Welcome Baby
Here is another card I made for the challenge at Late Night Stampers this week.
I started with a base of Regal Rose and added a layer of Very Vanilla which I ran through my Crimper. I don’t use my crimper that often now that I have the Big Shot but when I do I always love the effect. Next I added a layer of Chocolate Chip which has been punched along one edge using the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I wrapped this piece with Certainly Celery 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon and tied a bow before attaching it to the card front. I stamped the “horse?” image from the Animal Antics stampset using Regal Rose ink onto VeryVanilla card and added a mat of Regal Rose. I stamped “welcome baby” from the Short and Sweet stampset using Chocolate Chip ink onto Very Vanilla card and punched it out using the Large Oval Punch. I added a Certainly Celery Scallop Oval and attached the greeting behind the image panel. The whole panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals.
I love this card even though it is a little brighter than baby card usually are. What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Father’s Day
I know it’s not Father’s Day until September but I held a class in the school holidays for children and they made Father’s Day gifts for their Dad’s.
The first thing they made was this box to hold the present. The box is constructed from Sahara Sand card. The children had a little help from 2 Mum’s who stayed for the class (thanks Sarah and Vee). Once they had assembled the box, they used the Big Shot and two different folders (Perfect Polka Dots and Square Lattice) to create the Very Vanilla panel. A strip of Marina Mist card to hide the join of the two folders and then they attached it to the layers and to the front of the box. They stamped “Happy Father’s Day” from the Occasional Greetings Stampset using Night of Navy ink onto Very Vanilla card. With some help for the younger ones, they cut around the image and added it to the mats and attached it to the front of the box. I cut the large Night of Navy and Marina Mist stars using the Movers and Shapers Punch Windows and the children punched out the smaller Very Vanilla and Night of Navy stars. The largest Night of Navy star is layered with a Very Vanilla star and then each one was embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots or Square Lattice Embossing Folders They assembled their stars and added them to the front of the box according to their taste. I was quite impressed with the way they put them together. They added a little embossed Very Vanilla card to the fold back clip to hold the box closed.
Next they made a simple chocolate slider to go inside the box. The Sahara Sand card has been wheeled with the Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel using Versamark ink. They stamped “love you” from the Short and Sweet stampset using Night of Navy ink onto Very Vanilla card and punched it out using the Small Oval punch and added a Marina Mist or Night of Navy Large Oval Punch, depending on which they liked. They punched the 3 small stars from each of the colours and added them around the greeting, again, according to their own taste. The ribbon is Marina Mist 1/4″ grosgrain. They all loved the way the chocolate slides when you pull the ribbon.
Lastly they made a card, because you can’t give a gift without a card! The base is Sahara Sand and it has been stamped with the Sanded Background using Sahara Sand ink. The Night of Navy card has been embossed using the Square Lattice Folder. They stamped the sailing ship from the Seaworthy Stampset using Night of Navy ink onto Very Vanilla card and attached a Marina Mist mat. The image panel was added to the card using dimensionals. I printed the greeting for them onto Very Vanilla card and they punched it out using the Word Window Punch. They added a Modern Label mat punched from Marina Mist card. The children all placed their images and greeting according to their own artistic preference.
Here they all are at the end of the class. Children’s classes are a lot of fun because they love using all the tools and they love having something to show off and take home.
Bye for now, Kris.
Just Moved
Here is my second design team card for Late Night Stampers.
My base card is Basic Black and I have added a layer of Very Vanilla card which has been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I attached a strip of Tangerine Tango paper from the Brights Designer Series Paper Pattterns Stack to a piece of Tangerine Tango card which has one edge punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. I stamped the ute from the Loads of Love stampset onto Very Vanilla card using Basic Black ink. I also stamped the same image onto a piece of Tangerine Tango paper from the same Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack again using basic black ink and cut it out. I stamped the “furniture” from Loads of Love Accessories onto Very Vanilla card and coloured it using various Stampin’ Write Markers. I cut it out and attached it over the truck image on the Very Vanilla card. I also stamped the “girl” image from Loads of Love Accessories inside the window of the truck on the Very Vanilla card and coloured it using Stampin’ Write Markers. I coloured the wheels using my Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Marker and then attached the designer paper truck image over the top. I added a Basic Black mat and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “just moved” from the Loads of Love Accessories stampset using basic black ink onto Very Vanilla card and punched it out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch. I added a Tangerine Tango 1 3/8″ circle and attached it to the card front over the corner of the image panel using dimensionals.
