Birthday – Page 45 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Dear Crafters,

You know how I have been sharing many projects lately with the new Balloon Bouquet Punch and Balloon Celebration stamp set? Well I have some tips & tricks for you when using them to make life easier! Do you want to see?

Step 1 – Begin by punching the balloons in some scrap card stock

How to line up the Balloon Bouquet Punch #stampinup

Step 2 – Sit the 2 balloon stamps inside the punch out pieces (stamp side down)

How to line up the Balloon Bouquet Punch #stampinup

Step 3 – Place your acrylic block on top

How to line up the Balloon Bouquet Punch #stampinup

Step 4 – Now stamp in the colours you require

How to line up the Balloon Bouquet Punch #stampinup

Step 5 – Your punch will now line up perfectly to punch both balloons together without all that wasted card stock

How to line up the Balloon Bouquet Punch #stampinup

Voila – how cool is that?!!!!

How to line up the Balloon Bouquet Punch #stampinup

From tomorrow you will be able to purchase these products. and let me tell you, you won’t be disappointed!!!!

The Occasions catalogue and Sale-a-bration brochure goes live on 5th January 2016!

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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Birthday, Celebrate, Free Product, Handmade Cards, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB), Techniques & Tutorials

Pop up Slider Card

2 January, 20162 January, 2016 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Happy New Year to you all, I hope that your celebrations were safe and wonderful and your year ahead is full of love, laughter, happiness & of course loads of crafting!

Today I share with you, a new technique that has been around for many years, but I have not made until now. It’s the pop up slider card.

Slider Card Balloon Celebration Bouquet #stampinup

I love new products and today I have used a few of them lol. These are from the Occasions catalogue and a couple of the FREE sets from the Sale-a-bration brochure which goes live on 5th January 2016!

I used the Balloon Celebration stamp set and the coordinating Balloon Bouquet Punch. This punch has 2 size balloons on it, so it is fantastic value! I also used the Hello stamp set and Perfect Pairings stamp set, both of which can be earned FREE during Sale-a-bration. All you have to do is spend $90 and choose 1 FREE item, spend $180 and choose 2 FREE items and so on.

Here’s how it works. As you pull the ribbon tab at the top, the middle section of the card opens up to reveal hidden messages.

Slider Card Balloon Celebration Bouquet #stampinup

Push the tab back in and the card closes up.

Colours I’ve used are: Mint Macaron, Pool Party, Melon Mambo & Whisper White.

How cute is this technique??!!! I don’t know why it took me so long to give it a go, but I can see myself making many more of these fun cards.

Slider Card Balloon Celebration Bouquet #stampinup

I cased this idea from Helen Allen on YouTube. Click here to view her video tutorial.

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Birthday, Kids Cards

Happy Birthday Chick

29 December, 201527 December, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today’s project uses the brand new Balloon Bouquet Punch, Perfect Pairings stamp set and the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set.

Honeycomb Happiness chick #stampinup

I covered the white card base with some Cherry on Top DSP and stamped the sentiment from the Perfect Pairings stamp set (can be earned free with any $90 order) in Bermuda Bay ink.

The chick was stamped in black directly onto some Daffodil Delight Core card and fussy cut. Then the beak and feet were coloured with the Tangelo Twist Stampin’ Write Marker.

Honeycomb Happiness chick #stampinup

The gold glimmer balloon was cut using the Balloon Bouquet Punch, sure to be a massive seller from the soon to be released Occasions catalogue (5th January)! Don’t you agree that you could use this on so many projects?!!! I added the balloon and chick using dimensionals and some gold cording trim behind the chick and balloon.

Honeycomb Happiness chick #stampinup

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Birthday, feminine

Honeycomb Happiness

27 December, 201527 December, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a card using the stunning Love Blossoms DSP and the Honeycomb Embellishments.

Love Blossoms Honeycomb Balloon #stampinup

On the white card base, I added a narrow layer of the Love Blossoms DSP. The image from the stamp set, Honeycomb Happiness is stamped in Blushing Bride ink onto Whisper White card and layered on top of some blushing bride card. A coordinating Honeycomb Embellishment was added.

Love Blossoms Honeycomb Balloon #stampinup

I stamped the sentiment in blushing bride ink onto coordinating card stock and used a circle punch to cut it out. I added some candy dots to finish it off.

Love Blossoms Honeycomb Balloon #stampinup

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Birthday, Kids Cards

Cute as a Mouse

23 December, 201512 December, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a card using the Balloon Builders stamp set from the Occasions catalogue. I have to admit that when I first saw this set, it wasn’t one that was going to the top of my list to purchase. But, as I looked at it more and more and saw the samples in the catalogue, I had to make this card I share today.

Balloon Builders #stampinup

The card base is Delightful Dijon. The top layer is Whisper White, which has a piece of Washi Tape added to the bottom.

Mouse Balloon Builders #stampinup

I stamped the mouse in Smoky Slate ink using a variety of the stamps and his nose in Rose Red. The balloon and sentiment is stamped in Delightful Dijon ink and fussy cut then added with a dimensional. I tied a bow with some Gold Cording Trim and adhered it with a glue dot.

