Animal Stories – Happy Birthday
This stampset Animal Stories is one of the ones that caught my eye in the new Summer Mini and I had to have it, however, I haven’t played with it as much as I should. Today I played along with the Weekend Sketch Challenge on Gretchen Barron’s blog and decided to use Animal Stories with the matching Tall Tales Designer Series Paper (also in the Summer Mini).
I stamped the Giraffe and the Elephant onto Whisper White card using Chocolate Chip ink. I filled the space above the elephant by stamping “happy birthday” from Happy Moments (Free Sale-A-Bration stampset) in Chocolate Chip Ink onto Whisper White card and punching out with the Small Oval Punch. I layered it onto a Large Oval in Chocolate Chip and trimmed the right hand side to match the edge of the larger piece of Whisper White card. The base card is Chocolate Chip and I added an Old Olive card layer. I added three narrow strips of Tall Tales DSP onto the Old Olive card and also a piece of Chocolate Chip card with one edge punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. I wrapped the Old Olive card piece with 5/8″ Old Olive Grosgrain tied a knot and attached it to the Chocolate Chip folded card. The image panel is attached using dimensionals. I am happy with the way it turned out and I am sure my grandsons would love it as well.
Don’t forget that Sale-A-Bration and the Summer Mini both end on the 31st March, so contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com) if you would like to be eligible for FREE stamps.
Bye for now, Kris.
More Challenges
Hi everyone, I hope you are not enjoying the heat we are here in Brisbane. It is raining today but it is so hot and humid. Anyway, I decided to combine two challenges into one card again today. Firstly this card fits the Stamping 411 sketch challenge and also the Just Add Ink colour challenge for this week.
The Colour Combo we needed to use was More Mustard, Rose Red, Sage Shadow and Kraft. I started with a piece of Whisper White card and stamped the large image from Fresh Cuts in Versamark and embossed in White. I then sponged Rose Red ink over the top of the image and then polished off the excess so that the white image really “pops” from Rose Red ink. I distressed the edges using my distressing tool from the Cutters Kit and mounted it onto a piece of Kraft card (with distressed edges) and then Rose Red card, also with distressed edges. The base card is Pumpkin Pie and I have stamped the same large image all over it using Versamark ink and then sponged the edges with More Mustard ink. The Sage Shadow piece has also been stamped with the large Fresh Cuts image in Versamark ink and the edges sponged with Sage Shadow ink. I punched both edges of a strip of Whisper White card using the Eyelet Edge punch and wrapped it with Kraft Tafetta ribbon and tied a knot. The Sage Shadow piece is attached to the Pumpkin Pie card and then the Whisper White punched piece attached over the edge of the Sage Shadow Card. The image panel is attached over the ribbon using dimensionals.
You can see the ribbon and the Versamark stamping on the Pumpkin Pie and Sage Shadow card in this image. On reflection, this card will also fit the Late Night Stampers challenge for this week, which is to use punches. I wasn’t sure that I would like these colours together, however I am happy with the way it has turned out.
If you would like any information on the techniques or products used in this card, then contact me k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au.
Bye for now, Kris.
Happy Birthday from Mum
I think I have mentioned before that my Mum is a very crafty lady so I wanted to share with you the birthday card that she made for me. I have taken a while to get this uploaded but have been very busy lately with preparations for our Sale-A-Bration event hosted last Saturday.
Anyway this is her card. She has used Certainly Celery, Brocade Blue and Bordering Blue cardstock. The beautiful swirls are made with the large image from Baroque Motifs and the butterflies from the very lovely Natural Beauty (retired). Inks are Certainly Celery and Brocade Blue. Mum has stamped the butterflies four times onto scrap white and cut them out and attached two together using dimensionals and added them to the card. I am not sure of the colour of the ribbon but it just finishes it off. I love this card and I love the effort to make a special card just for me. Thanks Mum.
I will try and come back later with a card I have made for this weeks Just Add Ink challenge.
Bye for now, Kris.
Baby Scrapbook Pages
Well, as you all know I am not a fantastic scrapbooker. I love it but I am always a little disappointed with my pages. Anyway, I have tried to do a 1st Year Scrapbook for all of my grandchildren, however, I am running a tad late. Last week I managed to do the first page for my granddaughters (Elyssa and Jae) 6 x 6″ albums. Now Elyssa will be 2 in March and Jae turned 1 last October, so I am just a bit behind.
