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Butterfly Basics Bundle

8 March, 20157 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I enter a challenge at Just Add Ink. The challenge this week is an inspiration challenge JAI#253.

My immediate reaction to this image was “Wow, look at that gorgeous hot pink colour”!

I also love butterflies, so this challenge was going to be just that, butterflies, melon mambo and black.

Butterfly Basics

I love this Butterfly Basics bundle of which the stamps are photopolymer, so extremely easy to use and it has the coordinating dies. Awesome!

The base card is Black with a layer of Melon Mambo cardstock and then another layer or black, which is stamped with Craft White ink using the fern stamp. I stamped the ink off before applying to the cardstock, so that it wasn’t too white and stark.

The butterfly is the main focus of this card so it stands out in its Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana colourings. I added 5 pearls for each antennae.

Butterfly Basics

I didn’t feel this card needed a sentiment, so I left it blank.

Be sure to decorate the inside panel of your card and even the envelope. I never send a “nude” envelope!

Butterfly Basics

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.

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

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Stacked With Love

2 March, 20151 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

I am getting in a day early to wish my mother-in-law a very happy birthday for tomorrow! You may think “terrible MIL”, but I actually get along very well with mine and we share similar interests, as she is also in my Stampin’ Up! team!!!!

Anyway, I have a very pretty card for you today, using the Happy Hearts TIEF, Stacked With Love DSP stack and the cute Sweetheart punch.

Stacked With Love

I just love these soft tones and patterns in these papers are just perfect for this style of card. In fact, I love everything about this card, from the ribbon, to the texture, so much yumminess!!!!!

This would be a perfect Valentine’s Day card lol.

I have used Pink Pirouette and Real Red throughout this card and I didn’t add a sentiment, as I thought with all the hearts it was obvious enough.

Stacked With Love

The ribbon and layering give added texture and dimension, not to mention gorgeousness!!!

Don’t forget to decorate the inside of your card and your envelope. This time I have glued some of the DSP and a punch rather than stamping!

Stacked With Love

Please leave a comment below, if you like this one!

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

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feminine, Handmade Cards, Wedding

Wedding Shimmer

27 February, 201531 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Firstly, I wish my dear mum a very happy birthday for today and I look forward to catching up with her for a celebratory lunch!

Today I have some wedding cards to share with you which I was asked to make. Not all the products are Stampin’ Up! but the best parts are!!!

Handmade Wedding Card

Check out the gorgeous Everything Eleanor flourishes on the background which I stamped in Smoky Slate but it looks so silver on the Shimmer card. Check out the shine!!!

Handmade Wedding Card

The ribbon is our gorgeous Silver Satin Ribbon tied in a bow behind the 3 tiered cake embossed with the Fancy Fan TIEF.

Handmade Wedding Card

Don’t forget to stamp the inside of the card and the envelope!

Handmade Wedding Card

Here is another card using similar products

Handmade Wedding Card

Please leave a comment below.

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

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Card in a Box Style, feminine, Gift Ideas, Handmade Cards

Cake in a Box

23 February, 201516 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share something a little different to the usual cards and Project Life creations. I received this little decorative window gift box from another demonstrator to come up with something special. So I got to work and thought about turning it into a different type of card, a card in a box!

Seeing as I had some leftover butterflies from a previous project, I thought I would use them on the top of this cute little box and add some ribbon around the base.

As you know, I love butterflies, and so does my dear friend who turned 50 last week and had her big party on Saturday night, hence why I couldn’t post this sooner!!!! Happy Birthday Lisa, this is for you!

Cake in a box

You may have noticed I called this box a decorative window box? Well it did have a clear window sheet opening at the top but that was going to defeat the purpose of my little creation. Why, you say? well keep reading and you will see why.

Now are you ready to see inside? This is my favourite part!!!!

Cake in a box

I used the Big Day stamp set with Strawberry Slush ink on Crisp Canteloupe card stock and added a small Itty Bitty Flower punch from the Accents Punch Pack with a rhinestone in the centre.

In the box is a cake made from a battery operated tea light candle. The idea is to turn the light on before you hand it over to the recipient, hence why I wanted to cover up the acetate window on the top!

Cake in a box

The inspiration to make this special card in a box was from Terri Suzuki and you can find her tutorial on this by clicking here.

What do you think? Isn’t it stunning?

Here’s a close up with the candle turned on!

Cake in a box

I also added some rhinestones around the top of the cake and the base.

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

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

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Butterflies, Challenges, feminine, Handmade Cards

All Abloom Butterfly

20 February, 201512 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I entered a Creative Sketch Challenge as part of our Art With Heart Team.

I used the All Abloom DSP Stack and the Butterfly Basics & Butterfly Thinlits Bundle, along with Crisp Cantaloupe, Mossy Meadow & Pistachio Pudding card stock!

Butterfly Basics

I love these colours together and who doesn’t love butterflies and flowers?!!!

Butterfly Basics

I embossed the Scalloped circle with the Perfect Polka Dot TIEF and sponged the edges with the coordinating ink and a dauber. The sentiment is stamped with Mossy Meadow ink.

I also decorated the inside of the card with a strip of the same paper I used on the front and die cut another butterfly from the same DSP to adhere to the envelope!

Butterfly Basics

Don’t forget that the Butterfly Bundle is only on sale until the end of Sale-a-bration. By purchasing the bundle you save yourself 15%, and who wouldn’t want to do that?!!!!

