Envelope Punch Board Mini Album
This project is the latest in the November edition of Craft Project Central and one that I will be trying very soon. This gorgeous mini album was created by Peg Coombs and you can see more of her work here.
The perfect Envelope Mini Album made with the Envelope Punch Board. The little album would make a fabulous gift for the Holidays and you can add all of your Christmas pictures. Also makes for a fun class or camp project, or a fun girls crafting night in.
Remember you can get the step by step photo instructions for this project and nine others by subscribing to the November edition of Craft Project central for only $10.00.
Bye for now,
Kris
Winter Frost Portfolio and Cards
Here is the second project in the November edition of Craft Project Central. This gorgeous set of cards was created by Regina Andariand you can leave a comment for her on her blog. While you are there why not browse more of her lovely work.
This handy portfolio is rather quick to make, and it features two interior pockets—one to hold four to six 4-1/4” square greeting cards, and the other pocket will hold the custom envelopes from coordinating designer paper. This project is designed as a gift of holiday cards, but it can be made as a stationery gift for any occasion.
You can subscribe to the November edition of Craft Project Central for just $10.00 and receive step by step photo tutorials for 10 projects. I can’t wait to make this cute little portfolio.
Bye for now,
Kris
Digital Scrapbooking
I hope you are all taking advantage of the fantastic savings on My Digital Studio Downloads. Yesterday the Amped Up Ampersands Kit was 50% off. I used this kit to create a quick scrap page of a recent caravan holiday with my two youngest granddaughters Jae and Ava. The background paper is from the kit and so is the embellishment “&”. I added a photo layout, slid in my photos, added a few words and created this beautiful page. It really only took a few minutes. 
I love clean and simple scrapbooking but I am a procrastinator when it comes to traditional scrapbooking. By using My Digital Studio, I can play around with the embellishments, add them and “undo” when necessary without taking hours and hours.
If you haven’t checked out these fantastic deal, please take the time to have a look. There are some really good savings to be made on lots of wonderful downloads. You can see them all at my online store. If you visit the My Digital Studio web page, check out the blog and see what the new design team is creating using the discounted downloads.
Bye for now,
Kris
Gently Falling Tea Lights and Vellum Card
I am really excited to be part of the team for this month at Craft Project Central. This is a fantastic site where you can sign up for individual months or if you really love the projects, you can take a 3 month or 6 month subscription. Each month you get ten projects for $10.00, such amazing value for quality projects and quality tutorials.
Anyway to kick off the month of November we have this gorgeous project by Yapha Mason. This lovely boxed set of four decorated tea light candles with a matching card and envelope makes a gracious hostess gift wherever your plans may take you. The candles by themselves will add a charming touch to your fall holiday décor. Please take the time to visit Yapha and let her know how much you love her project.
So take a visit to Craft Project Central and sign up for this months fabulous tutorials.
Bye for now,
Kris
The most wonderful month in the year – Digital Sale
For the whole month of November Stampin’ Up! is celebrating scrapbooking and that means fantastic saving for each and every one of you. All you need is to own My Digital Studio and you can save 30% on selected digital downloads commencing tomorrow. Check them out at my online store – click on the MDS Seasonal Sale. There are some amazing downloads to use not just for the holiday season but all year. 
To top off this fantastic month long sale, there will be one week of extra savings with a daily deal commencing on the 1st November and running until the 8th November. Remember these deals only last for the day so be sure to check them out every day, especially on the 2nd when there will be a free download. How fantastic! Make sure that you don’t miss out on these fabulous bargains.
If you haven’t already purchased My Digital Studio, why not check out the free 30 day trial. You can download the programme and trial it for 30 days before you purchase. The 30 days commences from the beginning of your download, so make sure you spend plenty of time playing. You can get the free download from my online store and once you have fallen in love with it, pop back and purchase the full programme for the ridiculously low price of $24.95. The programme comes with even more downloads than the free trial so please take a look.