This is the first one I completed and I am not sure if it is just too pink (can you have such a thing), although I do like it. I used my Texturz plate Perfect Details on the Pixi Pink base card and then I distressed the edges (using my distressing tool in the Cutters Kit). This was then wrapped with Whisper White Tafetta ribbon. I layered my photo (the quality of which leaves a lot to be desired) onto Whisper White, then Pixi Pink and Whisper White card. The bottom two layers have had one edge punched using the Eyelet Edge Punch. I used the Texturz plate on some Whisper White card and punched out hearts using the Heart to Heart punch. The hearts were sponged with Pixi Pink ink to make the embossing stand out and attached to the right hand side of the page using dimensionals. I printed her name and birth date onto a scrap of Whisper White card setting the printer so that the colour matched Pixi Pink ink. The greeting is punched out using the Small Oval Punch and layered onto Pixi Pink card (punched out with the Large Oval Punch) and Whisper White (punched out with the Scallop Oval Punch). This piece was also attached to the page using dimensionals.
Although I didn’t plan this, I think this page will also fit this week’s Late Night Stampers Challenge.
This is my second page. I started with Pale Plum card and stamped the heart image from the Sprinkles stampset all over using Versamark ink and then sponged the edges with Pale Plum ink. I used the Eyelet Edge punch to decorate one side of a piece of Perfect Plum card and wrapped it with Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain ribbon and tied a knot. I ran the Whisper White Card through my printer to write the name and birth date (matching the colour to Perfect Plum). I used my corner rounder on the bottom right corner. The photo (forgive the quality) has had the bottom right corner rounded as well and is attached to the page using dimensionals. I punched three flowers from Pink Pirouette card using the Trio Flower punch. I inserted pink Rhinestone Brads and then attached to the page using mini glue dots. Simple but I am pretty happy with this one.
I hope my scrapbooking is going to improve. I am starting a class tonight run by my downline (and daughter) Sarah. Its a “scrap your year” class and will continue monthly until we have completed the twelve months, so hopefully I will learn a thing or two.
I will post the rest of the albums as I get them done – but possibly it may take a while.
Bye for now, Kris.
Urban Get Well
I really must have nothing else to do. This is my second post today – but as I said it has been raining a lot. This card combines two challenges, the sketch from Just Add Ink and the colour combo from The Colour Dare weekly challenge.
The sketch was really lovely to work with and I love the colours, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss. I started with a base card 4 1/4″ square using Basic Gray card. I added a piece of Urban Garden DSP in Pacific Point and also added a piece of Baja Breeze card. I stamped “Get Well Soon” from the Sincere Salutations stampset using Basic Gray ink. The 1/2 circle was cut using my fabulous Circle Scissors (love them). I stamped the branch image from Thoughts and Prayers using Kiwi Kiss ink onto Very Vanilla card. I punched the flowers from Baja Breeze card using the Trio Flower Punch. I layered the flowers over the flower image on the stamp and then added vanilla mini 1/2 pearls from the Pretties Kit. A couple are popped up with dimensionals as well. I wrapped the Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon and tied a knot before layering onto the Basic Gray card.
I am having so much fun playing along with these challenges. It has made me push myself to come up with my own original designs, something I need to work on a lot more. Why don’t you give it a try. It’s amazing how many different ways there are to use the same sketch and colours.
If there is anything I can help you with or you would like to purchase anything that I have shown you, please do not hesitate to contact me, k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au.
I will try and come back later with some 6 x 6″ scrap pages I have done recently.
Bye for now, Kris.
Lovely As A Tree
Has everyone had enough rain. It has been raining lots where I live in Brisbane, however, we do not have any local flooding as they do in some areas of South East Queensland. The only good thing is that you have an excuse to spend lots of time stamping. Well that’s my excuse anyway, too wet to do anything else. This is a card that I made yesterday for the Stamping 411 Challenge.
The sketch was easy to work with, nice clean lines and so I went for a very clean look. I used Chocolate Chip card as my base card layered with a piece of Old Olive card. The image is from Lovely As A Tree, stamped in Chocolate Chip ink onto Very Vanilla card. I layered it onto Chocolate Chip Card and added a Chocolate Chip photo corner (used my Photo Corner punch) and attached it to the Old Olive card. I wrapped the bottom of the Old Olive Card with narrow Twill Ribbon. The “for your” is from the Occasional Greetings set stamped in Chocolate Chip and punched out with the Small Oval Punch, layered onto a piece of Old Olive punched out using with Large Oval Punch and finally a piece of Chocolate Chip punched out using the Scallop Oval Punch. I attached this to the card using my Mini Glue dots.
I like the way it has turned out and as an added bonus it is a bit more “manly”.
Bye for now, Kris.
Butterflies, Butterflies
Ok, so this is a card I made for another challenge. This time it was for my Yahoo Group Late Night Stampers. I also used the sketch challenge for Stamping 411, only I am a couple of days late. I had been thinking about both these challenges and couldn’t make up my mind, then someone mentioned Red, Black and White and I thought Yipee, that’s what I will do.
