Alphabet a la Mode dies – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

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Petal Pink: Sneak Peek of new product coming in March!

26 February, 202525 February, 2025 craftwithkate

Week 42 – Petal Pink

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Today I feature the Marbled Elegance Specialty Designer Paper with some soon to be released Online Exclusive products on 4 March 2025; Thankful Garden Bundle, Patterns of Friendship stamp set and the Textured Notes Dies.

On the Poppy Parade card base, a layer of Petal Pink sits behind the Specialty Designer Papers. The next two layers are the Textured Notes dies in Petal Pink and Basic White.

Look at that gorgeous Gold Wow Emboss Powder melted on the outline of the feature image. It is coloured using the Thankful Garden Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes with the following inkpads: Petal Pink, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green. Die cut with the copordinating die and attach on Dimensionals.

Open the card to find this gorgeous display with more Specialty paper and the word MUM in Gold Foil on each of the 3 popout panels!

On the back of the front panel, I added some Basic White card to write a special message.

It is my mum’s birthday tomorrow and this is the fun fold card I’ved made for her ♥

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Product List
Stamps: Thankful Garden, Patterns of Friendship
Ink: Versamark, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Petal Pink, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade
Paper: Basic White, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Gold Foil, Marbled Elegance Specialty DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Thankful Garden dies & Decorative Masks, Textured Notes dies, Alphabet a la Mode dies, Blending Brushes, Adhesive Sheets, Melon Mambo Stamin’ Write Write Marker, Gold WOW Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Acrylic Blocks, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy
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Daffodil Delight: Full of Life Birthdays

25 September, 202425 September, 2024 craftwithkate

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I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Wednesday evening for the AWHT Colour Creations Blog Hop showcasing the full range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.

Week 22 – Daffodil Delight

Today I feature the Full of Life 6″ x 6″ DSP and the Alphabet A La Mode dies for this inlay technique. I began with a 3″ strip of the DSP which I cut down to the length of my card and added Adhesive Sheet behind it. I placed the ‘birthday’ letters on top and held them in place with a large post it note so they didn’t move and ran it through my die cutting machine. I did the same on a piece of Black cardstock. I glued the DSP panel to a piece of Textured Metallic Specialty Foil Paper and glued it to the cardfront.

Birthday card 1 for Daffodil Delight Colour Creations Blog Hop by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2024 inside

The letters were replaced with the black letters and because I didn’t want to waste the colourful letters, I recreated the card in reverse! On this second card, I mounted the black card onto some of the Gold Foil from the same Textured Metallic Specialty Paper pack! The ‘happy’ is stamed in Versamark ink, White WOW Emboss Powder added and melted with my Heat Tool.

Birthday card 2 for Daffodil Delight Colour Creations Blog Hop by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2024 inside

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Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Christine Blain.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

Product List
Stamps: Simply Said
Dies: Alphabet A La Mode
Card/DSP/Specialty Paper: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Full of Life DSP, Textured Metallics Specialty DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Inks: Black Memento, Versamark
Embellishments: Adhesive-backed Shiny Sequins, Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins
Accesories/Adhesives/Tools: Adhesive Sheets,White WOW Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy, Tear & Tape

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Personalised 18th Birthday card

19 March, 202319 March, 2023 craftwithkate

Today I’ve created this special milestone birthday card for a party we attended on Saturday night, for a friends daughter’s 18th birthday!

Colour Combination - Basic White Mint macaron Sweet Sorbet

Personalised 18th Fancy Fold Birthday card using Stampin Up Country Floral Lane DSP by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023.

On the inside, I added another Glimmer Paper heart with the ’18’ die cut in Mint Macaron card using the Alphabet A La Mode dies.

Personalised 18th Fancy Fold Birthday card using Stampin Up Country Floral Lane DSP by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 open

Measurements
White Card: 28cm x 14cm score @ 4.5cm, 9cm and repeat from the other end.
Sweet Sorbet Card: 14.5cm x 10.5cm (2) for top and bottom.
Mint Macaron Card: 10cm x 14cm (front), 4cm x 13.5cm (right panel on inside)
DSP: 9.5cm x 13.5cm (front), 3.5cm x 13cm (right panel on inside)

Products
Stamps: Shaded Summer [155783]
Dies: Alphabet A La Mode [160750]
Card/Paper: Sweet Sorbet [159266], Mint Macaron [138344], Basic White [159228], 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer Paper [159246]
Designer Series Paper: Country Floral Lane [160375]
Inks: Sweet Sorbet [159216]
Other: Heart Punch Pack [151292], Iridescent Rhinestones [158130], Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815], Multipurpose Glue [110755], Dimensionals [104430], Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [150673], Paper Trimmer [152392], Simply Shammy [147042], Bone Folder [102300]

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Masculine 60th Birthday card

13 March, 202326 February, 2023 craftwithkate

Today I’ve created this special milestone birthday card for a work colleague who is celebrating his 60th birthday this weekend!

