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.

 

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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!

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Tractor & Co. Bundle | July | 2025 Artisan Design Team Monthly Project

Hello stamping friends! This month's assignment for Group 2 of the 2025 Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team is to create projects using the super cute Tractor & Co Bundle from the  @stampinupofficial July Online Exclusive release.⁠

With the Tractor & Co bundle, create a fun card by combining stamped images and die-cut pieces of tractors, trailers, and harvested crops. Finish the card off with a sentiment for birthdays, Christmas, thanks or thinking of you. Perfect to use all year round. I've used the Tractor & Co dies with fun and bright colours for some gorgeous cards.

For my first card, I've created a fun CAS card by piecing together all the Tractor & Co dies to create the tractor and then used the tractors repeatedly in bright cards for a fun and adorable card. Pretty simple but quite effective with the gorgeous colours.

My second card is a cute little tractor scene. Again, a CAS card. Sticking with the bright colours makes for a fun and gorgeous card. 

 

This bundle is super cute and super fun!  I hope that I've given you some 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' creations.

 

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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.

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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!⁠
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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:⁠
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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.

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Note & Totes Bundle | June | 2025 Artisan Design Team Monthly Project

Hello stamping friends. This month, Group 2 from the Stampin' Up!® 2025 Artisan Design Team have been creating with the Notes & Totes Bundle from the 2025 - 2026 Annual Catalogue.

The Notes & Totes Bundle includes a stamp set with sentiments in magazine headline style and sentiments in a relaxed script, designed to help you share your best thoughts. With sand, sun, flower, and water droplet images plus coordinating dies to quickly cut out the stamped images, you can decorate your cards and scrapbook pages with beachy accents.

I've used the Notes and Totes bundle to capture that summer vibe with a bright and summery tote bag, and then a fun beach scene. 

My first card uses Secret Sea as the card base, and then I created a 'cloud' background layer. This was achieved by die-cutting circles and adhering them together to form a cloud-like shape. I then used these circles to blend some ink across the Basic White cardstock. Super easy to do and super effective. I've then used Two-Tone cardstock, torn, to create waves and then used the stamps and dies from the Notes and Totes bundle to create a fun little beach scene.

My second card is a fun little tote bag using the Tote bag die and a few little summer-time accessories. I've used the Linen Thread to make my own bag tassel and the fringing for my 'beach towel'. How cute are those heart sunglasses? I ❤️❤️them! 

 

This bundle is super cute and super fun, and perfect for those summer vibe creations. I hope that I've given you some 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' creations.

 

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Just Add Ink #755 | 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 #755 | Colour Challenge. This week our colours have been suggested by Just Add Ink Design Team Member, Kerry. 

We've got some blues, yellows, and a touch of grey with Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate, and Lemon Lolly. A beautiful, fresh and fun colour combination. I've used this colour combination to create a pretty floral (yes, florals again!) card. 

I've used the Impressions Abloom Dies, which are part of the Floral Impressions Suite, for my card. I've used these dies for a few projects now, and I love how different each card looks while using the same dies. Check out these other projects HERE, HERE, and HERE.  I've layered the dies on this card today to give each of the flowers a fuller look rather than the flat look without the layering. 

I've used Misty Moonlight for the base layers of the card, along with an embossed Misty Moonlight layer using the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The next layer is one of the labels from the Foiled Frames & Labels Ephemera Pack. These are also part of the Floral Impressions Suite. I was originally just going to add it to the card as is, but I thought embossing it would step up the card, and I love how the label looks embossed. 

I've finished off the card with the spray of flowers across the card, the heat embossed 'lovely', some stamped sentiments, a little touch of the Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon, and some Gems from the Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems.

I love how this card turned out and the 'lovely' use of this week's challenge colours. 

Misty Moonlight

Balmy Blue

Smoky Slate

Lemon Lolly

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.

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