Seems just yesterday that we were celebrating her 2nd
birthday, and this is last years card ...
This year I went with a Cupcake theme for her birthday
card, which featured the “Cupcake Party”, “Hardwood” and ”Remembering Your Birthday”
stamp sets.
Fab decision as her birthday card, as her birthday cake was a "Cupcake" Birthday Cake!
Thanks for taking the time to stop by, and if you
would like to make a Stampin’ Up! purchase online, please head on over to my Stampin’ Up! website.
Happy craftin’,
Kathe.
"Cupcake Party” Stamp Set, matches back with the "Cupcake Builder" Punch
“Hardwood” Background Stamp
”Remembering Your Birthday” Stamp Set
Recipe
Ingredient List
Stamp Sets : "Cupcake
Party”, “Hardwood” and ”Remembering Your Birthday”
Ink : Sahara
Sand, Early Espresso, Strawberry Slush, Versamark
Stampin’ Write Markers : Early Espresso, Strawberry Slush
Cardstock : Crumb Cake, Glimmer Paper in Dazzling
Diamonds, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White
Punches : 2 1/2”
Circle, Cupcake Builder, Hearts Border, Heart from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch
Pack, Project Life Corner
Ribbons : Bakers
Twine in White
Xtras : 2 Way
Glue Pen, Dimensionals, White Stampin’ Chalk Marker, Stampin’ Emboss Powder in
White, Stampin’ Glitter in Dazzling Diamonds
Special Tools : Heat
Tool, Paper Crimper {non-Stampin’ Up!}, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner,
Stampin Trimmer,
Saying goodbye to the “Festive Flurry” stamp set at Thursday’s
“Create With Kathe” Class we made this xtra cute Spinning Snowflake card,
featuring the Stampin’ Up! “Festive Flurry” stamp set and matching Framelits + “Mixed
Bunch” and “White Christmas” stamp sets…
This card also features the “Emboss Resist”
Technique and is sponged n Soft Sky and Crumb Cake.
The card-base is Pool Party, and the snowflake is
heat embossed in Silver, on Whisper White cardstock.
One of the cute and new “All Is Calm Snowflake
Embellishments” are added to the centre to the dimensionaled Snowflake and a Candy
Dot Brad Bass is used to secure along with a Rhinestone Basic Jewel.
The inside of the card has a cute Christmas scene
from the “White Christmas” stamp set and is stamped on Whisper White cardstock
in Early Espresso, and Aqua Painters are used in “Pool Party” {for the car}, “Soft
Suede” {for the trees},and “Pear Pizzazz” {for the Christmas Tree}, … way to
cute!
Our second project was this cute little envelope card bursting with butterflies ...
The card-base is Soft Suede, which has bee embossed with the Ampersand embossing Folder.
The card-base is Soft Suede, which has bee embossed with the Ampersand embossing Folder.
The paper is used for the envelope is from the “All Abloom” Designers Paper Stack, and is cut 4”x4”.
The Envelope Punch Board is used to make the cute little envelopes. It took me 8 attempts to get the sizing right, as there is not a small enough size printed on the guide sheets.
Punch and score at 2 ¼”, second punch and score is at 1 3/4”
Third punch and score at 2 ¼”, and fourth punch and score is at 1 3/4”
For the Butterflies, I used scraps of Calypso Coral and Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, and used the “Beautiful Wings” Embosslits Dies, which cuts and embosses the butterflies at the same time.
The Basic Rhinestone Jewels have been coloured with the Calypso Coral Blendabilities.
The Tag is stamped from the “Perfect Pennant” stamp set in Early Espresso on Naturals Ivory. Cut with the “Hearts A Flutter” Framelits, and a veil of Vellum is overlaid.
A hole is punched using the Crop-A-Dile, and Venetian Crochet Trim is tied off and a small safety pin attached.
The finishing touch is the Candy Dot in Calypso Coral, at the bottom right-hand corner, which anchors the project.
On the inside of the card, it is easier to see the
effect of the Ampersand Embossing Folder.
And on the Insert which is Naturals Ivory, a scrap
of cardstock left over from the “All Abloom” DSP Stack is punched using the
Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.
An “Elegant Butterfly” is punched in scraps, and a Calypso
Coral Butterfly is punched from the “Bitty Butterfly” Punch, and layered, with the
coloured Basic Rhinestone Jewels added to the body of the butterfly.
The words stamps in Early Espresso are “The best thing
about a person like you is that you bring out the best in everyone” is from the
“World Of Dreams” stamp set.
A couple
of weeks ago, my good friend Bev hosted a Workshop, as she wanted to share her
newfound love of crafting with her girlfriends.
It was a pleasure
to introduce Bev’s friends to Stampin’ Up!
The “Make and Take” is this gorgeous sliding spinning card ...
Colours are "Coastal Cabana", "Crumb Cake" and "Naturals White", "Decorative Dots" Embossing Folder and stamps sets "Wetlands", Flower Shop" and "Something To Say"
The ladies also learnt
how to make this cute baby card in 90 seconds {with the “Zoo Babies” stamp set}.
Colours are "Lost Lagoon" and "Hello Honey", on "Naturals White", "Decorative Dots" Embossing Folder and “Zoo Babies” stamp set
How the "Beautiful Wings Butterfly" Embosslits work {the die cuts and embosses the butterflies
at the same time!} ...
And how to make a cute Blossom with the "Buttons &
Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds". The white Blossoms are actually made from hot glue {from my Glue Gun}, and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds.
Bev made a yummy afternoon tea of cupcakes, with gorgeous dipped icing {new technique
that I learnt!}, Amaretto Bites and Griffin'sChoco-ade biscuits.
It was a lovely
afternoon spent some new friends {and crafters}, and one of the guests, Pam, has
now attended my weekly “Create With Kathe” Craft Classes.
If you too wish to host a Work Shop in your home or mine, here are the Hostess Benefits ...
First
week of the school holidays done and dusted!
I was very
fortunate that my parents took my kids for the day and overnight, as Thursday
was jammed pack!
First off
I was out to Wakefield to visit the Dietician, and then … hate to say it but I bought
Burger King for lunch with Beer Battered Onion Rings, before Class started at
1pm {thank-you Sue for getting rid of my evidence!!!}.
At the
afternoon Class, we had Sue, Kay and her granddaughter Emma attend, and in the evening
Bev and Jen.
We made
three projects, 2 cards and an “Off The Page” item …
A fortnight
ago we made a gorgeous vintage themed card featuring the “Dress Up” framelits,
and Thursday we made a matching Lip Balm Holder with same cardstock.
Xtras:
Aqua Painters, Antique Brads, Dimensionals, Embossing Powder > Clear, Heat
Tool, Large Pearl Basic Jewels and Pearl Basic Jewels, Raffia, Vellum, Vintage
Trinkets, Watercolour Paper 300gsm
Special Tools: Big Shot,
Big Shot Magnetic Platform, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Stampin’ Scrub and
Stampin’ Cleaner,
StazOn Cleaner, Stampin’ Trimmer
