Blessings
Today’s card is one that I made for my daughter and son-in-law who recently celebrated their wedding anniversary. Since my pre-pre-order had arrived I used products from the Heart & Home Product Suite from the next mini catalogue to create this card. I embossed Basic White card using the Hive 3D Embossing Folder and attached one of the Misty Moonlight Heart & Home doilies to the upper right hand corner. I cut Fresh Freesia card using one of the Scalloped Contour Dies to create a scalloped border which I attached behind one long edge of a piece of the Heart & Home 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper.
I attached the designer series paper to the left hand side of the embossed Basic White card before attaching the whole panel to scored and folded Misty Moonlight card. I stamped the large floral image from the Blessings of Home stamp set onto Basic White card using Misty Moonlight ink. I used a sponge dauber to add some Misty Moonlight ink to colour to the flower.
I cut out the flower using the co-ordinating Flowers of Home Die and attached it to the card front using dimensionals. I stamped the greeting from the Blessings of Home stamp set onto a strip of Basic White card using Misty Moonlight ink. I attached the greeting to a slightly wider strip of Misty Moonight card and then the card front using dimensionals where necessary. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the large floral image from the Blessings of Home stamp set onto the lower right hand corner using Misty Moonlight ink. I again added some Misty Moonlight ink to the image using a sponge dauber. I also stamped the greeting from the Forever Fern stamp set using Misty Moonlight ink. I cut another scalloped edge from Fresh Freesia card and attached it behind a piece of the Heart & Home 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. The Designer Series Paper panel is attached across the bottom of the stamped Basic White card.
I hope that my daughter and her husband love this card as much as I do.
Bye for now,’
Kris
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Sorry I can’t share the links yet for the Blessings of Home Bundle and co-ordinating products, but I am sure you will love them when the new Mini Catalogue is released in January.
Longreach Wildlife
Today’s page is a simple one which simply shows off a couple of photographs of the visiting Wildlife in the park we stay at Longreach. Brolgas and Emus were our main visitors this time but usually there are lots of Kangaroos as well. I stamped a Very Vanilla 12″ x 12″ page using the large background image from the Artistically Inked stamp set and Sahara Sand ink. I wanted to create a kind of circle look with the stamped images.
I attached two of the photos to Sahara Sand card before attaching them to the stamped page. The third photo is attached to Cajun Craze card before being attached to the Very Vanilla page using dimensionals. I cut the title from Cajun Craze card using the Playful Alphabet Dies. The journalling is printed onto Very Vanilla card which I cut into strips before sponging the edges very lightly with Cajun Craze ink. The Emus we saw in the park were often seen when we were out and about around the town.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Large Chocolate Slider
This week on my Facebook Live I showed how to create chocolate sliders in two different sizes. Today’s chocolate slider features a 180g or family sized chocolate. I stamped with the greeting from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set onto the top of Basic White card using Soft Suede ink. I embossed this panel using the Stitched Greenery Die (I had to do it twice so I made sure that the join would be covered by my decoration) and attached it to the Basic White base panel. I stamped two large and two medium poinsettias from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set onto Blushing Bride card using Soft Suede ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating Poinsettia Die. I sponged a little Soft Suede ink onto the centre of the flowers and added some Wink of Stella before layering them together and attaching them to the slider front panel.
I stamped the large leaf from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set three times onto Soft Suede card using Soft Suede ink. The leaves are cut out using the co-ordinating Poinsettia Die. I also cut Mint Macaron card three times using the berry die from the Poinsettia Dies.
I layered the leaves and berry dies around the flowers. Lastly I added some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots (retired) to the centre of the flowers. To decorate the inside panel, I embossed Basic White card once more using the Stitched Greenery Die and before attaching two medium flowers, two large leaves and three berry dies. The flowers, leaves and dies were created in the same manner at the ones on the front of the slider.
I think these would make great gifts, don’t you? You can get more information on how to create these on my Facebook Page.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Chocolate Slider
Yesterday on my Facebook Live, I shared how to create a chocolate slider to house the small chocolates sold at Aldi (you get five in a pack). I have shared this before but I couldn’t help sharing again as it is such a fun way to present a small gift. You can find a tutorial on my Free Tutorial page. For this slider I cut the base from Basic White card. I added a layer of Christmas Tidings 6″ x 6″ Designer Series paper before punching both short ends using the Fancy Tag Topper Punch. I stamped several images from the Merriest Moments stamp set onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating Merriest Frames Die.
