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.

 

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CASE-ing the Catty | CTC #537 | Case Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection p21-27

 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 Julia Quinn'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 samples from the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection that can be found on pgs.21-27 of the Stampin' Up! 2025 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

 I was drawn to this card in the landscape orientation. I love the simplicity of the design with the use of DSP across the front of the card and then the angled flowers with the sentiment in the middle. So with those design elements and the Christmas Tags & More 6"x6" Specialty Designer Series Paper, I've created a bright and fun Christmas card for you.

 

 

This paper pack provides a unique assortment of paper and precut images, making it easy to coordinate colours and images on your Christmas cards and gift tags. It includes full-sheet designs, cut-apart designs for card fronts and tags, and precut images for quick accents. I loved the plaid/tartan sheet in the DSP and wanted to use that with my base layers of Garden Green and Basic White Cardstock. I've then added another pattern from the DSP to coordinate the whole look.

I've accentuated the card with some Real Red Ribbon that is from the Traditions of Christmas Suite collection, and found it coordinated perfectly with the colours in the Christmas Tags & More Specialty DSP. Got to love it when products from suites coordinate with other products. 

I've finished the card off with some layering of die cuts, the Large Gold hoops that are so beautiful, the precut images from the Christmas Tags & More DSP, some Traditional Sparkling Sequins, and the heat-embossed Merry Christmas Sentiment from the Traditional Labels Stamp Set.

I really love how that with one pack of DSP you can make some amazing cards or scrapbook pages with minimal stamping! Stampin' Up! has some stunning DSP packs, and they make it easy to make beautiful creations. Let's get to using them! 

I hope that you like my CASE of the sample from the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection.  Next up on the hop is the fabulous Judy May. Be sure to give her some CASE-ing the Catty Blog hop love.

Monique Fielder 

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Judy May

Andrea Sargent

Peta Stephen

Rochelle Laird-Smith 

 

 We would love to have you join us over at our Facebook group to share your creation CASE-ing the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection Samples, and join in this week's challenge. You don't need to have a blog to join in.

 

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Gathering Together Suite Collection | September | 2025 Artisan Design Team Monthly Project

This month's assignment for Group 2 of the 2025 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team is to create projects using the Online Exclusive Gathering Together Suite Collection.⁠

This beautiful suite has a warm, earthy colour palette with elegant designs to create warm and inviting Autumn and harvest-themed cards, tags, and more.  The Gathering Together Suite is perfect for capturing the beauty of this season.⁠

I've used these stunning products to create two cards - one being a thank you card with a stamped and die cut wreath and a 'Gather' card that incorporates and highlights the beautiful Gathering Together 12"x 12" Specialty Designer Series Paper.

 

 

 For this card, I've used Early Espresso as the card base, and then I've layered torn and embossed pieces of the Gathering Together 12"x12" Specialty Designer Series Paper. I love the mix of the darker colours in the DSP when combined with the plaid pattern. Super pretty. 

 

Instead of stamping the stamped images on Basic White like I normally do, I've stamped the images on Crumb Cake cardstock. I thought this paired better with the colours in the DSP and kept with the warm, earthy colour tone. I've added to the card some plaited/braided Old Olive Linen Thread, and then finished the card off with some DSP banner pieces, some more Old Olive linen thread, the Cajun Craze & Gold Dots, and the heat-embossed sentiment.

My second card uses Old Olive as its base with layered pieces of DSP and cardstock.  I then stamped one of the leaf images on Old Olive cardstock with Old Olive ink and used the die-cut leaves to create a wreath. They have the perfect curve to arrange them in a circle to create a round wreath. I've then layered the card with some embossed cardstock, DSP banners, stamped images, Early Espresso Line Thread, Cajun Craze & Gold Dots, and the heat-embossed sentiment.

 I hope that I've given you some festive inspiration with this amazing suite collection. Make sure you check out my post for this suite on Instagram HERE, as group two have an Instagram Hop and you will be able to see the rest of the teams'  stunning creations.

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Just Add Ink #767 | Inspiration Pic Challenge

  Hello there stamping friends! Happy Friday! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today, we over at Just Add Ink have a fabulous inspiration picture challenge - Just Add Ink #767 | Inspiration Pic Challenge.

We've got a bit of a different inspiration picture for you this week, and you may be thinking what can I do with that? The obvious choice would be to do a car-related project, or even some of the colours of the cars and use that for your creation, or even something that relates to the grid pattern in the picture. It really is what inspires you from our Inspiration Picture.

 I was actually inspired by the colours in the photo. All the reds, blues and whites really stood out to me. So with that I've some new products from the Stampin' Up! 2025 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue and created a Christmas card.

