Embossed Bauble
Today’s card shows off another technique we learned in the CDT 31 days of Christmas. I used the Layering Linen Background stamp which is a new Online Exclusive which becomes available for customers on the 4th of November. I stamped the Layering Linen stamp onto Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. I sponged the edges of the stamped card also using Crumb Cake ink. I cut Crumb Cake card using the circle die from the Ornamental Christmas Dies and sponged the edges using Crumb Cake ink. The circle is attached to the stamped Basic White card.I used the bauble die from the Ornamental Christmas Dies to cut Mossy Meadow ink. I embossed the bauble using the Traditional Wreath 3D Embossing Folder. I used a Versamark ink pad to add ink to the raised areas of the embossed bauble.
I sprinkled the bauble with Gold Embossing Powder from the Metallics Wow Embossing Powder and heat set it. I attached a length of Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon behind the top of the bauble before attaching it to the Crumb Cake Circle using dimensionals. I secured the end of the ribbon to the back of the panel before attaching it to scored and folded Mossy Meadow card. I cut the bauble topper from Gold Foil card using the Ornamental Christmas Die. I attached the bauble topper to the bauble. I tied a bow in a length of Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon and attached at the top of the bauble. I stamped the greeting from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set onto a narrow strip of Mossy Meadow card using Versamark ink.
I sprinkled the greeting with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it. The greeting is attached across the bottom of the card front. I stamped Merry Christmas from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set onto Basic White card using Mossy Meadow ink. I embossed a narrow strip of Mossy Meadow card using the Traditional Wreath 3D Embossing Folder. I used a Versamark ink pad to ink the raised areas of the embossed card. I sprinkled the card with Gold Embossing Powder and Heat set it. The panel is attached across the bottom of the Basic White stamped card. The Basic White panel is attached inside the Mossy Meadow card base. What a fun technique this was to learn and try, Thank you Jayma for your great video.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Congratulations Graduate
Today I am sharing with you a page I created during Stampin’ Up!’s Brushed with Beauty Craft Class. This is the second class that I have joined and I loved everything about it. The projects, the presenters and all the hints, tips and tricks we learned along the way. The great thing about these classes is that you can still purchase the class and the product if you wish. Once you have purchased the class you will get linked to a Facebook Page where you can find all the information and links to the video to watch and create any time you want. Anyway when I was creating this page I thought it would be perfect to show off a photo of my granddaughter on the day she graduates from High School. The base of the page is a piece of Brushed with Beauty 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. On top of that is a piece of Vellum 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper. We were shown how to cut the leaves and a flowers from the Brushed with Beauty Designer Series Paper using the Petals of Beauty Dies. We were also shown how to add texture to the Very Vanilla solid flowers using Embossing Paste. The labels on the page are cut using the Words of Beauty Dies. Two of the greetings used on this page are from the retired Cap & Gown stamp set. The other greeting is from the Words of Beauty stamp set. I love how pretty this page is and how the Brushed with Beauty Suite Collection (Online Exclusive) works for this project.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Anniversary
This week in my Facebook LIve I shared some cards I created using the Petals of Beauty Bundle and today I have another card to share with you. I created this card for my daughter and son-in-law to celebrate their Wedding Anniversary. I attached a piece of Country Woods Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Basic White card. I stamped “happy Anniversary” from the Layers of Beauty stamp set onto the upper left hand corner of the Basic White card using Fresh Freesia ink. The stamped panel is attached to scored and folded Bubble Bath card.
I die cut Soft Sea Foam card using one of the dies from the Petals of Beauty Dies. I stamped one of the leaves from the Petals of Beauty stamp set onto Basic White card using Soft Sea Foam ink and cut it out using the co-ordinating Petals of Beauty Die. I stamped the solid images for all three flowers from the Petals of Beauty stamp set onto Basic White card using Bubble Bath ink.
I stamped the detailed floral images from the Petals of Beauty stamp set over the top of the solid images using Fresh Freesia ink. I stamped the flower centres onto the two larger flowers using the image from the Petals of Beauty stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I layered the leaves and flowers onto the right hand side of the stamped Basic White card. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set onto Basic White card using Fresh Freesia ink. I stamped the leaf image from the Petals of Beauty stamp set beside the greeting using Soft Sea Foam ink.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Special Birthday
Today I have a card t share with you I created for my granddaughter’s birthday. I was inspired to create this card after watching Janice Gilhooley’s video on the CDT 31 Days of Christmas. She showed us how to create a card by partially cutting a die. I stamped the large image from the Layers of Beauty stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used the Layers of Beauty Masks to add Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia ink to the flowers and Lost Lagoon ink to the leaves.
I layered the stamped card onto another card front and cut the edge of the design using the co-ordinating Layers of Beauty Die. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Charming Day stamp set onto the stamped panel using Lost Lagoon ink. I attached the stamped image to the front of the Fresh Freesia card base.
I embossed the “wrong” side of the un-stamped partially die cut Basic White panel using the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed panel onto the back of the card front making sure to line up the die cut edges. I embossed a piece of Fresh Freesia card using the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed panel is attached to a Basic White panel before being attached to the inside of the card base. I coloured Iridescent Basic Pearls using the Dark Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blend and attached them to the card front. I wouldn’t have even considered trying this technique until I watched the CDT 31 Days of Christmas video. I am loving all the techniques and ideas the presenters have been sharing and a special thanks to Janice for this technique.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Port Douglas
Today’s pages show off some photos from our very first visit to Port Douglas way back in 2010. I used the 1, 2, 3 Layout from November’s Class to create my pages. You can find the 1, 2, 3 Layouts by Noreen Smith here on You Tube. I cut a piece of Country Woods 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper and attached them to White Willow 12″ x 12″ card to create my page. I attached all of my photos to Night of Navy card before attaching them to the pages.
