Welcome back to another day of Stamping with Kids.  Today I’m going to show you another card that my 6 year old daughter Alexis (Lexi) made along with my version of it.  Now keep in mind that her card is made from card kits that we make up for the ladies at the nursing home who Brenda teaches to make cards.  I create one for them to copy which is the one that she copied.  Then I create a “stepped up” version that I share here on the blog.  Both versions are simple, just different.
Before she even began working on her own card, she looked at mine and said that she thinks it could use a little bit of sponging around the edges.  I asked her if that’s what she wanted to do to hers and she said yes.  I didn’t even show her how to sponge – she did it all on her own from watching me the day before making the
Love Bug card that I showed yesterday. 
Now, she got a little carried away with her stamping of the leaves.  With the leaf stamp being a smaller stamp, it was too easy for her to rock it when she stamped.  So here and there you’ll see some smudges.  That’s ok though – all part of it’s charm.  This is something to keep in mind with beginner stampers though – smaller stamps rock easier.  We did talk about it after it happened a couple of times and I held her hand and showed her what she was doing to make that happen and how to keep it from happening.  All part of the learning process. On her card, she punched hearts using the Heart to Heart punch and adhered them to the card using small pieces of Dimensionals.  I had to teach her some restraint.  If she would have had her way, you wouldn’t be able to see the tree.lol. 
Also, I wanted to point out that my daughter also helped with the embossing of the background.  I got it all setup and in the Big Shot and held it steady while she turned the crank.  It’s these small things that they get to do to help that get them so excited about doing crafts.  Of all of the different crafts I’ve done with her, it seems she can concentrate on making cards longer than any other craft.  She loses interest in the others much quicker.
On my card, I used some heart shaped buttons that I had in my stash.  I stitched them on using white thread and then sewed some messy stitching over the ribbon loops in the bottom left corner. 
Now, the bottom right corner still needs something and the cards that the ladies at the nursing home will be doing will have something there.  Theirs will have the “I {Heart} you, friend” sentiment from Picture This which is a new Level 1 Hostess Set in the
2010 Occasions Mini Catalog.  I don’t currently have that set, but Brenda does, so she’ll have to add that to my sample that she takes there for them to copy.  Their hearts will be popped up like Lexi’s and they’ll put a heart over the heart in the sentiment as well.
Here’s our cards, one more time – side by side.
I hope you enjoyed my 2-part series of Stamping with Kids – maybe I’ll have to make this a regular segment of our blog.  I’m sure Lexi would love it as she’ll get to make a lot more cards.  I hope this inspires you to get crafty with your kids.
Happy Stamping
Lianne Carper
CS partner and DTM for Brenda Cook
Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
Stamps:  Season of Friendship (WM#111776)- Paper:  Real Red and Whisper White card stock
- Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Real Red, and Pretty in Pink Classic
- Accessories:  Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate, Big Shot, Heart to Heart Punch, Dimensionals, Grosgrain Ribbon, Heart Buttons (from stash), Sponges
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