Back Home
Well I am home after an absolutely FABULOUS weekend. We were spoiled and looked after from the moment we arrived. Stephanie, Nicki and Vicki along with a few extra helpers do an amazing job. We were provided with a “little” bag of goodies when we arrived, which contained lots to nibble on while we are creating, a bottle of water and also 3 different challenges and 3 3D items to make.
This is a photo of the group from our table.
Back Row – Ann, Myra, Nan, Judy, Helen and Robyn.
Front Row – Myself and Sarah.
A big thank you to these lovely ladies who made the weekend such fun.
This is my dining room table loaded with all the things I made over the weekend. Some of these were made at classes I attended, some were challenges and others inspired by all the talent that surrounded me.
I will endeavour to post some of these things individually in coming posts.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to retreat I go
I am so excited, today I am travelling to Coolangatta to stay at the Greenmount Resort. I am attending a stamping retreat organised by my lovely upline Stephanie Pike, along with Nicki Tidbold and Vicki Dean. I attended this retreat last year and had a fantastic time. These ladies do an awesome job. Classes are always fantastic. Food is great. Accommodation terrific. This year I am going with my Mum (who came last year) and my daughter Sarah (also a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator). Retreat starts at 4pm today and ends 5pm Sunday. WooHoo. When I come back I will show you what I managed to get done.
Anyway before I go I thought I would share a card a demonstrated recently at a workshop for the lovely Jo-Anne and her family and friends.
I have used Mellow Moss for my base card and stamped along the bottom edge with one of the images from Pocket Silhouettes also in Mellow Moss Ink. I stamped on a piece of Whisper White card firstly with another image from Pocket Silhouettes in Mellow Moss ink, then another image in Elegant Eggplant ink and then another image in Rose Red ink. This stamped piece was layered onto a piece of Elegant Eggplant card. The Rose Red card is puched using the new Eyelet Punch (Did I mention I looove it?) and then the stamped piece is layered on the top. The whole piece was then layered on to the Mellow Moss Card. Three half pearls from the Pretties Kit were added to the top left hand corner using Mini Glue Dots. The “friend to friend” stamp is also part of the Pocket Silhouettes stampset and was stamped in Elegant Eggplant ink onto Whisper White card. I punched it out with the word window punch, attached it to the bottom right hand corner and trimmed off the overhang so that I got a straight edge.
This is a very simple card but a very pretty one and such an easy technique to use. The ladies loved it and so do I.
If you would like to know more about having me come to your home to demonstrate a card such as this to you and your friends then please contact me k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.
A Special Blessing
My youngest granddaughter Jae was christened recently and this is the card I made her.
I stamped the beautiful floral cross from the Special Blessing stampset in versamark ink on Pink Pirouette cardstock and heat set with white embossing powder. I then cut the image out. I used Whisper White Card as my base but trimmed the front and used the new Eyelet Border punch. I added a piece of Pretty in Pink Cardstock also with the Eyelet Border and wrapped with White Tafetta Ribbon. I used a piece of Pink Pirouette Card to cover the back of the whole front section. The cross was mounted to the left hand side using dimensionals. May God bless you on your Baptism day was stamped using Pretty in Pink ink.
I love the simple elegance of this card.
Recent Workshop
I held a workshop earlier this month for a lovely lady who was my very first hostess (Hi Lynda). I demonstrated a card using the Upsy Daisy stampset and thought I would share it with you.
The base cardstock is Basic Gray to which I have added a piece of Kiwi Kiss Patterns Designer Series Paper. The “ric rac” was created using a piece of Riding Hood Red cardstock and the Scallop Edge punch. I inked the flowers firstly with Pink Pirouette and then swiped the bottom with Riding Hood Red ink and stamped them onto Whisper White Cardstock and mounted it onto a piece of Kiwi Kiss cardstock. I stamped the words using Riding Hood Red ink onto Whisper White card and punched out with the large oval punch, swiped the edges with Riding Hood Red ink and mounted onto a piece of Kiwi Kiss card punched out using the wide oval punch. I attached this to the daisy image and mounted the whole thing to the card using dimensionals.
To make the “ric rac” with your scallop edge punch you need a fairly thin piece of cardstock. I used a piece 3/4″ wide. You punch one side making sure that you start with a full scallop and then you flip the piece of cardstock and start with a half scallop – voila “ric rac”.
Let me know what you think.
Flip Album
A few weeks ago, Sarah and I hosted a class where everyone made a “Flip Album”. The instructions for this amazing little album were posted here by Amy Celona. She has some fantastic ideas and it is worth taking a look around her website.
We used Basic Gray, Night of Navy and Kiwi Kiss cardstock to construct the basic album. Then we used the beautiful Urban Garden Designer Series Paper to decorate our albums. The fabulous thing about the album is that it just keeps on opening. I used mine to showcase the construction of our new home.
This shows the album with the left and right covers open.
This shows the next two pages flipped open.
This shows the centre of the album.
The great thing about a class like this is seeing all the different ways that everyone put their album together. We all started with the same basic pieces but the individual creativity of all of the ladies is reflected in their finished albums.
