A Seaworthy Birthday
Ok in line with my challenge to myself, here is another male card I made for entry into the Technostamper sketch challenge this week.
I used my colour combo book to select my colour combination. I started with Cajun Craze and added a layer of Marina Mist which has been stamped with the Sanded background using Marina Mist ink. I stamped the same background onto Wild Wasabi card using Wild Wasabi ink, added a layer of Cajun Craze card and attached it over the Marina Mist card. I stamped my image from the Seaworthy stampset using Stazon black ink onto Whisper White card and coloured using my aquapainter, Marina Mist and Wild Wasabi ink. The image is also matted onto Cajun Craze card. I stamped my greeting from the Occasional Quotes stampset onto Whisper White card using Cajun Craze ink and punched it out using the Word Window punch. I added a Cajun Craze Modern Label and attached it over the Wild Wasabi card.
Another male card to add to my stash (I think that makes a total of 2).
Bye for now, Kris.
Lovely as a Tree
The challenge this week at Late Night Stampers is to make male cards – old males, young males or anything in between. Male cards are a major stumbling block for me so I thought I would try and make all my challenges this week male cards.
This is my entry for this week’s Stamping 411 challenge. I took my colours from the Woodland Walk Designer Series paper and started with Crumb Cake for the base card. The next layer is a piece of the designer paper. Next I have added another layer of designer paper which is matted on Crumb Cake card. The image from Lovely as a Tree is inked with Crumb Cake ink and then I tapped my Early Expresso Stampin’ Write Marker onto the image before stamping onto Very Vanilla card. This piece is also matted with Crumb Cake Card and attached using dimensionals. I stamped “lets celebrate” from the Occasional Greetings stampset onto Very Vanilla card using Crumb Cake ink and punched it out with the Small Oval punch. The greeting is also matted with a Crumb Cake large oval. The greeting is attached to the image panel.
I’m not really sure that it looks like a celebration card but it will have to do. It’s also missing the ribbon treatment from the challenge card so maybe I will have to make another card for this challenge and see if I can’t do better.
Bye for now, Kris.
A School Year Begins
This year I have two grandchildren attending school. Abigail who is in year 1 and Ethan who just started Prep. The school they attend is just across the road from where I live, so I get to see them almost every day before and/or after school.
This is my scrap page of the first day of school. I started with a 12 x 12″ sheet of Textured Whisper White card. I matted all of my photos and the Newsprint Designer Series Paper on Basic Black card. I added my own version of a punch art bookworm which has been inspired by the numerous versions I have seen on the internet. My worm uses 1″, 3/4″ and 1/2″ Circle Punches cut from So Saffron Card. I sponged all of the pieces with So Saffron ink and also with Not Quite Navy ink. I used the Two Step Owl to cut the pieces for his eyes. The books are made using the Word Window Punch, you just pop the punched out piece back into the punch to get the “bite” out of it. I have cut two from Not Quite Navy and one from Daffodil Delight. They have all been sponged with the corresponding ink. The text was created in word and has been printed onto Whisper White card.
Again a pretty simple page but one which records the day for me to look back on.
I’ve just realised, there is no stamping on this one.
Bye for now, Kris.
Happy Anniversary
Remember I shared with you a card I made as a special order for a 60th Wedding Anniversary. Well I was not happy with the previous card so I decided to case the Wedding Card I made recently.
I started with Early Expresso card and added a layer of River Rock. I found another piece of River Rock card which had been rolled with the Baroque Border standard wheel (retired) and then embossed it using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. I added a strip of Early Expresso card to the top which has been punched using the Border Trim Punch. I tied a piece of Early Expresso 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon around the top before attaching it to my card front. I cut some Always Artichoke card using the Little Leaves sizzlet. The flowers are from the Vintage Vogue stampset and I have stamped them using Ridinghood Red ink onto Whisper White card and cut them out. I added a small basic pearl to the centre of the flowers and attached them over the leaves using mini glue dots.
Inside the card I again cut two sets of leaves and stamped and cut out three more flowers. Again I added the flowers over the leaves using mini glue dots. I used my two-way glue pen in the centre of the flowers and then added some Dazzling Diamonds for a little bling. I’m not sure how this card is being delivered, so I didn’t want it to be too bulky.
I really love the way this card has turned out and I hope that it will meet my customer’s requirements.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Small Valentine
I thought I would make something for my grandchildren as a little “love you” token for Valentine’s Day tomorrow. There is also a challenge on Late Night Stampers this week to make something with “hearts”.
These little owls hide a Freddo Frog chocolate inside. I will explain how I made the holder a little later in this post. Using my Two Step Owl punch I cut the bodies from Chocolate Chip ink. The “belly” piece is punched from Pretty in Pink (for the girls) and Bashful Blue (for the boys). I punched the large eye piece from Crumb Cake and layered Whisper White and Basic Black on top. I punched hearts from Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue (for the boys) and Pretty in Pink (for the girls) card. I punched the leaves using the Two Step Bird punch from Wild Wasabi card. After assembling all the pieces onto my Very Vanilla card, I stamped “love you” from the Short and Sweet stampset using Chocolate Chip ink. I added a mat of – you guessed it – Bashful Blue card (for the boys) and Pretty in Pink card (for the girls).
My holder is Chocolate Chip card, 7cm x 27.5cm. On the 27.5cm side I have scored at 9cm, 18cm and 18.5cm. On one end I have punched out a Word Window – approximately 2cm from the end and centred in the 7cm width. Once you have done that you add adhesive in the 2cm section and adhere it inside to create a little pocket where you slide the Freddo Frog through the little window.
These are so easy to make and you can vary the size to suit any small chocolate treat.
