Hello and welcome! I’m Tami Hewlett from the United States and today, I’m sharing my April Artisan Design Team projects featuring the Kangaroo & Company Bundle and Playing With Patterns 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper! These projects were shared by Stampin’ Up! on its Corporate Facebook page yesterday in the Artisan Design Team Showcase. Click over to that sight for loads of inspiration!
The Kangaroo & Company Bundle includes the Kangaroo & Company Photopolymer Stamp Set and coordinating Kangaroo Dies. It’s chalked full of fun elements to make a variety of cards, and the dies include a little insert piece for the pouch, where you can stamp and insert interactive messages! So cute!!!
This bundle is included in the January-June Mini Catalog and will be retiring. It is available to purchase through June 30, 2021 or while supplies last.
The Playing With Patterns 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) is full of bright colors and cheerful designs. It is also retiring and is available to purchase through May 3, 2021 or while supplies last.
Love You Much
When I first saw all the fun elements in the Kangaroo & Company stamp set, I wanted to use them all! So I decided to create three different cards, all based on a similar design, devoted to love, birthday, and new baby. For my “love” card, I only used the stamps and dies.
I stamped the images with Stazon ink on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper so I could watercolor them with Water Painters. I love watercoloring! In fact, I also watercolored the “LOVE” and background Layering Circle die-cut. I used a couple different watercoloring techniques. For the kangaroos, I watercolored small sections by first going over the area with clear water and then adding ink to the shadows and blending evenly. For the background circle, I purposely used a heat tool to add fun watermarks and then stamped the grass on top of the dried layer.
The coordinating die-cut for the big kangaroo automatically cuts a slit along the top of the pouch. When you remove the envelope, it has a little hidden message.
In the background, I used Calypso Coral Cardstock for the card base and background layer. After dry embossing the layer with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder, I roughed up the edges with the side of my scissors and then used a Blending Brush to add Calypso Coral ink to the edges for subtle shading and to emphasize the central portion of the card.
For fun I used the Playful Alphabet Dies to create a short sentiment on each card. Prior to cutting, I attached the cardstock to a Foam Adhesive Sheet so the letters would really pop. On this first card, I used watercolor paper and then watercolored the letters to get the ombre effect.
I think my favorite part of this card is the bow! I wrapped Pool Party 3/8″ Sheer Ribbon around my fingers three times and then tied a knot around the center and used Mini Glue Dots secure it in place.
Hello Baby
For my Baby card, I changed the card base to Coastal Cabana and used lots of bright, happy colors to watercolor the flowers and butterflies.
I also used some Playing With Patterns DSP to cut out the word “BABY” and the Stitched Rectangle die-cut in the background.
Don’t you just love that cute little baby in the pocket?
Happy, Happy Happy B-Day
My final card is a Night of Navy “B-DAY” or birthday card. Isn’t the little party hat cute? There are just so many cute elements in this set!
On this card, there’s another secret message in the pouch.
I stamped the “Happy For You” stamp three times and just cut out the “Happy” portion.
To create the pom-pom, I wrapped Playing With Patterns Ribbon around my fingers multiple times, tied the center tightly with a separate strip, and then cut all the loops.
This is a super fun bundle, great for kids! I know you’ll love it as much as I do.
Enjoy and have a wonderful and creative day!
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So cute. Have enjoyed all your creations. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much Mallory! ❤