I am digging all these blog hops lately! This is my third one and so I feel like I am finally getting the hang of it! It is so wonderful to be grouped together with so many crafty, talented, creative, beautiful and kind people who want to showcase amazing and fun products together in the spirit of sharing the gift and JOY of creativity and art. Such a privilege.
Ill be sharing my Christmas collection this time around and I am pretty pleased with it! In case you missed the other Christmas collection blog post I completed for Spellbinders you can find it here. I did a whole array of cards and tags and had a blast.
As many of you know I am not a crafter by “trade.” I have enjoyed many a nights scrapbooking and card making over the decades but I just have fun with it and don’t get too fancy. I am in AWE of the amazing things that “professional” paper crafters do with their projects; things that I would have never even thought of doing and the results are incredible. Since I know they have all of those fancy bases covered with their glitter and glam, I figured I would get back to basics and see where that would take me.
When I told my six year old daughter that her mommy illustrated a bunch of stamps she went nuts! To her stamps and stickers are a badge of a good deed done or an assignment completed. She wanted to stamp everything and see all of them! So of course I obliged and whenever I have my stamps out and she catches wind, she always gets a simple card stamped or a stray scrap of paper or even, often, a hand or arm “tattoo” when the mood strikes.
She decided this year that she wanted to give some of her friends at school and her teacher some Christmas cards. We went to the store and checked out the card section first and I was blown away by the prices (because I am super cheap!) and eventually it occurred to me that we could simply make them ourselves (I’m a little slow).
I bought a little 10 pack of 3″x3″ green ombre cards made by American Crafts and began stamping backgrounds on them. I then told her to pick out which stamps she liked best and I stamped those separate and die cut them and placed them on top of a few of the cards.
DONE! The rest was up to her – she got to color and scribble and mark them up however she wanted and addressed envelopes and sign her cute little name and call it good.
Mission – First Grader Christmas Card Project: SUCCESS!
Little brother got in on the coloring action (for five minutes and then lost interest and began scattering colored pencils and then his sister got mad at him)
I see so many sophisticated things being done with stamps and dies and paper these days and I think we need to remember that stamps are synonymous with coloring and creativity and a “job well done” for our little ones and let them get in on that action. Inspire them to create!
NOW FOR THE BLOG HOP DEETS!
Spellbinders has the best blog hops! Great prizes and great ideas. What better?!
To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to FIVE lucky winners. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, December 10th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced in the blog hop post on Spellbinders blog the following day.
In order to FOLLOW the blog hop linky chain from this point forward, please check out the Lovely Svitlana Shayevich at her blog here: Svitlana Shayevich
For a COMPLETE list of blogs which are participating in this blog hop, see below:
- Spellbinders
- Simon Says Stamp
- Yana Smakula
- Laura Bassen
- Stephanie Low – YOU ARE HERE!
- Svitlana Shayevich
- Sharyn Sowell
- May Sukyong Park
- Elena Salo
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND FOR THE LOVE AND CREATIVITY AND JOY YOU BRING WITH YOU! Sorry for being shouty – I just really appreciate you all and the sweet comments you always leave me. I would love to see your creations so be sure to tag me on social Media (facebook: Stephanie Low Creative, Instagram: stephanie.low.creative and #stephanielowcreative)
Love and Peace to all,
Stephanie
xoxo
#CreateEveryday #NeverStopMaking
My daughter loves to craft with me! These are Fantastic!!
Beautiful Christmas collection Stephanie! Just gorgeous!
I am glad you daughter thinks you are a rock start – that is so special
thanks for sharing
My daughter and I have made holiday cards together for many years! It great fun.
What a talented 6-year-old! Her cards came out great!
What cute cards!
What a wonderful idea!
What a fun idea! I’ll have to try this with my church kids!
Lovely:-)
Enjoy the kids, they grow up fast. I love that they got into the project.
amazing cards, love the kiddos
THese are so fun and creative for all kids even ones a lot older!! Love your beautiful images and cards!!
That’s a super fun activity for kids! 🙂
You’re never cheap………you’re inexpensive. Looks like your daughter had a great time until her brother aggravated her……….sigh! Siblings! I love the Spellbinders stamps and dies. The dies are what I first started using at the beginning of my paper crafting days.
Fabulous job with your
children. The cards will
mean so much to her as
she helped make them
and give them away!
Carla from Utah
I have always encouraged my children to express themselves with their art. They are older now and so I have started showing my 5yr old granddaughter to do the same. She loves drawing, coloring and stamping.
