January release at Frantic Stamper.

I did say we were up to date but of course it is now February and I'm showing you January dies.  But thats ok next post will have us back on track for sure.  January was a bit of a celebrations release incorporating the Southwest.  So Mardi Gra, St Patrick's, cowboys and cactus.

January is summer for us and even though we knew all about the horrendous fires that were burning in Australia and the human and animal suffering that was taking place it all became very real one afternoon when the skies above Auckland turned orange from the smoke and the day became night very early.  It was very very eerie and made us all realise how our Australian neighbours must be struggling.  Australia and New Zealand have a very healthy neighbourly rivalry when it comes to things like sports but when it comes to tragedy we are also there with open hearts and open arms ready to do what ever we can to help each other.

We saw groups of firefighters arrive on the ground from NZ and around the world.  Medical personnel and vets and vet nurses gave up holidays to help and crafters picked up their needles and dusted off their sewing machines to make nests and pouches and wraps for all the injured and rescued animals. It has been amazing and humbling to watch not only NZ but the rest of the world come together in unity.  There are some very important lessons to be learnt here.

Anyway cards for January... I chose these two celebrating Mardi Gra and St Patricks.  Two quite unique and different celebrations.

See you back again soon

Karen

xo

Almost up to date!!

Tes I am almost up to date with Frantic Stamper releases.  December brought us a Love and friendship release.  We aren't too far away from valentines day so some nice dies and stencils for valentines day along with some great friendship/shopping dies.  A really cool corset and a Paris flower shop window front were included.

So here s the corset.  Its a big die that uses the whole card front but its really snazzy with the lacing.  Could also be used for girls night, hens party cards/invitations.

This was one of the valentines Love sentiment dies, not just limited to valentines day.  The background is made using a new stencil with embellishment mousse, so it has dimension.

Also in this release were 2 set of mannequin forms and dresses.  I loved the style of this dress and chose some retro papers to cut them.  I thought they went perfectly with that sentiment...which made me laugh so I had to use it.

So that brings us up to date.

Next post January 2020.

Karen

xo

November at Frantic Stamper

Still catching up with Frantic Stamper brings us to November 2019 when yet another Christmas release hit the store.  This time Winter Wishes with lots of little snow man and penguins and a set of tiny tags.  The tiny tags are a set I have pulled out several times since November as they just add that little extra without being too much.  Lots of not specifically Christmas but winter themed dies including a new slender alphabet set,.  Alphabet sets are always very handy to have.

This card features the Folksy Gnomes, there is a male version as well as this female version.  So cute and so easy to cut and use to make a quick and easy card.  Love this set.

Second up is the Smitten with a Mitten set is comes with little extra dies to add to the front of the mitten including the snowflake I used in the background.  This card also uses one of the tiny tags from the set.  There is a circle a heart a star and quite a few other little tags.

The last card I am sharing from November features the very fun stacking penguins.  They are cleverly designed to stack and form anythjing  from this to a pyramid.  Love this idea and again really fun to use.

Countdown will continue with December soon.

Karen

xo

Still catching up with Frantic Stamper

Today I am catching you up on the October release from Frantic Stamper.  Another Christmas release but this time a Modern Christmas.  Some very cool dis in this release but the favourite had to be the Reindeer Features die set.  I had a card published in the UK magazine Die Cutting Essentials using this die set.  It's really so fun to use and create a very lovely card.

This next card uses a die that features a stylised version of Bethlehem town.  It is called O Little Town of Bethlehem and looks great in non traditional Christmas colours. Brilliant set to use scraps. The Rejoice die was also released in October.

November is next!!

Karen

xo

What's been happening at Frantic Stamper???

That is a very good question what has been happening at Frantic Stamper?  Well several releases to start with that I have neglected to share.  So over the next few weeks I will do a little catch up and share some favourites from each of the last 5 releases you have missed on my blog.  Yikes that is not good!!

So today I am sharing my top picks from September 2019.  September was a Folk Art Christmas release.  I know we have Christmas done and dusted for 2019 but honestly the way the months fly we should be making 2020 Christmas cards now!!  These 2 cards used Reindeer Face Maker die set....super cute!!  The second card featured the Folk Art Christmas Tree, I did a little fussy cutting but this is just as lovely in one colour.

Be back soon

Karen

xo

Blogging Haitus

You may or may not have noticed I had a big of a blogging Hiatus.  I didn't realise it had been quite as long as it has though.  Things have just been happening in life as they do but I'm trying to make an effort to start posting back here and on instagram.

Ill start my first post with some cards that I was really fortunate to have published some time back using Lili of the Valley images.  They were published in the UK Cardmaking magazine which is always a thrill.  A little series of bright and cheerful fairies which was the brief. I actually thought I had lost these pictures as I had a melt down with my memory card for my camera and it just stopped working so I was really pleased to come across these the other day.

See you back again soon 

Karen

xo

Another Kindacute by Patricia new releases

Today I have another of the new releases from Kindacute by Patricia.  As Halloween approaches its nice to have some cute images to turn into cards.  I much prefer cute rather than scary images for Halloween.  Not that we even celebrate it here in NZ.  This is Cookie Boy.  What a sweet little costume for trick or treating.

Cookie Boy is coloured in pencil and the card design kept simple,  I always think this suits Patricia's images.  He will be available Friday 6th September along with the other new releases.

Hope to see you back soon

Karen

xo