Northside Twilight Market
Yesterday afternoon Shirley and I went to Northside Twilight Market at Narangba Community Hall, Mackie Road, Narangba. The market runs from 3pm to 7pm. We had a great time meeting new people and showing off the fabulous product Stampin’ Up! has to offer. Lot’s of people had fun making a cute little card with Shirley or trying some beginner stamping with me. If you missed out this month come along and see us again on Saturday 2nd April from 3pm to 7pm. We’d love to meet you. If you want to see some photos pop in to Shirley’s blog and have a look.
Bye for now, Kris.
Happy Birthday Elyssa
Today is my granddaughter’s 3rd birthday. As the youngest in her family, she has a firm grasp on the birthday concept. She can’t wait for the presents, the party and the cake. I think she may be disappointed about the party but I am sure she will get enough presents and cake.
I decided to make a gate fold card and use Forest Friends. I started with Whisper White card and added a strip of Chocolate Chip which has been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder to each of the fronts. I inked up the tree from the Forest and Friends stampset using my Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write markers and stamped onto Whisper White card. I stamped the deer image using Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White card and cut it out. I also stamped the rabbit using Chocolate Chip ink which I stamped onto scrap paper once then onto Whisper White card and cut it out. I added the deer flat to the image using snail but popped the rabbit up on dimensionals. The greeting is from the Occasional Quotes stampset (Level 3 Hostess set) and has been stamped using Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White card. I punched the greeting out using the Word Window punch and added an Always Artichoke Modern Label before attaching it to the image panel. I distressed the edges of the Whisper White card and then added a layer of Tangerine Tango. With a gate fold you have to remember to only attach it to the left hand side of the card.
I hope she likes it.
Bye for now, Kris.
Another Fox and Friends Card
I saw this sketch on Sketch Frenzy Friday and thought it would work with the Fox and Friends stampset and also give me another entry for the Children’s cards at Late Night Stampers.
The Crumb Cake card has been stamped using the Sanded Background and Crumb Cake ink. The next layer is a 9cm square of Real Red card which I have embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. The next layer is a 7cm square of Bashful Blue card on which I stamped Birthday Wishes from the Sincere Salutation stampset using Basic Black ink before embossing with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. Once these two squares were attached to my Crumb Cake layer I tied a knot in a piece of Whisper White 3/8″ Tafetta Ribbon and wrapped it around the whole piece. I stamped the lion from the Fox and Friends stampset on Whisper White card using Crumb Cake ink and punched it out using the 1 1/4″ square punch. I added a mat punched from Real Red card using the 1 3/8″ square punch. The image panel is attached using dimensionals. To make the base card I cut a piece of Real Red card 21cm x 14.8cm and scored it on the 21cm side at 10.5cm to make a 10.5cm x 14.8cm folded card.
I’m undecided about this one, what do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Wish Big
I made this card using the Sketch on Sudsol this week and I also made it a “kids” card because that is the challenge at Late Night Stampers this week. I can always use some extra children’s cards.
I started with Pacific Point card and added a layer of Whisper White which has been embossed across the bottom only using the Finial Press Embossing Folder. My Daffodil Delight layer has been punched along one edge using the Scallop Edge Punch. The next layer is Rich Razzleberry. I stamped “wish big” from the Short and Sweet stampset using Rich Razzleberry ink onto Whisper White card and punched it out using the Word Window Punch. It has been layered onto a Daffodil Delight Modern Label. I stamped the whale image from the Fox and Friends stampset onto Whisper White card using Pacific Point ink and punched it out with the 1 3/4″ circle punch. This has been attached to a Pacific Point 2 3/8″ scallop circle and then added to the card using dimensionals. A very simple card to make but I think it is kind of cute. What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Washing the trucks
My neighbour owns a couple of trucks and every Saturday morning the trucks are washed. Ron took Noah and Ethan down to watch and they had a ball. This is the page I made for them to remember.
I started with a 12 x 12″ Basic Black page and used my Basic Black ink pad direct to paper to give some texture. The Daffodil Delight card at the bottom of the page has been stamped using the Sanded Background and Daffodil Delight ink. I also used the ink pad to add some colour to the edges of the page. The photos are matted with Basic Black and Daffodil Delight card. My journaling is computer generated onto Whisper White card and has a Basic Black mat. The little truck is one that Lynn Pratt shared on her blog in 2009.
Simple page but the boys love it.
Bye for now, Kris.
Extreme Elements
I have thought about buying this set since the catalogue came out, but kept putting it off. Not as long as I waited to buy Lovely as a Tree (2 years). I finally gave in and I am so glad that I did. What a great set. I teamed it with the Extreme Guitar and this weeks sketch from SUDSOL to create a male style card..
I started with a Crumb Cake base and added a layer of Early Expresso which I stamped around the edges using the star image from Extreme Elements and Early Expresso ink. I also sponged the edges using the same ink. I stamped the various images from the Extreme Elements using Real Red, Marina Mist and Crumb Cake ink. The Extreme Guitar image has been stamped over the top using Early Expresso ink. I stamped “party” from the Party Hearty stampset onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink and punched it out with the Word Window Punch. I added a Real Red Modern Label and attached it to the image panel so that it hung over the edge, then I trimmed it off. I added a Marina Mist mat to the image panel and attached it to the card front. No dimensionals, no bling, but boy am I happy with this card. I can see me using this a lot more for those hard (for me) to make male cards. In fact I like it so much, it is going to be one of the cards we make at my Stamp-A-Stack coming up in April. For more details about the Stamp-A-Stack check out my Classes and Workshops page.
