Playing with Touches of Texture
Today’s card, came about because I saw one where a card had been created using the Touches of Texture stamp set with some fussy cutting. The card was gorgeous and much more detailed than mine but I am happy with my card none the less.
I attached the Be Merry Designer Series Paper to the left hand side of Whisper White card. Don’t you love it when you can use something in a way other than the purpose for which it was designed! I stamped the greeting from the Best Birds stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Rich Razzleberry ink. 
I attached the Whisper White card to scored and folded Rich Razzleberry card. I stamped the flower image from the Touches of Texture stamp set onto Shimmery White card using Garden Green ink. I used my Aqua Painter to move the ink around to colour in the leaves. I stamped the image once more onto Shimmery White card using Rich Razzleberry ink. Again I used an Aqua Painter to move the ink around and colour in the flowers. 
Once they were coloured in I cut out all the flowers and attached them over the stamped Garden Green image. I cut the image using one of the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies and attached it to a scalloped oval cut from Rich Razzleberry card using the same dies. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
I kept the inside of the card pretty simple by adding a strip of Rich Razzleberry card behind one long edge of the same Be Merry Designer Series Paper before attaching to the bottom of the Whisper White card.
I think the fussy cutting on this card was totally worth it. It gives the image so much dimension because the flowers seem to pop off the stamped image. I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Freshly Made Sketch #300
Congratulations to Freshly Made for being around for 300 sketches and providing awesome sketch challenges each week. I don’t always get to play along but I try to as often as I can because I love these challenges. Since I had the Painted Harvest stamp set still on my desk, I had to use it for this challenge. So check out the sketch and maybe you can play along too, although I think this challenge has almost finished.
I attached two pieces of the Painted Harvest Designer Series Paper to Very Vanilla card before attaching to scored and folded Early Espresso card. I stamped “just a note” from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Early Espresso ink and cut it out using one of the ovals from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. I attached the greeting to a scalloped oval cut from Early Espresso card using the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies.
I stamped the first image for the flower from the Painted Harvest stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Tangerine Tango ink. I stamped the second image for the flower over the top using Cajun Craze ink. I stamped the flower centre using Early Espresso ink and then fussy cut the flower. I stamped the solid leaf image from the Painted Harvest stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Lemon Lime Twist ink and stamped the detailed leaf image over the top using Garden Green ink. 
The leaves are punched out using the co-ordinating Leaf Punch. I attached the flower and the leaves to the greeting oval and then to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the long solid leaf image twice onto the lower left hand corner of Very Vanilla card using Lemon Lime Twist ink and stamped the detailed image over the top using Garden Green ink. I stamped and punched out one more leaf the same as the card front and attached it over the stamped leaves.
This Painted Harvest stamp set and co-ordinating products is, I am sure, going to be a favourite from the Holiday Catalogue when it is released next month. It is certainly going to be a favourite of mine.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Painted Harvest
I have been creating a lot of cards using the Carols of Christmas stamp set and co-ordinating products but thought I would share a card I made using the Painted Harvest stamp set from the soon to be released Holiday Catalogue. The stamp set seems to be primarily aimed at Thanksgiving which we do not celebrate here in Australia. However, it is such a beautiful flower and the leaves and co-ordinating punch are just so fantastic. Soooo, I was inspired by a card I saw on the Demonstrator Facebook Page to create a version of the cards created by Mieke Op T Hof from the Netherlands.
There are two images to create the leaves and petals for this flower. I started by stamping the first image onto Whisper White card in Crushed Curry and stamped the second image over the top using Pumpkin Pie ink. I stamped the flower centre using Early Espresso ink. 
I stamped the leaves onto the Whisper White card using Old Olive ink which I stamped off first and then stamped twice without re-inking. I stamped the greeting from the Window Shopping stamp set onto Crumb Cake card using Early Espresso ink. I punched one end of the Crumb Cake card using the Triple Banner Punch. I stamped the solid leaf onto Whisper White card using Old Olive ink which I had stamped off first. I stamped the detailed leaf over the top using Old Olive ink and punched them out using the matching Leaf Punch. The banner is attached to the card front using dimensionals with the punched out leaves tucked underneath. The stamped card is attached the Crumb Cake card and then scored and folded Early Espresso card.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the flower using the same inks and once more stamped the leaves.
Now that I have started playing with this set, I think it is going to be hard to stop. I love the detail of the image and can’t wait to play with more colour combinations. I think this one kind of looks like a Sunflower, don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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High Tide again
Is anyone else in love with the gorgeous High Tide stamp set? I think it is so cool how you can create beautiful landscape scenes using these awesome stamps. The card I am sharing today will make its debut in one of my Beachmere classes. I think it has a male kind of feel to it and because I haven’t added a sentiment, hopefully it will fit the bill for several kinds of occasions.
