Another Challenge Card
I made this card for the monthly challenge Creating Pretty Cards at Craft Project Central. Its a great sketch and you can enter this challenge as many times as you like during the month. You do not have to be a subscriber to enter this competition.
I used Whisper White card stock for my card base and added a layer of Concord Crush card stock which has been embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I punched the long edge of a narrow strip of Peach Parfait card stock using the Scallop Trim Border Punch and attached it behind Pear Pizzazz card stock which has been embossed using the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. I did wrap the Pear Pizzazz card with Concord Crush 1/2″ Stitched Poly Ribbon and tied a knot before attaching the Peach Parfait card. 
I stamped the image from the Upsy Daisy stamp set using Concord Crush ink onto Whisper White card stock and stamped again just to the right to give a shadow effect. I punched the top right hand corner using the Scallop Trim Corner Punch. I attached it to the card front making sure that the bottom of the Whisper White card stock was just covered by the ribbon. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Easy Events stamp set onto Whisper White card using Peach Parfait ink and trimmed it to make a small banner, I sponged the edges using Peach Parfait ink and attached it to the card front. I used a dimensional under the middle section to give it a little lift. I cut Peach Parfait card stock using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and attached one of the butterflies to the top left hand corner of the card.
I really love this card, what do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Paper Daisies
I have had a tutorial for a long time that Maria Vanderform posted on how to make a Daisy Pencil Topper. I have long been going to try it and finally got around to it yesterday. I wanted something for a vase that I have had since last Christmas which was made for me by my friend Lorena.
I cut my flowers from Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight. I attached the flowers to narrow dowel stick following Maria’s instructions. I absolutely love the way they turned out and now my vase contains something beautiful. I am going to stain the wooden dowel with green ink using a sponge. I think it will tone down the wood without having to wrap it with florists tape which I never seem to be able to do well. 
I should have done the sponging before I showed the flowers to you but I was too impatient to show them off.
I’d love to hear what you think about my beautiful vase of flowers.
Bye for now, Kris.
Abi’s Sketch Challenge
Last weekend I spent some time with my granddaughter Abi making cards. We used a sketch from Clean and Simple to create 4 birthday cards for her to use for her friends this year at school.
She had such fun picking her colours and images. At 7 she has a fairly good eye for what she likes and I think her cards turned out really lovely.
She used Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo and Concord Crush together with Whisper White.
She used the Pretty Postage stampset, 1″ Square Punch and Postage Stamp Punch for the Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point cards. She even inked the image using Stampin’ Write Markers so that she only got the “cake” and not the greeting. The greeting for these cards comes from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set.
The Regal Rose and Concord Crush cards use the Flower Fest stamp set. On the Concord Crush card she used the 5 Petal Flower Punch and the 1- 3/8″ Circle Punch as well. She used the 1- 3/8″ Circle Punch and the 1- 3/8″ Square Punch on the Regal Rose card. The greeting for these cards also comes from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set.
She used embossing folders and the Big Shot to decorate the Whisper White Panels in the centre of the cards. Again she made her own selections and used the the following folders – Stripes, Elegant Lines, Square Lattice and Manhattan Flower.
Abi loves to make a set of cards to have on hand for all the birthday invitations a young lady has during the year at school.
I think I have a very talented papercrafter in the making.
Bye for now, Kris.
Sunny Challenge 26
This week at Sunny Challenges and Creations our challenge has been set by Shirley. She provided a great sketch and we have to make a card with a Wedding theme.
I used Basic Black card stock for my base and added a layer of Whisper White card stock which I have embossed using the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder. I cut a strip of Red Glimmer Paper and attached it to Basic Black card stock. I cut Whisper White card using the largest oval on the Ovals Originals Die. I stamped the greeting from the Word Play stampset using Black ink onto the Whisper White oval. I punched one long edge of a narrow strip of Basic Black card stock using the Scallop Trim Border Punch, then cut slits in the long side opposite the punching and attached it behind the stamped oval. 
I attached the greeting panel to the card front using dimensionals. I used the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit on Basic Black card stock, cutting two hearts. I punched one Whisper White Full Heart and placed it inside the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit to emboss the Whisper White card. I attached this on top of one of the Basic Black Scalloped Hearts. I punched Red Glimmer Paper using the Full Heart Punch and attached it to the other Basic Black Scalloped heart. I attached the hearts to the left hand side of the stamped Whisper White Oval. Lastly I added a medium Basic Rhinestone above the “o” in “do”.