I got the Loads of Love stampset in my Starter Kit and it is still one of my favourite stampsets.
Let me know what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
Happy I do day
I was asked to be a guest designer for Late Night Stampers this month and I cannot tell you what an honour this is for me. The talent on this group is amazing. So you will see quite a few creations this month which relate to the theme challenges at Late Night Stampers each week.
The challenge this week is to create a card for a new beginning – new job, new home, new baby, new spouse, new retirement etc. I used the sketch from Sketch Frenzy Friday for this card and just love how it turned out. I have used Whisper White as the base for this card. I added a strip of Perfect Plum card to the left hand side which has been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. The next layer is a rectangle of Pretty in Pink card embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. On top of this is a layer of Pink Pirouette card embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. I stamped “happy I do day” from the Word Play stampset using Perfect Plum ink onto Whisper White card and used my 1 3/4″ circle to punch it out. I added a 2 3/8″ scallop circle cut from Perfect Plum. I used dimensionals under the scallop circle to pop it up. Lastly I added a small basic rhinestone.
What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
A birthday cupcake
I followed the sketch at Stamping 411 this week to create this card.
I used Daffodil Delight as my base cardstock and added a layer of Whisper White which is embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I stamped the cupcake images from the Create a Cupcake stampset in Pacific Point and Tempting Turquose onto Whisper White card and punched them out using the Build A Cupcake punch. I inked the cherry using my Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Stamping Write Markers and punched it out using the Build A Cupcake punch. I added the cupcake images to a piece of Whisper White card and stamped the “happy birthday” from the same stampset at the very bottom of the Whisper White card using Pacific Point ink. I attached the image panel to a layer of Old Olive card and attached it to the card front. I punched one edge of a strip of Rich Razzleberry card using the Scallop Trim Punch and attached it using dimensionals over the image panel. I added 3 of the Pacific Point buttons from the promotional gift bundle as a final touch.
Can you tell I am loving the colours in the Brights collection?
Bye for now, Kris.
Mini Album
Yesterday I held a class where 3 lovely ladies made this gorgeous Always Mini Album. The tutorial for this album was purchased from Class in a Flash and believe me their class tutorials are sensational. They provide all the instructions which are very clear with lots of photos. My ladies loved it and they loved the instructions to take away (and so will the ladies who purchased kits and were unable to attend – Hi Julie, Hi Lynda).
This shows the inside of the album. There are 4 double sided tags to add photos or journalling.
This shows the front and back covers and two more places to add photos.
I love the way all the elements of the stampset have been used and in ways that I probably wouldn’t have thought of on my own.
This shows the accordinan folded and tied. Now that I have made this album I am sure that I will recreate it many times for many different occasions.
Please let me know what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
A new month means a new Promotion
Starting today until the end of the month. If you place a $100.00 order with Stampin’ Up! you will automatically receive a gift bundle. The bundle contains one spool (approximately 13.7m) of white 1/4″ (6mm) grosgrain ribbon with repeating flower designs and 48 flower buttons 16 each of 3 colours (Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Pacific Point).
As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator I was able to get my hands on these gorgeous products a whole month ago and so I have had a little time to play with them.
This card uses Melon Mambo as the base cardstock. I have added a layer of Whisper White which is embossed using the Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder. I added a layer of Old Olive cardstock which has both edges punched using the Scallop Edge Border punch. I also wrapped this with some of the gorgeous new ribbon and tied a knot. The ribbon is stamped with tiny flowers in Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Pacific Point – gorgeous. I inked part of the vine image from Thoughts and Prayers using my Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker and stamped onto a circle of Whisper White card. I didn’t add any ink to the flowers instead substituting the Melon Mambo buttons. I stamped “thank you” from the Silhouette Sentiments stampset using Pacific Point ink next to the vine image. I punched one edge of a long thin strip of Melon Mambo card with the Scallop Trim Border punch and attached it behind the image circle to frame it. I punched a 1 3/4″ circle and a 1″ circle from Pacific Point card and attached them behind the image circle and over the Old Olive panel.
I love the ribbon and flowers and who doesn’t like to get something for free – so don’t forget to place an order before the end of the month.
Bye for now, Kris.
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.
