Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Bird Banter

Hello everyone 😊

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop (Second Sunday) hosted by Sara Levin.

You are currently here with Kim Oliver - KO Creations Cards - Australia. I have the list of hop participants closer to the end of this post.

I am hoping to inspire today using the Bird Banter stamp set.
I have created a simple card along with a cute little gift box that can be used to hold many little gift items.

Here are my projects

Suspiciously Young Looking

#kocreationscards #birdbanter #watercolor #watercolour #stampinblends #birthdaycards #humourcards #birthdaygifts #handmadegifts #diygifts #boxtutorials #3ditems #giftboxes #nature #birds #boxtutorials

 I have revisited an old box design using the tag topper punch to create this sweet candle box. I altered the design to make it taller, so as to fit a larger candle.

Items Used

• Card Stock - Thick Whisper White (base), Daffodil Delight (box and card layers), Pink Pirouette and Water Colour card stock.
• Stamp Set - Bird Banter.
• Stitched Shapes framelits.
• Powder Pink Shimmer ribbon.
• Ink Pads - Pink Pirouette, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise and Archival Black.
• Stampin' Blends - Light  Pink Pirouette, Light Gray, Light Bermuda Bay and Light Daffodil Delight.

Card and Box top view

#kocreationscards #birdbanter #watercolor #watercolour #stampinblends #birthdaycards #humourcards #birthdaygifts #handmadegifts #diygifts #boxtutorials #3ditems #giftboxes #nature #birds #boxtutorials

Tutorial for Tag Topper Box

1. Place card stock into stampin' Trimmer landscape orientation and cut at 23cm turn to portrait and cut at 15cm.
2. Put back in trimmer landscape orientation and score @3cm, 8cm,13cm and18cm turn to portrait orientation and score @ 5cm and 10cm.
3. Cut away shaded areas to resemble diagram 3 (below). Mitre two back flaps on the inside and 2nd flap in on the left side
4. Slide the top 3cm flap into the tag topper (wriggle it) all the way back to the stopper guide. Punch. Repeat with the side 3cm tags till all are done.
5. Add glue to outside bottom flaps and hold into position.
6. Fold flaps below tag topped flaps inwards and add glue. Hold into position.

 Refer to numbered diagrams below for more visual instructions     

   

#kocreationscards #birdbanter #watercolor #watercolour #stampinblends #birthdaycards #humourcards #birthdaygifts #handmadegifts #diygifts #boxtutorials #3ditems #giftboxes #nature #birds #boxtutorials

#kocreationscards #birdbanter #watercolor #watercolour #stampinblends #birthdaycards #humourcards #birthdaygifts #handmadegifts #diygifts #boxtutorials #3ditems #giftboxes #nature #birds #boxtutorials

I hope these simple instructions will aid you in creating your own cute boxes for those small gift items.

Open view of box

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International Blog Highlights - Change Of Life Circumstances

Welcome back everyone 😊

Today I am taking part in Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights.

Our theme this month is Life Changing Events or Circumstances.
As some friends of mine are soon holding an engagements party, They just made the first step towards a life together.
 I thought the card I created for them would be perfect for this hop.

Anyone in the world can vote for the card they love the best in the gallery available.

 You can see the gallery and vote HERE 

My card is card number 5 in the gallery.

Here is my card

Love Is In The Air

Engagement Card

#KOCreationscards #Sunshinesayings #Watercolorwords #Sheetmusic #Watercolorwash #Tabsforeverything #Wedding #Engagement #Party #DIYgifts

You can see the other card peeking behind it, this was created for another friends wedding and was blogged previously.

The card has been created using the following stamp sets and products.

Stamp sets and products:

• Sheet Music, Sunshine Sayings, Tabs For Everything and Watercolour Words
• Linen Thread.
• Eclectic Layers thinlit dies.

Cards stock:

• Thick whisper white as bases
• Basic Grey layer
• Normal whisper white for the card front.

Inks:

• Powder Pink, Basic Grey, Sahara Sand and Sweet Sugar Plum

Adhesives:

• Multipurpose Glue
• Mini Stampin Dimensionals

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I do hope the recipient loves their card as much as I enjoyed creating it. 

I simply adore mixing and matching stamp sets to create a unique card for any occasion.

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Love is in the Air - #CI18

Welcome back everyone 😊

I had some time to create yesterday so once again I looked through my list of upcoming events that I have in my Diary.

