Yes another Cookie Cutter Christmas bundle video – but it does show how varied the cards can be with just a few supplies. LOL

Once again a really easy card to make, the dimensions are:

Real Red: 8 x 6″ scored at 4″ or 20 x 15 cm scored at 10 cm
Early Espresso: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2″ or 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Whisper White: 5″ x 6″ or 12.5 x 15 cm
Candy Cane Lane DSP: 1 1/2 x 6″ or  4 x 15 cm and 2 x 2″ or 5 x 5cm
Silver Glimmer Paper: 1 1/2 x 6″ or 4 x 15 cm

These and the remaining supplies needed to make this card can be found beneath the video, in my online store.

I hope you enjoyed this week’s video, and will join me again next week.

Cheers,
Karen
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Well today’s video was interesting.  Hat’s off to Vicky Papaioannou and Brandy Cox who regularly do these 10 in 20 videos. You don’t realise just how hard they are to do, until you try to do one yourself.

Anyway, I’m sure the only reason you’re here on the blog is to get the measurements for the cards. LOL So without further ado…

Measurements:

Very Vanilla Base:  11″ x 4″ or 28 x 10 cm
Colour Card Mat:  4.5 x 3″ or 11.5 x 7.5 cm
Very Vanilla Layer: 4 1/4 x 2 3/4″ or 11 x 7 cm
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Scrap Very Vanilla:  2 1/2 x 2 1/2″ or 6 x 6 cm  – Bauble
Scrap Colour Cardstock:  2 1/2 x 2 1/2″ or 6 x 6 cm – Bauble backing
Scrap Gold Glimmer or Foil:  1/4 x 1/4″ or 1/2 x 1/2 cm – Star Backing

I hope you enjoyed the card making procedure but I apologise for the length of the video.  I really didn’t make the 10 minutes – did I?

For those who haven’t seen the video and would like to see how I put this card together, I’ve included the video below.

I must say, that despite the fact I didn’t make the 4 in 10 as I intended, these really are easy cards to make – especially if you do it in a production line.  Say if you made 4 in Dapper Denim, then 4 in Real Red, etc…  They would go quite quickly.

The one important thing to remember when making cards for Holiday times – form a production line.  Pre-cut all of the pieces you’ll need, die cut all the pieces, stamp all the images, etc, etc.

Until next time!
Cheers,

Karen
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Today’s Friday Frenzy wasn’t the best video quality, but hopefully the directions were easy enough to follow to make this gorgeous three tiered/two pocket card.

Measurements:
A4 sheet of Whisper White cardstock cut to: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4″ or 21 cm x 27cm
Background Flirty Flamingo DSP: 3 1/4 x 8 1/4″ or 8.5 x 21cm cut into three measuring – each measuring 3 1/4 x 2 3/4″ or 8.5 x 6.5 cm.
Scrap Whisper White – 1/2 full sheet for stamping & punching
Scrap Flirty Flamingo – 1/4 full sheet for punching
Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon: approx 3″ or 7.5cm

If you haven’t seen the video on YouTube you can watch it here.  But please Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss a video from me!

Tune in Next Week for Minions!!!
Cheers,
Karen

Hi All!

Welcome to another Friday Frenzy – this week I have remade an earlier project, but expanded on it, to make it larger to fit the Minions Tic Tac boxes available in Australian Aldi stores at the moment.

The video showing the steps to make the cover can be found below – or why not add my channel to your YouTube lineup to be alerted each time I post a new video!

Ok, let’s get on with the show –

Materials

Delightful Dijon – 5″ x 3 1/2″ or 12.5 x 9 cm
Dapper Denim – 1 1/2″ x 2″  or 5 x 4 cm
Dapper Denim – 1 x 3/4″ or 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Basic Black – 3/4″ x 2″ or 1.5 x 5 cm
Basic Black – 1/4″ or .5 cm
Early Espresso – 1/2″ or 1.25 cm
Whisper White – 2″ x 2″ or 5 x 5 cm
Window Sheet – 1 1/2 x 1 1/2″ or 4 x 4 cm
Silver Foil Sheet – 1 1/2 x 1 1/2″ or 4 x 4 cm

I hope you enjoyed this video and will give the project a go. If you do, please post a pic below!

