Get Kids Crafty in January - BLOG HOP

Hi Crafters!

I have a wonderful Valentine's Day card that I made with my daughter. We made it for the #getkidscrafty blog hop.

Emalee LOVES the color purple and I share that love with her. It is almost an obsession. Whenever I come home with something from the store, of course purple, she makes me promise to share when she gets older. I always make that promise.

So naturally when we talked about making Valentine's cards, purple was a must. I also wanted to try a new MFT die that I got during the Black Friday 2017 SALE. It was the Die-Namics Flop Card - Rectangle. Emalee also gave one last request of rainbows and unicorns (both from stamp sets by Strawberry Jude Stamps). It all started coming together from there.

It was tons of fun working with her and to see her excitement. She loves using my stamping stuff. We pulled out the Misti and started working on the horse that would ultimately become a unicorn. We stamped it together (6x even though we only needed one, when I use my SNC I cut way more then needed because the girls love to color extras).

After cutting them with the SNC, we pulled out the beloved bog shot and cut grass, and the flop card parts. I grabbed our sentiments hot off the printer and die cut them out as well. We talked about blending and why less color is more sometimes. I was able to guide her hand while we blended the grass and sky colors.

At this point we pulled out the glue and put some of the parts together. All we had left was to color it. She picked out all the colors and helped color (I helped clean up the coloring and added a unicorn horn). Some foam tape popped up the unicorn and we were done. It was fun!

This time that I have with my kids is so special. I think it is important to work with them and help them to develop their artistic abilities. If you have moments to share, join us with #getkidscrafty We have a Facebook page and Instagram account.

Today's hop (1/20/18) has a fun list of crafters with their kids and ends with a prize package. Make sure to hop on down the line:

                                 Acute Stamper <-- YOU ARE HERE

The Frolicking Fairy

Phineas and Mae

Mad Crafters Tea Party

Fanciful Spaces

Crystal O. Minkler

Faith Dream Create 

Make sure you visit each of us involved in the hop. I mentioned the prize package, to enter: showcasing you children's projects on social media using #getkidscrafty and we'll announce the winners in our next month's blog post.

Images must be shared publically on FB and/or IG to be eligible, pictures of their child's work, not their children are required. Bonus points if they are in our group and share there, Get Kids Crafty!

Happy Birthday Strawberry Jude Stamps!

Hello there,

I thought I would hop on the blog today and tell you all about SJS's Birthversary party. It is quite an event. Each year SJS has had a bash in their Facebook Fan Club. It is a week long event including the best sale prices of the year, 5 giveaways and a FREE Birthday Digi for e-mail subscribers. It is so fun.

Full Disclosure: I am the Lead Enabler for SJS. I do a lot and I am the one giving all the stamps away. :D It is such a fun job to give everything away.

The Birthday Digi is a fun line up of SJS images. I made three different cards. with it. There are more pictures of the cards on my Instagram and Facebook Page.

This digi was super fun to play with. There are 2 images on each PDF. I used some and so did my kids. They each made a card too. Their cards were given to Travis for his birthday. Happy *late* Birthday Travis! 

So since I am out of Birthday cards, it is time to start up my stash again. Are birthday cards a big hit in your family? They certainly are in mine. So for my card today I went dragon themed. 

Crafty Supplies:

-Neenah Black Cardstock

-Distress Oxide Ink: Iced Spruce

-Hero Arts Dots stencil

-Rainbows and Roses SJS Set

-Dragons and Jewels SJS Set

-Shimmer Spritz Frost

-Glossy Accents

-Prismacolor Premier Pencils

-Distress Ink: Picked Raspberry

-Versafine Onyx Black Ink

I enjoy making my own backgrounds. Believe it or not. I start all my cards with a white piece of cardstock. I stamped the dragon with versa fine and cut her out with my Scan N Cut 2. I adore my SNC2 and I don't think I would enjoy card making as much as I do without it. Then I colored my dragon with my pencils and added glossy accents. Then I set that aside and moved on to the card base. Started by coating it in black versa fine ink, then laying down my stencil and blending in Iced Spruce Distress Oxide. I let that dry and then coated the entire card in Iced Spruce to tone down the dots. 

I let that dry and then went down the card panel with my Happy Birthday stamp from Rainbows and Roses SJS set. It was fun and easy. I then took the sparkles and added them randomly to the sides of the card panel. I made my own banner from a strip of paper coated in more Iced Spruce and stamped Happy birthday in Distress Ink Picked Raspberry. Finally I took that Picked Raspberry and rubbed it on my card base for a perfect match on the base. 

I glossied everything... because a card is never complete without Glossy Accents. 

There is still a $50 giveaway to enter today on the SJS Fan Club, GO ENTER (ends 10PM 11/17/17)!! Goodluck! Oh and the sale on www.strawberryjudestamps.com ends on Sunday 11/19/17. Remember to add "Berry Birthday" in the notes of your order to receive the Berry Birthday SJS set for FREE!

I hope you enjoyed & Happy Stamping,