Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m hopping with a bunch of lovely Aussie and Kiwi Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators to showcase some of the gorgeous new products in the Annual Catalogue. My project is a cute Peek-a-Boo Card made from products from the Whale of a Time Suite and the Pallet Thoughts Stamp… Read More
Hi there. I’m back hopping with The Stamp Review Crew. Welcome; thanks for hopping over from Betty Traciak’s Blog. The Stamp Review Crew is a group of Stampin’ Up!® enthusiasts who love to show you lots of different ways you can use your stamps! Today we’re featuring the Daisy Lane Stamp Set. This is one of my… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the June Blog Hop for The Dimensionals. We’re a group of Stamping Friends who offer 3D Paper Craft Tutorials on the 1st day of every month. The theme for this month is SENDING SUNSHINE & HUGS and we have four awesome projects to share with you. The reason we take you on a… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. As promised I’m back with the completed set of ‘Thank You’ cards that I started a few days ago. This was the prototype – Here are the completed set of cards, each one with a different background paper and ‘woodgrain’ planter box (both from the In Good Taste DSP)… Read More
Hi there and welcome to my blog. Last week I was asked if I’d make five Thank You Cards for our church to send to some local businesses who have been doing an amazing job during the COVID 19 lockdown/restrictions. I decided to use my current favourite card fold – an Extended Z-Fold Card –… Read More
Hi and welcome to my blog. Tonight I have a sneak peek of some gorgeous new products from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! ® Annual Catalogue. As a Demonstrator you can order some products early so you have plenty of time to make sample projects before the catalogue launches on the 3rd June. I started this… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays). Even though I’m not a fan of green, especially Garden Green, I really, really love the colour palette this week and made a pop-up card for CI#77… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the May Blog Hop for The Dimensionals. We’re a group of Stamping Friends who offer 3D Paper Craft Tutorials on the 1st day of every month. The theme for this month is FLOWERS and we have four awesome projects to share. The reason we take you on a mini blog hop with… Read More
Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I have something a little different to share; I’ve combined a few products (current and retired) to make this Shadow Box Card. My daughter requested a Birthday Card for one of her housemates. He loves playing his guitar, hiking and mountain bike riding. I didn’t have a… Read More
Hi there. I’m back hopping with The Stamp Review Crew after a very long break! Welcome and thanks for hopping over from Nikki’s blog. Just before we travelled to Israel for a Study Tour last year, I let go of some Design Team commitments as we were planning to do a lot more travel in 2020;… Read More
All across the globe children are placing handmade rainbows in windows to spread a little cheer while the Coronavirus Pandemic continues. It began in Italy and included the message “Tutto andra’ bene” which translates to “Everything will turn out ok”. In the UK the rainbow represents a sign supporting all of the hardworking health care… Read More
Hello and welcome to my blog. I have a fun card fold to share with you today. It’s an original design and I’ve called it an Extended Double Z-Fold Box Card. I made this fold by ‘accident’ when preparing a card base for my March Tutorial Project for The Dimensionals and have reversed the score… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month (on the second and fourth Wednesdays). Today’s bright and cheerful inspiration pic was sourced from Pinterest by CI Crew Member, Cathy Pinchbeck. I absolutely LOVE it. I nearly pulled out my Adirondack Chair from the… Read More
Hi there, I have something a bit different to share with you today; it’s a Decorative Corner Card. A tutorial for this type of card by Laura Lipe can be found on Splitcoast Stampers. I’ve put my own twist on it and started with a portrait card from half a piece of A4 card stock… Read More
Hi and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun fold to share with you which I’ve called an ‘M-Fold’ with Flaps. It’s another fold I kinda made up as I was preparing card bases for some other projects. At the start of our RV trip up the East Coast of Tasmania, I spent… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs and the second blog hop for The Dimensionals. We’re a group of Stamping Friends who offer 3D Paper Craft Tutorials on the 1st day of every month. The theme for this month is the Stampin’ Up! ® MINI CATTY and we have four awesome projects to share with you that feature some of… Read More
