Frosted Holiday Decor
Here is another gorgeous project from the November edition of Craft Project Central. This one has been designed by Gayle Smith. 
If you love decorating for the holidays, you’ll love creating this fun and frosty tree and wreath to add to your holiday home decor. Make several and give away as gifts! Makes for a fun holiday class or camp project too!
I bet you can’t wait to try making these gorgeous Christmas decorations. I can imagine this in all sorts of colours to suit your home decor. To get the instructions for this fabulous project and nine more, just sign up for the November edition of Craft Project Central.
Bye for now,
Kris
Sketch Challenge 29 – Craft Project Central
Every month Craft Project Central has a sketch challenge with the chance to win a free one month subscription. This is what it says on the website – “For every ten cards submitted, we’ll pick one winner of a free month subscription here on Craft Project Central! The winner(s) will get to select the month of their choice! So if we have 15 submissions this month we’ll randomly pick one winnder from all submissions. If we have 40 submissions we’ll randomly pick four winnders from all submissions, and so on! We really want to give away some free subscriptions, so please do join our challenge!!”
Isn’t that a fantastic reason to try the challenge. You do not need to be a current subscriber to enter or win.
For my card I stamped the Wildflower image onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. I attached it to the left hand side of Smoky Slate card. I added a strip of Coastal Cabana card to the right hand side and wrapped the join with 7/16″ Natural Trim ribbon. I stamped the greeting from the Bring on the Cake stamp set onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink, attached it to Real Red card and then to the card front, slipping the right hand side underneath the ribbon. I attached this piece to scored and folded Smoky Slate card using dimensionals. I tied another piece of Natural Trim ribbon in a bow around the ribbon already attached to the card.
To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the Wildflower image onto the lower half of Whisper White card. I wrapped the stamped card with the 7/16″ Natural Trim where the stamping ended before attaching it to the inside of the card.
I hope you find the time to enter the Craft Project Central sketch challenge, who knows you might be the winner.
Bye for now,
Kris
Vintage Inspired Ornament Gift Set
We certainly have some gorgeous projects in the November edition of Craft Project Central and this one is no exception. This beautiful project was created by Michelle Wecksler. A visit to her blog is sure to inspire you with her wonderful work and don’t forget to leave a comment.
This Ornament Gift Set is perfect for the upcoming Holiday Season! The set features a vintage-inspired ornament, a beautiful cello gift bag with topper, along with a matching card for gift giving! This ornament would make a beautiful addition to your holiday tree, a doorknob, or wreath! You could also create any of these items in a small class or stamp camp to share with others!
I know you have all probably already signed up for the November edition at Craft Project Central, but if not- for just $10.00 you can get the instructions for this and nine other projects.
Bye for now,
Kris
A Challenge Card
I was inspired to try the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary this week after seeing this card by Nicole Tugrul. I kept it very simple and created this card which could be used for a wedding, engagement or anniversary.
I attached two pieces of the Modern Medley Designer Series Paper to scored and folded Basic Black card. I stamped congratulations from the Sweet Essentials stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Real Red ink. I cut a “v” in one end and attached the greeting to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the two images from the Hearts a Flutter stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Real Red ink and cut them out using the matching Hearts a Flutter Framelits. I attached the small heart to the centre of the large heart using dimensionals and then the large heart to the card front again using dimensionals, so that I could attach it partially over the greeting banner.
I kept the inside decoration simple as well by adding a narrow strip of Modern Medley Designer Series Paper to Basic Black card which has one long edge punched using the Scallop Trim Border Punch. Lastly I added another small heart stamped in Real Red over the designer series paper, using Glue Dots.
I think this is a sweet card and really was very simple to make, however, I think by using this very gorgeous designer series paper it is quite striking. What do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
Getting Ready for Santa Gift Set
Here is another great project from the November edition of Craft Project Central. This tutorial was created by Julie Beltramo, take a visit and see more of her lovely work and don’t forget to leave a comment. We all love comments.
This gift set will make anyone excited to get ready for Santa! The Covered Notepad will help you keep track of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. Then as Christmas draws near, you can give the Hot Cocoa Tote and Mini Muslin Bag of Gift Tags as a gift. Or, why not make a few sets to give to your family and friends?
You can get the instructions for this and nine other tutorials if you sign up for the November edition of Craft Project Central for the fantastic price of only $10.00
Bye for now,
Kris
My Digital Studio Classes
Stampin’ Up! has just released three Digital Classes for My Digital Studio. The Class includes an exclusive download, pdf’s and videos to help you create some gorgeous projects and along the way you will learn more about this fantastic programme. Here are some photos to get you excited but you can learn more at my online store. Just check under digital downloads, downloads by type, my digital classes.
Finest Simplicity Kti
Beautiful Today Kit
Love This Kit
To go along with this release there is a chance to win the November bonus class FREE. Just visit the My Digital Studio Facebook Page. Search out the My Digital Studio/My Digital Class Giveaway. Add your details and you are in with a chance. You do not have to purchase a class to enter, so go on, give it a go.
