An Early Present
What are you all doing for the Melbourne Cup today? My husband and I are off to join my parents for a great day of entertainment and lunch before the big race this afternoon.
I can’t believe that on top of all the magic of the Melbourne Cup, Stampin’ Up! has done something wonderful for us too! Instead of having to wait until June next year, Stampin’ Up! have released a set of Stitched Shape Framelits (Item No. 145372) which when used on your projects, not only cuts the shape you want but gives the shape a gorgeous stitched edge. The set will include circles, ovals and squares.
So from today – 1st November, you can purchase this gorgeous set and be an expert with them by the time the catalogue is released in June 2017.
As if that isn’t enough, Stampin’ Up! will be discounting nine co-ordinating products with a 25% discount from 1st November to 30th November! Woohoo! I love a discount and there is at least one stamp set on this list I have been procrastinating about buying, so now seems like the perfect time to purchase. Yay.
You can click on the images below to get all the details on the discounted products.
I cannot wait to see what fabulous projects everyone creates with this gorgeous addition to our crafting needs.
Below is a video prepared by Stampin’ Up! to give us a better look at these Stitched Shape Framelits.
Happy stamping and good luck for the race, hope you have a wonderful day and maybe get lucky and pick a winner.
Bye for now,
Kris
Every Occasion Birthday
When I was at Onstage Local in April this year, everyone seemed to showcase the Every Occasion stamp set and I thought it would be a great stamp set to have and use. Well, this is the first card that I have actually made with this set! I was inspired by this one I found on Pinterest by Maureen Merritt. I love this card and hopefully so will the ladies at Beachmere when we make this sometime over the next month. The images in this stamp set are all very cute and as the name implies there is an image to suit any occasion you can think of.
Anyway, onto my card. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Guy Greetings stamp set onto the bottom edge of Whisper White card using Melon Mambo ink. I wrapped the top of the card with Melon Mambo/Basic Black Baker’s Twine (retired from the last Occasions Catalogue) and attached the Whisper White card to scored and folded Melon Mambo. 
I stamped the cupcake image from the Every Occasion stamp set six times onto Whisper White card using Melon Mambo ink. I used the smallest scallop square die from the Layered Squares Framelits Dies to cut out the cupcake images. The images are attached to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside panel I stamped the present image from the Every Occasion stamp set three times across the bottom of Whisper White card using Melon Mambo ink.
I am certainly going to have to play with this stamp set some more. I’ll pop back soon with some more inspiration for you.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Jae
My granddaughter Jae is celebrating her 8th birthday on Saturday. We won’t be seeing her on Saturday so we had a small celebration after school today. When you see all the grandchildren growing up so quickly it makes you realise how precious the time is we get to spend with them. Hope she has a fantastic day on Saturday.
I created her birthday card after seeing a Double Z Fold card by Amanda Bates. She used the Pop of Pink Designer Series Paper to create her card which I don’t have so I improvised and used some of the retired It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Stack which I had in my stash. I also decided that I would leave out the double Z fold and just create a flap on the front.
My base card is A4 Thick Whisper White cut to 14.8cm x 21cm scored along the 21cm length at 14.8cm, making the card almost 6″ square. I added a piece of the Melon Mambo “starry” Designer Series Paper from the It’s My Party Designer Series paper Stack to the inside of the card. I stamped “let’s Celebrate” from the Confetti Celebration stamp set on a 10.5cm square of Whisper White card and centred it on the Melon Mambo DSP. I cut another piece of the same Designer Series Paper 5.5cm x 13.8cm and used the reverse side. The DSP is layered onto Melon Mambo and then onto the flap on the left hand side. 
I attached a layer of 10.5cm square Whisper White card to the left hand flap so that it covered the Whisper White layer on the inside of the card. I stamped the image from the Marquee Messages stamp set onto Whisper White card 9.5cm x 9.5cm using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped “it’s your” on the inside of the frame using the same ink. I stamped the large arrow onto Melon Mambo card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, cut it out and attached it over the stamped image. I stamped the banner and “birthday” onto Bermuda Bay card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, cut it out and attached it over the stamped image. 
I coloured the ladder banner down the left hand side of the image using a Melon Mambo Stampin’ Write Marker. The “it’s yours” is coloured using a Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Marker. I attached the stamped panel to Bermuda Bay card 10cm x 10cm and then to the card front. I stamped “yay” from the Confetti Celebrations stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, cut it out and attached it to the left hand side of the card front. Amanda had coloured in the circles on her card using a Signo Gel Pen but I decided to add a small Basic Pearl to each of the circles – love the way that makes the card look extra special. 
I also cut the small stars on the banner section from Whisper White card and coloured them using the Clear Wink of Stella to add a little more sparkle. Thank you so much Amanda for the inspiration.
As this card is almost 6″ square I needed to create an envelope, so I used the Envelope Punch Board to create the perfect size from a 12″ x 12″ piece of Whisper White card. To close the envelope I cut two 1″ circles from Melon Mambo card and pierced a hole through the centre of each one and also through the envelope. I attached the circles with a gold brad (retired) and used some retired Melon Mambo/Basic Black Baker’s Twine to close the envelope. I used the Large Letters Framelits Dies to create her name for the front of the envelope from Melon Mambo card. I love it, so simple to create but the perfect finishing touch for the card.
