Another Sketch
I just love the sketches that the team at Stamping 411 post each week. They are always great sketches and the samples by the Design Team are always inspiring. My favourite this week is the one by Selene Kempton – what a great sample for Sale-A-Bration.
Anyway, this is my take on the sketch this week. I started with Very Vanilla card and then added a layer of Real Red cardstock. The next layer is Very Vanilla and it has been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder – I seem to use this embossing folder all the time, but the results are sensational and it seems to go with just about any type of card. I wrapped this piece with Real Red 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon before attaching to the Real Red mat. I stamped the flowers from the Upsy Daisy stampset on Very Vanilla card using Real Red ink and then stamped it again without reinking just to the right. I haven’t done this type of stamping much but I love the effect with this image. I matted the image onto a piece of Real Red card which has one edge punched using the Scallop Trim Border. This piece is added to the card front using dimensonals. I tied some Real Red 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon through a Real Red Button from the Brights Designer Button Collection and then attached it to the card using mini glue dots.
It was a little tight getting that ribbon through the button but I think it was worth it. I did take a little licence with the sketch but I think it still fits the criteria.
I love the effect of stamping the image a second time and this is just one of the most perfect stamps to use.
I would love to hear what you think, don’t be shy.
Bye for now, Kris.
Let’s get Wheelin’
Yesterday I held a technique class to show my customers how to get the most from their wheels, standard, jumbo and builders. We also learned how to use our Wheel Guide to create a mitred corner on a 6″ x 6″ scrap page.
We used our Wheel Guide and our Grid Paper to line up our border and to mitre the top right hand corner. The 6″ x6″ card is Whisper White and we rolled it using Perfect Plum ink and the So Swirly Jumbo Wheel. Next we added a photo frame of Perfect Plum cardstock which is cut 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ to matt a 4″ x 4″ photo. The flowers are from the Vintage Vogue stampset and have been stamped on Whisper White card using Perfect Plum ink, the small flowers were stamped off once first to get a lighter shade and then cut out. One flower has a Large Clear Rhinestone Brad through the centre and the others all have small Clear Rhinestones in the centre. The leaves have been cut using Wild Wasabi card and the Little Leaves sizzlit. The leaves have been attached to the back of the flowers and then added to the page using dimensionals so that the photo can be slipped under the leaves and flowers.
Here you can see a close up of the flowers and leaves.
All in all a simple page but I love it. I know just the photo I am going to add to this and I might even turn it into a 12″ x 12″ page.
My ladies all had fun and were impressed with all the fantastic things that can be done with our Wheels, particularly the new Builders Wheels.
Perhaps you would like to learn more about our fabulous range of Wheels, just give me a shout and we can organise a date to show you and a few friends this amazing product.
Bye for now, Kris.
Is it a Butterfly or
is it a Sweet Pea. I saw this fantastic video on Maria Vanderform’s blog showing how to use the Butterfly Punch to make Sweat Pea’s. I love these goregeous little flowers so decided to have a go.
My base card is Early Expresso. To this I have added a layer of Very Vanilla which has been cut into three. The top section and the left hand side section have been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. The last section has been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.
I am not going to try and explain how I made the flowers, just visit Maria, her tutorial is excellent. The colour I used for my flowers is Pretty in Pink and I used Certainly Celery for rest.
What do you think of my new card stand? It is a present from my friend who happens to be a very talented papercrafter as well as carpenter. You can check out all her designs here.
Here is a close up of the flowers. They are not hard to make but you do need a certain amount of patience.
What do you think? I feel I need a little practice but I am quite happy with the finished product.
Bye for now, Kris.
Fast and Fabulous Watercolour
The challenge at Late Night Stampers this week is to create a sympathy card. I have played with the technique wet watercolouring in the past and thought I would try again. I used the colours from the Diva Coffee Break Designs challenge 210.
I started with Night of Navy as my base card. For the next layer I cut my Night of Navy card, punched one edge with the Scallop Edge Punch and then attached it to the Sahara Sand Card. Then I ran it through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. (This technique is called Inlaid Embossing.) For my image panel I used Watercolour Paper which I spritzed with water, so it was quite damp. Then I took the “fill” stamp for the long stem flower from Fast and Fabulous, inked it with Bashful Blue ink and stamped onto the wet Watercolour paper. This makes the image “bleed” a little and give a nice soft effect. I repeated this several times to cover the Watercolour Paper. The next step requires patience (or in my case a heat gun) to allow the Watercolour paper to dry completely. Once the paper was dry, I stamped the “fill” image again using Bashful Blue ink and no water. Then I stamped the “outline” image using Night of Navy ink over the top. I love the soft dreamy effect. I layered the Watercolour paper onto Bashful Blue card. Next I stamped “so very sorry” from the Three Little Words stampset onto Very Vanilla card using Night of Navy ink. I punched it out using the Curly Label punch and adhered it behind my image panel. I used dimensionals to add the image panel to the card front.
Here you can see the really gorgeous effect you get using wet watercolour paper and ink.
I am quite pleased with the way this has turned out. I absolutely love the colour combo and will have to add it to my Colour Combo Book.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
A simple Cottage Garden
I need to make some more boxed sets of cards for raffle prizes at a Fishing Week my husband and I are attending in March and I thought that I could make a start using this weeks Clean and Simple sketch.