If you need more information about My Digital Studio then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Bye for now,
Kris
All Free Papercrafts
I’m not sure if all of you are like me but I love to find free things on the internet. Quite a while ago I signed up for a newsletter from All Free Sewing and All Free Cooking. They are fun to receive and deliver all sorts of wonderful ideas. Well I was contacted by All Free Papercrafts which is a new branch of the same family to see if I would allow my tutorials to be shared through their network. I agreed and you can see my work featured on this blog. Recently they created a free e-book and featured one of my cards. This is the card that was featured in the e-book. You can also find the tutorial on my Free Tutorial.
There is even a little bibliography about me! with links to my blog, facebook and pinterest pages. I want to say thank you to All Free Crafts for featuring my cards and urge you to take a look.
Bye for now,
Kris
Oh Holy Night Boxed Set
This boxed set of Christmas Cards is my project for the November edition of Craft Project Central. Make this gorgeous set of Vintage style Christmas cards and Tags, and the beautiful box to keep them in! The tutorial includes instructions for four card, four tags and the presentation box. Makes a great gift, and is easy enough that you can make several, and you’ll want to keep a set for yourself. Also makes for a fun holiday crafting class!
I really enjoyed creating this tutorial. I hope you like it too! You can get the tutorial by subscribing to the November edition of Craft Project Central. It only costs $10.00 and you will get the step by step photo instructions for 10 projects. What are you waiting for?
Bye for now,
Kris
Sunny Challenge 92/13
The current Sunny Challenge has been set by Vicky and all we need to do is use Pool Party in our creations. I decided to scrap a photo of my grandson Ethan which has been sitting on my desk for such a long time.
I started with Whisper White 12 x 12″ card and stamped the small dots from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set using Pool Party ink down the right hand half of the card. I stamped the striped image over the top, again using Pool Party ink and then added the splotchy image over the top using Island Indigo ink. I found this combination on my Colour Coach, which is such an amazing tool for finding just the right colour combinations. I trimmed down an A4 sheet of Whisper White .5cm on each length, then punched down one long side using the Chevron Border Punch. I attached the Whisper White card to an A4 sheet of Pool Party card and attached it to the left hand side of the page. I added a Basic Black mat to the photo of Ethan and attached it over the Whisper White card. I used MDS to create the panel with his name and the date, printed it out and used an Oval Framelit to cut it out. I cut a larger oval from Pool Party card and used oval template from the Occasions Paper Piercing Pack to pierce a row of holes around it. This is attached to the page using dimensionals. 
I love the look of this scrap page, the Pool Party works really well with this black and white photo and takes nothing away from Ethan’s gorgeous, cheeky smile.
For some more inspiration pop on over to Sunny Challenges and check out what the rest of the design team has created. Once you have made your card, scrap page or 3d item, pop back and add it to Mr. Linky. I really hope you can find the time to join us for the current challenge.
Bye for now,
Kris
Hybrid Christmas Card
Today I wanted to share with you a card that I made using MDS and hand stamping. I created the background layer in MDS as a card front. I added a square punch and resized it to the shape of a rectangle to cover the lower half of the card front. I filled the rectangle with the designer series paper from the Ornamental Christmas Postcard Template. I created another rectangle to cover the upper part of the card and filled it with Paper 5 from the Sweet Details Designer Series Download and changed the opacity to 60%. I added the Scallop Trim Border and colour filled it with Early Expresso. I printed these 4 card fronts to a page onto Whisper White card on my home computer. A great time-saver as I now I have the basis of four cards. I created the inside of the card using the same elements and adding a stamp from the Bright Hopes Stamp Brush which I changed to Early Expresso. Again I printed this out on my home computer as four card fronts.
I trimmed down the front piece and attached it to scored and folded Chocolate Chip card. I stamped the solid tree from the Evergreen stamp set onto Very Vanilla card and stamped over the top with the outline tree using Early Expresso ink. I sponged around the edges of the Very Vanilla card using Crumb Cake ink, attached it to Early Expresso card and then the card front using Dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the More Merry Messages stamp set onto Very Vanilla card , cut the ends into a “v” shape, sponged it with Crumb Cake ink and attached it to the card front using dimensionals in the centre and Glue Dots on the ends.
I trimmed the pieces for the inside of the card and attached them without any further embellishment.
I am really happy with the way this card looks and love the idea of being able to use MDS together with traditional crafting.
Stampin’ Up! and My Digital Studio are being extra kind to us and for just today only they have announced that you can still purchase the following downloads at 50% off –
Amped Up Ampersands Kit (item 134844)
Hello There Kit (item 133374)
All Time Fave Photobook Template (item 132915)
Modern Medley Overlays Kit (item 134839)
Be Brave Pocket Cards (item 134840)
Nobody’s Business Photobook Template (item 134812)
Autumn Traditions Kit (item 127600)
Afternoon Daydream Kit (item 130861)
So don’t delay, these downloads will return to full price after today. Check out my online store to see all the great discounts available. Don’t forget to keep up to date with whats going on at My Digital Studio. There are some great examples on the blog at the moment using the 50% off downloads.
Bye for now,
