Baby Mobile
I was inspired to make this mobile by one I saw somewhere on the web using butterflies and have no record of who created it. I used templates from the tutorials that were shared on the Summer Edition of Inkspirations 4U.
For those of you with the Petal Cone Die, making this will be a lot easier. I used Bashful Blue and Whisper White to create my mobile. I cut 3 of the petal cone shapes from Bashful Blue card for the top of the mobile and attached them together. I cut Whisper White mats and ran them through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I also cut the scallop pieces from Whisper White card, embossed them with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and attached them on the underside of the mobile. I used a piece of Whisper White 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon to hang the mobile. I cut a tiny piece off the top of the petal cone pieces and pushed the ribbon through from underneath after tying a knot in the end. I used a template to cut a hexagonal piece to fit inside the mobile. I used some white crochet cotton as the strings for my mobile and attached them so that the knots were on the top of the hexagonal piece. Once I attached it inside using sticky strip it covered all the knots in the ribbon and crochet cotton.
I stamped images from the Animal Stories and Fox and Friends stampsets onto Whisper White card using Bashful Blue ink. The largest image was stamped onto the largest oval from the Ovals originals die. I made a narrow trim from Bashful Blue card with one edge punched using the Scallop Trim Border which is sandwiched between the two images. The other images were stamped onto various circles and attached to either the 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle of the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle cut from Bashful Blue card. The crochet trim is sandwiched between the two sets of images. I also added 3 clear crystal beads at the ends of the crochet trim and underneath each image to add a bit of sparkle.
This shows a couple of the images in a bit more detail so you can see what I mean.
I decorated the top of the mobile by cutting Bashful Blue card using the Beautiful Wings embosslit. I alternated the panels, decorating one with the largest butterfly image and the next with the next 3 largest images.
I absolutely love the way this has turned out. I’m not sure how to package it yet, I might just hand deliver it the way it is.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye the way, you might have noticed a new badge on my side bar – the baby card I made for my niece won the challenge at Late Night Stampers this week. How exciting!
Bye for now, Kris.
A bit of quilting
I was inspired by a clean and simple sketch at Splitcoast Stampers to create this card. Quilted cards seem to be everywhere lately.
I used a favourite colour combination of mine Sahara Sand, Pretty in Pink and Bravo Burgundy.
My quilt is made by cutting 1″ squares of Sahara Sand and Pretty in Pink card which I attached to a 3″ square of Whisper White using SNAIL. Once attached I ran it through the Big Shot and embossed it using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I added a 3 1/2″ square mat of Bravo Burgundy and then attached it to my Sahara Sand card. I cut Bravo Burgundy using the Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit and attached it over the quilting using dimensionals. I stamped “congratulations” from the Occasional Greetings Stampset using Bravo Burgundy ink.
Another simple card but I really love it.
Bye for now, Kris.
Wedding Invitations
My niece is getting married later in the year and I have been very busy making the invitations. I’m finally able to share them with you as they have all been posted.
This is the invitation closed. The cardstock is Soft Suede and Whisper White with a little Certainly Celery as well. All of the Whisper White panels have been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. Because the invitations are 8″ x 4″ (closed) I had to emboss each piece twice.
You can see the Certainly Celery more easily in this photo. The “groom” heart has 3 layers, firstly Soft Suede cut using the Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit, then a Full Heart Extra large punched from Certainly Celery and lastly a Full Heart Extra Large punched from Soft Suede. The last heart has a little slit and turn backs to represent lapels. The ties are made with .4mm strips of Soft Suede wrapped with a small Clear Rhinestone Brad, attached with a mini glue dot. The “bride” heart has 2 layers – the first is Certainly Celery card cut with the Scalloped Heart of Heart Embosslit, then Whisper White punched with the Full Heart Extra Large punch and embossed using the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder. I lined the heart in the embossing folder to ensure that I had to two circles centred on the heart to add the small and medium Basic Rhinestones.
