Memory Keeping & Project Life
I hold a class once a month on Friday night for Memory Keeping. I create a page and give the ladies who attend all the supplies needed to recreate the page. They can make the page as I have done, change it around completely or use the pieces elsewhere in their memory keeping. The idea of the class is that everyone can bring their own projects to work on and I get to make time to create some pages myself. I also give the ladies who attend a pocket page to use however they wish. We have a great time with lots of laughs, shared memories and generally just have fun (of course we get lots done too). I like to have something so that we can share a light supper as well. Anyway, this is the page I created for this month’s class which is being held on Friday night the 24th. I still have a couple of spots left if you are interested in attending. More details can be found on my Classes and Workshops page.
For the page this month I decided to use the new Project Life Paper Clips Thinlits Dies. I cut three 4″ squares from Basic Black card using the die in this great set. I embossed one using the Chevron Embossing Folder and one using the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder. I added 3-3/4″ square of Whisper White card with rounded corners to the last one. I used some retired Designer Series Paper from the Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper Stack to create the last square. I wanted to keep the background simple because I think the photo of the beautiful sunset at Karumba needs to be the focus of the page. I added a layer of Crushed Curry card behind the photo and used the same card stock to cut the little paper clips. I just love these little paper clips, such a simple way to add some decoration without fussing too much. I used the 0.01 Project Life Journaling Pen to hand write my memories of this photo. The title is cut from Basic Black card using the Little Letters Thinlits Dies. Of course, everyone will be able to create their own title and choose their own designer series paper and accent card stock. I love this simple layout, a great way to use your Project Life products and incorporate 12 x 12″ pages into your Project Life Memory Keeping.
I’d love to hear what you think. Do you use Pocket Pages combined with 12 x 12″ pages in your Memory Keeping?
Bye for now,
Kris
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For a Special Friend
I needed to create a card for a friend who is going through a difficult time and couldn’t go past the You’ve Got This stampset. I cut a flag shape from Tip Top Taupe card and embossed it using the new Elegant Dots Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed card to the left hand side of Whisper White card before attaching the panel to scored and folded Watercolour Wonder card. I stamped the flower onto Whisper White card using Stazon Jet Black ink and colored it using a Blender Pen and Watercolour Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Delightful Dijon ink. The image panel is attached to Watercolour Wonder card and then the card front. 
I stamped the greeting which is from the same stampset using Tip Top Taupe ink. The end of the Whisper White card is punched using the Banner Triple Punch before attaching to Cucumber Crush card, which is also punched using the Banner Triple Punch and then the card front. (How did I do that? Well first I stamped the greeting on a strip of card that was 2.5cm wide. Once the greeting was stamped, I punched one end using the Banner Triple Punch and then I cut an equal amount from each side of the greeting and trimmed the banner to the correct size.
The Cucumber Crush card is 2.5cm wide also and once I punched the end, I attached the stamped banner to the trimmed the Cucumber Crush card. No measuring, no guessing, perfect!)
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the flower using Stazon Jet Black ink and coloured it, once again using a Blender Pen and Watercolour Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Delightful Dijon ink. Once it was colored I cut out the image and attached it to the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card.
I am so pleased with how this card turned out and I know my friend will appreciate it because she knows colouring is not one of my favorite things. However, I must say this gorgeous image makes it almost fun. I’d love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Class Schedule
I have just updated my Classes and Workshops page with the dates of my upcoming classes (held in Narangba, North Brisbane). I haven’t prepared all the samples for each class yet but I do have the cards made for my August Classes. The August classes will be held on Thursday 13th August at 9.30am and Saturday 15th August at 2pm. We are going to make 5 cards using the Build A Birthday stamp set including a Christmas Card just to show how versatile this stamp set is. I thought I would share one of the projects here with you today.
I added Sahara Sand Designer Series Paper from the Neutrals Paper Stack to the left hand side of Whisper White card, before attaching to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I embossed Night of Navy card using the Boho Chic Embossing Folder and attached it over the Designer Series Paper. I stamped the images from the Build A Birthday stamp set using Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Sahara Sand ink and cut them out. The “for you” comes from the “just for you” in the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set and I used a Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker to ink up only the part of the sentiment I needed. I used the smallest of the Lots of Labels Framelits Dies to cut it out.
