A Froggy Santa
Ok, ok, I know I must be obsessed…. another Santa. Well it is almost Christmas. Anyway I was inspired by a Christmas Froggy that Nancy Dawson posted earlier this year. I also used this weeks Just Add Ink sketch.
My card base is Pear Pizzazz and I have stamped the Sanded Background on it using Pear Pizzazz ink. The metal piece is a coke can I cut and ran through the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. My frog is attached to a layer of Whisper White. I sponged the edges of this piece with Pear Pizzazz and then embossed it using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. This is attached to a layer of Pear Pizzazz card and then Poppy Parade card.
What do you think? I think he is gorgeous.
This shows how I made my frog. I used Poppy Parade card and the bird from the Two Step Bird punch for the hat. I cut off the beak and then used the Word Window to punch out Whisper White card which I put back into the punch and cut in half. Then I trimmed off the tail section. I added a 1/2″ Whisper White circle to the hat. The face is a Large Oval and I added a beard cut by punching a Scallop Circle from Whisper White and then using the Large oval I cut off a section. The eyes are Pear Pizzazz cut with 3/4″ circle punch and then layered with 1/2″ Whisper White and 1/4″ Basic Black (retired punch). The body is Poppy Parade punched using the Wide oval punch. Then a .5cm strip of Whisper White and a .5cm strip of Basic Black. I put a 1cm strip of Brushed Gold card into the Medium Jewellery Tag punch to make the square. Then I added a piece of Basic Black punched using the Slot Punch (retired). The legs are Small Ovals punched from Pear Pizzazz and the feet are half one of the blossoms from the Boho Blossom Punch. To finish him off I used the Two-Way Glue pen to cover the Pom Pom on his hat, the White Strip on his belly, his beard and his hat band, then I added Dazzling Diamonds. I hand drew the mouth (not very well).
I hope you have some fun making this gorgeous fellow.
Bye for now, Kris.
Step/Stair Card
Thought I would share a card we are making today at my Technique Class – Fancy Folds.
There are many different variations on how to cut these cards but this little squarish shape appealed to me. The Whisper White card is cut to measure 12cm x 24cm and I have cut on the 5cm mark to create my card. The score lines are at 2cm, 4cm, 8cm, 12cm (across whole card) and 18cm.
I stamped the small swirl from Priceless onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink on the long panel, once at the top and once at the bottom. I then stamped the flower from Season of Joy onto Whisper White card using Night of Navy ink and cut it out. I added it to the long panel over the swirls and added a large Basic Rhinestone. The “very merry” is from Short and Sweet which has also been stamped using Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White card before attaching to the front step. The tree from Season of Joy has been stamped using the same ink onto Whisper White card and cut out before it was attached to the middle step. The tree has a small Basic Rhinestone in the centre of the star. The “wordy” stamp from Season of Joy has been stamped onto Whisper White card using the Night of Navy ink and attached to the last step. I’ve added small Basic Rhinestones to the 3 poinsettias at the top left of the image.
I love this card and thoroughly recommend that you try one of these cards. Send me an email and we can set up a time for me to show you how.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Ribbon Wreath
I don’t know if many of you look at the samples in the catalogue or not but it is easy to bypass them when you are so busy looking at all the gorgeous things you want to buy. Well recently whilst selecting some ribbon, I noticed that on page 136 of the current Australian Idea Book and Catalogue there is a fantastic wreath made from ribbon.
Since I don’t have a wreath for my front door, it started me thinking. By chance when I was in Spotlight on another errand I found a circle of cane which was exactly what I needed to tie my ribbon onto. (Sorry I didn’t take a photo this as I was too excited to get started.)
I used these ribbons –
Old Olive, Whisper White and Real Red 5/8″ Satin Ribbon
and
Early Expresso, Real Red and Old Olive 1 1/4″ Striped grosgrain Ribbon.
I cut the ribbon into 20cm lengths and tied them to the cane, making sure that they were nice and tight. Before I completed the circle I added a length of Whisper White 5/8″ satin ribbon (about 80cm) which I tied in the middle to the circle and then tied in a bow so that I can hang it on my front door. Unfortunately this photo is taken as it lies on my family room floor. I’ll try and post one later when it is hanging on the front door.
Here is a closeup so that you can see how pretty the ribbons look all together.
I hope that this will inspire you to make one for your front door.
EDITED TO ADD
I’ve had a lot of people contact me, asking how much ribbon I have used. Well…. I used 4m of each colour of ribbon. I cut 20cm strips and have 20 strips of each colour on the wreath. I also had an extra 80cm of Whisper White Satin Ribbon for the hanger.
Some of those people who contacted me were from places other than Australia and they wanted to know “What is cane?” I can only say that it was a ring of cane/rattan/wood which is 10″ in diameter and approximately 1/2″ thick (like your finger). I bought mine at Spotlight. I have also seen metal rings at some craft shops and these would work just as well. I hope this helps all of you who would like to make one of these gorgeous wreaths.
Bye for now, Kris.
An Owly Santa
I already told you that I loved that sketch from SUDSOL last week and here is another card I made using it – my owly Santa card.
