Love This Day
When I got home from my little break away in August/September I couldn’t wait to try the Enjoy The Ride Workshop Kit which was waiting for me. This is one of the Close To My Heart Workshop Kits which are available for purchase while stocks last. The kit comes with enough product and instructions to create three double page layouts with some left overs. I followed the cutting instructions and put together the three layouts without photos.
The kit comes with photo place holders, so you can mark the spot and come back when you have photos to suit the page. This is the first layout I finished and the second layout in the Enjoy The Ride Workshop Kit. I used some photos of a visit to Noosa North Shore taken quite few years ago, which I think work well with the papers, don’t you.
I didn’t use exactly the same stickers and die cuts on my layout and I did move the banners from the right hand side to the left hand side of the second page. I think it looks nice having the banners meet in the middle. I am so happy with the finished layout and I look forward to sharing the other two layouts with you in the future. If you love scrapbooking and are looking for some inspiration, I can’t recommend these kits highly enough. Please let me know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can view the Enjoy The Ride Scrapbooking Workshop here in my online store.
Warm Wishes
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards using the Surfing Santa stamp set from the new September to December Mini Catalogue. For this card I cut a piece of Poppy Parade card with a “v” in one end and attached it to Basic White card. I stamped the greeting from the Surfing Santa stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Azure Afternoon ink. I embossed the whole panel using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder before attaching it to scored and folded Azure Afternoon card. I cut Basic White card using the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies.
I used a Blending Brush to add Azure Afternoon ink to the circle before stamping the “surf” image from the Surfing Santa stamp set twice onto one half of the circle using the same ink. I stamped the santa image from the Surfing Santa stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark Poppy Parade, Light Azure Afternoon, Ivory, Dark Lemon Lime Twist and Dark Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the image and attached it onto the coloured circle. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimenaionals To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped another greeting from the Surfing Santa stamp set onto Basic White card using Azure Afternoon ink.
I stamped the “sand” image from the Surfing Santa stamp set three times onto the lower left hand corner of the Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. I stamped the shell image from the Surfing Santa stamp set three times onto Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. I coloured the image using the Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend before cutting out the shells. I attached the shells over the stamped “sand”. I love how bright & happy this card is and this Santa certainly fits our hot summer Christmas.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Thinking of You
Today I had a play with the Leaf Collection stamp. This is so much fun to play with to create lots of different styles of card. Today I stamped the Leaf Collection image three times onto Basic White card, once using Lemon Lime Twist, once using Granny Apple Green and once using Old Olive ink. I cut all of the leaf images out by hand, not a quick job, but I did watch the telly whilst I was doing it. I used the stamp as a quide to arrange the leaves in each of the colours to create my layout. I used a piece of Press’n’Seal to pick up the leaf images and attached dimensionals to the back of each image.
The leaves were attached to a piece of Basic White card before trimming the edges. I attached the Basic White panel to Lemon Lime Twist card, then Granny Apple Green card and then scored and folded Old Olive card.
I stamped “thinking of you” from the Simply Said stamp set onto Basic White card using Old Olive ink. I used the smallest rectangle die from the Everyday Details Dies to cut out the greeting before attaching it to the card front (I did cut it twice to make sure that the banner was tight around the greeting). To decorate the inside of the card, I attached one of the leaves to the lower right hand corner of Basic White card, trimming where necessary. I stamped the greeting from the Simply Said stamp set onto the card using Old Olive ink. I love how this card turned out, definitely worth the effort. I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Captured Memories
You all know that I am a scrapbooker at heart and love creating pages to showcase photos from significant and not so significant events in my life. Since the previous Close to My Heart Makers have joined Stampin’ Up! I am constantly inspired to create. Today I have a double page layout to share which I created from some instructions I purchased from Julie Carriere on her You Tube channel.
The pages are created using the Frames & Flowers 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper not only has some 12″ x 12″ papers but lots of ephemera and card fronts that you can use to create cards and in this case Memory Keeping pages. I followed Julie’s instructions to showcase some photos of a day at the park with my grandchildren. In addition to the Frames & Flowers Designer Series Paper. I have used one pattern of paper from the Country Woods 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. The tags were all created using the Greetings of the Season Dies and I have used Linen Thread for the bows. The title and some of the word panels were supplied by Julie in her instructions. I am hoping that I can use the layouts and cutting plans to create pages using different papers in the future.
I am really excited to be able to puchase some of the Close to My Heart paper packs and the new scrapbooking products released by Stampin’ Up!. How about you? Are you a scrapbooker at heart? If you are I bet you are just as excited as I am.
Bye for now,
Kris
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It’s Your Birthday
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Ephemera Packs from the Annual Catalogue. Today I have another card to share with you. For this card, I attached a piece of Crushed Curry card across the bottom of Basic White card and embossed the panel using the Dotted Circle 3D Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed card to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I attached the balloon image from the Something For Everyone Ephemera Pack to the card front using dimensionals.
I attached the greeting from the Saying Something Ephemera Pack across the balloon strings also using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card I attached a cupcake image from the Something For Everyone Ephemeral Pack to Basic White card. I attached the greeting from the Saying Something Ephemera Pack partially covering the cupcake.