I punched a hole in one end using the 1/16th” Hand Held Punch and attached it to the Linen Thread which ties up the “birthday gift”. The greeting is stamped in Night of Navy ink. The image panel is attached to Marina Mist card and then the card front using dimensionals.
Inside I embossed Marina Mist card using the Boho Chic Embossing Folder and added a narrow strip of Night of Navy card before attaching it to the Whisper White card.
So if you would like to attend my class and make this card as well as the other four cards, then don’t forget to contact me to reserve your place as space is limited.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Beautiful Butterflies
Today I am going to share with you a card and matching gift bag I made for a friend who celebrated her birthday while I was away. I came home from my holidays to a big box of goodies from the new catalogue. So I was happy to use a new stamp set called Watercolour Butterflies to create my gift. This is a two-step or three-step stamp set, so you can create some really gorgeous images.
I started by stamping the Watercolour Wash Background stamp onto Whisper White card using Sahara Sand ink. I attached the stamped Whisper White card to scored and folded Sahara Sand card. 
I stamped the large solid stamp using Pool Party ink onto Whisper White card. The outline of the wings is stamped using Bermuda Bay ink and the centre of the butterfly is stamped using Island Indigo ink. I created two flowers so that one could be cut using the outline framelit from the Bold Butterfly Framelits and one was cut using the detail butterfly from the Butterflies Thinlits. Once I cut the images, I stamped the butterfly body using Island Indigo ink. I attached the solid image to the lower left hand side of the card front and then stamped the antennae using Island Indigo ink. 
The detail image is attached using Glue Dots on top of the solid image, so that the wings can have some lift.
I created a smaller butterfly by stamping the solid butterfly onto Whisper White card using Wisteria Wonder ink which is stamped onto scrap paper first. The outline of the wings is stamped using Wisteria Wonder ink without stamping onto scrap paper and the centre of the flags owner is stamped using Elegant Eggplant ink. A second small butterfly is created by stamping the solid image using Delightful Dijon ink, the outline of the wings is stamped using Hello Honey ink and the centre of the butterfly is stamped using Cajun Craze ink.
Again a solid and detail butterfly image was created using the Bold Butterfly Framelits and the Butterflies Thinlits. The Wisteria Wonder butterflies body was stamped using Elegant Eggplant ink and the Delighful Dijon butterfly body is stamped using Cajun Craze ink. After the solid butterflies were attached to the card front I stamped the antennae use Elegant Eggplant and Cajun Craze ink. The detail butterflies were attached over the solid butterflies using glue dots in the centre so that the wings can be lifted. I added Basic Rhinestones to the centre of each butterfly.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the dotted image across the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card using Sahara Sand ink. I created two more small butterflies using Daffodil delight, Delightful Dijon and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The butterfly body and antennae are stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The greeting from the Sassy Salutations stamp set was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
To decorate the gift bag I created one large and three small butterflies using the same color combinations as I used for the card. The butterflies are attached in the same manner as they were for the card.
I love how both the card and the bag turned out. What about you? Do you love them too?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Belated Birthday
Ron and I have been just returned from a touring holiday up to Karumba, across to the coast and back home. We travelled over 5,000klms and visited many towns. One highlight was watching the sun set over the Gulf of Carpentaria, those of you who live on the east coast of Australia as I do will know that we only get to see the sun rise, so it was a real treat to see the magnificent sunset over the Gulf.
Anyway while we were away I missed a milestone birthday for a lovely lady friend of ours. So it was one of the first things I created once I returned home. 
