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.
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.
Stamping with Kris 