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The excitement begins with the release of the new 2023 January – April Mini catalogue and Sale•a•bration (5 Jan-28 Feb), where you earn free product with every $90+ that you spend!

During Sale·a·bration, which is held in January/February there are LOTS of opportunities to earn FREE product when you Shop, Host or Join my team. All the offers can be found in the Sale·a·bration brochure. You can download this brochure by clicking the image below.

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Choose a Sale·a·bration product for every $90 or $180 you spend in one transaction before postage. For example:

Spend $90 and choose one level 1 product
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The items you purchase can come from any current catalogue. So long as you reach either $90 or $180, you will qualify for FREE Sale·a·bration items and there is no limit to the number you can earn.

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Qualifying orders can receive the exclusive Scenic Garden Cling Stamp Set (#160831). To qualify, orders must be opened from 5 January and closed by 28 February and can be earned by a Host or an individual order!

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2023 SAB Joining offer

Option 1 – you pay only $210 with FREE Shipping and get $315 worth of product of your choice plus the exclusive Boho Blue Mini Machine (worth $110).
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Seaside Bay and Adorable Owls

4 January, 20233 January, 2023 craftwithkate

Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 34 – Pacific Point

Tomorrow the excitement continues with the release of the new January – April Mini catalogue and Sale•a•bration (5 Jan-28 Feb), where you earn free product with every $90 that you spend! Do you have a list of products that you have your eyes on? Tonight, I’ll share a suite that I fell in love with straight away when I saw this new catalogue we received at our event in Sydney in mid-November.

The By The Bay Suite has a Seaside Bay stamp set & dies bundle, Balmy Blue & White Ribbon, Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls embellishments and some stunning By the Bay SDSP with gold foiling and Pearl Coating on it!

My card tonight, I’m using the designer papers and the Seaside Bay Bundle.

By the Bay SDSP 2023

I started with a Pacific Point 29cm x 10.5cm card base, folded in half at 14.5cm. I cut 3 strips of different papers that measure 14cm x 3cm and glued them to the card front.

Seaside Bay card for Pacific Point CCBH by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023

I die cut the shell twice in Gold Foil and glued them together. The sentiment is stamped on Basic White card and a banner cut on the left using Paper Snips, before sponging Pacific Point ink around the edges with a sponge dauber. This was glued to the card and the shell on top with a Flat Adhesive-backed Pearl added.

On the inside, I added a Basic White card insert, sponged the edges and added an offcut of the DSP and some Pacific Point card to the bottom edge, along with a couple of smaller Gold Foil shells.

Seaside Bay card for Pacific Point CCBH by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 insert

You can buy this stamp & die bundle and earn a free item during Sale•a•bration from tomorrow. One of these items is the appropriately named, Adorable Owls stamp set.

Adorable Owls on swing card for Pacific Point CCBH by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023

The image is stamped in Black Memento ink on Basic White card and coloured with Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake & Calypso Coral Combo Blends Markers. The swing is made using Kraft Paper, the Stitched Rectangle dies and some 2022-2024 In Color Baker’s Twine.

The Heart Pearls are coloured with the Melon Mambo Dark Blends Marker. The leaf/branch is from the Framed Florets dies with the Dandy Designs DSP (Level 2 SAB). The Basic White insert has a strip of DSP added to the bottom to tie in with the card front!

Adorable Owls on swing card for Pacific Point CCBH by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023 insert

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Pale Papaya.

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Fitting Florets meets Adorable Owls

3 January, 20233 January, 2023 craftwithkate

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you have recovered from the festive season and are looking forward to a big 2023! With the excitement looming with the release of the new January – April Mini catalogue and Sale•a•bration (5 Jan-28 Feb) on 5 January, I thought I’d pop by and share some cute cards I’ve made using the Adorable Owls stamp set (Level 1 SAB offering).

Fitting Florets meet Adorable Owls by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023

Fitting Florets meet Adorable Owl by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023...

The images are stamped in Black Memento ink on Basic White card and coloured with Pool Party, Pale Papaya, Light SU900 & Medium SU500 Combo Blends Markers. They are die cut with the Layering Circles Framelits dies and the scallop circle layer is cut in card.

Fitting Florets meet Adorable Owl by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023.