I stamped the large and small flowers from the Merriest Moments stamp set onto Basic White card using Cherry Cobbler ink and cut them out using the co-ordinating Merriest Frames Dies. I cut Basic White card using the small flower die from the Merriest Frames Dies. The last piece is a berry image die cut from Soft Sea Foam card using one of the Poinsettia Dies.
I layered all of the leaves and flowers onto the front of the Chocolate Slider. I stamped the greeting from the Christmas to Remember stamp set onto Basic White card using Cherry Cobbler ink and used my Paper Snips to cut it out. The greeting is attached using Mini Dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the slider I attached a piece of the same pattern Christmas Tidings Designer Series Paper. I stamped and die cut several of the same leaves, flowers and berries as I did for the front and layered them onto the Designer Series Paper. I tied my Chocolate Slider closed with a length of Cherry Cobbler and Gold Metallic Edged Ribbon.
Isn’t this cute? These make great Christmas table decorations or stocking fillers. Tomorrow I have a slider for a larger chocolate to share with you.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Green and Gold Christmas
Today’s card again uses the technique that I shared in last weeks Facebook Live, this time for Christmas. I love the background image Festive Foliage and I think it works great for this technique. I began by cutting Shaded Spruce card using the largest Scalloped Contour Die and attached it to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I cut Gold Foil using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to the centre of the Shaded Spruce scalloped rectangle. I stamped the Festive Foliage stamp onto Shaded Spruce card using Versamark ink, sprinkled the image with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. I coloured some of the leaves using the White Watercolour Pencil before cutting the image using another of the Stitched Rectangle Dies.
The panel is attached to the card front using dimensionals. I cut Gold Foil using one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it across the card front. I stamped the greeting from the Merriest Moments stamp set onto Shaded Spruce card using Versamark ink, sprinkled the image with White Embossing Powder and heat set it.
I cut out the greeting using another of the Stitched Rectangle Dies and attached it to the Gold Foil stitched rectangle using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped another greeting from the Merriest Moments stamp set onto Basic White card using Shaded Spruce ink. I stamped the Festive Foliage stamp onto a strip of Shaded Spruce card which I heat set and coloured as before. I attached a narrow strip of Gold Foil card behind one long edge of the stamped Shaded Spruce card. I cut Shaded Spruce card using the largest rectangle from the Scalloped Contour Dies to create an edge which I attached behind the Gold Foil card. The whole panel is attached across the bottom of the stamped Basic White card.
I have to say this is such a pretty card which I love. What about you what do you think?
Bye for now,
Kris
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In the Moment
Today I am going to share with you some cards I made using the In The Moment stamp set. This stamp set will be available for purchase with the release of the January to July Mini Catalogue on the 3rd January 2022. I was lucky enough to receive this stamp set from Stampin’ Up! when I enrolled for the OnStage at Home Online event. It’s a fun set and just perfect for colouring. I created all of the cards using the same basic principals. I attached Pattern Party Designer Series Paper onto Very Vanilla card for each of my three versions.
For two of the cards, I stamped the greeting from the In The Moment stamp set onto the Very Vanilla card. For the third card, I stamped the greeting onto Very Vanilla card, firstly only inking the “sometimes the…..can do is” part of the greeting using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the “relax” part of the greeting onto a separate piece of Very Vanilla card using the same ink and cut it out using my paper snips. I attached the “relax” beside the stamped greeting and punched each end of the banner using the Tailored Tag Punch before attaching it to the card front using dimensionals.
I stamped each of the images from the In The Moment stamp set onto Very Vanilla card using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut each image out using the largest circle from the Layering Circle Dies. The images were coloured using varying combinations of Light Night of Navy, Light Soft Suede, Dark So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia, Ivory and Bronze Stampin’ Blends. Each of the images is attached to a Polished Pink scalloped circle cut using the Layering Circle Dies, before being attached to the card fronts using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the cards, I attached a piece of the same pattern Pattern Party Designer Series Paper across the bottom of Very Vanilla card.
I had so much fun creating these cards, its such a fund set. I am sure that you will love it too.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Windorah
Today’s page shows off some photos from our stay at Windorah in far western Queensland. This is a small, friendly community. I attached a piece of Cajun Craze 12″ x 12″ card which I cut down slightly to a Very Vanilla 12″ x 12″ page. I embossed a panel of Garden Green card using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and attached it to the left hand side of the page. I created the journaling on my computer and printed it onto Very Vanilla card which I attached to the page so that it partially covered the embossed card.