Cheers!
Karen
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It’s been a while since I took part in the GDP weekly challenge, and I feel a little bit rusty. LOL

But here’s my entry, made using the Garden in Bloom stamp set, Mint Macaron, Smoky Slate, So Saffron and Soft Sky inks. (try saying those last three, five times quickly!)  I also used the So Saffron and Soft Sky to colour the Whisper White for the mats behind each white layer.

I used the Stampin’ Write Marker’s and my Wink of Stella to flick splatters all across the base card before mounting the Soft Sky layer.  Then used dimensionals to mount the focal layer on top.

I did a bad job of fussy cutting the bumble bee, but since there’s no die or punch for it, I couldn’t do it any other way. LOL

Enjoy!

Hope you like this card.

Cheers,
Karen
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And I’m back again – sorry for the missed episode last week, I thought I was a week ahead, and… well, I wasn’t.

Sorry.

Anyway, back again this week, with yet another Cookie Cutter Christmas.  It just goes to show how versatile this set really is – just look, I’m up to #6 already and I still haven’t run out of ideas!!!

For those who haven’t yet Subscribed to my YouTube channel, I’ve included the video below, but you can also rush over to YouTube and SUBSCRIBE!!! and then you won’t miss a single video – not matter how badly they’re filmed!  (To be honest this is becoming a running joke – my lights still haven’t arrived and I’m putting another new camera on my Christmas list!!!)

Anyway, the real reason you’re here is for the measurements etc, so here they are:

Measurements & Materials

Real Red – 8 x 6″ (folded at 4″)  or  20 x 15 cm (folded at 10 cm)
Whisper White – 3 3/4 x 5 3/4″ or 9.5 x 14.5 cm
Whisper White – 2 1/2 x 2 1/2″ or 6.5 x 6.5 cm (piece that is covered in washi tape)
Early Espresso – 2 1/4 x 2 1/4″ or 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Candy Cane Lane DSP – 2 x 2″ or 5 x 5 cm
Whisper White – 2 1/2 x 2 1/2″ or 6.5 x 6.5 cm (stamped piece)

A full list of products used in this video can be found below in my Online Store where you can purchase 24/7/365.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks video and will subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss next weeks!

Until then,
Cheers!
Karen
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I set myself a challenge after the 4 Cards in 10 Minutes – FAIL video.  That I would make 10 cards in 20 minutes and ACE it!  And I did!  I didn’t realise when making the video, that I’d made them in the 20 minutes I’d allowed, but I forgot that midway through the video the camera cut out, and I wasted/used up one and half minutes re-testing the focus when I restarted the camera, so GO ME!!

Anyway, I really liked how the card turned out, and hope you guys enjoyed watching it.

Once again, I ask that if you didn’t like the video or gave me a thumbs down – PLEASE drop me an email and let me know what it was that you didn’t enjoy.  I’m just curious. ;o)

The material details are below:

Measurements:

10 x card blanks – Very Vanilla – 8 1/4 x 5 3/4″ scored at 4 1/8″  or 21 x 14.5 cm scored at 10.5 cm
20 x mat layers – Sweet Sugarplum or Blushing Bride – 3 3/4 x 5 1/4″ or 9.5 x 13.5 cm
10 x Very Vanilla DSP Layer – 2 x 4 7/8″ or 5 x 12.5 cm
10 x Very Vanilla – Greeting layer – 2 x 4 7/8 or 5 x 12.5 cm

Don’t forget there’s another Friday Frenzy coming up this Friday, too!

See you then!
Cheers!
Karen

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This weeks Friday Frenzy video had so many ‘cut and pastes’ in editing, I hope it made sense to anyone watching it. LOL

Honestly, dimensional backing paper is the bane of my life – which is why in future video’s when I have to use more than two or three, I’m going to speed the video up just for the removal of them – they either don’t want to come off the dimensionals – or worse still – they stick to my fingernails from static!! Argh!!

