Hi. Welcome to addINKtive designs and a Happy New Year’s ‘Eve’ to you all. Its tradition that I finish up the year with a round up of all my favourite projects and highlight some milestones for the last twelve months. 2017 was a very eventful year – I started Colour INKspiration Challenges with a bunch… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to the December instalment of projects from the AddINKtive Designs Team. This talented group of paper crafters have been selected to create, share and review my tutorials. Please welcome a new team member for 2018, Jackie Aitken from Jaxx Crafty Creations. Hello, I’m Jackie Aitken. I live in Western Australia with my partner, teenage daughter… Read More
Welcome to addINKtive designs. It’s been a bit quiet on the blog of late because the lead up to Christmas holidays and the end of another school year was kind of a big deal for me. I ‘retired’ from my day job as a School Principal, so all the usual end of year events became… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another Colour INKspiration Blog Hop ! It’s Wednesday night and I’m joining up with the crew for the last Colour INKspiration Challenge for 2017. Just in case you haven’t heard, Colour INKspiration Challenges are on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to the November instalment of projects from the AddINKtive Designs Team. This talented group of paper crafters have been selected to create, share and review my tutorials. At the end of every month I provide a link up to the team posts that feature projects inspired by addINKtive designs. Today I’m sharing the… Read More
Welcome to the final Stampin’ Up! On Stage, Occasions + SAB, Display Stamper Blog Hop. I was privileged to display some projects at a recent On Stage Local Event held in Melbourne and was given three stamps sets, some DSP and embellishments to create with. As I had already posted a few of my projects… Read More
Welcome to the sixth Stampin’ Up! On Stage, Occasions + SAB, Display Stamper Blog Hop. I was privileged to display some projects at a recent On Stage Local Event held in Melbourne and was given some Specialty DSP and 6X6 Glimmer Paper to play with from the Myths and Magic Suite which you will find on pages… Read More
Welcome to the fifth Stampin’ Up! On Stage, Occasions + SAB, Display Stamper Blog Hop. I was privileged to display some projects at a recent On Stage Local Event held in Melbourne. One of the sets I was given to create with was Magical Day. You can view the Myths and Magic Suite on pages 36… Read More
Welcome to the fourth Stampin’ Up! On Stage, Occasions + SAB, Display Stamper Blog Hop. I was privileged to display some projects at a recent On Stage Local Event held in Melbourne. One of the sets I was given to create with was Magical Day. You can view the Myths and Magic Suite on pages 36… Read More
Welcome to the third Stampin’ Up! On Stage, Occasions + SAB, Display Stamper Blog Hop. I was privileged to display some projects at a recent On Stage Local Event held in Melbourne. One of the sets I was given to create with was Magical Day. You can view the Myths and Magic Suite on pages 36… Read More
Welcome to the 22nd and 23rd Colour INKspiration Challenges. We’re mixing it up a little this round. As there are five Wednesdays in November, this double challenge will run for THREE WEEKS. The two, Pinterest inspired, Christmas colour palettes were chosen by me – one has a beach colour theme and the other has a… Read More
Welcome to the second Stampin’ Up! On Stage, Occasions + SAB, Display Stamper Blog Hop. I was privileged to display some projects at a recent On Stage Local Event held in Melbourne. One of the sets I was given to create with was Magical Day. You can view the Myths and Magic Suite on pages 36… Read More
Welcome to the first Stampin’ Up! On Stage, Occasions + SAB, Display Stamper Blog Hop. I was privileged to display some projects at a recent On Stage Local Event held in Melbourne. One of the sets I was given to create with was Magical Day. You can view the Myths and Magic Suite on pages 36… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and the Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop featuring the Photopolymer Stamp Set, Painted Harvest. The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps. If you get lost along the way just click on the banner above to take you to… Read More
Hi peeps. Welcome to addINKtive designs. Today I’m featuring the cute unicorn stamp from the soon to be released, Magical Day Stamp Set (Occasions, 2018 Catalogue – release date, 3rd January). All the clouds were cut from the Up and Away Thinlits using the following colour palette – Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to another instalment of projects that I made for a Display Board at On Stage in Melbourne. Today I’m featuring the stamp set, Picnic with You. It has some rather cute, picnic themed images that you can pop inside a picnic basket. I was so pleased to discover that it will also be… Read More
In preparation for creating my On Stage Display Samples with the stamp set, Picnic with You, I did a search on Pinterest for ‘paper picnic baskets’ and found a great tutorial HERE by Emma Fewkes (Check out the links to her tutorials on the side bar of her blog). The idea was to create a picnic basket/gift… Read More
