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If you are like me and still have a wish list a mile long for product you need to have, then this special is for you. For tomorrow only 21st May Stampin’ Up! is having Free Shipping for orders over $65.00. That’s right, no shipping costs. Yay. How good will that be, it means I can buy more product and so can you. So don’t forget this offer is only valid for tomorrow, Tuesday 21st May,
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Bye for now,
Kris
Daylesford
On our recent road trip we stayed at Dalyesford in Victoria. Such a pretty little town which was getting ready for its annual Chillout Festival, so we could only stay one night. For my page I decided to add strips of Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather down to the left hand side of a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I added a strip of Basic Black card down the right hand edge of the strips of card before attaching my photos. I cut the title from Basic Black card using the Mini Alphabet Dies (I bet you didn’t know I love these dies!). For my journaling I stamped a piece of Basic White card using the line stamp from the Love This Moment stamp set and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I punched out the lines using the 2″ Circle punch and added my journaling. I attached the Basic White circle to a 2-1/4″ Circle (sorry this punch is retired) before attaching to the page. Such a simple page but reminds of our stay in this lovely little town.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Adventurous Birthday
Today’s card uses the Take to the Sky Suite Collection which I also shared on my Facebook Live this week. There is one sheet in the Take to the Sky 12″ x 12″ Designer Series paper in this collection that has various individual panels and tags that you can cut from the paper. I cut the largest section from the paper, trimmed it down and attached it to Copper Clay card. The panel is attached to Basic White card and then scored and folded Copper Clay card. I attached a panel of Copper Clay card across the lower part of the card front. I cut three of the tag images from the paper and layered them together before attaching them to the card front.
I added one of the Industrial Trinkets to the top of the tags. I stamped the small plane from the Adventurous Sky stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added some colour using the Light Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend. The image is cut out using the co-ordinating Adventurous Sky Die and added to the card front. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Adventurous Sky stamp set onto Basic White card using Copper Clay ink.
I cut out the greeting using the banner die from the Adventurous Sky Dies. I did cut it twice to get the banner effect on both ends. The banner is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a strip of Copper Clay card behind one long edge of a strip of the Designer Series paper panel that I used on the card front. The panel is attached to the left hand side of Basic White card. I also stamped another greeting from the Adventurous Sky stamp set onto the Basic White card using Copper Clay ink. This is just an amazing suite, with beautiful paper, lots of great images and sentiments. I know you will love it.
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can see the whole Take to the Sky Collection here and the Industrial Trinkets here in my online store.
Roses Congratulation
For today’s card I embossed Basic White card using the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Petunia Pop card. I stamped the large floral image from the Stippled Roses stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Petunia Pop and Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends.
The image panel is attached to Petunia Pop card and then to the embossed card front. I stamped the greeting from the Stippled Roses stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I attached the greeting to a piece of Shy Shamrock card. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals where necessary.
To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped part of the large floral image from the Stippled Roses stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card. Once more I coloured the image using the Petunia Pop and Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends. I love this card and I love the new in-colours, what about you. What’s your favourite colour? I don’t think I have a favourite yet!
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can view Petunia Pop A4 card here, Shy Shamrock A4 card here and Basic White A4 card here in my online store.
Dubbo
My page today celebrates a visit to Dubbo. Ron and I lived there for nearly five years and both out girls were born there. Ron’s Aunty Norma was a great help to us, babysitting and generally being someone to visit and talk with, so we never miss an opportunity to catch up when were are heading in that direction. To begin my page I used the floral image from the Love This Moment stamp set and Versamark ink to stamp along the top and the bottom of a piece of Crumb Cake 12″ x 12″ card. I trimmed down the panel and attached it to Basic White card. I added a piece of Azure Afternoon card across the page before attaching my photos. I stamped the line image from the Love This Moment stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink to create somewhere to add my journaling. I also stamped “the story” from the Love This Moment stamp set onto the top of this panel using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I stamped “memories” and the heart from the Love This Moment stamp set onto a narrow strip of Crumb Cake card before attaching it across the bottom of the main photo. I stamped the floral image onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured the image using Poppy Parade, Lemon Lime Twist and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. I fussy cut the floral image and attached it below my journaling. The title is stamped onto the page using letters from the Classic Letters stamp set and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I watched a video recently where Sara (CEO of Stampin’ Up!) used this stamp set and she gave me the idea of stamping the floral image as a border using Versamark ink. So thank you Sara. This page makes me smile and brings lots of memories to mind. I’d love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Leafy Thinking of You
Today I am using the absolutely fabulous Leaf Collection stamp set. This is a large stamp that covers the whole of your card front. It has beautiful leaf images which not only stamp well as one image but you can fussy cut the individual leaves to create your own design. I chose to stamp the full Leaf Collection image onto Basic White card using Summer Splash ink. Isn’t this new in-colour simply gorgeous? I attached the stamped panel to Summer Splash card and then scored and folded Thick Basic White card.
