Happiness Birthday
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I made using the Filled With Happiness stamp set which you can find in the new Mini Catalogue. I cut my card base from Fresh Freesia card and then trimmed down the front panel. I attached a piece of Delightfully Eclectic 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper to the front panel. I stamped the top half of the Happy Birthday image from the Filled with Happiness stamp set onto the top of a piece of Basic White card using Fresh Freesia ink.
I stamped the bottom half of the image onto the bottom of the same piece of Basic White card using the same ink. The stamped panel is attached to the piece I cut from the card base and then the card front. I stamped the leafy image from the Sending Smiles stamp set onto a narrow strip of Basic White card using Lost Lagoon ink. I slid this strip into the Modern Oval Punch so that I only punched one end.
I flipped the strip around and then punched the other end. I attached this panel to the card front inside the stamped greeting using dimensionals. I stamped the flower from the Sending Smiles stamp set onto Basic White card using Fresh Freesia ink. I stamped the flower centre onto the flower using Lemon Lolly ink. I cut out the flower using the co-ordinating Sending Die and attached it to the card front. I did use my Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Write Marker to connect the flower to the leafy image. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped one of the flower stems onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card using Lost Lagoon ink. I also stamped the flower using Fresh Freesia and Lemon Lolly ink. Isn’t this a fun stamp set, so many possibilities.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Life is Sweeter
with the Watercolor Melon stamp set which you can earn for FREE with a qualifying order ($90.00) during Sale-A-Bration. I decided to CASE the Sale-A-Bration catalogue to create my card today. I embossed Shaded Spruce card using the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I stamped the leafy image from the Watercolor Melon stamp set twice onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I stamped the greeting from the Share a Milkshake stamp set below the leafy images using Basic Gray ink.
I stamped the whole watermelon image onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink and punched it out using the Modern Oval Punch (you have got to love it when you don’t have to fussy cut). I attached this image over the top of the stamped leafy images. I stamped the slice of watermelon onto Basic White card using Poppy Parade ink and the skin image around the slice using Shaded Spruce ink.
I added some seeds using Poppy Parade ink as well. I was able to use the Modern Oval Punch to punch out the image and just trim across the top of the slice. I attached this image to the stamped panel using dimensionals. The whole panel is attached to Poppy Parade card and then the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the leafy image from the Watercolor Melon onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I stamped the greeting from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set onto Basic White card using Basic Gray ink. I trimmed the greeting into three sections and attached them beside the leafy image. I had fun with this stamp set and I know I am going to love playing with it more.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Christmas Day
2023. Over the past couple of years we have been celebrating Christmas Day with my Mum and Dad, my sister, her daughter and grandson. Quiet but lovely just the same. I embossed Basic White card using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. I attached my photo, the embossed Basic White card and two pieces of the now retired Joyful 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper to Smoky Slate card. I attached the whole panel to Shaded Spruce card and then to a Basic White 12″ x12″ page. I used the Christmas Classic Die to cut Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler card. I cut the berries from the Cherry Cobbler card and attached them to the Shaded Spruce die cut. I attached the die to the embossed Basic White panel. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card and cut it out using the Christmas Classic Die. The journaling is attached to the centre of the Shaded Spruce die cut. Another simple page and I am not sure that the photo is that great but it is certainly better than any selphie I can take! Unfortunately the Designer Series Paper and the Christmas Class Dies are now retired but I am sure many of you will have these products in your stash.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Enduring Beauty Bundle
This week in my Facebook Live, I shared some cards I created using this amazing bundle. You get a stamp set, co-ordinating dies and a set of decorative masks in this bundle, which gives lots of options for creating. For today’s card I used one of the Radiating Stitches Dies to cut a window down the left hand side of Basic White card. I stamped the “happy birthday” from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of the panel using Gorgeous Grape ink
I die cut another piece of Basic White card using the background die from the Two-Tone Flora Dies which I attached behind the open window, trimming away some of the die cut where necessary. I attached the panel to scored and folded Soft Sea Foam card. I stamped the floral image from the Enduring Beauty stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink
I used the Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks to add Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon and Early Espresso ink to the image. I used the co-ordinating Enduring Beauty Die to cut out the image which I attached to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped a greeting from the Charming Sentiments stamp set onto Basic White card using Gorgeous Grape ink. I die cut Basic White card using the flower die from the Enduring Beauty Dies and coloured it using the Dark Highland Heather and Dark Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Blends. I attached the flower next to the greeting before attaching the panel to the inside of the card base. This bundle is truly amazing and I am sure will be a very popular purchase from the new Mini Catalogue. I would love to hear what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Enjoy Your Day
Today’s card uses lots of different but co-ordinating stamp sets, dies and a punch. I embossed Soft Sea Foam card using the Fern 3D Embossing Folder. I cut Garden Green card using the grass and vine dies from the Jungle Pals Dies. (You can earn these dies for Free during Sale-a-Bration with a $180.00 order.) I attached the grass and vine to the embossed Soft Sea Foam card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I stamped the sloth image from the Jungle Pals stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. (You can earn this stamp set for free during Sale-a-Bration with a $90.00 order.)
I coloured the image using Light & Dark Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the coloured image using the co-ordinating Jungle Pals Die before attaching the image to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the border image from the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set onto Basic White card using Garden Green ink. I stamped the greeting from the Heartfelt Hellos stamp set inside the border before punching out the greeting using Heartfelt Hexagon Punch. (You can earn the Heartfelt Hellos stamp set for Free during Sale-a-Bration with a $90.00 order.)