Have a wonderful day!

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

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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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Birthday, feminine, Handmade Cards

Crazy About You

16 February, 201514 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

I am going to share a card with you today of a colour combination that I don’t usually put together, but in fact, I have fallen in love with!

I have used two Bundles from the Occasions Catalogue and with each bundle you can save 15%.

The 1st bundle is Crazy About You stamp set and the Hello You Thinlits, and the 2nd bundle is Petal Potpourri stamp set and the coordinating Flower Medallion punch.

Flowers make me happy and this card certainly is a bright and happy card.

Petal Potpourri Crazy About You Stampin' Up!

The base card is Hello Honey with a layer of Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper.

The flowers are stamped in Hello Honey ink on the coordinating card stock and punched out using the coordinating Flower Medallion Punch. I used dimensionals to add the flowers to the card, slightly overlapping them, after adding some Hello Honey ribbon and bow.

Petal Potpourri Crazy About You Stampin' Up!

I added the “happy” die cut from the Hello You Thinlits and added it with Tombo Glue. The “birthday” sentiment is stamped and punched with the Word Window punch.

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

Petal Potpourri Crazy About You Stampin' Up!

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

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,

Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, feminine, Free Product, Handmade Cards, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

AWHT Blog Hop for February 2015

12 February, 201512 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I’m excited to bring you a blog hop with some of the awesome ladies in the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! Team. Today we focus on the new Occasions Stampin’ Up! Seasonal Catalogue and also Sale-a-bration! If you place an order with me during Sale-a-bration, you can choose a free item with every $90 you spend in one transaction. There are lots of fabulous free items to choose from (ask me for a brochure and an Occasions Catalogue) and the promotion goes right through until 31st March.

Better still, become part of our awesome fun, friendly and supportive Art With Heart team. We have a really large team Australia wide that has been around since Stampin’ Up! came to Australia. We have a very active team forum and also have in person stamp days, challenges, card swaps, product shares and more. When you join during Sale-a-bration, you get to choose whatever you like from our catalogues, but pay just $169 for $235 worth of product (that’s a huge discount!) but also you get to choose between two free product options. It’s quick and easy to join online too. Ask me how!

Now let’s get into showing you what you can make with the great new products in the Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues.

You have come to my blog from Ros Davidson.

For my projects, I have used the Best Day Ever Stamp Set, Best Year Ever Accessory Pack & Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper (Sale-a-bration Brochure) and the Something Borrowed Embellishments & Note Tag Punch (Occasions Catalogue).

Best Year Ever

I began with a card base in Coastal Cabana and stamped the background in the coordinating ink. I added the sentiment onto Whisper White card and punched it out. The DSP is added over the top after I sponged the edges and added the ribbon and embellishments.

I just love these Something Borrowed embellishments which I added on top of the ribbon, which I have folded to look like the pattern in the DSP (did you notice that?!!!).

Best Year Ever

and don’t forget to decorate the inside of your card and your envelope!

Best Year Ever

and why stop here…. I continued this theme (as I just love these colours together) and made a little magazine file folder to hold up to 10 cards and envelopes in. What a great idea these would be to make as gifts for loved ones.

Best Year Ever

How did I make this? Well, the following diagrams should give you the basic measurements. Be sure to decorate the “outside” as shown before you stick it together. Adhere the Belly Band last before decorating.

Best Year Ever

Let’s keep this blog hop hopping. Next up we have Kathryn Mangelsdorf.

Thanks for visiting today. Don’t forget to email me at craftwithkate@live.com.au to get a copy of the Occasions Seasonal Catalogue or Sale-a-bration brochure, or to enquire about joining the Art With Heart team.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

feminine, Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Markers for Colouring, Masculine

From the Herd

11 February, 201529 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Well here is a bit of fun I want to share with you today, something from the Occasions Catalogue that is a bit corny, but I just had to have!!!! lol

I think this stamp set will get great use, as it can be coloured any way you like, whether using Blendabilities, water colour or markers. And check out the sentiment!!!!

From the Herd

I have used Blendabilities to colour the images.

Here is a close up. I love the little bird on the back of the bison!

From the Herd

Be sure to decorate the inside on your card also!

From the Herd

What are your thoughts of this card? I love these colours together, they are so soft, subtle and feminine.

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,

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A happy thing

9 February, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Have you been enjoying all the sale items and freebies coming your way when you place your SU orders?

Well I certainly have, and here is another stamp set that I got for FREE for placing a $90 order!

I love this cute little birdie from the stamp set, A Happy Thing as he reminds me of the Kingfisher bird, so I had to colour him in with my Blendabilities.

A Happy Thing

I stamped him initially with the Memento Black ink pad before using my Blendabilities. I used the Coastal Cabana and the Night of Navy sets to give the extra tones required. I used a little of the Cherry Cobbler also on his beak.

A Happy Thing

I used Pool Party and Coastal Cabana card stock for the card layers and use the Decorative Dots TIEF on the lighter layer before adding a doilie. I used my circle framelits for each of the circles and added a small bow to finish off.

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

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

If you wish to place an order between now and the 31st March, you may be entitled to some FREE Sale-a-bation items.

If you order $90 in product, you choose 1 item FREE

If you order $180 in product, you choose 2 items FREE

If you order $300 in product, you choose 3 items FREE and get $50 to spend on anything in any catalogue

If you order $400 in product, you choose 4 items FREE and get $100 to spend on anything in any catalogue