This card is very traditional with it’s Real Red and Whisper White colour scheme. The base card is Real Red and the next layer is Whisper White which has been embossed using the Petals–A-Plenty Embossing Folder. The next layer is Real Red and one edge has been punched using the Scallop Trim border punch. The Whisper White layer has been embossed using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. The left hand side has been wrapped using Real Red 5/8″ Satin Ribbon before attaching to the card front.
The “Season’s Greeting” is from the Snow Swirled Stampset and I have stamped it using Real Red ink onto Whisper White card. I punched it out using the Scallop Oval punch and then added a Real Red Wide Oval behind it. It is attached using mini glue dots to the bottom centre of the card.
This is what I did to create my little owl (which is not my original idea but I do not know who to give credit to) –
Owl Body – 1 from Real Red (cut off the feet), 1 from Basic Black (trim down and attach behind Real Red Body.
One white body piece – layered with a .5cm strip of Basic Black card. 1 small square of Brushed Gold card (1/4″ square) and one Slot Punch (retired) in Basic Black (trimmed a little).
Eyes – one large Whisper White Circle, one medium Basic Black Circle (use gel pen to add highlights).
Hat – one Real Red Bird Wing from Two Step Bird Punch, one Whisper White Word Window (put it back into the punch and cut it in half). One Whisper White medium circle from Owl Punch. The medium circle and the word window pieces have been coloured using two-way glue and then had dazzling diamonds sprinkled on top.
The little owl is added to a Whisper White circle punched using the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch using dimensionals and then layered onto a Real Red 2 1/2″ Scallop Circle and attached to the card using mini glue dots.
What do you think? I told you the Owl Punch is versatile. There are literally hundreds of variations “out there” on the net. Well I’m off to do some housework and some sewing (another banner, this time a Birthday one).
Bye for now, Kris.
A Young Graduate
My grandson graduates from Pre-Prep next week and apparently he gets to dress up in a Cap and Gown. So I thought I should make him an appropriate card. I used the sketch from Stamping 411 as my inspiration.
I immediately thought of the Owl Punch and scoured the internet for inspiration. I finally decided that I would use a Night of Navy Scallop Circle and trim off 5 scallops to create the neckline of the gown. I then folded in two scallops to create the front of the gown. Lastly I used a narrow piece of Night of Navy card which I wrapped around the top edges and folded onto the front to create the tie. I added a small Basic Rhinestone for a little “bling”. The hat is created by using half a Word Window and then trimming it down a little in length. The other part of the hat is created with the Modern Label. The owl himself is created using Crumb Cake, Whisper White and a little Pumpkin Pie for the nose. The owl is layered onto a Whisper White square which has had the edges sponged with Night of Navy ink and then it has been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. Then this piece is attached to a Night of Navy cardstock layer. The Crumb Cake layer has been stamped with the Sanded Background using Crumb Cake ink and sponged around the edges using the same ink. Then it has also been embossed using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. It has been layered onto Night of Navy cardstock. Night of Navy 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon has been tied around both layers and then it has been attached to the folded Crumb Cake card. I used my computer to create “Graduate” and printed it out onto Whisper White card after adjusting the ink colour to Night of Navy. I punched this out using the Word Window punch and layered it onto a Night of Navy Modern Label before attaching it to the bottom right hand corner of the card.
I think this little owl has turned out fabulous and I know that Ethan will love it. If you don’t have this punch then you are missing out on some fabulous creating. Tomorrow I will show you my Santa Owl.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Wish For Peace
Ok, so this is my second post for the day. Well it is not something you should get used to but I wanted to share a card I made for a sketch challenge on SUDSOL – only thing is, I missed the deadline. Oh well…. Thought you might like to see it anyway.
I liked the sketch when it was posted but didn’t get to it till yesterday and when I went to upload it this morning, the sketch challenge had closed and a new sketch was posted.
I used Night of Navy and Whisper White for this card. I love Navy for Christmas Cards. The dove from A Wish for Peace is stamped using Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White card and punched using the 2 1/2″ scallop circle punch in the new Summer Mini. I also sponged the edges with Night of Navy ink. This is layered onto Night of Navy and then Whisper White which has had one edge puched with the Eyelet Edge Punch. I wrapped this piece with Whisper White 5/8″ Satin Ribbon. The next layer of Night of Navy has been stamped with the tree image from Snow Swirled and the edges have been sponged with Night of Navy ink. (I’m not sure that you can see this.) I stamped Noel from Many Merry Messages using Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White card and punched it out using the Horizontal Slot punch. I trimed the edge after attaching it to the Night of Navy Card. The last layer is my folded Whisper White card.
I’m happy enough with this card and I really like the sketch. In fact I will be using it again for a special card I will share soon.
Bye for now, Kris.
Christmas Stamp-A-Stack – Part II
Ok so these are the last two cards we made on Friday night.