Hi there and welcome to addINKtive designs, a place where I share my love of Stampin’ Up! paper craft projects. I recently attended an event in Melbourne where the upcoming Occasions Catalogue was introduced to demonstrators. A new product which will be released in January is paper ribbon. The Picture Perfect Paper Ribbon will be available… Read More
I’m back again with some more sneaky peeks of some upcoming Occasions Catalogue Products. One of the stamp sets that I was given in my Display Stamper Box of Goodies was Perennial Birthday. Here are three projects that I made for the display board at On Stage in Melbourne using that set – I used… Read More
Oh wow! I have got so much to share with you after my weekend in Melbourne at On Stage. I was privileged to be a Display Stamper and this is the first of many blog posts to highlight some upcoming Occasions Catalogue products. In my box of goodies I received a packet of Silver Mini Gable… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog and a little wrap up of the weekend in Melbourne at On Stage! I had the awesome privilege of being a Display Stamper. Stampin’ Up! supplied me with a box of goodies so I could make sample projects for part of a display board. I had three new stamp… Read More
Welcome to the twenty first Colour INKspiration Challenge. Crew member, Rose Packer, chose our inspiration pic this week and you can check out the CI Crew Blog Hop starting from here. When this challenge goes live, I will be packing my suitcase in preparation for my trip to Melbourne for On Stage Local. It certainly has been… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to the October instalment of projects from the AddINKtive Designs Team. This talented group of paper crafters have been selected to create, share and review my tutorials. At the end of every month I provide a link up to the team posts that feature projects inspired by addINKtive designs. Today I’m sharing the team’s… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another Colour INKspiration Blog Hop! I’m so excited to join up with this talented bunch of Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! ® enthusiasts to share our projects to help kick start the 20th Colour INKspiration Challenge. Colour INKspiration Challenges are on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us… Read More
Yay! I’m back CASEing the Catty with the CTC Crew after an eleven week hiatus. Eeek! has it really been that long? Life kinda got in the way but I’m on the tail end of a school holiday break; that means a little more time for crafting before it’s full steam ahead until the end… Read More
Welcome to the nineteenth Colour INKspiration Challenge. Crew member, Liz Gross, chose our inspiration pic this week and you can check out the CI Crew Blog Hop starting from here. When this challenge goes live, I will be flying home from a much needed holiday break at Airlie Beach, Queensland. Even though I’m not joining in this… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to the September instalment of projects from the AddINKtive Designs Team. This talented group of paper crafters have been selected to create, share and review my tutorials. At the end of every month I provide a link up to the team posts that feature projects inspired by addINKtive designs. Today I’m sharing the team’s… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another Colour INKspiration Blog Hop ! It’s Wednesday night and I’m joining up with the crew to help kick start the 18th Colour INKspiration Challenge. Just in case you haven’t heard, Colour INKspiration Challenges are on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another Colour INKspiration Blog Hop! I’m so excited to join up with this talented bunch of Australian and New Zealand Stampin’ Up! ® enthusiasts to share our projects to help kick start the 17th Colour INKspiration Challenge. Just in case you haven’t heard, Colour INKspiration Challenges are on Facebook and there are two… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and the Stamp Review Crew, Blog Hop featuring the Crafting Forever Stamp Set. Who Are We? – The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps. If you get lost along the way just click on the banner above… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs. I couldn’t resist going past the colour palette for the latest challenge at Colour INKspiration. As a crew member, I missed the deadline for the blog hop but was hoping to still play along this round. There were five Wednesdays in August, so this 16th challenge runs for a… Read More
Yay! it’s the night before the Holiday Catalogue launch. A brand new catty will be available to customers from tomorrow and you’re going to LOVE it! I have made a few cards this month with my pre-order goodies but have been battling the flu this last week, so not much paper crafting going on of late!… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to the first instalment of projects from the AddINKtive Designs Team. This talented group of paper crafters have been selected to create, share and review my tutorials. At the end of each month I will provide a link up to the team posts that feature projects inspired by addINKtive designs. Today I’m sharing the… Read More
Hi there. Are you looking for a Christmas craft activity to do for Kid’s Church or Sunday school this year? Here’s an idea for a 3D project using Stampin’ Up! supplies – Baby Jesus in a Manger. I’m having a little break from Design Team stuff as we head into the weekend, as I have a… Read More