I have to admit that it has taken me a while to play with these Ephemera packs and I don’t know why. I had so much fun playing with all the different Ephemera Packs, the Calming Creek Cards & Envelopes as well as the Sunny Springs Cards & Envelopes. If you want to see how I created two cards from one card and co-ordinating envelope take a look at the video on my Facebook page. I hope I have inspired you to have another look at these Ephemera Packs in the Annual Catalogue.
Bye for now,
Kris
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More Golden Greenery
For today’s card, I cut two pieces of Season of Green & Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper using one of the Everyday Details Dies. The Designer Series Paper panels are attached to Mossy Meadow card which I embossed using the Fern 3D Embossing Folder. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Very Vanilla card. I cut Very Vanilla card using the same Everyday Details Die.
I used the Golden Greenery Dies to cut two fern images from the Graceful Greenery Vellum 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper and attached them to the Very Vanilla die cut using Mini Glue Dots. I fussy cut the bell images from the Season of Green & Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper and attached them to the top of the fern die cuts.
I tied a knot in a length of Very Vanilla 3/4″ Satin Ribbon and attached it to the top of the bells using a Mini Glue Dot. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Greetings of the Season stamp set onto Basic White card using Cherry Cobbler ink. I cut the leafy image from the Season of Green & Gold 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper. The leaf is attached next to the greeting. Another card using this fabulous collection that I truly love.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Great Grandparents
Today’s page highlights some photos from a trip Ron & I took from Brisbane to Pottsville and Evans Head with Elyssa way back in 2010. It was lovely to see her spending time with her Great Grandparents. I embossed a panel of Pretty in Pink card using the Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder and attached it a panel of Basic Black card which I attached to a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I attached the main photo of Elyssa onto Basic Black card before attaching it to the centre of the embossed panel. I attached the remaining four photos to the Basic Black card side of the page. I cut the title from Basic Black card using the Alphabet A La Mode Dies and attached it across the top of the page. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card which I cut into strips. The Basic White strips are attached to Basic Black card and then the lower right hand corner of the page. Simple but effective page, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Three Variatons
of stamping the same card using the Leaf Collection stamp. I used a Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Write Marker to colour some of the leaves on the Leaf Collection stamp. I stamped the images onto Basic White card which I trimmed down. Each time I inked the Leaf Collection stamp, I added more leaves.
For the second card I inked completely up the left hand side and for the last card, I inked all around the edges leaving a space in the centre for my stamping. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Simply Said stamp set onto each one using Lost Lagoon ink.
The first one I left a lot of white space at the top, for the second one I tucked the greeting between the leaves and of course for the last one it had to go where there was space.
Each of the stamped panels is attached to Lost Lagoon card and then scored and folded Thick Basic White card. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the So Sincere stamp set onto Basic White card using Lost Lagoon ink. I inked a single leaf from the Leaf Collection using a Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Write Marker and stamped the image three times onto Basic White card. I cut out the leaves and attached one to each of the card inserts before attaching the panel to the inside of the card base.
I had so much fun creating these cards and really love how they turned out. I think it would also look great in multiple colours. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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A Festive Season
Today I am sharing a card I made with the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle which Demonstrators who attended a Demonstrator Only Online event could purchase early. This bundle will be available to customers when the August to December Mini Catalogue goes live. For this card I used the Birch 3D Embossing Folder (part of the product suite) to emboss a piece of Mossy Meadow card. I attached the embossed panel to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I stamped the bird from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends.
I did use the colour lifter to remove some of the Black and Cherry Cobbler colouring to give a lighter shade. I stamped the leafy banner image from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Mossy Meadow & Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends. Both images were cut out using the co-ordinating Winterly Tree Tops Die.
I die cut a circle from Basic White card using the largest Stylish Shapes Die and attached the leafy banner image to the top of the circle and the bird image onto the centre of the circle. I stamped the greeting from the Trucking Along stamp set onto Basic White card using Mossy Meadow ink. The image is cut out using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies before being attached to the card front using dimensionals where necessary. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped one of the greeting from the Greetings of the Season stamp set onto Basic White card using Mossy Meadow ink. I created this card before the Online event and so I only used the stamps and dies, I didn’t want to cut the Nests of Winter 12″ x 12″ Designer Series paper which is part of the product collection until after the event. I am sure you are going to see plenty of examples using the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle in the future. Let me know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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St James
Today’s pages show off some photos from our stop at St. James on the Silo Trail from Benalla. This was quite an eye opener for us because apparently this is where the Coles story began. I embossed two pieces of Night of Navy card using the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder and attached each one to the outer edge of a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I also attached a piece of Misty Moonlight Paper from the Neutrals 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper to each page.
I attached the photos directly to the pages without adding any additional photo mats. I cut out the horse image and the image of G.J. Coles using one of the Deckled Circle Dies. Each photo is attached a Basic White circle also cut using the Deckled Circle Dies. I cut the title from Night of Navy card using the Mini Alphabet Dies (I absolutely love these dies!) which is attached to the left hand page. I cut the flag image from Night of Navy card using the Hot Air Balloon Dies. I attached two flag images to each page. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card and cut it into strips. I dipped the edges of the strips into Night of Navy ink before attaching them to the left hand page.
Another great reminder of our fabulous Road Trip. I hope I am inspiring you to get your photos printed onto pages that you can share with your family and friends.
Bye for now,
Kris
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