The invitation details were printed onto Vellum Cardstock and attached to a piece of Whisper White card which I embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder with Silver Brads. The Whisper White card was attached inside using Sticky Strip.
The Wishing Well verse was printed onto Whisper White card and I made little tags out of them by attaching a Certainly Celery hert punched using the largest heart on the Heart to Heart Extra Large punch. This heart was also embossed using the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder and attached to the tag using a Silver Brad.
I have covered the wording on the invitation and wishing well because I believe that is something that only the guests should see.
I enjoyed making these and love the way they turned out.
Bye for now, Kris.
Sudsol Case
This week at Sudsol one of the challenges was to CASE (copy and share everything) from the Stampin’ Success magazine (a US publication for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators). It inspired me to create the last card for my Christmas in July Stamp-A-Stack.
I used Very Vanilla card as my base and added a strip of Cherry Cobbler card which has one edge punched with the Scallop Edge Border and which I also ran through the Big Shot using my Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. I wrapped this with Old Olive 1/8″ Taffeta ribbon before attaching to the Very Vanilla card. The image portion of my card is Very Vanilla with an Old Olive mat. I created my Christmas Trees by folding half-circles of Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper. I added tree trunks punched from Early Expresso card using the Word Window Punch. I inked Merry from Occasional Greetings using my Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker and stamped onto Very Vanilla card. I used my Word Window Punch to punch out the greeting. I attached this under the middle tree and over the third tree (dimensional under the right hand side of the word window).
This shows a close up of the folded Christmas Trees. I love how cute these are.
If you would like to make this card then check out my Classes and Workshops page and reserve your place for my Christmas in July Stamp-A-Stack. I’m holding this class twice, once on Friday morning and then again on Friday night.
Bye for now, Kris.
Welcome Baby
The sketch at Stamping 411 this week inspired me to make a baby card. This also fits the bill for the challenge at Late Night Stampers this week which is Animal Antics.
I started with Whisper White card and added a layer of Bashful Blue. The next layer consists of 3 pieces of Whisper White each of which is embossed with a different embossing folder – Vintage Wallpaper, Perfect Polka Dots and Square Lattice. I stamped the elephant image from the Animal Stories stampset onto Whisper White card using Bashful Blue ink. I cut the image using my circle scissors and then added “welcome baby” from the Short and Sweet stampset using Bashful Blue ink. I attached the image circle to a Bashful Blue 2 3/8″ scallop circle and then added the whole piece to the card front using dimensionals. Lastly I cut the Beautiful Wings Embosslit from Bashful Blue card and attached the smallest butterfly to the elephants trunk using a mini glue dot.
I love this card and again the sketch has inspired another card for my Christmas in July Stamp-A-Stack. Thanks Stamping 411.
Bye for now, Kris.
Just Believe
I admit it, I am a hoarder when it comes to my designer series paper. I love to buy it but I hate cutting it – however – I forced myself to play along with the Sudsol challenge to use it.
I used Pretty in Pink for the card base and added a piece of the Lap of Luxury Designer Series Paper. On the left hand side I added another piece of the same designer paper. I cut a circle from Very Vanilla card using the Circle Scissors and stamped it with the large floral image from the Just Believe stampset using Concord Crush ink. I punched a long thin strip of Pretty in Pink card using he Scallop Trim Border punch. I snipped the edges making sure not to cut into the scallops and attached it behind my Very Vanilla circle to create a lovely frame. I like the layout of this card and I am thinking that I might use it for one of the cards in my Christmas in July Stamp-A-Stack.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Quick Tutorial
I shared this brooch on my Facebook page today and had a request for a tutorial so I thought I would share with everyone.
I remade the brooch for the tutorial today but I attached two layers of satin with iron on adhesive so that I could have two “shiny” sides on my flowers.
I cut the largest flower on my Island Floral Die using my double sided satin. In fact I cut 4 flowers at a time. Once cut I folded as you can see in the photo. I want them to be folded so that the petals do not line up.