I love this type of card, don’t you? I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Sweet Baby Card
I thought I would share with you one of the cards we made at my Beachmere class last week. We haven’t made a baby card in a while and so I created this one. I started by attaching a piece of So Saffron card to Whisper White card and then embossing the whole piece using the Happy Heart Embossing Folder. This folder will not completely emboss a card front, so you need to push your card to the bottom of the folder, emboss, then move the card upwards inside the folder, lining up the embossed card with the folder and then you can emboss the bottom section of the card. I attached a piece of So Saffron Designer Series paper from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack to the left hand side. I love monochromatic cards! 
I cut an oval from Whisper White card using one of the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies , attached it to a So Saffron Scalloped Oval and then the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the baby onsie from the Something For Baby stamp set onto Whisper White card using So Saffron ink and cut it out using the matching Baby First Framelit Die. The baby onsie is attached to the Whisper White oval. I cut a Whisper White heart using the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch and attached it to the onsie. Inside the card I stamped “peek-a-boo to someone new” from the Suite Sayings stampset onto Whisper White card using So Saffron ink. I also attached a narrow strip of So Saffron card which is embossed using the Happy Hearts Embossing Folder.
Such a simple card but so sweet, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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October Memory Making
My Memory Keeping class for October will be held on the 28th at 6.30pm. If you are interested in attending, then let me know so that I can reserve a place for you.
This month’s page using Whisper White for the base with a strip of Candy Lane Washi tape across the top and the bottom. I used two 3″ x 4″ cards from the Seasonal Snapshot Card Collection (retired) and one 6″ x 4″ card from the same collection. I cut the 6″ x 4″ card in half to create two 3″ x 4″ cards. I printed my photo and cut it to 6″ x 3-3/4″ before attaching it to Smokey Slate card 6″ x 4″. I stamped the santa image from the Cookie Cutter Christmas stampset onto scrap Whisper White card using Stazon Jet Black ink and coloured him in using Real Red, Basic Black and Smokey Slate Stampin’ Write Markers. I punched the image using the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch to cut out the image and added a small circle of Dazzling Details Glimmer Paper to the top of his hat. 
I stamped the “trim the trees” circle from the Merriest Wishes stamp set onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. The “25” image from the same stamp set is stamped using Smokey Slate ink. I punched the image using the 2″ Circle Punch and attached it to a Real Red 2-1/2″ Circle (retired) using dimensionals. My journaling was created on my computer, printed onto Whisper White card and then cut into strips. I punched one end of each strip using the Triple Banner Punch before attaching it to the Real Red striped 3″ x 4″ card. The date image comes from the Date It Project Life stamp set (retired)
I think this is a fun page and will give the ladies who attend a head start on their Christmas scrapbooking.
You may have noticed that I am using some retired product. I don’t do this in any other class but I love to give everyone the opportunity to create the same project. To enable me to do this I use My Digital Studio to print out the project life cards and add in some current product to show how versatile our products are. I really think everyone should try out the amazing Project Life Product that is sold by Stampin’ Up!.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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My Rock Star
My grandson Ethan performed in his local inter-school talent quest last week. The talent quest is run by the Chaplains at the local primary and high schools to help keep them funded. I will have a Nanny brag and say that he is a very talented singer and guitar player. He performed very well, as did everyone else. It is really amazing how self assured young people are today. I am sure that I could never have stood up and performed in front of strangers or even friends for that matter, especially at age 10.
Anyway I had to make him a card to let him know how proud his Pop and I are. I used one of the Seasonal Decorative Masks to sponge Early Expresso ink onto Crumb Cake card. I attached this to Very Vanilla card which I embossed using the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder. I wrapped the top of the Crumb Cake card with Delightful Dijon 5/8″ Mini Striped ribbon and attached the whole panel to scored and folded Early Expresso card. 
I stamped the guitar image from the Country Livin’ Stamp set onto Crumb Cake card using Stazon Jet Black ink and used a Blender Pen and Early Espresso ink to add some detail to the image. I cut the image out and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting using the Labeler Alphabet onto scrap Very Vanilla card using Early Espresso ink. I cut out the words and attached them to the card front using dimensionals.
Inside the card I attached a strip of the Crumb Cake card which had been sponged using the same Seasonal Decorative Mask and Early Espresso ink to the bottom of Very Vanilla card. I wrapped the top of the Crumb Cake card with Delightful Dijon 5/8″ Mini Striped Ribbon and attached the whole panel to the inside of the card.
I love this card and I know that Ethan did too. What do you think? Something you might like to try? I hope I have inspired you to try masking on your next card.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Designer Series Paper Sale
I’m sure all of you will be just as excited as I am to be able to take advantage of this fantastic sale by Stampin’ Up!. Until the 31st October you can purchase three packs of Designer Series Paper from the list below and get one package FREE. Yes FREE.