I hope you can see the sparkle in the Red Glimmer paper, it is so pretty. I love the way this has turned out.
Now you have seen my inspiration, please visit Vicky and Shirley to see what they have in store for you. Once you have created your Wedding themed card, etc. please visit Sunny Challenges and Creations and add it to Mr. Linky. I can’t wait to see what you create this week.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Black and White Challenge
Late Night Stampers challenge this week is to create something using Black, White and one other colour. Since I truly love Black and White cards, I decided to play along.
I used Basic Black as my base card and added a layer of Whisper White card stock. I cut another piece of Whisper White card stock and embossed it using the Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder. I punched a strip of Rose Red card stock using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border and attached it behind the embossed Whisper White card stock. I wrapped this piece with Rose Red 5/7″ Seam Binding and tied a knot. I stamped “Happy Birthday” from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stampset onto the Whisper White card stock above the Rose Red Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border using Stazon Jet Black ink. 
I stamped the Triple Treat Flower once onto Whisper White card stock using Stazon Jet Black ink and punched it using the Fancy Flower Punch. I stamped the Triple Treat Flower once more onto Whisper White card stock using Rose Red ink and punched it using the 5 Petal Flower Punch. I attached the Rose Red flower over the Stazon Jet Black flower . I attached the smallest Basic Pearls into the tiny flowers on the Rose Red stamped image and the largest Basic Pearl into the centre of the Rose Red Flower. I used dimensionals on the back of the flower to attach it to the card front.
I love this single flower stamp. Hope you like this simple card.
Bye for now, Kris.
Everyday Enchantment
I really love the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper which you can earn FREE during Sale-A-Bration (24.1.12 – 31.3.12). I saw the sketch at Stamping 411 this week and immediately thought of this designer paper.
I have used Poppy Parade for my base card and added two pieces of the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper. Before attaching the piece on the right hand side I used my Mat Pack and Paper Piercer to insert 3 of the beautiful brads from the Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad pack (Free during Sale-A-Bration). I matted another piece of the same designer series paper onto Lucky Limeade card and added it to the card front. I stamped “birthday wishes” from the Sincere Salutation Stamp set onto Very Vanilla card stock using Poppy Parade ink, using my stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure perfect placement. I attached it to a Lucky Limeade card stock mat and used dimensionals to attach it to the card front. I tied a bow using the Victoria 5/8″ Crochet Trim and added it to the top of the greeting using a Mini Glue Dot.
I hope you can see how gorgeous the brads are. Each one is printed in a different design and colour combination. They are very beautiful and a little larger than normal at 3/8″.
The two styles of Crochet Trim in the catalogue are really gorgeous and add to the vintage feel when you use them on your cards and scrapbook pages.
Such a simple card but I really like it – probably has something to do with the vintage style of the paper. I just realised that it this card fits the Design Challenge at Sudsol this week as well.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
Techno Pink card
I found time yesterday to make a card using a sketch from the Technostamper blog (last week’s challenge). For some reason I just kept on thinking Melon Mambo, so that is the colour I used.
My base is Basic Black card stock and I added a layer of Melon Mambo card stock. I attached a strip of striped Melon Mambo Designer paper from the Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper stack to Basic Black card stock and then attached it to the front of the card. 
I attached Very Vanilla card stock to Basic Black card stock and then attached it to the right hand side of the front of the card. I stamped the daisy image from the Upsy Daisy stamp set using Melon Mambo ink and moved it every so slightly and stamped again to give a shadow effect (I did use my stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the image). The image is also attached to Basic Black and then to the card front. I cut Melon Mambo card stock using the Beautiful Wings embosslit and attached the largest butterfly to the card front using a Mini Glue Dot in the centre and a dimensional under each wing. I cut a length of Victoria 5/8″ Crochet trim and using a needle and thread gathered up one edge to make a medallion. I attached this to the card front and then attached a Melon Mambo button from the Regals Designer Buttons.
I am kind of amazed that this card doesn’t have any embossing (except for the butterfly) and I still love it. What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Sunny Challenge – Week 25
This week our challenge has been set by Vicky. We have a great sketch and a colour combination of Pink Pirouette and Early Expresso. Pink Pirouette is not one of my favourite colours – I think it is a little washed out – so I decided to create a vintage style card.
