Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I have a really fun card to share with you which I’m entering in two different challenges – Just Add Ink #663 (Just Choose Two … Flowers and Gingham) and Creative Creases Challenge #62 (Anything Goes with a Fun Fold). I was working on other projects today but… Read More
Hello and welcome to another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge! You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays) and what a striking colour combo we have this round. Crew Pick – Brenton Golley Picture Credit – https://www.henrycowls.net/blog-en/the-bullfinch.html The challenge for CI#148 is to make a paper… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. Today I’m playing along with Challenge #303 at ‘As You See It’ which is a Bright ‘n’ Basic Colour Challenge. There’s a mix of brights and neutrals and I decided to take inspiration from the accompanying picture and go with a beach themed card. I created a Pop-Up… Read More
Hello and welcome to another Colour INKspiration Challenge! You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays) and what a gorgeous colour combo we have this round. I was staying with my mum last week and didn’t have time to create something for CI147 before… Read More
Welcome to the launch of the latest Tutorial Collection from The Bow-Ho Stampers. My Bow-Ho Stampers team mate, Lou Kitzelman and I are back sharing our love of 3D card folds and Stampin’ Up!® products. Our Tutorial Collection includes four card tutorials full of step by step instructions and pictures. We have each designed a… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m sharing the second version of a Pop-Up Vase Card made with the Mini Pocket Envelope Die. This square version features the gorgeous stamps, dies and paper from the Earthen Elegance Suite. Oh … I do love how this card turned out … the earthy colours, the elegant… Read More
Hello and welcome to another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge! You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays) and what a beautiful colour combo we have this round. Crew Pick – Nicole Wilson Picture Credit – https://www.thespruce.com/decorating-with-green-blue-and-purple-350535 The challenge for CI#146 is to make a paper… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m participating in the Monthly Challenge in the Paper Rose Community Group on Facebook. For June they are challenging us to create a project using the topic of “Winter” … “this is a rather wide ranging challenge so dig through your Paper Rose papers, dies, stencils and stamps… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m sharing the card I made for my husband’s birthday. He loves his coffee so I decided to use the cute, Coffee Cup Pop-Up Dies from Karen Burniston to make his card. For the card front and inside panels, I used a striped piece of Countryside Inn DSP… Read More
Hello and welcome to another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge! You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays) and what a striking colour combo we have this round. Crew Pick – Cheryll Miller Picture Credit – https://shopperboard.com/Ocean/product/22186917 The challenge for CI#145 is to make a paper… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I enjoyed participating in challenge #299 over at the ‘As You See It Challenge’ Blog so much that I decided to join in this week with their special ‘milestone’ challenge. The theme is ADVENTURE which includes ‘elements’ such as travel, exploration, extreme sports or daring! I chose to focus… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m participating in another card challenge, this time at Seize the Birthday. My card was made for challenge #262 with an optional ‘topping’ to Make it Pop. It’s been a while since I’ve played along at Seize the Birthday (which always has a birthday theme) and decided that… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I made a Floating Window Card using the ‘Recipe for Framed Flowers in Blue’, challenge #299 at the ‘As You See It Challenge’ Blog. It uses all the elements in the ‘recipe’: a frame (Countryside Corners Bundle), flowers (Cheerful Daisies Dies), a bow (Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon), die-cut… Read More
Hello and welcome to another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge! You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays) and what a ‘delicious’ colour combo we have this round. Crew Pick – Monica Formosa – Picture Credit The challenge for CI#144 is to make a paper craft project… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today it’s my daughter’s 30th Birthday and I made her a Hexagonal Pop-Up Card with the main die from the Mini Pocket Envelope Dies. It’s filled it with a few of Laura’s ‘favourite’ things and also features the beautiful, Hello Irresistible Designer Series Paper (an on-line exclusive product). Today’s post is… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. I’m back to share the card that I made for a ‘Fun Card Fold’ Presentation at the recent Stampin’ Up! ® event in Northern Tasmania (You can read more about that in the previous post). It features the Cheerful Daisies Bundle and Fresh as a Daisy Designer Series… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. On Saturday I had the pleasure of attending a SU Demonstrator Event in Northern Tassie. The last event was 5 years ago so it was lovely to finally be able to catch up with other like-minded crafters in our region. Thanks to our Demonstrator Development Manager, Clare for organising… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. Hubby and I have just returned from a ten week road trip through Victoria and South Australia. I took a complete break from card making to be ‘present in every moment’, to enjoy the scenery, the RV lifestyle and reassess my priorities. I did take my knitting and some… Read More
Hello and welcome to another Colour INKspiration Challenge! You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays). Crew Pick – Bronwyn Eastley (that’s me) Picture Credit – https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/29343835064550151/ The challenge for CI#142 is to make a paper craft project using all the colours from the chosen colour… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I’m sharing a sympathy card that I made simply to ‘have on hand’ when needed. 😒 It’s a Double Z-Fold Box Card (my original design) made with products from the absolutely gorgeous, ‘By the Bay’ Suite Collection (from the current, Jan-April , Stampin’ Up! ® Mini Catalogue). I cannot resist… Read More