Mouse Balloon Builders #stampinup

Isn’t he just the cutest little thing?

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Birthday, feminine, Flowers

Heart of Gold

14 December, 201512 December, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Gold is in this year and so I have created a nice shiny gold heart of flowers!

This is a sneak peek of the Bloomin’ Love stamp set, new in the Occasions catalogue starting 5th January 2016.

Bloomin' love #stampinup

I used a Blushing Bride card base and layered some Whisper White card which was stamped with versamark ink and gold embossed using the heat tool. The bottom section is some of the Love Blossoms DSP which you would have seen in recent blog posts…. I love it!

The Blushing Bride Cotton Ribbon is beautiful and finishes this card nicely.

Check out the shine of the heart?!!!

Bloomin' love #stampinup

If you are excited as me about the upcoming Occasions catalogue, then you will need to get your copy early. I have plenty of them and can mail it to you today by just emailing me to request one.

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Birthday, Butterflies, feminine, Flowers

So feminine

11 December, 201529 November, 2015 craftwithkate

Love Blossoms DSP #stampinup

Dear Crafters,

Today I share some more pretty in pink to end the week, but I promise next week, I’ll try and incorporate something more masculine lol

Can you tell that I love this Designer Paper Series Stack, Love Blossoms? I think it is just stunning and so utterly feminine.

Love Blossoms DSP #stampinup

How beautiful is this butterfly which was created using the Bold Butterfly Framelits and Butterflies Thinlits. The bottom layer is vellum, then blushing bride, then rose red and finished with a gorgeous Iced Rhinestone Embellishment.

Super duper pretty if you ask me!

Love Blossoms DSP #stampinup

This DSP will be available to purchase from 5th January 2015, so be sure to request your copy of the catalogues now!

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Birthday, Kids Cards, Masculine

Ninja Turtles

4 December, 201528 November, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

My 6 year old has been invited to a 6th birthday party of one of her classmates and apparently he loves Ninja Turtles, so this is what I have made for him!

I added some of those cute googly eyes which I think give them so much more character.

I used the 1-1/4″ circle punch and the Large oval punch to create the turtles head from Wild Wasabi card.

The bandanna’s are made from 1/2″ strips of Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Tempting Turquoise & Real Red. The Triple Banner punch was used to create the ends of the bandanna.

The mouth is drawn by hand.

The black background is embossed with the Hexagon TIEF.

I saw a similar card on Pinterest, so not entirely my idea, but oh how cute are they?!

If you are excited as me, then you will need to get your copy of the new Occasions catalogue early, because 5th January is the date you will be able to start purchasing products. Please email me so I can mail you a copy in mid-December.

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Let the excitement begin and Happy Stamping!

Birthday, feminine, Flowers, Masculine, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Occasions/Spring Summer 2016 Catalogue Sneak Peeks

23 November, 201527 November, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Earlier this month, I attended a Stampin’ Up! training day in a brand new format that was a worldwide event in 12 locations; Brussels (Belgium), Perth & Melbourne (Australia), Auckland (NZ), Edmonton & Mississauga (Canada), Baltimore, Dallas, Milwaukee, San Diego, Tampa & Vancouver (USA). It was quite unique and a great celebration!

2015_OnStageLive — Here are a few of us at our table

Check out those metal water bottles that we each received, along with a tote bag, notebook, pens and a stamp set!

On this day we also received a copy of the new Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues. But first, I want to share with you a couple of the Make n Takes we created on the day. These were smaller samples, but when I got home I made them up into full cards.

Botanical Gardens Product Suite #stampinup

Botanical Gardens Suite

Going Places Product Suite

It's my Party Product Suite

It’s my Party Product Suite

I am loving some the new Designer Series Papers, they are bright and bold, and some with gorgeous florals too! There are loads of coordinating products like stamps, punches, framelits and beautiful embellishments to match the product suites. I am definitely getting the Going Places Product Suite for my masculine projects and Memory Keeping pages!

And best of all, I won Prize Patrol and this is a card I’ve made with it. It is one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets you will be able to get for FREE with any $90 order in January!!!!

If you are excited as me, then you will need to get your copy of the catalogues early because 5th January is the date you will be able to start purchasing these products. Please email me so I can mail you a copy in December on cardsbykate@live.com.au.

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Let the excitement begin and Happy Stamping!

Birthday, feminine, Flowers, Gift Ideas, Kids Cards

Gift Card Holder

9 October, 201524 September, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a couple of gift card holders (cased from Claire Daly) which are very simple to make.

You can create 3 of these from 1 x A4 sheet of cardstock by cutting it vertically at 7cm x 29.7cm!

I used the Lots of Labels Framelits to die cut the end of the card, then score it at 3-1/8″ and 7-3/4″.

Emboss the opposite end to the framelit cut end and adhere Stampin’ Up! Tear and Tape to create a pouch. (This tape can be cut vertically so you have a very thin strip, otherwise the gift card won’t fit in!)

Create a belly band that slips over to hold it shut and decorate however you like. I have used the 2-3/8″ Scallop circle punch and added some embellishments. The ice-cream is the Sprinkles of Life stamp set which can be found on the back page of the AC.