Then I fold the flower again so that it is in quarters. I use the central hole which is made when cutting the flowers as a quide for my folding.
You need to take a needle and thread and sew the flower across the folds near the end. Use the photo as a guide.
You keep adding flowers, sewing across the corner and attaching each flower to the flower before it.
Continue adding flowers until you have enough to make it nice and full. I used six flowers for this brooch. Once you have added the last flower you need to attach it to the first flower to complete the circle.
I attached my flowers to a brooch back which I purchased at Spotlight, but you could attach it to a hat, headband, clip or even an elastic.
Here is the completed brooch. I think they are so pretty. I know my granddaughters are going to love them.
Here is one I made from felt and attached to a hair elastic.
I hope that you can follow my tutorial and that you have fun making these.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Tissue Box
I watched a video tutorial by Dee which showed how to make a cover for travel sized tissue packs and thought it was a cute idea.
I followed Dee’s instructions and made my cover using Basic Black Cardstock and Newsprint Designer Series Paper. I made my flower by cutting Real Red Cardstock using the Island Floral Die. I cut one of the large flowers and one of the small flowers. I also punched one flower from Real Red cardstock using my Fancy Flower Punch. I cut the leaves using Old Olive cardstock and the Island Floral Die. I used my bone folder to separate each of the flowers and leaves into two pieces. I scrunched them and then adhered them onto a Vintage Brad making sure that all the layers were staggered. I attached the flower to my cover using Mini Glue Dots.
After I made the cover I discovered that it was too large for the travel sized packs of tissues that I had, so I altered the dimensions and made a smaller one.
Again I used Basic Black cardstock and Newsprint Designer Series Paper, but this time I cut the flowers using the Birds and Blooms Sizzlit 4 pack. I cut one each of the two largest flowers on the dies. I also cut the large leaf from this die set using Old Olive card (3). The flowers were separated and scrunched and again layered onto a Vintage brad (Did I tell you how much I love these brads?).
The leaves are attached to the flower and the flower to the cover using Mini Glue Dots.
These are so cute and small enough to adorn your desk at work.
Bye for now, Kris.
An Award and an Apology
Some time ago Bev Watt passed a Liebster Award to me. Bev and I have become friends through our online connections although we have never really met.
So let me say thanks to Bev for passing me this award and also apologise to her for not acting on it sooner.
The idea behind the award is to draw attention to blogs with less than 300 followers.
So here are three blogs for you to visit.
Vicky – I have been “talking” to Vicky online for a while now and although we live fairly close we have not had the opportunity to meet. I love her work and I am sure she will inspire you as she does me.
Shirley – my downline and one very talented lady. Shirley’s work is really gorgeous and I am lucky to have her as part of my team and also my friend.
Gwen – Gwen is a very talented papercrafter and is always inspiring me and challenging me to move outside of my comfort zone. I love her work and I am so glad to have her as my friend.
I am lucky that my job – being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator – has given me the opportunity to meet these wonderful women.
Bye for now, Kris.
Scrappin’ Ethan’s Birthday
I thought the scrapbook sketch challenge at Sudsol this week would suit photos from Ethan’s Bowling Birthday Party.
I started with a Night of Navy 12 x 12″ page and rolled it with the Spot On Jumbo Wheel using Night of Navy ink. I added my journalling to an A4 Sahara Sand page and then added my photos. I used Real Red cardstock and the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet to create my title. I added my photos and then added my “bowling balls” across the bottom of the page, actually the sketch called for circles and I thought that they would be cute as bowling balls. I used my circle scissors to cut the large circles and my 1 3/4″ , 1 1/4″ and 1″ circle punches to create the “bowling balls” from Real Red, Garden Green and Night of Navy cardstock.
I love how this page turned out and I know that Ethan will enjoy looking at it as well.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping with Kris 