Anyway, this is my card.
I started with Basic Black card and then added a layer of Whisper White (I distressed the edges). I punched both edges of a strip of Basic Black card with the Eyelet Edge Punch, attached it to the distressed Whisper White card and added 3 Real Red Brads (used my paper piercing mat to get then even). I stamped the large swirl from the Priceless stampset using Basic Black ink onto Whisper White card and distressed the edges. I stamped 3 butterflies from the same stampset using Real Red ink onto Whisper White card and cut them out. I attached the butterflies using dimensionals under the wings so that they would have some height then attached this whole piece to Basic Black card, again using dimensionals. This was layered onto Real Red cardstock and using dimensionals attached to the front of the card.
I love the 3D effect you get using so many layers mounted with dimensionals. The butterflies have SNAIL in the centre of their bodies and then 1/2 dimensionals on each wing. So it is “stuck” in the middle but “up in the air” under the wings.
If you would like to learn how to make beautiful 3D cards, why not come to one of my classes or contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com) to organise a workshop or some one-on-one time.
I would love to hear what you think of this card.
Bye for now, Kris.
Another Challenge
I really am on a roll with these challenges. I probably should be doing other things, such as housework, but I am having so much fun.
This week we have a challenge at ESAD to CASE a card on page 13 of the Summer Mini. I actually made two examples. Wonder if you can guess which card I am CASING?
This is the first card I made. I used Close to Cocoa for my base card and used my Close to Cocoa ink pad directly onto the card. I stamped 3 of the Elephants from Animal Stories (page 21 in your Summer Mini) using Close to Cocoa ink onto Whisper White card. Then I punched the edge with the Scallop Edge Punch and wrapped it with a piece of Pretty in Pink 1/4″ grosgrain which I knotted on the left hand side. I stamped “Welcome Baby” from Short and Sweet using Close to Cocoa ink and punched it out with the Word Window Punch. I trimmed the right hand side straight, sponged the edges with Close to Cocoa ink and attached it to the card using dimensionals. Very quick and easy but I am really happy with the way it turned out.
This is my second card and I really love the colour combo. I used Certainly Celery as my base card and using Versamark ink I stamped one of the images from Pocket Silhouettes across the top of the card. On my Whisper White card, I have stamped one image from Pocket Silhouettes using Certainly Celery ink and another image using Basic Black. I attached this to a piece of Basic Black card which I had punched along one edge using the Scallop Edge Punch. I wrapped it with Certainly Celery 1/4″ grosgrain, again with a knot on the left hand side.
I don’t CASE my Catalogues often enough but when I do I am always surprised at how well the cards turn out and usually how quick and easy they are.
Give it a try, I am sure you will be impressed with the results.
Bye for now, Kris.
Another Birthday Gift
I am extremely lucky to have two gorgeous daughters, Sarah & Emma. Sarah my eldest daughter is a very talented card maker and scrapbooker, who also happens to be a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. She made me this beautiful gift bag (from an envelope), matching card and a beautiful scrapbook which holds photos of all five of my grandchildren and an ultrasound picture of my new grandchild who will arrive in early April. The photos show them all as they were at the time of my birthday. It is absolutely gorgeous and I know that I will treasure it for many years to come. Thanks Sarah.
To see more photos of this absolutely gorgeous keepsake, visit Sarah’s blog where she has posted more photos. Sarah is about to start a Scrap your Year class, so if you would like to do more scrapbooking then this class is a great way to begin.
Bye for now, Kris.
PS, I couldn’t post this sooner as Sarah hadn’t had a chance to post it on her web. Her photos are much better than mine.
Just Add – Hearts
My downline Shirley told me about a great new site for Australian Stampin’ Up! demonstrators called Just Add Ink who post a new challenge every week. So this week I thought I would play along. All you have to do is make a project and “just add hearts”.
I used Sweet Always Designer Series paper as my starting point for this card. I love the combination of colours in this paper. I used Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip cardstock and ink. I mounted the DSP onto Chocolate Chip Card and then attached them to my Regal Rose layer. I stamped “Always” from the Life Definitions stampset using Chocolate Chip ink on Very Vanilla card and then layered it onto Regal Rose card. After this piece was attached over the DSP, I wrapped Regal Rose 5/8″ grosgrain and tied a knot. I used the heart from the Always stampset to stamp two hearts on Very Vanilla card using Regal Rose ink and Chocolate Chip ink and then cut them out (our paper snips make this so easy). The hearts were then attached over the ribbon using dimensionals. The whole piece was then attached to a folded piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock.
What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping with Kris 