I actually CASED this card I found on Pinterest by Jen at Ladybug Designs. I embossed Whisper White card using the new Fluttering Embossing Folder. I don’t know if you have noticed but this Embossing Folder and the Brick Wall Embossing Folder are 15.2cm square (6″) which makes it so easy to emboss card stock in any direction, either portrait or landscape. Fantastic! Once I embossed the Whisper White card I attached it to scored and folded Wisteria Wonder card. I stamped the greeting from the Petite Pairs stamp set onto the bottom left hand corner of a smaller piece of Whisper White card using Elegant Eggplant ink, attached it to Wisteria Wonder card and then the card front using dimensionals. 
To create the butterfly I used the gorgeous new stamp set Watercolour Wings. How wonderful is this set!! You can create butterflies in two sizes, which just happen to match the Butterflies Thinlits Dies – and not only that there is another new co-ordinating Framelit set called Bold Butterfly Framelits. What does this mean, well now you can cut the solid butterfly and then cut the matching butterfly with the intricate detail cuts. What did I do, well I stamped the outline of the large butterfly wing onto Wisteria Wonder card using Wisteria Wonder ink and then I stamped the centre details of the butterfly using Elegant Eggplant ink. I cut out one solid butterfly and one detail butterfly. The solid butterfly is attached to the small greeting panel and then I stamped the antennae using Elegant Eggplant ink. I attached the detail butterfly over the top using glue dots in the centre only, so the wings could have some lift. I added Basic Rhinestones down the centre of the butterfly instead of stamping the body. Gorgeous isn’t it.
To decorate the inside I stamped the large solid butterfly using Wisteria Wonder ink which I had stamped off onto scrap paper first onto the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card. I stamped the outline of the wings over the top using Wisteria Wonder ink and then the centre detail using Elegant Eggplant. I also stamped the body and the antennae using Elegant Eggplant ink.
I love this card, and I hope it will make my friend forgive me for being late with her birthday wishes.
What do you think? Don’t you just love this set? Want one of your own, well click on the link below to take you to my store so that you can purchase it.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Convention – You’re Great
We made a really cute note card at Convention using the I Think You’re Great stamp set. I loved the card and decided to recreate it for one of my classes, with a little variation. I stamped the “leafy” image from the stamp set onto Whisper White card using Mint Macaron ink. I added a very narrow strip of designer series paper from the Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper Stack which is now retired but you could use the Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper which is what they used at Convention. 
I attached the stamped card to Mint Macaron card and then to scored and folded Basic Black card. I stamped the “I think you’re great” image onto scrap Whisper White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, cut out the “you’re” and “great” and attached them to the card front.
Lastly I added a few Basic Rhinestones. The basic layout is the same as the one we made at Convention but I just had to add a few more layers. Inside I simply stamped the scallop image onto the bottom of Whisper White card using Mint Macaron ink. Since it was for one of my classes, this gave everyone the chance to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line up the image across the bottom of the card.
Very simple but very sweet, don’t you think? Thanks Stampin’ Up! for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Chocolate Chip Sprinkles of Life
You may or may not know that Stampin’ Up! is a great supportor of the Ronald McDonald House Charities. This year the Ronald McDonald House Charity stamp set is Sprinkles of Life. Every time someone purchases this stamp set, Stampin’ Up! will donate $3.00 to the Charity. This year you will find the stamp set on the inside of the back cover. It is a gorgeous stamp set with lots of great images and sayings AND it matches the Tree Builder Punch which is a new addition to this year’s catalogue.
I embossed Whisper White card using the Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Chocolate Chip card. I stamped the cupcake base onto Whisper White card and cut it out using a Circle Framelit Die. I attached the stamped circle to a Pink Pirouette circle punched with the 2-1/2″ Circle Punch.
I stamped the cupcake icing onto Pink Pirouette card using Pink Pirouette ink and punched it out using the Tree Builder Punch. I attached the panel to the left hand side of the card front using dimensionals. I cut a banner from Chocolate Chip card using the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. The greeting is from the same stamp set and I stamped it on Whisper White card using Chocolate Chip ink before punching it out using the Word Window Punch. The greeting is attached to the banner and then to the card front using a dimensionals.