 I've used the new Traditions of Christmas DSP for a fun and festive Christmas card. The DSP is covered with poinsettias and other Christmas flowers in traditional reds and greens, and then is accented with touches of gold foil. This DSP is a classic option that is ideal for capturing the spirit of the season.  This beautiful DSP also has images that can be cut out with coordinating dies. So fun!

I love the look of the DSP against the Basic White layers. The colours just pop. This DSP comes from the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection, and so I've accented the card with some of the coordinating products - Traditional Labels Stamp Set, Real Red Shiny Ribbon, and the Traditional Sparkling Sequins.

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration with our Inspiration Picture Challenge.  Go and check out the design teams take on this week's Inspiration Picture Challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog, and then come and join us in this week's inspiration picture fun! Can't wait to see what you create!

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Get Seasonal Insta Hop | 2025 Artisan Design Team

🙌 It's time to GET SEASONAL with the 2025 Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team! Come hop along with us as we share some fun inspiration to get your holiday creative juices flowing!⁠

I'm getting a head start on my Christmas cards. It's never too soon to start! I've used products from one of the new and most stunning suites, the Traditions of Christmas Suite, from the @stampinupofficial Sept-Dec 2025 Mini Catalogue, which will be available for customers to purchase starting September 3, 2025.

 I've used the Christmas Greenery stamp and die bundle for a little bit of watercolouring and a pop of colour, and then added some of the sentiments from the Traditional Labels stamp and die bundle to add some Christmas sentiments. I love the pops of colour against that beautiful crisp white background and how pretty are the Cherry Cobbler pointestias with the Pretty in Pink flowers? Such a gorgeous colour combo!

 

Time to keep hopping because you don’t want to miss anything! Next up is Lara @scrappykea with another one of her fabulous layouts! She is just amazing at memory keeping! Make sure you click through the full hop to see all the fabulous inspiration and to share some love with all the designers! 

Ashley @designwithink
Pamela @passionateaboutscrapbooking
Stacey @stampinwithstaceymarsh
Bree @craftsomnia
Andrea @andreaksargent
Sarine @sarinezijderveld   
Jaqueline @touchofjoycs    
Maheswari @maheswarirajaguru
Rochelle @thestampingblok_rochelleblok - You are here
Lara @scrappykea
Constanze @conibaer  
Kim @kim_mcgillis  
Marion @einilomascrap
Cornelia @manufaktur_herzgemacht   
Petra @stempelstein    
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! 

Most of the products used today are still on demonstrator preorder. If you want to see these products contact me today to get your copy of the new 2025 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue and I'll get one out to you (Australia Only)
 

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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.

 

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Bauble Blooms Bundle | August | 2025 Artisan Design Team Monthly Project

This month's assignment for Group 2 of the 2025 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team have been tasked with creating projects using the festive Bauble Blooms Bundle from the @stampinupofficial July Online Exclusive release.⁠

 This bundle includes dies to quickly cut holiday baubles and a stamp set featuring an elegant floral design. DIY your own Christmas ornaments to add a handmade touch to your decor this year. These baubles will also look great on a card front, as a gift topper, or on your festive scrapbook layouts.⁠

This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set; it allows you to layer two or more images to create one final image with extra texture and dimension in the colours you want. 

I've used the bauble stamped images and dies for two festive Christmas cards with two different designs. I've kept to more traditional Christmas colours, greens, reds and golds, but these baubles would also look fantastic in some non-traditional colours too!⁠

My first card is just a standard-sized card and uses some neutral colours with some pops of Real Red and Gold. I've layered some different embossed pieces and then added some Gold heat-embossed splatters. I've then layered a torn piece of the Country Woods DSP that has been accented with the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons. If you are after a quick and mess-free embellishment, these are just for you. It's the first time that I've used them, and they are super quick and super easy to add to your project! Love them!

 I've then finished off the card with a heat-embossed and stamped Bauble, Linen Thread, Loose Gold Sequins, and a heat-embossed sentiment.

For my second card, I've created a slimline card. I've stamped on the Mossy Meadow Baubles with Mossy Meadow Ink for a tone-on-tone look and then adhered the baubles across the card for a pretty bauble background. I've then stamped up two other baubles to feature on the card, and then I've finished the card off with an embossed sentiment, Linen Thread, and some loose gold sequins. 

I hope that I've given you some festive inspiration with this amazing bundle. Make sure you check out my post for this suite on Instagram HERE, as group two have an Instagram Hop and you will be able to see the rest of the teams'  stunning creations.

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