Spectacular Halloween Party Ensemble Instructions
Here is another great tutorial from Craft Project Central. This great project is designed with pampering in mind. How about having a spa-tacular Halloween girls night in. This great project was designed by Julie Edmond. She has designed some great little gift ideas and uses My Digital Studio to create her package labels. Visit her blog and see more of her fabulous work – and don’t forget to tell her how much you love it.
If you haven’t already visited Craft Project Central and signed up for the month of October – what are you waiting for? At only $10.00 per month for 10 step by step photo tutorials it is a fantastic bargain.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping 411 Challenge 222
Well sorry for my absence, but life has been a little hectic. I have two workshops next weekend which I have been busy preparing for. Anyway I finally found time to stamp for fun and I made this card using the sketch from Stamping 411 this week.
I decided to go with Night of Navy and Whisper White for this Christmas card. I also wanted to make something using heat embossing. I embossed a piece of Whisper White card stock using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and wrapped the left hand side with Night of Navy 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon. This piece was then attached to the scored and folded Night of Navy card stock base card. I cut a Top Note from Night of Navy card stock and then cut it again so that I got this fancy square shape. I cut the largest oval using the Ovals Originals Die from Whisper White card stock and stamped the tree image from the Lovely as a Tree stampset using Night of Navy ink. I then used my Versamark ink pad to ink the whole of the oval. I added Heat and Stick powder and heat set it and then added Dazzling Diamonds and heat set it again. I love these shimmery panels, they look so Christmassy – even though we don’t get snow in Australia at Christmas (well not regularly anyway). I attached the Whisper White Oval to the fancy Top Note and then attached it to the right hand side of the Whisper White card. I inked “noel” from the Many Merry Messages stampset firstly with Versamark and then with Night of Navy ink and stamped onto Whisper White card. 
I heat embossed the greeting using Clear Embossing Powder. If you ink your stamp this way you can get coloured embossing and it doesn’t ruin your Versamark ink pad – just remember use the Versamark first and then the coloured ink pad. I used my Large Oval Punch to punch out the greeting and sponged the edges with Night of Navy ink. I attached the greeting to the card front using dimensionals. Lastly I tied a bow and added it to the card front above the greeting using Mini Glue Dots. I am pretty happy with this although I have taken a little liberty with the sketch.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
Candy Portfolio Box and Scarecrow Card
Isn’t this the most adorable little project. I bet you can guess that Kim Score designed this one. Her signature is all over those cute little scarecrows. Just visit her blog to see all her fabulous creations – she really is the Queen of Punch Art.
This is the first project for the month of October at Craft Project Central. I bet you are all dying to pop over and sign up. At only $10.00 for 10 projects it is an absolute steal.
Bye for now, Kris.
October Promotion
Stampin’ Up! is giving everyone the opportunity to purchase this fantastic stampset and matching punch. They are being released early so we can use them on our Christmas projects.
What’s even better is that they are giving Hostesses with a $450.00 workshop the opportunity to get them Free.
This fantastic promotion is only available from 1 – 31 October, so don’t miss out.
Contact me to arrange your workshop to get these fantastic products Free.
Bye for now, Kris.
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Here we are again at the start of another challenge week at Sunny Challenges and Creations. This week’s sketch has been brought to us by Gwen and she has stipulated that we must add a bird, animal, fish, bugs or insect to our creation.
I thought this sounded easy when she told me but I had a little trouble coming up with my design.
I started with a Daffodil Delight scored and folded base card. I added a layer of Whisper White card stock which I have embossed using the Stripes embossing folder. 
I discovered that when you use Whisper White card stock with this folder you can easily tear it as the folder is deeply embossed, so I tried embossing with no tabs on the base plate when I ran it through the Big Shot and it worked a treat. Still great embossing but no tearing of the card stock. The embossed cardstock was attached to the card base using Mini Glue Dots. I ran a piece of Calypso Coral card stock through the Crimper and attached it to the left hand side of the card front, again using Mini Glue Dots. I stamped the fish from the Ocean Commotion stampet onto Whisper White card using Calypso Coral ink and then stamped again onto a post it note and cut the image out. I attached the post-it note image over the stamped image and then stamped the sea horse image from the same stampset partially over the fish. I stamped the fish onto a post-it note and cut it out and attached it over the stamped image. With both images covered I then stamped the sea weed image over the top using Baja Breeze ink. I attached the image panel to a piece of Baja Breeze card stock and then used dimensionals to attach it to the card front.
