Colour INKspirations #207 - Guest Designer

 Hello, stamping friends! I hope you’re having a fantastic day. I’m excited to share my latest project for the Colour INKspiration Challenge—they invited me to be a guest designer a few weeks ago, I couldn’t resist especially with that gorgeous colour combo! A big thank you to CI for having me, I'm so grateful to have been asked!

 

Colour INKspiration is a community for Stampin’ Up!® enthusiasts who enjoy sharing paper craft projects inspired by curated colour palettes. New colour combinations are posted in the Facebook group every second and fourth Wednesday at 5 pm (AEST/DT), with the Crew sharing their designs in the Crew Album to inspire participants. Anyone can join by uploading a photo of their project to Facebook and optionally linking to their blog. Check out the Facebook group HERE. Sounds fun, doesn't it?

 

Now on to the challenge colour combo!  

 

Pool Party

Coastal Cabana

Bubble Bath

Daffodil Delight

 Told you it was super pretty! 

I've used the challenge colours to show some of the new products coming out in the new Stampin' Up! 2026 May - August catalogue. My main focus is the Mix and Match products, which I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! And the best thing with these products is that they coordinate with the colours for this challenge so it's a Win, Win in my book.

I've started the card with a layered Pool Party base and then used some of the DSP from the new Beautiful Ordinary Life DSP that will also be in the new catalogue. On the DSP I've added some Coastal Cabana Ink splatters for some added fun. I've used the Everyday Arches Dies and the Forever Plaid embossed folder on a piece of Bubble Bath cardstock for that fun 'pink' colour and then on the bottom of the arch I've added some scallop die cuts from the Bordered in Beauty Dies - also soon to be released.

Once all the layers were down it was now a matter of choosing which Mix and Match pieces I wanted of the card and then just playing around with each piece for the placement. I used pieces from the Under the Sun Mix & match Ephemera and Sincerly Noted Mix & Match Ephemera. I finished the card off with the ever fabulous and timless Linen Thread and some Array of Dots embellishments. All super fun and super pretty!

Thank you again Colour INKspirations for having me and I hope that I've given you some inspiration with the gorgeous challenge colours.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping! 

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store  

 

Tweet

Just Add Ink #780 | Just Add Stencils - Dies or Both

Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I’m thrilled to present my latest project for the design team at @justaddinkchallenges for their new challenge! This time, the focus is on using stencils and dies, and you can opt to use either one or a mix of both - Just Add Ink #780 | Just Add Stencils - Dies or Both.

For my card, I embraced the beautiful Simply Beautiful Dies from @stampinupofficial to create an eye-catching floral birthday card, showcasing the delightful Fresh Freesia flower as the main attraction.⁠ This was the first time using these stunning dies so it took a little bit to figure out but I'm glad I took the time to arrange the layers of the dies because the effect is stunning!

I've added some other products from the Lovely & Beautiful Suite, which these dies are part of,  including the Lovely & Beautiful DSP, the Beautifully Celebrated Dies, the Beautifully Adorned Ephemera pack, the White with Gold Ribbon, and the Pearlized Faceted Circles.

I hope that you have liked my take on this week's challenge. Ready to join in this week's challenge? Click on the banner below, and you'll be taken straight to the Just Add Ink Blog, where you will find the design team's inspiration creations for you, as well as all the details on how you can participate. I'd love to see you join in! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping! 

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store

Tweet

CASE-ING the Catty | #ctc555 | CASE a Template Pg.17

 Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

 If you've come from Rochelle Laird-Smith's blog, welcome; if you've started here with me, also welcome. It's so good to have you here. 

This week we are CASE-ing the templates found on pg.17 of the 2026 Stampin' Up! January - April Mini Catalogue.

Do you use the templates in the catalogues? I love the templates in both the Annual and Mini Catalogues. They are a fantastic tool and sometimes just the inspiration that you need to get creating. They really have helped me of late. I'm in a bit of a crafting slump at the moment and by having the templates as a source of inspiration they are just the thing I've needed to get those creative ideas flowing.

It's quite obvious which template I've used for my card today. I was inspired by the top left template but as I do with sketches/templates I've changed it up a little bit to suit my crafting style. I've used products from the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar but you could use whatever products you wanted - new or retired, to recreate this card.

I love that with this card I've used products that were all either pre-printed/pre-embossed or already die-cut. I love these sorts of products ,like the ephemera packs, because it makes for quick crafting. You are only limited by your imagination in how you put them together. Instead of a square on the front of the card like the template I've used a rectangle card and then I've layered the rectangle differently to the square on the front. All round I've kept the basic design on the template, I've just given it a little 'Rochelle' spin.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Julia Quinn.

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Rochelle Blok

Julia Quinn

Peta Stephen

Rebecca Scurr

Andrea Sargent

Monique Fielder 

 

We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing the Online Exclusive samples. You don't need to have a blog to join in. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

 Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store

 

Tweet

Just Add Ink #769 | Just Choose Two Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #769 | Just Choose Two Challenge. This week, our Just Choose Two Challenge has been suggested by team member Di.

 Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project), we are choosing from Numbers, Words, and Neutral Colours. I've chosen Words and Neutral Colours for my card today.

 Today I've gone for lots of Basic White layers and then incorporated some DSP layers in some of the neutral tones coming from the Gathering Together DSP and as well as the Christmas Tags and More 6"x6" Specialty DSP. How gorgeous is the Crumb Cake DSP with the white dots? Super cute, right?

I've also added some embossing in the layers using the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder and some second-generation stamping using the Christmas Greenery Stamp set. I've finished the card off with some of the Metallic Textures Rub Ons, some retired ribbon, linen thread, Early Espresso Linen Thread, some Loose Gold Sequins, and a layering of die-cuts, DSP and the happy birthday sentiment. I love all the layering and the incorporation of the neutral elements. Who would have thought a neutrals card could look so pretty?

 

  I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for our Just Choose Two Challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog. Will you be entering our challenge this week? We'd love to see your Just Choose Two creation. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

 

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store 

Tweet

Just Add Ink #765 | Colour Challenge

 Hey there stamping friends! I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #765 | Colour Challenge. This week our colours have been suggested by Just Add Ink Design Team Member, Jan.  

This week we are challenging you with the colours Lost Lagoon, Goreous Grape, and Highland Heather. A blue-green and some pretty purples. I've used the colours for a pretty floral card with some Alcohol Marker colouring which I haven't done for  while.

 I've used the Lost Lagoon for all my card base layers adding some embossing with the Forever Plaid embossing folder and layer using the Perennial Postage Dies. On the Perennial Postage die cut I added some ink splatters and a pattern from the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons. I got these rub-ons a while ago but have only used them recently. They are super easy to add to any of your creations and they give that extra bit of wow without being too expensive or too messy. Well worth the purchase!

Once all the base layers were prepared and adhered to the card I then layered some of the Charming Day die cuts, the floral image from the Charming Day Stamp Set, Stylish Shapes Circle die cut, the embossed sentiment also from the Charming Day Stamp set, and then finished the card off with some ribbon, trim and embellishments.

I love how this card turned out and I hope that it gave you some inspiration for this colour challenge.

Will you be entering our challenge this week? We would love to see your take on our colours. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping! 

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store 

 

Tweet

Global Design Project #504 | #gdp504 | CASE the Designer Challenge

Hello stamping friends! I hope you are having a fabulous day! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Today, I'm playing along with the challenge over at the Global Design Project #504 | #gdp504 | CASE the Designer Challenge. 

  This week's challenge is to CASE the Designer, Mikaela Titheridge. Mikaela has an amazing crafting style. Her creations are always a WOW! She is always a source of crafty inspiration! No wonder she has been on the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team 3 times!

I was actually inspired by the layout and design of Mikaela's card and have used those elements for my card. 

I loved the large rectangle that Mikaela had on her card. She used a die to die-cut hers, but I've just cut some cardstock and DSP with my Paper Trimmer to create some layers. I've also added some embossing using the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder.

Where Mikaela has the three watercolour washes on her card, I've used DSP to incorporate those elements, and I've also placed some die-cut elements where Mikaela placed her sentiment.

It's amazing when CASE-ing someone and using similar design elements, how different the two cards can be.

I do hope that you enjoy my take on the Global Design Projects CASE the Designer Challenge. For the full list of all the products used, please refer to the product list below.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store.

Tweet

Just Add Ink #759 | Just Choose Two Challenge

Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #759 | Just Choose Two Challenge. This week, our Just Choose Two Challenge has been suggested by team member Di.  

Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project), we are choosing from Trees, Beach, and Water. I've chosen Beach and Water for my card today. I originally wanted to do trees, beach, and water with a beachy Christmas themed card but my creative brain just wasn't having it so its just beach and water today.

I've used the Everyday Arches Dies to create an arched cutout, and then in that, I've created a cute little beach/ocean scene using torn cardstock for the water and the sand, sponged clouds and some of the dies from the Notes & Totes Dies. I love the CAS look to this card and then the little pops of colour with the 'waves' and the shells and starfish. I could have added more layers and things like dry embossing with embossing folders and ink splatters, but I really like the less-is-more approach to this card.

To keep that CAS look, I've finished off this card with some Clear Gems that are in the Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink Gems and my all-time favourite and classic trim, Linen Thread.

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for our Just Choose Two Challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog, and then come and join us for this week's Just Choose Two fun!

 Click on the image below to join in this week's challenge.

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Live in Australia? 

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

 Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store 

  

Tweet

Global Design Project #503 | #GDP503 | Flowers Challenge

 Hi there, stamping friends! Thanks for stopping here at my blog. Today, I'm playing along with the challenge over at the Global Design Project #503 | #GDP503 | Flowers Challenge.

