Inverell
Last March, Ron and I did a small road trip with our friends and our first stop was Inverell. We have driven through this town many times so it was nice to spend some time there and look around. For my page I cut a piece of Early Espresso card in half using one of the Basic Border Dies. I attached the die cuts to one long edge of two pieces of retired In Good Taste Designer Series Paper. The panels are attached to the outside edges of two Basic White 12″ x 12″ pages.
I attached each of my photos to Early Espresso card before attaching them to the pages. I printed the journaling onto Basic White card and attached it to Early Espresso card before attaching it to the right hand page. I printed the title onto Basic White card, cut it out and attached it to the left hand page. I stamped “adventure awaits” from the retired Let’s Set Sail stamp set , cut it out using one of the circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies. The greeting is attached to an Early Espresso circle cut using the same dies and attached to the left hand page. I stamped a second greeting onto Basic White card using Early Espresso ink, this time using the retired Peaceful Moments stamp set. This greeting is also cut out using the Stylish Shapes Dies. Again this is attached to Early Espresso card and then the right hand page.
So simple, but so many memories.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Paper Florals
This week on my Facebook Live, I shared some ideas on how to create and use the Paper Florist Dies. Today I have another card to share with you. For this card I cut Basic White card using the largest rectangle from the Radiating Stitches Dies and stamped the greeting from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set onto the upper right hand corner. I attached the stamped panel to scored and folded Fresh Freesia card. I wanted to create a soft colour scheme for my flowers, so I used four pieces of Fluid 100 Watercolour paper.
To one piece, I added Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia ink. To another I added Highland Heather ink. To the third piece I added Lemon Lolly ink and to the last piece I added Soft Sea Foam ink. I used a watercolour brush to move the colour around a little and then used my Heat Gun to dry the paper. I cut the largest flower pieces and the tulip flowers from the Highland Heather panel.
The two smaller flowers were cut from the Bubble Bath/Fresh Freesia panel. All of the leaves were cut from the Soft Sea Foam panel and the flower centres from the Lemon Lolly panel. The flowers and leaves are all layered onto the lower left hand corner of the Basic White rectangle frame. To decorate the inside of the card, I added another flower and two leaves to the lower left hand corner of Basic White card. I love how soft and pretty this card is, don’t you. I am sure that with time, I will create more lovely flowers using the fabulous Paper Florist Dies.
I’d love to know what you think.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Celebrate with a Milkshake
Today’s card was inspired by one that Amy Richel shared on a Demonstrator only Facebook Page. I changed up the colours and the Designer Series Paper but the layout is all hers. I attached a panel of Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper down the left hand side of Basic White card. I added a very narrow strip of Misty Moonlight card before attaching to Lemon Lime Twist card. The whole panel is attached to scored and folded Misty Moonlight card. I stamped the solid glass image from the Share A Milkshake stamp set onto Basic White card using Lemon Lime Twist ink which I stamped onto scrap paper first. I added the detailed glass image over the top using Lemon Lime Twist ink.
I stamped the ice cream image from the Share A Milkshake stamp set onto Basic White card using Berry Burst ink. I also stamped the decorative straw panel onto Basic White card using Berry Burst ink. I cut out all the images using the co-ordinating Share A Milkshake Die. I also cut Misty Moonlight card using the background die from the Share A Milkshake Dies.
I attached the background image to the Basic White part of the card front. I attached the ice cream to the top of the glass and added the straw. The whole glass/ice cream image is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped “celebrate” from the Share A Milkshake stamp set onto Misty Moonlight card using Misty Moonlight ink. I cut out the greeting using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I attached a narrow strip of the same pattern Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Basic White card. I attached a very narrow strip of Misty Moonlight card next to the Designer Series Paper. I also stamped the greeting from the Charming Sentiments stamp set on the Basic White card using Misty Moonlight ink.
