Colour INKspiration #63

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to Colour INKspiration #63. Rococo Rose, Seaside Spray and Gold Foil are this fortnight's challenge colours. How delightful is this trio of colours. I absolutely adore the inspiration picture below but somehow my creation looks nothing like this gorgeous image.

My card today starts with a piece of Rococo Rose In Colour gingham DSP. The next layer is a piece of Shimmery White card stock that has had a water colour wash applied using Seaside Spray ink with an Aqua Painter. Once dry, this piece was then ran through the Big Shot using the Subtle Embossing Folder. 

I decided to incorporate the Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray colours into this creation by stamping images from the Free As A Bird stamp set onto some Gingham In Colour DSP. These images were then fussy cut and added to the card front using a combination of Tombow and mini dimensionals.

The sentiment from Daisy Lane has been stamped and then die cut using the Stitched Shapes Dies. Tucked behind the sentiment is a vellum die cut circle.

I almost completely forgot about the gold foil so at the last minute I added a strip under the sentiment and a few die cut "leaves" to the floral cluster.  To finish the card I added a few 2019 In Colour Faceted Dot embellishments in Seaside Spray.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by hopping around to see what all of the Colour INKspiration Crew have to show you. Then you have 19  days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate, but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Basic Black as well as Metallic's. Not a member of the Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

That is all from me today. Be sure to follow the Colour INKspiration Blog Hop all the way through for loads of inspiring ideas and projects using this fortnights Colour Combination. Up next in the Colour INKspiration Challenge #63 Blog Hop is Tanya Bell with her amazing creation.

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Pretty Peacock In Colour

Hello Crafty Friends,

Just a quick post today to share a couple of cards made with one of my favourite 2019-2021 In Colour  - Pretty Peacock. I seriously am a huge Pink gal and you would think my new colour crush from this colour family would be the Rococo Rose. Don't get me wrong, I do adore Rococo Rose, even I am blown away at how much I am enjoying Pretty Peacock.

Both cards in today's collection use the colour quite heavily. For the first creation, I have taken a piece of Pretty Peacock card stock and embossed it using the Scripty 3D Embossing Folder. The detailed cut frame is from the Come Sail Away Memories & More card pack. The stamped images from Beautiful Friendship have been fussy cut and adhered to the card front using a mixture of Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals and Foam Strips.

The background for the second card has been created using the Rectangle Stitched Dies with Pretty Peacock In Colour DSP Pack. The floral images from Inspiring Iris have been stamped with Memento Tuxedo Ink and coloured using Stampin' Blends. They were then fussy cut and added to the die cut circle with mini dimensionals. 

Both cards have white heat embossed sentiments on black card stock and Noble Peacock Rhinestones in Pretty Peacock. 

How is your Christmas card creating coming along? I promised I would start the process earlier this year so guess who is working on her stash in August.....Me!! Can't wait to share some Christmas cuties and some traditional stuff - I know I know, even though I am not a fan, I am sure I am a rare specimen so I am challenging myself! Be sure to check back soon for Christmassy inspiration.

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Be Inspired Blog Hop - In Colours

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the BE INSPIRED BLOG HOP for July. This month the Be Inspired Design Team are sharing inspirational projects using the 2019-2021 In Colours: Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray, Purple Posy, Rococo Rose and Terracotta Tile. 

I love new In Colours, although its sad saying goodbye to retiring favourites, I find I get over the loss of those retiring colours pretty fast with the introduction of the new colours with every Annual Catalogue. 

For today's Blog Hop I have created a collection of little Birthday note cards using the 2019-2021 In Colour card stock teamed with the Band Together Bundle. I kept the card designs fairly simple so they would be easy to replicate. 

Starting off with a Sahara Sand card base, a layer of whisper white has been added before adhering the splattered and embossed Sahara Sand card fronts.

White heat embossed vellum flowers fills each of the card fronts, along with the large Detailed die cut from the Detailed Bands Die Set. 

The sentiments have been stamped in coordinating In Colour inks onto Whisper White card and a few In Colour Faceted Dots have also been added.

This close up shows the card front of each note card has been splattered with Frost White Shimmer Paint then embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder.

I created little matching envelopes for each of the 4" x 4" cards and lined the flap with the coordinating 2019-2021 In Colour DSP. 

That is all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us. The Be Inspired Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our Blogs. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through for loads more inspiring creations. Up next in this month Blog Hop is super talented Cathy Caines - enjoy x

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Colour INKspiration #60

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #60. We have a gorgeous colour palette to play along with - Petal Pink, Terracotta Tile, Pretty Peacock and Blueberry Bushel. Plus, this challenge runs for three weeks so you have a bit of extra time to create and share with us. 

For today's creation I decided to team this stunning colour combination with one of my favourite stamp sets from the 2019 Annual Catalogue - BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP. 

The floral images were first stamped in Petal Pink with Terracotta Tile sponged in the centre. The foliage was stamped in Blueberry Bushel and Pretty Peacock (stamped off as my ink pad is super juicy!)

The Blueberry Bushel sentiment has been stamped onto a die cut panel created with the Stitched Labels Dies. Diagonal panels of In Colour DSP in Pretty Peacock and Terracotta Tile have been adhered to the Whisper White card base with the card front adhered in the centre of the card with Dimensionals.