The title is cut from Basic White card using the Mini Alphabet Dies. I love how it stands out on that Misty Moonlight background, don’t you? I stamped the tree image from the retired Autumn to Remembers stamp set onto Basic White card using Old Olive ink. I hand cut the trees and attached them beside the title. I stamped the same trees onto another scrap piece of Basic White card using Old Olive ink and used one of the circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut it out. I stamped the greeting from the retired Snow Days stamp set onto Basic White card using Old Olive ink.
The greeting is cut out using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I layered the banner onto the circle and attached it to the lower left hand corner of the left page. I stamped the greeting from the Weekend Adventure stamp set onto the right hand page using Misty Moonlight ink. I once more stamped the tree image from the Autumn to Remember stamp set below the greeting. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card and cut it into strips. I dipped the edges of the strips into Misty Moonlight ink before attaching the strips to the right hand page. I love the photos of the hang gliders which were taken at Rex Lookout which is between Mossman and Port Douglas.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Sending Love
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Friendly Foliage Bundle. This is an Online Exclusive, so you will have to check out my Online Store to find it. I attached a piece of Old Olive card across the bottom of a Basic White panel. The whole panel is embossed using the Birch 3D Embossing Folder before being attached to scored and folded Crumb Cake card. I cut Crumb Cake card using one of the Textured Notes Dies. I stamped the greeting from the Friendly Foliage stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of the Crumb Cake rectangle using Early Espresso ink.
I attached the panel to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the large floral image from the Friendly Foliage stamp set onto Basic White card using Old Olive ink. I cut out the image using the Friendly Foliage Dies.
The image is attached to the Crumb Cake panel on the card front. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the large single leaf and small single leaf from the Friendly Foliage stamp set onto Basic White card using Old Olive ink. I stamped the greeting from the Friendly Foliage stamp set beside the leaves using Early Espresso ink. The whole panel is attached to the inside of the Crumb Cake card base. I love this stamp set and can’t believe I waited so long to purchase it.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Thinking of You
Today I have another simple card I created using the Prairie Grass stamp set. For this card, I masked the right hand side of a Basic White panel and added Soft Sea Foam and Lost Lagoon ink using Blending Brushes. I stamped the image from the Prairie Grass stamp set onto the edge of the blended panel using Mossy Meadow ink.
I stamped “thinking of you” from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink. The panel is attached to scored and folded Mossy Meadow card.
To decorate the inside I created a blended panel using Blending Brushes on the left hand side of Basic White card using Soft Sea Foam and Lost Lagoon ink. Once more I stamped the image from the Prairie Grass stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink. I have been a bit obsessed with the idea of using the Blending Brushes to create backgrounds for the images in the Prairie Grass stamp set, however, I love how this turned out. I would love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Black Friday Sale
Well how exciting! Stampin’ Up! is holding it’s first ever Black Friday Sale beginning tomorrow and ending at midnight on the 1st December. During this sale you will be offered savings of 40% on Stampin’ Blends, Paper Trimmer and blades, Ink bundles. You will offered savings of 25% off select adhesives and 15% off select cardstock. Sounds like a great time to stock up on those items on your wish list. I know that I am certainly going to take advantage of this great special. So just pop into my online store tomorrow and check out the savings.
Bye for now
Kris
A Perfect Day
Today’s pages show off some photos from our last holiday with Mum and Dad in May last year. I found this layout on You Tube by Craft With Julie and loved it, so of course I had to CASE it. I used Crumb Cake Two Tone Card to create the bases and attached the Country Woods 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper.
Each of the page bases and the Designer Series Paper pieces are all sponged with Early Espresso card. I did use a 3″ x 4″ Flip Flap to the left page so that I could add my journaling.
I used the Fully Flowering Ephemera to add interest to my pages as well as some Linen Thread. I used the retired Documenting The Day stamp set to stamp the title onto the Basic Whtie card banner using Early Espresso ink. I love how these pages turned out, don’t you. So, thank you Julie for the inspiration and the instruction video.
Bye for now,
Kris
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‘Tis the Season
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Branching Out Bundle. This bundle can be seen in the current August to December Mini Catalogue. For today’s card I embossed a piece of Basic White card using the Traditional Wreath 3D Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed card to scored and folded Mossy Meadow card. I cut Real Red and Basic White card using the two largest dies from the Branching Out Dies. I stamped the branch image from the Branching Out stamp set onto the Basic White die cut using Early Espresso ink. I stamped both of the three leaf images onto the branch image use Mossy Meadow ink.
I die cut Real Red card three times using the berry die from the Branching Out Dies. I trimmed the images a little before attaching them to the stamped branch. I die cut Early Espresso card three times using the pine cone die from the Branching Out Dies and attached them to the stamped branch. I stamped “’tis the Season” from the Pine Tree Trimmings stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of the Basic White die cut. I attached the stamped die cut to the Real Red die cut and then the card front using dimensionals. I added three Traditional Sparkling Sequins around the greeting.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the branch image from the Branching Out stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card using Early Espresso ink. I stamped both the three leaf images from the same stamp set onto the branch image using Mossy Meadow ink. I stamped the pine cone image from the Branching Out stamp set three times onto the branch image using Early Espresso ink. I stamped “fa la la” from the Keeping Traditions stamp set above the stamped branch image using Cherry Cobbler ink. The stamped panel is attached to the inside of the Mossy Meadow card base. I can’t believe I waited this long to purchase this stamp set it is so much fun.
Bye for now,
Kris
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