I have used Whisper White as my base card and added a layer of Certainly Celery which has been embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and wrapped with Pretty in Pink 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon. I stamped my greeting from the On Your Birthday stampset using Certainly Celery ink. The images from the Cottage Garden stampset were stamped using Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink ink onto Whisper White card. This image panel is layered onto Pretty in Pink card and added to the card front using dimensionals.
I have made 6 cards using this exact same formula and I just need to make a folio to hold them. I will pop back with a photo of this when it is finished.
Bye for now, Kris.
Just take a sketch
and add some colour. Today my card uses the sketch from Stamping 411 and I had added the colours from this weeks Diva Coffee Break Challenge.
The base card is Night of Navy and I have swiped myNight of Navy ink pad over it to give it some texture. The Sahara Sand card has been torn along the top (a bit hard to see but trust me) and then embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. To make my focal image I stamped the flower from Pocket Silhouettes using Night of Navy ink onto Sahara Sand card and punched it out using the 2″ x 1 3/8″ Oval Extra Large. I added this to the centre of a Bashful Blue tag cut using the Big Shot and one of the dies from the Lots of Tags Sizzlit 4 pack. Using dimensionals I centred this onto a piece of Night of Navy card embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and layered it onto a piece of Bashful Blue card.
I love this card. I love the clean lines and I love the colours. Not a combination I have used before but one I will definitely keep in mind.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Little Bit of Black Magic
Last Friday I went to a class run by my friend and fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Gwen. She showed us how to do Black Magic in 3 different ways.
These are the cards we made. Gwen has an amazing style and I just love the way the cards turned out. I came away with a new understanding of the technique and inspired to try it a little more. The only problem is now I have to spend money updating the colours in the Stampin’ Pastels.
Bye for now, Kris.
Another Scrap Page
Now don’t all fall off your seats. I told you I had some gorgeous photos to get me scrapbooking. The scrapbook sketch challenge at SUDSOL this week fit perfectly with these photos of my daughter Emma’s three children.
I used some of the Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper because I love it and because these photos are from December. I used Old Olive 12″ x 12″ card as my base. I added a layer of Very Vanilla card at the bottom of the page with the top edge punched using the Eyelet Edge Punch. Next I added a layer of Designer Paper with the bottom edge punched using the Eyelet Edge Punch. I added some Old Olive 5/8″ Satin Ribbon to the Designer paper. I matted my photos on a piece of Cherry Cobbler card and attached it to the Designer Paper. I used my Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit to cut one Old Olive heart. I punched one Old Olive and one Cherry Cobbler heart using my Full Heart Extra Large Punch and put them into the same embosslit to give it that gorgeous polka dot texture. I arranged these two hearts on the left hand side of the Very Vanilla card. The Cherry Cobbler heart has been added using dimensionals. I cut “Family” using my Timeless Type Junior Alphabet (and the Big Shot). I punched hearts from Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive card using my Heart to Heart Extra Large Punch. The Old Olive hearts have also been embossed using the Scallop Heart of Heart embosslit. The larger Cherry Cobbler Heart is added using dimensionals.
This close up shows the gorgeous texture that you get from this embosslit. I also love that you can punch out a heart with the Extra Large Heart Punch and pop it into the embosslit and it will emboss the punched heart and it will line up with the scalloped heart perfectly.
Here you can see a close up of the hearts on the right hand side of the page.
All in all a simple page but I am happy with it and I love these photos of my gorgeous grandchildren.
I’d love to hear what you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
Flood Appeal
Stampin’ Up! have announced today that they will donate $2.00 from every stampset sold with a retail value of $30.00 or more to the Australian Flood Appeal. This great fundraiser runs from the 15th January through to the 15th February. You will remember that as a result of fundraising efforts Stampin’ Up! donated $77,889.63 to the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal. So get behind this great fundraiser and help support those families who have been devastated by flooding throughout Australia.
Happy Birthday Sarah
My daughter Sarah is celebrating her birthday today. I’m not going to tell you how old she is but suffice to say I wonder where the years have gone. Seems like only yesterday she was a little girl and now she is a Mum with 3 gorgeous children of her own.
This is the card I made for her. I started with Chocolate Chip card 21cm x 14.8cm scored and folded in half. I added a layer of Whisper White which has been embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. Next is a circle of Chocolate Chip topped with a circle of Pretty in Pink. Both these layers are cut with my Circle Scissors and the Pretty in Pink layer is embossed using the Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder. I inked the flowers from the Upsy Daisy stampset using my Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped onto Whisper White Card. I added a layer of Certainly Celery and attached the whole panel to the card using dimensionals. The greeting is also from the Upsy Daisy stampset and I have stamped it onto Whisper White card using Chocolate Chip ink, punched it out using the Large Oval punch and attached to a Chocolate Chip Scallop Oval. This is also attached to the card using dimensionals.
Here you can see a close up of the texture from the embossing folders. You can also see that the greeting is attached flat to the daisy panel with a dimensional under the right hand side.
I am pretty happy with the way this card has turned out and hope that Sarah will like it. There is a lot of pressure when you are making a card for such a talented papercrafter.
Bye for now, Kris.
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