I attached Sahara Sand card to the left hand side of Whisper White card and attached Basic Black card across the bottom of the panel. I embossed the card using the Seaside Embossing Folder and attached the panel to scored and folded Island Indigo card. 
Because I wasn’t sure just how much of the picture would show in the largest Oval from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies, I created the image panel on a larger than necessary piece of Whisper White card. The lighthouse from the High Tide stamp set is stamped in Smoky Slate and Memento Tuxedo Black ink with the sand stamped in Sahara Sand ink.
I stamped the sea using Island Indigo ink and the grass using Always Artichoke ink. The lighthouse beam is stamped in Crushed Curry and the flying birds using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Once I had stamped all the pieces, I laid the oval over the top and because the panel was larger than I needed I could choose which section I wanted to cut out. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the small sand image onto the bottom left hand corner of Whisper White card Smoky Slate ink. The grass is stamped using Always Artichoke ink.
So, so simple but I love it. What about you? What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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A Christmas Bear
This is a card that kind of grew and grew. I wanted to use the bear from the Baby Bear stamp set on a Christmas card and this is the end result.
I embossed Whisper White card using the Cable Knit Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Real Red card. I stamped the greeting from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set onto Whisper White card and cut out the words individually. I attached the greeting to a circle of Whisper White card cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. I stamped the first image using Sahara Sand ink, the second image using Crumb Cake ink and the third image using Soft Suede ink. I cut the image out using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. 
To create the parcel image, I stamped the square parcel from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the image onto a post-it-note and cut it out. I attached the post-it-note image over the stamped image and then stamped the other two parcel images from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I removed the mask and then used post-it-notes to mask off the other two parcels so that I could stamp one of the flower centres from the Oh So Eclectic stamp set using Real Red ink to decorate the square parcel. I removed the post-it-notes, cut out the image and coloured the remaining parcels using Real Red and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Markers.
The parcels are attached to another circle of Whisper White card cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits dies. I cut Real Red scalloped circles for each Whisper White circle using the Layering Circle Framelits Dies. The greeting circle is attached flat to the card front and each of the other circles has dimensionals under the outside so that it can sit over the other circles. I stamped the large bow from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set onto Whisper White card using Crumb Cake ink. I stamped the small bow and the round bow onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. Each of the bows is cut out using the matching Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits Dies. I attached the bows to the parcels to finish off the look. The large bow is attached using a Mini Dimensional and the other bows are attached using Glue Dots.
Since there was so much happening on the card front, to decorate the inside, I simply embossed a strip of Whisper White card using the Cable Knit Embossing folder and attached a narrow strip of Real Red card behind one long edge.
I think this card will be just perfect for someone small. I am sending this one as part of a pack to my Aunty and I am sure she will find someone special to give it to at Christmas.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Another Case
Recently I shared with you a card which I CASED from Heidi Baks and today I am sharing my version of a card which my lovely upline Stephanie Pike shared on her blog recently. She has a video which shows you how to go about creating your background, which is a bit of a variation on faux silk. Anyway I loved her card and found the video easy to follow so I had some fun getting inky and created my focal panel using the same colours as she did – Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party and Bermuda Bay. You need Tissue paper, a Window Sheet, ink refills in the colours stated and a spritzer filled with water. Be prepared to make a mess while you have fun. 
I think my paper turned out a lot darker than Stephanie’s, but I was still very happy with it. The tissue paper is allowed to dry (and yes I did speed mine up a bit with the heat tool but be warned that this can make your colours a little lighter) before being attached to a piece of Whisper White paper.
The panel is attached to scored and folded thick Whisper White A4 card . I stamped the greeting from the Best Birds stamp set onto the bottom right hand corner using Versamark ink, sprinkled it with Copper Embossing Powder and heat set using my heat tool. I cut the dragonfly from Copper Foil card using the Detail Dragonfly Thinlits Dies and attached it over the tissue paper.
To decorate the inside, I used a piece of left over tissue paper which I attached to a narrow strip of Whisper White card. Very simple, but I think the tissue paper and the Copper Foil are striking enough, don’t you? Once again my thanks to Stephanie for providing such beautiful inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Case this Sketch #323
Sometimes when your mojo just kind of goes quiet, I find that playing along with a sketch challenge will get me going again. Today I decided to play along with the Case This Sketch challenge. It was a very simple sketch leaving lots of room for creativity. I stamped Whisper White card using the leaf image from the Butterfly Basics stampset using Pear Pizzazz ink. I stamped several times and sometimes without re-inking. I stamped the flower image from the same stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using a Blender Pen and Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz and Daffodil Delight inks. I cut out the image and attached it over the stamped leaves. 
I used the border die from the Swirly Bird Framelit Dies to cut Soft Suede card, I only wanted to create a semi-rounded edge for the bottom of my card. I embossed the card using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder before attaching it to the bottom of the stamped card. I stamped the long border image onto a strip of scrap Whisper white card using Wisteria Wonder ink. 