The Fitting Florets DSP which I’ve used in the background, will be retiring tomorrow, so if you need it (like I did), you’ll need to get moving and place your order 😆 I adore this particular sheet with the Night of Navy and Polished Pink design. I cut a Basic White layer slightly smaller than the card front, then the DSP slightly smaller again. I cut 4cm off the bottom of the DSP and flipped it over to have the reverse pattern showing. Glue these to the white layer then wrap a piece of Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon around and across where the DSP joins. Now it can be glued to the card base.

Fitting Florets meet Adorable Owl by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me tomorrow night for our Pacific Point Colour Creations blog hop.

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Sneak Peek of Two-Tone Flora Bundle

15 December, 202221 December, 2022 craftwithkate

Today, I have created a predominantly Basic White card with a gorgeous pop of colour.

The gorgeous background is a large intricate die that I put Adhesive Sheet on the back of the Basic White card before die cutting. This then creates a sticky back once you remove the backing paper instead of using glue and making a big mess. This is adhered to the card base like a sticker.

Next step was to ink up some of the flowers and I decided to do a tone on tone for each one. The darker tone is the colour at full strength, then the lighter tone is stamped off once or some call it second generation stamping. Colour Combination Old Olive Bermuda Bay Daffodil Delight Fresh Freesia Orchid Oasis Pumpkin Pie Polished Pink

Sneak peek of new 2023 Mini catalogue product using Stampin Up Two-Tone Flora Bundle by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022

Each flower and the leaves have coordinating dies, so no fussy cutting needed. The leaves are stamped in Old Olive ink. Four of the flowers are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the others glued directly to the card.

The sentiment is stamped in Old Olive ink using the Framed Florets stamp set, then fussy cut with Paper Snips. Some Wink of Stella was added to the centres of each flower. Some new gold Adhesive-backed Sequin embellishments were added to finish it off nicely. All of these stamps, dies, sequins will be available to order from 5 January 2023, or now if you are a demonstrator, or add them to your starter kit and join to save on all your craft products!

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Cottage Rose

14 December, 202213 December, 2022 craftwithkate

Week 33 – Old Olive

This is our final Colour Creations blog hop for 2022, but I hope you will join us again on 4 January 2023 when we return!

Today, I have used the Cottage Rose Bundle with the coordinating Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper. I have gone with some neutrals in Crumb Cake and Early Espresso with Old Olive. All of the feature images are stamped and die cut from Crumb Cake card. The sentiment and main floral image are stamped in Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder added and heat set. I really like using the “Best Wishes” sentiment, as it can be for many occasions; birthday, sympathy, farewell, wedding, etc.

Best Wishes card using Stampin Up Cottage Rose Bundle by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022

I used my Dark Crumb Cake Blends Marker around the edges of the main image so it really stands out! I used a sponge dauber to add Early Espresso ink around the sentiment which is cut using the Double Oval Punch as well as on the tips of the die cut flowers behind the focal image.

The card base is Old Olive. The next layer is a piece of the DSP cut with the largest die in the Stitched Rectangle dies, then I coloured the leaves with the Light Old Olive Blends Marker. I took a Blending Brush and added ink across the whole DSP piece. I inked one side of the Merry Melody 3D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder with Early Espresso, placed the DSP inside and ran it through my Emboss machine. Then I used the dauber to add ink around the edges before gluing to the card base. Some printed Vellum Layering Designs was added to soften the background.

Best Wishes card using Stampin Up Cottage Rose Bundle by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022 background

A Silver piece of Simply Elegant Trim was pulled apart to separate all the fibres. This was something that Shelli Gardner (cofounder of Stampin’ Up!) shared with us during our recent demonstrator only event and it’s such a neat trick!

Best Wishes card using Stampin Up Cottage Rose Bundle by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022.

It is really hard to photograph, but you can just see the Wink of Stella on the petals of the largest flower.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me early in the new year on 4 January for inspiration using Pacific Point.

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Mass produce cards with the stack, cut and shuffle technique

7 December, 20222 January, 2023 craftwithkate

Week 32 – Night of Navy

Today, I have some very simple masculine cards for you to show how you can create three card bases from three pieces of different DSPs. I’m using the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper with a Night of Navy card base and Basic White matt layer (5mm smaller than the card base).

Take three different patterns of paper and cut down to 12.5cm x 9.5cm. Place all 3 pieces together in your Trimmer at an angle. There are no right or wrong measurements here. Just as long as you cut twice holding the patterned papers together. Once they are cut you can place them down ensuring one piece of each pattern is on each card. Glue them to your white layer.