Today I've made a pretty floral birthday card using some products from the Floral Impressions Suite, namely the Impressions Abloom Dies. I've made quite a few cards with these dies, you can check them out here, here, here, here and here. This suite is a stunning suite and perfect to use for the Global Design Project flower challenge.

  I've started the card with a Basic White card base and then added an embossed Basic White layer embossed with the fantastic Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing folder. This embossing folder is so very versatile and goes with any project. I've then used the Everyday Arches Dies to cut an arched die-cut piece, and then this has been embossed with the Pressed Flowers Embossing folder. I love layering embossed pieces. The embossing gives that extra WOW element to your creations, and using more than one embossed layer gives your projects that extra special look.

I die-cut all the floral pieces in Basic White cardstock and then, using a blending brush, added the colour to each flower. Here I used Pretty in Pink, Fresh Freesia, Peach Pie, Bubble Bath, and Daffodil Delight. The flower centers were coloured with Pecan Pie.

 I've finished the card off with some Gold Mesh Ribbon, Mossy Meadow & Gold Ribbon, Linen Thread, and Pretty in Pink & Strawberry Slush Gems. Super pretty and so florally!

 I do hope that you enjoy my take on the Global Design Projects Flowers Theme and are inspired to use multiple layers of embossing on your next project.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping! 

 

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store.

Tweet

Come Artisan With Us Instagram Hop | 2025 Artisan Design Team

We love being your 2025 Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team! Hop along with us today to see our projects that were inspired by something we love about being an Artisan! And if you are a Stampin’ Up demo, you can apply now through June 30th to be on the 2026 team!

Here I've made a birthday folder/folio using products from the @stampinupofficial Floral Impressions Suite, which was one of the suites that was in one of my Artisan Design Team product boxes.  I wanted to have the birthday list of the 2025 Artisan Design Team decorated and made pretty in some sort of folder, and then somewhere to also have some cards ready to write and send for the next lot of birthdays. And that is what I've done here today!  It's fun to celebrate each Artisan Design Team Member throughout the year!⁠
⁠

Being an Artisan is so much more than crafting (and free products 😉). It's support, inspiration, connection, creativity, a sense of community, celebrating each other, fun and most of all, lifelong friends! And once an Artisan, always an Artisan! If you're a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and have been thinking about applying, go for it! What do you have to lose? It's an amazing opportunity, an opportunity of a lifetime! 

Time to keep hopping! Next up on our hop is Carina @inastempelt . You are sure to love her project, so make sure to show them some love!⁠
Full list of today’s hoppers:⁠
⁠
Pamela @passionateaboutscrapbooking⁠
Stacey @stampinwithstaceymarsh⁠
Bree @craftsomnia⁠
Andrea @andreaksargent⁠
Sarine @sarinezijderveld⁠
Jaqueline @touchofjoycs⁠
Maheswari @maheswarirajaguru⁠
Rochelle @thestampingblok_rochelleblok - You are here⁠
Carina @inastempelt⁠
Lara @scrappykea⁠
Constanze @conibaer⁠
Kim @kim_mcgillis⁠
Ashley @designwithink⁠
Marion @einilomascrap⁠
Cornelia @manufaktur_herzgemacht⁠
Petra @stempelstein⁠
Eve @scrapbook_fait_avec_amour⁠
Christine @christinecabello_latortuescrap⁠
Jay @mitosucrafts⁠
Yvonne @thecreativeteacup⁠

Go to my Instagram feed HERE and then you can click through the links to see everyone's creations. Be sure to give us some Instagram ❤️ and a comment or two.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping! 

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

 Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store

 

Tweet

Just Add Ink #753 | Sketch Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #753 | Sketch Challenge. This week, our sketch was designed by Just Add Ink Design Team Member Tristan Dawes.

It's a little bit of a different sketch, and I'm not fond of the current orientation, so I adapted the sketch a little to make it my own. I've used the new and beautiful Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape for my card today. I literally received a Stampin' Up! order yesterday morning and the washi tape was in the box so I had to play with it right then and there. It's so pretty! And it's super easy to use to make beautiful creations! Love that!

I've combined the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape with my new favourite Stampin' Up! colour - 2025 - 2027 In Colour Secret Sea. I love this colour! It's not black, it's not green, it's not navy, but it is all of those colours. It coordinates well with pinks, purples, greens, and golds.

 To use the washi tape on your next creation, place a piece of the washi tape on a piece of Basic White and then use the Extraordinary Flora Die to cut out the floral pieces. Once the pieces have been die-cut, use them on your next creation. It's that simple! 

 

While I have adapted the sketch, I've used most of the elements from the design of the sketch for my interpretation of this week's sketch. 

Will you be entering our challenge this week? We would love to see your take on our sketch. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Happy Stamping!

 

Live in Australia?

Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE

 

 Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products.  Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store

Tweet