Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m back with another fun fold card featuring the gorgeous Meandering Meadows DSP from Stampin’ Up! ®. Today I’ve used the coordinating, Garden Meadow Bundle (stamps and dies) to create an Extended Double Z-Fold Box Card (original design). I absolutely love the beautiful scenes in this 6×6 pack of Designer Series… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Tonight I’m sharing a Planter Box Card that I made for the latest Paper Rose Monthly Challenge – This month’s challenge is all about Die Cutting and I’ve used the Stitched Rectangle Frames and Sunflower Garden 6×6 Paper Collection to create this unique box card. It’s filled with sprigs… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today’s post ‘heralds in’ a new season for me … I’m back writing card tutorials but I’m no longer a Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrator. I resigned (pretty sure it’s for good this time) to enable me to diversify my craft business. More on that topic later. On my ‘way… Read More
Hi and welcome to my blog … I’m back after being MIA for most of the last two months; Among a lot of other things going on in this journey called life, I had to have my gall bladder removed a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully, everything went well and I’m making a good recovery.… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. Today I’m sharing a card that I made for our Pastor’s 60th birthday. I revisited a card fold that I designed for a Bow-Ho Stampers Tutorial Bundle in April last year; it’s a Multi-Block Platform Easel Card. I tweaked the original design a ‘smidge’ choosing to have only… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I have some exciting news to share with you … The Dimensionals Papercraft Community on Facebook has been brought ‘back to life’ with the launch of a ‘new’ Monthly 3D Challenge! As Spring (for us in the Southern Hemisphere) isn’t too far away and the blossoms are already starting… Read More
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 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
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. 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 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
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
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 – Lou Kitzelman Picture Credit – https://www.gingerray.com.au/easter-stems-egg-decoration The challenge for CI#140 is to make a paper craft project using all the colours from the chosen colour combination, So Saffron,… Read More
Hello and welcome to another fabulous 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 – Monica Formosa Picture Credit – https://www.instagram.com/p/ClaV404PDCA/ The challenge for CI#138 is to make a paper craft project using all the colours from the chosen colour combination, Daffodil… Read More
Hi and welcome to my blog. I have a very cute pop-up card to share with you made from the Dainty Delight Bundle and soon to be retiring, Sale-a-bration products, Sending Support Stamp Set and Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper. The DSP is my current favourite and coordinates beautifully with the Dainty Delight Bundle and if… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. If you follow my blog you’ll know that my Team Leader and lovely friend, Lou Kitzelman and I, launched a brand new tutorial bundle on the 1st of this month! Yep, the Bow-Ho Stampers are back for 2023 with projects to inspire you to get the most out of your Stampin’… Read More