Saturday 6 December 2014

Simple Stories Christmas Cards

Hi all, some Christmas Cards to show you.....




I have used the Simple Stories DIY Christmas Collection. From the 6x6 paper pad I chose 3 different papers and cut them up to make a colour block for the base of the card. ( This would be great to do with scraps!) I diecut some doilies from gold card to put behind the sayings from the Card Layers pack. added some gold ribbon  and some of the DIY stickers.
I have tried to keep these cards fairly flat so it makes for easy posting, but a few foam dots were used in the process!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Friday 5 December 2014

Rustic Harmony Cards

Hi there,  a couple of cards using Kaisercraft's Rustic Harmony.....




This Collection is beautiful with lovely colours and papers.  The patterned papers I have used are from the paper pad, the patterns are smaller which is great for cards and also there are 3 or 4 specialty papers in the pad. I cut out the frames from cream cardstock with a favourite die of mine - Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delight. Then I layered up various Butterfly dies with the patterned paper - I used Spellbinders die -Wonderful Wings and the MFT dienamics -Butterflies.  Easy to add in some pieces from the Collectables pack which I find great to use, and a bit of bling and you are done!

TFL!

Happy Creating!

Christine

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Basecoat Pocket Page

Hi there - a Pocket page I have made using Kaisercraft's Basecoat Collection....



I have used a We R Memories 12x12 page with 9 x 4" pockets.  I made my 4" squares from the Basecoat paper pad and rounded the corners. The Collectables were used to embellish each pocket . I also used some wooden stars and banner pieces from Studio Calico found here.  



TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Simple Stories Baby Cards

Hi there - Here are some baby cards I have made....






I made 4 of them all up as my daughter requested 3 Baby cards for friends having babies and so I thought I would make an extra to have as a spare. Sometimes I love to mass produce cards and just individualize them by changing  a colour, and or the embellishing. For these cards I used 4x6 Simple Stories Snap cards to make these 5 3/4" square cards. I added some Studio Calico wood veneer people/hearts and some Brads . A bit of stamping and I was done! So easy using the 6x4 mix and match cards.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Monday 1 December 2014

Male Cards

Hi there - some cards using Kaisercraft's Outdoor Trail Collection......





This collection is great for male cards especially those who love the outdoors and are into hunting and fishing! The collectables that come with the collection make it easy to embellish the cards.  I have also used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out, of black cardstock, the deer, fishing rod and the gone fishing title.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Sunday 30 November 2014

Websters Strawberry Fields

Hi there, here are a couple of pocket pages I have done using the gorgeous Strawberry Fields papers from Websters...



These pages are of photos taken over a year ago at SENZ 2013!   I just love these Strawberry Field papers from Websters, especially the Little Views one with the small squares.  I have cut up the Imagine paper into 4x6 pieces to place my bottom photos on. Then I have cut up the 3x4s from the Quote Me and Storyteller Card sheet 2 to put in the other pockets. I added in my journalling and then it was onto embellishing!! I used some of my Flair circles which I printed out and then used my Epiphany 1" circle  to punch them out. I also used some of the word sentiment stickers from Strawberry Fields, some enamel dots and hearts and a couple of punched out butterflies!
The first page uses Design A page protector from Project Life and the 2nd one is from We R Memory Keepers with the 3 4x4 square pockets in the middle row.

 TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Friday 28 November 2014

Be-YOU-tiful Cards

Hi there, some cards using the Be-YOU-tiful Collection from Kaisercraft....





This is certainly a beautiful Collection! I just love the papers I have used for the backgrounds, these ones are from the paper pad and have lots of detail. Seems a shame to cover them up! But they are great for a background behind your main embellishments. I really like how Kaisercraft have some lovely sayings and their Collectables make it quite easy to add to these groupings. I have used the MFT postage die on each one and the bike and birdcage are also from MFT. The butterfly has been cut out with the Memory Box dies.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Wednesday 26 November 2014

Mr Fox Cards

Hi there . here are 3 cards to show you using the Mr Fox Collection from Kaisercraft.....

 For this card I have used the green papers from the paper pad - one for the background and the other 2 for two squares overlapping. Other offcuts of the green ones were used too as embellishing along with the Collectables.
 I kept the style the same just changing the colours - here I went with the orange patterned papers.
I have used a doily with each one and some twine.
 This one used the brown tones - great for a masculine card.  I especially like the ruler paper which came in various colours.
I like monocromatic cards and the papers had a great selection to choose from.  These 3 cards went together quickly - by keeping the style the same but changing the colours I got 3 different cards.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Tuesday 25 November 2014

Mr Fox Layout

Hi there.
Here is a 12x 12 layout and a pocket page using the lovely Mr Fox Collection from Kaisercraft....

 I really like the idea of having a 12x12 Layout  with a coordinating pocket page to go opposite.
So that is what I have done with these photos here.  The 12x12 is on a white Kaisercard base and from there I have added in some stamping, stenciling and patterned paper. I then added my photos and added the embellishing with collectables, washi tape, twine and rhinestones.