I am sharing a sneak peek of some new alphabet dies, Alphabet A La Mode, that are coming in the New Year and they are a must have item!

Craft with Kate Morgan tip for using Alphabet dies, Stampin Up Australia 2023 I placed some Adhesive Sheet behind some Navy and White card scraps to allow the die cuts to become stickers without the mess of using glue. Using the H, B, 2 & U dies, place them in a row together – grab some washi tape to hold them in place. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it’s easier this way when cutting 3 times!

Peel the backings off the dies to reveal the sticky side and place them onto your cards.

Finally I added some Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots. There were 3 colours, so I grouped them on each card. I think these are more masculine than many of the other embellishments.

On the inside, I placed a Basic White piece of card with a strip of the DSP across the bottom.

Here they are side by side

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for inspiration using Old Olive.

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Awash in Beauty DSP with a surprise!

30 November, 202230 November, 2022 craftwithkate

Week 31 – Mossy Meadow

The front of this card has a simple layout of Polished Pink Matt behind the Awash in Beauty DSP. These two layers are glued together, run them through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Timeworn 3D Textured embossing Folder, before gluing to the Mossy Meadow card base. The sentiment from the Charming Sentiments stamp set is stamped in Versamark ink, Silver Emboss Powder added before being Heat set and cut out with the coordinating dies. The Black Mini Dimensionals are added and a Sweet Sorbet Ribbon Bow placed behind it. Silver Festive Pearls added last to tie in with the Silver embossing!

Surprise Pop Up Birthday card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

On the inside, a lovely surprise awaits!
I stamped the sentiment at the bottom with a die cut candle (from the Sentiment Silhouettes dies) and the pile of presents pop up feature.

Surprise Pop Up Birthday card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 inside

A closer look at those presents, with their Polished Pink strips for the ribbon and the Heart cut from the 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer Paper.

Surprise Pop Up Birthday card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022.

Here’s a view from the side, so you can see how it was adhered, one present at a time.

Surprise Pop Up Birthday card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 side

Measurements:
Card base: 29.7cm x 10.5cm (fold in half)
Present 1: 13cm x 8cm, score @ 1.5cm, 5cm, 9.5cm
DSP: 8cm x 4.5cm
Present 2: 10cm x 6.5cm, score @ 1.5cm, 4cm, 7.5cm
DSP: 6.5cm x 3.5cm
Present 3: 7.5cm x 4cm, score @ 1.5cm, 3cm, 6cm
DSP: 4cm x 3cm

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for inspiration using Night of Navy.

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Tina Gillespie.

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Framed & Festive Christmas Shaker Card

28 November, 202228 November, 2022 craftwithkate

The Heart of Christmas Blog Hop has been brought to you by the Art With Heart team each Monday for 22 weeks when we started in July. Tonight is our final Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2022 and it’s a little sad it’s over. I hope you have enjoyed all the magnificent projects and built up your stash of Christmas cards too!

For our final Christmas blog hop this year, I’ve created a Shaker card!

The Thick Basic White card base with a layer of Storybook Gnome DSP that has been inked around the edges with Night of Navy ink and a Dauber. Doesn’t it give the paper depth and a beautiful edge?!!!

Christmas Shaker card using Stampin Up Storybook Gnomes DSP, Framed Florets dies by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022

Next, I die cut 3 of the ovals (Framed Florets dies) in Thick Basic White card. I also used this die to cut the snow hill. I glued the snow hill behind one of the frames and then glued another frame behind it so the hill is wedged between 2 layers. I cut a piece of window sheet using the largest decorative frame and another in Thick Basic White. I only needed the inner pieces from these die cuts. Using my Blending Brushes, I inked the White oval starting with Pool Party, Balmy Blue then Night of Navy inks. To get that snow effect, I placed some Craft White ink refill onto an acrylic block and used my Water Painter to add some water and then tap it across the oval. Put it aside to dry. I used Tear & Tape to glue the window sheet behind the ovals, before adding some Foam Adhesive Strip around the frame. I placed some of the small Effervescent Elements inside the frame before peeling the backing paper off the Foam Adhesive Strips and immediately place the blended coloured oval on top. The shaker element is now secure.