Welcome to the sixteenth Colour INKspiration Challenge. The lovely, Kelly Kent chose our inspiration pic this week and I thought it would be a good colour combo with Father’s Day fast approaching in Australia. I’m having a break from the Colour INKspiration Crew Blog Hop this round but I’m looking forward to seeing what great… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and The Window Shopping Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop. The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps. If you get lost along the way just click on the banner above to take you to the main blog… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs. If you are an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and a member of Demonstrator Planning Place on Facebook, you may have noticed this absolutely, stinkin’ cute card made by Lou Kitzelman – Lou, along with four other talented paper crafters are part of the AddINKtive Designs Team. They have been… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs and an absolute gorgeous colour palette for the latest challenge at Just Add Ink – Pool Party is one of my favourite Stampin’ Up! colours and the team at JAI have also combined it with two beautiful in colours that I absolutely love; I just couldn’t resist playing along!… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs. Hubby had to work this weekend so yesterday my daughter and I made a quick trip to my hometown to breathe in some salty air and today I have been happily playing with some new Christmas stamps and dies from the Holiday Catalogue pre-order (available to customers on 1st September).… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and our fifteenth Colour INKspiration Blog Hop! The CI Crew are back again to help kick start this round of Colour INKspiration Challenges . Colour INKspiration Challenges are on Facebook and this fortnight we have a lovely swatch of colours to work with – Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party.… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and This Little Piggy Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop. The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps. If you get lost along the way just click on the banner above to take you to the main… Read More
Hi there! Have you ‘liked’ my business page, addINKtive designs on Facebook yet? I’m celebrating over 700 ‘likes’ this weekend and will be giving away copies of my latest tutorial featuring the Carols of Christmas Bundle; one give away for every 10 comments posted. All you have to do is check out this post on Facebook and let… Read More
I’m Excited to Announce the AddINKtive Designs Team Please welcome these talented paper crafters who have been selected to create, share and review my tutorials. At the end of every month I will highlight contributions from the team by providing a link up to their posts that feature projects inspired by addINKtive designs. Please welcome from –… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and the Bonus SRC Blog Hop featuring the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set. Who Are We? – The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps. If you get lost along the way just click on the banner above to… Read More
Hi there! Welcome to my blog and another round of CASEing (Copying and Selectively Editing) from the CTC Crew. If you want to get straight to the challenge, please skip to the info below the banner; if you want to know more about the benefits of using the Stampin’ Up! Catalogues for inspiration, please stick… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. I’m throwing a Linky Party to celebrate 12 months of blogging with my own website, addinktivedesigns.com. I’ll be giving away tutorials throughout the month of August and scouting out some talent for my new venture, the addINKtive designs team. So here’s the deets – If you have followed any… Read More
Hi there. I’m back with a new challenge for Colour INKspiration and blog hopping along with the CI Crew; we are group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand who love to share projects using Pinterest inspired colour combinations. Our talented crew member, Tanya Bell has provided the inspiration pic for #CI14. Don’t you just love… Read More
Hi there! Welcome to addINKtive designs and the CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop. CTC is a group of Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand who love to create using the Stampin’ Up! ® catalogues as inspiration. Every Sunday night at 7pm (AEST), the CTC Crew will either directly CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) or use… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to the home of addinktive designs, a place to share my love of paper crafting using the beautiful range of Stampin’ Up! products. I cannot believe that it has been almost 12 months since I launched my own website and Tutorials Shop. In that time I have sold or given away over… Read More
Hi there! Welcome to addINKtive designs and the CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop. CTC is a group of Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand who love to create using the Stampin’ Up! ® catalogues as inspiration. Every Sunday night at 7pm (AEST), the CTC Crew will either directly CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) or use… Read More