Hippos In Navy
Today’s card once again uses the Hippest Hippo stamp set, Hippo Dies and the Silver & Gold 6″ x 6″ Specialty Paper which you can earn for FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a qualifying order. For this card I attached a piece of Night of Navy card down the right hand side of a Basic White panel before embossing using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed panel to scored and folded Smoky Slate card. I cut the Gold Dotted paper from the Specialty Paper using the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies and coloured it using Night of Navy ink and a Blending Brush.
I attached the circle to the card front with a strip of Gold Foil over the bottom edge. I cut Bermuda Bay card twice using the “wave” die from the Hippo Dies and attached them together. The waves are attached to Basic White card before being cut out using the second largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies.
I made sure that only the outside edges were attached to each other. I stamped the hippo image from the Hippest Hippo stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured the image using Light Smoky Slate and Dark Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends. I attached the hippo image to the circle making sure to slip it in between the waves. I cut Night of Navy card using the Hippo Dies to get the goggle image and also the breathing apparatus and attached the pieces to the hippo image. The image circle is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I coloured a strip of the gold dotted Specialty Paper using Night of Navy ink and a Blending Brush. I attached the paper across the bottom of Basic White card and stamped the greeting from the Hippest Hippo stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
Another simple but cute card using these great products. Remember time is running out to earn these great products for FREE, so don’t forget to place your qualifying order very soon.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Christmas
I created today’s page to use the Decorated Pines Dies which co-ordinates with the Decorated with Happiness stamp set which I shared in my Facebook Live this week. I cut two pieces of Merry Merlot 12″ x 12″ card and embossed the strips using the splatter folder from the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders. I attached one embossed piece to the bottom of a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page and the second piece to the top of a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I used a Blending Brush to add Mossy Meadow ink to two silver pieces of the Silver & Gold 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper which you can earn for Free with a qualifying order during Sale-A-Bration. I attached one to each of the Basic White pages. I cut Basic Gray card to use as my photo mats and attached one large and one small piece to each page.
The large pieces will hold two 6″ x 4″ photos and the small ones will hold one 4″ x 6″ photo. I die cut Mossy Meadow card three times using the branch die from the Decorated Pines Dies. I attached two stems to the top left hand corner of one page and the third stem to the lower right hand corner of the second page. I die cut Silver Foil card using the bauble and bow dies from the Decorated Pines Dies. I attached the baubles and the bows to the branch stems. The Silver Foil 12″ x 12″ card is another item that you can earn for Free during Sale-a-Bration with a qualifying order. (You must use the item no for Sale-a-Bration or you will be charged the usual catalogue price.) I cut Merry Merlot card using the retired Playful Alphabet dies to create my title.
I don’t have any photos as yet but my pages are ready to add the photos from this coming Christmas.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Christmas Greetings
This week in my Facebook Live I shared the Decorated With Happiness Bundle and the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks. I decided today to share the same Bundle but this time using the Split Card Textures Dies. These dies are found in the Annual Catalogue and are stand alone dies which means they will co-ordinate with any stamp set you might already own. I think these kind of dies are amazing and love that Stampin’ Up! keeps adding them to the dies collection.
Anyway I cut Old Olive card using the Split Card Texture Die and attached it to Real Red card and then scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I die cut Basic White card using the Decorative Pine Dies and attached the decorations to the Old Olive panel.
I stamped the greeting from the Decorated with Happiness stamp set onto Basic White card using Real Red ink and punched it out using the scalloped oval from the Double Oval Punch. The greeting is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the greeting from the Decorated with Happiness stamp set onto Basic White card using Real Red ink. I also stamped one of the bauble images from the same stamp set also using Real Red ink. I love the effect of these dies and of course you could rotate the panel and have the solid panel on the right instead of on the left of the card front. I can’t wait to try these dies with other stamp sets in my collection.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Lots of Love
Today’s card uses the Stylish Sketches stamp set which is FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a qualifying order. I embossed Very Vanilla card using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to scored and folded Mint Macaron card. I attached two different pieces of paper from the Design A Daydream 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper to the embossed card. I stamped the leaf image from the Stylish Sketches stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I cut out the image using the largest circle from the Layering Circle Dies and coloured the image using Mint Macaron, Petal Pink and Light Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends. I stamped the greeting from the Celebrating You stamp set across the bottom of the Very Vanilla circle using Mint Macaron ink.
I attached the image circle to a Mint Macaron scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circle Dies. The image panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped another greeting from the Celebrating You stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Mint Macaron ink. I attached a strip of Design A Daydream Designer Series Paper across the bottom of the stamped Very Vanilla card.
I really think the colours in this card make it so soft and pretty, don’t you? Don’t forget to place your qualifying order so that you can earn this stamp set for FREE.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Bribie Island
Today’s page shows off some photos from our holiday way back in January 2018 at Bribie Island with our youngest daughter’s three children. I printed my journaling onto Basic White card and then stamped the pelican and shell images from the Sunkissed stamp set. I used Sahara Sand & Basic Black Stampin’ Write Markers to add the ink. I also coloured the seashells using the Lights Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend. I used the palm tree image and the umbrella image from the Sunkissed stamp set to decorate another two Basic White panel. I used the Stamparatus to stamp these images and inked each part of each stamp individually so that I could add more colour as necessary. I used Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate and Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Markers to colour the umbrella image. To colour the palm tree image I used Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Early Espresso and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Markers.
