Anniversary Card
My husband and I celebrated our anniversary last week and I thought that I would share the card that I made for him.
I embossed the top 2/3rds of a piece of Whisper White card using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I stamped the greeting from the Loving Thoughts stampset onto the bottom right hand corner using Night of Navy ink. I punched both long edges of a strip of Night of Navy card using the Scallop Border Punch and attached it to cover the end of the embossing on the Whisper White card. I added a strip of Whisper White to the punched Night of Navy card, wrapped it with the 3/8″ Denim Jean Ribbon and then attached it to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I stamped the “24-7” imaged from the Pretty Postage stamp set three times onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink. 
I punched the images using the 1″ Square Punch. I punched Night of Navy card using the Postage Stamp Punch three times. I attached two of the stamped 1″ square images to the Night of Navy postage stamps using dimensionals. I attached the other stamped image using Snail and then used dimensionals to attach it to the card front – this is the central image. The other two are attached to the card front using snail.
You probably already realise that I love using lots of white on my cards and this one is no exception. I probably love this Night of Navy/Whisper White combination best of all.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Beautiful Thankyou
I thought I would share this beautiful card which I received today from my friend Vicky. I love this set and I love the way Vicky has created the glassy focal panel. Thank you so much for sending me this gorgeous card.
Bye for now, Kris.
Bottle Tag
Here is a really quick little project for you. I made this tag to go on a bottle of Chocolate Port that I gave my Dad for Father’s Day.
The idea came from a card I found on Mary Fish’s blog a long time ago which used ribbon to create a tie. I used Chocolate Chip card to make the hanger. I punched a hole using the 1-3/8″ circle punch, but of course you would need to make sure that it goes over the neck of your bottle. 
I scored the Chocolate Chip card, so that it would hang a little straighter on the bottle. I ran a piece of Very Vanilla card through the Big Shot using the Stripes Embossing Folder and tied Chocolate Chip 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon to simulate a tie before attaching it to the Chocolate Chip card. I stamped Happy Fathers Day from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Chocolate Chip ink. I used my Framelit bitty Banners to cut the greeting and then attached it to Chocolate Chip card and free hand cut the “v” shape to match. I attached it over the ribbon to simulate a Tie Clip. A very simple little tag but it does dress the bottle up somewhat.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
New Catalogue Launch
Last weekend I held a new catalogue launch which was great fun. I invited my regular customers, new and old, to come and see some of the fantastic new product in the two new catalogues. We had a fun afternoon, laughing, previewing the new product and shopping the retired stuff. I love catching up with my customers when I have time to share a laugh, a glass or wine or a cuppa.
I love the Snowflake Season Simply Scrappin’ Layout Kit in the Holiday mini but didn’t want to make a Christmas page. My daughter Sarah and her family have recently been on a skiing holiday at Mt. Bulla in Victoria and I thought it would be a great way to show off some of their holiday photos. You will have to forgive the relatively poor picture quality, I only took the photos this morning and would you believe it, today is the first cloudy day we have had in weeks.
I used a set of alphabet dies which I have had for years to create the heading from Crumb Cake card but all the other embellishments come in the kit. They are all die cut and from the same quality card that you would expect from Stampin’ Up!. 
I love that they are not sticky, so you can pop them up on dimensionals for a really pretty look. The snowflakes are cut from Silver Glimmer paper to add some bling to the page. I have only added two photos and there is no journalling yet but you get the idea.
I hope this inspires you to take a close look at this kit and perhaps use it for one of your favourite holidays.
For those of you who live close by, you might want to pop over and visit me next weekend, I am having a sale of all my retired product from the last couple of catalogues. There are savings of at least 50% and in many cases much more. The doors will be open from 7am on Saturday and again on Sunday. If the garage doors aren’t up, just knock on the front door. Hope to catch up with some of you in person then.
Bye for now, Kris.
Sunny Challenge 57
This week the challenge at Sunny Challenges and Creations has been set by me. A simple sketch and the addition of Black and White. Easy, right? Well sometimes even your own challenge can be a little daunting and I did have to think about this one quite a bit.
I scored and folded Whisper White card and then embossed the front right hand corner using the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. I embossed a piece of Basic Black card using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, wrapped it with Whisper White 3/8″ Tafetta Ribbon and attached it to the card front. I stamped the image from the Apothecary Art stampset using Jet Black Stazon ink and cut it using the matching Framelit from the Labels Collection. I stamped the greeting from the Loving Thoughts stampset using my stamp-a-ma-jig and Jet Black Stazon ink. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
This is a very simple card to make but I think it looks great. I’d love to hear what you think. I have had a couple of emails stating that people have been unable to leave a comment. Please if you are having trouble, let me know and I will try and sort it out.
Now for some more inspiration take a visit with Vicky, Gwen and Christine, then once you have created your card, scrap page or 3d item, pop over to Sunny Challenges and Creations and add it to Mr. Linky. I am looking forward, as always, to see your beautiful creations.