Hi and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I have a fun fold card to share with you that was designed by Lou Kitzelman especially for the The Dimensionals, February 2020, Sale-a-bration, Tutorial Bundle. It combines the elements of a free standing pop-up card (some call it a ‘Trophy’ Card) with an easel section. Lou has called… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs; I have a fun, summery card to share with you. It’s a Slider Card made with products from the Timeless Tropical Suite. I followed the Slider/Shaker Card Tutorial written by the talented, Nicole Wilson. She made her awesome card using the Honey Bee Suite and added a shaker element… Read More
Okay, I admit that the obsession I have with these Garden Gateway Dies is real. Grace’s Garden Bundle is, without a shadow of a doubt, my current favourite in the Stampin’ Up! ® Mini Catalogue. I love so many of the products within its pages that there are just not enough hours in the day… Read More
Welcome to my blog and a new look to an already existing collaboration between some Stamping Friends of mine. If you’ve followed my blog you’ll know that I’m passionate about creating 3D cards and love to teach others the ‘how to’ through my stamp classes and written tutorials. In 2017 a few fellow Stampin’ Up!… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. It’s the wee hours of the morning here in Australia and I really should be asleep but I’ve been working on my latest card tutorial for a few days now and I wanted to publish the post before I headed to bed. I’ll be back with all the project… Read More
Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I have a fun card to share with you made from a Braided Border Punch. It’s reminiscent of a card design that was popular in 2012 that was made using the now retired, Lace Ribbon Border Punch. There’s a new Mini Catalogue being launched next month and on page 29 the Braided… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. However, due to the busyness of the holiday season, this will be the only challenge for December and the LAST CHALLENGE for 2019. We hope you can take… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. When I spotted some packets of large candy canes in the local supermarket, I immediately thought of how I could use one of my recent card designs as a Candy Cane Holder. My Pop-Up Panel Card was just the right size to hold one of the candy canes. It… Read More
Welcome to my blog; I have a cozy card to share with you for the latest Festive Friday Challenge. Its been ages since I’ve joined in but I had some time to play today and loved the elements in the inspiration list for their Thanksgiving Challenge. The gorgeous Cozy Cup Stamp Set from The Greetery was… Read More
Hi there. I’ve been wanting to make this interactive card for…ever! I finally got around to finishing it yesterday and writing up the tutorial this morning before I had a stamping session with my team this afternoon. “Shut the front door!” … The push/pull mechanism in the Cuckoo Clock Dies opens and shuts the door… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. Yesterday I held my last card class for 2019; it was a Fun Folds Class with a Christmas Theme. The first card we made was a Centre Panel Easel Card. It features the Peaceful Boughs Bundle as well as the Wrapped in Plaid Specialty DSP. And another made by… Read More
Hi there. I’m back to share the second fun-fold card we’ll be making in Stamp Class tomorrow. It’s the fifth in a series of Pop-Up Panel Cards that I designed last month and this one shows off the very cute, Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper (contains glittery winter images). Even though I’m an… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. Today I have a Centre Panel Easel Card to share with you. The postie arrived this morning with some new goodies just in time for me to design a card and make up some kits for Wednesday’s Christmas Fun Folds Class. I wasn’t going to buy the Peaceful Boughs… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I’m back after an unintentional, month long, blogging break! In my 10 years of blogging I don’t think I’ve ever gone that long between posts. My goodness, where did the time go? … … Well, we recently went on a holiday in our RV to the Huon Valley in… Read More
Hi there, welcome to addINKtive designs. I have a super cute card to share with you today that showcases the fun images from a stamp set called, ‘Back On Your Feet’. It’s my take on a Triple Easel Card designed by the lovely, Nicole Wilson, an Independent Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrator from Western Australia. I’ve… Read More
I’m back with the fourth card in my latest fancy fold collection. It features the beautiful Feels Like Frost Specialty 6×6 DSP – This card fold is the same as the three Detailed Bands Fancy Fold Cards that I designed but it doesn’t have the scalloped edge and I have used a Frosted Frame on… Read More