I love My Digital Studio and have found lots of uses for it. Just recently I needed a particular stamp for a project I am working on and since it would take at least a week to get it in the mail, I checked out My Digital Studio and purchased the stamp set as a download – only took a few minutes and I was printing the stamp so that I could use it on my project. So easy and now I own another great stamp set which will never retire. You have to love that! And what did I need the stamp for – well I was following a great tutorial by Tanya Bell for a Gift Bow Die Angel and I needed the “very merry” stamp for the front.
Cute isn’t she. I re-coloured my stamp and then printed it onto Whisper White card so that I could punch it out. I discovered that if I just added the stamp to my project and didn’t resize it was the perfect match for the 3/4″ Scallop Circle. So while I love My Digital Studio for creating beautiful scrapbook pages, it can be used in all sorts of ways.
Hope you find something you love in this fantastic month of sales.
Bye for now,
Kris
A Minion for Jae
It is my granddaughter Jae’s 5th birthday today. Happy Birthday Jae. I cannot believe how quickly she has grown and next year she will be starting school.
Apparently Jae is a big fan of the Minion’s and so I found a link to a card by Rhonda Fawcett which had a worksheet showing the different punches she had used. I used this as the guide to create this card for Jae.
I attached my Minion to Whisper White card and then to Island Indigo card before attaching to scored and folded Whisper White card. I created five balloons by stamping the balloon from Sketched Birthday onto Whisper White card using Real Red, Island Indigo and Daffodil Delight ink and then cut them out. I attached them to the Minion’s hand and used dimensionals and Glue Dots to attach them to the card front. I stamped happy birthday from the Sassy Salutions stamp set onto the card front using Real Red ink.
Inside the card I stamped the greeting from the Bring on the Cake stamp set using Stazon Jet Black ink. I coloured the “5” using a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker.
Of course you have to have a matching gift bag and so I created another Minion. I embossed Whisper White card and attached it to Island Indigo card which has both long edges punched using the Scallop Trim Border Punch. This piece is attached to a plain white gift bag I purchased at Spotlight (Australia). I punched Island Indigo card using the 1-1/4″ Circle Punch. I cut the number 5 from Whisper White card using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet (retired) and attached it to the centre of the Island Indigo circle. I punched the heart from the Owl Builder Punch from Island Indigo card and attached it to the bottom of the circle. I ran the piece through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I cut a narrow strip of Island Indigo card and attached it to the back of the “balloon” using a dimensional. 
I added a small piece of dimensional to the back of the Minion’s hand to hold the end of the “balloon string”. The “Happy Birthday Jae” is cut from Island Indigo card using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet (retired).
I really love how this turned out and so did Jae.
Remember you can purchase the supplies needed to create this card from my online store.
Bye for now,
Kris
Sunny Challenge 91/13
This weeks Sunny Challenge has been set by me. I created a simple sketch for you to use any way you wish. I can’t wait to see your amazing creations, remember, it can be a card, scrap page or 3d item.
I used the truly gorgeous Afternoon Picnic Designer Series Paper and took the colours for my card from the designer paper. I added two pieces of Designer Series Paper to Whisper White card. I embossed a strip of Whisper White card using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, attached it to Coastal Cabana card with both long edges punched using the Scallop Trim Border Punch and then attached it over the Designer Series Paper. This piece is attached to scored and folded Coastal Cabana card. 
I stamped the chevron oval from the Oh Hello stamp set onto Whisper White card using Coastal Cabana ink and cut it using the smallest oval in the Ovals Collection Framelits. I cut Coastal Cabana card using the next size Oval from the Ovals Collection Framelits and attached the two ovals. I added this to the card front using dimensionals. I inked the flower from the Oh Hello stamp set using Calypso Coral and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Write Markers and cut it out. I attached the flower to the centre of the ovals using a Two Way Glue Pen. To decorate the inside of the card, I inked the flower stamp using the same Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped it onto the lower left hand corner of Whisper White card. 
I embossed a strip of Whisper White card using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, attached it to punched Coastal Cabana card and then to the Whisper White card over the stem of the flower.