I hand cut it to create a narrow border which I attached to the card front to the right of the flower image. The border is trimmed to match the edge of the stamped Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting from the Butterfly Basics stamp set onto the card front using Soft Suede ink. The Whisper White panel is attached to Pear Pizzazz card and then scored and folded Soft Suede card.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the border image twice across the bottom of Whisper White card using Pear Pizzazz ink. I am pretty happy with this card and I am very happy to have used this stamp set once more. It is one of my favourites but neglected lately for some newer ones. So thanks to Case This Sketch for some great inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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More Carols of Christmas
My August card class features the Carols of Christmas stamp set and the Card Front Builder Framelits Dies. So I have been making lots of card to showcase how amazing this bundle is. This card was inspired by one I saw on the internet somewhere and I am sorry I am not sure whose card it was. If it is yours please let me know so that I can give you credit.
I embossed Whisper White card using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder, attached it to Cherry Cobbler card and then scored and folded Thick A4 Whisper White card (what did we do without this thick card, I just love it). 
I cut the double and single trees from Always Artichoke card using the Card Front Builder Framelits Dies and attached them to the embossed Whisper White card. I stamped the deer from the Carols of Christmas stamp set onto Whisper White card using Chocolate Chip ink and cut it out with the matching Card Front Builder Framelit Die. I stamped the greeting from the Hang Your Stocking stamp set onto Whisper White card and used the new Pretty Label Punch to punch it out. I punched a 1-3/4″ circle from Cherry Cobbler card and attached it behind the greeting before attaching to the card front.
To decorate the inside of the card, I cut the double tree from Always Artichoke card using the Card Front Builder Framelits Dies and attached them to the lower left hand corner. I stamped the deer once more using Chocolate Chip ink, cut it out using the matching die and attached it in front of the trees.
I am loving how easy it is to create a beautiful Christmas card using the amazing bundle. If you haven’t already purchase yours – what’s stopping you? I believe that his set is going to be a best seller and when you see all the other products which co-ordinate with this stamp set, you will truly be amazed.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Oh So Cased
I am trying to work on cards for my September class and I was inspired by this gorgeous card by Heidi Baks for my creation today.
I stamped the greeting from the Vertical Greeting stamp set onto the right hand side of scored and folded Thick A4 Whisper White card using Emerald Envy ink. I used an Aqua Painter and Lemon Lime Twist ink to colour a piece of Watercolour Paper. Once dried I attached a narrow strip of Lemon Lime Twist card to the left hand side and a strip of Gold Glimmer Paper to the right hand side. The panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. 
I stamped the leaves onto Whisper White card using Emerald Envy ink and cut them out using the matching Eclectic Layers thinlits Dies and attached them to the card front. I stamped the flowers onto Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut them out using the matching Eclectic Layers Thinlits Die. 
I coloured the flowers using an Aqua Painter and Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist ink. The flowers are attached to the card front over the leaves. I tied a knot in a length of Emerald Envy Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and attached it over the flower stems using a rolled up Glue Dot.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the leaf image twice, once more using Emerald Envy ink and attached another flower stamped, cut and coloured to match the ones on the front of the card.
Thanks you so much Heidi for the inspiration. I love this card. It is beautiful, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Match The Sketch #187
Since I am on a roll with challenge sketches this week, I also decided to play along with Match The Sketch, unfortunately I missed the deadline but thought I would share anyway. I cut strips of Berry Burst paper from the Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper stack in varying lengths and widths and attached them vertically to Whisper White card. I embossed a strip of Crumb Cake card using the Petal Burst Embossing Folder and attached it horizontally across the Whisper White card and the designer series paper strips. The Whisper White card is attached to Berry Burst card and scored and folded Thick A4 Whisper White card. I stamped the leaf from the Oh So Eclectic stamp set three times onto Whisper White card using Lemon Lime Twist ink and cut them out using the matching Eclectic Layers Thinlits Die. 
I attached the leaves to the card front using Multipurpose Glue. I cut a circle from Whisper White card using the Layeirng Circles Framelits Dies and then cut the flower from the centre using the Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies. I attached the Whisper White circle to a Berry Burst scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circle Framelits Dies. I attached the circle to the card front over the ends of the leaves using dimensionals. I stamped the flower centre onto Whisper White card using Berry Burst ink and cut it out using the matching Eclectic Layers Thinlits Die before attaching to the flower centre. Lastly I stamped the greeting from the Oh So Eclectic stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large flower background using Berry Burst ink. I stamped the detailed flower over the top, also using Berry Burst ink. I inked the three leaves from the leaf image using the Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write Marker and used the stamp-a-ma-jig to place them on either side of the flower.
I was really happy with this card until I realised that although I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the greeting, I must have moved it slightly because the greeting is crooked. Since this only just became obvious to me, I am sharing it “warts and all”. Does this happen to you? Everything is done and then you notice something is wrong. I might have to work on a way to “embellish”.
Bye for now,
Kris
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