One of the papers included in the sale is the beautiful Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper and I thought I would share with you a card I made recently. This card came about as I was prepping for a class and I had lots of little ends from strips of the designer series paper laying on my desk.
Instead of binning them as I would usually do (I know I am a little naughty), I decided to use them to make a card. I attached six pieces of the designer series paper to Whisper White card in a grid pattern. Wrapped the bottom of the card with the Night of Navy Solid Baker’s Twine and attached it to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I created three flowers for the front by punching Night of Navy card with the 1-3/4″ Circle, the 1-3/8″ Circle and the 1″ Circle Punches. 
I cut the circles into spirals and rolled them up to create the flowers. I added three sets of leaves punched from Old Olive card using the Owl Builder Punch. Once the flowers were attached to the card front, I pushed a Basic Pearl into the centre, just to finish them off.
I didn’t have enough scrap designer series paper left to decorate the inside, so I stamped the floral border from the Floral Phrases stamp set onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink.
So what do you think? Sometimes something gorgeous can be created from the scraps left laying around on your work table.
To get a good look at the papers included in this sale – just click on the links below. Some of the papers are in the Annual Catalogue and some are in the recently released Holiday Catalogue.
Hope you enjoyed this card and that you will find inspiration for your designer series papers.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Bordering on Birthday
I have been a little slow getting onto the computer this week as I feel like I am still on holidays. I was able to spend a fantastic week with my parents, children and grandchildren on a cruise up the Australian coast from Brisbane to Port Douglas. But now it’s time to get back to normal and start creating once more.
A friend celebrated her birthday while I was away and I thought I would share the card I made for her with you. 
Can you believe this is the first time I have actually inked this Mixed Borders stamp set and created something that I love with it! I embossed Whisper White card with the Seaside Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Watermelon Wonder card.
I stamped the leaves onto a strip of Whisper White card using Cucumber Crush ink and then stamped the flowers around the leaves using Watermelon Wonder ink. The stamped panel is attached to Watermelon Wonder card and then the card front. I stamped the greeting from the same stamp set onto Whisper White card using Cucumber Crush ink and cut the greeting using one of the Layering Circle Framelits Dies. 
The greeting is attached to a circle cut from Watermelon Wonder card using another of the dies from the same set and attached to the card front using dimensionals.
Each of the borders in the Mixed Borders stamp set is designed to fit around the greetings. So if you stamp across the width of your card, like I have done on the front of the card you get a blank spot, which is where you put the greeting. My dilemma was how to use the border to decorate the inside of my card without leaving a blank spot – sooo, I decided to use the long sections only and placed them down the left hand side of the Whisper White panel. I think it looks effective and doesn’t leave me with a blank spot to fill. What do you think?
This card turned out so pretty, I believe I might have to play with this set a lot more.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Congratulations
A lovely friend of mine achieved a wonderful Stampin’ Up! milestone recently and I wanted to congratulate her. Well done Joyce! This is the card I made for her.
I cut a rectangle of Night of Navy card diagonally and embossed the card using the Petal Burst Embossing Folder.
I attached a narrow strip of Daffodil Delight card behind the diagonal edge of each piece and then attached them to Whisper White card. I stamped the greeting from the retired Sassy Salutation stamp set using Night of Navy ink.
The panel is attached to scored and folded Crumb Cake card. I stamped the flower from the You’ve Got This stamp set onto Shimmer White card using Stazon Jet Black ink. I coloured the flower using an Aqua Painter and Daffodil Delight and Old Olive ink. I cut the flower out and attached it to the card front using dimensionals.
To decorate the inside of the card I embossed Night of Navy card with the Petal Burst Embossing folder, attached a narrow strip of Daffodil Delight card behind one long edge before attaching it to Whisper White card.
I really love this flower, don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Birthday Wishes
My friend Gwen celebrated her birthday recently and I was inspired by many of the cards I have seen on Pinterest to create her card. I started by cutting Night of Navy card using both of the dies in the Detailed Floral Thinlits Dies. I cut the card the same size as the card front so that I could get a nice edge around the dies. I wrapped the card with Burlap Ribbon and attached it to scored and folded Thick A4 Whisper White card.
I cut the flowers from Very Vanilla card using the Botanical Builders Framelits Dies and sponged them with Daffodil Delight ink. The flower centres are cut from Daffodil Delight card and the leaves from Pear Pizzazz using the Botanical Builders Framelits Dies. I stamped the greeting from the Build a Birthday set onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink and once more sponged the edges using Daffodil Delight ink. 
The flowers, leaves and greeting are attached to the card front using a combination of Dimensionals and Glue Dots. I added Basic Pearls to the centres of the flowers, although the extra large pearl is now retired.
Inside the card I wrapped Whisper White card with the Burlap Ribbon. I cut two more flowers from Very Vanilla card and once more sponged them using Daffodil Delight ink. The leaves are cut from Pear Pizzazz card.
This is a very bulky card but since it was hand delivered that is ok. I don’t think it would survive the mail!
Bye for now,
Kris
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