Thanks again to Amy for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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H.M.A.S. Latrobe
I found this photo amongst some that my Dad gave to my daughter Sarah. It is a photo of the H.M.A.S. Latrobe which was the first ship he ever served on. I embossed two panels of Misty Moonlight card using the Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder. I also cut two pieces of the Let’s Go Fishing 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. I stamped the wave image from the Waves of Inspiration stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Misty Moonlight ink.
I used a sponge to add Misty Moonlight ink to the rest of the panel before stamping three birds using the stamp from the Waves of Inspiration stamp set and Misty Moonlight ink. I attached my photo to Pebbled Path card before attaching all of the panels to Smoky Slate card. I printed the title and journaling onto Very Vanilla card and used the banners from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut them out. The title and the journaling are attached to the embossed Misty Moonlight card. The whole panel is attached to Very Vanilla 12″ x 12″ card. I love being able to use photos from my Mum and Dad to create pages for my grandchildren to enjoy.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Translucent Birthday
This week in my Facebook Live I shared some cards I created using the Translucent Floral Bundle. Today I have another card to share, although I created this card some time back for a friend who celebrated her birthday (sorry it was late). I attached a piece of Delightfully Eclectic 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper to a scored and folded Night of Navy card base. I die cut a piece of Basic White card using the Elegant Border Dies and attached it to the top half of the Designer Series paper. I die cut Basic White card using one of the Deckled Rectangle Dies.
I stamped the flower stem from the Translucent Florals stamp set onto the Basic White rectangle using Soft Sea Foam ink. I stamped two large and one small flower from the Translucent Floral stamp set onto Basic White card using Fresh Freesia ink.
I die cut the flowers using the co-ordinating Translucent Floral Dies. I attached the flowers to the flower stems using a dimensional under the small flower. I attached the panel to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Charming Sentiments stamp set onto Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I cut out the greeting using the co-ordinating Sentiment Silhouette Die and attached it across the stamped rectangle. I stamped a greeting from the Something Fancy stamp set onto Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I stamped the flower stem image from the Translucent Floral stamp set beside the greeting, although I only inked about half the stem. I stamped and die cut a small flower as I did for the card front and attached it to the top of the flower stem. I love how soft and pretty this card is and hope that my friend loved it too.
If you love this stamp set, you will be able to purchase it when the September to December Mini Catalogue goes live on 6th September.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Peaceful Birthday
Today I am sharing a card I made using the Wanted to Say Dies. These are stand alone dies which are in the current Annual Catalogue, which means they do not co-ordinate specifically with any particular stamp set. I stamped the sand image from the Oceanfront stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card using Crumb Cake ink. I stamped the sea image using Balmy Blue ink and the sky image using the same ink which I stamped onto scrap paper first.
I stamped three birds from the Waves of Inspiration stamp set onto the sky using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the large single rock and double rock images from the Oceanfront stamp set onto the sand using Crumb Cake ink. I stamped several of the grass images from the Oceanfront stamp set over the rock images using Mossy Meadow ink.
The panel is attached to scored and folded Balmy Blue card. I cut the background image for “Happy Birthday” from the Wanted to Way Dies from Balmy Blue card. I stamped the detailed “Happy Birthday” from Basic White card. The images are attached together before being attached to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the sand image from the Oceanfront stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card. I also stamped several of the grass images using Mossy Meadow ink.
I love how the large “Happy Birthday” really makes this card.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Darlington Beach
We had a great time at Darlington Beach this year. A great park in a great location. I decided to just show off a few photos from our week on a double page layout. I am not sure how you begin your memory keeping, but I like to see how many photos I want to share and then I try and find a sketch on Pinterest that suits my purpose. So if you want to see, here is the layout I found on Pinterest.
I embossed two pieces of Azure Afternoon 12″ x 12″ card using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. Because this embossing folder is kind of all over the place, you can emboss one end and then the other without compromising the finish. I attached one panel to the outer edge of each Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I decided that I would attached the photos to Basic Black card so I cut down a piece of retired 12″ x 12″ card. I used one of the Scallop Contour Dies to cut lengths of Basic White card which I attached to each of the photo panels before attaching them to the Basic White pages. I used the Classic Letters stamp set to stamp the title onto the pages using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I printed the journaling onto Basic White card, which I attached to Basic Black card before attaching it to the right hand page.
