A Fun & Fast Birthday
I decided to use the sketch challenge this week from Sudsol to make a birthday card.
I seem to have a liking for square cards at the moment, so this one is again 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. I started with Ridinghood Red and stamped the corner image from Scribble This using Ridinghood Red ink in the top right hand corner. Then I swiped the Ridinghood Red inkpad directly onto the edges of the card. The greeting form Occasional Greetings at the bottom right is stamped in Ridinghood Red ink onto Whisper White card. The greeting is mounted onto Daffodil Delight card. The Tempting Turquoise button is from the Brights Designer Buttons and I have threaded a tiny sliver of Ridinghood Red card through the button and carefully tied it in a knot. I added the button to the card using a mini glue dot. The cake from Fun and Fast Notes has been stamped using Basic Black ink onto Whisper White card. I used my Ridinghood Red, Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Markers to colour the image. The image panel is matted onto Ridinghood Red card. It is attached to the Whisper White panel using dimensionals. The Whisper White panel has been embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder (you may not believe it but I do have other embossing folders) and added to a layer of Tempting Turquoise card.
A simple and fun card. I think one of my grandchildren or grandnephews or neices would love this card.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Holiday Scrap Page
I thought I would try and complete a couple of challenges for Sudsol this week – what better way to showcase some of the photos from our week away than this week’s scrap sketch.
I started with a piece of Basic Black card 12″ x 12″. I used the “reed” image from Ocean Commotion and Whisper White craft ink to add some texture to the left hand side of the page. I wanted to add a little colour to the Whisper White ink, so I got out my Stampin’ Pastels and using a small paint brush added some Tempting Turquoise to the craft ink. I used my heat gun to dry the Whisper White ink. I used Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo and Regal Rose card as mounts for my photos and journalling. The sketch called for 3 embellishments down the left hand side so I decided to make these cute little fish from punches. The body uses an Ornament Punch, the fins and tail are made by cutting up a 5 petal punch, the lips are the smallest heart on the Heart to Heart punch. I sponged all the body pieces using matching ink – Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise and Regal Rose. After assembling the body pieces I ran the fish through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing folder – I think it makes the fish look really cute and it “melts” all the pieces together. I used the Two Step Owl punch to create the eyes and the bubbles. I also stamped the fish from Ocean Commotion onto the Whisper White card at the bottom of my journalling using Melon Mambo ink. I created a mask from a post-it-note and then stamped the reed image over the top using Tempting Turquoise ink which I had stamped off once.
The best thing about completing these challenges is that I am getting a lot more scrapbooking done – four pages in the last couple of weeks. Who knows I may even get some pages scrapped from when my girls were little (mmm….maybe).
Bye for now, Kris.
A Lovely Surprise
As I stated in my earlier post, I only returned home a couple of days ago. There always seems to be a pile of mail to open when you get home, mostly bills. You can imagine my surprise and delight when I opened a gorgeous birthday card from my friend Karen.
Karen is a very talented scrapbooker and cardmaker. I don’t know if you can see them or not but she has added tiny black rhinestones to the centres of all the flowers along the bottom of the card, as well as some to the larger flowers in the central section of designer paper.
I’m not sure how she knew it was my birthday, not something I shout about these days, however I couldn’t be more delighted with my card and just had to share.
Thanks Karen.
Bye for now, Kris.
My Return Swaps
Ok as promised here are the fabulous swap cards I received from some very talented Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. All of the cards feature the Sale-A-Bration stampsets which you can earn FREE up until the 31st March. I am going to show you the swaps in alphabetical order.
Helen Johnson (I don’t have a blog address yet but will post the link when I have it.)
Aren’t they just the most gorgeous cards you’ve ever seen. I’m sure you are all dying to get your hands on these fabulous stampsets. I’d be only too happy to help you discover how easy it is to earn these fabulous FREE stampsets.
Bye for now, Kris.
My Sudsol Swap
Firstly an apology for my lack of posts recently. I have been away with my husband and two of my grandchildren. Last weekend we attended a luncheon to celebrate my Dad’s 80th birthday. There were 28 of us and that’s just family. I wonder how Mum and Dad feel when they look around and realise what they are responsible for. 3 daughters, 5 grandchildren and so far 11 great grandchildren.
Anyway I participated recently in a Swap organised by Sudsol for Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. The swap was organised to showcase the Sale-A-Bration stampsets.
This is my swap card. I started with a 4″ x 4″ Basic Black card and added a layer of Whisper White which has been embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I added a narrow strip of Basic Black card which has been punched on both long edges using the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I added 3 Basic Black brads in the top left hand corner before attaching the Whisper White card. Next I stamped the flower image from Punch Bunch onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. I punched the image out using the 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle. I added a medium Clear Rhinestone to the centre of the full flower and then attached the image to the card front using dimensionals.
I love this Sale-A-Bration set, especially because you can punch all of the images from the set using co-ordinating punches. A great time saver when you need something gorgeous, very quickly.
When I arrived home yesterday my return swaps were waiting for me. I will try and pop in later today or tomorrow to show you the fabulous examples from some great Aussie and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.
Bye for now, Kris.
Sudsol Case Challenge
The card to CASE this week at SUDSOL used the Builder Wheels which are now available in the Summer Mini. I love the versatility of these wheels and decided to play along. I started with Whisper White card with a strip of Old Olive along the bottom edge. I built my wheel using Bees & Blossoms and Posy Party with a spacer in between. I rolled them onto Whisper White card using Real Red ink. I then wrapped my Old Olive 5/8″ Satin Ribbon between the two wheeled patterns. The Real Red layer has been punched along both edges using the Scallop Trim Border Punch before adding the image panel. I stamped “let’s celebrate” from the On Your Birthday stampset using Real Red ink onto Whisper White card and punched it out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch. I added a 1 3/8″ circle of Real Red card. I created a hole using my 1/16″ Handheld circle punch to tie the tag to the Satin Ribbon using Linen Thread.
