Kids Cards – Page 20 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

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,

Birthday, feminine, Kids Cards

Fit for a High Tea

27 April, 201510 April, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

My daughter went to a High Tea Party for her good friend’s 9th birthday a few weeks ago and we made this card for her.

Cupcake Stand

I used lots of my retired products on this card, such as the Primrose Petals and Midnight Muse card stock. I loved these colours and still use them.

Cupcake Stand

The little cupcake stamp is not a Stampin’ Up! product but it worked perfectly for this card. I coloured them using the Aqua Painter Pen and inkpads.

Cupcake Stand

Don’t you just love the little awning over the shop front?!! It was created with the Word Window Punch in alternating colours!

The kids had a wonderful time at the High Tea Party.

Happy Stamping,

Birthday, Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Masculine

Motorbike for the boys

10 April, 201510 April, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a card I made using MDS (My Digital Studio), the computer program that Stampin’ Up! have had for a few years now, and will no longer offer from 31st May 2015. When I heard this is was disappointed, as I had purchased many downloads and use the program for my scrapbooking and designing my blog headers. But in saying this, we can still use the program, there just won’t be access to new downloads.

This card was made for a young man in his 20s for his birthday. At that age, I find masculine cards more difficult, but love this motorbike stamp which I downloaded in MDS for only a couple of dollars and can use as many times as I like!!!

Motorbike

I printed the image onto white card and cut it to the size required. I coloured it with Stampin’ Write Markers. As the saying goes, Red goes faster, so that is what I chose!!!!

How awesome does it look?!!!

Motorbike

I layered it on Basic Grey card and Real Red and added some coordinating Candy Dots.

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

Sale-a-bration, ends 31st March 2015 (tomorrow!)

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Happy Stamping,

Easter, Gift Ideas, Kids Cards

Easter Basket

3 April, 201528 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Welcome to Friday and today being Good Friday, also means Happy Easter!

So to celebrate, I have some cute little Easter baskets to show you.

I did share these with you in an Easter Blog Hop a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t share any instructions at the time on how to make them.

So here are some cute little baskets that my girls gave to their teachers on the last day of Term for Easter. I used the Designer Series Papers, because they are double sided and they are so pretty.

Easter Basket

These are only small. Add small strips of cellophane inside then add 3 little solid eggs. The girls loved giving these to their teachers.

What you need:

4 strips DSP: 5-1/2″ x 3/4″ (basket)

1 strip DSP: 5-1/2″ x 1/2″ (handle)

1 strip DSP 7-1/4″ x 1/2″ (top)

1 x 1-3/4″ circle punched (base)

Step 1 – Add Sticky Strip or Fast Fuse to the “Top” (longest length) as shown below.

Step 2 – Start adding the strips for the basket, starting at one end and lining them up against each other.

Step 3 – take the first strip and fold it around next to the fourth strip (see below)

Step 4 – Repeat with the remaining strips and join the top together.

Step 5 – Now you have your basket shape

Step 6 – Push down gently from the top to squash it a little and add the circle punch to the bottom.

Step 7 – Add the handle with some brads and fill with your favourite mini eggs!

I hope you enjoy making some of these Easter Baskets yourself.

Happy Easter,

Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Irresistible Crocodile

25 March, 201519 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

With less than a week to go, make sure you place your order before Sale-a-bration ends to receive your free product!

The Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper has been so popular and today I use it again.

I have sponged it with Lost Lagoon ink and wiped off the excess from the embossed areas.

Irresistibly Yours

See how I have cut the card on an angle? Well this is something that goes against my OCD!!!

I had to try it, as I have seen so many cards that look awesome. I have to say, I am not totally happy with this card, but I have had so many wonderful comments from people that they love it!

and check out the cute little crocodile, with his tail over the edge of the circle. To create that effect, I roughly cut around his tail to about half way and then placed it in the circle punch (lifting the tail out) so it wouldn’t be cut off.

Irresistibly Yours

I also stamped the inside of the card!

Irresistibly Yours

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

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Happy Stamping,

Birthday, feminine, Kids Cards

Pony Party

11 March, 201519 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a card with you that I made for a friend of my daughters for her birthday. This stamp set is long retired, but I really love it and wanted to share it with you anyway.

Pony Party

The image is coloured with Stampin’ Write Markers and the body is coloured with Sahara Sand ink and an Aqua Painter Brush!

I added some glitter to the mane, tail and wings, and I just love the effect it gives!

Pony Party

I used Happy Hearts TIEF on the Real Red card stock.

The sentiment is stamped in Real Red ink and punched with the Word Window and Modern Label.

I think any young girl would love this Magical birthday wishes card.

Have a wonderful day!

Only a few more weeks left of Sale-a-bration, so don’t forget to take advantage and add your free product with any $90 order.

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

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Happy Stamping,

Birthday, Challenges, JAI, Kids Cards

Celebrate Today at JAI

15 February, 201517 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I enter a challenge at Just Add Ink. The challenge this week is an inspiration challenge JAI#250.

My immediate reaction to this image was Valentine’s Day, but that was celebrated yesterday, so I changed to a birthday theme. There are so many birthday celebrations, so I know this card won’t last too long in my stash!

I have also had this idea of making an interactive moving card for so long now, that today was the day to give it a go. I didn’t know the mechanics of it, but gave it a shot of trial and error. Simply pull the flag tab and the balloons move across the card from left to right. Push it back in and the balloons drift back! I have no idea what the name of this technique is, but it was fun to make.

Celebrate Today

I have this Celebrate Today stamp set in photopolymer and it is the ideal type for 2-step stamping, as the stamp is completely clear and you can see exactly where to stamp the second image! Awesome!

The base card is Black with a layer of balloons stamped in Strawberry Slush ink and then stamped again with Blackberry Bliss ink. The hearts on the left balloon were sponged with a dauber using the Heart Mask. The banner is die cut from Glimmer paper as are the tassels.

The sentiment is inked with Versamark and silver embossing powder applied and heat set.

Celebrate Today

Be sure tho decorate the inside panel of your card and even the envelope helps tie it all together!

Celebrate Today

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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Happy Stamping,

Free Product, Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Best Day Ever

13 February, 201531 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

How did you enjoy yesterdays blog hop? I thought there were some wonderful creations for our inspiring team members!

Well today, I continue the theme of my blog post and created another card using the same stamp set, DSP and colour combinations.

Best Day Ever

The base card is Calypso Coral stamped with the coordinating ink. The Soft Suede layer, I punched with the scallop border punch and added a piece of the Best Year Ever Designer Paper. I used the banner punch to add some interest to the side of the card.

The sentiment from the Best Day Ever Stamp set is stamped on Whisper White card stock in Coastal Cabana ink and mounted onto Calypso Coral Core’dinations card stock.

Best Day Ever

I added the ribbon, but wasn’t sure about a bow, I thought that it didn’t suit the style of this card, so I just made a very simple knot.

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

Best Day Ever

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

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

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Happy Stamping,

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

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Happy Stamping,

Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Masculine, Punch Art

Punch Art for boys

23 January, 201511 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I am going back to some punch art to create a card for my nephew who turns 6 today! Happy Birthday buddy!!!!

Punch Art for boys

The punches used are mostly circles and word window. Once all the pieces are glued together, I added the plane to the card with dimensionals so it actually looks like it is flying!

Here is a close up.

Punch Art for boys

I think he is going to love it, what do you think?

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

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Happy Stamping,