I cut pieces of Pink Pirouette designer series paper from the Subtles Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack – the long narrow piece is striped and the other pieces are polka dot at the top and bottom and the reverse side of the polka dots in the middle. I sponged the edges of all the designer paper using Early Expresso ink, scrunched them into a ball, opened them and then sponged Early Expresso ink over the top in a circular motion to add ink to the creases. 
I kind of flattened them out and attached them to the scored and folded Early Expresso base card. I cut Whisper White card using the largest oval on the Ovals Originals Die, stamped the greeting from the Petite Pairs stamp set using Early Expresso ink and then sponged the edges using Early Expresso ink. I stamped the large and small flower from the Vintage Vogue stamp set using Pink Pirouette ink onto scrap Whisper White card stock and cut them out. I sponged the edges with Early Expresso ink and scrunched each of them into a ball and opened them again. I punched 3 Early Expresso flowers using the flower punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. I stacked the flowers with the Early Expresso flower on top, pierced a hole with my paper piercer and then inserted a medium Clear Rhinestone Brad. I attached these around the oval using Mini Glue Dots. I cut Pink Pirouette card stock using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.
Using the largest butterfly I sponged the edges with Early Expresso ink and then sponged ink in a circular motion over the top of the embossing using the same ink. I added 3 Basic Rhinestones to the centre of the butterfly and attached it to the oval using a Mini Glue Dot in the centre and a Dimensional under each wing. The Oval was added to the front of the card using dimensionals.
I love how much texture there is on this card, what do you think? Does it look vintagey? I’d love your feed back.
Anyway now it is time to check out what Shirley and Vicky have for you in the way of inspiration. Once you have created your card, pop over to Sunny Challenges and Creations and add it to Mr. Linky. I look forward as always to seeing your gorgeous work.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Clean and Simple Colour Challenge
This week I was looking at my inbox (which is always full and a great time waster I might add) and I came across my Splitcoast Stampers Weekly. I liked the sound of the Clean and Simple challenge this week – use the colours Pink, Celery and White. I was also inspired by the design entry by Loll Thompson.
I used Whisper White to create my card and added a layer of Certainly Celery. I stamped the stem image from the Field Flowers stamp set onto Whisper White card using Certainly Celery. I stamped the solid large flower from the same stamp set onto a scrap of Whisper White card using Pink Pirouette ink and then stamped the detail large flower over the top using Pretty in Pink ink. I did this twice and cut the flowers out. 
I attached them to the card front over the stem image. I stamped the greeting from the Sincere Salutations stamp set using Certainly Celery ink (and my stamp-a-ma-jig).
I love the clean and simple style of card – it reinforces what I like to tell beginner stampers – you don’t need lots of product to create something beautiful.
What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
First Day of School
Last Monday was the first day of the school year for 3 of my grandchildren. I created this page after seeing the sketch challenge at Stamping 411 this week.
In keeping with the sketch I started with an A4 sheet of Daffodil Delight cardstock which I stamped all over using the “filigree” stamp from the Creative Elements stamp set using Daffodil Delight ink. I cut a 7″ square of Whisper White card stock and again stamped all over using the “filigree” stamp and Night of Navy ink. I cut the main photo using my Circle Scissors just slightly smaller than the maximum 6″ and then attached it to a mat of Night of Navy (cut to the maximum size on the Circle Scissors). I cut individual photos of the children into small circles and attached them to the right hand side of the Daffodil Delight card stock. I printed their names and school year on the computer, punched them using the Word Window Punch and attached them to Night of Navy Modern Labels. I attached their names over the photos and that completes the part of my page which matches the sketch.
I like to make my pages 12 x 12″ so I trimmed an A4 sheet of Whisper White card stock to approximately 4″ and attached it to the bottom of a 12 x 12″ sheet of Night of Navy card stock. The Daffodil Delight A4 sheet is attached to the top of the 12 x 12″ sheet over the Whisper White card stock. Before fixing these sheets firmly I wrapped them with the Blue 3/8″ Denim Jean Ribbon. I printed the lettering using Night of Navy card stock, the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet.
Another simple page but one that records how quickly my grandchildren are growing.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping with Kris 