Let me know what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
As Promised
Here is the little box I made to hold the set of cards I showed you yesterday.
I used Peach Parfait card to make my box. The Whisper White card is again embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. I stamped the flower image from Punch Bunch onto Whisper White card using Peach Parfait ink and punched it out using the 1 3/4″ scallop circle.
The pictures for this box were taken when I made one for my granddaughter so the cardstock colour is not the same but hopefully you will understand what I am trying to do. This piece of card is 15 x 15cm square. I have scored 2cm in from the 2 opposite sides and 4cm on one of the other sides and then I have cut away the flap section at the bottom.
This shows where you should add sticky strip along both 2cm flap sections.
This drawing might help you understand. Do not cut away the little triangle pieces in the corners, this is done after you have attached the front and the back together.
This piece forms the front and the sides. It is 19cm x 15cm. On the 19cm side your need to score at 4cm and 15cm. On the 15cm side you need to score at 4cm. Now you need to cut along the 4cm and 15cm score lines until you meet the 4cm score line. These flaps will be the bottom of your box.
On the opposite side to the flaps we are going to cut at 3.5cm between the 4cm and 15cm score line and then cut on the diagonal from the 3.5cm point to the top of the edge of the card. Removing this whole piece.
Hopefully this drawing will help you understand what I am saying. Where the diagonal lines are is where we cut away in the last step.
In this photo you can see that I have attached the front and back pieces together along one side. Now you can see where you need to trim the little triangle of card from the back piece. Once you have attached both sides together, fold in the bottom and add some sticky strip to held it in place.
My instructions are probably not the clearest but hopefully you will understand how to go about making your own little box.
Bye for now, Kris.
Sale-A-Bration
It’s rolled around again so quickly – that time of year when you can earn something for free. The Sale-A-Bration stampsets this year are really quite lovely. One of my favourites is Punch Bunch.
I created this set of 4 cards using only the Punch Bunch stampset. And you know the really exciting thing about this set – every stamp fits a punch. So creating a card or even a scrap page is so easy with this set. My cards use Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade and Blushing Bride. These are all In-Colours this year. The cards are all 4 x 4″ , the Whisper White is 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ and has been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.
For the Concord Crush card I added a 2 3/8″ scallop Circle punched from Concord Crush card and then I stamped the image using Concord Crush ink and punched it out with the 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle. They are layered together and then added to the card front using dimensionals.
For the Pear Pizzazz card I added a 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle punched from Pear Pizzazz card and then a Whisper White circle punched with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch. Then I stamped the Owl image using Pear Pizzazz ink on Whisper White card and punched him out using the Two Step Owl Punch.
For the Poppy Parade card I added a layer of Poppy Parade card which has one edge punched with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch. Another layer of embossed Whisper White card and then the image which is stamped onto Whisper White card using Poppy Parade ink and punched out using the Square Scallop Punch.
The Blushing Bride card has the welcome baby image which has been stamped onto Whisper White card using Blushing Bride ink and punched out using the Large Tag punch. This is then layered onto Blushing Bride card punched out with the Extra Large Tag punch.
All in all a pretty simple set of cards but I really love it. Tomorrow I will show you the little box I created to hold the cards.
If you would like more information about Sale-A-Bration click on the image in the right hand column to take you to the Stampin’ Up! website. Please contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au) if I can be of any assistance in helping you to earn this fantastic stampset FREE. Remember if you really want this set, the only way you can get it is to earn it. It is not for sale and will never be available after the end of Sale-A-Bration on the 31st March.
Bye for now, Kris.
Grandparents Day
Ron and I spent a lovely day with our grandson Ethan at his Pre-School to celebrate Grandparents Day. When I saw this week’s sketch by Maria at Scrap.Love.Create I knew that I would use the photos that Ethan’s teacher took of us on the day.
I went with green to match Ethan’s shirt, so I used the Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper. My base card is Chocolate Chip. My photos have been added to a strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock as well. I printed my journalling onto Very Vanilla card matching the colour of the ink to Wild Wasabi and added a mat of Chocolate Chip card. I used my Timeless Type Junior Alphabet medium sizzlits to cut the letters for my title and my “ABC” from Chocolate Chip Card.
Just for fun and to add a little texture I used my crop-a-dile to randomly emboss little circles onto the Chocolate Chip card.
I love the way the photos are the most important thing on this page. They remind me of how proud he was to have us there and to be able to show us his school and how much we enjoyed being there.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Romantic Card
I love MaryJo’s Technostamper Sketch Challenges, they are always fun to play along with. Istarted out with a completely different card in mind – it kind of took on a life of its own but I am really pleased with the end result.
My base card is Basic Black. I added a layer of Very Vanilla card on which I stamped my greeting from the Occasional Quotes stampset using Basic Black ink. I added a layer of Newsprint Designer Series Paper but before attaching it to the card front I added a strip of Basic Black card which has the edge punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch. I also wrapped it with Basic Black 5/8″ Satin Ribbon. I cut two sets of leaves using Old Olive card and the Little Leaves Sizzlit. I made my flowers in 3 sizes, 3/4″ circle, 1 1/4″ circle and Scallop Circle. Each flower is made using 3 punched shapes which are each separated to give 6 layers. They are scrunched and unfolded, stacked and pierced with the paper piercer and then they each have a brad inserted through the hole to keep them together. Then each layer is scrunched back up over the brad before opening them to get these glorious flowers.
Now I just need someone to get married or have an anniversary and I have the perfect card.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping with Kris 