The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the sloth image from the Jungle Pals stamp set onto the upper right hand corner of Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using the Light & Dark Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends. I cut garden green card using the vine die from the Jungle Pals Dies and attached it across the top of the sloth. After trimming away some of the vine the stamped panel is attached to the inside of the card base. This was such a fun card to create and I got to use lots of co-ordinating products, most of which you can earn for Free during Sale-a-Bration. How good is that?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Long Jetty
Today’s page shows off a photo of my Dad with his Father and brother and sister at Long Jetty on the New South Wales Central Coast. I don’t have an exact date but it was taken in the 1940’s and judging by my Dad, probably mid 1940’s. I used a Blending Brush to add Boho Blue ink to a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page before attaching strips of the Let’s Go Fishing 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper.
I attached my photo to Boho Blue card before attaching it to the page. I cut three fish from the Let’s Go Fishing Designer Series Paper and attached them to the page. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card, cut it into a narrow strip, attached it to Pebbled Path card before attaching it across the bottom of the page. I cut the title from Pebbled Path card using the Mini Alphabet Dies which you can find in the current Mini Catalogue. I love these dies because with one cut you can get enough letters to create lots of different words. Another simple page, but I would love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Trusty Tools,
Yesterday in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I made using the Trusty Tools Bundle from the new mini catalogue. Not only is this an awesome bundle but it co-ordinates with the Trusty Toolbox 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (Free with a qualifying order during Sale-a-Bration). Today’s card does not feature that Designer Series Paper but this card shows that you can use this Bundle with any Paper you may have in your stash. I attached a piece of Night of Navy card to Basic White card and then scored and folded Night of Navy card
I attached a piece of Countryside Inn 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper across the centre of the card using dimensionals. I stamped “you’re the most awesome” and “DAD” from the Trusty Tools stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I stamped two of the tools from the Trusty Tools stamp set onto Basic White card and coloured them using Boho Blue and Light Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the tools using the co-ordinating Trusty Tools die and attached them to the card front. I did use dimensionals underneath the hammer. To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a narrow strip of the same pattern paper from the Countryside Inn 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Basic White card. I stamped the greeting from the Charming Sentiments stamp set onto the Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I am sure this is going to be a fantastic bundle to have in my stash.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Anniversary
My sister recently celebrated her Wedding Anniversary and today I am sharing the card I made for her. I followed instructions from Susan Camperfield to create a Book Jacket Fold card. I cut my card base pieces from Thick Basic White card. I added two pieces of the Delightfully Eclectic 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, one to the spine of the book and one to the right hand side of the inside flap. I embossed three pieces of Basic White card using the Countryside Corners 3D Embossing Folder and attached one to the front flap one to the inside of the card and one to the right hand flap next to the Designer Series Paper.
I die cut two leaves and one of the two of the flowers from Basic White card using the Meadow Dies. I used a Dark Shaded Spruce and a Dark Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends to colour the die cuts before attaching two sets of leaves and one of the flowers to the card front.
I stamped “happy anniversary” from the now retired Celebrating You stamp set onto Basic White card using Fresh Freesia ink. I cut out the greeting using the banner die from the Meadows Dies. I attached a piece of Fresh Freesia card behind the banner before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals. I attached the last flower to the right hand flap onto the embossed Basic White card. I also stamped a greeting from the Charming Sentiments stamp set onto the inside of the folding flap using Fresh Freesia ink. This is a fun fold which is relatively easy to create and it folds flat to go in an envelope to post. So thanks Susan for the inspiration. I’d love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Noel
My page today shows off some photos from our family get together just before Christmas at our youngest daughter’s home. I used one of the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks to add Shaded Spruce ink to a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I embossed a panel of Shaded Spruce card using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and attached the main photo before attaching the photos to the page. I don’t have any Christmas Designer Series Paper left as I created lots of cards for this year and some for next, so I decided to decorate a couple of panels to add to the page.
Each panel is Basic White card which I embossed using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. For the panel on the top right hand side of the page, I used the Merriest Trees Bundle. I stamped the tree image onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I also stamped the presents and bows using Blueberry Bushel, Crushed Curry & Real Red ink. Each of the images are cut out using the co-ordinating Merriest Trees Die. I also used the dies to cut the tinsel and the star from retired Silver Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper
For the panel on the lower left of the page, I stamped the image from the retired Joy of Noel stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the images using Shaded Spruce and Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blends. The images are cut out using the co-ordinating retired Joy of Noel Dies before being attached to the embossed Basic White card. I die cut Real Red card using the bow die from the Country Wreaths Dies. Lastly I cut Silver Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper to create the title using the Joy of Noel Die. I love using the Decorative Masks but I think I need to practice my technique more, however, I just love how the page turned out, don’t you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Happy Birthday Dad
My Dad recently celebrated his 93rd birthday and I today I am sharing the card I made for him. I attached two pieces of Countryside Inn 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper to Basic White card. I stamped the greeting from the Circle Sayings stamp set onto the bottom right hand corner of the Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I attached a piece of Boho Blue card across the panel using dimensionals.
The Basic White panel is attached to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I stamped the wave image from the Circle Sayings stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it using Boho Blue and Light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends.
I punched out the image using the 2″ circle punch and attached it to a Night of Navy circle punched using the retired 2-1/4″ Circle Punch. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals where needed. I decorated the inside panel by stamping a greeting from the Very Best Occasion stamp set onto Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I attached a narrow strip of Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper across the bottom of the Basic White card. Kind of simple but just the thing for a male, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 