Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have something a bit different to share with you. My lovely friend, Lynne, absolutely adores Lavinia Stamps so I’ve made a special card for her ‘belated’ birthday. It features the following Lavinia Stamps: Quinn, Fern Heads, Fairy Bugs, Orchard Grass and Mushrooms-Mini, all stamped with black ink onto… Read More
Hello and welcome to the sixth and final Blog Hop (and INSTA Hop) to celebrate my 60th Birthday. There were 6 hops in total, with 6 different themes over 6 months leading up to today. Over the last few months I gathered a few Stamping friends to ‘virtually’ celebrate this milestone ‘event’ and for tonight’s… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog; today I’m sharing a Double Z-Fold Card for Colour INKspiration Challenge #128. It features the new Window Dies and Wisteria Wishes Bundle. 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#128 is to make a paper craft… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have an amazing card to share with you. ‘Amazing’ is just one of the many adjectives I could use to describe how absolutely awesome this birthday card is. It’s from my lovely friend, Helen, from H2 Designs. Helen doesn’t blog these days but she gave me permission… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Lou and I are back with alternative projects for our current, Bow-Ho Stampers Tutorial Bundle. To highlight the versatility of our card folds we’ve recreated them using different products. My Team Leader, Lou Kitzelman and I, publish Mini Tutorial Bundles whenever there are SPECIAL PRODUCT RELEASES or PROMOTIONS. We both love… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog; today I’m sharing a very special Tower Planter Box Card for Colour INKspiration Challenge #127. This card fold was designed by the lovely, Nicole Wilson for the Dimensionals June 2022 Tutorial Bundle (see link at the end of this post). You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges… Read More
Hello and welcome to the fifth Blog Hop (and INSTA Hop) to celebrate my 60th Birthday in 2022. There are 6 hops in total, with 6 different themes over 6 months leading up to the big day! We’re on the home stretch now. I gathered a few Stamping friends to ‘virtually’ celebrate this upcoming milestone… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and PART TWO of the July 2022 Blog Hop for The Dimensionals. We’re a group of Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators who regularly offer 3D Paper Craft Tutorials. Last month we showcased Our Favourite Products from the Stampin’ Up! ® Annual Catalogue for our June Tutorial Bundle. This month we’ve re-visited our June Tutorial and created an alternative project to highlight… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the July 2022 Blog Hop for The Dimensionals. We’re a group of Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators who regularly offer 3D Paper Craft Tutorials. Last month we showcased Our Favourite Products from the Stampin’ Up! ® Annual Catalogue for our June Tutorial Bundle. This month we’ve re-visited our June Tutorial and created an alternative project to highlight the… Read More
Hi there; welcome to my blog. Today I have a Bridge Fold Card to share with you; it was inspired by the latest Festive Friday Challenge for International Owl Awareness Day, #FF0114. I included the following elements in my project – OWL – WOODLAND – BROWN It’s made from the Celebrations Tags Dies (the second… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog; today I’m sharing a Triple Easel Card for Colour INKspiration Challenge #126. 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#126 is to make a paper craft project using all the colours from the chosen colour combination, Pumpkin Pie,… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I had fun playing with some cute Sale-a-bration products. I was inspired by a couple of Card Challenges and also wanted to make another Bridge Fold Slider Card. Caseing the Catty Sunday Challenge, CTC379, is to CASE the SALE-A-BRATION Catalogue! I chose the cute, Hippest Hippos Card shown in the picture… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I have a fun, interactive card to share with you. This Bridge Fold Slider Card was designed especially for a school holiday cardmaking session that I held for a friend of mine and her eldest granddaughters. A family friend of Mel’s (ex-student of mine), also came along to… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I’m sharing these adorable TRIPLE EASEL CARDS that I made which are ‘stepped up’ versions of Nicole Wilson’s Triple Easel Card that she designed almost three years ago! Here’s a pic of Nicole’s original card that featured the ‘So Many Stars’ Bundle – I’ve been hosting Nicole’s tutorial in my Tutorial… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog; today I’m sharing a Triple Balcony Card for Colour INKspiration Challenge #125. 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#125 is to make a paper craft project using all the colours from the chosen colour combination, Sweet Sorbet,… Read More
Hey there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m excited to announce that the Bow-Ho Stampers are BACK with another fabulous tutorial bundle! My Team Leader, Lou Kitzelman and I, publish Mini Tutorial Bundles whenever there are SPECIAL PRODUCT RELEASES or PROMOTIONS. We both love fancy folds so we have designed two EASY card folds (using different products for… Read More
Hello and welcome to the fourth Blog Hop (and INSTA Hop) to celebrate my 60th Birthday in 2022. There are 6 hops in total, with 6 different themes over 6 months leading up to the big day! I gathered a few Stamping friends to ‘virtually’ celebrate this upcoming milestone ‘event’ and for tonight’s hop we… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m back with another alternative project for my Multi-Block Platform Easel Card Design from the current Bow-Ho Stampers’ Tutorial Bundle. This time I used the New Horizons Designer Series Paper and the On the Horizon Bundle to showcase the versatility of this card fold. My Team Leader, Lou Kitzelman… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m sharing a fun card that I made for the latest Tic Tac Toe Challenge – #tttc166 #tictactoechallenge I’ve used elements from the top, horizontal row – Masculine, Die-Cut, Brads Metallic. You’ll have to look closely at the Viking’s shield to see the tiny brad in the centre.… Read More
Hello and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. In the lead up to the launch of the new Mini ‘Holiday’ Catalogue, Stampin’ Up! ® held an on-line event for Demonstrators called CREATIVITY NOW. We made projects with the beautiful stamps, dies, ribbon, paper and trinkets from the Splendid Day Suite Collection. This suite (from the July-Dec Catty)… Read More