I stamped the small flower from the stamp set onto scrap Whisper White card using Chocolate Chip ink. I didn’t check my Tree Builder Punch too well because I completely missed that it has a matching punch for this flower! I punched mine out using one of the circles on the Owl Builder Punch. The flower is attached to the cupcake using a Glue Dot and to finish it off I added a small Basic Rhinestone to the centre.
Inside the card I stamped the candle image, also from the Sprinkles of Life stamp set, onto Whisper White card using Chocolate Chip ink.
I am very sure that this stamp set is going to become a firm favourite of mine and yours as well. Don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Anniversary to my Mum and Dad
My parents are celebrating their 61st Wedding Anniversary today. It sounds like such a long time but I am sure like everyone else, they sometimes wonder where on earth that time has gone. Although the size of the family probably reminds them. They are the proud parents of three daughters, grandparents of four granddaughters and one grandson and great grandparents of seven great-granddaughters and six great-grandsons!
I made them a card using the same sketch as this card. I attached Whisper White card to scored and folded Elegant Eggplant card. I embossed the lower part of another piece of Whisper White card using the Happy Hearts Embossing Folder. 
I also punched the top of the embossed card using the Hearts Border Punch. The embossed card is attached to Elegant Eggplant card and then the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “Happy Anniversary” from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set onto the right hand side of a strip of Whisper White card using Elegant Eggplant ink. 
I attached the greeting panel to Elegant Eggplant card and then the card front using a dimensional on the outer edges only. I punched a heart from Elegant Eggplant card using the Sweetheart Punch and attached it to the left hand side of the greeting panel. I stamped the heart from the Hello Life stamp set onto Whisper White card using Elegant Eggplant ink and cut it out. The stamped heart is attached to the centre of the punched heart.
Inside I punched a strip of Elegant Eggplant card using the Hearts Border Punch and attached it to the bottom of Whisper White card.
I hope they have a lovely day and celebrate in style.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Emma
My youngest daughter Emma is celebrating her birthday today and unfortunately we can’t be with her to help in the celebration. I hope she is having a wonderful day being spoiled by her family. However I did make a card which I thought I would share with you. I hope she has already received it because she does visit my blog.
I attached a length of Sahara Sand 7/8″ lace trim behind a piece of Sahara Sand designer series paper from the Neutrals Colour Collection before attaching it to Whisper White card. I stamped the background stamp from the You’ve Got This stamp set onto Whisper White card using Sahara Sand ink. The stamped card is attached to Rich Razzleberry card and then the card front using dimensionals.
I stamped the flower from the You’ve Got This stamp set onto Whisper White card using Stazon Jet Black ink. I used my Blender Pen to pick up Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight ink to colour in the flower. Once I had finished colouring, I cut the image out and attached it over the background stamp. 
I kept the inside of the card extremely simple, adding Rich Razzleberry card wrapped with another piece of the Sahara Sand 7/8″ lace trim.
Simple, but I think, extremely gorgeous, even if I do say so myself. What about you, what do you think?
Anyway once again Happy Birthday to my lovely daughter.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Ethan
My eldest grandson is celebrating his birthday today. Unfortunately we can’t be there to share in his excitement but we celebrated with him earlier. I created his card using a combination of stamping and MDS. I can’t tell you how sad I am that this programme has gone away. I love being able to play with elements and resize the stamps to suit my design.
For my card I stamped three of the “splotch” images from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set onto Whisper White card using Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight and Real Red ink. 
I added the line image across the bottom of the card using Crumb Cake ink. I added a layer of Daffodil Delight and Basic Black card before attaching the stamped panel to scored and folded Tempting Turquoise. The guitar player was created in MDS. I resized him to fit the front of my card, printed him onto Whisper White card and cut him out. He is attached to the card front using dimensionals. Inside the card I used MDS once again to add the guitar player to the bottom of Whisper White card. This time I adjusted the opacity each time to create the look of movement. I stamped “Happy Birthday” from the Crazy About You stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Ethan loved his card and he also loved the amplifier we gave him. He loves playing the guitar and is showing a real talent for it. I hope that it is always something that gives him pleasure. Anyway Happy Birthday Ethan, hope you have a fantastic day.
Bye for now,
Kris
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