Kanban clear stamps are really lovely. The clear acrylic stamps are kept on a backing sheet and applied to your acrylic block in order to be used. The stamps can be arranged easily on the stamp and because you're using a transparent block you can ensure they are lined up really well. Use either lined or squared paper if you want them to be lined up really evenly. The stamps peel off and stick again to make sure you get them where you want. This is much better than wooden block stamps where you have to line them up on your actual finished card and print before you know if it's in the right place. You can use water, oil or solvent based stamps with these but remember to clean them after use. Water based inks are probably safest to use with children.
The stamps can be used on cards, notebooks, paper and any surface you want them to allow to print! You could get a roll of plain wallpaper and let them enhance it with stamping their favourite stamp on it! You can teach them about symmetry, pattern design and layout skills by encouraging them to make different designs and layouts! Stamping is great fun and something younger children can have a go at! The cute bears in the Hamish & Isobel Wooly Bears Clear Stamps set are really cute! Your children will enjoy making designs with these cute little bears in various poses and with some lovely scottish themed items like a thistle, kilt and bagpipes! The hearts and flowers and tutu are really lovely too and these will be very well used! The stamps both include various phrases to print on the card too - this makes the stamp set really useful as you can give a really professional finish to your cards.
For anyone already into stamping these Hamish & Isobel Wooly Bear stamps will be a lovely addition to their stamping craft kit. For children you will find they will love stamping and many will also love colouring in their stamped cards - so the stamp set can be used as a stand alone kit. Encourage them to make cards as well as create great pictures which they can enhance with colour, glitter or cutting and sticking! For children who love arts and crafts they will be a real treat to play with!
The card making kit provides a lovely assortment of materials for making fantastic cards. The Dawn Bibby Cupcake designs come with a sheet of ideas and suggested uses but you are sure to think up lovely ways to use the items to make some fantastic cards! You will need little foam pads to make the toppers stand out as they're designed to but these are available cheaply too.
A card making kit is a way to spend wet days during the holidays and your children will love making such really pretty cards with the cupcake motif being a strong favourite! The cupcake ribbons are used along the bottom or top of cards normally and these again are all theme matched to ensure some really smart looking cards can be made.
Don't get glues or sticky pads out straight away, get the card designs mocked up first and play around with mixing and matching the different toppers and ribbons! Make small cards or big cards and use some of the lovely sparkly glitter card for a backing too! There's really so much in this kit that you can make lots of cards and have tons of fun! You could plan out the children's card making by getting them to write a list of who they have to make a card for so they can think a bout the person as they're designing it and so they can decide which colour cupcakes Grandma would like on her card!
Dawn Bibby's card designs all work well with each other so it's impossible to make a bad card using her craft sets and the stamps allow you to personalise the cards or anything else you want to be stamping too! The designs are very pretty and carefully colour matched through the set so you get a great mix choice for making each card different!
For giving children a great start with crafting a set of stamps and a card making pack can be just what they need to fire their imaginations! It's a great idea for spending wet weekends or summer holiday time doing something fun, pretty and crafty!
Encourage children to do crafts by ensuring everything you need is out and ready to be used. Give them encouragement and help putting card designs together and when they've made cards make sure they are used! Relatives will love their special cards made by your children. It's something so much more thoughtful than sending ready made cards.
Handcrafted cards are fantastic fun to make and allow you to express your creativity. They also can demand a high price at school fetes and events so could be something your children make for fundraising for school too! You may discover you have a real flair for card design and making once you've used this Dawn Bibby stamp and card kit. There's plenty of card material in the kit too so you can make lots of different cards. It offers great value for money and the stamps can be added to your collection.
Children love making things and they will enjoy getting stuck into card making! Older children will have lots of fun making designs and showing off their skills, younger children will love making them but might need a little help! It's a lovely family activity and you will be surprised how much fun they have and how proud they are of the cards they make! They will want to make cards again and be keen to see all the other design kits available! The toppers and ribbons will also be used for other things like making door plates for their rooms and sticking on their notebooks! The cupcake designs are guaranteed to be very popular!