I attached each of my photos to Basic Black card before attaching them to the page. The title is cut from Very Vanilla card using the Playful Alphabet Dies. I love how the Cajun Craze echoes the colour in the sand hills.
I hope that you are being inspired by my pages to get started with your own memory keeping.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Relax
Today’s card uses the same technique which I shared in my Facebook Live this week and it uses the same stamp set that Chloe Evans used to demonstrate the technique. I stamped the greeting from the In The Moment stamp set onto the upper right hand corner of Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I attached a piece of In Good Taste Designer Series Paper across the bottom of the stamped card.
I wrapped the top edge of the Designer Series Paper using the 3/8″ Denim Ribbon and tied a knot. The panel is attached to scored and folded Night of Navy card. I stamped the image from the In The Moment stamp set onto Night of Navy card using Versamark ink, sprinkled the image with White Embossing Powder and heat set it.
I coloured the dress, hat and wine using the White Watercolour Pencil before cutting the image using one of the Layering Circles Dies. I cut a scalloped circle from Basic White card and attached the image panel. The whole piece is attached to the card front using dimensionals. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the image from the In The Moment stamp set onto the lower left hand corner of Basic White card using Night of Navy ink. I attached a narrow strip of Night of Navy card behind one long edge of the same pattern In Good Taste Designer Series Paper which I attached across the bottom of the stamped card.
Such a fun card to create and I love how different this technique looks depending on the card you are colouring. This stamp set, In The Moment, will be in the January to June Mini Catalogue when it is released. One of the perks of being a Demonstrator is being able to access new product before it hits the general market. Let me know what you think. Do you like this card?
Bye for now,
Kris
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Blessings of Home
Yesterday in my Facebook Live, I shared a technique which I learned while I was participating in the Onstage Online Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator event a week or so ago. Chloe Evans a Demonstrator from Australia shared this technique and boy is it fun. For my card today, I cut Misty Moonlight card using one of the Scalloped Contour Dies and attached it to scored and folded Thick Basic White card. I cut a piece of the Heart & Home 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper using another of the Scalloped Contour Dies which I attached to the card front using dimensionals.
I stamped the image from the Blessings of Home stamp set onto Misty Moonlight card using Versamark. I sprinkled the image with White Embossing Powder and heat set it. I coloured parts of the image using a White Watercolour Pencil, in fact only the two large flowers. I cut out the image using the co-ordinating Flowers of Home Die and attached it to the card front.
I tied a bow in a length of 3/8″ Denim Ribbon and attached the bow to the flower stem using Glue Dot. To decorate the inside of the card, I stamped the greeting from the Blessings of Home stamp set onto Basic White card using Misty Moonlight ink. I attached a narrow strip of Misty Moonlight card behind one long edge of a piece of the same Heart & Home Designer Series Paper before attaching it across the bottom of the stamped Basic White card.
I am really loving this technique but I am also loving this fabulous product suite called Heart and Home which you will find in the January to June Mini Catalogue. I was lucky enough to be able to pre-purchase this stamp set whilst participating in the Onstage Online Event.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Painted Seasons Greetings
I wanted to create a Christmas card to share with you and used this layout which I found on Pinterest. So versatile and easy to use. I stamped the greeting from the Christmas to Remember stamp set onto the lower right hand corner of Basic White card using Evening Evergreen ink. I cut a piece of Painted Christmas 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper using one of the Basic Border Dies.
I also cut Gold Foil card using the same die and attached it behind the edge of the Designer Series Paper. The panel is attached to the top of the stamped Basic White card. I flipped over the Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper and used a Layering Circle Die to cut out a section of the Designer Series Paper. I attached the Designer Series Paper to an Evening Evergreen scalloped circle and a Gold Foil circle, also 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 Christmas to Remember stamp set onto Basic White card using Evening Evergreen ink. I attached a narrow strip of Gold Foil card behind one long edge of Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper and attached it across the bottom of the stamped Basic White card.
This is such a simple card but I think it looks amazing! What about you, do you like it? Maybe I have inspired you to take a look at some of your Designer Series Papers and see if you can use them as the focal piece on your cards.
Bye for now,
Kris
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Stamping with Kris 