Quick and Easy Handmade Card – Page 2 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

What a busy Christmas Day we had with all the family and extended family coming to our house to celebrate. I love seeing all the kids, cousins and our newest member, Conor who is 5 weeks old, join us! It is a time for no one being excluded and I love that everyone came who we had invited. The relaxed atmosphere and everyone helping themselves and feeling comfortable, made my day.

I can now share with you a couple of the kids gifts for my nieces and nephews. As they are getting older and they have everything they need, I find it difficult to buy for them, so we give them each a gift card. But this year, I wanted to make it a bit different to the usual gift card holder or just putting it in an envelope with a card, so I found these glass jars, placed the gift card inside and filled them up with lollies. I mean, what kid doesn’t love some extra sugar on Christmas Day, right?!!!

Gift Card Ideas for Christmas Stampin Up 2018 by Kate Morgan Australia.jpg

To decorate the tops, I tied some ribbon around each one and added a monogram of their name (luckily they are all different initials) in glimmer paper, with a starburst punch of Christmas DSP and a circle die cut of coordinating card. How beautiful do they look?

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Oh deer, Vanilla & Gold!

21 December, 201815 December, 2018 craftwithkate

Today, is the last day of school for 2018 for my girls and the final day of primary school for my eldest daughter :0 It has been a big week, with her Graduation night on Tuesday evening and half day of school today to end the year.

Anyway, I have another Christmas card for you before my in-laws arrive tomorrow for the start of our Christmas celebrations. This one is simply some DSP, Gold Foil and the Detailed Deer die cut.

All is Bright DSP & Dashing Deer by Kate Morgan, Australia. Christmas 2018.JPG

The sentiment is stamped on strips of card with Versamark ink, Gold Emboss Powder applied and set with the heat tool. Then I cut the words up and added with dimensionals. These are quite simple and you could mass produce them with not too much trouble.

All is Bright DSP & Dashing Deer by Kate Morgan, Australia. Christmas 2018..JPG

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It’s almost Christmas & no time for fancy cards now!

19 December, 20188 December, 2018 craftwithkate

With less than a week until Christmas today, I needed some quick last minute, easy designs for my Christmas cards.

This one uses a piece of the Joyous Noel DSP placed on the card base with some of the stunning Merry Merlot & Copper Reversible Ribbon tied around it in a bow to look like a present. Such a simple but effective design.

Joyous Noel DSP Stampin Up Christmas 2018 by Kate Morgan, Australia

The Merry Christmas to All stamp set has the erfect sentiments, stamped in Merry Merlot ink and another strip of the DSP is added inside with a strip of the Joyous Noel Glimmer paper. Doesn’t it tie the card together perfectly?!

Joyous Noel DSP Stampin Up Christmas 2018 by Kate Morgan, Australia.

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Under the Mistletoe this Christmas

12 December, 20188 December, 2018 craftwithkate

Today, I am sharing a Christmas card that is so easy to create. It’s just cutting some strips of the Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper and gluing them to the front of the card.

Under the Mistletoe DSP Stampin Up Christmas 2018 by Kate Morgan, Australia

I stamped the sentiments in Shaded Spruce using the Merry Christmas to All stamp set and used the coordinating framelits to cut it out and sponged around the edges, before adding it to the front of the card with dimensionals. I also used the 1/2″ circle punch to take a tiny bit from the centre spine of the card to thread through some red ribbon and tie it in a bow at the front. I added some Sprigs of Mistletoe punched from some of the Joyous Noel Glimmer paper pack for some added sparkle!

Under the Mistletoe DSP Stampin Up Christmas 2018 by Kate Morgan, Australia.

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Christmas made easy with DSP!

28 November, 201825 November, 2018 craftwithkate

Today, I am sharing a couple of very quick and easy Christmas cards using predominantly Designer Series Paper!

Both of these are using the Santa’s Workshop DSP, a really cute stack of papers and if you look closely, you can see that some of it has flocking on it. The white of that striped background, has a velvety feel to it, as does the apron, and hat trims of those little elves!!!