I stamped the ‘Merry Christmas’ in Versamark ink onto Night of Navy card, added White Emboss Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool. The Framed and Festive stamp set is used for both sentiments. The trees are cut using the Happy Forest dies and glued to the front of the oval. Wink of Stella was added to the centre tree. Some Starry Sky Baker’s Twine was placed behind the oval which is adhered to the card with Seal+.

On the inside I stamped a Night of Navy sentiment and added some DSP to a white insert.

Christmas Shaker card using Stampin Up Storybook Gnomes DSP, Framed Florets dies by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022 inside

To finish off, I added some Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels to the centre of the snowflakes.

Christmas Shaker card using Stampin Up Storybook Gnomes DSP, Framed Florets dies by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022 side

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you have enjoyed all 22 weeks of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. We will be back again in July 2023!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Kathryn Ruddick.

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Pop Up Z Fold Block Card

24 November, 202220 November, 2022 craftwithkate

This Pop Up Z Fold Block card uses the Sending Smiles Bundle with the retired Rings of Love DSP, a Level 1 SAB patterned paper pack from Jan-Feb 2022.

I saw a card by Lisa Curcio, which is where I got this idea and you can see her imperial measurements here. My metric measurements are listed below and mine fits into a C6 envelope!

Pop Up Z Fold Block Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

My card base is Night of Navy with Mint Macaron matt layers and the Rings of Love DSP. The Sending Dies were used for the ‘sending’ die cut which I used Adhesive Sheet on the back of the card before cutting, so it acts as a sticker! This is so much easier than getting glue everywhere with such intricate dies. I used a Sponge Dauber to apply some Mint Macaron ink around the Basic White layer to soften the edges before adding the stamp/die cut sentiment. Some Festive Pearls were added to finish it off.

Pop Up Z Fold Block Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022.

Measurements:
Card base: 25cm x 10.5cm, score @ 5cm & 10cm
Matt: 10cm x 4.5cm (2), 14.5cm x 10cm
DSP: 9.5cm x 4cm (2), 14cm x 9.5cm

Block 1: 13cm x 8cm, score @ 1.5cm, 5cm, 9.5cm
Matt: 7.5cm x 4cm
DSP: 7cm x 3.5cm

Block 2: 10cm x 6.5cm, score @ 1.5cm, 4cm, 7.5cm
Matt: 6cm x 3cm
DSP: 5.5cm x 2.5cm

Block 3: 7.5cm x 4cm, score @ 1.5cm, 3cm, 6cm
Matt: 3.5cm x 2.5cm
DSP: 7cm x 3.5cm

Sentiment Panel: 9.5cm x 4cm (this can really be any size to suit your sentiment)
White card: 9cm x 3.5cm

Fits into a standard C6 envelope!

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Beautifully Happy Sneak Peek

23 November, 202223 November, 2022 craftwithkate

Week 30 – Mint Macaron

Initially I created a fancy fold card for this post, but as I began to type, I realised I had used a retired SAB designer paper, oops. I’ll share that card with you tomorrow!

Today’s card is created using a new stamp set, Beautifully Happy, that I received at our recent demonstrator event, OnStage. This stamp set is a Sale•a•bration item that can be earned free with a qualifying order in Jan/Feb 2023. It is a distinktive stamp, meaning it gives a photo realistic style with lot of depth and dimension without needing two or three step stamping.

Sneak Peek of SAB Beautifully Happy & Framed Florets by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Jan-Apr Mini

A Mint Macaron card base with a layer of Gingham Cottage DSP which has been embossed with the Stitched Greenery die through my die cutting Machine. The Framed Florets die is cut in Basic White and Orchid Oasis ink applied with a Blending Brush. A double bow of Orchid Oasis Metallic Woven Ribbon is added with a Glue Dot.

Sneak Peek of SAB Beautifully Happy & Framed Florets by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Jan-Apr Mini.

The floral image is stamped in Memento Black ink and coloured with Mint Macaron, Orchid Oasis and Mango Melody inks. I used Paper Snips to fussy cut the image and applied Mini Dimensionals to add it to my card. The sentiment is stamped and fussy cut also and added the same way with Mini Dimensionals. I added Wink of Stella to the flowers (it doesn’t show in the photos). Some Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels are added for some extra sparkle!

On the inside I added a Basic White layer with an offcut of the Stitched Greenery embossed Gingham Cottage DSP.

Sneak Peek of SAB Beautifully Happy & Framed Florets by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Jan-Apr Mini inside