Hi and welcome to addINKtive designs. Yesterday I shared a new fancy fold card that featured the gorgeous Mosaic Mood DSP and today I published a tutorial; it’s a tweaked version of yesterday’s prototype and features the beautiful Perennial Essence DSP for the card base. The scalloped flap opens on the right side and the Gold… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to my blog. If you’re a regular visitor/subscriber you’ll notice that I haven’t posted much lately as I’ve only just returned from a Study Tour to Israel. Friends of ours invited us to join them on a tour of the Holy Land and it was an epic experience to say the least. Today… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a brand new colour palette. I chose our latest Pinterest Pic/colour combo as I was keen to include the new in-colour,… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a brand new colour palette. I chose our latest Pinterest Pic /colour combo and just had to pull out Daisy… Read More
Welcome to my blog; today I’m sharing a card that I designed with some goodies from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! ® Holiday Catalogue (Release date – 4th September). I hope you enjoy this little sneak peek. The Feels Like Frost Suite is my number 1 ❤️ in the new catty followed closely by the Still… Read More
Hi there and welcome to AddINKtive Designs. Today I’m sharing a card I made with the very cute set, We’ll Walrus Be Friends from Stampin’ Up! ®. The images are fun to colour in with the Stampin’ Blends. Only a few colour combos are required for this adorable stamp set, making it a great one… Read More
Welcome to addINKtive designs and the Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop. The SRC are a group of International Stampin’ Up! Enthusiasts who love to show you lots of creative ways to use your stamps and this week we are featuring the Above the Clouds Stamp Set. I’ve made quite a few projects with this bundle as I was… Read More
Hi there, welcome to my blog. I’m sharing something a little bit different. Over the last few weeks I’ve been sorting through my craft room and today I decided to crack open some Paper Rose Dies to make an Aussie scene for a Z-Fold, Box Card. I’m guilty of collecting craft stuff for ‘one day’… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to AddINKtive Designs. I haven’t entered a challenge for quite some time but the latest one at CASEing the Catty lured me in this week as the challenge is to use the colours of the Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper as inspiration – Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Night… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a brand new colour palette. Crew Member, Kelly Kent chose our latest Pinterest Pic. Isn’t it gorgeous! I recently purchased some… Read More
Oh my wordy, I’m a little bit excited about the card I’m sharing with you today. I’ve wanted to make a pop-up card like this for ages and finally got around to designing one. I know there are dies out there in ‘paper craft’ land that make this type of 3D card but this is… Read More
Welcome to addINKtive designs and the 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 and this week we are featuring the hugely popular set which will be carrying over to the 2019 – 2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue… Read More
Hi there. I’m holding a Last Chance Products Stamp Class next week and have been busy designing some cards for my attendees. I was so ‘consumed’ with making projects for my Auckland On Stage Presentation that some products I ordered from the Occasions Catalogue (current until 3rd June) hadn’t seen ink. Now there are only… Read More
Welcome to addinktive designs and another fun Colour INKspiration Challenge and CI Crew Blog Hop. You can find Colour INKspiration Challenges on Facebook and there are two challenges every month. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a brand new colour palette. Crew Member, Monique Fielder chose our latest Pinterest Pic. There are lots of gorgeous colours… Read More
Hi there. Welcome to addINKtive designs! You may have already seen my previous post; I participated in an ESAD Retiring Products Blog Hop which featured my Lavender Scented Easel Cards. As per group rules, no self promotion is allowed in those hops and that’s totally fine but I’m pretty excited about my latest tutorial, so… Read More
Welcome to the ESAD ‘So Long Favourites’ Blog Hop where we are featuring our favourite products retiring from the 2018/19 Annual and 2019 Occasions Catalogues. Oh gosh, where do I start? I was so busy preparing for Auckland On Stage that a lot of my new Occasions sets have not yet seen ink so I… Read More
Hi there. I’m back with another card that I made for the On Stage Display Board in Auckland, New Zealand. I was so happy to have been given the opportunity to showcase the Above the Clouds Bundle (Release date: 4th June, 2019). The slider card that I have to share with you today is based on this… Read More
I’m back again with another card I made for the Stamp Set Showcase for the Above the Clouds Bundle at Auckland On Stage. This time I’ve teamed up the Hot Air Balloon images with the Waterfront Stamp Set to create a 3D scene using my Double Z-Fold Box Card Design. Some of the balloons are… Read More