Baby – Page 4 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Balloons galore

6 June, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I enter a challenge at Just Add Ink. The challenge this week is an Inspiration Challenge JAI#265.

What better way to celebrate the birth of a baby girl, than with balloons and hearts. Yes I know, everyone will probably do birthday cards with the balloon inspiration photo, but I wanted to mix it up!

And besides, my cousin had a baby girl last week and it inspired me to try this.

Balloon Framelits Stampin' Up!

I also wanted to share with you something else I have been practicing, and that is my little Sailor’s Knot in the thick baker’s twine. You can see it at the bottom of the card, cute hey!!!!

Balloon Framelits Stampin' Up!

Don’t forget to decorate the inside panel along with a coordinating envelope!

Balloon Framelits Stampin' Up!

I have to say I was very pleased with the outcome of this card!

Please leave a comment below, if you think my card met this challenge.

Why don’t you give a challenge a go, they are so much fun. Head across to the Just Add Ink page for more inspiration and see how the designers interpreted this challenge.

All Catalogues, Clearance Rack & Weekly Deals are available online here! They are full of amazing new products and wonderful inspiration. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

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Baby, Kids Cards

Very Hungry Caterpillar

5 June, 20154 June, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Layered Letters Alphabet Stamp Set

Create your own messages, personalize cards, and more. Use the letters alone or stamp them over the rectangle and circle solid shapes. This is a set you’ll use over and over again. Our top-quality photopolymer stamps have just enough give to create a perfectly stamped image every time. They’re entirely transparent for perfect image placement, and they adhere well to our clear blocks. You’ll only need one set of blocks for all your photopolymer stamps (blocks sold separately). The stamps come packaged in cases with images on the spine for easy storage and quick reference.

Layered Letters Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp (138692) Price: $47.00 Suggested clear block b (sold separately)

But guess what? I’m not using the letters today, well actually just not as they are intended!

Check out this little fella ~ does he remind you of anyone in particular? Yes, the Very Hungry Caterpillar!

Layered Letters Hungry Caterpillar

I have used our new In Colours to create this card.

The base card is Cucumber Crush with a layer of Watermelon Wonder.

Layered Letters Hungry Caterpillar

The stamped images (solid circle) are using the same colours with Tip Top Taupe on Whisper White cardstock.

His eyes are punched out with the circle punch and the dot from the ! is used to create the eyeballs and the nose!

His legs are the ends of the I and the antennae is the letter V!!!!

Layered Letters Hungry Caterpillar

On the inside of the card, I stamped 3 plums in Perfect Plum ink (of course) and the stems are top half of the letter L.

Let me know what you think of this card!

This is not my original idea, but CASED from Carolina Evans of Studio Evans!

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Baby, Handmade Cards

Baby We’ve Grown

11 May, 201510 May, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Over the next two weeks leading up to the launch of the new Annual Catalogue, I am going to share projects using some of the retiring stamp sets and accessories that you can purchase at a huge discount, while stocks last!

Today I share a stamp set that I am very sad to see retiring, Baby We’ve Grown.

This is card for a sweet baby girl in Pink Pirouette & Sahara Sand. I love these soft colour combinations.

Baby We've Grown

This is card is for a baby boy in Soft Sky & Sahara Sand.

Baby We've Grown

Below are some of the retiring products that I used above and are heavily reduced, so get in quick as they are selling super fast!

BABY, WE’VE GROWN WOOD STAMP SET

Price: ~~$41.95~~ $31.46

STARBURST FRAMELITS DIE

Price: ~~$45.95~~ $22.98

SUBTLES BACKGROUNDS DESIGNER SERIES PAPER STACK

Price: ~~$37.95~~ $22.77

To view the full list of retiring products Click Here

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Happy Stamping,

Baby, Birthday, Celebrate, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), feminine, Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Stampin' Up! Events

Ready for Convention 2015

29 April, 201512 April, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

I am getting in early today as I am heading to the airport in an hour or so, to travel to the Gold Coast for the Stampin’ Up! Convention!!!! Yay!!! So exciting!!!!

