Welcome to this month’s Build & Bloom Stampers Blog Hop
This month’s theme is Cards for Kids
Hello Everyone,
I’m so excited to be joining in with this month’s Build & Bloom Stampers blog hop, where the theme this month is to create a Card suitable for children.
I have lots of friends with children and June seems to be a popular birthday month so since I needed to make some birthday cards, it felt like the perfect opportunity to make a few for today’s blog hop.
How I made my Bright Floral Thank You Cards
I started by choosing my patterned paper. Stampin’ Up! groups its colours into four main families—Regals, Brights, Neutrals and Subtles. Anyone who knows me will tell you I’m always drawn to bright, cheerful shades, so I picked one sheet from each colour in the Brights 2025/2026 patterned paper pack to create my rainbow‑themed floral thank you cards.
Next, I cut each sheet into 1.5 cm strips, then trimmed those strips down to 9.5 cm lengths. I set the leftover pieces aside for my next batch of Bright Floral Thank You cards.
For the background, I cut a piece of Basic Black card stock to 10 cm along the short edge, then trimmed it to 14.4 cm, giving me two panels—one for each card.
I arranged my colourful strips in rainbow order and adhered them to the Basic Black panel.
Next, I scored a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock at 10.5 cm along the short edge, then rotated it and cut it at 14.85 cm. Scoring first is my favourite shortcut because it gives me two card bases in one go. I glued the completed Basic Black layer onto the Daffodil Delight base.
To finish I cut a piece of Basic White card stock at down the long side at 14.4 cms and then cut it at 10 cms and then cut the bigger piece at 10 cms, so I had two Basic White pieces for the insides of my cards.
I added a Thank You sentiment from the Greetings For All mix and match ephemera pack and my first two cards were finished, ready to be written in and put in envelopes and posted when Herbie and I went out for a walk.
My first two Bright Floral Thank You Cards.
How I made my second two Bright Floral Thank you cards
For my second two Bright Floral Thank You cards I started by cutting the remainder of the piece of Basic Black card stock I had used for my first two cards and cut this at 6.25 cms x 14.4 cms.
I sorted the remaining little pieces of bright coloured patterned paper in a rainbow order and glued these on to the piece of Basic Black card stock.
I scored a piece of Thick Basic White card stock at 10.50 cms down the short edge and cut down the long edge at 14.85 cms.
I glued the Basic Black layers on to the card bases.
I added a Thank You sentiment from the Greetings For All mix and match ephemera pack and my second two cards were finished, ready to be written in and put in envelopes and posted when Herbie and I went out for a walk.
My second two Bright and Floral Thank You cards
My completed Bright Floral Thank You cards
I had so much fun on a wet and cold afternoon creating my birthday cards for kids for this month’s Build & Bloom Blog Hop. I hope my projects inspire you to try one yourself.
Please do share your makes, it’s always such a joy to celebrate creativity together!
Well, that’s it from me today, it’s time for me to persuade Herbie we really should go out for a walk. He’s currently hiding in his den under the settee hoping I may have forgotten about a walk as it has been hammering it down all day.
Until next time, stay safe and happy crafting.
Please click on the names below to visit each website and see what lovely projects my other friends in the Build&Bloom Academy Group have designed for their Floral blog hop. Please do leave comments as you visit each one.
Thank you.