I found that I have an engagement party to attend soon as well as a wedding.

So I got cracking and created two gorgeously sweet cards just for these purposes. You will only see one here today though.

I am entering them both into the colour challenge at Colour Inkspiration challenge this week #CI18

The colours are Powder Pink, Basic Grey, Sahara Sand and Sweet Sugarplum.

I have entered one card already, but as I used the above colours again for this card I thought, why not enter again 😊

and here it is.

Love is in the Air

Wedding Card 

#KOCreationscards #Sunshinesayings #Watercolorwords #Sheetmusic #Watercolorwash #Tabsforeverything #Wedding #Engagement #Party #DIYgifts

You can see the other card peeking behind it, this was created for my friends engagement and I will share that card during the upcoming International Highlights.

The card has been created using the following stamp sets and products.

Stamp sets:

• Watercolour Wash, Sunshine Sayings, Tabs For Everything and Watercolour Words

Cards stock:

• Thick whisper white as bases
• Basic Grey layer
• Normal whisper white for the card front.

Inks:

• Powder Pink, Basic Grey, Sahara Sand and Sweet Sugar Plum

Adhesives:

• Multipurpose Glue
• Mini Stampin Dimensionals

To finish this card I used my Basic Grey Stampin' Write marker to draw some musical notes.

I do hope the recipient loves their card as much as I enjoyed creating it. 

I simply adore mixing and matching stamp sets to create a unique card for any occasion.

If you would like to purchase any of the items I used to create this card with, then please use the carousel below. It has all items listed and is linked directly to my store

Thanks you so much for visiting with me today.

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For You - Painted Harvest - #GDP102

Welcome Back everyone 😊

Today I have been playing with the Painted Harvest bundle. 

Believe me when I say I am not yet finished playing with this set either 😲 hahaha. I know I am going to be enjoying this set for a week or too, so my apologies in advance lol

Today's efforts are being entered into #GDP102 for this weeks challenge, pictured below.

For You 

#KOCreationscards #Paintedharvest #Sunflowers #Springtime #Inspiredbynature #Gardens #Flowers #Birthday #DIYgifts

The more I play with this set the more I fall in love with it! But I do adore flowers 😍
It could be that I am willing the spring weather to actually arrive with spring itself hahaha. It is still very cold here in Tassie and only some flowers are game enough to pop their heads above the earth and bloom.

Card and Accessories

• Painted Harvest stamp set
• 1 piece of Striped Lemon Lime Twist Painted Autumn DSP cut at 12.5 x 10.5 cm and one piece cut at 13 x 10cm for the inside layer.
• A4 Chocolate Chip card stock
• 1 piece of Whisper White card stock cut at 11 x 10.5cm plus a scrap piece to stamp flower image and another at 11.5 x 10cm for the inside layer.
• Soft Sky ink pad
• Dapper Denim ink pad
• Lemon Lime Twist ink pad
• Chocolate Chip ink pad
• Sahara Sand ink pad
• Linen Thread
• Aqua Painter
• Paper Snips
• Tear and Tape
• Multipurpose Glue
• Stampin' Dimensionals

All listed items can be found at the bottom of this post in the carousel

Angeled View

#KOCreationscards #Paintedharvest #Sunflowers #Springtime #Inspiredbynature #Gardens #Flowers #Birthday #DIYgifts

Basic Directions

• Score the choc chip card stock at 14.8 cm then fold in half and cut at 10.5 cm.
• Splatter Soft Sky and Dapper Denim ink over bottom right corner of the whisper white card stock.
• Stamp the 2 step flower images in Dapper Denim with the centre images stamped in Sahara Sand and Chocolate Chip.
• Fussy cut your flower image and set aside for a moment.
• Stamp the 2 step leaf images in Lemon Lime Twist.
• Adhere the the flower over the splatter and leaf images with dimensionals.
• Tie the Linen thread around the white card stock and finish with a bow.
• Adhere this to the Lemon Lime Twist striped DSP using Tear and Tape.
• Then adhere the two layers to the Chocolate Chip card stock base.
• Adhere the inside layers together and place inside the card using the multipurpose glue.

*This really is a very simple card to create with basic techniques of 2 step stamping, fussy cutting and masking for the small sentiment.

This would be perfect for a beginners or even intermediate class. You could even incorporate the stepping up technique to show how to dress up or down designs..

I know my groups are certainly looking forward to playing with this set.

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