Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #160. We have a beautiful, ‘Subtles’ Colour Palette for our latest challenge – Crew Pick – Vicki Boucher Picture Credit – https://www.flickr.com/photos/-etiana-/17086077241/ You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays). The challenge for CI#160 is to make… Read More
Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m back with another CARD MAKING TUTORIAL BUNDLE! Gatefold Double Box Cards – Tutorial Bundle This bundle includes instructions for eight Gatefold Double Box Cards. Some contain a slider element and others show the reverse orientation of the general card design. No dies are required in the construction… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m entering the latest challenge at Just Add Ink – Challenge #690 which calls for a Fancy Fold Card … oh yeah! https://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2024/02/just-add-ink-690fancy-folds.html 29th February – Thanks JAI for the Honourable Mention!! Today I had the house to myself so I decided to head to my craft room… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m joining in with Creative Creases #76 and Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge #160. I’ve made a Gatefold Double Box Card (my original design) featuring the Kangaroo & Company and Layering Leaves Stamp Sets (Stampin’ Up! ®) and Australiana Papers from Kaisercraft. Creative Creases is partnering with Double Trouble… Read More
Hi and welcome to my blog; I’m very excited to share with you my latest tutorial for a ‘Belt and Buckle’ style card. It features the beautiful Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper and Painted Lavender Bundle from Stampin’ Up! ® (You can check out the complete supplies list further down in this post). Because I… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m sharing a ‘Belt and Buckle’ Card that I made for the Butterfly Challenge; I’ve been following the challenge for a while but it’s the first time I’ve played along. https://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/192-spin-butterfly-wheel-with-b-for.html There are a few different categories that need to be included in your project for the latest… Read More
Hello and welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #159. We have a really lovely colour palette for Valentine’s Day – Crew Pick – Nicole Wilson Picture Credit – https://en.idei.club/57270-pink-sofa-in-living-room.html You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays). The challenge for CI#159 is to make a… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. It’s literally taken me all day to compile all of my Baby Crib Card Tutorials into one big Mega Bundle!! Baby Crib Cards – Mega Tutorial Bundle I knew it was going to be a mammoth task to complete but I’ve wanted to provide this resource for a very… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. As promised I’m back with the finished card tutorials for the Painted Lavender (Stampin’ Up! ®) and Small Peonies (Paper Rose) Pop-Up Vase Cards that I recently designed. The Painted Lavender version features Stampin’ Up! ® products only and the Mini Pocket Envelope Die is required to make… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m sharing another version of my Pop-Up Vase Card and joining in with two of my favourite challenges … … Creative Creases and As You See It. The team at Creative Creases is up to Challenge #75 and as always the theme is Anything Goes with a Fun Fold.… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. I’ve got something rather fun to share with you tonight! I’m introducing a Blog Hop for paper crafters who love to make cards with fun/fancy folds. It’s a way of ‘building community’ with like minded card makers around the globe. Let me introduce you to the Funky Folds Blog… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m sharing a card that I made for the December/January Paper Rose Challenge on Facebook. The theme was Anything Goes so I decided to make a Pop-Up Vase Card using a variety of Paper Rose Products that I had in my stash – Small Peonies Stamps and Dies, Happy Birthday Script… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. Tonight I’m sharing a fun pop-up card that I made for our son’s birthday. I’ve been having way too much fun playing with the AI apps at gagdonkey.net lately and decided to save some photos of my son as a hippie, Ken (from the Barbie Movie), a viking,… Read More
Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. It’s been a while … life has been busy with holidays and spending time with family, preparing for an upcoming trip to the UK, sorting through cupboards at home in an effort to declutter and walking to help shed those unwanted kilos! I hadn’t felt like making cards,… Read More
Hello and welcome to the Summer Edition of Colour INKspiration Challenges! Crew Pick – Lou Kitzelman Picture Credit – Trigg Beach, Perth, Western Australia You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are usually two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays) but this summer edition will run for almost five weeks! The… Read More
Hi there; welcome to my annual post where I take a look back at my favourite paper craft projects over the last twelve months. If you’d like to check out each project in more detail, just click on the link below each pic – JANUARY Dainty Flowers Extended Z-Fold Double Planter Box Card FEBRUARY Adorable… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the launch of another MEGA CARD MAKING TUTORIAL BUNDLE! This time I’m offering my ten favourite card making tutorials which didn’t make it into the top ten most popular category (see previous post). Once again … ten tutorials for only $10 (AUD)!! Some require specific dies that may… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the launch of my first ever MEGA CARD MAKING TUTORIAL BUNDLE! I’ve gone all out to bring you my ten most popular card making tutorials of all time (excluding bundles and tutorials that were originally offered for free during a promotion). Ten tutorials for only $10 (AUD) …… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m sharing a special birthday card that I made for a dear friend. It features the gorgeous stamps and dies from the Dainty Delight Bundle and the beautiful papers from the Meandering Meadows 6×6 DSP (Stampin’ Up! ®). Shop Stampin’ Up! ® Products in Australia with Lou Kitzelman… Read More
Hi there; welcome to my blog and the month of December. As Christmas is fast approaching, I’m operating on a much more relaxed pace than I normally would be at this time of the year … it’s my first Christmas Card share for the season! I was asked if I would provide a craft activity… Read More