So today, I want to share with you my Convention Swaps. These are card fronts that we, as demonstrators make, to swap with other demonstrators on the first morning of Convention. I have made 52 to take and swap tomorrow morning in various mixed colours. Here are a few of them:

Stampin' Up! Owl Balloon

Sorry they have a bit of reflection, but I seal them into plastic bags so they stay nice and clean and don’t get ruined in my bag travelling.

Stampin' Up! Owl Balloon

I have embossed a piece of Whisper White card stock with the Large Polka Dot TIEF. The balloons are die cut from the Balloon Framelits which are still available in the Occasions Catalogue. These are embossed with the Lucky Stars TIEF or Decorative Dots TIEF. The sentiments are stamped from A Dozen Thoughts stamp set.

Stampin' Up! Owl Balloon

The owl is made using the Owl Builder Punch and Sahara Sand card stock and coordinating Designer Series Paper. His wings are made using the wings from the Bird Builder Punch. Don’t you love the way I have folded his left wing to hold the twine?!!! So damn cute! The owl is attached to the card with dimensionals.

Stampin' Up! Owl Balloon

2013-2015 In Colours: Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding & Strawberry Slush

2013-2015InColours

Have you stocked up on your favourite 2013-2015 In Colours (and reinkers too!)? They will be retiring very soon and they always sell out FAST! Get them now so you won’t be disappointed! Don’t forget to check out the deals on the Retired List too!

Happy Stamping,

Baby, feminine, Handmade Cards

It’s a Girl!

18 February, 201516 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

With loads of my friends and work colleagues who are pregnant at the moment, I thought I had better stock up on some baby cards. Not knowing if they are having a boy or a girl, I thought I had better do a few of each!!!!

I just love this cute Happy Heart embossing folder, so needed to include some on my baby cards. I have used the colours Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Real Red along with some of the Stacked With Love DSP.

Baby Girl

I stamped the jumpsuit with one of the images from Something For Baby, and die cut it with the coordinating Baby’s First Framelits. These two products can be purchased as a bundle saving you 15%.

Baby Girl

I added a heart punched from some Real Red Core’dinations card stock using the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack.

Be sure to decorate the inside panel of your card and even the envelope!

Baby Girl

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this creation.

Sale-a-bration, 6th January – 31st March 2015

Be sure to place your online order today and for every $90 that you spend, you can choose 1 Sale-a-bration item FREE. So if you spend $180, you choose 2 items for FREE, etc.

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Happy Stamping,

Baby

Something for Baby

17 November, 201415 November, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I share with you some cards using the stamp set, Something for Baby which also has coordinating framelits to make it so much easier than cutting each image out.

I used So Saffron and Wisteria Wonder for this card.

This one is Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight!

Marina Mist, Night of Navy and Whisper White

Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral and Whisper White

Please leave a comment below, what you think of these cute little cards.

Products Used:

Stamps: Something for Baby, Bitty Banners

Framelits: Something for Baby, Bitty Banners, Banners Framelits

Inks & Card: as stated above

Accessories: Paper Snips, Trimmer, Polka Dot TIEF, Large Dots TIEF, Big Shot, Tombo Glue, Dimensionals, Twine, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Rhinestones, Chevron Ribbons, Vellum

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

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Happy Stamping,

Baby

Something for Baby

12 September, 201412 September, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

I want to say a big sorry for missing in action over the past 2 weeks. I have been quite unwell, but now I am back and ready to share some wonderful ideas with you all!

I begin with a challenge at Just Add Ink. The challenge this week is a Colour Combination Challenge JAI#231.

My dear younger sister had her third baby last week, a little boy to add to the two girls she already had! It was such wonderful news and Mitchell is just adorable.

Anyway, I saw these colours and immediately thought baby card, so here it is.

I began with a Bermuda Bay card base and added a layer of Crushed Curry cardstock.

Something for Baby W'eve Grown

The next layer is Whisper White, the best cardstock for stamping on by far. I sponged the stars at the top using a sponge dauber and the stars decorative mask, then punched the side of the cardstock with the new stars border punch. Isn’t it just gorgeous?!!!

