Today I am sharing a starting school card which I have created for my Grandson who is about to embark on this adventure.

A Starting School Card

A card for a child starting school, featuring the Hippo Happiness stamp set from Stampin' Up!

You’ll find all the products that I have used in this card listed at the bottom of the post with links to my online store.

A4 metric Imperial Letter Size
Thick Basic White
card base
10.5cm x 29.7cm
Scored at 14.9cm on the long side.
4 1/4″ x 11″
Scored at 5 1/2″ on the long side.
Pacific Point14.4cm x 10cm5 1/4″ x 4
Basic Black13.9cm x 9.5cm5″ x 3 3/4″
Pacific Point/ Mango Melody
Poppy Parade
4.5cm x 4.5 square of each1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ square of each
Oddments for stamping and die cutting

Instructions For A Starting School Card

  • Fold the card base along the score line.
  • Stick the Pacific Point mat to the card base.
  • Stamp some splatters from the Sale-a-Bration set ” Textures and Frames” onto the black card with White craft Ink, then stick this mat to the card base.
  • Take the 3 coloured squares and using the paper trimmer, score an inner box 0.5cm / 1/4″ in from each edge.
  • Stick the two outside boxes directly to the card base and use dimensionals to lift the centre box.
  • Using the Playful Alphabet Dies, die cut A, B and C from the same colours of card.
  • Using the Hippo happiness stamps, stamp a hippo, sheep and horse. These are two step stamping, so I stamped off the larger background image to give a paler colour. The facial features were stamped in black
  • Stick the animals on top of the boxes, again raising up the centre one. Stick the letters to the front of the boxes.
  • Stamp the sentiments onto Basic White card and back with coloured card, before attaching to the card front. The grandson sentiment was from the “A Grand Kid” stamp set and I also used the ” so proud of you” sentiment from this set for the inside of the card.

Let’s Hop

I hope you have enjoyed my project. Do leave a comment if you can, because it certainly makes my day. Then it is time to hop around all the other projects

How Can I help?

All that remains for me to do now is to fill this card with my love and pop it in the postbox so it arrives in time for that all important first day of school.

Kellan giving his new school shoes and uniform a test run.I

I hope all the young people in your life have a smooth transition into a new school year

Stay safe and stay well

Helen xx

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Product List
Hippo Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
£17.00
Hippo & Friends Dies
£33.00
A Grand Kid Cling Stamp Set (English)
£20.00
Playful Alphabet Dies
£32.00
Textures & Frames Photopolymer Stamp Set
£0.00
Paper Trimmer
£23.00
Paper Trimmer Metric Blade Guide
£3.75
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock
£7.75
Pacific Point A4 Card Stock
£8.25
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock
£8.25
Mango Melody A4 Cardstock
£8.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
£5.50
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill
£8.75