Anyway I do hope you give this card a try, I probably made it seem more difficult than it actually is. LOL

Deets below:

Measurements

Whisper White Base: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4″ scored at 4 1/8″  or  21 x 14.5 cm scored at 10.5 cm
DSP Mat Layer: 3 3/4 x 5 1/4″ or 9.5 x 13.5 cm
Whisper White Top Layer: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4″ or 8.5 x 12.5 cm
Scrap DSP: 3/8″ x 8 1/2″ or 1 x 22 cm (cut into 3 equal pieces then trimmed to desired length)
Scrap Whisper White: 3 1/2 x 1″ or  8 x 3 cm
Scrap matching colour: 2 x 1 3/4″  or 5 x 4.5 cm

Join me again on Monday night for another It’s a Crafty Christmas!
Cheers,

Karen
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This weekend in Melbourne, is a long weekend for many of us, because it’s the Melbourne Cup – the Race that Stops the Nation.  

Being a long weekend, I figured I’d have time to play while hubby watched all things racing, on the TV.

This is what I came up with, I’m pleased with the results, but they’re not exactly what I had imagined when I started playing.  I had a vague idea in my head, but couldn’t quite grasp what I was after.

As you can see, I tried a few different ways, my favourite would have to be the Crumb Cake Monochromatic minus the swirled background on the base card.

Hope you like these cards, I’ve been having a ball on this long weekend. I had an unexpected delivery from Australia Post today (being the Monday of the long weekend, I figured AusPost would not deliver and they did!?!), so I had a small parcel from Stampin’ Up! with some more gorgeous Christmas stamps and dies. (I’m in heaven!!!)

Will upload some more creations in the coming days.

Cheers,
Karen

Hi and welcome to another It’s a Crafty Christmas from DoLallyCrafts.

This stamp set is so versatile I don’t seem to be losing idea’s to use it for.  This idea has been floating around in my head for a couple of weeks, and I finally got around to filming it.  I hope you like it as much as I do!

Ok, for those who have popped over from YouTube, the materials list is below.

Materials

Real Red Cardstock: 4 x 12″ scored at 6″ or 10 x 30cm scored at 15 cm.
Candy Cane Lane DSP: 3 3/4 x 3 1/2″ or 9.5 x 9 cm and 3 3/4 x 3/4″ or 9.5 x 2 cm
Whisper White Cardstock: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4″ or 9.5 x 14.5cm
Whisper White Card – Scrap – 2 x 4″ or 5 x 10cm (used for stamping Gingerbread Man and Rudolph)

I really hope you enjoyed this card video – I love the way it turned out – just the way I imagined it!!  You could even make it as a side folding card, using any of the stamps in the set.

Please – if you make this – share it with everyone below!

Until next week,
Cheers!
Karen
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It’s still the Melbourne Cup long weekend here, and I haven’t stopped crafting yet.  While hubby watches the racing and picks his nags for the Cup – I’m down in my craft room being – crafty! LOL

I’ve had a ball with the Star of Light Bundle since it arrived yesterday morning. Six cards I made yesterday afternoon, just messing around with layouts, dies, stamps and colours.

I really love the variety of looks you can get with the stamps and the dies – add in some glimmer paper or foil – and you have some truly gorgeous cards for the holiday season.

Here’re the results:

I hope you like these and feel inspired to create them yourself.

Please remember, my online store is open 24/7/365 – just go to – DoLally at Stampin’ Up!

Until next time,
Cheers!
Karen

This is a gorgeous little card for anyone who’s just had a baby and SO simple to make!!

If you haven’t already – Go watch the Video!!

If you have, you’re here for the measurements! LOL

Here they are:

Measurements

Whisper White Base: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4″ scored at 4 1/8″  or  21 x 14.5 cm scored at 10.5 cm
DSP Mat Layer: 3 3/4 x 5 1/4″ or 9.5 x 13.5 cm
Whisper White Top Layer: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4″ or 8.5 x 12.5 cm
Scrap Whisper White: 1/4 of a sheet of layering weight Whisper White.