I think this is such a lovely card and could be used for any number of occasions, which is why I didn’t add a greeting either to the front or the inside. I’d love to hear what you think.
Anyway for more inspiration, pop on over to Sunny Challenges and Creations and see what the other Design Team members have created. Once you have made your card, scrap page or 3d item, pop back and add it to Mr. Linky. We know that everyone is busy getting ready for Christmas, so maybe you could use the sketch as inspiration for one of your Christmas cards this year.
Bye for now,
Kris
Ornament Tag
Here is another gift tag I designed recently. I was going to share this with you earlier this week as part of the Sunny Challenge but I ran out of time. Anyway it was a fun tag to make and I thought you might like to see it anyway..
My tag dimensions are 6″ x 3″. I embossed the lower section of the Whisper White card using the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder. I punched both long edges of a strip of Cherry Cobbler card using the Scallop Trim Border Punch and attached it to cover the end of the embossing. I stamped “to, from” from the Tag It stamp set using Cherry Cobbler ink. I attached the Whisper White card to Cherry Cobbler card and punched a hole using my Crop-A-Dile. I stamped the ornament from the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set onto Whisper White card using Cherry Cobbler ink, three times and cut them out using the matching Holiday Ornament Framelit. I scored the stamped images in half and attached them back to back. I cut another framelit from Whisper White card and attached the stamped framelits to the top and then to the tag. I threaded Cherry Cobbler 1/2″ Seam Binding through the punched hole and tied a knot.
I think this will look very cute on someone’s Christmas present this year. What do you think? Would you like to make this tag?, All of the supplies can be purchased at my online store.
Supplies:
Whisper White A4 card – Item No. 106549
Cherry Cobbler A4 card – Item No.121681
Cherry Cobbler ink – Item No. 126966
Ornament Keepsakes stamp set – item No. 128051 (clear), Item No. 128048 (wood)
Tag It stamp set – Item No. 130303 (clear), Item No. 130300 (wood)
Holiday Ornament Framelits – Item No.127816
Scallop Trim Border Punch – Item No.118402
Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder – Item No. 132174
Bye for now,
Kris
Thinlet Card Dies
Who loves to make interactive cards, you know, the kind that do something a bit special. I guess we all do but sometimes it just takes so long that we don’t do it. Well here is the answer to your prayers, these Thinlet Card Dies cut your card and create a flip window all at the same time. Of course Stampin’ Up! wouldn’t leave it at just that, each of these Thinlet Card Dies also comes with some amazing little pieces of this and that so that you can create gorgeous one of a kind masterpieces in the “turn of a handle”.
Being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator means that you can get your hands on new releases a little bit earlier and I have had time to play a little with these new dies. I think they are just sensational. As soon as my Dies arrive, I had to play and the first thing I could lay my hands on was some retired Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper. I followed a video tutorial by the very talented Patty Bennett to create my card with another flap on the right hand side, so that I could have a place to add my message.
Here is my card closed.
And here it is partially open.
And fully open.
Isn’t it cute? I can’t wait to see how many ways I can use these dies. Take a look at the flyer and see which one you need right now. You can purchase the Thinlet Card Dies directly at my online store. If you would like to see more, contact me and we can organise a private showing for you, your family and friends.
Bye for now,
Kris
25% of 25 Stamp sets until 28th October
What a fantastic sale! To continue the 25th Anniversary Celebrations, Stampin’ Up! has this super sale. Just click on this link to check out the PDF and see how much you can save on those stamp sets you have been thinking about purchasing. If you prefer you can go directly to my online store and place your order straight away.
One of the stamp sets included in this sale is a personal favourite of mine – Gorgeous Grunge. Here is a card we made recently at my Beachmere Retirement Resort class which uses this fantastic stamp set.
Don’t miss out on getting your hands on your favourite stamp sets at a fabulous discounted price – remember the sale ends on the 28th October, so it only runs for five more days.
Bye for now,