I love the colours in this card but I am not sure about the focal image. I will have to have a play and see if I can come up with something I like better. What do you think?
I’m sure your will get much more inspiration if you visit Gwen and Vicky, then when you have made your card, pop on over to Sunny Challenges and Creations and add it to Mr. Linky.
Can’t wait to see what you all come up with this week.
Bye for now, Kris.
Spice Cake Card Sampler with Gift Box
Here is another great tutorial from Craft Project Central. This fabulous tutorial was designed by Anne Marie Hile. The cards show off the Spice Cake Designer Series Paper to perfection and the presentation box is adorable.
Now don’t forget to visit Anne Marie’s blog and see more of her fabulous work. Although September is over you can still sign up at Craft Project Central and get all the fabulous tutorials I have shown you over the last month. At only $10.00 it is a bargain.
I’ll let you in on a little secret – I’m going to be designing a project for Craft Project Central for the October edition. I’m so excited. So keep watching as I post all the fabulous projects which will be available during October.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Quick Card Holder
I wanted to make a holder for the 3 cards that I gave my Hostess last weekend and this is what I made.
I took one of Stampin’ Up!’s large cello bags and cut a piece of Early Expresso card that would fit inside the bag and extend 2″ longer than the bag. I scored on the 2″ mark. Then I embossed a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder and added it to the front of the 2″ flap. While the flap was folded over I punched a hole using my Crop-A-Dile through all the layers. I used Real Red 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon and threaded both ends through from the back to the front, wrapped the loop around the top and tied a bow. I stamped “a gift for you” from the Word Play stampset using Real Red ink on Very Vanilla card and punched it out using the Large Oval Punch and attached it to a Scallop Oval punched from Real Red card stock. I attached this to the bottom left hand edge of the front flap.
This is a really quick way to present a small gift.
Hope you like it.
Bye for now, Kris.
Frightful Sight Halloween Trio
Isn’t this just the most adorable sweet treat trio. It was designed by the very talented Heidi Boos for Craft Project Central. Please visit Heidi’s blog and check out her amazing talent.
If you haven’t signed up for Craft Project Central yet then what are you waiting for. The projects are fantastic and the price just $10.00 for 10 projects (11 counting the bonus one) is just amazing.
I’d love to see some of the things you make using these great tutorials.
Bye for now, Kris.
Dinoroar
This is the last card I made for my Hostess last weekend and I know she has at least two great grandson’s who love Dinosaurs.
My base card is Pacific Point scored and folded. I added a Whisper White layer which has been embossed using the Stripes Embossing Folder. I also embossed a strip of Whisper White using the Square Lattice Embossing folder and attached it to an Old Olive cardstock mat and then to the card front. I stamped the dinosaur image from the Dinoroar stampset onto Whisper White card using Soft Suede ink. I also stamped the grass image using River Rock and Old Olive ink. The image has been slightly offset onto a Real Red cardstock mat and attached to the card front using dimensionals.
I stamped the “Roar that means happy birthday in dinosaur” from the same stampset onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. I trimmed the card down to 3/8″ wide and then inserted each end into the Word Window Punch to get the rounded corners. I cut a strip of Daffodil Delight card 1/2″ wide and inserted the ends into the 1/2″ circle punch to get the rounded ends and then attached the greeting to the card front.
I think this is a really fun stampset. I am hoping that my Hostess will be able to put this card to good use.
Bye for now, Kris.
Look Who’s Truckin’
This card was also part of my gift to my Hostess last weekend, another card I’m sure she can use for her great grandsons.
I used Tempting Turquoise, scored and folded as my base card. I added a layer of Basic Black card and then added the three embossed pieces. The Pumpkin Pie card has been embossed using the Stripes Embossing Folder, the Real Red card has been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and the Pacific Point card has been embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.
I inked the truck image from the I Dig You stampset using Real Red, Pacific Point and Basic Black Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped onto Whisper White card. I inked the present image using Pumpkin Pie and Real Red Stampin’ Write Markers and used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position it into the back of the truck. I attached a mat of Basic Black card and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “look who’s turning” from the On Your Birthday stampset onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink and punched it out using the 1 1/4″ square punch and attached it to a 1 3/8″ square punched from Basic Black card. The greeting was also attached to the card front using dimensionals.
This is a really bright, happy, fun birthday card for any little boy and the greeting lets you personalise with the recipients age.
What do you think? Know anybody who would love a card like this?
Bye for now, Kris.