The Whisper White card has been embossed using the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder and the Old Olive card has been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. The Old Olive card has been attached to the bottom of the Whisper White card and then the Rich Razzleberry 1/4″ Grosgrain ribbon tied around it. The Christmas trees from Season of Joy were stamped onto Whisper White card and cut out. Two of the trees have been attached using mini glue dots and the third tree is popped up on dimensionals. Very Merry from the Short and Sweet stampset has been stamped using Old Olive ink onto Whisper White card. It has been punched out using the Word Window Punch and layered onto a Rich Razzleberry Modern Label before being attached to the card using mini glue dots. The base card is Rich Razzleberry. Nice isn’t it?
The base of this card is Whisper White and we have stamped the tree from A Wish For Peace onto the right hand side using Versamark ink. The tree was again stamped onto Whisper White card using Always Artichoke ink and sponged around the edges using the same ink. We added two-way glue and dazzling diamonds to the tree, which you can’t see, but it really sparkles in real life. A layer of Always Artichoke card has been added and then it is attached to the left hand side of the card. A piece of Always Artichoke card has been punched along one edge using the Scallop Trim border. This is attached to a piece of Cherry Cobbler card and then tied with Whisper White 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon before being attached to the card front over the focal tree image. Lastly Merry Christmas from Season of Joy has been stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink. I really like this card, so soft and peaceful.
Bye for now, Kris.
Christmas Stamp-A-Stack
I held a Christmas Stamp-A-Stack on Friday night and some lovely ladies had a great time making 8 cards. Today I am going to show you two of the cards that we made.
For this first one, the ladies had to cut a Top Note from Very Vanilla card and also one from the Holly Jolly Designer series paper. The designer series paper Top Note was cut in half and added to the right hand side of the Very Vanilla Top Note. The baubles from Tree Trimmings were stamped in Cherry Cobbler and the “strings” were drawn using a Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Marker. The Top Note was then embossed using the Final Press Embossing Folder. The 5/8″ Old Olive Satin Ribbon was tied around the right hand side and then it was layered onto the base card. The Cherry Cobbler base card has been swiped with the Cherry Cobbler ink pad to give some texture. A simple card but I love it. The ladies made two of these cards on Friday night.
The second card is Whisper White and Real Red, although the photography is so awful, I must apologise. The baubles from Christmas Classics were stamped in Real Red ink and then holes were punched through the hanger using the Crop-A-Dile. 1/8″ Real Red Taffeta Ribbon was secured at the back of the card and threaded through the hole to the front and then wrapped onto the back of the card at the top to create the “strings”. Seasons Greetings from Many Merry Messages was stamped across the bottom using Real Red ink. 5/8″ satin ribbon was wrapped around the front of the card and then a bow was added using mini glue dots. The ladies also made two of these cards.
I’m not sure if you can see or not but there are two sets of two scored lines on the Whisper White card and the Real Red Satin Ribbon is placed between the scored lines. Do you like my bow? Well it was tied using my new Ribbon Bow Tying Stand which my son-in-law made. This little gadget makes tying bows so easy – its like having another set of hands. If you would like one of these great little gadgets, then please contact me for more details. Let me tell you the ladies love it and I sold two on Friday night ($10.00 each or 2 for $15.00).
I’ll pop back and show you the other cards tomorrow.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Sweet Card
The current challenge at Late Night Stampers is to make a card adding something sweet.
The cupcake from the Party Hearty stampset sprang to mind (maybe because it is about the only set I have that portrays something sweet). Anyway I inked the cupcake using my Rose Red and Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped onto Whisper White card. I masked the cupcake and stamped the candle 3 times again using my Rose Red and Blushing Bride Stampin’ Write Markers to ink them up. Next I took my Two-Way glue pen and coloured in the icing and the candle flames. Then into the Dazzling Diamonds to add a lovely touch of bling. I layered the image piece onto Rose Red Card. I stamped the “you take the cake!” from Party Hearty using Rose Red ink and then ran it through the Big Shot using the soon to be released Square Lattice Embossing Folder and wrapped it with the beautiful Whisper White 5/8″ Organza ribbon. The base card is Rose Red card.
I’d love to hear what you think of this card.
Bye for now, Kris.
Another Christmas Project
I told you I would come back and share another project made using the Big Shot and the Scallop Square Bigz Clear Die which will become available on the 1st December with the release of the Summer Mini Catalogue.
This time I have created a set of drink coasters. I used the left over material from my Merry Christmas Pennant and created this set of six coasters. I cut the glittery white material using the Scallop Square Bigz Clear Die and the Ornaments were cut using the Movers and Shapers Ornament shape. I used double sided iron on wadding (again cut with the Big Shot and the Scallop Square) to join the front and the back then I ironed on the ornaments. Next out came my sewing machine and I did a little sewing around the edges and also around the ornament shape. I think these have turned out great and will be fun to use on Christmas Day.
These coasters were also made using left over scraps from my Christmas Pennant, unfortunately I did not have enough material to make a set and I couldn’t buy any more at Spotlight, so these will have to be “one-of-a-kind”.
I am loving finding new ways to use my Big Shot and Dies.
Hope that this project inspires you to try something new with your machine.
Bye for now, Kris.
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