Sunday, March 01, 2026

Rolling Waves fun pouch CTC#559 Online Exclusives


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Tonight you get to enjoy our amazing CASEING the CATTY blog hop.  To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty!)


This week, we are CASEING the March Online Exclusives and I was totally inspired by the gorgeous Rolling Waves bundle.


The cute umbrella die was my starting point, and I also wanted to try a really fun new fold that doubles as a pouch and I used it in another post here!!


I love love love the gorgeous shells!!  They all cut out at the same time!!  Love that.  AND they look great out of the Metallic Foil!


I love the watery stamped image!!  



















Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Joyful Squares Colour INKspirations #204


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Tonight I'm joining in with the Colour INKspiration crew and our awesome colour combination!!


Check our the amazing image this week!!  And that gorgeous cake!!  You can see that I've been hugely inspired by the image as well as the wonderful colours


My Cake is basically 3 rectangles stamped, inked and embellished to create a three tier cake.  Each rectangle is:  4 x 7cm, 3 x 5.5cm, 2 x 4cm.  I've stamped onto each of the tiers using the Joyful Squares and the Addressed to You stamp sets and Petal Pink ink.  I also die cut a couple of the images from the Joyful Squares dies, and then used a blending brush and Petal Pink ink to add more colour.


My flowers also come from the Addressed to You stamp set and I've coloured them with Flirty Flamingo and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends after using Lost Lagoon to stamp the images and greeting.


And I love the stamped corner detail from the Addressed to You stamp set.   


My final touch is some gorgeous Iridescent Pearls on each of the flower centres. 



INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 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 neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration 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.




Joyful Squares Colour INKspiration

Sunday, February 22, 2026

So Pretty - Colours of Easter Joy paper CTC#558


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Tonight you get to enjoy our amazing CASEING the CATTY blog hop.  To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty!)




This week, we are CASEING the super sweet colours of the Easter Joy papers!!  


And I have CASEd the super sweet card on the top right of the landing page of this gorgeous suite.  One of my lovely friends and team member has this stamp set and she allowed me to stamp a bunch of sweet bunnies and eggs!! Which worked perfectly for my card this week!!  I did a lot of fussy cutting for all the images, but I think it was worth it!!


I've also used the gorgeous glossy Pleasant Patterns specialty paper for my card front and sponged some extra Shy Shamrock ink onto the Pretty in Pink piece so that it was more like the DSP in the image.


My greetings come from the very useful Banner Sayings bundle with the excellent Triple Banner Punch for the front of the card.


Up next is the extraordinary Peta and her stunning floral card.

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of great ideas!

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!



Easter Joy CASE












Thursday, February 19, 2026

Paper Crafting Monthly Blog Hop - Get Well Soon



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Today I'm joining the fabulous paper crafting monthly blog hop of fabulous international crafters.  Join us for a world tour of inspiration!


What a great theme we have this month - Get Well Soon.  I've used the Friendly Foliage stamp set which includes this great greeting.  


I'm also using our gorgeous new Painted Illusions paper which is our Product of the Month.  



I've used the lovely Misty Moonlight design in the paper pack


This is a very simple card layout but it works soooo well with lovely papers!!  I've also added some extra interest to the paper by stamping it with one of the images in the Friendly Foliage stamp set, and then flicking with a Crumb Cake Stampin' Blend.  The lovely embellishments are from the Moody Palatte Glossy Dots.



Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of AWESOME inspiration!!




Get Will Soon Friendly Foliage


Rolling Waves fun pouch CTC#559 Online Exclusives

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