I stamped the pram from the Something For Baby stamp set in crushed curry onto the white card and again on some spare white card twice. I also stamped the pram in Bermuda Bay ink onto white card and cut out just the bassinet of the pram and added it with dimensionals.

The two yellow images on the spare card, I cut out the hood of the pram from each and folded them and put them together with glue.

I added some ribbon, tied it in a bow towards the bottom, so the sentiment could be added above it.

Something for Baby We've Grown Something for Baby W'eve Grown

The sentiment is from the Baby We’ve Grown stamp set inked in black and punched out with the decorative label punch. The little stars on the sentiment are bits out of the stars border punch, so cute hey?!!!

I glued the white card to the crushed curry card and then used dimensionals to add them to the base card.

I didn’t feel it looked quite finished and it needed something, so I added a little of the silver glimmer paper which was an off cut from another project.

Why don’t you give a challenge a go, they are so much fun. Head across to the Just Add Ink page for more inspiration and see how the designers interpreted this challenge.

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here. This catalogue is full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

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Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Baby, feminine, Masculine

Baby Cards (boy & girl)

13 June, 20148 June, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I share with you some quick and easy baby cards using the Baby We’ve Grown stamp set.

I am just loving this set of stamps with 6 images, only 4 I have used!

The colour scheme is: Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede & Crumb Cake!

The card base is Crumb Cake. I stamped each of the images onto Very Vanilla cardstock using a Soft Suede inkpad. I coloured parts of the images with the Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Write Marker and sponged all the edges.

The background was created by inking the inside of Petals a Plenty Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and placing the cardstock over the top being careful not to move it. Rub it gently then remove it slowly, so you don’t smudge the image. It is another fantastic technique for using your TIEFs!!!

I added some Vintage ribbon and some pearls to finish it off.

I then decided to make one for a baby boy using the same colours but exchanging the Pink Pirouette for Soft Sky and here it is!

The new 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue goes live on 1 July, but if you would like to receive a copy before then, please Contact Me. This catalogue is full of amazing new products and wonderful colour pictures for ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Don’t forget to check the retired stamps and accessories lists, there are sure to be products to please, but hurry, only available while stocks last!

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Happy Stamping,

Baby

Baby Cards

26 March, 201422 March, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

I have a few people who are close to me who are enjoying this time in their lives, expecting another baby, so today I want to share with you a couple of cards for both a boy and a girl!

The colours used here are Soft Sky & Pink Pirouette with White. To me, these colours just scream baby!

I have used some of the images from the Baby We’ve Grown stamp set and the Woodgrain background Stamp.

and here it is close up

And this is what it looks like close up.

I just love adding some colour to the sentiment and the rabbit with the Stampin’ Write Markers in the coordinating colours.

And how sweet is the border punch?!!! I just love this punch, one of the reasons why I began my love affair with Stampin’ Up!

Don’t forget you only have a few more days until Sale-a-bration ends on 31 March 2014.

Be sure to place your order before then, and take advantage of your free product from the Sale-a-bration brochure (pgs 11-17) with any order over $90!!!!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Soft Sky, Whisper White

Other: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Write Markers, Tombo Glue, Dimensionals

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Happy Crafting,

Baby, feminine

Five Way Flower

6 February, 20142 February, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Following on from yesterdays card, I thought it would be nice to make a card for the first time Grandparents, whose daughter had a baby girl this week!

Naturally it had to be pinks and as I hadn’t used my Five Way Flower (#131088) stamp yet, I thought it was time to ink it up!

I stamped the image onto white, twice in Melon Mambo and twice in Blushing Bride. Using the scallop circle punches, I punched a layer from each of the images, alternating the colours.

The background is die cut from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlits (#126999) in Blushing Bride card.

I didn’t have any coordinating ribbon, but I did have some very vanilla taffeta, so I took to it with the Melon Mambo ink pad!

The sentiment I typed on the computer and punched out with Large Oval (#119855) and layered onto the Scallop Oval (#119856).

To finish it off, I coloured a pearl using the blushing bride stampin’ write marker and placed it into the centre of the flower.

This is a very simple, but effective card and I am sure the new grandparents will love it, just as much as their new bundle of joy!

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Happy Crafting,