After I had done the stamping, I used a Blending Brush to add Coastal Cabana ink to the sky area and Sahara Sand ink to the sand area. I added a few birds to the sky on each panel using the image from the Let’s Set Sail stamp set using Memento Tuxedo ink. I attached the Basic White panels and three photos to Night of Navy card and then to a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page. I stamped the three shell images from the Friends are Like Seashells stamp set onto Basic White card using Sahara Sand ink. I used a Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend to colour the largest shell, a Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blend to colour the middle sized shell and a Light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blend to colour the smallest shell. I cut out the images using the large die from the Seaside Seashells Dies. I also die cut Mossy meadow card using the same die from the Seaside Seashells Dies. I trimmed the die cut and layered the shells and seaweed onto the lower left hand corner of the Basic White page.
I love this layout and I am sure you will see me use it again. Simple but I love it.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Sunkissed Birthday
Today’s card uses the Sunkissed stamp set which I featured on my Facebook Live this week. It’s a cute and fun stamp set and perfect for any occasion. For my card today, I cut Basic White card using the Picture This Die and embossed it using the Fern 3D Embossing Folder. I stamped the bird and shell images as well as the greeting onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, making sure that they would sit behind the openings in the embossed Basic White card.
I used an Early Espresso and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker to ink the palm tree image which I stamped to fill the largest circle opening in the embossed Basic White card. I used Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends to colour the bird and shell images and Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends to colour around the images and the greeting. I wanted to fill all of the space in the openings in the embossed Basic White card.
I attached the embossed and stamped panels together before attaching them to scored and folded Balmy Blue card. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the shell image several times to cover the whole of the bottom edge of Basic White card. I used the Dark Balmy Blue and Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends to colour the images. I also stamped another greeting from the Sunkissed stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I really love this finished card. So much going on but so much fun, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Hippos In Blue
Today’s card uses the Hippest Hippos stamp set, Hippo Dies and the Silver & Gold 6″ x 6″ Specialty Paper. All of these products are FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a qualifying order. I cut two different patterns of the Gold Specialty Paper and used a Blending Brush to add Bermuda Bay ink. I attached the Specialty Paper panels to Basic White card and then scored and folded Bermuda Bay card. I stamped the image from the Hippest Hippos stamp set onto Basic White card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
The image is coloured using Light Smoky Slate, Dark Petal Pink, Dark Poppy Parade and dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
I cut out the image using one of the circles from the Stylish Shapes Dies and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I cut Basic White card using the heart die from the Hippo Dies and attached them to the card front. To decorate the inside of the card, I coloured a piece of the Specialty Paper using Bermuda Bay ink and a Blending Brush. I attached the Specialty Paper across the bottom of Basic White card and stamped the greeting from the Hippest Hippos stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
Another cute and simple card which I love, what about you?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Merry Christmas
Today’s page shows off a photo I found in my box on the shelf of three of my grandchildren. As you can see the photo was taken quite while ago! I cut pieces of Old Olive and Real Red A4 card. I used the Gingham Embossing Folder to emboss the three panels at the top together and the three pieces at the bottom together, to try and keep the pattern even. Once embossed the panels are attached to the right hand side of a Basic White 12″ x 12″ page, with the photo in the middle. I attached strips of Basic Black card down either side of the embossed panels.
I cut two leaves from Old Olive card using the Mistletoe Dies and attached them to the top left hand side of the page. I cut the mistletoe image from Basic White card using the Mistletoe Die. I coloured the Basic White die cut using a dark Real Red and a dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend before attaching it to the middle of the leaves. I die cut Real Red card using the bow die from the Mistletoe Dies and attached it to cover the ends of the leaves and mistletoe. I stamped “Merry Christmas” from the Mistletoe Magic stamp set onto Basic White card using Real Red ink. I used my paper snips to cut out the greeting before attaching it to the page below the mistletoe. I didn’t add any journaling to this page as the photo is pretty self-explanatory. Another simple page but one that looks really lovely, don’t you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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More to Sale-a-Brate
I love Sale-a-Bration time, don’t you? Stampin’ Up! have made this Sale-A-Bration even greater by adding some more product you can earn for free with a qualifying order until Sale-A-Bration ends on the 31st August. These products can be found in the current catalogues but you need to use the Sale-A-Bration item number when you order. Take a look are these great additions.
You can download the pdf here so you can take a better look. Happy Shopping.
Bye for now,
Kris
Merry Christmas
Todays card uses the Mistletoe Magic Bundle which I shared in my Facebook Live this week. For today’s card I attached a piece of Real Red card down the centre of scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I added a piece of Basic White card cut using the Deckled Rectangle Dies. I die cut two sets of leaves and the large holly image from Basic White card using the Mistletoe Dies. I used a Dark Real Red and Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend to add colour to the images before layering them onto the Basic White panel.
I die cut the ribbon image from Basic White card using the Mistletoe Dies, coloured it with a Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blend before attaching it to the card front.
I stamped “Merry Christmas” from the Mistletoe Magic stamp set onto Basic White card using Real Red ink. I cut out the greeting using my Paper Snips before attaching it to the card front. Lastly I added three Basic Rhinestones. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped another greeting from the Mistletoe Magic stamp set using Real Red ink. I die cut the small holly branch from Basic White card using the Mistletoe Die. I coloured the image using a Dark Real Red and Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blend before attaching it beside the greeting.
I am having so much fun playing with this gorgeous Mistletoe Magic Bundle from the new Mini Catalogue.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 