I just love the stamp and die set you have created it’s a great holiday set. Thank you
Sweet way to spend time with the kids. Lovely cards, the ones from the heart are the best.
Beautiful stamps. Love the story about you stamping with your daughter to create Christmas cards for her friends and teacher. Once upon a time, I did that as well. Brought back warm memories.
Beautiful!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! Nice to see children doing crafts!
My kids never took to my crafts…but there is always the next generation.
Ahhh, So sweet, I love to see when the kids get involved, so adorable. Also so important they will remember this later in years, you are making such important and fun memories for them. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Love getting the kids involved. Great idea.
Your cards are great especially done with your kids. Thanks for sharing your cards and have a great week!
what a great idea to involve your daughter in the creative process – fun cards!!
Such a festive project!
Cute cards and such a precious time crafting with your kids.
I always included my girls in my crafts and they still love to sit down and stamp, color and just hang out with me while I craft. Awesome times! Your cards are awesome too!!
The cards are gorgeous. And I love the pics of your children. My children are the same. They always want to stamp and color when I am working and now many of their friends join in the fun too.
Love to hear of kids “helping” mom with her projects.
thanks for sharing.
Your kiddos are delish! Their cards turned out great…I hope your daughter’s classmates appreciate them!
I love that you have shared your daughter’s Christmas card making adventure with us! Our 5 year old granddaughter lives with us and has been stamping or coloring in my craft room since she was old enough to stand on a stool next to me! She loves making home decor pieces as gifts for her family and friends and is going card crazy right now! It seems that when I think we are almost done she comes up with another list of people that she needs to make cards for! For a 5 year old she has more friends than I do!
Your daughter’s cards are beautiful and her friends are going to love them! TFS!
I think this is so wonderful that your kids get in on the crafting. These cute cards are going to be a big hit I’m sure. Nicely done, and Merry Christmas to you and yours….
fantastic that you get the kids into it, hope it stays with them.
The cards are adorable. My grand daughter and I make crafty things all the time.
Amazing mum award for that project, well done, as a mum I know how great it is to have the children involved in creativity & as an ex teacher I know how fantastic it is to receive handcrafted gifts they mean so much as you knoiw that effort has gone into this, great cards, great dies x
Your story is so endearing to my heart as it’s almost duplicate to the scene when my grandkids do their annual Christmas card projects with me. Great memories for a lifetime.
I have a 5 year old great grandson who has just gotten the bug for using colored pencils and crayons. What a neat idea to be able to “craft” with him.
Love how you included your daughter in the crafting process. I believe that’s how I got started, when I was just a young girl and made new outfits for my paper dolls while my Mom sewed. Thanks for sharing your story.
That is so great that your kids are crafting with you, almost makes me wish mine were young again.
What a great project idea with your children! Her cards turned out lovely!
Awesome! Nice to see children doing cards!
Thanks for hopping!
Aw, this looks like a lot of fun! They are really enjoying themselves! Those little 3×3 cards are soooo cute! Thanks for inspiring!
Great selection of cards. I especially loved the pictures of your kids joining in the fun. Great job. 🙂
Such cute kids Stephanie and your dauhter has done a wonderful job on her cards. I checked out your cards and tags as well and they are beautiful. Nice work.
Love the story about your daughter and her crafting with you!!! Love the cards!!
So sweet and such pretty cards.
What a super idea! I teach preschool, so your idea is perfect! This will be a great idea for our art cart! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!
Oh my goodness… Your children are adorable!! What are little brothers good for if they can’t make their big sister’s mad from time to time. I know my little brother always made me mad. LOL!!
It’s always great when children show an interest in crafting and DIY projects. They feel so much pride when their creations are complete.
My 12 yr old grand daughter has been stamping along with Nana for as long as she can remember. She has her own supplies at home now, but when she visits me, she has her own drawers of supplies and she takes good care of everything so carefully. If we can’t find her around the house, she is usually to be found in my craft room creating works of heart.
Great cards and the kids made it extra special. Thanks for sharing…
Very cute post, with adorable busy little children and adorable little handmade cards. What a great idea to get the bases in a good color and to let your daughter finish “her” creations.
Love these little peeps creativity and I saw your gorgeous variety on the Spellbinders site.
Oh, what a sweet mini cards! Perfect project for the family, especially the little ones. Very pretty Christmas images.
I am glad I am not the only one who can be “slow.” I am going at thinking of things at the last minute. LOL!!