For the pocket page I have used design D.  I have kept 2 photos as 4x6 and added a project Life Overlay to one and a MAMBI sticker to the other.  The other 2 photos I have cropped and then attached to 4x6 patterned paper. The 4x3 pockets I have made from the paper pad and then embellished with more collectables, twine & charms. I also finally used my birdhouse stamp and a little wooden birdhouse I have had in my stash for years!
TFL

Happy Creating!
Christine


Monday 24 November 2014

Heirloom Layouts

Hi there 
Here is a Layout and 2 pocket pages using the Heirloom Collection from Kaisercraft....

 For this Layout I have used the Heirloom Specialty paper - Home and attached it to some cream Kaiser card. For the  embellishments I have used some of the Collectables and Kaiser Bling Flourishes.

These 2 pocket pages use Echo Parks page with a 12x6 and 3 4x6 pockets. I find this design very handy when you have a mix of landscape and portrait photos to use. It is also a good one for using with 12x12 papers for in the 12x6 pocket. The Collectables once again have been handy to embellish with.  This Collection has been great to use with my 'older' photos and I am keen to get some more of them into pocket pages.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Friday 21 November 2014

Snap for Dogs

Hi there - here are some pocket pages I have made using the Simple Stories Snap Collections. This one is all about dogs! We have a chocolate lab cross, Meg, who loves to come and help me feed the calves and come walking over the farm. The black dog is Oscar, who belongs to my daughter, and he loves to visit the farm! Of course I love to take photos of them and what better way to show them off than by using the Dog series from Simple Stories.....





I have used Snap! - Insta Squares - Dogs  in my pockets as well as some of the papers from the Snap Life 6x6 paper pad and Snap Life Basics 6x6 pad. Love how you can mix and match with this range.
I have also embellished with some washi tape and some stickers.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Thursday 20 November 2014

Card Set

Hi there  - This is a card set I have made using Kaisercraft's Kaleidoscope Collection....




From the paper pad I chose different patterned papers to make the sunburst pattern to have for my base of each card. I really like to make these and love how they each look different. Here is a Youtube video to watch if you are not familiar with how to do this.
 For these 2 cards I cut out butterflies with my Memory Box Butterfly dies, used some collectables to join up the sunburst pattern to the base card and of course added some Bling!

 The squares on these cards have been diecut using Spellbinders Decorative Labels 1.  The butterfly is from the Butterflies sticker sheet.
 These 2 cards look quite different colour wise but just show the colour groupings you can get from this Collection. The black bird silhouette has been cut out with my Cameo.

For something to put my set of 6 cards in to give to a friend I have made this paper bag using the bag punch board. I have made it wider by cutting a separate panel from kraft card for the front. The back, sides and front strips were from the 12x12 paper and use the whole width of the 12" . This was easy to do and gives a bigger bag which will hold 6 cards and their envelopes.

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Limelight Cards 2

Hi there -  I am back to show you what else I did with the Kaisercraft Limelight Collection.   Last time I was doing Tall & Skinny cards - so I thought inking up my one and only Julie Nutting doll stamp (Yes I only have 1! So far!) would be good as she needs a tall card base.




I stamped her straight onto a tag from a tag pad that comes with these stamps then I stamped her onto 2 different Limelight papers from the paper pad - these are great as the patterns on them are smaller than the 12x12 patterned papers. Then I fussy cut out the dress parts and layered them onto the stamped doll on the tag.  I coloured her hair and shoes with Copics and added a little flower to the headband and waistband. Next I layered the tag onto one of my tall & skinny card bases and added embellishments from the Collectables to finish her off!

For these 3 cards I used the  left over cards from cutting out my tall & skinny cards from the A4 cream card sheet. To these I have added the 3x4 cards from this paper. I trimmed them a little and layered them onto black 3x4 card then added leftover collectables. These cards can always be taken off the cream card base and used in project life pages!




I really like using up bits of leftovers from projects and making these smaller cards was a great way to do it!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Monday 17 November 2014

Limelight Cards

Hi there - Here are some cards I have made using the Kaisercraft Limelight Collection.......


This card was based on this Mojo  sketch......
 

So I decided to go tall & skinny with these next 2 cards too!
With the envelope maker, which I love, you can make various sized cards and then make an envelope to fit!



I have used black and cream cardstock to frame and layer with the Limelight patterned papers from the 6x6 pad. Then I have embellished with the Collectables, diecut a few bits from the card and patterned paper, added Bakers twine and some pearl flourishes!
This collection was fabulous to work with so I have some more cards to show you tomorrow.

TFL

Happy creating!

Christine

Sunday 16 November 2014

Hello Sunshine Cards

Hi there.
Here is a set of cards I have made with the Kaisercraft Hello Sunshine Collection .....


I chose 3 colours of matching cardstock to use as a base for each card. The first 2 cards use Cherry cardstock (which is looking very orange in my photo!)

 The green cards use the Fern cardstock as their base

 The last 2 cards use Smoke cardstock for their bases.

I got out some of my embossing folders to use - love this woodgrain one behind the owl.
I even did a little sponging with a Heidi Swapp stencil on the base for the green hippo card. 
Using bits of the Collectables pieces makes embellishing the cards really quick and easy!

TFL

Happy Creating

Christine