If you haven’t been to YouTube to view the video, you can watch it here, but don’t forget to Subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss an episode!

Join me again on Monday night for another It’s a Crafty Christmas!

Have a great weekend!
Karen

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Welcome to another It’s a Crafty Christmas!  The last – for now – using the Candy Cane Lane DSP and/or the Cookie Cutter Christmas Bundle.

Not that I’ve used up all of the card idea’s I have had utilising this suite of products, but more because you’re probably sick of my exclaiming over how versatile it is, and how much I love it. LOL

For those coming over from YouTube – the deet’s are below :

Materials

Real Red Card Base – 4 1/4 x 12″ scored at 6″ or 10.5 x 30 cm scored at 15 cm.
Candy Cane Lane DSP – 6 x 2.5″ or 15 x 6.5 cm.
Candy Cane Lane DSP – 6 x 1/4″  or  15 x .5 cm.
Silver Glimmer Paper – 1/8 x 6″ or  15 x .25 cm.
Candy Cane Lane DSP – 2 small & 1 large house – fussy cut out

I hope you have enjoyed the past eight weeks of cards featuring the Candy Cane Lane DSP and the Cookie Cutter Christmas Bundles.  I may make some more card video’s as we get closer to Christmas, but join me again next week for a new batch of Christmas Cards in the It’s a Crafty Christmas video series.

Until then,
Cheers!
Karen
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I posted a few different variations of this card on Pinterest last week – my all-time favourite would have to have been the two tone one using Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla cardstock. This one, I made, sticking to the colours in the Playful Palette DSP. Blushing Bride, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum – with Mint Macaron thrown in for good measure.

I like the way this one turned out, I think the Playful Palette DSP is a wonderful backdrop for this card and great inspiration colourwise.

Anyway, I know the real reason you’re here is for the measurements, so here they are:

Measurements

Very Vanilla Base: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4″ scored at 4 1/8″  or  21 x 14.5 cm scored at 10.5 cm
Sweet Sugarplum Mat Layer: 3 3/4 x 5 1/4″ or 9.5 x 13.5 cm
Two Pieces of DSP measuring: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4″ or 13 x 5 cm
Scrap Whisper White: 1/4 of a sheet of layering weight Whisper White.
Scrap Sweet Sugarplum: 2 x 1 1/8″  or  5 x 2.75 cm
Scrap Very Vanilla: 1 7/8 x 1″ or  4.75 x 2.5 cm

I hope you give this card a try – if you do, please show my a pic of it in the comments section.  You can find the other cards I made in a similar fashion on Pinterest – just search #fallingflowers and #dolallycrafts

Until next week,
Cheers!
Karen

WOW! It’s hard to believe it’s been a month since I last took part in a JAI challenge.  Doesn’t seem that long ago. But I have been busy both on here and IRL, so the time has flown.

Anyway, this week’s JAI challenge is a Colour Challenge – I kinda like these challenges because you’re not tied down to a particular stamp or die set, you have more scope.  The colours this week are as follows:

I don’t think I’ve ever combined these colours on one card before, so this was interesting.  But for days now, I’ve been wanting to mess around with paints/inks and brushes on watercolour paper, so I knew just what I wanted to do.

First, I arranged the stamps on the cardstock in the way I wanted to stamp them, then I made masks to cover each image as I stamped them.

The large flower was stamped and embossed first, then covered. I stamped and embossed the small flower and covered it, (though I wasn’t sure whether I would be stamping the background image or the leaves a second time, so covered it for good measure.) before stamping and embossing the leaves.

I stamped with Versamark and then embossed with clear embossing powder, as the white would have been too stark on the watercolour paper.

Once all of the images had been stamped, embossed and masked, I used the Smoky Slate to stamp the filigree image on the background.  I had to stamp it three or four times to make sure it stamped between the leaves and flower images, as they are slightly raised from the embossing.

The next step was to colour.  I did double layers of the Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron – allowing the water/ink to dry between applications to get a more varied look to the colouring.