If you check out the layout, you will see that I have followed it pretty much exactly and I love how my pages turned out.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Celebrate
I belong to a Demonstrator only Facebook page and June Dunn shared a card which I just adored and had to CASE. I attached strips of each of the colours from the Brights collection to Basic White card to cover the whole panel. I cut another piece of Basic White card using the Dots and Spots Die and attached it over the striped panel. The whole piece is attached to scored and folded Basic Black card. I cut a circle from Basic Black card using the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies and attached it to the card front. I stamped the solid glass image from the Share A Milkshake stamp set onto Basic White card using Lemon Lime Twist which I stamped onto scrap paper first. I stamped the detailed glass image over the top using Lemon Lime Twist ink.
I stamped the ice cream image from the Share A Milkshake twice onto Basic White card using Berry Burst ink. I didn’t re-ink for the second image. I cut Basic White card using the straw die from the Share A Milkshake Dies as well as cutting out the stamped images using their co-ordinating dies. I attached the glass image to the Basic Black circle with the two ice cream images on top, making sure to thread my straw through the hole in the top image first.
I stamped “celebrate” from the Share A Milkshake stamp set onto Lemon Lime Twist card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut out the greeting using my paper snips and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I created a narrow strip of Basic White card cut using the Dots and Spots Die with two strips of Bright collection card behind it. I added a narrow strip of Basic Black behind one long edge before attaching the panel across the bottom of Basic White card. I stamped “happy birthday” from the Enjoy The Rhythm stamp set onto the Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added the cherry image from the Share A Milkshake stamp set beside the greeting using Berry Burst ink.
I just love how bright and happy this card is, don’t you? So thank you June for the inspiration.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Lemon Lolly
Today I have another card to share which I CASEd from the current Annual Catalogue. The card base is cut from Lemon Lolly card to which I added Lemon Lolly ink in off set stripes across the card front as well as around the edges. I added the ink using a Blending Brush. I die cut two pieces of Lemon Lolly card using one of the Elegant Borders Dies.
I attached one panel to the back of each side of a piece of Hello, Irresistible 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. The panel is attached to the right hand side of the Lemon Lolly card base.
I stamped the image from the Places in the Heart stamp set onto Basic White card using Smoky Slate ink. I cut out the image using one of the Deckled Rectangle Dies and attached it to the centre of the Designer Series Paper. I stamped the greeting from the Places in the Heart stamp set onto Basic White card using Flirty Flamingo ink and cut it out using one of the Something Fancy Dies. I attached a narrow strip of Night of Navy card to the back of the greeting panel before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I cut one long edge of a piece of Basic White card. This card kind of took me out of my comfort zone, but boy is the finished result worth it. Don’t you agree.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Mum and Dad
Today’s page shows off a photo of my Mum and Dad before they got married. I cut a piece of Zoo Crew 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper into a smaller square and attached it to a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I cut a strip of Basic White card using the scallop edge die from the Scalloped Contour Dies and attached it across the centre of the page. I attached my photo to Basic White card and then a panel of Soft Sea Foam card which I embossed using one of the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders. The photo panel is attached to Fresh Freesia card which is also embossed using one of the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders. The whole panel is attached to the left hand side of the page. I printed the title onto Soft Sea Foam card and attached it to the right hand side of the page.
I stamped one large and two smaller solid flowers from the Two-Tone Flora stamp set onto Basic White card using Bubble Bath ink. I stamped the detailed flowers over the top using Fresh Freesia ink. I also stamped two large and two small leaves from the Two-Tone Flora stamp set onto Basic White card using Soft Sea Foam ink. All of the flowers and leaves were cut out using the co-ordinating Two-Tone Flora Dies. I layered the flowers and leaves onto the lower right hand corner of the photo. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card, cut it into strips and attached it below the flowers and leaves. I love how this page turned out and love having a photo of Mum and Dad from before they were married.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 