Great pictures. I didn’t craft when my boys were young, but they made great things in 4H and Scouts.
Keep doing what you’re doing. When my girls were little we did scrapbooks together and then when they were teenagers, they made them for their friends. Now they’re grown up, and they make cute little things for their boyfriends, friends and even for us. And I have no doubt that they will pass this wonderful craft on to their kids.
Your cards are elegant but not too complicated. I Love them!
So nice to see some cards for kids to make. I have a first grade granddaughter who likes to craft with me. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful Work!!
lovely collection! So much fun when you have helpers!
Cute and sweet. I enjoy making cards with my two youngest grandsons!
Too cute!! I want to start getting my granddaughters involved in making cards with me! They are already a craft bunch!!
That is so sweet! I always love seeing children express their creativity and love love love when others foster another generation of lovers of handcrafting!
What a wonderful idea having the kidos color cards for friends, it then truely becomes a gift!
So cute! love when my daughter help’s out too
Great project with the kiddos! Pretty cards!
Adorable kids! Such a great idea for teacher cards and to let her have a hand in making them!
Spellbinder’s has come out with great new dies. You have done a great job.
Cute little helpers you have there! Cards are adorable!
Love that your kidlets craft with you! I have stamped & colored with not only my family but as the neighborhood kids grow up, they have all played in the craft room at my house. (One of them, several yrs. ago, used a whole glue stick to make a 3 x 3 card & is now a surgical tech! Who would have guessed!) Have fun with them while they are little as they grow up fast!
Love your ideas!!!!
What a wonderful set of cards. Great coloring.
So fun to have your children involved in your crafting – I love to spend time in my craft room with my 7 year old granddaughter! Happy Holidays to you …
How fun! Wish my girls were interested when they were young!
What a fun project! A good time was had by all… Thanks for sharing your pics!
Such sweet cards and kids!
Your daughter did a lovely job on her cards, they are so pretty. 🙂
So nice to have your kids involved
Thanks for inspiration
Awww, how fun! Ad the cards turned out perfect.
I have twin nieces who love having a card making
day with Aunt Becca!
I adored seeing your kids crafting along side you! Two future illustrators! I know the teachers and classmates will be blown away by the gifts of cards! Thank you for sharing this special time with us! I had a look at your collection, and you are a fabulous illustrator! We are so lucky they snatched you up to make the stamps! Well done!
You and the kids made beautiful cards! Love how you used the products.
What a lovely way to spend time together!
OMG – your kids are so cute and I love that you helped them make their own Christmas cards! TFS!
It is such a beautiful memory to craft with kids. Thanks for sharing your memory.
How special to be able to share your love of card making with your children!
Beautiful! Thank you.
Awww – what a pair of cutie-patooties!
It’s always great when little hands want to stamp and color. Great cards.
Wonderful to see the young getting involved in crafting.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
My 4 year old granddaughter and I craft all the time! She loves it and actually expects it! lol Love your project!
I love that you created something to get the younger ones involved. These are beautiful. Your kids are adorable too!
It’s great to do something with childrens! They are so creative!
Super cute cards!!
Super cute idea! I love that your daughter was all about making the cards with you 🙂
What a sweet idea. I love the outcome of these cards. Thanks for sharing.
What a special project to do with your daughter! The cards are adorable! Keep making those memories with your children, they grow up so fast!
I like how you kept it clean and simple and that you included your kids as well.
Thank you for sharing your creations. It is always fun to get inspiration from family and I think it is neat how you were able to bring your family into your creative told and save a few pennies; but more importantly create a wonderful memory for your daughter!
So cute! ♥
I really love your post. Seeing kids artwork in a hop is so wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
That’s a great set of cards ! margessw@icloud.com
Fun idea for getting the children’s help with the tags! So cute!
Wonderful cards! I love that your daughter crafts with you!
What cute little cards.
I love this idea! And there happy faces are too cute while working!
Great idea!! Looks great!
Very cool! Cute cards.
I guess I was off a bit…. LOL I left my comment on the wrong post, but oh well. I’m where I’m supposed to be now. Your kids look like they’re having SUCH FUN! 😉 HOPE they don’t get those socks & underwear you were talking about on the other post! LOL Toys are MUCH BETTER!!! They look like they’re enjoying being a part of what you do! I did notice your Nativity stamp in one photo…. LOVE IT!!! 😉
I now get to craft with my 5-yr old Granddaughter, so looking at your pics was a treat!