After I finished stamping, I loaded up the water brush first with Blushing Bride and then with Mint Macaron, splattered the inky goodness all over the card front.  I then dragged out the Wink of Stella Clear brush and did the same with it.

I tried to capture the sparkle in the photo’s but it really isn’t done justice, it shines like crazy in real life.

I actually stamped the Forever Begins Today on the watercolour card, but it just didn’t look right, so I stamped it again on a separate piece of cardstock and mounted it on a layer and foam tape.

Then I matted the finished piece onto a Night of Navy mat with foam tape, then mounted the whole thing onto the cardstock base with just snail tape runner.

I’m really pleased with how it turned out. I hope you like it too!

Until next time,
Cheers!
Karen

A lot of the bloopers were cut from this video – tho some remain.  I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it.

This stamp and die bundle is to DIE for, excuse the pun, I couldn’t resist; but honestly, this would have to be my ALL TIME FAVE release!!!

I have made sooo many different cards with just a couple of the dies and a a few stamps – I haven’t used the whole kit ‘n’ caboodle yet!!!

Anyway –  measurements:

Measurements:

Whisper White Card Base – 8 x 11 1/2″ scored at 5 3/4″ or 20 x 14.5 cm scored at 10 cm.
Real Red Glimmer – 5 1/4 x 3.5″ or 13 x 9 cm.
Whisper White – 5 x 3 1/4″  or  12 x 8 cm.
Real Red Glimmer – 7/8 x 4″ or 2.25 x 10 cm
Whisper White – 3/4 x 4″ or 1.75 x 10 cm 

Anyway, until next week! (Don’t forget to Subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already done so!!)

Oh – Friday Frenzy on….Friday!!

Cheers,
Karen

I must apologise for the delay in this post appearing, real life has a way of interfering with online deadlines….

Today’s card would suit any occasion, I just liked the idea of using the Sending you thoughts of Comfort as I’d just received the stamp set in the mail.

Measurements are as follows for those who would like to recreate this card.

Measurements:

Whisper White:

Base Card – 4 x 11 1/2″ scored at 5 3/4″ or 10.5 x 29 cm scored at 14.5 cm
Top Layer – 4 1/8 x 2 3/4″ or 10.5 x 7 cm
Sentiment Layer – c
Punched Butterfly – 2 3/8 x 2 3/8″ or 6 x 6 cm

Crumb Cake:

Mat Layer – 5 1/4 x 3 3/4″ or 13.5 x 9.5 cm
Sentiment Mat Layer – 2 3/8 x 2 3/8″ or 6 x 6 cm
Flag Layer – 2 3/4 x 3/4″ or 7 x 2 cm

All the products used to make this card can be found on my online store at DoLally.Stampinup.Net or you can simply click on the shopping list below to add to your cart.

For those who have come straight to my blog, you can find the video here (don’t miss out on a single video – subscribe to My Channel on YouTube. )

I hope you enjoyed this week’s Friday Frenzy! Don’t forget the next It’s a Crafty Christmas is on Monday night at 7.30pm!!

Ciao for now!
Cheers,
Karen
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 As with Monday nights, It’s a Crafty Christmas – this post is a tad late in coming out to you.  I do apologise for that – but as I mentioned in another post – real life has a way of interfering with online life – sorry.

Anyway – the most important thing is having the measurements for the card to here they are.

Measurements:

Base Card – 8 1/4 x 5 3/4″ scored at 4 1/8″ or 21 x 14.5 cm scored at 10.5 cm
Specialty DSP Layer – 3 3/4 x 5 1/4″ or 9.5 x 13.5 cm
Top Layer – 3 1/2 x 5″ or 9 x 13 cm
Vellum Layer – 5 x 1 1/4″ or 12 x 3 cm

For those who haven’t seen the video:

Hope you enjoy/enjoyed it!

Remember I have at least two videos coming out each week in the lead up to Christmas.  Friday Frenzy and It’s a Crafty Christmas with a possibility of an Off the Cuff on the occasional Wednesday!  Subscribe to my channel to let me know you care – and also so you don’t miss a video release!

Until next time!
Cheers,
Karen
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