Santas Workshop Stampin Up by Kate Morgan, Australia 2018.JPG

These cards use Garden Green card bases with layers of Designer paper. Can you believe there is absolutely no stamping on these cards?! The words are die cut using the Merry Christmas Thinlits dies.

Santas Workshop Stampin Up by Kate Morgan, Australia 2018.

Card making does not have to only be for the avid crafter, and I hope by sharing these quick and easy cards, you too can be inspired to create your own cards this Christmas!

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2018-2019 Annual Catalogue – Single Copy

Santa’s Workshop 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies

Big Shot

Stampin’ Trimmer

Simply Scored

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

Starburst Punch

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Heart of Christmas: All is Bright this Christmas

3 October, 20184 October, 2018 craftwithkate

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.jpg

Today’s card is simple and easy to create multiples of, in a short space of time. Cutting a strip of the All is Bright Designer series paper, layering it on some Gold Foil and gluing it to a card, it’s that simple!

Merry Christmas to All & All is Bright DSP handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Holiday catalogue 2018.

I also stamped the sentiment in one colour and added some Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes.

This took me all of about 5 minutes to make and if you are time poor leading up to this festive season, it could be the answer for you too!

Merry Christmas to All & All is Bright DSP handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Holiday catalogue 2018.JPG

Measurements:
Card base: 8¼” x 5⅞”, scored at 4⅛”
Gold Foil layer: 2¼” x 5⅞”
DSP: 2″ x 5⅞”

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2018-2019 Annual Catalogue – Single Copy

$7.00

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set

$47.00

All Is Bright 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$13.50

Gold Foil Sheets

$7.00

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin’ Pad

$13.00

Clear Block G

$8.00

Simply Shammy

$14.00

Paper Snips Scissors

$17.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

$7.00

Simply Scored

$50.00

Stampin’ Trimmer

$50.00

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Quick card using Delightful Daisy DSP

14 May, 201812 May, 2018 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a quick card using up some Designer Series Paper that will be retiring at the end of the month. This is the Delightful Daisy DSP!

Delightful Daisy DSP Stampin Up by Kate Morgan Australia..JPG

This particular pattern is very bright and bold, but it looks great cut into a large rectangle, mounted with a white border along 2 sides and placed in one corner leaving the Old Olive card base to show. A white banner is added with the sentiment (from Petal Palette) stamped in Old Olive ink. A ribbon bow is added to finish it off!

Delightful Daisy DSP Stampin Up by Kate Morgan, Australia

I was asked to make quite a few cards for my workplace and what better way to use up some DSP!

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Peace on Earth

15 December, 20179 December, 2017 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Whoa, can you believe it’s only 10 days until Christmas?!!!!

On Monday I shared some quick and easy Christmas cards, and this is another one using similar products, but instead I’m using the Carols of Christmas stamp set.

Some glimmer paper is added a a banner behind the sentiment for some Christmas sparkle and the enamel embellishments are actually left over from last years catalogue, but are the perfect accents.

The inside of the card is stamped with the sentiment from the Star of Light stamp set. A strip of Silver glimmer paper is added at the bottom.

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Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Bundle

$78.25

Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Quilted Christmas 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$16.00

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Silver Glimmer Paper

$8.75

Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad

$11.50

$120.50

$50.00

$30.00

$8.00

$50.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

$7.00

Paper Snips Scissors

$17.00

Big Shot

$159.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

$70.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$58.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

$6.00

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals

$6.00

Bone Folder

$12.00

Glue Dots

$8.00

Birthday, Butterflies, feminine, Handmade Cards

Beautiful Butterfly

6 April, 201528 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share with you a quick and easy card to make for those days when you need a card in a hurry!

I have used the stunning Butterfly die in Soft Sky card, then glued it to some vellum and cut around it.

Butterfly Painted Blooms

The base card is Rose Red with a layer of Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper.

Butterfly Painted Blooms

The sentiment is stamped in Rose Red ink on the Whisper White card stock and I cut the ends with paper snips. This is added to the card with dimenionals.

How gorgeous is this butterfly with the vellum behind it?! It just looks so delicate.

Butterfly Painted Blooms

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

Butterfly Painted Blooms

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

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