Techniques & Tutorials – Page 16 – 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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Christmas, Techniques & Tutorials

Holly Jolly Greetings

18 December, 201512 December, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share some more gorgeousness for Christmas with the masking technique!

I love this stamp set, Holly Jolly Greetings. I think it is so versatile and you can create so many different designs with it.

I am not usually a snowflake girl for Christmas, but I do particularly love these wooden snowflake embellishments and the Iced Rhinestone Embellishments are stunning and sparkly!

Holly Jolly Greetings #stampinup

The card base is Marina Mist.

I have used Marina Mist and Soft Sky ink in the sponging, with a Night of Navy snowflake stamped over the top. I used two large post it notes to mask the card leaving space between for the sponging.

Super duper pretty if you ask me!

Holly Jolly Greetings #stampinup

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Baby, Techniques & Tutorials

Welcome Baby Jackson Side Step Card

9 November, 20157 November, 2015 craftwithkate

Something for Baby Side Step Card #stampinup

Dear Crafters,

Today I used the Something for Baby stamp set with the coordinating Baby’s First Framelits to create a card for a new baby boy, Jackson!

The base card is Soft Sky and the drawers are Marina Mist, and I sponged the edges with Marina Mist ink. The knobs of th drawers are the 1/8″ Mini Silver Brads.

This is a side step card which folds flat to fit into a standard C6 envelope. I saw a similar card on Queen B Creations website, although I changed up my dimensions to use an A5 card, so I can make 2 cards from 1 sheet of A4 paper without wastage!

The Decorative Label punch was used to create the bottom of the dresser.

The pram and the duck were stamped with stampin’ inkpads then die cut with the coordinating framelits. I coloured the third image using Stampin Write Markers from the Brights Pack. The name was stamped using the Back to Basics Alphabet stamp set, which is Photopolymer so I could see exactly where I was stamping each letter to line them up!

Something for Baby Side Step Card #stampinup

How cute are these little booties sticking out of the drawers?!

Please leave a comment below if you like my card today.

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Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Shaker Cards

4 November, 201518 October, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share the To You & Yours Shaker Cards Project Kit video I found on the Stampin’ Up! YouTube channel.

I personally don’t have this kit, but I absolutely love shaker cards and thought some of you may be interested. Starting with a kit is an easy way of beginning this technique, and perfect timing for Christmas!

Be sure to watch the video by clicking here and let me know if you love shaker cards.

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Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Watercolouring with Spritzer

28 October, 201518 October, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share another technique I found on the Stampin’ Up! YouTube channel about Watercolouring with the Spritzer!

I haven’t had a go at this technique either, but it is certainly something I’ve added to my list.

Be sure to watch the video by clicking here and let me know if you have ever tried this fun technique and how went.

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Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Rainbow Stamping

21 October, 201518 October, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I am sharing a technique I found on the Stampin’ Up! YouTube channel called Rainbow Stamping!

I haven’t as yet had a go at this technique, but it is certainly something I want to try very soon.

Be sure to watch the video by clicking here and let me know if you have ever tried this fun technique.

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Techniques & Tutorials

Colour Challenge Blog Hop

15 October, 201514 October, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Welcome to the Art With Heart Team Blog Hop for October. This month we have a colour challenge for you. Have you heard about the GREAT opportunity to earn more as a hostess (or get a greater discount on your Starter Kit by putting your hostess benefits towards the starter kit) between 8th October to 9th November. There’s no greater time to host a party or even a virtual party on Facebook. Contact me to find out more. You will love being part of our awesome Australia wide team. We are all about fun, friendship, inspiration and support.

You have come to my blog from the very talented, Jenny van Dijk. Blogs are full circles, so you can start hopping here and then at the end of each post is a link to the next. There is also a list of participants at the end in case of any broken links.

Now let’s get started!

For my first project today I am using the Retiform Technique. There are loads of tutorials on YouTube how to create this stylish background. Basically, you start by placing post it notes across the white card and sponging with ink.

I used the Everything Eleanor stamp over the top with Blackberry Bliss ink for a bold and striking design.

My next card uses the No Bones About It stamp set, but taking on a feminine twist!

These dinosaur roam through the forest, created using the Woodland embossing folder. I stamped the images directly onto the folder before embossing!

Dinosaur No Bones About It #stampinup

My last project uses the Build a Birthday stamp set.

I love how quick and easy this card was to make and adding some of the gorgeous Dotted Lace Trim as the top layer, certainly gives it a feminine feel. I felt it looked a little plain, so I did a pretty paper piercing border around the edge.

The butterfly with the pearl accent was added, reminding me of my own wedding cake!

Thanks for visiting today.

Don’t forget to email me at craftwithkate@live.com.au to request your copy of the Annual and/or Holiday Catalogue or to ask about joining the Art With Heart team.

Let’s keep this blog hop hopping. Next up we have the lovely Tina Gillespie .

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

Happy Stamping,

Birthday, Techniques & Tutorials

Origami Star card

5 October, 201517 September, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

I am posting this early today, as I’m on my way to the airport for a mini break in Queensland for a few days, but don’t fear, you will still be hearing from me!

Today, I share a fancy fold card, called an Origami Star Triangle card. Yes it does look rather fancy, but it is actually quite simple to create.

Here it is closed and then opened up!

It’s quite simple as long as you follow the steps on closing it in the correct order.

Firstly close up the bottom right hand side, then the left and then the top folds down and the RHS slips underneath.

I added the DSP to the front and the back so when the star is closed, you get that gorgeous pattern.

I die cut some stars and mounted them to the finished card, being careful to only have the dimensionals on the upper LHS of the star so it only sticks to the top flap of the triangle!

Please leave a comment below if you like my card today.

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Birthday, Butterflies, feminine, Techniques & Tutorials

Bokeh Birthday

28 August, 201521 August, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a feminine card using the Bokeh technique.

This is a really fun and effective look for any background to a card.

This sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Everyone stamp set, which is one of the 4 Hostess Sets in the annual catalogue.

I love how it has the Happy Birthday sentiment, but that you can add some of the other words to it to make it such a versatile and must have stamp set! Be sure to get yours today with any $250 order.