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.
Extra Hostess Benefit
Have some fun during June and July by hosting a workshop—and Stampin’ Up! will give you even more hostess awards!
When your workshop totals $600.00 (or more), you’ll receive an additional $40.00 in hostess awards.
Soooo what this means is that if you host a $600.00 workshop you will receive a choice of a level 1 hostess set or a level 2 hostess set, $70.00 worth of free product PLUS an additional $40.00 worth of free product. How amazing is that?
If you would like to take advantage of this fantastic offer during the months of June and July, please contact me at k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au to discuss a time and date.
A new Challenge
This week the yahoo group that I belong to posted a challenge to make a male card which took less than 10 minutes to complete and had to include a circle. Male cards are not my forte but I decided to have a go and ended up making two cards.
The first set uses the stampset Party Hearty. I used Kraft card for my base and stamped the Sanded background in versamark. I stamped a piece of Baja Breeze with the party hats from the set using Baja Breeze ink, distressed the edges and mounted it to a piece of Night of Navy which I also distressed. I attached this to the left hand side of the card. I stamped the celebrate you image from the set in Night of Navy ink on Baja Breeze card and punched it out with my round scallop punch. I mounted it to a square of Night of Navy (also distressed) using dimensionals and then attached the whole piece again using dimensionals. To finish off I attached three brads on the bottom right hand side of my card. (To get the spacing even I used my mat pack and paper piercer from the crafters tool kit.)
The second card uses the Thoughts and Prayers stampset. I used my Old Olive and Chocolate Chip markers to colour in the tree image and stamped it on Confetti Cream cardstock. I mounted this to a piece of Really Rust card. My base card is Old Olive and I have attached a piece of Chocolate Chip Designer Series Paper to the left hand side. After the tree image was attached, I stamped happy birthday from the Think Happy Thoughts stampset on Confetti Cream card and punched it out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch. I also punched out a 1 3/8″ circle from Chocolate Chip and glued them together. I attached this to the card using dimensionals.
I don’t think they turned out too badly and they really were very quick to make.
Scrap Challenge
Although I am not a very good scrapbooker, Mandy posted a scrapbook challenge on the Demonstrator website that I belong to and I decided that I would play along. I had these photos of my last birthday and thought that I would use them.
I used Chocolate Chip 12 x 12 for the base of my page and stamped the bamboo image from the Embrace Life stampset over the top right hand side of the page using Chocolate Chip ink. I mounted the photos onto Rose Red card and used a piece of So Saffron Patterns DSP on the left hand side which I cut and then distressed with my sissors. The words are from the On Your Birthday stampset. I used Chocolate Chip ink and stamped on whisper white cardstock. I cut the words out with my oval cutter and mounted it onto another oval of Almost Amethyst cardstock. The flowers were stamped on Whisper White – three in Almost Amethyst and one in Rose Red and cut out. One Almost Amethyst flower is attached to the two ovals and then the whole piece is mounted with dimensionals to the top left hand side of the page. The other three flowers were attached to the right hand side of the page, the Rose Red flower is mounted on dimensionals. My journalling was done with a white gel pen.
I am rather happy with how the page turned out. What do you think?
Thoughts and Prayers
It is never an easy task to make a sympathy card, however, when I do I like to keep it simple and understated. Thoughts and Prayers, a new stampset in the 2009/2010 Stampin’ Up! catalogue does help to make this type of card a little easier. It has two truly beautiful images and a couple of lovely sentiments as well.
I coloured this branch image with my Almost Amythest and Always Artichoke makers and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock. I then distressed the edges and mounted it onto a piece of Always Artichoke cardstock using dimensionals. I have used the eyelet border punch on a piece of Always Artichoke and placed it behind Almost Amethyst card. I then tied a piece of white tafetta ribbon around both pieces of card and attached this to the front of my Whisper White card. The sentiment was inked with my Always Artichoke marker and stamped in the correct position using my Stamp-a-ma-jig. The flower image was attached using dimensionals.
Feel free to contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au) for more information on the items used in this card.
Scrapbooking Promotion
I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator because they always offer such fantastic promotions and this month’s promotion is no exception. For the month of May we have two fantastic offers the first one involves a FREE pack of designer series paper and the second offers everyone the chance to purchase a Scrapbooking Starter Kit for the fantastic price of $150.00.
Scrapbooking Promotion
Dates: 1-31 May 2009
Buy three packs of select Designer Series paper ($16.95 each), and get one FREE! See selections below:
| Item | Page | Description |
| 112042 | 132 | Urban Garden Designer Series paper |
| 112470 | 132 | Haiku Designer Series paper |
| 113976 | 132 | Pink Flamingo Designer Series paper |
| 112468 | 132 | Sweet Always Designer Series paper |
| 113992 | 133 | Tea Party Designer Series paper |
| 113975 | 133 | Raspberry Tart Designer Series paper |
| 113966 | 134 | Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series paper |
| 112469 | 134 | Holiday Treasures Designer Series paper |
| 112041 | 134 | Bella Rose Designer Series paper |
| 113974 | 134 | Bella Bleu Designer Series paper |
| 113978 | 135 | Urban Oasis Designer Series paper |
| 112461 | 135 | Washington Apple Designer Series paper |
| 112039 | 135 | Windsor Knot Designer Series paper |
| 113980 | 135 | Candy Lane Designer Series paper |
Scrapbooking Starter Kit Promotion
Dates: 1 May – 1 June 2009
In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator for only $150 with our limited-time Scrapbooking Starter Kit. The Scrapbooking Starter Kit contains the following:
| Item Code | Description | Retail Value |
| 112231 | Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamp set* | $77.95 |
| 113059 | Simply Scrappin’ Petal Party | $36.95 |
| 108697 | Earth Elements Assorted textured card stock (12″ x 12″) | $21.95 |
| 105216 | Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad | $11.95 |
| 103179 | Craft & Rubber Scissors | $37.95 |
*Substitutable for any stamp set up to $77.95 value.
Please note: Each of the products listed above may be substituted for like items.
Please contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au) if you would like further information about either of these great specials.
Stamping with Kris 