I think the grandchildren will like them and its a nice way to tell them I love them.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Special Order card
I had a gentleman ask me to make a 60th Anniversary card for some friends of his. The only thing he specified was that he wanted as a particular poem on the inside. So I didn’t have any idea what colour or design he had in mind.
This is the first card that I designed. I started with Perfect Plum as my base card. I added a layer of Whisper White which has been embossed with – your guessed it, the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I added a layer of Certainly Celery with one edge punched using the Pinking Hearts Border Punch. On top of this is another Whisper White layer which has been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. I stamped the flowers from Upsy Daisy onto Whisper White card using Perfect Plum ink and then stamped it again just to the right without re-inking (I love this shadow effect). I stamped “celebrate” from the Fabulous Phrases Stampset using Perfect Plum ink onto Whisper White card, punched it out using the Small Oval Punch and added a Certainly Celery Large oval layer. I attached the greeting directly to the image panel and then added the image panel to the card using dimensionals.
Please let me know what you think. I don’t know if this would be suitable of not. I think I will see what else I can come up with.
Bye for now, Kris.
Loads of Love
This stampset is one that I received as part of my Starter Kit when I joined Stampin’ Up!. Its one that I have used for kids cards, male cards and today a Valentine card.
I used the sketch at Technostampers to create my card. I thought that I would go with some really bright colours. My base card is Whisper White to which I have added a layer of Real Red which has been embossed using my favourite – the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I added a layer of Daffodil Delight which has also been embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I stamped my car onto Pacific Point card using Basic Black ink and cut it out. I also cut away the window. I stamped the hearts onto Real Red card using Basic Black ink and cut them out. I attached the car over the hearts onto Whisper White card and then using my stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped the girls face image from the Loads of Love Accessories stampset into the window. I matted the image panel with Pacific Point card and added it over the Daffodil Yellow card using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting onto Whisper White card using Basic Black ink and punched it out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch. I added a Daffodil Delight 1 3/8″ Circle and a Pacific Point 1 3/4″ scallop circle. The greeting is attached to the image panel with a dimensional in the top right hand corner to prop it up.
All in all a fun little card.
Bye for now, Kris.
Every Moment
I got this stampset for attending Regionals in Brisbane last year. Because the images have to be coloured it is not one of the sets that I reach for first. However, I was a bit stumped by the challenge at Stamping 411 this week and decided to do something out of my comfort zone. This card also fits the Colour Challenge over at Just Add Ink this week as well.
I started with Early Expresso card and added a layer of Soft Suede which has been stamped with the “reed” image from Inspired by Nature using Early Expresso ink. I stamped my first flower (from the Every Moment stampset) using Basic Black ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I cut a mask from a post-it note and then overstamped the second flower. I also stamped one additional flower on a scrap of Very Vanilla card. The two images stamped together have been coloured using my Blender Pen and Stampin’ Pastels – Rose Red, Old Olive and Yo-Yo Yellow (I know this colour is retired but I haven’t updated my Stampin’ Pastels yet). The single flower has been coloured the same way using Regal Rose, Old Olive and Yo-Yo Yellow. I cut the single image and added it over the two stamped images using dimensionals under the flower and Snail under the stem. I added a Regal Rose cardstock mat. I stamped “Celebrate” from the Fabulous Phrases stampset onto Very Vanilla card using Early Expresso ink, punched it out using the Round Tab Extra Large punch and attached it to the back of the Regal Rose card. The whole piece was attached to the card front using Snail adhesive.
I’m quite pleased with the way the colouring turned out and now I must update my Stampin’ Pastels.
Bye for now, Kris.
Silhouettes Sentiments
I got this Level 1 Hostess Set some time ago and haven’t used it much, in fact I had only mounted one stamp. I wanted to play along with the Clean and Simple challenge this week and decided to use this set.
I got my colour combination straight off the Colour Coach, this is the Sweet Set on the Bashful Blue card. I started with a base card of Chocolate Chip. The next layer is Bashful Blue which has been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. Next a layer of Chocolate Chip card topped with a layer of Certainly Celery which has been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. The next layer is a strip of Whisper White which has been embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and I used my Large Oval punch to take a piece out of each end. Each of these layers is added with dimensionals, so it is quite a “high” card. My image from Silhouette Sentiments is stamped using Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White card and punched out using the 1 3/4″ circle punch. It is layered onto a Chocolate Chip 2 3/4″ Scallop Circle (also added with dimensionals). I stamped the greeting from Three Little Words using Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White card, punched it out using the Word Window punch and layered it onto a Chocolate Chip Modern Label (also attached using dimensionals).
A lot of layers and a lot of embossing on this card, but it still has that Clean and Simple feel.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Birdie Birthday
The challenge at Late Night Stampers this week is to make a card, scrapbook page or 3D item using birds.
I received this card for my birthday last week from my Aunty. I really like the card and wanted to try and recreate it using my Stampin’ Up! supplies.
My card is 5 1/2″ square – I cut a piece of Confetti Cream 11″ x 5 1/2″ and scored it at 5 1/2″ to make my square card. I love the texture of the confetti cardstock. I stamped the large swirl from the Baroque Motifs stampset using Early Expresso ink. The bird on the top right hand side of the card uses the Punch Potpourri stampset. I stamped the bird onto Confetti Cream card using Bashful Blue ink and then punched it out using the Two Step Bird Punch. The rest of the pieces for the birds were cut from Bashful Blue card using the same punch. I sponged all of the pieces using Marina Mist ink. The greeting from the Sincere Salutations stampset is stamped using Marina Mist ink onto Confetti Cream card and punched out using the Extra Large Oval Punch. The mat is cut from Bashbul Blue card using the Big Shot and one of the dies from the Lots of Tags Sizzlets.
I think my card is a good representation of the one I Cased. What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping with Kris 