Happy 55th Wedding Anniversary
It was my Mum and Dad’s 55th Wedding Anniversary last Friday and I thought I would share the card I made for them. I was inspired by this card on Splitcoast Stampers.
I used Perfect Plum as my base Cardstock. I stamped the Rose Red Cardstock with the Polka Dot Background stamp using Versamark and then clear embossed it and layered it onto the Perfect Plum card. I stamped the heart from the Always stampset in Mellow Moss ink on Whisper White card and cut it out. I stamped the flower, also from the Always stampset in Rose Red ink on Whisper White card and cut it out. I inserted a Clear Rhinestone brad in the cente of the flower. I used the eyelet edge punch on the Whisper White Card and also on the Mellow Moss Card. I layered the Mellow Moss card onto the Whisper White card and wrapped it with Mellow Moss ribbon and then layered the whole piece onto the Rose Red Card. The flower was attached to the heart and then this piece was mounted to the card using dimensionals. I stamped the word “Cherish” from the Warm Words stampset on the white card using Mellow Moss ink.
I love the way it turned out. I hope they like it. What do you think?
Happy Birthday Emma
Today is my youngest daughter’s birthday and I wanted to share the card that I made her with you. I had decided to make her card using A Rose is a Rose Stampset and I wanted the roses to be yellow. I stamped the roses with Barely Banana and Summer Sun Ink and the leaves with Always Artichoke ink and cut them all out. I spent three days playing around with the roses and cardstock but was not very happy with the result. Then while visiting Nicole Stalker’s website I found this card which she had made by CASING this year’s catalogue. I loved it immediately and CASED it for the birthday card.
I used Summer Sun cardstock as my base cardstock and layered it with a piece of Whisper White arranging my roses in the bottom right hand corner. The Always Artichoke cardstock is torn and distressed. I used the eyelet punch (looove this) on the bottom of some Barely Banana cardstock and layered it on the top of the Always Artichoke and wrapped it with Always Artichoke ribbon. This piece was then layered onto the Whisper White Card. I stamped Birthday Wishes from the Sincere Salutations Stampset in Summer Sun on Whisper White cardstock and punched it out with the large oval. It was then attached on the top left hand side of the Always Artichoke Cardstock.
Thanks Nicole for providing the inspiration for me to complete this card. My daughter loved it and so do I. What do you think?
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street
I have been wanting to make a card using punches to create the Sesame Street characters for a very long time. I have seen numerous examples on the net over time but couldn’t find any instructions anywhere when I wanted to make one. I was surfing the net (again) and came across a beautiful card made by Carol Dunstan. So I was able to create my own version.
I made this card for my Grandson who is turning 3 this week. I used Real Red as my base card and used a piece of Summer Sun to layer on top. The black card has had the edges punched using the spiral punch and the sentiment is from the Occasional Greetings stampset – the only stampset used. I only used three characters on the front of the card and used the Cookie Monster inside. The characters were made using the following punches – Scallop Circle Punch, 1/2″ circle punch, Crop-A-Dile (for pupils), small oval punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, 3/4″ punch, Boho Blossoms punch (for the cookie bite), Chocolate Chip marker (for the chocolate chips). The list of punches was provided by Carol very generously in her instructions – thanks so much.
I love the way the card turned out.
Tri-Shutter Card
I followed a link in my Splitcoast Stampers newsletter to this tutorial and thought that I should give it a try but I just couldn’t seem to finish it. However, Leonie posted two tri-shutter cards on the Yahoo Demonstrator group to which I belong and I was inspired to have a go and complete the card.
I am not going to give you detailed instructions about how I made the card, it will be easier if you just follow the tutorial.
However, I did find that by drawing out a plan of the card on my grid paper and playing with the embellishments on that I could move them until I was completely happy with the layout.
I have used the Always designer series paper and the Always stampset to complete the card. Cardstock colours are Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Pumpkin Pie and Regal Rose – colours which were taken from the designer paper.
What do you think?
All in the Family
I thought I would pop in and show you two of the cards that we made at our recent stamp-a-stack. We made 8 cards altogether, 4 basic designs with a male and female variation. I designed 2 and Sarah designed 2. At the moment I only have a photo of one of the cards which is actually cased from last years Idea Book and Catalogue.
This card uses the All in the Family stampset. The base cardstock is Kraft and we stamped this with the Sanded background stamp using versamark. The images were stamped in black ink on whisper white card and coloured using markers or blender pens and ink. The girls card is coloured using Rose Red and Regal Rose and then mounted onto Regal Rose cardstock. The greeting is from On Your Birthday. It is stamped in versamark and embossed in white on the Rose Red cardstock. This is then wraped with Regal Rose wide grosgrain ribbon. The boys card is stamped in the same manner and coloured using Baja Breeze and Pacific Point ink. It is then mounted onto Pacific Point cardstock and wraped with linen thread. The greeting is done in the same way onto Pacific Point Cardstock. The Rose Red/Pacific Point panels are attached to the Kraft card on the top left hand side and the image panel is mounted over the top using dimensionals.
All in the Family is a fun set to use but you definitely need a stamp-a-ma-jig to get a good result.
Stamping with Kris 