Please keep those comments coming, I love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
First Day of Pre-School
My grandson Noah and granddaughter Jae had their first day at pre-school earlier this month and I wanted to scrap the photos. They looked so cute.
Again I followed this weeks sketch from Scrap, Love, Create. I really do love these sketches, there is a new one every week and if you need something to give you a kick start, these sketches are just the thing.
I started with a Basic Black 12″ x 12″ page. The photos are all matted with Basic Black card and added to a piece of Sahara Sand card. My journaling is computer generated using the RGB codes for Pacific Point and layered onto Pacific Point Card. I added a strip of Pacific Point card which has been run through my crimper above and below the photo mat. “Tadpoles” has been cut from Garden Green card using my Timeless Type Junior Alphabet. The little frog (also Garden Green card) in the bottom right hand corner is made using the Two Step Owl punch and also the Small Oval Punch.
Boy oh boy, I am on a scrapbooking roll at the moment. I still have about 6 years of scrapping for the grandchildren to catch up on. Trouble is, I keep taking all these cute photos now and the old ones are languishing somewhere on my computer.
Love to know what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
Another award for me
I am feeling rather special at the moment. I got an email from a lovely papercrafter April telling me that she has passed the Cherry on Top award to me. April and I have been in touch with one another through the SUDSOL group for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators that I belong to. Now to accept this award I have to tell you 3 things about myself and pass the award to 5 bloggers.
1. I have been attending Weight Watchers meetings and have lost 7.5kgs but still need to lose another 6.5kgs to get to goal.
2. I prefer Coffee to Tea.
3. Cooking is something I “have” to do, not “love” to do. I’d rather spend my time in my craft room.
Well there is a little trivia for you. Now to share 5 blogs and bloggers whose work I greatly admire.
1. Lee Conrey
2. Mary Brown
5. Bev Watt
Please visit the blogs of these very talented papercrafters and don’t forget to leave a comment. I know how lovely it is to receive them.
Bye for now, Kris.
Some new product
You know how exciting it is when you get a new catalogue and you can’t wait to try all the new product. I always rush out and buy heaps of things and then forget to play with half of them. I can tell all of you this because my husband never reads my blog. Anyway I saw a sketch for a challenge on Try Stampin on Tuesday and thought I would dust off the Island Floral Die.
To make the flower I cut one of the 5 petal flowers from the Island Floral Die using Concord Crush card. I also cut one of the small flowers using the same cardstock. I also punched one Fancy Flower Extra Large from Concord Crush card. I cut one set of leaves from the Island Floral Die using Pear Pizzazz card. To get my flower to have some bulk and some shape, I used my bone folder to distress each of the flowers on both sides until the cardstock started to separate. So now I have two of each of the 3 flower shapes. I scrunched each one individually and then opened them. I did the same thing with the leaves. After opening them I stacked them with the leaves at the bottom, then the large Island Floral flower, then the punched Fancy Flower and then the small Island Floral flower. I held them altogether with a Pretty in Pink brad. I also made sure that each of the flowers and the leaves was offset to each other. Then starting with the smallest flower I scrunched it up over the brad. I continued to do this with each of the layers of the flower. I then opened them out again, careful to leave them slightly plumped up.
To make my card I started with a base of Sahara Sand card and added a strip of Pink Pirouette card which I embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I wrapped this with a piece of Concord Crush 1/2″ Stitched Poly Ribbon. I added my flower over the ribbon using several mini glue dots. Lastly I added 3 Pretty in Pink Brads to the upper left hand corner.
I absolutely love the way this flower turned out. I can see that I will be using this die a lot more in the future. I just hope it doesn’t retire at the end of next month.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stylish Blogger
I received an email from Juanita Golson about a week ago telling me that she had awarded me with the Stylish Blogger award. I am so honoured and cannot thank Juanita enough, I am just so sorry that I haven’t responded as quickly as I should.
Now in order to accept this award, I need to thank the person who bestowed it on me – so thank you once again Juanita. I also need to share 8 things about myself which I have not previously shared and to bestow this award on another 8 bloggers and email each of them and let them know that they have received this award.
Ok so now 8 things about myself.
1. I love papercrafting and have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for nearly 4 years now. I love the product and cannot get enough of it. I think I have shared this before but it really is true.
2. Blogging has made me step out of my comfort zone in many ways, but mostly it pushes me to be creative every day.
3. I am a card maker first and foremost but this year I have been inspired to create more scrapbook pages to record my family life.
4. I have made several friends through my blogging and various online groups that I belong to, some from nearby and some from overseas.
5. I moved from a beautiful seaside village to the beautiful city of Brisbane 3 years ago to be nearer to my daughters and grandchildren.
6. My husband and I travelled to Cooktown last year with our caravan and had an absolute ball.
7. When I was about 8 I travelled with my family to the United States. We lived there for 18 months in Bay City, Milwalkee and Boston.
8. My parents share the same birthday, although they were not born in the same year.
And now onto 8 bloggers who I admire.
1. Stephanie Pike (my fabulous upline)
2. Tami Black
6. Maria
Stamping with Kris 