Bye for now, Kris.
Two Step Bird
This is a card we made yesterday at my Beachmere Class. I haven’t used the Two Step Bird punch in a while and decided to combine it with the beautiful new in-colours.
The leaves are cut from Gumball Green card using the Little Leaves sizzlit. I trimmed the branches down a little and then added them to Very Vanilla card.
I embossed the Very Vanilla card and attached it to scored and folded Midnight Muse card. I stamped ‘happy birthday” from the Bring on the Cake stampset onto Very Vanilla card using Midnight Muse ink, attached it to a piece of Midnight Muse card which has both long edges punched using the Scallop Trim Border punch and then to the card front. I punched the bird body and wing from Midnight Muse card using the Two Step Bird punch and attached them to the card front over the leaves. I punched the flowers from Primrose Petals card using one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and attached them around the bird and over the leaves. I used Dazzling Details Sparkling Silver to add centres to the flowers and also an eye to the bird. This is a brand new product and absolutely wonderful, although it does take a little while to dry. You can just see in the close up of the flowers that it is slightly smudged. I had carefully set aside my card to dry and promptly placed a stamp box on top! I kind of like the effect but will remember to be very careful in the future.
I think it is a lovely card and the ladies all seemed to like it as well. What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Sunny Challenge 56
Well before I show you my sample for the challenge this week, I want to wish my Dad and all Dad’s a Happy Father’s Day. My Dad is going to come over for lunch and to spend some time with me, my daughters and their families. It will be the first celebration we have shared since my parents moved to Beachmere, so I am a little excited. I hope you all have a lovely day spending time with your families and your Dad’s.
The product I am using today is all new – the 2012-2014 in-colours and a brand new stamp set called Betsy’s Blossoms. As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator I was able to pre-order these and have had a lot of fun playing with them. You can click on the link on my side-bar to view the two new catalogues.
Now on to the challenge.
This week the challenge was set by Gwen. She gave us a simple sketch and the proviso that we had to make a 10cm x 10cm card (4″ x 4″). I embossed Whisper White card using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder, wrapped it with Gumball Green 1/2″ stitched Satin ribbon, tied a knot and then attached it to a Midnight Muse card base. 
I stamped the bird from the Betsy’s Blossoms stampset using Midnight Muse ink and punched it using the 1-3/4″ circle punch. I attached it to a mat of Summer Starfruit card cut using one of the circles on the Circles #2 die. I stamped the large flower using Raspberry Ripple ink onto Whisper White card and cut it out. I stamped the small group of flowers using Primrose Petals ink onto Whisper White card and cut them out. I stamped the leaves using Gumball Green ink onto Whisper White card and cut them out. I arranged the pieces onto the card front, slipping the leaves underneath the bird panel and arranging the flowers over the top. I have to say I am really loving the new Firm Foam ink pads. They give such a great coverage of ink but you do need to develop a much lighter inking style!
Now it is time to visit Vicky, Gwen and Christine to see what inspiration they have in store for you. Once you have created your card (I think it can probably only be a card), pop over the Sunny Challenges and Creations and add it to Mr. Linky. I am really looking forward to seeing your creations this week.
Bye for now, Kris.
The New Catties are Here
Woohoo. Today the new Annual Catalogue and the new Holiday Mini go live. These catalogues will have you very excited. To view these catalogues online, click on the images below. You can also click on the images in the side bar.
Annual Catalogue
Holiday Mini Catalogue
If you do not have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator then please contact me so that we can work out how your can get your hands on these fabulous publications.
Enjoy!
Bye for now, Kris.
A Blue Christmas
I don’t know why but I have been in Christmas card mode lately. I think it might be because of all the gorgeous things in the new Holiday Mini, released tomorrow (Yay). Anyway the layout of this card is inspired by one that I saw on Pinterest. (Yes, I am still spending too much time there.)
I stamped the greeting from the Many Merry Messages stamp set (retiring) on the Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink, wrapped it with Night of Navy 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon (retiring) and attached it to scored and folded Night of Navy card. 
I stamped the image from Lovely as a Tree (NOT retiring, yay) onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink and then cut the image into three panels. I attached the image panels to Night of Navy card and then to the card front. I used my Two-Way Glue pen on the trees and then added some Dazzling Diamonds. I absolutely adore the simplicity of this card, although without the bling it would probably be a little too clean and simple.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
Twitterpated Portfolio and Card Set
Here is the last project for the August edition of Craft Project Central and I’m really excited to share it with you because its my project. I love giving card sets and designing porfolios to present them in. This one uses the gorgeous Twitterpated Designer Series paper which will be available with the release of the new catalogue on the 1st September. There are two pockets inside, one for the cards and one for the envelopes, and also a little drawer to keep the sentiments until they are needed to add to a card. If you would like to make this project just subscribe to the August edition at Craft Project Central. Remember it only costs $10.00 for 10 tutorials.
I’d love to hear what you think of my project.
Bye for now, Kris.
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