That is all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through as there is so many gorgeously amazing creations using this beautiful colour combination.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by hopping around to see what all of the Colour INKspiration Crew have to show you. Then you have 19  days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate, but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Basic Black as well as Metallic's. Not a member of the Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Up next in the Colour INKspiration Blog Hop is my beautiful and talented friend Denita Wright-Smee with her gorgeous creation - enjoy xx

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty 

Be Inspired Blog Hop - Happy Mail

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop for June. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia. If you are following the hop, you may have arrived here having just visited Janneke de Jong. If you are just joining us, grab a comfy seat and be sure to hop all the way through for amazing idea's and inspiring projects shared by the Be Inspired Design Team using this month's theme HAPPY MAIL

I have a couple of projects to share with you today, a Folder card, Pillow Box and a mini Calendar Easel Card. 

All three Happy Mail items have been created using the same products with the Bloom n Grow stamped image being the major focal point. Stampin' Blends were used to colour the images with a few highlights added using a white gel pen.

Sticking to a blue and neutral toned colour combination, I decided to use the Seaside Spray 2019 In Colour DSP, swapping the DSP patterns for each project.  Folder Cards are simple to create, eliminate the need for an envelope and is a great way to showcase all the stunning DSP's Stampin' Up! have to offer in this years Annual Catalogue.

The inside of the card contains a stamped and die cut sentiment from the Forever Lovely Stamp set along with the stamped floral cluster image from Bloom n Grow, which has been cut in half and  tucked underneath.

When I was deciding what to create for this Hop I took inspiration from an item I was given at Auckland Onstage in April. I received the most amazing swaps at this event, one that really tickled my fancy was an Easel Calendar which I have on my desk. It was made by the super talented Nicola Duffield. You can find the little tear off monthly mini calendars on ebay.

To create the next item, I used one of the Kraft Pillow Boxes as a template. Gently undo a box and trace the box onto any coloured card stock using a pencil, then using snips, cut out the traced shape. Next, place pillow box over card stock and use a scoring tool to trace over the score lines. Fold score lines and glue together.  I chose to make this one from Sahara Sand to coordinate with the Calendar and Folder Card. 

That's it from me, crafty friends. Thanks so much for stopping by today. The Be Inspired Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our blogs today, Thank You. Up next in this months Be Inspired Blog Hop is my super talented friend and fellow Artisan Design Team member, Manuela Geiswinkler.

Participant Blog List

Louise Sharp

Tanya Rees

Janneke de Jong

Jackie Aitken - that's Me!

Manuela Geiswinkler

Carolynn Sander

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Stesha Bloodhart

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty,

One Stamp At A Time - Something Old, Something New

Good Day Crafty Friends

Welcome to the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop for June. This month the talented Design Team are celebrating the release of the new 2019 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue with a cool theme for this Hop - Something Old & Something New. 

There are always loads of fabulous favourites that carry over and appear alongside all the new delights in the Annual Catalogue, today's Hop is all about showing our followers how to create projects by combining old and new products.

I have chosen to showcase the new 2019-2021 In Colour DSP Packs, teamed with my favourite carry over bundle - Tropical Chic. If you are not familiar with the new 2019-2021 In Colours, let me introduce you;

Now that you are acquainted with the new In Colours, lets have a look at what I have created to share with you today.

First up in my collection of projects is the card. This is a clean and simple layout using strips of DSP and the frangipani flower image stamped in the coordinating In Colours. I saw this marvelous card design on Instagram shared by Yessica Batista @makeamark16 and thought it is such a fabulously simple and effective way to showcase colour combinations.

Up next is a set of mini pocket cards.  I have used a 6"x 6" sheet of 2019-2021 In Colour DSP in all five colours and created little pocket cards with inserts. With the envelope punch board now retired, I reverted to creating the pockets with a scoreboard, snips and adhesive.

I love the scripty font on the new DSP Colour Family Packs and wanted to showcase how stunning it is in all five colours. The pocket fronts were kept fairly simple with a stitched circle die cut, two frangipani flowers to match the DSP colour and die cut foliage created with the Tropical dies and smoky slate card stock.

The inserts have been stamped with the sentiment and flower image from the Vibrant Vases stamp set. The offcut from creating the little pocket envelopes was used to line the insert. A small circle of In Colour card stock has been punched with the 1/2" circle punch and score in the centre. This circle was then adhere to the end of the insert and then punch with small hole punch. Whisper White Metallic Edge Ribbon and White Bakers Twine have been added to enable the receivers something to grab and pull the insert.

That is all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us. The One Stamp At A Time Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our blogs and see the creations we have to share with you. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through for loads of inspiration using products from the new 2019 Annual Catalogue.

Up next in the OSAT Blog Hop is Anna Helman and her amazingly creative projects - enjoy. A full participant list has been provided below.

Participant Blog Hop List









You can find all the products used to create the cas card and pocket cards in today's post by clicking on the images below.

Product List

2019–2021 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [149617] $20.00	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399] $76.50
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $13.00	Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $13.00
Purple Posy Classic Stampin’ Pad [150084] $13.00	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00
Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080] $13.00	Daisy Lane Cling Stamp Set [149325] $40.00
Genuine Gems Cling Stamp Set [149395] $35.00	Vibrant Vases Photopolymer Stamp Set [148656] $28.00
2017-2019 In Color A4 Cardstock [144253] $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.75	1/2" Circle Punch [119869] $10.00
Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] $12.25	Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $5.25
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

Stay Awesome & Stay Crafty