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Today, being school holidays, I ran a "special workshop" just for my three kids. Earlier in the week, when I was sorting out what to do I remembered that they had a birthday party on Sunday, so decided to have them make a card for that. So,
- a card for a 4-year old boy
- something that would appeal to both my son and daughters (cross-gender)
- simple enough for my 5-year old, but not too simple for my 8-year old
- quick and easy - it is nearing the end of some quite wet school holidays and tempers are getting rather frazzled
Not an easy criteria to be designing under! Anyway I ended up designing a card that would give them a good canvas to stamp on and encourage their own creativity instead of just copying a card I made. This card, using the Just Beachy stamp set, seemed to fit the bill and they completed it with minimum fuss and had fun doing it. I pre-cut all the card and let them do the punching, sticking and stamping.
Stamps: Just Beachy (116879), Bitty Birthday (115762). Card/Paper: Whisper White (106549), Brocade Blue (108608), So Saffron (108611). Ink: Brocade Blue (101102), So Saffron (105213). Tools: Scallop Edge Punch (112091), 1" Circle Punch (109046), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).
This is the one by Miss Eight...
She is a perfectionist and loves to copy cards I make, so her card is quite similar to mine. However she had the bright idea to add the So Saffron strip at the bottom, which was left over from punching out the scallop edge. I think it is a great touch to an otherwise quite bland card-front. Her inspiration had the other two doing the same! Also, when I got out the pre-prepared card I realised that I had cut out one Ballet Blue instead of Brocade Blue card for the background. Miss Eight thought that it was great; it was different from everyone else.
This one is by Miss Six...
I love this inside of her card - all her fish were stamped along the bottom - also that she decided to stamp the jandles next to the window opening in the card (even though Miss Eight said it wouldn't fit!).
And this one's by Master Three...
He did a great job for his age. He just needs to be more patient and use less pressure when stamping! I suppose that is an age and gender thing, or is it?