This Pop Out Slider card I initially saw on Susan Campfield’s FB page and she mentioned that another demonstrator in the Netherlands, Annette Elias, also made one, but used Metric measurements. Both links are listed towards the end of this post.

Legendary Ride Pop Out Slider Masculine card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

On the inside, I have the panel on the left for writing your message & the fancy mechanism on the right with the pop up 60 on the Something Fancy dies!

Legendary Ride Pop Out Slider Masculine card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 inside

Here is how it works!

Tutorials
Metric – Annette Elias (Netherlands) https://youtu.be/nCGH626c-pc
Imperial – Susan Campfield https://youtu.be/Q0gInKrZDSM

Products
Stamps: Legendary Ride Bundle [160763], Legendary Ride [160754]
Dies: Legendary Ride dies [160762], Alphabet A La Mode [160750], Something Fancy [160424], Stylish Shapes [159183]
Card/Paper: Basic Black [121688], Basic White [159228], Brushed Metallic [153524]
Designer Series Paper: All Together [160039]
Inks: Versamark [102283], Black Memento [132708]
Other: Cane Weave 3D TIEF [160580], Basics Embossing Powder [155554], Tear & Tape [138995], Multipurpose Glue [110755], Dimensionals [104430], Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [149653], Paper Trimmer [152392], Simply Shammy [147042], Bone Folder [102300]

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Love Cats Tunnel Card

16 January, 202315 January, 2023 craftwithkate

If you saw my Seaside Bay card on Saturday (click here), I said I’d share another card with an extra layer. Well here it is!

The Love Cats stamp set and the Dandy Designs DSP (Level 2 SAB item) are perfect for this fun tunnel card. The cats are stamped in Petal Pink, but before stamping onto Basic White card, I inked up the zigzag stamp from the Stitchery stamp set and stamped it with Calypso Coral ink directly onto the cat image then stamped the cat onto the white card. This is called the Kissing technique, kissing the two stamps together, and can be really effective. Once I stamped the 3 cats, I fussy cut them with Paper Snips.

Love Cats Tunnel card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia, SAB 2023

The sentiment inside the tunnel is from the Charming Sentiments Bundle.

Here is how it looks from the top, once constructed and it folds flat to fit into our C6 envelope!

Love Cats Tunnel card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023 top

On the back of the card, I used the die cut circles from the front design, plus the Alphabet A La Mode dies (with Adhesive Sheet on the back of the card before cutting) and the ‘birthday’ from the Art Gallery stamp set. I also used a Sponge Dauber to add some ink around the White circle.

Love Cats Tunnel card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023 back

Don’t these cats look awesome in this tunnel – just like cats really are playing!

Love Cats Tunnel card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia SAB 2023 layers

Products
DSP: Dandy Designs DSP (2023 SAB Level 2 #160836)
Bundles: Charming Sentiments Bundle (158734)
Stamps: Love Cats (160410), Stitchery (155074), Art Gallery (154421)
Dies: Layering Circles Framelits (151770), Alphabet A La Mode (160750)
Card: Basic White cardstock (159228) & Petal Pink (147009)
Inks: Petal Pink & Calypso Coral
Other: Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Cut & Emboss Machine, Bone Folder, Daubers, Snips, Adhesive Sheets

Measurements – Metric
Card Base: 29.7cm x 10.5cm score @ 10.5cm, 14cm, 24.5cm, 28cm
Card inserts: 12.5cm x 10.5cm score @ 1cm from each end (3)
DSP: 10cm x 10cm (4) & 3cm x 10cm (2)
then follow Susan’s Tutorial below to see how to put it together.

My card today was initially inspired by Susan Campfield, but I have added an extra layer. You can view Susan Campfield’s YouTube here.

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Mass produce cards with the stack, cut and shuffle technique

7 December, 20222 January, 2023 craftwithkate

Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 32 – Night of Navy

Today, I have some very simple masculine cards for you to show how you can create three card bases from three pieces of different DSPs. I’m using the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper with a Night of Navy card base and Basic White matt layer (5mm smaller than the card base).

Take three different patterns of paper and cut down to 12.5cm x 9.5cm. Place all 3 pieces together in your Trimmer at an angle. There are no right or wrong measurements here. Just as long as you cut twice holding the patterned papers together. Once they are cut you can place them down ensuring one piece of each pattern is on each card. Glue them to your white layer.

I am sharing a sneak peek of some new alphabet dies, Alphabet A La Mode, that are coming in the New Year and they are a must have item!

Craft with Kate Morgan tip for using Alphabet dies, Stampin Up Australia 2023 I placed some Adhesive Sheet behind some Navy and White card scraps to allow the die cuts to become stickers without the mess of using glue. Using the H, B, 2 & U dies, place them in a row together – grab some washi tape to hold them in place. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it’s easier this way when cutting 3 times!

Peel the backings off the dies to reveal the sticky side and place them onto your cards.

Finally I added some Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots. There were 3 colours, so I grouped them on each card. I think these are more masculine than many of the other embellishments.

On the inside, I placed a Basic White piece of card with a strip of the DSP across the bottom.