I stamped the greeting from the Simply Said stamp set onto Basic White card using Summer Splash ink. The greeting is cut out using one of the Countryside Corners Dies.I attached a length of Summer Splash 3/8″ (1cm) Bordered Ribbon to the back of the
greeting before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped a greeting from the So Sincere stamp set onto Basic White card using Summer Splash ink. I stamped the Leaf Collection stamp onto scrap Basic White card and cut out one of the leaves which I attached next to the greeting. The stamped panel is attached to Summer Splash card and then the inside of the Thick Basic White card base. I would love to know what you think of this card.
Bye for now,
Kris
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You can view the Simply Said stamp set here in my online store.
Celebrate
Today’s card uses the Happy Little Things stamp set which is an Online Exclusive product. I cut pieces of Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper which I attached to Basic White card. Did you know that the Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper has carried over to our new Annual Catalogue – great for people like me who haven’t used as much of their paper as they should! The Designer Series Paper Panel is attached to Blueberry Bushel card and then scored and folded Thick Basic White card.
I stamped the outline “celebrate” image from the Happy Little Things stamp set onto Basic White card using Blueberry Bushel ink. I stamped the fill image from the same stampset inside the outline using Blueberry Bushel ink which I stamped onto scrap paper first.
The stamped panel is attached to Blueberry Bushel card and then the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped “you did it” from the Happy Little Things stamp set onto Basic White card using Blueberry Bushel ink. I stamped the star image from the same stamp set three times around the greeting using the same ink. The stamped panel is attached to Blueberry Bushel card before being attaching inside the card base. One thing I need to point out is that I used one of the card sketch layouts on page 22 of the new Annual Catalogue for the design of this card. If you haven’t had a look at this page, check it out. So helpful. Thank you Stampin’ Up!.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Cowra
We had a couple of days at Cowra as our first stop on a road trip with our friends. What a lovely town, with lots to see and do. Our first visit was the site of the Prisoner of War camp which is where the Japanese prisoners attempted escape in 1944 and this page shows a couple of photos of the visit. I used Soft Sea Foam 12″ x 12″ card as the base for my page.
I used one of the stamps from the Of Art & Texture stamp set to stamp all over the Soft Sea Foam card using Soft Sea Foam ink. I added a piece of Basic White card and then my photos. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card which I attached to Basic Black card before adding it to the page. I cut the title from Basic Black card using the Alphabet A La Mode Dies. I am so glad that we visited this site to understand the background to what happened.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Layered Magnolia
Today’s card features the Magnolia Mood Stamp Set, which you can only find in the Online Exclusives, you can view them here in my store. For this card, I stamped the large flower from the Magnolia Mood stamp set several times onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the leaves using the Dark Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blend. I used one of the Deckled Rectangle Dies to cut the centre from the stamped card. I also cut Soft Sea Foam card using the next larger rectangle from the Deckled Rectangle Dies.
I attached the two rectangles together and then attached them to the stamped Basic White card, lining up the images. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Soft Sea Foam card. I stamped the small flower from the Magnolia Mood stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is coloured using the Dark Soft Sea Foam and Light Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends.
I cut out the flower using one of the Deckled Circle Dies and attached it to a Soft Sea Foam circle cut using the same dies. The image panel is attached to the centre of the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Magnolia Mood stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and fussy cut around the greeting before attaching it to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the small flower from the Magnolia Mood stamp set onto the lower left hand corner using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using the Dark Soft Sea Foam and Light Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends. I love how soft and pretty this card is, don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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You Mean So Much
Today I have another card to share with you using the Enduring Beauty Bundle. For this card I used my Stampin’ Brayer to add Lost Lagoon ink to a piece of Zoo Crew 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (this paper is now retired). I attached the Designer Series Paper to Basic White card and then scored and folded Highland Heather card. I cut Highland Heather card using one of the circles from the Deckled Circle Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the large floral image from the Enduring Beauty stamp set onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper using Versamark ink.
I sprinkled the image with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. I sprayed the stamped image with water and then used a Water Painter to add Highland Heather ink to the flowers and Lost Lagoon ink to the leaves. I cut out the image using the co-ordinating Enduring Beauty Die.
The image is attached across the die cut circle using dimensionals where necessary. I stamped the greeting from the Enduring Beauty stamp set onto Basic White card using Highland Heather ink. I cut out the greeting using the banner die from the Enduring Beauty Dies. I did however cut the greeting twice so that the banner fit more tightly around the words. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I added Lost Lagoon ink to a piece of Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper using the Stampin’ Brayer. I attached the Designer Series Paper across the bottom of a piece of Basic White card before attaching the panel to the inside of the card base. Although the layout is the same as one I used in my Facebook Live (way back on the 17th January) with this bundle, the look is completely different. I hope you are loving this bundle as much as I am.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 