Simple isn’t it but I think it is kind of special as well. The colours used for the Washi Tape in Basics Pack 2 are Berry Burst, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry.
I think this might be part of an upcoming Beachmere Class.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Daisy Delight – Again
I think this is an absolutely fabulous stamp set and I couldn’t go past it when creating my Thank You gifts for the ladies who placed online orders using my Hostess Code during June. I fell back on an old layout which uses four pieces of card, cut into four pieces and then swapped around so that you get four different card fronts. I used the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper, Daffodil Delight card and Night of Navy card. The card is embossed using the new Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder. The pieces are attached to Whisper White card and then to scored and folded Night of Navy card. For this card, I stamped the large daisy from the Daisy Delight stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink and punched them out using the co-ordinating Daisy Punch. 
Unfortunately this punch has been so popular that the item has been turned off until new stocks arrive around the middle of August. I used my bone folder to curl the petals of each one a little and then folded each petal in half to add even more dimension. I stamped the flower centre onto scrap Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink and punched it out. I stacked the flowers on top of one another and added the flower centre. I stamped “Thank You” from the Daisy Delight stamp set onto the bottom corner of a square of Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink. I attached the flower above the greeting. 
I stamped the solid leaf onto scrap Whisper White card using Old Olive ink, which I stamped onto scrap paper first. The outline leaf is stamped over the top using Old Olive ink, without stamping onto scrap paper first. I hand cut the leaves and attached them behind the flower. The panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside, I punched a narrow strip of Night of Navy card using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch and attached it behind a piece of the Daisy Delight Designer Series Paper. The panel is attached to Whisper White card.
Isn’t this pretty? The Designer Series Paper is gorgeous and I think the fading on some of the patterns is just lovely. I hope whoever receives this card, loves it.
Before I go I must apologise for not posting yesterday. Unfortunately an appointment that my husband and I had turned out to take much longer than I had anticipated.
Bye for now,
Kris
Product Used:
Sneak Peak
Beginning on the 1st August Stampin’ Up! is releasing one stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue so that you can pre-purchase and jump start your Christmas cards. It also means that those bonus coupons you earn this month can be used towards this purchase. But wait there is more! If you sign up to be a demonstrator this month, in addition to purchasing your kit of $235.00 worth of product for $169.00, you will get an additional free Essentials pack work $85.00 and the Carols of Christmas stamp set. How good is that! Once the Holiday catalogue goes live in August you will be able to purchase the stamp set and the dies as a bundle – Yay!
Soooooo, I thought you might like to see the first card I have made using this set. I attached a piece of the Be Merry Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Whisper White card. 
I wrapped the top of the paper with a length of Gold 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon and tied a knot. I stamped one of the ornament images from the Carols of Christmas stamp set onto the right hand side of the Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink. On scrap paper I stamped the same image three times, once using Cherry Cobbler ink, once using Garden Green ink and once using Crumb Cake ink. I used the co-ordinating Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies to cut out all of the ornaments. Then I attached one of each colour over the stamped images using Tombow Multipurpose Glue. The panel is attached to scored and folded Cherry Cobbler card. I stamped the greeting from the Carols of Christmas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Crumb Cake ink and cut it out using one of the Layering Squares Framelits Dies. I attached the greeting to a Cherry Cobbler scalloped square cut using the same dies and then the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside I stamped the same ornament image from the Carols of Christmas stamp set onto the top left hand corner using Cherry Cobbler ink. I attached three of the ornaments that I had previously cut over the stamped image.
It’s a simple card but I am happy with my first creation. Life has been a little hectic as Ron and I only returned home on the weekend after spending two weeks in our caravan travelling with our grandsons to visit the dinosaurs in Winton. We had so much fun. Starting to get back into routine, so hopefully will have some more samples with this lovely stamp set and co-ordinating dies soon.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday
Here is a quick and simple card that I am pretty sure I cased (not sure where from) and created for my catalogue launch to show off the gorgeous Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper stack. This paper comes in all five of the new in-colours. I used the Tranquil Tide Designer Series Paper which I attached to the bottom of Whisper White card. I wrapped the top of the designer series paper with the Tranquil Tide 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon and tied a knot.
I cut the happy birthday from Tranquil Tide card using the Happy Birthday Thinlit Die. Isn’t this a fabulous die. It practically creates the card without doing anything at all. I attached the Happy Birthday to the top of the Whisper White card before attaching to scored and folded Tranquil Tide card.
To decorate the inside, I punched a narrow strip of Tranquil Tide card using the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch. I attached the punched card behind one long edge of a piece of the same Tranquil Tide Designer Series Paper before attaching to Whisper White card.
This is such a simple card but I think it packs a big wow. It’s so much fun to create that I think I made 4 variations of this card for my catalogue launch. The ladies at Beachmere enjoyed making this card last week too. What about you.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 